AMD Unveils Ryzen AI 400 Desktop APUs: 8 CPU & GPU Cores, 50 TOPS, AM5 Socket Support

AMD has officially announced its , featuring up to 8 CPU & 8 GPU cores on the AM5 platform.

AMD's Ryzen AI 400 APUs are finally coming to Desktop PCs, bringing the Strix Point architecture to more audiences. The new APUs feature the beloved Zen 5 CPU architecture, alongwith the first outing of RDNA 3.5 for desktop iGPUs. These APUs also bring the fastest NPU, XDNA 2, to desktops, so let's start with the full rundown of what the new series has to


Qualcomm’s Next-Generation Snapdragon X105 5G Modem Promises 30% Lower Power Draw And Smarter Operations As It Sets The Foundations Of 6G

The Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 Pro and Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 were not initially paired with a dedicated 5G modem announcement, but that changed with Qualcomm’s latest unveiling today during MWC 2026, as the company has officially announced the Qualcomm X105. As expected, the top-end baseband silicon promises faster downlink and uplink speeds, but more importantly, it consumes less power and has become smarter than previous iterations. Here are more details you might be interested in.

Starting with the


DOOM: The Dark Ages DLC Is “Freaking Huge” and “Basically a Sequel”, Says Director

Following last year's release of DOOM: The Dark Ages , id Software is now working hard on the campaign DLC that was included with the Premium Edition (but can also be bought separately with the Digital Premium Upgrade). , DOOM: The Dark Ages Director Hugo Martin revealed that the DLC is going to be massive and compared it to a full-fledged sequel :

Just know that it's freaking huge. It's basically like a sequel. I mean, that's what it feels like.


Crucial’s P310 2TB SSD With Speeds Of Up To 7,100MB/s Is A Terrific Deal On Amazon, Offering Incredible Speeds And A Decent Storage Upgrade For $213.99

The SSD pricing situation has gotten a whole lot worse ever since the DRAM shortage kicked in, and when you see high-performance consumer solid-state drives in the 2TB capacity available for upwards of $300 and sometimes even reaching $400, that’s when you know that things are spiraling out of control.

Fortunately, there are some hidden gems listed on places like Amazon, such as the Crucial P310, with the 2TB capacity and heatsink version going for $2


Galaxy S26 Ultra’s Horizon Lock Feature Was Tested To Its Limits By Being Taped On A Functioning Drill Machine; The Results Were Downright Impressive

Video stabilization on the Galaxy S26 Ultra received an unworldly upgrade because Samsung’s latest flagship’s Horizon Lock was demonstrated by popular YouTuber MKBHD of minimizing camera shake regardless of how the device was being moved around. Of course, some content creators aren’t satisfied with these trivial tests and want to move into overdrive mode. A different YouTuber taped a Galaxy S26 Ultra to a drill machine, which spun several revolutions per minute to see the Horizon Lock’s limitations, and we were genuinely surprised


OLED M6 MacBook Pro With Touchscreen Support Won’t Offer A macOS & iPadOS Hybrid Software Experience, As Apple Is Going For A Conservative Approach

Apple appears to have finally caved as it is bringing touchscreen support to its OLED M6 MacBook Pro range, scheduled to launch in either late 2026 or early 2027. For years, the Cupertino firm held its hand from adding this feature because the motivation behind this decision was simple. A touchscreen added to MacBooks would cannibalize iPad sales, which is why, according to the latest report, Apple isn’t going to offer a macOS and iPadOS software hybrid on the M6 MacBook Pro,


“Entry-Level PC Segment Will Disappear by 2028,” Says Gartner, as Soaring Memory Costs Start to Cripple Manufacturers

PC manufacturers won't find it viable to offer hardware to gamers at 'entry-level' prices, as memory costs have reached unprecedented levels.

DRAM shortages have impacted several consumer-focused industries , but the consequences for the PC industry are the most disruptive. We have seen hardware prices soar to new heights, product launches delayed, and inventory levels drop rapidly across retail markets, all because the memory supply isn't enough to meet demand. A new reveals that PC shipments are expected to drop by 10


Grand Theft Auto VI Title IDs Have Been Added to the PlayStation Store – Pre-Orders Incoming?

(@PlaystationSize on X), Rockstar Games has just added title IDs for Grand Theft Auto VI on Sony's PlayStation Store , possibly hinting at pre-orders opening in the near future:

Grand Theft Auto VI title IDs have been added to the PlayStation database. I expect we’ll see something about the game soon, probably the start of pre-orders.

When asked how long it usually takes between the time when title IDs first appear on the store and the actual reveal of the pricing information, the


Apple Stores Shut Down In The UAE Amid Geopolitical Chaos

The Middle East has gone up in proverbial flames amid the drumbeat of regional war, and in the ensuing geopolitical chaos, Apple Stores have shut down in the UAE, at least through the early part of the coming week.

Apple stores to remain shut in the UAE at least through March 03

The UAE's Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation has asked all private establishments


Microsoft’s DirectX SER Delivers a 90% Performance Boost on Intel’s Battlemage GPUs, Optimizing Intense Rendering Workloads

Microsoft's latest attempt to optimize rendering workloads has delivered impressive performance gains, with Intel's Battlemage GPUs seeing a significant boost.

As rendering pipelines become increasingly complex each day, the traditional approach to such workloads has begun to create a performance bottleneck, and . For those unaware, SER stands for Shader Execution Reordering, and it is a feature in Shader Model 6.9, meaning we will see SER become a standard with the upcoming driver code. I won't make SER too complex to understand, but