Hardware

The PC market saw modest growth last year, and 2025 is looking uncertain

Lenovo to establish major PC and server factory in Saudi Arabia with $2 billion investment

AMD Radeon RX 9070 expected to start at $479, available as soon as late January

New USB logos will simplify branding on hubs and cables

In brief: Identifying which USB standard is being used can be a pain for users looking to purchase cables or docking stations. Terms like "USB 3.2 Gen 2" leave people scratching their heads due to their ambiguity. Thankfully, those names are finally being phased out, thanks to a new USB labeling system.

AMD blames Intel's "horrible" CPUs for Ryzen 7 9800X3D shortages

Big quote: What do you do when your latest CPU is proving so popular that consumers are struggling to get their hands on it? If you're AMD, it's to partly blame rival Intel for releasing such a "horrible product" as a competitor – i.e., the Arrow Lake desktop processors.

Arm considers acquisition of data center chipmaker Ampere

Thermaltake's latest CPU cooler sports ridiculous (but cool) curved screen functionality

Nvidia's secret weapon: It's the software, stupid

The big picture: Nvidia's Jensen Huang kickstarted CES this year with his keynote. We listened to it and read a fair amount of analysis since. If you don't have 90 minutes to spare, we can sum it up for you: Nvidia has all the software. Or at least it has more than you do.

Samsung 990 Evo Plus drops to $134 for 2TB, $79 for 1TB SSD

Nvidia CEO teases plans for consumer CPU following Project Digits and GB10 CPU unveiling

Alienware resurrects iconic Area-51 gaming PCs with monstrous $4,500 model

Analyst says Nintendo Switch 2 will face supply constraints, PlayStation 5 will remain the best-selling console in the US

AMD Radeon RX 9070 benchmarked in Call of Duty, could be a match for Nvidia's RTX 4080 Super

Corsair Xeneon Edge is a 32:9 secondary touchscreen display that mounts almost anywhere

Insiders say TSMC's Arizona fab is now producing AMD Ryzen 9000 CPUs

Lenovo's ThinkBook Plus Gen 6 is the world's first rollable display laptop you can actually buy

The big picture: Lenovo is redefining portable computing with the ThinkBook Plus Gen 6 Rollable. Unveiled at CES 2025, this innovative laptop features a 14-inch OLED display that can expand vertically to an impressive 16.7 inches at the press of a button – or, for a touch of futuristic flair, with a simple wave of your hand.

Intel launches Core Ultra 200 laptop chips with a mix of architectures, CPU, GPU and NPU capabilities

Jensen Huang claims Nvidia's AI chips are outpacing Moore's Law

New Lenovo wireless keyboard charges itself, concept mouse transforms into four devices

SteamOS is coming to third-party handhelds, starting with the Lenovo Legion Go S

Asus leverages Thunderbolt 5 to power its latest eGPU

AMD's Ryzen AI Max+ brings monstrous 40-core GPU, unified memory to laptops

New Intel co-CEO confirms the company is not exiting the graphics card market

Nvidia launches RTX 50 Blackwell GPUs: $2,000 RTX 5090, $1,000 RTX 5080, RTX 5070 / Ti are $549 and $749

Highly anticipated: Nvidia has finally unveiled the new GeForce 50 series, along with DLSS 4 technology. Four high-end GPUs were announced, and it won't be long until you can get your hands on one. The RTX 5080 and RTX 5090 are set to launch first on January 30, followed by the RTX 5070 and RTX 5070 Ti in February. Now, it's time to share our thoughts on what was revealed during the CES 2025 keynote – including all the specs, pricing, and performance claims.