Yesterday on X/Twitter, GameStop was forced to "gently remind everyone that our stores are not designed to function as infinite money printers." This statement was a response to a GameStop promotion that allowed shoppers to buy a Nintendo Switch 2, then trade it in for more than they paid, as long as they included a used game as well. If the

Who makes CPUs? Well, you've got AMD, Intel, Apple, Qualcomm, and Mediatek as the major players in consumer devices, with companies like Samsung, Broadcom, Google, Huawei, UNISOC, and Rockchip each making up smaller slices of the market (even if their portfolios are often much larger). NVIDIA's there too, though; while everyone knows about

Arc Raiders development studio Embark has big plans for the game in 2026, after upon realize it became a smash hit in 2025. And now the developer hopes to attain the success of long running online games such as Fortnite. This includes potentially making changes for players who join raids that are already underway, even though it notes these

Amidst rising AI discontent, some tech CEOs have formed somewhat of a united front insisting that critics of AI are somehow incorrect. In an interview on Decoder with Nilay Patel (a podcast produced by The Verge), Razer CEO Min-Liang Tan has chimed in with some curious, conflicting statements regarding generative AI. These statements particularly

Dell UltraSharp 52 Thunderbolt Hub Monitor (U5226KW) MSRP $2899.99 (W/ Stand), $2799.99 (Without Stand)  The Dell UltraSharp 52 (U5226KW) is a massive, beautiful, gently curved Thunderbolt Hub-enabled monitor featuring a 6K2K resolution, 120Hz variable refresh rate and IPS Black panel technology. It's ideal for analysts, creators...

Forget Thing T. Thing from The Addams Family (yes, that's the full name); modern science has officially brought us a detachable robot hand that can actually skitter across the floor, grab you a beer, and creep the heck out of your guests. In an engineering development that straddles the line between revolutionary and nightmare fuel, researchers

New data and analysis are rewriting the biography of the Red Planet as evidences suggest that Mars could have held more water (and potential life) than previously thought, where it once hosted a vibrant, blue world dominated by a massive northern ocean. Delta deposits that appeared on the images of Mars with the coastline. (Credit: ESA/ExoMars,TGO/CaSSIS/Ignatius

ASUS is rolling out a new Wi-Fi 7 router with a comparatively subdued design aesthetic from past models we've seen, trading the aggressive headcrab design found on the ROG Rapture GT-AX11000 we reviewed (as well as some newer models) for more of a block-shaped profile. Make no mistake though, new ROG Strix GS-BE7200 still stands out for a

The 'Never Settle' spirit is facing its most existential crisis yet as reports emerge that OnePlus, the revered flagship killer, is being systematically dismantled by its parent company, Oppo. OnePlus has denied the claims, but signs have been pointing to some kind of downsizing or eventual exit from certain markets. OnePlus 15 In Sandstorm

As Willie Nelson once said, "Turn out the lights, the party's over, they say that all good things must end." Those lyrics date all the way back to the 1950s, and so it's safe to say he was not referring to solid state drive (SSD) storage. He might as well have been, though, because now Kioxia is singing the same tune about the days of cheap

Most of the monitor announcements we see these days are targeted towards gamers, and for good reason—gaming is an ideal outlet for innovations like ultra-fast refresh rates, adaptive sync, and so forth. At first glance, you might assume that BenQ's new RD280UG is another one of those displays, but in a surprise twist, it's built specifically

Ayaneo announced Konkr Pocket Fit today, marking the first Windows-based handheld model in Ayaneo's Konkr sub-brand. While pricing and final storage and memory specifications are unknown due to the ongoing DRAM crisis and NAND shortage, this new OLED-equipped handheld seems set to compete with the OneXFly F1 Pro, but with a slightly souped-up

Let's talk about transformers, and not robots in disguise, but the neural network architecture that underpins basically every modern AI model. Transformers are smart, but they trade training efficiency for inference complexity. To help reduce the amount of compute needed for complex transformers, we use a thing called a Key Value cache, or

OpenAI has been tight lipped about its upcoming AI native hardware after having acquired Jony Ive’s design firm last year. Although comments by the company’s chief global affairs officer Chris Lehane, which have been reported by Axios, point to the secretive device being released sooner rather than later. During an event at the World Economic

To the surprise of few, leaked footage from the upcoming Grand Theft Auto 6 has incited a moral panic, but not from the usual Stateside suspects like disbarred attorney Jack Thompson. Instead, it is coming from Russia, with a recent interview from deputy chairman of the World Russian People's Council Mikhail Ivanov decrying "destructive and

A few weeks ago, we covered DarkSpectre, a threat actor responsible for running numerous spyware campaigns that, combined, infected a total of at least 8.8 million Google Chrome, Mozilla FireFox, and Microsoft Edge users. One of the key ways this was done was through malicious extensions, with the caveat that said extensions did have legitimate

In a development that's no doubt going to send analysts and fans into a frenzy, Sony today announced that it's ceding majority control of its iconic Bravia TV and home entertainment business to Chinese electronics giant TCL. Under a new strategic partnership, the two companies will establish a joint venture where TCL holds a 51% controlling

Smack dab in the Ring Nebula, astronomers have stumbled upon a massive bar-shaped structure of iron that had previously eluded prior observations, potentially revealing the ghost of a vaporized world. Led by a team from University College London (UCL) and Cardiff University, the discovery essentially uncovered a feature hidden in plain

Qualcomm continues to crank out new versions of its Snapdragon X silicon for PCs, and in doing so, there are opportunities to score enticing deals on last-gen releases. Now is one of those times. The caveat is that you're not getting the latest and greatest silicon, but if you're willing to go a generation back, you can save a wad a cash on

Samsung has just released a pricing guide for its upcoming Galaxy Book 6 series and it shows Panther Lake-powered models hitting shelves with a price premium that's nearly 20% higher than its Lunar Lake predecessors. Can we thank the RAM-pocalypse for this? The sticker shock comes directly from Samsung’s official countdown page (for South

We're big fans of the Mac mini lineup around these parts (dating back to the M1 Mac mini we reviewed in 2020), particularly as Apple's in-house M-series silicon has come into its own. The latest version of the Mac mini sports a choice between the M4 or M4 Pro, both of which are powerful and efficient, making the tiny Mac a viable workhorse

Thin is in when it comes to smartphone design, or so that's been the recent trend with devices like Apple's iPhone 17 Air and Samsung's Galaxy S25 Edge. Does the same slim design philosophy translate to gaming phones, though? It does as far as Redmagic is concerned, which has launched its Redmagic 11 Air gaming handset in China. While not

When it rains it pours, and Ubisoft, one of the world’s largest video game publishers, is currently enduring a deluge. The company’s latest releases, which include its long running Assassin’s Creed franchise and tie-ins with popular IP such as Star Wars, have failed to make the splash it hoped for. Now, Ubisoft is facing a legal battle with

Over on Overclock.net, user OC_Beer posted what appear to be the first leaked overclocking results for AMD's upcoming Ryzen 7 9850X3D. The chip isn't even on shelves yet, as AMD only announced it at CES 2026 less than two weeks ago, but if these images are real, someone out there is already pushing it past its limits—5748 MHz on all eight