The current state of Hybrid Bonding in 2026
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Hot Chips 2026: Cerebras lays out the future of wafer-scale AI
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Glass substrate roadmaps examined — Absolics in final qualification and a first product that keeps slipping
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Hot Chips 2026: OpenAI's Jalapeño AI ASIC unpacked
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Reviews
Fractal Define One case review: Balancing noise and thermals
Fractal’s Define One rounds off the boxy Define, while still keeping the iconic closed-front design. A focus on GPU airflow and three included Momentum 14 fans highlight this $154 mid-tower chassis.
Alienware 16X Aurora review: A thoroughly competent gaming laptop
The Alienware 16X Aurora pairs a gorgeous 240 Hz OLED display with solid performance, sturdy build quality, and strong upgradeability, though its size and battery life limit portability.
xTool F2 Ultra UV dual laser engraver review: So cool it’s hot
xTool’s new F2 Ultra UV cuts and engraves with cold UV light.
Adata Urban Tapsafe 2TB review: Solid-state storage you unlock with your phone
Adata's Urban Tapsafe portable SSD sports magnetic face plates, a metal mounting clip, the ability to unlock the drive with your phone, and share selective access with others via an app.
Corsair RM1000e (2026) ThermalProtect power supply review: Temperature-sensing 12V-2x6 cable shuts the GPU down before a connector can melt
Corsair's mainstream RMe series returns for 2026 with Platinum-class efficiency, a 500W fanless window, and a temperature-sensing 12V-2x6 cable that shuts the GPU down before a connector can melt.
Best Picks
Best USB Chargers 2026
We tested 20 laptop and phone chargers, ranging from cheap no-name 15W options to 140W beasts. Find out what stood out as the best.
CPUs
CPU Benchmarks and Hierarchy 2026: CPU Rankings
All of today's desktop CPU benchmarks compared, including Intel's 13th-Gen Core series and AMD's Ryzen Zen 4 and Threadripper.
Features
The current state of Hybrid Bonding in 2026
Premium Hybrid bonding, the copper-to-copper joining technique that replaces solder microbumps in 3D chip stacks, is in high-volume production on logic and freshly postponed on memory.
Glass substrate roadmaps examined — Absolics in final qualification and a first product that keeps slipping
Premium Glass-core substrates, the replacement for organic chip packaging that Intel promised in September 2023, are now in final qualification but still not in a single commercial product
PC Components
Samsung teases new HBM5 with twice the performance of HBM4E
Samsung expects HBM5 to deliver 4 TB/s of bandwidth per stack by late 2020s, which will enable AI accelerators with aggregated memory bandwidth of around 100 TB/s.
Desktops and PC Building
$899 gets you a fully fledged DDR5 gaming PC in Best Buy's Labor Day sales — save $300 off the iBuypower Slate PC powered by Intel's B570 graphics with 10GB of VRAM
Deals Save $300 on a brand-new iBuypower Slate gaming PC in the Best Buy Labor Day sales.
Deals
$30 buys you a brand-new HyperX gaming headset
Deals With a massive 40% knocked off the list price, the HyperX CloudX Stinger 2 is only $29.99 on the HyperX store.
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Microsoft will expand Windows 11 Memory Integrity feature to more PCs starting in October
PCs that already have Memory Integrity deliberately disabled will retain their existing configuration
The current state of Hybrid Bonding in 2026
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Best PC peripherals deals 2026
Enjoy these fantastic deals on gaming and productivity peripherals.
Best USB charger deals 2026
From small smart devices to laptop charging, we dug up some of the best deals on 30W single-port to 100W multi-port chargers on sale right now.
GoPro to expand into AI data centers after $285 million merger with optical-photonics company
The deal still needs final approval from the shareholders of both companies, though.
Russian hacker faces up to 20 years in prison, following extradition and indictment over US phishing campaign that allegedly infected 80,000 PCs
Russian national faces US charges over a phishing campaign that allegedly infected 80,000 PCs and stole credentials and personal data
FBI investigating 153 million US and Canadian driver’s licenses leaked on Russian cybercrime forum, including that of US SecDef Pete Hegseth
The leak was traced to a major ID-authentication service based in Louisiana, serving major companies like Hertz, Target, and the United States Coast Guard.