Google Pixel 11 Bumps Up Base Storage To 256GB, Replete With The Now-Customary Hefty Price Hikes [Update: August 12 Launch]

With the new Google Pixel 11 series presumably all set for a debut as soon as this August, the supply chain-sourced leaks are picking up their pace, as is typical for the pre-launch stage.

A new report, however, has created substantial turbulence within the heretofore rather staid expectations for the Pixel 11 lineup, disclosing a purported bump in base storage, higher prices, and new color options.

According to Dealabs , Google is eliminating the base 128GB storage tier and moving the Pixel


NVIDIA’s Next-Gen Rosa CPU To Feature Rigel “Arm v9.2” Cores With Larger L2 Cache & Higher Per-Core Performance In The Same Silicon Footprint

NVIDIA has disclosed the first real information about its next-generation Rosa CPU, which will be coupled with its Feynman lineup.

At GTC 2026, NVIDIA disclosed its next-gen Data Center CPU, called Rosa . The Rosa CPU will be launching alongside Feynman and will be precisely optimized for Agentic AI workloads as those continue to demand increased processing performance. Rosa is named after American physicist & a Nobel Prize winner, Rosalyn Sussman .

Today, NVIDIA confirms more details of its next-generation Rosa CPU, and

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Granblue Fantasy: Relink – Endless Ragnarok Review – A Solid Expansion Well Worth Its Price

Once the Monster Hunter series finally made it big in North America and Europe with Monster Hunter: World , a few other development studios attempted to create games based on a similar gameplay loop, but only a few succeeded. Among the most successful attempts, Cygames' Granblue Fantasy: Relink stood out for incorporating a fairly entertaining story mode based on the mobile and web browser JRPG, as well as a huge roster of unique characters whose visual and combat designs made them extremely diverse. Having gone through some development difficulties over

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MSI Unlocks China’s CXMT Memory On AM5 Boards, Pushing Domestic DDR5 From 6800 To 8200 MT/s

MSI has enabled CXMT memory support on its China-specific AM5 motherboard driver, enabling up to DDR5-8200 speeds.

China is rapidly adopting its domestically produced memory to reduce reliance on offshore brands that are charging heavy prices for their DRAM solutions. As such, CXMT (ChangXin Memory Technologies) has become the go-to choice as it is the country's premier DRAM manufacturer.

While there have been reports that CXMT has started supplying DRAM to global markets, those aren't true yet

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ASRock Announces Taichi 10th Anniversary Product Concepts, Including Motherboards, GPU, Monitor, PSU, And AIO

Almost every vendor is celebrating its 10th or 20th anniversary by releasing special edition products.

If I remember correctly, we have seen the Radeon RX 9070 XT Taichi 16 GB OC 10th Anniversary edition before. ASRock already has the regular and white edition RX 9070 XT Taichi GPUs, but it has now launched a special edition to celebrate 10 years of Taichi, which debuted in 2016 with the X99 Taichi motherboard.

The company continued the

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DeepSeek Looks To Sidestep Huawei As It Begins In-House AI Chip Journey While Dodging Development Complications, Trade Sanctions, Delays & More

AI chips from Huawei and NVIDIA are currently being leveraged to train and run DeepSeek’s popular models, but the days of this arrangement could be numbered as the Chinese startup has plans in motion to launch its in-house inference silicon. According to people familiar with the firm’s plans, the chip won’t be utilized for training new models, but for generating responses for users on a pre-trained one.

Of course, the journey will be arduous because not only does it take years to launch a


Lexar Breaks The 6000 MT/s Barrier And Launches CXMT-Based DDR5 RAM Kits With Up To 7600 MT/s Speed

The 6000 MT/s limit doesn't exist anymore, and with Lexar's newest DDR5 memory kits, users an enjoy higher clock speeds.

CXMT (ChangXin Memory Technologies) has made great progress in pushing its memory chips to boast higher transfer speeds. Unlike previously, when the CXMT-based DDR5 RAM kits could only push to 6000 MT/s , newer memory kits have unlocked faster speeds.

Popular memory maker Lexar has launched its latest DDR5 memory kits, adopting

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NVIDIA Drops New Game Ready Driver Optimized for DOOM: The Dark Ages Revelations and Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced

NVIDIA has released a new Game Ready driver for its GeForce RTX graphics cards, optimized for DOOM: The Dark Ages - Revelations (out today) and Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced (out on Thursday, July 9).

DOOM: The Dark Ages – Revelations is id Software's campaign expansion, which the studio described as the culmination of 35 years of DOOM history . Despite being technically a DLC, it delivers 10-12 hours of content, equal to both DOOM Eternal expansions combined.

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GIGABYTE Silently Packs GeForce RTX 3050 And RTX 4050 Inside Its Latest EAGLE Series Laptop

The laptop is new, but the specs aren't. Given the current market state, many OEMs are deploying older hardware in their machines.

It's not surprising to see vendors using older hardware in their devices these days. Many vendors are now deploying Intel's Raptor Lake series chips in their mini PCs and laptops, while some are now seen using previous-generation GPUs as well. The current state of the market has forced vendors to opt for older hardware to cut costs.

GIGABYTE is now one of

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Valve Ships Official Windows Drivers For The Steam Machine, But Installing It Wipes SteamOS Entirely

Users can officially install Windows OS on their Steam Machine. However, once they do, they can't use the SteamOS.

Steam Machine might one of the most interesting launches from Valve yet, but its hefty price tag has left the community divided. The majority sees $1000 price tag too high, but Valve considers it necessary due to the ongoing DRAM and SSD shortage. Nonetheless, Steam Machine is an interesting gaming console that runs on SteamOS by default, and it is pretty much the ideal choice

A list of Steam Machine drivers includes download links and installation instructions for graphics, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and SD card reader drivers.