PC gaming still offers better bang for your buck
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Smart upgrades and game deals keep PCs ahead of consoles

Console fanboys might not want to hear it, but PC gaming still gives you more for your money if you know what you're doing.

Lenovo rides AI PC hype to record sales
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Friday, 15 August 2025 10:27

Lenovo rides AI PC hype to record sales


Claims top spot in smart boxes while rivals scramble

Lenovo has kicked off its fiscal year by flogging more PCs than ever and is crowing about its AI leadership.

AMD and Microsoft plan one chip to rule them all
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In the darkness bind them

AMD is getting chummy with Microsoft again and is cooking up a custom chip that will run the next-gen Xbox console, and PCs and handhelds. 

Tariff woes dent TSMC’s seasonal surge
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Monday, 04 August 2025 10:18

Tariff woes dent TSMC’s seasonal surge


Chip giant’s fourth quarter could fizzle despite AI buzz

Tariff tantrums from the US have started to rattle TSMC’s booming run, with signs that the Christmas consumer rush might be more of a limp than a sprint.

Palmer Luckey wants to build made-in-America laptops
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Oculus and Anduril founder reckons some Yanks will pay extra

The bloke behind Oculus and the defence-tech darling Anduril, Palmer Luckey wants to take on laptops. But not your usual “assembled in the States with bits from Shenzhen” nonsense. He’s wants to build a Made in USA machine that ticks the Federal Trade Commission’s uncompromising box.

Windows PCs are becoming an endangered species
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Microsoft admits 400 million Windows devices have disappeared

Microsoft exec Yusuf Mehdi probably didn’t think anyone would notice when he claimed that Windows now runs on “over a billion monthly active devices.” The trouble is, the last time Voles in Redmond bragged about such things, the number was 1.4 billion. That was in 2022. Meaning 400 million devices have quietly exited stage left.

Alienware’s “Area-51 Brick Kit” is not a PC, it’s Lego
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It can't run Crysis 

The Grey Box Shifter Michael Dell's gaming brand Alienware has decided the world needs a Lego version of its Area-51 desktop and is flogging it for a whopping 9,999 ARP, or Alienware Reward Points, for those not neck-deep in Dell’s loyalty programme.

Asus crams Nvidia's petaflop monster into a dull PC
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ET900N G3 is a supercomputer with a DVD player

Asus has pulled a fast one on the performance PC world by hiding Nvidia's GB300 Ultra chip in a chassis so dull it is like watching paint dry on a beige wall in an insurance office while listening to someone explain how envelopes are made.

Nvidia and MediaTek plot Arm-based PC coup
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New chip could rattle Qualcomm, Chipzilla and AMD at Computex

Nvidia and MediaTek are teaming up to launch an Arm-based chip for AI-ready Windows PCs. The official reveal is set for Computex 2025.

PC and smartphone growth hits the skids
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Thursday, 24 April 2025 09:53

PC and smartphone growth hits the skids


UBS and Gartner slash forecasts

Beancounters at UBS and Gartner have added up some numbers and divided by their shoe size and reduced their PC and smartphone market forecasts, citing “mounting pressures from trade tariffs and broader macroeconomic uncertainties” that will hammer consumer demand through 2026.