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• RAM Price Index 2026: Lowest price on DDR5 and DDR4 memory of all capacities — here are the best deals during the AI-driven pricing crisis

  Check the best prices on DDR5 and DDR4 memory kits of different capacities.

• Zotac warns component shortages threaten the 'very survival' of GPU manufacturers and distributors — message to Korean customers suggests that the worst could be yet to come

  Zotac Korea has expressed concerns about the current market situation for graphics cards and how the shortage poses a threat to the survival of graphics card manufacturers and distributors across the industry.

• SSD price tracking 2026: Lowest price on every M.2 SSD from Samsung, Western Digital, Crucial, and more — here are the best deals during the AI-driven pricing crisis

  Updated daily, this list shows the lowest US prices on major SSD models.

• Intel's roadmap adds mysterious 'hybrid' AI processor featuring x86 CPUs, dedicated AI accelerator, and programmable IP — chip may capitalize on a market forgotten by Nvidia and AMD

  Intel's AI strategy begins to take shape as the company announces mysterious x86 CPU with AI acceleration and programmable logic.

• Newly-listed Chinese chipmaker targets beating Nvidia Rubin platform in just two years — Shanghai Iluvatar CoreX unveils multi-year GPU architecture roadmap with 2027 deadline

  Chinese chip designer Shanghai Iluvatar CoreX Semiconductor has unveiled a multi-year GPU architecture roadmap that explicitly targets Nvidia’s next-gen Rubin platform as its main competition.

• UK activist hits Valve with a $903 million lawsuit — claims Steam is abusing its market dominance and forcing UK consumers to pay too much for Steam games

  UK activist hits Valve with a lawsuit for charging gamers too much commission on the games they buy from the Steam store.

• This Newegg bundle includes AMD’s best gaming CPU with flagship Asus X870E motherboard and 32GB DDR5 RAM for $1,120 — save $478 and get a free gaming mouse for your troubles

  With DDR5 costs still climbing, this combo offers one of the most cost-effective ways to build a high-end gaming PC using AMD’s top gaming CPU

• SoftBank pauses $50bn AI data center operator acquisition talks — move plunges Stargate data center plans into uncertainty as regulatory roadblocks pose significant challenge

  SoftBank has paused talks to acquire U.S. data center operator Switch, stepping back from what would have been one of its largest deals to date.

• Memory prices show signs of levelling out, albeit at inflated levels — some RAM modules stabilizing in price, increases on higher-end kits tapering off

  Pricing trends show a slowing or tapering off of memory pricing, but some high-end DDR5 kits still show continued increases.

• Nvidia DGX Spark review: the GB10 Superchip powers a fast and fun AI toolbox that beats out AMD’s Ryzen AI Max+ 395

  Nvidia’s DGX Spark brings a slice of Grace Blackwell power to the desktop for AI developers and enthusiasts. With a 20-core Arm CPU, a Blackwell GPU with 6144 CUDA cores, and 128GB of unified memory, the DGX Spark can run a wide range of AI models and workflows with solid performance and the reliability of the proven CUDA software ecosystem.

• Dev creates astrology-powered CPU scheduler for Linux, makes decisions based on planetary positions and zodiac signs — sched_ext framework informed by lunar phases, cosmic weather reports, and dynamic time slicing

  A software engineer has developed a fully functional Linux scheduler that takes its cues from the popular pseudoscience of astrology.

• SAMA L70 Review: Competitive performance that punches above its price tag

  Can a $70 AIO compete with the best coolers on the market? We’ve tested SAMA’s L70 with AMD’s Ryzen 9 9950X CPU, and the results surprised us.

• Newegg stock price falls 17.7% after Chinese owner is detained by anti-corruption authorities — company insists it’s operating normally and ‘in accordance with the laws’

  Various law firms are calling out to Newegg investors for a potential class action lawsuit as the company's stock price fell by 17.7% after the chairperson of its majority stockholder was detained on suspicion of corruption.

• Save $700 on Samsung's award-winning ultrawide Odyssey G9 gaming monitor — a QD-OLED panel and dual QHD resolution gives you two monitors in one

  Two Samsung ultrawide gaming and productivity screens are on sale at different price points, but at all-time low pricing.

• Intel enables XeSS 3 Multi-Frame Generation in latest drivers, expanding frame generation across Arc GPUs and Core Ultra iGPUs — MFG can be enabled across any title with XeSS 2 support

  The latest Intel graphics drivers introduce XeSS 3 Multi-Frame Generation with 2x, 3x, and 4x modes, supporting existing XeSS 2 games without requiring developer updates

• Clever Brit successfully repurposes telephone wiring for gigabit internet throughout his vintage home — Lad converts "incomprehensible mess of wires" into high-speed ethernet links

  Tired of slow, laggy internet throughout your house and don't want to deal with cables dangling outside? The solution could be simpler than you think, repurposing existing cables inside your walls to achieve fast internet everywhere in the home. That's what an Englishman has just done, and it's better than powerline adapters.

• DoomBuds ports the 1993 FPS classic to open-source earbuds by streaming JPGs at 18fps — runs on 300MHz CPU with less than 1MB of RAM

  A developer has ported Doom to a pair of earbuds, but there were extra hurdles to jump, as the earbuds don't have a screen.

• Exploring Clawdbot, the AI agent taking the internet by storm — AI agent can automate tasks for you, but there are significant risks involved

  Clawdbot is a new pseudo-locally-hosted gateway for agentic AI that offers a sneak peek at both good and bad futures for the technology.

• Nvidia pumps another $2 billion into CoreWeave and announces standalone availability of Vera CPU — chipmaker increases stake in its customer to 9%

  Nvidia is spending another $2 billion investing in CoreWeave, one of its AI customers, due to "confidence in their growth and confidence in CoreWeave’s management," according to CEO Jensen Huang.

• Microsoft introduces newest in-house AI chip — Maia 200 is faster than other bespoke Nvidia competitors, built on TSMC 3nm with 216GB of HBM3e

  30% more performance per dollar than Maia 100, and faster than Amazon or Google.