Today’s deal is one for the hardcore gamer who wants no compromise when it comes to both picture quality and performance. Featuring a combination of the latest OLED technology and superfast refresh rates, the Dell Alienware AW2725D can not only reproduce your games on screen with stunning visuals and motion resolution but also give you esports-level refresh rates for pinpoint accuracy and latency. Available at Dell, theAlienware AW2725D gaming monitor is now $689- reduced from $899, saving you a tasty $210....

C. Gordon Bell, a pioneering researcher and engineer in computing,died on May 17due to pneumonia at his home in Coronado, California. He was 89 years old. His groundbreaking technical achievements, as well as his efforts with the Computer History Museum, followed recurring health issues from birth. Among his many achievements, one of the first and most major would have to be his contributions to the world’s first “minicomputers” in the 60s, which are bulky by today’s standards but were orders of magnitudes smaller than the room-sized mainframe PCs typical of that era....

Researchers from the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) have successfully built a molecular film that stores 16,384 conductance states, According toTechXplore. It shows us a potential future where we go beyond the limits of classical binary and even up-and-coming quantum computing. To put things into context, binary computing has a two-bit resolution, meaning it has only two possible states, 1 and 0, and it can store only one. On the other hand, quantum computing can represent 2^n states simultaneously, with n representing the number of qubits....

AMD’s two new Ryzen AI 9 HX 300 processors are the only Zen 5-based mobile chips on the market so far. But that could change soon; Benchleakson X (Twitter)has discovered the first non-Ryzen 9 AI-series CPU from AMD in the Geekbench browser, featuring the Ryzen AI 7 Pro 160 with just eight Zen 5/Zen5c cores. The new CPU is undoubtedly one of AMD’s upcoming lower-end SKUs that will join the CPU manufacturer’s lineup of outgoing Ryzen AI 300 series processors....

Samsung Electro-Mechanics is fast-tracking its venture into the semiconductor glass substrate market, advancing its equipment procurement and installation to September and starting to operate its pilot line in the fourth quarter, a quarter ahead of the initial plan, reportsETNews. The company expects to start production of glass substrates for high-end system-in-packages (SiPs) in 2026. To land orders for 2026, the company needs to demonstrate decent capabilities in 2025. To build highly-complex multi-chiplet SiPs, Samsung needs to gain expertise in glass substrates....

Sapphireteased a new AMDRadeonGPU on Twitter. The graphics card, which features the classic dual-fan Sapphire Pulse cooler design, is likely aRadeon RX 9070orRX 9070 XT. If this will indeed be an AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT,recent benchmarks(if they are accurate) of real-world raster performance seem to indicate a card highly competitive with NvidiaRTX 4070 TiandRTX 4080 Super, so seeing it in a more reasonable dual fan configuration is nice. Narrowing our focus back on the Sapphire Pulse GPU specifically, some things can be approximated based on the imagery....

Just because the summer break is nearly over doesn’t mean you have to return to school with the same boring old laptop. These days, a powerful computer that’s compact enough to be with you at all times is super convenient. It’s hard to strike that balance between portability and performance, but we’ve got two awesome deals that do exactly that. Right now, you can get your hands on two different Asus ROG gaming laptops—the Zephyrus G14 and Strix G16—for a massive discount, blending work and gaming seamlessly....

Usually, when you connect any external storage media, including SD cards, to your computer, it should show up in File Explorer. However, if your system fails to detect the SD card or its adapter, it won’t show up in the File Explorer. This situation can occur due to issues with the card, the adapter you used, the port you are using to connect the card, or the system itself. In some cases, your computer may actually be detecting the SD card, but you can’t see it on File Explorer....

The Snapdragon X Elite is just starting to emerge in the wild, poweringMicrosoft’s Copilot+ PCs, and early reviews are not promising for the future of Windows. Reddit user r/caponica23shared his reviewof the Samsung Galaxy Book4 Edge on Monday, and thebenchmarksfail to meet the performance of the iPhone 12 mini, released in 2021. Running the laptop through its paces on GeekBench and CrystalDiskMark and subjective battery and gaming tests didn’t fare well for the Snapdragon X Elite processor....

The Taiwanese government has enacted theIndustrial Innovation Act, commonly referred to as the Taiwanese version of the U.S. CHIPS Act. The new Taiwanese law allows semiconductor companies to get tax breaks for research and development and wafer fab tools installment costs, reportsTechNews. But there are some things to consider. Under this act, eligible companies can benefit from a 25% tax deduction on R&D expenses and a 5% deduction on expenditures for new machinery used in advanced processes....

Picking up a new gaming laptop doesn’t mean you have to break the bank. Case in point—we came across this deal on theLenovo LOQ gaming laptop, which is already a sub-1k laptop available at the lowest price. It usually goes for around $979, but right now, it’s available for just $784. We reviewed a similar edition of theLenovo LOQlast year and liked its gaming performance. However, it’s important to note that they differ in specs....

Tom’s Hardware Verdict Team Group’s PD20 Mini External SSD looks nice and performs well enough for most mainstream tasks. But without a price drop, there’s little reason to choose this drive over the competition unless you really like its aesthetics. Attractive design 4TB option Mixed performance in our testing Could use a price drop 4TB capacity doesn’t seem to be available yet Why you can trust Tom’s HardwareOur expert reviewers spend hours testing and comparing products and services so you can choose the best for you....

There’s always a lot of interesting stuff to see at theComputextrade show, but the case mods are always my favorites. Vendors such asThermaltake, G. Skill, and ASRock invite the top modders to submit their greatest designs and then show them off to the world. This year’s highlights included a coffee maker, a beer server, a variety of battle vehicles, and multiple gas station-themed cases. These are true works of art, made by dedicated craftspeople....