In a dramatic development that bodes well for its coffers, but not so for the competitiveness of its Grok AI model, SpaceX has just inked a $6.3 billion compute deal to start renting out Colossus 2 GPUs, raising question marks over its strategy to compete with the likes of OpenAI and Anthropic.
As of May 2026, SpaceX's Colossus 1 data center supported over 220,000 NVIDIA GPUs , divided between H100, H200, and around
Steam Machine is here , but it comes at a really high price point, which makes these sub-$1000 PCs a far better value.
Well, the Steam Machine is officially here . It is the latest hardware launch by Valve, a company all gamers know and love. The creators of the highly successful Steam Deck have now introduced a full-fledged PC that offers the convenience of a console thanks to its compact design. We talked about the specs and initial benchmarks a few days ago , but
In Entertainment Weekly's piece about the 25th anniversary of Xbox and the studio's push for Hollywood adaptations ( including a Sea of Thieves movie ), we also got a few more updates about some of the most interesting Xbox projects, including Kojima's OD , Bethesda's TES VI , and Arkane's Marvel's Blade .
Let's start with The Elder Scrolls VI , which is definitely the biggest of these projects in terms of fanbase. Todd Howard, head of Bethesda Game Studios
Valve has officially launched the Steam Machine today, revealing its incredibly expensive price tag that we all expected due to the ongoing component crisis . With a starting price of $1,049 for the most basic version of the Machine without a Steam Controller bundled in, it's a big hit to players' wallets, especially when living essentials everywhere are getting more expensive. But that's the way it ought to be, according to Valve, and it's the way that you should want it to
Right now, everyone is watching Microsoft and Xbox with bated breath to see just how severe the reported layoffs will be , and while we wait for that inevitable announcement, Xbox is seemingly doing everything possible to distract from it. Like how Xbox CEO Asha Sharma and other high-ranking Xbox executives spoke to Entertainment Weekly in a new interview, which confirms that a Sea of Thieves movie adaptation is in the works, with Spider-Man: Brand New Day director Destin Daniel Cretton attached to it as a producer.
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Valve has just kicked off pre-orders for its long-awaited Steam Machine , offering four options: two with 512GB of storage and two with 2TB, with one of each pair bundling a Steam Controller .
The prices are indeed quite high , as feared following the storage and memory crisis . The basic Steam Machine (512GB, no controller) costs $1049 , while adding a controller to it makes it $1128 . The base 2TB version costs
SPHBM4 is a new JEDEC standard that aims to solve the high cost and packaging concerns with existing HBM technologies.
Almost all AI & HPC accelerators rolling out these days feature some form of HBM memory. The highest-end solutions are leveraging the latest HBM4 designs, and HBM4E is being sampled to the top chipmakers .
But as demand continues to rise, and shortages persist in the premium DRAM segment, HBM has become a major bottleneck. The cost is one issue, but price surges are a direct result
The features and hardware disparity existing between the Galaxy S27+ and Galaxy S27 Ultra mean Samsung needed to introduce a device that would serve as a middle ground. That middle ground is the Galaxy S27 Pro, which offers the best of both worlds, effectively becoming the company’s fourth flagship. The newest rumor now claims that you’ll have another reason to upgrade next year, and here are all the juicy bits you’ve been wanting to know.
If Weibo’s Digital Chat
Apple's planned debut of its iPhone 18 Pro lineup is fast approaching, with mere weeks left until the high-profile launch spectacle kicks off in early September.
Naturally, as the proximity to the launch event increases, so does the supply chain's confidence in what the next-gen iPhone Pro duo would look like, and a consensus now appears to be forming around a thicker camera plateau to cater to the lineup's advanced camera sensors.
We already know that Apple's upcoming iPhone 18
Financial firm Jefferies outlined in a fresh report that memory prices will continue their upward momentum in the second half of this year. The global memory industry has been thrown into turmoil due to aggressive demand from the AI sector. As a result, the production shortages and the corresponding price increases have affected consumer electronics as well. However, the prices will continue to rise throughout 2027, believes the expert, with the first signs of easing in 2028.
According to the details, memory prices in the
