Apple announces visionOS 2 supporting Dual 4K resolution with Mac Virtual Display, Vision Pro sales go global June 28

It’s been a year since Apple first announced the Vision Pro, which is powered by visionOS. So it should come as no surprise that Apple announced the logical follow-up today: visionOS 2. The biggest news Apple wanted to present with visionOS 2 is an updated version of the Photos app. While the Vision Pro has always supported spatial video and photos captured with a supported device (i.e., an iPhone 15 Pro), you’re able to now “spatialize” your existing 2D photos....

May 27, 2025 · 2 min · 381 words · Lori Stewart

Asus adds the RTX 5060 to its gaming laptop lineup, tweaks TUF A14 with better cooling

Asus’s gaming laptops aren’t seeing major refreshes atComputex, but they’re being bumped to some of Nvidia’s latest laptop silicon. At the Taipei tradeshow, the company is adding the RTX 5060 to a number of its existing laptops, including the ROG Strix G16, the Zephyrus G14, and the TUF Gaming F16, A16, and A18.The TUF A14 (a laptop wemostly liked when we tested it) is getting a slight change. Asus says the laptop’s total system wattage is now up to 130W in manual mode (35 for the CPU, 95W for the GPU), but from what I can see on Asus’ product page, the laptop was already able to achieve this....

May 27, 2025 · 4 min · 728 words · Michael Little

Asus announces three new 27-inch QHD gaming monitors, including 480Hz OLED with ROG AI Assistant

Asus announced three new monitors in the 27-inch 1440p segment that cater to gamers, as you’d expect from any new reveal during Gamescom 2024. Among them is the ROG Swift PG27AQDP, the company’s first 1440p model with a 480Hz refresh rate WOLED panel, a new subpixel layout, and other neat tricks. The others are the Strix OLED XG27ACDNG, a 360Hz refresh rate with a compact design and an upgraded heatsink, and the ROG Swift PG27AQNR, a 360Hz IPS panel-based model....

May 27, 2025 · 4 min · 744 words · Taylor Green

Asus ROG Maximus Z790 Apex Encore Review: Premium Overclocking Option

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.Find out more about how we test. Benchmarks and Final Analysis Benchmark Results and Final Analysis Our standard benchmarks and power tests are performed using the CPU’s stock frequencies (including any default boost/turbo) with all power-saving features enabled. We set optimized defaults in the BIOS and the memory by enabling the XMP profile....

May 27, 2025 · 7 min · 1293 words · Patrick Burke

Chinese may be evading Nvidia GPU sanctions with Dell, Gigabyte, and Supermicro servers: Report

Investigations have provided evidence that China-based organizations could still get their hands onsanctioned Nvidia GPUsas recently as May 30, 2025. According toReuters, Chinese universities and research institutes may have sidestepped the sanctions on the most powerful GPUs by buying servers packing these powerful accelerators. However, an Nvidia spokesperson indicated that the products sold were likely to include stocks that had been previously exported to resellers in China. Tender documents uncovered byReutersreveal that ten Chinese entities acquired advanced Nvidia chips between May 23, 2025, and Jul 26, 2025, by simply ordering servers equipped with them....

May 27, 2025 · 3 min · 454 words · Lisa Singleton

Chinese SSD brands are in the top five in terms of market share — Kingston retains its spot as the largest SSD manufacturer in the market

Chinese SSD manufacturers are making waves in the SSD market owing to high local demand and support, according to a report fromTrendForce. However, despite increased competition from these newer players, Kingston retains its premier position as the number one SSD module manufacturer by market share, standing at a staggering 34%. Leading SSD brands in 2022 saw their market share surge to 72% in 2023 from 59% in 2022. The report asserts that these companies are leveraging their rising positions and value to secure better NAND Flash prices - from companies such as Samsung, Kioxia,Western Digital, SK Hynix, and Micron....

May 27, 2025 · 2 min · 378 words · Brian Hansen

Cookie Clicker Sugar Lumps Guide for Ascension and Minigames

Like almost everything that you can harvest in Cookie Clicker, sugar lumps are a precious resource designed to help you maximize yourcookies per second (CpS). However, they don’t unlock direct production upgrades. Instead, they’re used to unlock a variety of building upgrades, minigames, and other effects. What are Sugar Lumps in Cookie Clicker? Sugar lumps are little balls of sugar that slowly grow and mature at the top of your screen....

May 27, 2025 · 8 min · 1523 words · Karen Gilbert

Custom water-cooled 'gaming laptop' shell supports mini-ITX motherboards, RTX 5090 graphics

Yesterday,a Kickstarter campaign pagefor an upgradeable liquid-cooled laptop design dubbed the UHPILCIL T100 went live, paired with a YouTube video demonstrating one of these watercooled laptops in action. The UHPILCIL T100 and its slightly larger T100 Super variant (identical dimensions except for an extra 7 mm of cooler height on the Super) both resemble extra-thick 17-inch laptops, with lots of additional ventilation (and extra bulk) behind the screen to account for a liquid cooling radiator and pump....

May 27, 2025 · 3 min · 507 words · Robert Hopkins

Data reveals many GPUs are still selling for 50% more than MSRP — Nvidia RTX 5090 and 5080 are worst offenders

Many GPU buyers are hard-pressed to find a listing at MSRP nowadays, meaning you’ll have to extend your budget beyond what was announced on stage if you want to build a new PC with a modern graphics card. Unfortunately, it’s difficult to track all pricing changes, especially as these, along with stock data, rapidly evolve. Thankfully,Gamers Nexushascompiled all available data as best it could and presented the trends in a video....

May 27, 2025 · 4 min · 702 words · Allison Villegas

Fix: A Driver Cannot Load on This Device

A driver fails to load during startup ifWindows finds it suspicious. This could especially happen if the driverdoesn’t have an official digital signature. To fix the problem, you first need tofind the problematic device/software. Once you have this information,go ahead and update its driver. If an update is not available,rename the unsigned driverfile. The OS will automatically create a new one (that’s digitally verified). In case you got this error after a Windows update, I adviserolling it back....

May 27, 2025 · 2 min · 384 words · Molly Bates MD

Fix: My Computer Won’t Connect to the Internet But Others Will

Whenever one device can access the internet through a router or an access point, it is obvious that other devices should be able to do so as well. However, there are some situations where all your devices except your computer can connect to the internet. This problem usually happens because of issues with your computer’s network settings or adapter. But minor router issues, like IP assignment and DNS problems, can also cause this issue....

May 27, 2025 · 3 min · 629 words · Cindy Wright

Former EKWB Employees say company has racist, hostile work environment, withholds overtime pay

The scandal surrounding EKWB, the embattled cooling and custom PC building company, keeps growing as multiple former employees have now accused the company of creating a hostile work environment filled with racist jokes and abusive rhetoric in its Texas-based U.S. offices. Just as bad, the employees also say that the firm failed to pay them for required overtime hours and that it damaged relationships with suppliers by repeatedly withholding payments....

May 27, 2025 · 7 min · 1405 words · Roberta Bishop

Gelsinger fires back at recent stories about 18A's poor yields, schools social media commenters on defect densities and yields

Having joined Intel at a tough time and doing his best to revive the company before retiring, Pat Gelsinger is yet to see the fruits of his decisions as the chief executive of Intel. However, based on his claims, the 18A process technology — the pinnacle of his five nodes in four years plan — is a success. Being ousted by the board, Gelsinger now has more time to respond to messages on X, which adds some color to what’s happening with Intel’s node development....

May 27, 2025 · 4 min · 683 words · Amanda Stout