The new Ryzen AI Max+ 392 has popped up on Geekbench with a single-core score of 2,917 points and a multi-core score of 18,071 points, posting impressive results across the board that match high-end desktop SKUs. The test stems from an Asus TUF Gaming A14 laptop that we checked out at CES 2026.

After launching 32-terabyte HAMR drives, Seagate has achieved the same feat with CMR tech, releasing three new drives across its iconic product families. Starting at $699.99 and going all the way up to $849.99, these 32 TB hard drives spin at 7200 RPM, have transfer speeds of up to 285 MB/s, and five-year warranties.

AMD announced the Ryzen AI 400 series at CES with a Q1 2026 launch window, but apparently the first laptops in China to feature Gorgon Point are coming as soon as January 22, 2026. An official Asus listing in the region has shown off a new laptop with the Ryzen AI 7 445 inside set to drop in just a few days.

The UK is making it a crime to generate or request AI-made explicit content from this week, following the ban on sharing deepfakes. The region's communications regulator, Ofcom, is also looking into Grok, investigating the service formally to see if it "has complied with its duties to protect people."

Even though the N1 SoCs have never actually been officially unveiled, we do know they exist, as confirmed by even Nvidia's own CEO. However, beyond powering the DGX Spark, we've never seen this silicon make it to market, and Dell's latest laptop might be the closest we've gotten so far to seeing that reality.

The retail versions of the ROG Matrix RTX 5090 shipping out to customers will come with an updated TIM application that should help against accidental liquid metal leakage. Previously, sample GPUs showed a poor spread that would barely seal the metal in, with a crooked ring around the core. Now, we see several neatly-organized lanes that are much closer to the IHS, too.

DIY DDR5 is no longer just a concept, but a reality, as modder VIK-on has built his first 32GB stick from scavenged parts. The memory chips came from laptop SODIMMs, while a new PCB and cooler were acquired from China. After flashing custom firmware enabling 6400 MT/s XMP, the entire build put together cost $218.

China's underground GPU operations have birthed a few more spectacles, new Nvidia RTX 50-series SKUs with blower-style coolers, aimed at data centers and server farms. Listed on Taobao, the RTX 5080, 5070 Ti, 5060 Ti & more are all priced higher than their retail counterparts, and that's for their stock VRAM versions.

SmartPower HDR will use up to 22% less power, leading to 30-40 minutes of extra battery life on Panther Lake laptops. Co-developed by Samsung and Intel, this tech enables dynamic voltage control on OLED laptop screens where the panel only draws more voltage when explicitly needed for high-brightness HDR content, even if HDR is on system-wide in Windows.

AMD didn't announce the Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 at CES 2026, but others have come to the rescue. Alienware China has posted a video on its BiliBili account showing the 9950X3D2 coming to its Area 51 desktop, confirming the chip exists. Moreover, a UK-based system integrator has also put up the 9950X3D2 on its website as part of a workstation.

During a Q&A at CES 2025, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang says that the future of graphics is neural rendering, and that the company is "working on things in the lab that are just utterly shocking and incredible."

Asus has just announced a brand new flagship PC case called the ROG Cronox, featuring a rotating screen and fan bracket that can be angled to your taste. The Cronox is made from aluminum and has tempered glass forming a panoramic design that meets at the edges with a subtle curve. It's a large case with support for everything you'd want.

Samsung brought out the big guns at CES 2026, showing off six monitors, all aimed at different use cases. We walked away impressed with the "Odyssey 3D" and how convincing it was, but the company also had two new OLED displays, and even a 1,000 Hz-capable panel, alongside a 6K offering with dual-mode support.

Nvidia has just announced on X that its CES 2026 keynote will not include "any new GPUs," breaking a five-year long streak of unveiling new hardware at every Las Vegas show. Instead, the company will focus on AI developments.

For a few weeks now, we've known about MSI's RTX 5090 Lightning, a return to form for an iconic lineup of GPUs targeted at extreme overclocking. This new 5090 Lightning is no different with a 1600W power limit (2500W XOC BIOS) split across dual 12V-2x6 connectors, a large screen, and liquid-cooled design, now all confirmed by CES.

Intel's elusive Arc B770 graphics card, the successor to the Arc A770 has been part of the rumor mill for what seems like forever now, but it's finally close to a release. New code on an Intel GitHub repository mentions "b770" specifically, suggesting the company has pushed out an update to add support for the GPU ahead of a timely CES launch.

If you're a Windows 11 hater, sit back and enjoy your biases being validated in the most satisfying way possible. A new speed test shows Microsoft's latest OS performing terribly against the five previous Windows versions, placing last in most tests across the board.

Microsoft has somehow put the cap on yet another way to circumvent its internet-powered setup process, and this time it's on a build that they haven't even supported for a while! Production activation via call is still listed in Microsoft's support docs, but a new YouTube video running Windows 7 shows it now redirects you to the online portal.

Over the past few days, many customers purchased an incorrectly-priced kit of premium DDR5 memory from Corsair's webstore for just $240. Today, the company has cancelled all those orders, saying the memory is out of stock and that the pricing was a mistake. It's safe to say this decision has been met with fierce scrutiny.

QD-OLED monitors have historically faced text clarity issues due to their unorthodox subpixel layouts, which are a result of the way the OLED stack is layered. Samsung Display is finally fixing that with its first 34-inch ultrawide panel featuring a vertical stripe subpixel layout, similar to typical LCDs. This panel also breaks past 1,000 nits and peaks at 1,300 for the first time ever on a QD-OLED.