AMD's chart-topping Ryzen 7 9800X3D is on sale at Amazon right now for Black Friday — save $30 on the king of gaming CPUs By Hassam Nasir published 21 November 25 Deals The best there is.
You're about to see even fewer BSODs in public with Windows 11's new 'Digital Signage Mode' — every public blue screen will wither away within 15 seconds of the crash By Hassam Nasir published 19 November 25 Isn't it black screen of death now?
Microsoft's vision of "AI-native" Windows is becoming real, update introduces agents that pilfer through your files — Latest Windows 11 Insider build includes experimental AI agents toggle that can perform tasks for you in the background By Hassam Nasir published 18 November 25 Microsoft states that agents read files in an isolated runtime
Hackers steal 1.8 terabytes of data from PC peripheral vendor Logitech — firm says zero-day vulnerability to blame, no sensitive information stolen By Hassam Nasir published 18 November 25 One of many attacks exploiting zero-day vulnerabilities from Oracle's E-Business Suite.
Asus adds separate E-Core and P-Core power management to the Z2 Extreme-powered ROG Xbox Ally X — major Armory Crate SE update released for all of its gaming handhelds By Hassam Nasir published 18 November 25 Improved stability highlighted across the board.
Intel cancels part of its next-gen Diamond Rapids Xeon lineup, report claims — Xeon 7 will drop models with 8 memory DIMMs to focus only on 16-channel CPUs for extra memory throughput By Hassam Nasir published 17 November 25 Up to 1.6 TB/s mixed with 2nd-gen MRDIMM.
Nvidia's excellent RTX 5070 is selling for an all-time low price of just $489 on Walmart — Get PNY's overclocked variant with a solid, triple-fan cooler on sale right now By Hassam Nasir published 16 November 25 Deals Nature is healing.
Intel's upcoming Arrow Lake desktop refresh detailed in new leak — Core Ultra 290K Plus, 270K Plus, & 250K Plus will ship with improved clocks and more E-cores, along with DDR5-7200 support By Hassam Nasir published 16 November 25 The last hurrah for LGA 1851.
Intel's next-gen Granite Rapids-WS server CPU lineup leaked — Xeon 654 18-core chip posts solid numbers in early Geekbench listing By Hassam Nasir published 16 November 25 Gunning for Threadripper's crown.
Microsoft to appeal ruling in favor of reselling perpetual Windows licenses — UK Competition Court says fineprint holds no ground as judges throw out company's 'creative work' argument By Hassam Nasir published 14 November 25 Microsoft Office products are not copyright protected.
AMD's FSR Redstone officially debuts in Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 — AMD's answer to Nvidia's Ray Reconstruction By Hassam Nasir published 14 November 25 Ray Regeneration is essentially neural upscaling, but for ray tracing data.
Valve is waiting to create the Steam Deck 2 until major silicon and architectural improvements emerge — drastically better performance with the same battery life is not enough By Hassam Nasir published 14 November 25 Steam Deck 2 will be a true next-gen product.
AMD reveals new roadmap for its Ryzen CPUs, teasing Zen 7 as the true "next-generation" leap with 2nm — Lineup confirms 2026 release for Zen 6, coming with expanded AI features By Hassam Nasir published 11 November 25 Nothing exciting, but lots to look forward to.
Future of cable-less PC builds revealed — single 50-pin connector supports up to 2,145 watts to power a CPU and GPU with BTF 3.0 By Hassam Nasir last updated 11 November 25 That's a lot of power for one connector.
Minisforum launches its first ARM-based Mini PC with a full x16 PCIe slot for discrete GPUs — The MS-R1 packs a 12-core Cixin P1 SoC with up to 64 GB of RAM and generous IO, starting at $500 By Hassam Nasir published 10 November 25 The MS-R1 is one of the first ARM Mini PCs to have discrete GPU support.
Phison CEO confirms NAND prices have more than doubled and will continue to rise, all 2026 production already sold out — SSDs facing pricing apocalypse throughout 2027 By Hassam Nasir published 10 November 25 Supply will remain deficient for a few years.
Microsoft announces first test build for Windows 11 26H1, aimed at 'specific silicon' — Rumor mill suggests first "H1" release in Windows 11's history might be reserved for upcoming Arm PCs By Hassam Nasir published 9 November 25 It's available for testing right now.
The 'Phantom' claims to be world's first transparent computer monitor, touts 5,000 nits of HDR brightness — 24-inch 4K panel from Virtual Instruments launches Q4 By Hassam Nasir published 9 November 25 It works like a glorified HUD.
25 years ago today, Microsoft released DirectX 8 and changed PC graphics forever — How programmable shaders laid the groundwork for the future of modern GPU rendering By Hassam Nasir published 9 November 25 Looking back at a historic pivot.
Hard drives on backorder for two years as AI data centers trigger HDD shortage — delays forcing rapid transition to QLC SSDs By Hassam Nasir published 9 November 25 The AI boom might help QLC overtake TLC in the next two years.
Radical gamer repurposes $1,700 ROG Astral RTX 5080 into a working DIY skateboard — rides graphics card down the street while walking dog By Hassam Nasir published 8 November 25 Frame-gen is such a poser.
Jensen Huang confirms there are no plans to ship Blackwell GPUs to China right now, chipmaker at Beijing's mercy — Nvidia CEO says shipments haven't been approved by Chinese authorities By Hassam Nasir published 7 November 25 "There are no active discussions."
Defying anti-cheat, creator gets Battlefield 6 running on 12-year-old AMD FX-9590 CPU, playable at 40+ FPS in 786p with an RX 5700 GPU — experiment reveals only SecureBoot, not TPM, is necessary for Javelin anti-cheat By Hassam Nasir published 7 November 25 A testament to Frost Engine's optimization?
GTA 6 delayed again, this time to November 2026 — Rockstar says extra time needed to deliver quality that players have 'come to expect and deserve' By Hassam Nasir published 6 November 25 This is the second time GTA 6 has been delayed.
AMD's budget Ryzen 5 7500X3D leaks out in early benchmarks, scores hint at performance on par with existing 7600X3D — budget offering could pack a punch in both single and multi-core tests By Hassam Nasir last updated 6 November 25 The cheapest X3D chip on the AM5 platform.
