Nvidia becomes the world's most valuable company by market capitalization — Chipmaker dethrones Apple for the second time this year

The AI hype is in full throttle, as Nvidia is now the largest company in the world by market cap. With a market capitalization of $3.52 trillion, Nvidia has effectively dethroned Apple for thesecond timethis year. This news follows developments in the stock market, with Nvidia’s shares surging by 2.72% this morning. All top leaders had a bullish start to the day, but a 0.64% uptick wasn’t enough for Apple to hold off the green storm....

June 26, 2025 · 3 min · 441 words · Amy Dyer

Nvidia RTX 5090 prototype surfaces with four 16-pin power connectors and additional VRMs

An alleged prototype of Nvidia’s RTX 5090 has surfaced, featuring four 16-pin power connectors, courtesyTwitter/X user @yuuki_ans. Presumably this particular design is an early engineering sample which was used by Nvidia or one of its board partners for testing purposes. Although the unit pictured has been destroyed by cutting it in half, it does give us an insight in to what Nvidia was working with prior to the final design....

June 26, 2025 · 3 min · 553 words · James Lambert

Nvidia rumored to be opening a second R&D center in Taiwan — and it has plans for an AI supercomputer on the island

Several Taiwanese news outlets have reported on the possibility of Nvidia opening a second AI research and development center on the island. The company set up its first AI Innovation R&D center in Neihu, Taipei in 2022. Now a rumor is circulating that the green team will work with Foxconn to build a second research center in Kaohsiung Software Park, in the south. Taiwan Television reportedthat Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang arrived early forComputex2024 for a meeting with TSMC leadership and other key supply chain leaders....

June 26, 2025 · 2 min · 411 words · Linda Cook

Nvidia teases RTX 50 Blackwell Gaming GPUs for launch next month — The Witcher IV's first cinematic trailer likely leveraged the upcoming RTX 5090

With less than one month beforeCES2025,Nvidiahas dropped the first teaser for its upcoming RTX 50 family of GPUs - employing the Blackwell architecture.According to rumors, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang is set to take the stage and drop the curtains on the next-gen RTX 5090 and RTX 5080 GPUs on January 6th at 6:30 PM PT. Also, at the TGA (The Game Awards) 2024. a cinematic trailer for the upcomingWitcher IVwas unveiled, and said to be rendered on an unannounced RTX 50 GPU - likely the RTX 5090....

June 26, 2025 · 3 min · 554 words · Mary Garrett

Nvidia's technically Game Ready driver supports new RTX 4070 Super and Pokemon-esque survival game 'Palworld'

Nvidia has published a new Game Ready driver —version 546.65— aimed squarely at the just-launched RTX 4070 Super. The driver update adds full support for the new GPU, ensuring gamers will be able to use the RTX 4070 Super when they get their hands on it. The only other update in the new driver is game-ready support forPalworld, which enters early-access on Jan. 19. The RTX 4070 Super officially launched today, Jan....

June 26, 2025 · 2 min · 402 words · Jason Salas

NZXT Kraken Plus 360 RGB Review: silent heat assassin

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 Conclusion CPU-only thermal results with PBO enabled: AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D Without power limits enforced, the hottest CPUs on the market will hit their peak temperature (TJ Max) and thermally throttle with even the strongest of air coolers and even most liquid coolers on the market in intensive stress testing....

June 26, 2025 · 6 min · 1271 words · Rick Smith

One of SteelSeries' best gaming headsets is 50% off right now — save big on the quick-swap battery tech I use every day

For the best part of two years I’ve used the incredible SteelSeries Arctis Nova Pro as my gaming headset. While it boasts excellent connectivity and comfort, one of my favorite features is the hot-swappable batteries that you can use to keep gaming sessions going for longer. Right now at Best Buy, you can score the considerably cheaperArctis Pro Wireless for PC and PS4 with the very same feature for more than half price, now just $139 instead of $279....

June 26, 2025 · 3 min · 464 words · Douglas Valenzuela

PlayStation Store Won’t Load? Here’s How To Fix It

Sony’s consoles offer a clean ecosystem to purchase content, the PS Store. Sometimes it doesn’t work, and it may seem inexplicable. How to fix the PlayStation Store won’t load error? The PlayStation Store is the built-in app on PlayStation where you can find and buy content. That includes games, DLCs, apps, and PS Plus membership tiers. So, when the PlayStation Store doesn’t work, these services may not work on your console....

June 26, 2025 · 4 min · 688 words · Joseph Bolton

PowerColor's AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT hits its lowest-ever price of $469

Let’s face it, graphics card prices for most GPUs have been stuck at a relatively high price since the GPU shortage of the pandemic era. And with AI demand and the global cost of living crisis and inflation still wreaking havoc this isn’t likely to change any time soon. We will get some deals to shift excess stock or move old stock before a new series of cards comes out, but that’s about it....

June 26, 2025 · 2 min · 354 words · Jennifer Jones

PS5 Pro design sketch based on alleged packaging suggests the launch is near — and we don't see a disc drive

Just before September, we may have the first look at the PlayStation 5 Pro’s design, courtesy of a sketch based on a leaked photograph provided to a journalist. The source of this story isDealabs Magazine, a French gaming magazine owned by the Pepper.com shopping platform. The reporter who wrote the story goes by Billbil_kun on both Dealabs andTwitterand (officially) has been operating as an investigator for Dealabs since 2016. Reportedly, this design is being shared as a sketch instead of a photograph because sharing the (likely leaked/taken against NDA) photograph could potentially infringe on copyright....

June 26, 2025 · 3 min · 457 words · Jose Moore

QIDI Plus4 Review: Bigger is Better

Tom’s Hardware Verdict QIDI Plus4 is a massive machine inside and out, with a heated chamber perfect for large prints in tricky technical filaments like ABS, PC and Nylon. The quality is excellent, but current lack of color options makes this machine more ideal for business minded practical printing rather than home hobbyists. Quality prints Heated chamber Klipper with fluidd Interface Excellent build quality Cons Difficult to load Why you’re able to trust Tom’s HardwareOur expert reviewers spend hours testing and comparing products and services so you can choose the best for you....

June 26, 2025 · 10 min · 2054 words · Kathleen Lee

RAID card delivers 128TB of NVMe storage at 28 GB/s speeds — HighPoint SSD7749M2 houses up to 16 M.2 2280 SSDs

HighPointhas introduced its new SSD7749M2 RAID card, which can house up to 16 M.2 SSDs and install up to 128 TB of flash memory into a typical desktop workstation. The card offers sequential read/write performance of up to 28 GB/s over a PCIe Gen4 x16 interface. These are quite massive performance specifications that come at a rather whopping price point. HighPoint’s SSD7749M2 SSD RAID card relies on the company’s PCIe ‘x48 lane PCIe Switching Technology,’ something that could be a very advanced PCIe switch (or several PCIe) that allocates x16 lanes of upstream bandwidth to connect to the host platform and provides each SSD with x2 lanes of dedicated downstream bandwidth....

June 26, 2025 · 3 min · 490 words · Tracy Turner

Razer Mouse Not Working? Here’re 9 Ways to Fix It

When your Razor mouse stops working, the fault could be with the Operating System or the mouse itself. And it could be hinting at faulty cables and USB port, incorrect power configurations or maybe an outdated mouse driver. An outdated Razer mouse firmware or disabled Razer services are likely to stop your mouse from working. Besides this, dust or hair particles can also get stuck on the mouse sensor. It might stop the mouse from detecting the surface movement, restricting the cursor from responding to mouse movements....

June 26, 2025 · 5 min · 895 words · Theresa Rose