Qualcomm built its empire on the silicon that keeps many mobile devices humming, so its latest move counts as a real change of scenery. At its Investor Day in New York on June 24, the company laid out a full data center roadmap under a new brand called Dragonfly, and it arrived with a marquee name attached. Meta has signed a multi-year, multi-generation

ASUS is now accepting preorders for its beastly and fully-loaded ROG Strix Scar 18 gaming laptop in two configurations, one with an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 mobile GPU for $4,299.99 and a flagship setup with a GeForce RTX 5090 delivering up to 320W of sustained maximum total system power for $4,999.99. Both are basically desktop replacements.

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