At CES 2026, SanDisk announced the gradual replacement of the SSD brands WD Black and WD Blue, which were previously marketed under Western Digital. With the introduction of the new sub-brand SanDisk Optimus, the marketing of the well-known product series, which had a firm place in the consumer SSD market for many years, will end. […]

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In the context of CES 2026, there are increasing indications of the return of MSI‘s Lightning series. The GeForce RTX 5090 32G LIGHTNING was officially named for the first time in the CES Innovation Awards, which were presented in advance. This confirms that MSI is reviving this traditional extreme series after a break of several […]

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With the introduction of the Micron 3610 series, Micron is pushing a boundary that was previously considered technically and thermally tricky. PCIe Gen5 meets QLC NAND in an extremely compact, single-sided M.2-2230 form factor. This is not a marketing gimmick, but a strategic message to OEMs who need to build powerful but ultra-compact systems, from […]

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According to recent supply chain analyses by Morgan Stanley, Apple has achieved a strategically important stage victory. The Group has secured sufficient NAND flash capacity up to and including the first quarter of 2026. In a market environment characterized by supply shortages, geopolitical uncertainty and rising production costs, this is anything but a matter of […]

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Samsung is using CES 2026 to present its new OLED TV generation for the 2026 model year and is expanding its existing portfolio with an additional top-of-the-range model. In addition to the well-known S85H, S90H and S95H series, the S99H is a new top model that is positioned less through new technology than through a […]

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We recently looked together at a NAS with a 10 gigabit network connection from this manufacturer, but who has that in their home? QNAP also offers a solution to this (luxury) problem in the form of a correspondingly fast network switch and adapters for retrofitting to the computer. We look at both in detail below. […]

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The content on GeForce and RTX presented in the run-up to CES 2026 paints a picture that focuses less on individual product innovations and more on a strategic consolidation of different development strands. However, the focus is now on the question of the extent to which AI-supported processes have now established themselves not only as […]

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With the CES 2026 update to DGX Spark, NVIDIA is positioning the system more clearly than ever as a bridge between classic workstation, AI developer platform and edge-capable infrastructure. Unlike many previous DGX announcements, this time the focus is less on new hardware and more on the consistent further development of the software base, the […]

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With G SYNC Pulsar, NVIDIA is presenting a further development of its display technology at CES 2026 that specifically targets a well-known problem: motion blur during fast image changes. Unlike traditional steps towards ever higher refresh rates, Pulsar does not rely solely on Hertz numbers, but combines variable refresh rates with a new form of […]

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What has long seemed like an industry-specific problem is now officially being declared an industry-wide problem. TM Roh, co-CEO of Samsung, has admitted in unusually clear terms that the persistent memory shortages will not only affect smartphones, PCs and servers in the future, but also traditional consumer goods such as televisions and household appliances. This […]

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ASUS and XREAL are jointly presenting AR gaming glasses with a refresh rate of 240 Hz for the first time at CES 2026. The devices announced under the name ROG XREAL R1 use micro OLED displays in full HD resolution and, according to the manufacturer, are designed for use as a virtual large screen for […]

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The German subsidiary of Samsung Electronics GmbH will be managed by a new management team from 2026. In future, operational and strategic responsibility will lie with a three-person management team consisting of Han Suk Seo, known internationally as Kevin Seo, Yeonho Choi and Hoon Seol. With this reorganization, the company is pursuing an organizational adjustment […]

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According to consistent reports from industry circles, NVIDIA is preparing to resume production of the GeForce RTX 3060. The background to this is said to be ongoing bottlenecks in modern graphics memory, which particularly affect current mainstream models of the newer generations. The RTX 3060 was originally launched in 2021 and was gradually phased out […]

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The Chinese research fusion reactor EAST, Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak, is located in Hefei and is based on the tokamak principle. According to a Chinese research team, a theoretically described operating regime has been experimentally achieved there for the first time in which the density limit for tokamak plasmas, which was previously considered to be […]

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MSI has announced the launch of new power supply units in the MPG Ai TS series, which are specially designed to meet the increasing requirements of modern high-performance graphics cards with 16-pin power connectors. According to the manufacturer, the MPG Ai1300TS and MPG Ai1600TS models will feature a new, active protection function that monitors the […]

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With the MSI GeForce RTX 5090 Lightning Z, MSI has done exactly what you would expect from the Lightning series, only more consistently than ever before. This graphics card is not a product in the classic sense, but a controlled loss of control. A tool for extreme overclockers, a demonstrator of power and at the […]

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When Jensen Huang travels to Taiwan, it is no longer a courtesy visit. It is a signal. According to reports in the Taiwanese media, the NVIDIA CEO is planning several symbolically and strategically charged appointments this month, which can hardly be read as anything other than a geopolitical and industrial positioning. The focus is on […]

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In 2026, digital identities will become the central target of modern cyberattacks. While traditional malware continues to play a role, the focus of attackers is increasingly shifting to authentication, authorizations, session tokens, OAuth trust relationships and non-human identities. This shift is closely linked to the increasing use of the cloud, the strong growth of SaaS […]

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With the expansion of our own measurement infrastructure, a Nanotest TTV10 will be used in future, operated on the TTV10 Control Unit from Nanotest. The aim of this investment is to openly explain to readers the technical basis on which future thermal analyses will be based and why certain questions can only be answered with […]

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From an analytical perspective, the first calendar week of 2026, including the recent public holidays, represents a structurally exceptional situation and is only suitable to a limited extent for a classic LeakWatch analysis based on the usual pattern of individual incidents, actors and damage totals. The reason for this is not a lack of security-related […]

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MSI is back in the extreme overclocking segment with brute force. The first sighting of the MSI GeForce RTX 5090 Lightning Z OCER is less a graphics card than a demonstration of power. Initial images and benchmarks show that MSI is not focusing on efficiency with this card, but uncompromisingly on electrical and thermal resilience. […]

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The Taiwanese semiconductor manufacturer TSMC is at the center of an official investigation after sensitive company documents were allegedly found during a search at the home of a former senior manager. The person concerned, Dr. Wei-Jen Lo, previously held a position of responsibility at TSMC and has since moved to Intel. The case has attracted […]

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An incident from the Ukraine war is currently attracting international attention after a portable computer is said to have demonstrably prevented serious injuries. According to the user concerned, an Apple MacBook Air with Apple M1 absorbed a shrapnel that would otherwise have hit the body of a Ukrainian soldier. The statements are based on publicly […]

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The political narrative of the “Made in USA” chip sounds catchy, but economically it is a tightrope act for contract manufacturers. For TSMC, production in the United States means one thing above all: massively rising costs and dramatically shrinking gross margins. Internal calculations and evaluations by SemiAnalysis show that the margins for US-manufactured wafers are […]

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