Asus ROG Xbox Ally and Ally X available for pre-order worldwide – U.S. pricing starts at $599 and $999 respectively
Pre-orders begin for Asus’ ROG Xbox Ally series, the first handhelds designed in partnership with Microsoft.
New U.S. gov’t rule says chipmakers have to make one chip in the US for each chip imported from another country to avoid 100% tariffs — Trump admin allegedly preps new 1:1 chip export rule under new tariff plan
The Trump administration is drafting a policy that would require chipmakers to match U.S. production with customer imports or face steep tariffs, potentially up to 100%.
YouTuber’s homebrew aim-assist exoskeleton grabs them second place in global Aimlabs leader board — 63% aim boost from AI-powered project
A YouTube gamer has constructed a homebrew aim-assist exoskeleton which tracks on-screen movement and adjusts his aim physically, helping to max out his score in Aimlabs’ FPS training program.
Intel officially becomes a contract custom chip designer, Nvidia among lead customers — company veteran Srini Iyengar to spearhead new Central Engineering Group
Intel has effectively entered the custom silicon market by appointing a dedicated executive to lead its bespoke CPU efforts and securing a major multi-year deal to design custom Xeon processors for Nvidia, marking a shift from semi-custom tweaks to full-fledged contract chip design.
Bots targeting the r/GamingLaptop’s subreddit with blatant MSI advertising in posts — mods allege marketing bots are flooding the forums with MSI-promoting posts
The r/GamingLaptop subreddit is under attack from a coordinated strike involving spammers promoting MSI products exclusively to its members.
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050 review: a necessary update, not an exciting one
The GeForce RTX 5050 brings a much-needed performance boost to the low end of the graphics card market, but it faces intense competition at its $249 MSRP.
Elon Musk’s Grok AI to be used by US government at a price of 42 cents per agency— Trump admin joining Meta, OpenAI in recent trend of AI govt contracts
The United States government has finalized a deal licensing the Grok 4 chatbot for use by federal government workers. This follows recent deals made with OpenAI, Meta, and Anthropic, but raises eyebrows due to the previously fractured relationship between xAI boss Elon Musk and Donald Trump.
HighPoint’s adapter enables GPUDirect storage — up to 64 GB/s from drive to GPU, bypassing the CPU
HighPoint launches the Rocket 7638D switch card that enables Nvidia GPUDirect connectivity between GPUs and NVMe storage by supporting peer-to-peer data transfers without CPU involvement.
HighPoint Rocket 7638D Storage Solution Eliminates CPU Bottlenecks For NVIDIA GPUs
For AI and similar enterprise workloads that are heavily reliant on GPU and storage resources, CPU bottlenecks can cause significant idle time, but enterprise storage leaders at HighPoint Technologies seem to have found a solution with its new HighPoint Rocket 7638D 48-lane (32 downstream, 16 upstream) PCIe Gen 5 switch adapter. Unlike its
Dell’s First Earbuds Mean Business With AI-Powered ANC & Teams Open Office Certification
Dell has a small (but growing) line of audio devices tailored for professionals, which has previously been relegated to speakerphones, headsets, and soundbars. Today, however, Dell added its first ever earbuds to its portfolio, the Dell Pro Plus Earbuds, which sport adaptive ANC, mics with AI-powered noise filtering, and Microsoft Teams Open