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The entry-level CPU we believe is "masterclass of performance-per-watt efficiency" is now under $200 — it has CPU Speeds of 3.9 GHz, 6 Cores, and more

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Amazon has acquired a special 34% discount for the AMD Ryzen 5 9600X, making one of the most affordable and power-efficient CPUs for PCs with RTX 4080 graphics cheaper than ever.

AMD Ryzen 5 9600X processor held in hand

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NVIDIA releases driver update for Maxwell and Pascal GPUs — it focuses only on security fixes, but it's still crucial for the older cards

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Par : [email protected] (Cale Hunt)
Maxwell, Pascal, and Volta GPUs no longer receive Game Ready Driver updates, but that doesn't mean NVIDIA is ignoring them. If you have an older card, I recommend you grab this security update targeting five vulnerabilities.

NVIDIA GTX 1080 Ti

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The Xbox Ally, with its 1080p, 120Hz display and comfy grips, is putting the Steam Deck on notice — and it's now just below $490 instead of $599

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It's the end of January, but we've found a major discount to close it out in style for portable handheld gaming users. The critically-acclaimed Xbox Ally, whose performance and hardware is on par with the iconic Steam Deck, is now on sale with a 18% discount.

Xbox Ally on its back with the default Windows background showing the ASUS ROG logo and the Xbox logo.

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This powerhouse CPU with 8 cores and a 5.0GHz boost clock is off by 14% — a timely deal to upgrade your gaming PC with before prices get too extreme

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Amazon is hosting a special 14% discount for the AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D, a mighty mid-range CPU that will castly your PC gaming experience with 8 cores, 16 threads, a max clock boost of 5GHz, and more.

AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D close up

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Intel’s new XeSS 3 driver finally brings multi‑frame generation to Arc GPUs — early results suggest smoother performance, smarter frame pacing, and a more competitive alternative to DLSS and FSR

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The launch driver for Intel's Core Ultra Series 3 "Panther Lake" mobile chips includes XeSS 3 Multi Frame Generation support, and you can test it out now on way more hardware than just the new integrated GPUs.

Image from Intel Tech Tour 2025.

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AMD leak suggests RDNA 3.5 extended to 2029 — RDNA 5 reserved for "premium" devices, raising big questions for future laptops and handhelds

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A new leak has sparked rumors that AMD is sticking with its RDNA 3.5 integrated GPU architecture until 2029, leaving RDNA 5 for "premium" devices only. Is this Intel's opportunity to take over the handheld market?

AMD RDNA 3.5 2029

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This 'safe bet' laptop offers strong performance for AI tasks and a beautiful 2K, 120Hz OLED Touchscreen for digital art — and it's now $400 cheaper

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Best Buy is hosting a limited time 33% deal on the HP OmniBook X Flip 14 laptop, giving it a much-needed price cut so users can enjoy its impressive performance, durable 2-in-1 design, 2K touchscreen, and more for less.

Image of the HP OmniBook X Flip 14 (2025) laptop.

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Facebook rebranded to Meta for VR — now it's laid off 1,000 people and shut down 3 VR game studios to catch up with AI

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Meta is shutting down three of its video game studios and laying off 1,000 people from its virtual reality department to focus and channel those resources into AI and wearable technology.

Meta exhibition stand with the logo of the technology company.

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This 2025 laptop blew away our expectations in the best ways possible — and it's now perfect for casual users thanks to this 38% price drop

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We have found a special 31% discount for the HP OmniBook 5 14-inch laptop, one of our most pleasant surprise laptops of 2025 that's worth buying in 2026 for its sleek, portable-friendly design, dependable performance, and long-lasting batteries.

Image of the HP OmniBook 5 14 (G1q) laptop.

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Best Buy's Winter Sale is the antidote to rising PC prices — Hundreds of deals are available, but I found the 13 best Windows laptop discounts

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DRAM and NAND shortages, fueled by the AI buildout, are threatening to drive laptop prices through the roof in 2026. Best Buy's Winter Sale might be one of the last times to get a great Windows laptop without overspending.

Best Buy Winter Sale laptop deals

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Valve's Steam Deck suffers the same problem as the Xbox Ally, and the solution might be a modern manufacturing impossibility — Sony nailed it 16 years ago

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Handhelds are a modern marvel, but they're getting way too big. Is the PSP Go an example of what we should have done, or is that space filled by smartphones?

Sony PSP Go handheld resting above a Steam Deck on a purple card stock background

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Storage might join RAM on your PC shortage wish list — NVIDIA's new AI supercomputers will suck up millions of TB of SSDs to operate

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NVIDIA's new Rubin AI supercomputers have arrived, and they're likely going to need millions of TB of NAND to scale out. Priced into the market or not, SSDs are likely about to become the next big short in 2026.

Nvidia founder and CEO Jensen Huang speaks about the Vera Rubin AI platform during a question and answer session with reporters at the annual Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Nevada, on January 6, 2026.

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What is an "ambient intelligence layer" and why should you care? Lenovo thinks it has multi-device AI figured out with Qira, but there's more to the story

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At CES 2026, Lenovo introduced Qira, a new cross-device and cross-OS AI assistant that will become what is essentially your AI twin. I was able to test it out, and I sat down with Lenovo's President of Intelligent Devices Group, Luca Rossi, to get more information.

Lenovo Qira

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A14 gets smarter, A16 gets stronger, but they're still both lightweight — ASUS expands Zenbook lineup with faster Snapdragon power and bigger OLED options

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At CES 2026, ASUS refreshed the awesome Zenbook A14 — and announced a new, ultra-light 16-inch version powered by Qualcomm's most powerful laptop chips yet.

The Iceland Gray and the Zabriskie Beige ASUS Zenbook A16 laptops floating in the air near bubbles.

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Conspiracy theory or apt prediction? — The AI-fueled hardware shortage will kill local PCs, paving the way for subscription-based cloud computing

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Par : [email protected] (Cale Hunt)
2025 saw RAM prices climb to obscene levels, with storage not far behind. It's only going to get worse, and there's not really an end in sight. Is there something going on besides a global AI buildout?

A still frame from Signs, in which the actors are wearing tinfoil hats.

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