In a collaboration video with LinusTechTips where they build his new PC, Linux creator Linus Torvalds made a surprising defense of Windows by stating that "a big percentage of those [Blue Screens of Death] are hardware not being reliable" and thus not the fault of Microsoft. It's during a section of the video where Torvalds insists upon the

Put your wallet away; it's another leak post, not an official announcement. However, maybe keep the billfold in arm's reach, because it's looking like it won't be long now before we see Intel's "Big Battlemage" GPU. The latest leak comes from familiar face "X86 is dead&back", who actually deleted his post, but not before we and many others

Apple has had a bit of a shakeup recently, with some senior executives headed for the exit. Rumors have also been swirling that Tim Cook may step down as CEO next year. The latest rumor suggests that Johny Srouji, senior vice president of hardware technologies, and one of the leaders responsible for the success of Apple silicon, may be leaving--at

It's not often that celebrity game developers step down from their posts, or personally survey how their games perform in international arcades, but Katsuhiro Harada has done both. After three decades with the Tekken (Japanese: Iron Fist) fighting game series, including directing since Tekken 3 (1997), Harada has formally announced his coming

By pioneering a new method that studies our galaxy from the inside out, astronomers using data collected from the Gaia-ESO Public Spectroscopic Survey (GES) have uncovered surprising hidden features of the Milky Way’s spiral structure  For ages, mapping the precise architecture of our home galaxy has been a challenge similar to attempting

It feels like each passing day brings with it a new leak or rumored related to Intel's upcoming Arrow Lake-S Refresh processors. That's not actually the case, of course, but the leaks are starting to pile up, the latest of which is a benchmark run. The chip in question is an unannounced (and obviously not-yet-released) Core Ultra 7 270K Plus

Samsung has kicked off the One UI 8.5 beta program and, with it, promises "next-level ease of use" across Galaxy S25 devices (for now). Built on Android 16 QPR2, the latest Samsung mobile skin intends on bringing a unified and intelligent mobile experience, focusing intensely on productivity, system performance, and security. Photo Assist

A popular power bank sold exclusively at Amazon is being recalled after over a dozen reports of the problematic unit overheating. In 11 of those reported incidents (out of 15), affected units caught fire, resulting in three minor burn injuries and over $380,000 in property damage. Suffice to say, if you own an affected power bank, stop using

Affordable gaming is facing an existential threat from the rise of AI and the resulting insatiable demand for key components. This has led to a massive spike in PC DRAM prices, and storage solutions may not be far behind. The sliver lining is that we're in the midst of the holiday shopping season, and with it comes what is perhaps one last

The broad rollout of the Windows 11 25H2 update has started, and users who want to fast-track it are being referred to the relevant update options in a new blog post on Microsoft's site. Windows 11 25H2 comes with an assortment of additional Copilot+ related features (exclusive to those with sufficiently-powerful NPUs rated for 40+ TOPS) and

After completing not one but two GTC events this year, NVIDIA is already looking ahead to what's in store for the next one, which the company confirms is returning to San Jose, California next year. It will run from March 16-19, 2026. For those who are interested in attending, registration is now open, though you can expect a livestreamed

Intel's Panther Lake processors are due to arrive soon in new notebooks from a wide array of partners. MSI has a refreshed line-up of Prestige machines coming, for example, powered by Intel's latest and greatest mobile chips, flaunting OLED screens up to 16 inches and long battery life. Based on initial disclosures from Intel and some leaked

This might just be the most will-they-or-won't-they GPU release story of all time. Intel's Arc Battlemage was rumored to come in two different versions as soon as we ever heard about it, but the larger "BMG-G31" chip never materialized and was rumored to be canceled. Then it appeared in leaks, and then it was rumored to have been canceled

If you haven't done so already, check out our roundup of excellent deals on several generations of iPhone and Apple Watch devices, with Woot (owned by Amazon) offering massive savings on its Grade-A refurbs backed by a 1-year warranty. Then once you've done that, check out the big discounts from Amazon on more Apple products, all in new condition,

Blink and you'll miss Woot's flash sale on a whole bunch of 'Grade-A' Apple Watch and iPhone devices with hundreds of dollars of savings on tap, and delivery in time for Christmas. And before you dismiss the sale because these are refurbished items, consider that Woot (which is owned by Amazon) is promising "like-new functionality" and battery

Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince recently spoke out against Google's AI practices, highlighting that while his company has successfully blocked 416 billion unwanted AI scrapers from its customers' content, Google has made opting out of the practice extremely difficult for most companies doing business on the web. Prince spoke strongly in an interview

As far as anyone outside AMD knows, Team Red's next processor releases will be the Gorgon Point family, which is a refresh of Strix Point. "Refresh" doesn't necessarily mean "rebadged," though. Sometimes refreshes can come with significant changes, like the clock rate changes from Intel's 13th to 14th generation Core CPUs. If you were hoping

Microsoft debuted a new visual style with Windows 11, but 4 years on there are still parts of the operating system that seem to be from a different era. That includes the venerable Run dialog box, which was introduced all the way back in 1995 and has remained mostly unchanged since. However, it’s finally getting a makeover and will even have

We've been eagerly looking forward to the OneXFly Apex handheld because it's one of the most interesting of the announced PC gaming portables to use AMD's Ryzen AI Max processors, codenamed Strix Halo. We've been so interested in it, we've covered it three times already since its September announcement. Well, unfortunately, if you were likewise

Gigabyte's new motherboard will have you pining to build a Ryzen PC (maybe around the Ryzen 7 9850X3D). Called the X870E Aero X3D Wood, the styling from our vantage point looks absolutely tree-mendous, and if you think we're all out of wood puns, you're barking up the wrong tree. We just can't leave well enough alone. Silly puns aside,

Valve sent the gaming world into a tizzy when it unveiled a new slate of hardware last month, which includes a small cube dubbed the Steam Machine. Once the initial excitement died down, fans noticed a peculiar omission in the device’s spec sheet, which indicated it would support the HDMI 2.0 standard instead of HDMI 2.1. Valve has now provided

While not yet released at retail or even publicly announced, AMD's Ryzen 7 9850X3D processor is confirmed to exist by way of a support document on AMD's website. It's also been benchmarked, assuming a couple of entries at Geekbench are legitimate. If so, they offer the first glimpse of where performance may land, though you should always take

In a refreshing change of pace from current trends, Logitech CEO Hanneke Faber suggests the peripheral maker is taking a more tempered approach to AI features and product launches, and is learning from the mistakes of others. You don't have to look very far to see those mistakes, with products like the Humane AI Pin and Rabbit R1 both flopping. "What's

Valve has done a lot of work to support Proton, which is the compatibility layer that’s enabled Windows games to work smoothly on the Steam Deck, which also happens to be a Linux-based device. Unbeknownst to the rest of the world, though, is that the company was funding another project, called Fex, which aims to bring x86 games to Arm, according