DefenseNews

Taiwan leaders face pushback on massive defense budget mechanics

January 26, 2026
NEW TAIPEI CITY, Taiwan – Taiwan’s government may be facing a fight to find the funding to pay for planned military spending, including announced arms purchases from the United States. Taipei said last month it would buy a large $11.1 billion arms package from the United States including HIMARS rocket systems. A month earlier Taiwanese President William Lai announced a roughly NT$1.25 trillion…
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ComputersNews

Report: Nvidia cancels GPU MSRP program

January 26, 2026
Summary created by Smart Answers AI In summary: PCWorld reports that Nvidia may cancel its MSRP program that incentivized partners to sell GPUs at recommended prices, potentially leading to higher graphics card costs. Rising memory prices and AI data center demand are driving supply constraints, with Nvidia prioritizing profitable AI GPUs over consumer cards. The RTX 5080 could see a significant…
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ComputersNews

I hate PC monitor names so, so much

January 26, 2026
“The MSI MPG 271QR QD-OLED X50 shouldn’t be confused with the MSI MAG 272QP QD-OLED X50, though the two are similar.” I almost spit my morning Diet Pepsi across my keyboard when I read that in a (frankly great) PCWorld review. Of course people will confuse those…
ComputersNews

A Lenovo update hints at Nvidia Arm CPUs coming soon

January 26, 2026
The transition from x86/x64 architecture (the stuff that’s been powering desktops and laptops for decades) to Arm architecture (the stuff more usually found inside smartphones) was supposed to be a massive change for Windows. It certainly hasn’t been that, at least not…
GamingNews

'It'll Be a Bit of Work, but You Could Marry Them All' — Fable Has 1,000 Handcrafted NPCs for You to Play Around With

January 23, 2026
Fable, the upcoming open-world fantasy RPG from Playground Games, has 1,000 fully voiced NPCs, and, if you do the right things, you can marry every single one of them. The long-awaited fairytale follow-up to Lionhead’s original Xbox trilogy was showcased at the January 2026 Xbox Developer Direct, and finally gave us a good look at its gameplay. But, there’s more to learn yet, as IGN spoke to…
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GamingNews

Xbox Developer Direct 2026: Everything Announced

January 23, 2026
Microsoft kicked 2026 off with a new Xbox Developer Direct showcase, which featured some of the biggest games the company has coming out this year. We got fresh looks at Playground Games’ Forza Horizon 6 and Fable, Game Freak’s Beast of Reincarnation, and a…
CryptoNews

$1B XRP Treasury Gains Institutional Safeguards With Evernorth’s t54 Infrastructure

January 23, 2026
Institutional demand for XRP is accelerating as Evernorth moves to build a billion-dollar, AI-driven treasury designed to actively grow holdings through onchain markets, signaling a new phase of autonomous, large-scale digital asset management. Ripple-Backed Evernorth Collaborates With t54 to Scale XRP Treasury Beyond ETF Models Growing institutional interest in digital asset treasuries continues…
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