Just a few days ago, Intel’s upcoming Arrow Lake-S desktop refresh was leaked again, and this time, we learned that it’s allegedly coming in the second half of 2025. Paired with a new NPU and higher clock speeds, the refresh would still be binned on TSMC’s N3B node and bring modest improvements to the lineup. However, a newtweet from leaker Jaykihnnow suggests that there won’t be any upgrades to AI capability in Arrow Lake 2....

Lip-Bu Tan,the newly appointed CEO of Intel, has invested in hundreds of Chinese technology companies, including several linked to China’s People’s Liberation Army as well as Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp. (SMIC), China’s foundry champion, according to a review of American and Chinese corporate documents conducted byReuters. The information raises concerns due to Intel’s close work with the U.S. defense sector. The corporate documents reviewed byReutersshow that Tan controls over 40 companies in China and has minority stakes in over 600 entities in China via investment companies he manages or owns....

Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan is projected to have lost around $5.28 million in value as the company’s shares took a tumble alongside the rest of the market. When Mr. Tan took the reins of the chip giant in March 2025, he needed to purchase $25 million of Intel stock to make him eligible for thenearly $68 million in bonuses. The stock price around this time was $23.96, allowing him to buy 1,043,406 shares....

Intel is rumored to be introducing a new large L3 cache pool that will rival AMD’s 3D V-Cache chips with its next-gen Core Ultra (likely Core 400, if Core 300 is a refresh of Arrow Lake) series CPUs. Leakers Haze and Raichu on X believe this new last-level L3 cache will feature a 144MB capacity. If true, Intel’s next-gen L3 cache will be noticeably larger than AMD’s3D V-Cacheequivalent. At 144MB in total, Intel’s next-gen chips will have 16MB more L3 than multi-CCD Ryzen X3D CPUs such as theRyzen 9 9950X3Dand a whopping 48MB more L3 cache than AMD’s highly-popularRyzen 7 9800X3D....

Lenovo has captured a large portion of the laptop market with its gaming and budget lines. These laptops come with top-of-the-game hardware, including keyboards that are well built and come with the latest technologies and features. But, like every other piece of hardware, it does run into problems. The problem could be an outdated/corrupted driver or a battery problem. Regardless, when troubleshooting a broken keyboard, you should take everything into account....

Demand for artificial intelligence servers will set records this year for hardware procurement, and while a significant portion of those machines will be based on Nvidia’s processors, demand for systems running other hardware is also very high, according to Lenovo. Demand for AMDInstinct MI300-series-based machines is apparently setting records, at least at Lenovo.“I think you could say in a very generic sense, demand is as high as we have ever seen for the product,” said Ryan McCurdy, president of Lenovo North America, in an interview withCRN....

Korean giantLGElectronics recently announced its intention to join the data center cooling business at its Investor’s Forum in Seoul. The company already has a sizeable heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning (HVAC) business, providing solutions for consumers, corporate, and industrial clients. Pivoting this business to cater to data centers would be much easier than starting from scratch, which puts LG in an excellent position to enter the data center cooling industry, primarily as its chiller business has grown 15% over the past three years, saysThe Register....

Lian Li’s O11 range of PC cases has been in the wilderness for quite some time and is still a very popular choice for new PC builds, thanks to its initial design and more recent iterations that expand on that success. TheLian Li PC-O11 Air Miniis our pick for thebest compact ATX PC case, and this Spring Sale 2025 deal on the Lian Li O11 Vision is good news if you’re looking to get your hands on one of the prettiest cases for your latest build and show off your components through the tempered glass windows....

Youtuber Bryan, who runsTech Yes City,picked ten ‘untested’ Inno3D GTX 1070 8GB GDDR5 GPUs, likely from a mining farm, which he later confirmed upon personal inspection. The ad was on the Facebook AU marketplace, where the seller was upfront about the condition of these GPUs, stating that it is likely one or two graphics cards are working only via its DVI port- which he also says could be the fault of his PC....

The Beelink GTi14 is a new mini PC from Beelink, now boasting the latest IntelMeteor Lakemobile processors. The most marked improvement of Meteor Lake over past Intel laptop CPUs is the inclusion of actually-pretty-good Intel Arc graphics, which are broadly competitive with the current best iGPU offerings from AMD (which has historically led by a significant margin in iGPU performance). Performance-wise, this Mini PC should be a compelling pick, especially if you also care for other features such as NPU support on Intel’s latest architectures....

MIT researchers haverevealednanoscale transistors that could potentially reshape the future of efficient electronics. Built using a unique 3D nanowire structure, these transistors surpass traditional silicon-based models by operating on a far smaller scale. As silicon-based transistors face critical limitations in miniaturization, MIT’s design paves the way for faster, cooler, and more compact electronic components. The design utilizes vertical nanowire field-effect transistors (VNFETs), which manage electron flow by orienting the structure vertically rather than the conventional horizontal layout....

Earlier this month, hardware modder and retro computing enthusiast Yeo Kheng Meng shared footage of his “modern 2024” DOS PC on hisself-titled blog, emphasizing its powerful internal specifications. When not used to “reach back into the past to run DOS,” its specifications aim to provide an acceptable entry-level experience for modern games, video editing, and more. The modern DOS PC’s specifications are slightly modest compared to today’s high-end standards. Still, of course, even modest hardware today is exponentially more potent than what the original generations of DOS users had to tolerate....

An MSI representative has confirmed that shipments for RTX 5090 pre-orders through MSI’s official US stores have been pushed back to February 6, perVideocardz. Just ahead of tomorrow’s retail embargo lift, overseas sellers alsoreportedlyface similar constraints. This delay likely stems from rumored Blackwell supply shortages and only applies to RTX 5090 reservations made through MSI’s official store in the US. Other retailers could have their hands on a limited RTX 5090 supply, should you want one at launch, but be prepared to face serious competition fromscalpersandcampers....