There's been a lot of attention paid to how rising memory chip costs are affecting PC parts, particularly DRAM and discrete graphics cards equipped with video RAM, but the situation has implications that extend well beyond the PC. One segment in particular that is feeling the squeeze is the smartphone market, and things are about to get worse,

A dramatic ring-of-fire solar eclipse is set to grace the skies on February 17, although this time, most of the globe will have to settle for watching the spectacle via livestream than from their own backyards. That is, unless you live in Antarctica. Otherwise known as an annular solar eclipse, the ring-of-fire eclipse occurs when the moon

Razer shocked many of its fans when it announced pricing for its Boomslang 20th Anniversary Edition mouse, limited to just 1,337 serialized collector sets priced at $1,337 each. But despite the wisecracks suggesting Razer was early for an April Fool's Day gag, it's a real product and Razer is the one laughing all the way to bank after the

Discord has committed to a global rollout of "teen-by-default" settings. That means users who change some specific settings or attempt to access age-restricted content on the platform, may be prompted to verify their age. Discord age verification currently uses facial age estimation or a scanned government ID, but the company says more options

Sapphire has announced a special Nitro+ Radeon RX 9070 XT Crimson Desert Edition, and it's very clearly meant to be more than just a sticker-swap SKU. This is a full-on collaboration card tied to developer Pearl Abyss's upcoming single-player action RPG Crimson Desert, but it's also a waving a flag to signal where AMD wants its high-end PC

Researchers at the security firm iVerify have discovered a new piece of malware dubbed ZeroDayRAT, which can be used to compromise both Android and iOS devices. The company describes it as a “complete mobile compromise toolkit” typically associated with well-resourced attackers, such as nation-state backed hackers, but is available to anyone

Black Myth: Wukong drew high critical acclaim for its top-notch production values and well-adapted Souls-like gameplay, and now its sequel Black Myth: Zhong Kui is being shown off ahead of its eventual release. The new Black Myth: Zhong Kui trailer that just hit the web isn't typical, though. While it is using the engine and presumably at

Intel's current Core Ultra 200-series processors offer excellent productivity performance, competent gaming performance, and solid power efficiency. A lot of fans are banking on the company's next-generation Nova Lake parts to be its true return to form, though, and the first generation to provide a credible challenge to AMD's X3D-powered

Apple is once again (reportedly) preparing to equip the upcoming AirPods Pro 4 with infrared cameras designed to let the earbuds "see" the world around you. Most likely, and assuming if this rumor holds out, this could enable hand gestures and enhanced spatial audio capabilities with VR integration being a possibility. Next AirPods Pro

Building a new PC these days can be a financial challenge due to soaring memory prices, though if you're willing to bite the bullet anyway or already have RAM that you can apply to a new build, then do yourself a solid and check out this deal on an AMD Ryzen 9 7900X processor. Available at Woot (owned by Amazon), we've never seen it listed

Scientists at the University of Trento have uncovered the first direct evidence of a subsurface feature beneath Venus: a massive underground lava tube on the most volcanically active planet in the Solar System. Published this week in the Nature journal, the finding was actually made by re-analyzing archival radar data from NASA’s Magellan

In an unexpected bit of news, Toyota has unveiled a proprietary game engine called Fluorite. Nope, this doesn't mean the company is entering the game development any time soon, but rather, is something we could likely see powering its future cars.  Developed by Very Good Ventures and Toyota Connected North America, Fluorite was introduced

There was a time when cutting the cord could save you big money versus paying for a satellite or traditional cable TV package. Those days are gone, perhaps for good, though one of the best streaming services is rolling out more affordable plans. That would be YouTube TV, and streaming subscribers now have several new tiers to choose from,

G.Skill has agreed to pay $2.4 million to settle a class action lawsuit alleging it "deceptively advertised and labeled" the speed of its DDR5 and DDR4 desktop memory modules. The settlement allows G.Skill to put the matter to rest without admitting any wrongdoing, and it avoids having a court decide of G.Skill's memory speed labels violated

There have been some reports of AMD Ryzen 9000 CPUs being roasted in their sockets recently, but motherboard manufacturers like ASRock are working to correct any actual problems. ASRock has the most well-documented incidences of AMD AM5 X3D CPUs being killed, but it isn't the only one—many other manufacturers, including MSI, ASUS, Gigabyte,

Cramming PC components into classic game consoles is a time-honored tradition that's almost as common as stuffing modern hardware into the beige boxes of yesteryear. A modder that goes by the name of PhasedTech wanted a challenge for his own project and found the perfect candidate in the Xbox One S. When the Xbox One launched in 2013 it

Ayaneo has officially unleashed the Next 2, its new flagship Windows handheld anchored by AMD's monstrous Ryzen AI Max "Strix Halo" APU and a gorgeous 9.06-inch OLED display. The system is a bold statement that pushes portable PC gaming toward console-class performance. The project page is live on Indiegogo, with prices starting around $1,799

The current console generation has been less than stellar for Microsoft’s Xbox, as its Series X and S devices have struggled to build a user base that’s comparable to that of Sony and Nintendo. This has caused the company to expand the platforms its games can be played on, bringing marquee titles to the PlayStation 5 and consequently causing

Oldheads will remember the Pentium G6950 and the Intel Upgrade Service that came with it. What you may not realize is that Intel actually did the same thing with its 4th- and 5th-generation Xeon processors, codenamed Sapphire Rapids and Emerald Rapids. These chips have "Intel On Demand", which "allows" you to enable specific features of your

Coming in hot just in time for Valentine's Day is a round of discounts on Apple's newest generation smartwatch, the Apple Watch Series 11. The latest discounts see the wearable drop back down to an all-time low price. In addition, we found some bargains on a few other Apple devices. That doesn't mean you skip the chocolates and flowers, but

YouTube Music has ended the era of unrestricted free sing-alongs by moving song lyrics behind a Premium paywall, forcing non-paying listeners to decide if words is worth a monthly fee. Shame, shame, Google. The money grab change, which is beginning a worldwide roll-out this month, heralds the end of a recent Google experiment to monetize

A fresh rumor claims NVIDIA is readying a new graphics card that will be faster than its flagship GeForce RTX 5090 (pictured above), and it's purportedly not related to any GeForce RTX 50 Super series models that may or may not still be on the roadmap. Instead, it's said the new card could materialize as a GeForce RTX 5090 Ti or an RTX Titan

A new round of hardware leaks suggests that Sony’s next-generation PlayStation 6 and its accompanying handheld will feature a massive surge in memory capacity and speed: think 30GB for the PS5 and 24GB for the handheld.. According to a series of technical disclosures from industry insider Kepler_L2 (first spotted by eagle-eyed Video Cardz),

Some existing subscribers to YouTube TV are being treated to $80 in cumulative discounts spread out over the course of four monthly payments, though to our knowledge, Google isn't advertising or actively promoting the potential savings. If you're a subscriber, this means you'll have to put in some minor legwork to check if you're eligible. Your