GPU Prices Jump 15% in a Month, With GeForce Cards Taking the Biggest Hit
Graphics card prices have increased significantly over the past month.
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Nvidia Raises RTX Pro 6000 Blackwell Price to $16,000, More Than Double Its Launch Price
Nvidia has increased the price of its RTX Pro 6000 96GB Blackwell workstation GPU to $16,000, up 110% from its $7,600 preorder price.
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Nintendo Switch 2 Sells Over 23 Million Units in First Year, Outpacing the Original Switch
The Nintendo Switch 2 sold more than 23 million units in its first year, ahead of the original Switch's roughly 17 million in the same period, according to Nint
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Valve Publishes Lepton and FEX Compatibility Tools for Arm-Based Steam Frame Headset
Valve has updated the Steam pages for Lepton and FEX, two compatibility tools that will enable the upcoming Arm-based Steam Frame VR headset to run both PC and
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Nvidia Reportedly Preparing GPU Price Increases of Up to 30% Following Samsung DRAM Hike
Nvidia is reportedly planning to increase graphics card prices by up to 30% after Samsung raised DRAM prices by 20%, according to Taiwan's Economic Daily News (
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Nintendo Confirms Switch 2 European Units Will Ship With Replaceable Batteries in Fall 2026
Nintendo has confirmed that from fall 2026, Switch 2 consoles and controllers sold in Europe will feature new battery configurations designed to meet EU require
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Microsoft Raises Xbox Series Console Prices by at Least $100, Series X Now $799
Microsoft is increasing the prices of its Xbox Series consoles for the third time in 15 months, with all models seeing a minimum hike of $100 starting August 1.
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Valve Confirms Steam Machine Launches June 30 at $1,049 to $1,349 With Random Reservation Queue
Valve has confirmed the pricing, configurations, and launch date for the Steam Machine, set for June 30.
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Microsoft Releases GDK Plug-ins for Unreal Engine 5.8 to Simplify Xbox PC Game Development
Microsoft has released GDK plug-ins for Unreal Engine 5.
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Steam Controller New Orders Now Push to 2027 as Demand Outstrips Supply
Valve has announced that new orders for the Steam Controller will not be fulfilled before 2027 at the earliest.
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Valve Raises Steam Deck Prices by Nearly 50%, 1TB OLED Model Now $949
Valve has increased the price of the Steam Deck by nearly 50% across all models.
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Steam Controller Reservation Emails Begin Going Out With 72-Hour Purchase Windows
Valve has started sending reservation emails to people on the Steam Controller waitlist, giving eligible buyers a chance to complete their purchase.
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Forza Horizon 6 PC System Requirements Published Ahead of May 19 Launch
Playground Games has revealed the full PC system requirements for Forza Horizon 6 ahead of its launch on May 19 for Xbox Series X|S and PC.
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Nintendo Switch 2 Gets $50 Price Hike in September Across Multiple Regions
Nintendo is increasing the price of the Switch 2 by $50 in the United States starting September 1, 2026.
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Valve Opens Steam Controller Reservations on May 8 With Anti-Scalper Account Requirements
Valve is opening a reservation queue for the Steam Controller on Friday, May 8 at 10 AM Pacific.
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Steam Controller Sells Out in 30 Minutes as Scalpers List Units for Up to $556 on eBay
The Steam Controller sold out within about 30 minutes after going on sale on May 4 at the price of $99.
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Valve Steam Controller Launches May 4 at $99 With TMR Magnetic Thumbsticks and Dual Trackpads
Valve has updated its official Steam Controller page with full specifications and confirmed that the launch will take place on May 4.
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Nvidia RTX 3060 Relaunch Rumored for June 2026 as RTX 5050 9GB Plans Reportedly Shelved
NVIDIA is reportedly planning to relaunch the RTX 3060 graphics card in June 2026, according to hardware leaker MEGAsizeGPU.
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Valve Engineer Fixes Linux VRAM Theft That Causes Stuttering on 8GB Gaming GPUs
Natalie Vock, a graphics engineer working on Valve's Linux graphics stack and the RADV Vulkan driver team, has created a set of kernel patches and user-space to
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Asia-Pacific PC Shipments To Fall 13.7% In 2026 As AI Data Centers Drive Up DRAM Demand
PC shipments in the Asia-Pacific region are expected to drop 13.
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Sony Raises PS5 Prices by Up to $150 in the US Starting April 2
Sony has announced price increases for its entire PS5 lineup in the United States, effective April 2.
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SteamOS 3.8 Adds Support for Steam Machine and Expands to More PCs
Valve has rolled out SteamOS 3.
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Intel Launches Core Ultra 270K Plus and 250K Plus CPUs With Improved Gaming Performance
Intel has announced two new desktop processors (the Core Ultra 7 270K Plus and Core Ultra 5 250K Plus) as part of its Arrow Lake Refresh lineup.
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Nvidia Preparing New Laptop Chip Launch in First Half of 2026
Nvidia is reportedly preparing to launch a new processor for consumer laptops in the first half of 2026, according to The Wall Street Journal.
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Valve Confirms Steam Deck Is Sold Out in the US
Valve has confirmed that the Steam Deck is currently sold out in the United States.
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Default TRIM Windows Setting Is Making Your SSD Slower
Solid-state drive (SSD) is already far faster than traditional hard drive (HDD), but that doesn’t mean they always run at peak performance.
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Your SSD Is for Speed, Not Storage Hoarding
Modern PCs ship with fast NVMe SSDs, but treating that drive as a dumping ground for every file you own is one of the most common — and costly — sto
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Automate SD Card Backups To A NAS And Skip Manual File Copying
Manually copying files from SD cards is a weak point in many backup routines.
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Best of CES 2026 Winners Highlight Where Consumer Tech Is Actually Heading
CES has always been a mix of serious innovation, ambitious concepts, and products that exist mostly to grab attention.
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HP’s EliteBook X G2 Laptops Put Serious AI Power In Shockingly Light Designs
HP came to CES 2026 with a clear message: business laptops don't have to be heavy, boring, or locked into a single platform anymore.
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HP Built a Full Windows PC Into a Keyboard Using Ryzen AI Hardware
HP has revealed one of the more unusual PC form factors at CES 2026: a complete Windows PC built directly into a keyboard.
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Asus Appears To Be Stepping Away From Gaming Phones in 2026
Asus may be quietly winding down its smartphone ambitions.
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Six Practical Ways to Use lspci When Troubleshooting Linux Hardware
When hardware behaves oddly on a Linux system, the fastest answers are often already available from the terminal.
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CES 2026 Is Where Every Tech Trend Shows Up At Once
CES 2026 has not officially opened yet, but the pattern is already clear.
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These 5 Windows Tweaks Fixed My Slow SSD Without New Hardware
When a Windows PC starts feeling sluggish, storage is usually the first suspect.
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Florida Is Testing a Highway That Can Wirelessly Charge EVs While You Drive
Florida is moving ahead with a real-world test of something that has long sounded like science fiction: a road that charges electric vehicles as they drive over
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Researchers Build Autonomous Robots Smaller Than a Grain of Salt
Researchers from University of Pennsylvania and University of Michigan have built what they describe as the world's smallest fully autonomous robots.
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This Registry Hack Unlocks a Faster NVMe Driver in Windows 11
Microsoft's update may allow faster SSD speeds in Windows 11 with a registry tweak.
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PC and Smartphone Prices Could Rise Up to 8% as Memory Shortages Deepen
PC and smartphone prices are likely to increase over the next year as shortages of consumer DRAM and NAND memory worsen.
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This Anker Power Bank Can Charge Phones and Laptops and Still Fly Carry-On
Anker is selling a 25,000mAh power bank that targets users who need to charge multiple devices, including laptops, from a single battery.