Lexar has taken the wraps off what it claims are the world’s first stainless-steel encased SD cards. Joining the firm’s Armor Series, which already contains products like rugged portable SSDs, the new memory cards boast “bend-resistance,” and are IP68 certified. Two new Armor Series SD cards have beenrevealed: the Armor Gold SD UHS-II, and Armor Silver Pro SD UHS-II cards. Thebest SD cardsare naturally quite durable, having no essential moving parts, and are able to survive quite careless handling in general....

LG Electronics teasedits vacuum tube-based DukeBox byLGLabs in advance ofCES2024. Pairing early computing tech with a transparent OLED panel, this prototype appears to go after the audiophile market — assuming it ever hits retail.The LG DukeBox is a speaker system composed of two bottom front-facing speakers and a top 360-degree speaker. The speakers are amplified by vacuum tubes, visible from behind the transparent OLED front panel. Vacuum tubes are used in audiophile and other high-endaudiocircles to provide a cleaner, more detailed audio amplifying experience — offering warmer, “sweeter” harmonics....

Microsoft, at its recent BUILD event,has announcedthat Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) is now open source after almost a decade of development. The Microsoft team has closedissue #1in its GitHub issue tracker. What was the issue? “Will this (WSL) be Open Source?” – an issue that has been open since June 27, 2025.WSL is now open source, meaning that anyone can download the WSL code, build it from source, and then add features and fixes before pushing the code for review and possible integration into the main project....

MSI (viaWccftech) has revealed the blueprint for its upcoming top-end MEG X870E GODLIKE motherboard, built for the recently released AMDRyzen 9000series CPUs. We’ve already seen some previews of MSI’s forthcomingX870 and X870E motherboards, but this is the first time we’ve seen the motherboard’s PCB details. The MSI MEG X870E GODLIKE will use the E-ATX form factor, measuring 288x 304.8 mm. Since it’s built for the Ryzen 9000-series CPU, it sports the AM5 socket, which means you could also put Ryzen 7000 CPUs in it....

Seasoned PC DIYers have always had to wear dexterity-stifling gloves or put up with pricked fingers when upgrading a motherboard or putting together anew PC build– until now. MSI showcased a series of motherboard design tweaks atComputex 2025, including a feature dubbed ‘PinSafe Design’ which enables users to “avoid injury caused by sharp pins during the assembly process.” The concept here isn’t difficult to grasp, unlike a traditional prickly motherboard. MSI’s mobo manufacturing arm appears to be adopting a far tidier component soldering technique, which results in elegantly flat pads on the reverse of the PCB, rather than forests of spikes....

I’ve been a keyboard aficionado for three decades and, for me, the typing experience is priority over everything else. That’s why only clicky key switches with just the right amount of travel and tactile feedback will do. For years, I insisted on using an old IBM Model M keyboard because of its awesome “Buckling Spring” switches. But now there are keyboards that even surpass that classic. Enter theCooler Master MK770, which is my daily driver at home and, thus far, the best typing keyboard I’ve ever used....

Bambu Lab has announced that it is delaying the release of its 2024 flagship 3D printer, a product first announced in 2023. Bambu Lab’s X (formerly Twitter) accountposted the announcementthis morning, moving the official release to Q1 2025. Bambu Lab’s announcement states that the delay occurred to ensure the printer will be “fully ready and supported worldwide.” It also mentions that “Gold Ticket winners will be able to extend their tickets through 2025....

More leaks from Bambu Lab reveal that a new single-nozzle sister to the H2D is coming soon. The H2S was accidentally included in amanual for the cutter module in the Bambu Lab wiki. Wereported in Juneon a leaked photo that appeared on X, with a blurry image theyclaim to be the next Bambu Lab 3Dprinter. That image showed a 3D printer roughly the size of the H2D, but with only one nozzle....

There’s so much sales action taking place at the moment, with Amazon Prime Day hitting us next week, but before we get there, we have 4th of July sales kicking off this week. Newegg has started its 4th of July extravaganza, and there are already deals popping up on lots of our favorite PC tech and components. But what if you’re waiting for next week’s FantasTech and Amazon Prime Day deals before taking any risks on splashing out on a deal now, only to get it even cheaper next week?...

President Trump announced a trade deal with Vietnam, which puts a 20% tariff on all goods originating from the country. This might seem like a good deal, especially as the latter originally had a 46% tariff before Trumppaused the tariffs he put on all the U.S.’s trade partners for 90 days, dropping down the numbers to just 10%. Unfortunately, Nintendo, which manufactures the Switch 2 consoles in Vietnam, used the 10% tariff amount for its earnings forecast, according toPCMag....

Nvidia and MediaTek are expected to introduce their jointly developed Arm-based processors for PCs atComputex2025, according toComputerBase. The upcoming chips — N1X and N1 — are aimed at desktops and laptops and mark Nvidia’s deeper entry into the Windows-on-Arm ecosystem. But retail availability may be delayed until 2026 due to unresolved technical hurdles, reports German news siteHeise,citingSemiAccurate. CEOs of both companies — Jensen Huang from Nvidia and Rick Tsai from MediaTek — are scheduled to deliver back-to-back presentations at the Computex trade show in Taipei, Taiwan, on May 19 and May 20, respectively....

Nvidia has asked SK hynix to move up its delivery timeline for next-generationHBM4 memorychips by six months, according to SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won, reportsReuters. Initially, SK hynix planned to ship its HBM4 chips to customers in the latter half of 2025. Following Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang’s request, the timeline was shortened, though the exact new schedule was not specified. Nvidia is currently working on its next-generation GPUs for AI and HPC that will use HBM4 memory (presumablycodenamed Rubin)....

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang was spotted hanging out at Denny’s mobile diner hours before giving his keynote atGTC 2025. The billionaire was said to be trying out the restaurant’s limited-time special, ‘Nvidia Breakfast Bytes,’ which honors Huang, who once worked at the chain as a dishwasher, busboy, and waiter. The menu item consists of four sausage links served with four buttermilk silver dollar pancakes and some syrup. According to the menu poster at Denny’s food truck near the GTC 2025 site (shared byThe Mercury News), you should wrap the sausage with the pancake and then pour some syrup on it, like pigs-in-a-blanket style....