Hardware specifications are generally trusted, if only because they’re hard to fake. But a recent batch of budget laptops from brands originating in China may have done just that, swapping in older, less-powerful AMD Ryzen CPUs and allegedly cheating customers. Chuwi and Ninkear have been the target of investigations showing Ryzen 7000 chips swapped for older 5000-series CPUs.
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Nvidia unveiled DLSS 5 with 3D-Guided Neural Rendering at its GPU Technology Conference, using AI to add photorealistic lighting and materials to games in real-time.
PCWorld reports this technology aims to bridge the gap…
Games are increasingly being rendered using AI, so Microsoft is bringing AI into the way future graphics chips will render games.
Microsoft introduced DirectX Linear Algebra as well as the DirectX Compute Graph Compiler into its DirectX programming interface on Thursday…
AMD wants you to buy a $2,000 ‘agent PC’ just for AI
March 16, 2026
You already have a laptop or desktop PC, but now AMD thinks you need another one—an “agent PC” to support your main machine.
AMD has responded to the growing success of OpenClaw’s AI agents with a new suggestion: customers should buy “agent PCs,” which would take the power of the Ryzen AI Max+ processor (surprise!) and repurpose it to run an agent swarm. AMD’s idea is that you should…
The Raspberry Pi 5 is several times faster than previous models of the compact and cheap computer. For less than a couple hundred bucks, you can have a computer that can do many tasks that previously required a regular PC, that consumes very little power, and for which the…
A mobile phone battery stores enormous amounts of energy in a very small space. As long as everything is working properly, we don’t notice anything. But a technical defect or incorrect handling can trigger a chain reaction — known as thermal runaway. This causes the…
The Acer Swift 16 AI is a 16-inch laptop with Intel’s Panther Lake hardware. Thanks to Panther Lake, this machine is incredible, with high CPU performance, enough GPU performance for PC gaming, and long battery life. Performance is solid even when running on battery power, too — even gaming performance is decent on battery!
At a premium $1,899 price point, some of this laptop’s components…
MLB and ESPN blew up baseball streaming. Here’s help
March 13, 2026
In 2026, figuring out how to watch baseball is more confusing than ever.
MLB teams are switching channels on cable and satellite TV as regional sports networks collapse, while new companies are carving up the rights for games on national television. New streaming services…
I was impressed with the Glyph Atom EX40 from the minute I took it out of the box. It’s a looker, and its random and real-world performance were top-notch. Alas, it ain’t cheap, though with the current high price of NAND it’s looking almost like a bargain.
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Microsoft outs Xbox Project Helix: ‘We want to break down the artificial barriers between PC and console’
March 12, 2026
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PCWorld reports Microsoft’s Project Helix console aims to eliminate barriers between PC and console gaming through a unified player-first experience.
The next-generation Xbox will feature advanced graphics including neural rendering, next-gen ray tracing, and AMD’s FSR Diamond ML-based upscaling technology.
Developer alpha versions are expected…
