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Microsoft officially confirms no Windows 12 announcement at Build 2026, despite widespread social media speculation about a new operating system.
PCWorld reports that Microsoft is instead focusing on the Surface Laptop Ultra featuring Nvidia’s new N1X Arm processor for enhanced gaming and AI capabilities.
This shift represents a strategic…
Not everyone wants to run local AI on their own PCs. But if you do, there’s a major problem. Most sophisticated models can’t fit inside the limitations of your PC’s memory and storage. Phison and Intel are working on a solution.
Using Phison’s aiDAPTIV solution, a 26…
Dell’s latest XPS 13 might not have set out to specifically challenge Apple’s MacBook Neo, but it arrives at the right time. Its $599 price for students directly challenges the MacBook Neo’s own $599 price, with either Intel’s latest “Wildcat Lake” or the more…
Alienware (or Dell, to its friends) remains one of the most popular suppliers of OLED gaming monitors out there, and I’m pretty sure it’s because it’s the only major supplier that seems laser-focused on value. But its new flagship OLED, announced at Computex, is going for broke. The new model isn’t just its biggest yet at 39 inches, it’s a 5K2K beast packed with new performance tech.
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AMD reissues the Ryzen 7 5800X3D as a $349 “10th Anniversary Edition” for AM4 on June 25. It also launches the Ryzen 7 7700X3D (8c/16t, 4.5GHz, 120W) at $329 on July 16. AMD globally releases the Radeon RX 9070 GRE (12GB) at $549 on June 1.
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A year or two ago, gaming handhelds were the most exciting, fastest-growing segment in the PC market. So exciting that Acer announced a couple of models that I’m not sure ever actually landed at retail. But in 2026, as memory and storage shortages cripple the consumer PC…
It’s been four years and change since Valve shook things up with the Steam Deck. In all that time, nearly every single competitor and alternative handheld gaming PC has used an AMD chip. MSI is the only exception, and even it has an AMD alternate model. At Computex 2026, Intel is finally ready to play for real with the Intel Arc G3—it’s just a shame that now is the worst possible time to do…
Google made headlines a short time ago for a plan to expand its Gemini prompt box as it combines AI and search. Microsoft is taking a different tack: it’s also dynamically expanding its prompt box, but with an eye towards improving its productivity apps instead. Right now…
The first surprise came before I even opened a browser tab: The seven-year-old Microsoft Surface Laptop 3 booted faster than the brand-new laptops I tested it against.
That wasn’t supposed to happen. Whenever laptop or chip makers don’t have much to say about how a PC…
Microsoft is following through on a previous announcement with a new optional update for Windows 11 that makes the operating system genuinely faster, especially in certain situations. It’s called update KB5089573 and it includes the “Low Latency Profile” feature.
Windows Central reports that KB5089573 is the first update to come out of the secret Windows K2 project. In short, the aim of the…
