In a fresh report, Barclays claims that Google can earn as much as $252 billion in sales of its tensor processing units (TPUs) by shifting its business model. Google's TPUs are among the most widely used custom AI chips in the industry, and Barclays believes that the firm can further expand its platform by entering into joint ventures with asset managers Blackstone and Apollo Global, as well as chip designer Broadcom.
Google's TPUs are among the oldest AI chips in the market, and unlike NVIDIA
During Sony 's Q1 2026 earnings call, Lin Tao , Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, addressed the massive backlash against the corporation's strategic move away from PlayStation discs and into a digital-only future starting in January 2028. As previously reported , she acknowledged the strong sentiments expressed by fans, but she also confirmed Sony's plan to move forward and expressed the company's conviction that this would not hurt its business.
Later in the call , Minami Hase ,
Modder Speclizer has revealed that the ambitious The Last of Us Part II Multiplayer Mod project now supports up to 4v4 matches . To celebrate the project's milestone, there's also a lot of new footage on YouTube, both from Speclizer and the others who participated in the playtest.
The modder also successfully implemented a feature that was available in Factions , the official multiplayer mode of The Last of Us :
Just implemented a voice system into the TLOU 2 Multiplayer mod that picks a random voice line from your team
The M5 Max , relying on two low-profile fans and a single heatpipe, is bound to run into overheating issues, and that’s exactly what one MacBook Pro owner experienced. The only difference here is that those high temperatures apparently caused the backspace key, which is labeled “delete,” to get inside the chassis, forcing the owner to visit Apple’s retail outlets, which quoted him a near-$900 bill if the machine wasn’t in warranty.
Thanks to the new
Apple's brand-new leasing program, dubbed Apple Upgrade, goes big on the idea that most consumers won't mind shelling out a tiny amount on a per-day basis just to use a new Apple device, negating the deleterious impact of the ongoing memory 'chipflation' in the process.
As we reported recently, Apple has just launched Apple Upgrade , a new device leasing program for "iPhone, Apple Watch, Mac, and iPad available on the Apple Store online, in the Apple Store app,
China's Dongfang Suanxin (DFSX) is on a quest to prove that memory bandwidth, and not an incessant obsession with node miniaturization, is the key to unlocking sizable economies of scale for AI workloads, as demonstrated by its DF1000 and the upcoming DF2000 chips, typically arrayed within TY64 SuperNodes to give NVIDIA's GB200 NVL72 system a run for its money.
For the benefit of those who might not be aware, DFSX's DF
The rising DRAM costs are what ultimately forced Apple to increase the prices of its Macs , but the positive aspect was that various models were still available to purchase. Unfortunately, the Cupertino giant’s worst nightmare has come to pass because the MacBook Air is reportedly in severe shortage, and while Apple attempts to tackle this problem, it’s focusing on selling as many base 14-inch M5 MacBook Pro units as it can to make sufficient room for the M6 model.
Assuming the MacBook Neo didn’
The pairing of the XPS 13 and Intel’s Wildcat Lake enabled Dell to introduce an affordable MacBook Neo competitor, allowing the company to undercut Apple’s offering with a $699 notebook. At least, that’s what U.S. consumers have to pay. Unfortunately, the same treatment isn’t available for South Korean consumers, who have to pay more than double, and that too for the base model. This indicates that Dell’s distribution simply doesn’t allow it to
Shortly after Sony announced its controversial decision to stop manufacturing PlayStation discs starting in January 2028, Windows Central's Jez Corden reported that Microsoft is leaning toward the same choice for the next 'Project Helix' Xbox console.
However, in the latest episode of the DF Direct Q+A podcast , Digital Foundry's John Linneman shared a rumor that Xbox, at least before the big Xbox reset enacted by new CEO Asha Sharma , was possibly planning to continue supporting discs with its next-generation console for
Apple has doubled down on the iPhone 17 Pro's and iPhone 17 Pro Max's gaming performance by including the A19 Pro, prompting one person to attempt to run GTA 5 on the top-end flagship. Unfortunately, this experiment is only possible through emulation, and looking at the performance and subpar resolution you get, you probably wouldn’t want to try it out.
With the help of the XeniOS Xbox 360 Emulator, Redditor “mertbaris01” successfully managed to run