Amazon invests $50 billion in OpenAI, comitting to 2 gigawatts of Trainium silicon
Premium The investment is part of a $110 billion funding round that values OpenAI at $730 billion pre-money, with Nvidia and SoftBank each contributing $30 billion.
ISSCC 2026: AMD discloses how the Instinct MI355X doubled per-CU throughput despite lower compute unit count
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Behind the scenes of our massive CPU retest for Bench — testing at 1080p, choosing new apps, and gathering data for a decade of CPUs
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Inside Meta and AMD's $100 billion deal, and why AMD is giving up a slice of the company in return for GPU orders
Premium Deal mirrors OpenAI agreement from 2025.
Reviews
Corsair Sabre v2 Pro Wireless MG Review: Not enough magnesium?
Corsair's Sabre v2 Pro Wireless MG is an ultra-lightweight wireless mouse with a perforated magnesium shell. It's $50 cheaper than the carbon fiber version, but at $150, it's still not cheap.
RayNeo Air 4 Pro AR glasses review: Now enhanced with HDR10 and enhanced audio
The RayNeo Air 4 Pro is the new standout star when it comes to AR performance and value.
Klevv Cras V RGB DDR5-9600 C46 2x24GB review: Binned for pure speed, not your wallet
Klevv's latest DDR5-9600 memory kit commands a strong premium. Can the high-speed memory kit justify its price?
Best Picks
Best PC case fans tested 2026: Improve your airflow, silence your system, or add more RGB glow
We test several different fans to figure out which impellers are sellers and which spinners are sinners.
CPUs
AMD Ryzen 7 9850X3D vs Intel Core i9-14900K faceoff
Two flagship CPUs, two very different philosophies.
Intel mobile CPUs have achieved up to 95x performance uplift over the past two decades
Leading Linux publication Phoronix has tested 15 Intel mobile processors launched over an 18-year period.
Behind the scenes of our massive CPU retest for Bench — testing at 1080p, choosing new apps, and gathering data for a decade of CPUs
Premium We’re retesting a decade’s worth of CPUs for our CPU hierarchy and Bench database, and we’re taking 3DTested Premium users behind the scenes to show you how it’s done.
Graphics Cards
Save $465 and get an 8TB SSD for $715 when paired with an RTX 5070
Deals MSI Shadow RTX 5070 graphics card with an 8TB Gen 4 WD Black SN850X for $1,364.98
Features
Behind the scenes of our massive CPU retest for Bench — testing at 1080p, choosing new apps, and gathering data for a decade of CPUs
Premium We’re retesting a decade’s worth of CPUs for our CPU hierarchy and Bench database, and we’re taking 3DTested Premium users behind the scenes to show you how it’s done.
The great Bench GPU retest begins — how we're testing for our GPU Hierarchy in 2026, and why upscaling and framegen are still out
Premium It's time to test. Here's how the sausage is made.
The state of China's decade-long semiconductor push: still a decade behind, despite hundreds of billions spent and significant progress
Premium After 10 years and hundreds of billions of investments, China's semiconductor supply chain is still decades behind chip supply chain in America and Taiwan.
PC Components
Memory vendor under fire for imposing hefty 15% depreciation fee on returns despite skyrocketing RAM value
Imagine the disappointment.
Desktops and PC Building
How to setup an Android smartphone as a webcam — Camo Studio unlocks new uses for old smartphones in Windows 10 or 11 and OBS software
You don’t need to throw out that old Android smartphone; you can recycle it into a backup webcam or create a multi-camera setup for your streaming platform. And we show you how to do that, for free!
Deals
Gigabyte's huge 55-inch 4K 120Hz gaming monitor drops to half price, just $499 on Amazon
Deals If you've been looking for a big gaming monitor to satisfy your needs, then Gigabyte's S55U has you covered with its 4K 55-inch 120Hz panel.
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Windows 11 continues gaining traction, nears 75% market share
Windows 11 finally breaks 70% market share, five months after Microsoft ended support for Windows 10.
The Amiga Workbench Simulator helps you pick your ultimate retro desktop
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US military uses a laser to blast a drone out of the sky on the US-Mexico border
The U.S. military accidentally shoots down a CBP drone flying near the U.S.-Mexico border with a laser system after mistaking it for a cartel drone.
OpenAI strikes deal with Pentagon following Claude blacklisting
Altman’s announcement came not long after President Trump “ordered” every federal agency to immediately stop using Anthropic's technology.
390TB video game archive being taken offline due to skyrocketing RAM, SSD, and hard drive prices
AI has claimed another victim.
