Apple Q2 2026 Earnings: iPhone Business Just Grew By 21.7% In A Single Quarter, Services Outpace Mac, iPad and Wearables Combined

Apple was expected to continue to capitalize on its ongoing sales-related momentum during its second fiscal quarter of 2026, courtesy of the inordinately strong demand profile for the iPhone 17 lineup. And, in accordance with those expectations, Apple appears to have largely delivered via another record quarter.

Here are the key highlights from Apple's latest quarterly earnings release:

  1. Total Sales - $111.18 billion vs. $95.36 billion in Q2 2025,

Memory Prices Won’t Drop Even as Shortage Eases, Korean Research Firm Warns Hyperscalers Locked In Long-Term

As memory continues to dominate the AI hardware conversation, a research note from Korea Investment & Securities (KIS) outlines that prices might not drop. Since memory is directly tied to the productivity of an AI GPU, hyperscalers have placed long-term orders for capacity. KIS believes that even if this time period elapses, the impact of the shortage on memory prices might persist due to the chips' ability to drive key metrics of AI GPU performance.

The research note explains that since expanding memory capacity increases a GPU's


Microsoft Rolls Out Xbox Mode to All Windows 11 PCs, Blurring the Line Between Console and Desktop Gaming

Microsoft has just commenced the rollout of its Gaming-Focused across all Windows 11 PCs and devices.

Today, Microsoft has started rolling out its Xbox Game Mode across all Windows 11 PCs, including laptops, desktops, tablets, and more. With Xbox Mode, Windows 11 users can enjoy a console-like gaming interface that is snappier and more intuitive.

Xbox mode is designed for the moments when you want your games to take center stage on Windows 11 PCs and handhelds. Inspired by the Xbox console


Bungie’s Marathon Reportedly Hooked 2.2 Million Players in March, With PC Almost Doubling PS5’s Numbers

Marathon , the new extraction shooter from Bungie and its first non- Destiny release since the first Destiny game launched in 2014, has had a middling start, to say the least. While it is praised by critics ( myself included ), it seemingly hasn't had the commercial success to match, and constant conversation about its concurrent player count on Steam seems to only fuel negative discourse around the game. But a new report has given us a bit more insight into how it's done on the

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Samsung Officially Discontinues LPDDR4 Memory, But Still Sees ~50x Profit Jump & Expects Memory Shortages To Get Worse In 2027

Samsung has officially discontinued older LPDDR4 memory production while hinting at "worse" shortages throughout 2027.

We have been hearing about Samsung pulling out from the production of older DRAM technologies such as and . Now, the company has officially confirmed that both of these standards have been discontinued. At its official webpage, Samsung lists both LPDDR4X and LPDDR4 as "Discontinued".

This move was made as the company wants to pool in more capacity towards the more profitable and more relevant memory technologies such as


Days Away From the Steam Controller’s Launch, Insider Hints Valve’s Next Hardware Release Could Be Around the Corner

In just a few days from the time of this writing, players across the world will be able to get their hands on Valve's new Steam Controller when it launches on May 4, 2026 . It's the first of the three devices Valve revealed last year to make it to players, and while we've previously heard that all three - the Steam Controller, Steam Machine , and Steam Frame - would arrive at some point in 2026 , a new bit of information spotted

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Windrose PC Performance Analysis & Tuning Guide – How To Get Best Experience On PC

With PC games growing increasingly complex nowadays — especially ones built on 's infamous — default/maxed-out graphics settings rarely (if at all) strike the optimal balance between visual fidelity and performance that most PC gamers seek, and early access sensation Windrose is no exception to this rule. As a demanding UE5 game, it should come as no surprise to many that the game's maxed-out Epic graphics settings will be very GPU-heavy and thus should require some tweaking to achieve better performance on most


Zach Cregger is “Honouring” Resident Evil’s Story Structure, Survival Elements, and Progressively Weirder Monsters Rather Than Retell Leon’s Story

Weapons director Zach Cregger is set to make his mark on the Resident Evil franchise with his own cinematic take on the popular horror franchise, and today we got our first proper peek at what that'll look like with the film's first teaser trailer.

The trailer reveal also arrived alongside Cregger diving a little more into his thought process on developing the film in different interviews, particularly answering why he didn't just try and adapt a pre-existing Resident Evil story .

" I wanted to tell a story that

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RAMpocalypse Has Made DIY Builds Pointless, But These Pre-Built Gaming PCs Beat Component Prices In 2026

Choosing a CPU or a GPU used to be the most expensive part of building a PC from scratch or even for an upgrade. With RAMpocalypse that started in Q4 2025, everything changed. Building a PC became so difficult that the RAM and SSD alone now cost over half the combined cost of the rest of the parts, including CPU, GPU, motherboard, PSU, etc. Occasionally, we see some users getting a 10 or 20% discount, or if they get extremely lucky,


Intel’s 18A-P Goes Beyond a 9% Speed Bump, Adding 50% Better Thermal Conductivity and Tighter Skew Corners to Win Foundry Customers

As Intel primes its 18A-P process technology at external customers, the company is sharing new insights into its enhanced performance & features.

Intel's 18A process technology is ramping up well , with Panther Lake volume being increased significantly in the months ahead. As 18A becomes the standard for Intel's in-house chips, the company is also tuning its enhanced 18A-P node, which is a key technology aimed at attracting external Foundry customers.

At VLSI, Intel will