Windows 11 Is Not Getting a Liquid Glass Style Transparency Slider Yet
Microsoft does not plan to make immediate changes to Windows 11 transparency controls, despite interest in a more adjustable interface similar to…
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AMD AM4 Remains Popular as Ryzen 5 5500 and 5800X3D Keep Selling Strongly
AMD's AM4 platform continues to attract buyers despite being several generations old, with the Ryzen 5 5500 and Ryzen 7 5800X3D posting…
NVIDIA and AMD Could Fall to 10% of China AI Chip Market as Domestic Suppliers Expand
NVIDIA and AMD could see their combined share of China's AI chip market fall to about 10% in 2026 as domestic semiconductor…
Windows OEM Licensing Fees Rise Up to 10% as PC Makers Prepare More Price Increases
Windows PC prices could rise again during the third quarter of 2026 as manufacturers face higher software licensing costs alongside already expensive…
Samsung HBM4 Yield Reportedly Reaches Nearly 80% as AI Memory Competition Intensifies
Samsung has reportedly improved the production yield of its HBM4 memory to nearly 80%, giving the company a stronger position as it…
NVIDIA Vera Rubin Pushes Memory Costs Higher as NVL72 Rack Reaches 74.7 TB of DRAM
NVIDIA's Vera Rubin platform is putting even more pressure on memory supply, with DRAM accounting for a much larger share of system…
AMD Launches Ryzen 7 449 and Ryzen 5 439 Without NPUs for More Affordable Laptops
AMD has introduced two new Ryzen 400 series laptop processors that remove the dedicated NPU found in the company's Ryzen AI models.…
TSMC Secures Land for Two 1.4nm Fabs as Longtan Expansion Moves Forward
TSMC has reportedly secured the land needed for two future 1.4nm semiconductor fabrication plants in Taiwan, clearing a major obstacle that had…
Acer Aspire Go 15 Opens Preorders at £499 With Snapdragon C and 8 GB RAM
Acer has opened preorders for the Aspire Go 15, a lower cost Windows 11 laptop powered by Qualcomm's Snapdragon C processor. The…
Razer Blade 18 Owner Reports Vapor Chamber Failure Linked to Fill Port Seal
A Razer Blade 18 owner has reported a serious cooling failure that appears to be linked to the laptop's vapor chamber, with…
DRAM Makers Secure $38 Billion in Advance Payments as Supply Leverage Could Peak Before 2030
Major memory manufacturers have reportedly secured about $38 billion in advance payments, deposits and collateral as strong AI demand gives suppliers greater…
Windows 11 Weather App Uses Up to 1.6 GB of RAM as Microsoft Pushes for Better 8 GB PC Support
Microsoft is trying to make Windows 11 more efficient on PCs with 8 GB of RAM, but its built in Weather app…
Intel Diamond Rapids Xeon 7 Could Reach 256 P Cores to Challenge AMD EPYC Venice
Intel's upcoming Diamond Rapids Xeon 7 processors could include a flagship model with as many as 256 performance cores, putting the company…
Intel Nova Lake Desktop CPU Could Pair 16 Cores With a 40W Xe3P Integrated GPU
Intel's upcoming Nova Lake desktop processors could bring a much more powerful integrated GPU to desktop PCs, with one reported configuration allowing…
RTX 2060 Drops From 70°C to 28°C After Modder Pumps Water Directly Onto GPU Silicon
A hardware modder has demonstrated an unusual cooling experiment in which water was pumped directly onto the exposed silicon of an NVIDIA…
RTX 5090 Bundle in Taiwan Forces Buyers to Pay $7,481 for Eight Motherboards and a PSU
A Taiwanese retailer is offering NVIDIA's GeForce RTX 5090 only through large hardware bundles, with one package costing about $7,481 and including…
Gigabyte X870 AORUS Infinity Targets Ryzen Overclockers With High End AM5 Features
Gigabyte's X870 AORUS Infinity is a flagship AM5 motherboard built for Ryzen enthusiasts who want strong overclocking support, modern connectivity and a…
NVIDIA RTX Spark Leak Shows 20 Core Model Within 11% of M4 Max in Multi Core Performance
NVIDIA's upcoming RTX Spark platform has appeared in new Geekbench 7 results, giving an early look at the CPU performance of its…
ZOTAC Replaces Faulty RTX 4090 With RTX 5090 After Four Warranty Returns
A ZOTAC customer in the United States received an RTX 5090 as a replacement after going through four separate warranty claims involving…
TSMC Research Shows New Path Toward Sub 1nm Transistors Using Ultra Thin MoS2 Channels
TSMC and university researchers have demonstrated a new transistor design that could help semiconductor manufacturing move toward technologies below 1 nanometer. The…