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• MSI's RTX 5080 Expert features a dual-fan blower-style cooler inspired by the Nvidia RTX 40-series Founders Edition — GPU retails for $1,399 at the MSI online store

  Specs and pricing of MSI's new RTX 5080 Expert have appeared, featuring virtually identical cooling to its predecessor, the RTX 4080 Super Expert.

• Rebadged Alder Lake CPU is priced higher than the new Arrow Lake chip in retailer listing — Core 5 120 and Core 5 120F listed for $246 and $216

  Bottom Line Telecommunications, Inc. has published listings for the Core 5 120 and Core 5 120F, including pricing information.

• Cyberpunk 2077 Mac benchmarks show most Apple Silicon can run the game at over 30 FPS on medium settings — results vary from a smooth 130+ FPS to a cinematic 24 FPS

  A call for a community benchmark for Cyberpunk 2077 running on macOS revealed a wide range of results.

• AMD CPUs surpass the 40% threshold in latest Steam hardware survey — RTX 5070 emerges as the most preferred GPU within the Blackwell series

  Intel’s lead shrinks as gamers increasingly embrace AMD’s 3D V-Cache CPUs

• AMD Strix Halo-powered gaming handheld reveals desktop-like GPU performance — Ryzen AI Max+ 395 was a hairline from the RTX 4060

  Chinese creators have gotten their hands on GPD's latest handhelds and showcased their capabilities.

• Take home a Core 5, RTX 4050 gaming laptop for $892 — the Asus TUF Gaming F16 laptop is great for budget gamers

  This edition of the Asus TUF Gaming F16 laptop is available at Amazon for just $892, one of its lowest prices to date, according to data from CamelCamelCamel.

• Leading phone repair and insurance firm collapses after paying crippling ransomware demand — Cutting 100+ employees to just eight wasn’t enough

  A leading mobile device insurance and service network has initiated insolvency proceedings in the wake of a cyberattack. Selling properties and cutting staff numbers wasn't enough to save the business.

• Alienware 16 Aurora review: Long on endurance, short on performance

  The Alienware 16 Aurora is thin and long-lasting, but it's not a powerful gaming laptop.

• Battlefield 6's Javelin anti-cheat Secure Boot requirement could kill its Steam Deck support

  Battlefield 6 is taking advantage of EA's Javelin anti-cheat system, which enforced Secure Boot and is classified as a kernel-level AC, potentially killing Linux and Steam Deck support before the game launches.

• I took a look at AnduinOS, a Linux distro that feels like home for Windows users

  More Windows, less pane

• MSI will add its proprietary EOTF Boost mode to more QD-OLED gaming monitors this month

  MSI is allegedly rolling out its homemade EOTF Boost feature to more QD-OLED models this month. The new technology improves HDR performance of supported MSI monitors, offering higher average brightness compared to HDR 1000.

• SignalRGB takes a swipe at Razer, makes functioning RGB toaster PC — quad-slice toaster case incorporates a Stream Deck, Mini-ITX components

  SignalRGB is giving away a toaster PC that houses a full-blown Mini-ITX gaming PC. You could win the toaster PC, along with a Thunderbolt 4 dock.

• Three senior execs to retire from Intel Foundry, including respected semiconductor veteran Gary Patton

  Three senior Intel Foundry executives are retiring as part of a major leadership reshuffle amid restructuring and uncertainty over the 14A process.

• Nintendo raises prices on the Switch 1, making last-gen console a hard sell as the Switch 2 is increasingly easy to find in stock

  Nintendo said that it needs to increase the prices of the original Switch 1 consoles due to "market conditions."

• Microsoft ending Windows 11 SE support October 2026 — Chrome OS competitor also won't get version 25H2 update coming later this year

  Meant for budget student laptops, the OS will no longer receive updates or support

• Apple's Tim Cook 'very open to M&A that accelerates our road map' for AI' — company increasing spending on AI initiatives, reorganizing teams to address expansion

  Lagging behind leading tech firms in artificial intelligence, Apple is ramping up internal efforts and actively pursuing acquisitions to accelerate its AI development, but at the same time keeping CapEx modest compared to peers like Google, Meta, and Microsoft.

• AMD's Ryzen 7 9800X3D gaming chip champ drops to $449 at Amazon — $29 off its MSRP

  AMD's Ryzen 7 9800X3D is $449 at Amazon — a tasty $29 cheaper than its MSRP

• SK hynix dethrones Samsung to become world's top-selling memory maker for the first time — success mostly attributed to its HBM3 dominance for Nvidia's AI GPUs

  SK hynix has overtaken Samsung as the world’s top memory maker in Q2 2025, driven by surging HBM demand from AI accelerators. With over 60% HBM market share and record profits, Hynix signals a shift from commodity DRAM to advanced, AI-optimized memory leadership.

• 3D printing in space passes industry testing milestone for fabrication of spacecraft and associated equipment — promising future for zero gravity 3D printing

  Horizon Microtechnologies has passed outgassing standard tests that bring us one step closer to using 3D printing components in space travel.

• Dell's back-to-school sale takes $350 off the price of Alienware's 4K QD-OLED curved gaming monitor

  Save $350 off the price of Alienware's 4K QD-OLED curved gaming monitor in Dell's back-to-school sale