CES 2025is behind us, and we’re eager to see ifNvidia’s premiere RTX 5090can live up to the hype. Come January 23 at 6:00 PM PST, the RTX 5090 Founders Edition review embargo will finally be lifted as we dissect Nvidia’s performance claims. Reviews for custom AIB (Add-In Board) models will follow a day later at the same time (though not initially from us).The RTX 5090 is based onNvidia’s Blackwell architecture, employing the GB202 die, and fabricated using TSMC’s 4NP (5nm-class) process technology....

Nvidia’s newly announcedRTX Pro Blackwell GPUlistings have gone live atConnections, a US-based IT retailer targetingenterprisecustomers. Prices start as low as $700 (viaVideocardz). The retailer’s website also lists a wide array of unannounced Blackwell GPUs, like the RTX Pro 2000 and RTX Pro 4000 SFF Blackwell, along with their expected prices. We’re already aware of the specifications, so this gives us some idea of where the prices stand versus the last generation....

Jensen Huang invited the chairpersons and chief executives of a host of Nvidia AI chip-building partners to a lavish meal on Saturday. According to theCentral New Agency(machine translated), at least 35 execs attended what is being locally referred to as Huang’s ‘trillion dollar banquet.’ Industry luminaries attending included the heads of Quanta, Asus, Acer, Inventec, Gigabyte, ASRock, and MSI. The Nvidia CEO also gave a short interview alongside TSMC chairman CC Wei, where both industry giants had nothing but praise for each other....

OpenAI has already built and tested a tool to detect whether any written content has been created using ChatGPT. But theWall Street Journalreports that the company is holding back the tool from public release because of several concerns. The tool adds a pattern to how the large language model (LLM) writes its output, allowing OpenAI to detect if ChatGPT created it. The pattern remains unnoticeable to humans, thereby not impacting the LLM’s quality....

Particle, an integrated IoT platform used by more than 240,000 developers and more than 160enterprisecustomers, has helped make countless innovations possible with its wide variety of system-on-modules, development boards, and more. Now the company hopes to bring the “it just works” experience it’s known for to Linux withTachyon, a powerful 5G-capable single-board computer (SBC) that runs Linux and includes its own AI accelerator. Recentlylaunched on Kickstarter, Particle’s Tachyon has already exceeded its funding goal with 29 days left in the campaign....

Treat yourself to a gaming gift this Black Friday, or perhaps pick up an early Christmas present for a loved one with this great deal at Walmart. Thanks to Walmart’s Black Friday deals offerings, you can get your hands on Microsoft’s top-tier games console and save $50 on the usual MSRP price. Normally retailing for $449, you can pick up theXbox Series X for just $398in the Walmart Black Friday sales....

RealSense, an Intel brand known for depth cameras, on Fridayannouncedthat it had completed spinning out from Intel and will be operating independently from now on. The new company will retain the name RealSense and will focus on AI, robotics, biometrics, and computer vision. The now independent company has secured $50 million in Series A funding from Intel Capital (a nice farewell funding) and MediaTek Innovation Fund to expand its presence in existing and new markets as well as to scale its production and sales....

Asus has released an updatedROG NUC for 2025featuring the latest GPU and CPU hardware for Nvidia and Intel. The new variant features an IntelCore Ultra 9 Arrow Lake-HXseries CPU and anRTX 5080 laptop GPUin a form factor smaller than aPlayStation 5. As the name suggests, the new ROG NUC comes in a portable/compact form factor of 282.4mm tall, 187.7mm deep, and 56.5mm thick. Compared to other consoles, such as the PlayStation 5, the new ROG NUC is 71....

One of thebest CPUs, theRyzen 7 9800X3D, is still in strong demand months after its launch. German news outletComputerBasereports that AMD’s gaming champ is readily available in Germany but with a higher price tag. Availability for the Ryzen 7 9800X3D is purportedly far more consistent than at its launch two months ago when it was impossible to find the CPU in stock at any price (unless you wanted to pay scalper prices)....

Just days before Christmas, the U.S. government finalized funding deals with three companies — Samsung, Ankor, and Texas Instruments. The companies will, respectively, build a leading-edge 2nm-capable fab, an advanced packaging facility, and three large-scale fabs for analog and embedded chips that will produce tens of millions of ICs per day. Samsung’s 2nm coming to America The U.S. government has approved up to$4.745 billionin funding for Samsung under the CHIPS and Science Act....

One of our favorite screens and one of ourbest gaming monitors, theDell Alienware AW3423DWF, is on sale for just $799. That’s $200 cheaper than its usual retail price. It is a great choice for a primary gaming monitor, especially with its superb color gamut, smooth frame motion, and immersive 1800R curved screen. With its impressive Quantum Dot OLED screen, 165Hz refresh rate, and almost non-existent 0.1ms response time, this monitor was an easy pick for an Editor’s Choice award and scored five stars in ourreview....

Global increases in carbon emissions are allegedly becoming a growing concern surrounding AI development. A report fromBlocks and Filesreveals thatSeagateinvestigated three of the most popular data storage solutions based on carbon emission output. Out of the three options, SSDs, hard drives, and LTO tapes, hard drives were found to be the most carbon-efficient. The three storage types were benchmarked under three categories: Embodied carbon by product, Embodied carbon per TB, and Embodied carbon per TB per year....

If you’re looking to expand yourexternal storageneeds, you’d probably be better off with a high-capacity HDD rather than an SSD. This compromise favors capacity over speed, making it an ideal option for users looking to back up large amounts of data, rather than those who need something for immediate performance like gaming. Today, we’ve come across a great deal on theSeagate20TB Expansion Desktop HDD. It usually goes for around $279, but you can buy it right now for just $219 with a $10 clip coupon....