The ongoing discount season might be one of the best times to snag a solid SSD, given that there are many deals out there that are worthwhile to check out. However, Samsung's 990 EVO Plus SSD 4TB is one of the "no-brainer" deals out there, coming in with a massive discount of 30%, retailing at $239.99, which is one of the lowest prices of this SKU, especially considering that the drive is the more superior "

A Qualcomm executive had previously hinted that the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4, now officially called the Snapdragon 8 Elite, was going to be more expensive than the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 as the company would adopt its in-house CPU designs from hereon. While this would force phone partners to evaluate their position and profitability structure of the devices they manufacture, they will have to draft a new strategy for next year because a report claims that the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 2 will be even more expensive to mass produce. The price of

The U.S. trade sanctions have forced Huawei into a corner, along with other Chinese entities, who previously used to source TSMC’s 7nm technology for various applications, but even that option has been severed. While SMIC, China’s largest semiconductor manufacturer, exists to fulfill the new demand, it cannot circumvent the low yield issues that are creating a wave of problems for its new customers, including Huawei. With few alternatives remaining, a new report states that a revival of a business relationship with Korean

A few hours ago, Microsoft announced that Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled will debut on Game Pass tomorrow. The slow drip feed of Activision Blizzard games on Game Pass continues. It all started with Diablo IV, which joined Microsoft's subscription service on March 28. Then, it was time for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III, which leaped on GP starting July 24, and Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy followed suit on August 8. The new Call of Duty, Black Ops 6, joined

The Loop Buffer wasn't really doing anything significant to enhance the performance of Ryzen 7000 CPUs and hence, AMD deactivated it. AMD deactivates Zen 4 Loop Buffer via AGESA 1.2.0.2a patch on AM5 motherboards since Op Cache was sufficient for managing loops AMD's Loop Buffer technology isn't something you will find on most Ryzen generations. It was only implemented on the Zen 4 architecture CPUs to ensure the front-end pipeline can be bypassed for more optimized performance.

Another day, another Nintendo Switch 2 leak. Yesterday, we reported a leak of the first alleged pictures of the console's new controller. Today, pictures of a Nintendo Switch 2 case and a tempered glass screen protector were uploaded on Alibaba, the massive Chinese e-commerce website, and Reddit users immediately picked them up. It's hard to say if they're real, of course, but the frequency of the leaks hints that the product is getting into more hands. This, in turn,

Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 is the game featured in December's IGN First, so fans of the upcoming first-person open world action roleplaying game can look forward to new content and reveals throughout the whole month. To start with, IGN posted the first 43 minutes of gameplay, which were taken from the PC version of the game. You can watch them in the embed below. As a reminder, Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 is still based on Crytek's CryENGINE technology rather than switching to the far more popular

Apple keeps on emphasizing its growing focus on protecting user privacy and how it should be a priority even when launching Apple Intelligence capabilities. While the tech community acknowledges the Cupertino-based tech giant's ongoing initiatives to protect its users, an Apple employee is suing the company for ironically invading personal privacy massively by using surveillance to spy on its employees even when they are not working. This raises questions on the visibility employers should be allowed on personal devices and whether a company can control the individual conduct of an employee. A

In what is a huge setback for Elon Musk, the Delaware Court of Chancery has again struck down the Tesla CEO's mammoth pay package, jeopardizing his active role in steering the EV giant. Judge McCormick decided to stick with her original finding in January that the company’s board was "too much under the influence" of Elon when it adopted the plan in 2018. The stock options package, initially worth $2.6 billion, would now be worth $101.5 billion

Regulations authorities have pursued companies aggressively this year by either requiring them to change their policies in order for healthy competition to prevail or levying heavy taxes for violation. Google has been under hot waters for its dominance in the digital advertisement space and also in the search engine market. Now, Elon Musk is said to be legally pursuing OpenAI for its attempt to transition into a completely profit-based structure and claims that the company is engaging in anti-competitive practices. Elon Musk has filed for an injunction against OpenAI in an attempt