MSI has launched pre-orders for the Claw 8 EX AI+ gaming handheld, powered by the Intel Arc G3 Extreme chip, starting at $1,699. The device, announced at Computex, sold out at some US retailers like t…
Tensordyne announced Napier, a 3nm AI processor and rack-scale inference platform using logarithmic math to reduce multiplier area and improve inference economics. The company claims its TDN72 rack ca…
MSI's Claw 8 EX AI+ launches June 23 at $1,699, making it the most expensive handheld gaming PC ever sold. The device features Intel's Arc G3 Extreme processor, 32GB RAM, and an 8-inch 120Hz display, …
Intel has launched the Intel Performance Skills open-source project, which provides AI agents with structured workflows for CPU performance analysis and optimizations on Linux. The MIT-licensed projec…
A technical report proposes using a consumer RTX 3090's integrated GPU (iGPU) to run a small language model as a 'Sentinel' for monitoring and validating outputs from the primary GPU-bound model. The …
A developer tested five small LLMs (under 2B parameters) on a budget PC with an Intel i5 CPU, no GPU, and single-channel RAM. The LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct model emerged as the best all-around performer fo…
Amazon is offering the MSI Vector 16 gaming laptop with an RTX 5070 Ti, Core Ultra 7 255HX, 32GB DDR5 RAM, and 2TB SSD for $2,149, down from $2,499. The deal includes a 14% discount and only 18 units …
Amazon is offering a $100 discount on the Skytech Archangel 5 gaming PC, bringing its price to $1,149.99. The PC features an Intel Core i5-14400F, RTX 5060, 16GB DDR5 RAM, and a 750W gold-rated PSU, t…
1Password acquired Apono, a just-in-time access governance startup, to govern AI access. The deal brings intent-based, zero-standing-privilege access controls into 1Password's Unified Access strategy …
Nvidia unveiled the RTX Spark Superchip at Computex 2026, an ARM-based processor developed with MediaTek that promises to revolutionize Windows PCs for AI developers, creators, and gamers. The chip, f…
A 10-year PC-building veteran reports that building your own PC is no longer cheaper than buying a prebuilt system, due to AI-driven price surges in RAM, storage, and GPUs. Across budget, midrange, an…
Amazon is offering the ASUS TUF Gaming F16 laptop with an RTX 5050 GPU and 16GB DDR5 RAM at 21% off, priced at $1,029.99. The deal targets gamers seeking affordable FHD performance with Blackwell arch…
Alphabet's Google is in talks with Samsung Electronics to manufacture part of its next-generation tensor processing unit, codenamed "Icefish," with TSMC producing the main compute die and Samsung maki…
The team behind HelperX discovered that User-Agent rotation alone is insufficient to evade modern anti-bot systems, as Canvas, WebGL, and AudioContext fingerprints can reveal automation. They develope…
Newegg is offering a $400 discount on an iBUYPOWER gaming desktop featuring an RTX 5080 GPU and Intel Core Ultra 7 270K CPU, priced at a reduced rate for a limited time. The deal includes 32GB DDR5 RA…
Llama.cpp is an open-source C/C++ library that enables running large language model inference locally on consumer hardware, supporting multiple platforms and GPU backends. It automatically optimizes e…
Bank of America issued a rare double upgrade for Intel, citing the company's strategic shift toward artificial intelligence. The upgrade reflects growing confidence in Intel's ability to compete in th…
Intel is ending development of its open-source BigDL project, which enabled running large language models across Intel XPUs from laptops to data centers. The project will be archived on June 30, 2026,…
Bank of America raised its global server CPU market forecast to over $170 billion by 2030, citing agentic AI as the primary demand driver. The revision triggered a semiconductor rally on June 11, with…
Samsung Electronics is in talks to manufacture a memory input-output die for Google's next-generation AI chip, the 10th-generation tensor processing unit code-named "Icefish," using its 2-nanometer pr…