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Ditching the cloud for local AI — how I use two mini PCs to process millions of tokens a day and save money on costly API fees
Premium As new data center buildouts hit planning walls and AI inference providers hike costs, is the future of AI to roll your own models?
Intel's fab roadmap examined — Arizona, Ohio, Ireland, and the two deadlines deciding 14A process node
Premium This roadmap provides an in-depth analysis of Intel's current plans for its chip production capacity.
US pulls the 'kill-switch' on Anthropic's Fable 5 AI models, sending global allies scrambling
PREMIUM World leaders are concerned that projects can be cut off by arbitrary U.S. regulations.
Intel's one-two punch plan in desktop CPUs is taking shape
Premium Intel’s next-gen desktop plans are starting to take shape, and Computex entertained a lot of murmurs about what’s coming from Team Blue over the next year at the event.
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Noctua NL-LC1-36 Review: Compromise paves the way
A necessary compromise paves the way to greatness with Noctua’s first AIO cooler.
CyberPowerPC Gaming Desktop (GXi3800BSTV2) review: A showpiece with real muscle
Built to be shown off, CyberPower’s latest gaming desktop expertly combines style and speed while keeping the price reasonable.
ViewSonic VX2738-2K 27-inch OLED review: An OLED value play
Delivers smooth speed, quick response, and saturated color for a relatively low price
Best Picks
Best Hard Drives 2026: The best HDDs for desktop PCs, NAS, and more, based on our extensive benchmarking
We recommend the best hard drives for every need and budget based on our extensive lab tests.
CPUs
Intel and AMD's new ACE CPU extensions bring an efficient AI-oriented instruction set to x86
ACE CPU extensions bring an efficient AI-oriented instruction set to x86 — new design makes matrix multiplication more power- and density-efficient
AMD will reinstate memory encryption on Ryzen 9000 CPUs through a BIOS update in July — TSME is coming back after 'valuable community feedback'
AMD says it will reinstate firmware memory encryption (TSME) on non-PRO Ryzen 9000 desktop CPUs through a BIOS update in July, following the feature's removal through an earlier firmware update.
Graphics Cards
Unlucky PC builder sent RTX 5070 from Amazon, gets DVD rewriter and a busted logic board from an early 2000's Kenwood AV receiver instead
Another person has fallen victim to Amazon's generous return policy, as they received a disc drive, a mousepad, and an AV receiver instead of the $700 RTX 5070 they ordered.
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We recommend the best hard drives for every need and budget based on our extensive lab tests.
Desktops and PC Building
Commodore announces Linux-based flip phone with ‘no social media, no browser’
After some teasing and a couple of red herrings Commodore today unveiled a retro-styled flip phone dubbed the Callback 8020.
Thermal pads with in-built vapor-chambers claim 50 to 80 times better thermal conductivity than normal thermal pads
A thermal pad with a vapor chamber on top might be the TIM your next phone's SoC will use. Xerendipity's new products are meant to keep your phone cooler without sacrificing thickness or cost.
How to setup an Android smartphone as a webcam — Camo Studio unlocks new uses for old smartphones in Windows 10 or 11 and OBS software
You don’t need to throw out that old Android smartphone; you can recycle it into a backup webcam or create a multi-camera setup for your streaming platform. And we show you how to do that, for free!
Deals
Save $300 on this 1440p-ready gaming PC with 32GB DDR5 RAM
Deals Asus' ROG GM700 is a great prebuilt, packing powerful components for a solid price without compromising on the details. It just happens to look nice, too, if you're into the gamer aesthetic.
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China unifies tech sector to build grid-free orbiting satellite AI data centers, challenging Elon Musk's SpaceX
Beijing says the Space Computing Industry Innovation Center will bring together rocket and satellite manufacturers, chip manufacturers, and AI labs to develop a space-based data center system.
Rare ASML Special Edition Monopoly board unearthed in social media trade
We just witnessed a significant semiconductor industry related non-cash trade deal take place on Twitter/X.
