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The "AI tax" on PC hardware is spreading beyond silicon. After the cost increase for RAM and SSDs, the industry is now bracing for a significant price hike in other fundamental parts of a build: power supplies and cooling solutions. According to a warning issued by Guangzhou Xinhong Zhengdian Electronic Technology, a leading Chinese electronics firm, the surging cost of raw materials, specifically copper, silver, and tin, is forcing an immediate adjustment across the supply chain...

We all know that AI is booming at the minute, and that has had a huge knock-on effect for the PC industry. First the discrete GPUs market was hit, and – more recently – DRAM prices have been rocketing skywards. You may not initially think that a NAND flash manufacturer …

Following the conclusion of CES 2026 without a single discrete GPU announcement, industry sources have confirmed that Nvidia has indefinitely postponed, and potentially cancelled, the GeForce RTX 50 Super series. Originally intended to bridge the VRAM gaps in the Blackwell lineup, the refresh has been sidelined by AI dominance, a global memory crisis, and AMD's lack of competitive pressure.

Gigabyte is finishing up its CES announcements this week with the reveal of several new laptop models. The new models house the latest Ryzen CPUs and RTX graphics, with new AI features designed to make hardware and software management easier.

Razer is using its CES 2026 campaign to showcase its “AI Gaming Ecosystem”, moving beyond traditional peripherals and into autonomous digital companions and enterprise‑grade AI workstations. The lineup is headlined by Project Ava, a physical evolution of Razer’s earlier AI coaching software, and Project Motoko, an AI‑integrated headset positioned as an alternative to smart glasses for the AI‑driven generation.

At CES this week, Sapphire has introduced the EDGE+ VPR-7P132, a Mini‑ITX AMD Embedded+ motherboard designed to handle increasingly complex AI workloads at the edge. The board combines AMD’s new Ryzen AI Embedded P132 Series APU with a Versal AI Edge Series Gen 2 adaptive SoC, creating a dual‑processor platform aimed at robotics, machine vision, industrial automation, and other latency‑sensitive deployments.

HP used CES 2026 to roll out a major refresh of its consumer PC portfolio, led by the OmniBook Ultra 14 — a flagship model the company claims is the world’s first consumer notebook offering up to 85 TOPS of NPU performance when configured with an HP‑exclusive Snapdragon X2 Elite …

The ongoing rise in RAM prices appears to have led console manufacturers to delay their next-gen plans, according to insiders.

LG has unveiled a new lineup of high-end gaming monitors ahead of CES 2026, introducing a new flagship sub-brand named UltraGear evo. Designed to sit above its standard gaming lineup, the “evo” series prioritises high resolutions while aiming to overcome the hardware barrier to 5K gaming through integrated on-device AI …

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is getting awards from all sides, but something unexpected happened to two of them. Although the game was awarded the Debut Game and Game of the Year awards over at the Indie Game Awards on December 18th, Sandfall Interactive’s Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 has been retroactively …

Nearly 15,000 data breaches and leaks were reported worldwide in 2025, according to Cyble’s Global Cybersecurity Report. Corporations and government agencies were frequent targets, with experts warning that 2026 will bring even more attacks as hackers adopt AI-driven tools. Qantas was among the hardest hit, with data from 5 million …

It's not just high-speed SSDs and memory that AI companies are seeking to buy up. It appears that HDDs may also be impacted, as according to new reports, prices for standard hard disk drives have risen by around 4 percent over the past quarter, the sharpest price increase in the …

Ahead of its arrival next year, Suda51 has confirmed that the upcoming Romeo is a Dead Man “contains no AI-generated stuff whatsoever.”

Nvidia has officially confirmed the schedule for its next major GPU Technology Conference, with GTC 2026 returning to San Jose on March 15th, 2026. The company has wasted little time in sharing the details on its official website, outlining a four-day event that will once again place its aggressive AI …

Black Forest Labs has announced the release of FLUX.2, its latest family of visual generative AI models designed to push the boundaries of image fidelity. Developed in collaboration with NVIDIA and ComfyUI, the models launch with FP8 quantisation and RTX GPU performance optimisations, reducing VRAM requirements by up to 40 …

AMD has dominated CPU gaming performance benchmarks in recent years with its 3D V-Cache equipped models. We've been waiting for Intel's answer to this technology for quite some time and according to new reports, we will see it first in the next-generation Nova Lake-S desktop CPUs.  Starting with the cache, …

Despite debuting with a $499 price tag in 2020, an Xbox Series X now costs as much as $650 when bought new at retail thanks to multiple price hikes. It turns out, there could be another major price increase coming, as Microsoft didn't plan ahead for the current RAM shortage.  …

Biostar has introduced the EdgeComp MS-Nano 4G/8G, a powerful fanless edge AI system designed for system integrators and developers. The compact unit is powered by the Nvidia Jetson Orin Nano module, which supports the performance-boosting Super Mode, allowing the system to deliver up to 40 TOPS of AI performance. Available …

The man himself is back for the latest episode of Leo Says, all about AMD's AI money

Samsung is gearing up for a major showing at CES 2026 in Las Vegas, with plans to unveil advancements in memory technology tailored for the AI era. The company has confirmed it will showcase its next-generation LPDDR6 RAM and a compact, AI-optimised PCIe Gen5 SSD, the PM9E1. The new LPDDR6 …

Krafton, the developer behind PUBG: Battlegrounds, has unveiled its new AI-driven companion, ‘PUBG Ally', at Nvidia's “GeForce Gamer Festival” in Seoul. Krafton is labelling it a ‘Co-Playable Character' (CPC), designed to interact and collaborate with live players, going well beyond what you would expect from your typical NPC. The system …

Creative, the legendary name behind the original Sound Blaster that gave PCs their voice back in the 90s, is looking to revolutionise PC audio once again. The company has just announced Sound Blaster Re:Imagine, a next-generation modular audio platform launching via Kickstarter. The Sound Blaster Re:Imagine is a high-fidelity audio …

AMD and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) have announced two new supercomputers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). The first is named Lux and will be going online in 2026, while the second is named Discovery and will be going online in 2028. Lux, scheduled for deployment in 2026, …

Today, NVIDIA has announced new updates for Nvidia ACE and RTX in Unreal Engine. For starters, ACE now supports the open-source small language model, Qwen-B3, enabling developers to deploy AI-powered real-time NPCs on-device within games. On the RTX side, Nvidia has revealed RTX Mega Geometry to further enhance game worlds. …

MSI is looking to accelerate AI development with its new mini supercomputer, the MSI EdgeXpert. Available starting this week, the EdgeXpert bridges the gap between desktop performance and portability, with a small desktop system based on the Nvidia DGX Spark platform. At the heart of the MSI EdgeXpert is the …

A year after the two long-standing rivals put their differences aside to form the x86 Ecosystem Advisory Group (EAG), Intel and AMD have just unveiled the first fruits of their collaboration. The companies are working on new hardware-level memory safety features and standardised instruction sets, creating a more uniform development …

With Intel and Nvidia teaming up recently, many had wondered what AMD's next move might be to remain competitive in the rapidly growing AI space. Today, we got our answer, with AMD announcing a new deal with OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT. 

Today, ASRock is announcing AI QuickSet WSL, a new tool to enable streamlined installation for multiple AI apps for Linux. The functionality also enables users to run Linux AI apps on Windows-based PCs and laptops. This major update empowers users to more easily establish a fully functional Windows Subsystem for …

IFA 2025 in Berlin has just closed its doors, but the event has once again provided a platform for emerging companies to showcase their latest technology. Among them was Minis Forum, a relatively young brand that has been targeting the compact computing segment since its founding in 2018. With its …

At this year’s IFA in Berlin, Acer presented a broad line-up of products that underlined its focus on artificial intelligence, gaming, thin-and-light designs, and larger-format tablets. The announcements covered compact AI workstations, high-end gaming systems, new Swift models including an Intel “Panther Lake” preview, plus Chromebooks, monitors, and networking hardware. …