The Nvidia Shield TV is an iconic piece of Android hardware but it also hasn’t seen a refresh in the better part of a decade. But, because of the increasingly depressing state of the entire tech industry, Nvidia Shield TV Pro is getting a $100 price hike to $299, seven years after it first launched.
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According to the Steam Survey for September 2026, 32GB is now the most common system memory configuration for gaming rigs among Steam users. The data shows 32GB systems accounted for 42.22% of all rigs sampled during September, a…
Excerpt · TechSpotNVIDIA has announced a 64GB version of its DGX Spark desktop AI system, priced from $4,999.Sales are scheduled to begin on October 23.The company has also updated the price of the 128GB Founder’s Edition to $6,950.
Excerpt · Guru3DDVI to HDMI adapters are a cheap and simple way to connect up old hardware, but don't expect miracles.
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Gears of War: E-Day is a prequel set 14 years before the original game. Built on Unreal Engine 5 with RTX Mega Geometry, DLSS 4.5, FSR 4, XeSS, and ray tracing, we examine graphics quality, VRAM usage, upscaling options, and how it…
Excerpt · TechPowerUpUser After-Cartoonist-196 on the German-language PCBaumeister subreddit claims to have bought a CPU secondhand, but that it carried the previous owner's Valorant ban. Extreme surveillance measures have been adopted by esports devs in…
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Apple has confirmed an issue causing a “small number” of iPhone 18 Pro Max devices on AT&T to lose cellular service. Apple released software and carrier updates to prevent the issue from affecting additional users, but the company tells…
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We don't know how a GPU can shed its own heatsink like that, but yeah, in 2026, everything seems possible. NVIDIA RTX 4090 FE Triangular Heatsink Part Detaches and Falls Off After User Moves His PC Connector melting on high-end RTX GPUs is…
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As investor dollars are channeled into data centers, a philanthropic effort stepped up to fund six early-stage Washington climate tech startups building hardware, bio-resins and energy storage.
Excerpt · GeekWireThe companies featured at the recent Bank of America Private Tech Trailblazers Conference point to where the next wave of AI growth is taking shape: specialized technology built around proprietary data, industry-specific workflows and,…
Excerpt · SiliconANGLEThe Lenovo Yoga Mini is a 130mm aluminum puck, 48.6mm tall and about 600 grams, that fits Intel’s 16-core Core Ultra X7 358H, 32GB of LPDDR5X-8533, and Arc B390 graphics into 0.65 liters. That is the same Panther Lake silicon Intel has…
Excerpt · StorageReviewProsecutors claim Greg Lui helped China procure advanced hardware to develop, ahem, 'super intelligence’
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Your laptop's webcam is not usually an impressive piece of hardware, but you can help make up for its shortcomings.
Excerpt · EngadgetElon Musk and TSMC reportedly discuss multiple collaboration opportunities within the Terafab project.
Excerpt · Tom’s HardwareWith the F8 Ultra, Poco aimed to stay at the forefront with Qualcomm’s latest top-of-the-line SoC. With the F9 Ultra, the manufacturer is changing its strategy: The launch has been moved up, and the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 remains,…
Excerpt · NotebookcheckA new leak claims to identify seven Intel Nova Lake-S desktop processors, introducing four-digit model numbers and a BFC suffix for selected chips equipped with a larger last-level cache.
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AMD has not yet officially announced its next-gen Ryzen Z-series APUs for gaming handhelds, but one leaker this week has claimed to have early details. Apparently, Ryzen Z3 will make the jump to Zen 6, although there is plenty of reason to…
Excerpt · KitGuruSolid state drives, or SSDs, are singularly responsible for vast improvements to PC performance over the last decade or so. Taking the place of mechanical hard drives, SSDs transformed once-ponderous boot times into being virtually…
Excerpt · PCWorldThe UK’s largest AI data center has had its 2027 launch date postponed, and is unlikely to come online until at least 2030, thanks to power supply issues
Excerpt · TechRadarMicron has warned that global RAM shortages show no sign of easing, telling investors on its earnings call that it has already sold most of next year's production.
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Aaeon Introduces Panther Lake Mini PC Featuring Solid-State AirJet Cooling
Aaeon has revealed the UP Xtreme PTL Edge Air, an industrial mini PC that integrates Intel Panther Lake processors with solid-state AirJet cooling technology.
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