AIDA64 Goes Big on AMD Zen 6 Support With The Addition of Mustang Peak, Olympic Ridge, Medusa & Venice Lineups, Also Brings ACE x86 Readiness

AMD's Zen 6 CPUs are the main focus in the latest AIDA64 8.30 beta release, adding support for various upcoming lineups.

FinalWire has released the latest version of its popular system monitoring software, AIDA64. The new version (8.30.8332 beta ) comes with various updates, with the main release highlights being preliminary and improved support for AMD's upcoming Zen 6 CPU families. The full changelog is listed below:

  • preliminary support for AMD K1
AMD Preps Replacement of AGESA With openSIL Starting Next-Gen Zen 6

Vancouver Police Just Swapped Their AI-Edited Drug Bust Photos For New Ones, But The Skepticism Refuses To Die

If you are using AI to embellish your physical achievements, do make sure that you edit out the "made with AI" label, lest you appear hopelessly tech-illiterate. That's a lesson that Vancouver Police Department can now learn at its leisure following a scathing public backlash on one of its most recent AI-related antics.

A few days back, Vancouver PD posted pictures of a supposed drug bust on various social media platforms. The pictures were notable not only due to the meagre stash of drugs on display


This Might Be Your Last Chance To Grab Samsung’s Fastest SSD, The 9100 PRO, On Amazon At Up To A Whopping 49% Off, So Don’t Miss Out

Amazon Prime Day 2026 may have concluded, but that doesn’t mean the discounts on a plethora of products have been lifted. During the DRAM shortage , SSD prices have also reached out of range for the majority of buyers, but you can still grab Samsung’s 9100 PRO series for up to 49 percent off on Amazon. The best part about this deal is that all capacities from 1TB, all the way up to 8TB, are now cheaper on the online retailer


Microsoft Edge Just Called Itself The “Best Freakin’ Browser” To Run On An Apple Mac, And There Might Be Some Merit To This Braggadocio

We are, by now, accustomed to being dismissive about Microsoft's browsers, especially after years of mockery that the Internet Explorer garnered for operating at a glacial pace.

Well, it so happens that Microsoft Edge and its Chromium-based architecture now fall in an entirely different league, especially after years of under-the-hood performance improvements, allowing Microsoft to now uncharacteristically claim a few well-deserved bragging rights.

It all began with a par-for-the-course ribbing of Microsoft Edge on X.


Apple Sourcing iPhone 18 DRAM From CXMT Won’t Fix Supply Or Pricing Issues, Says Analyst, But Ultimate Reason For Securing A Deal Is Minimizing Shortage Risk

The price hike from Apple was an inevitable event, but the company is now making efforts to ensure that its DRAM supply isn’t disrupted by AI chips gobbling up the entire supply, which would explain the firm’s lobbying attempts to source memory chips from a Chinese blacklisted memory manufacturer, CXMT. However, an analyst believes that forming a partnership with a new company won’t address the supply or pricing fixes, but it’ll tackle one problem that Apple fears more than the aforementioned issues; managing DRAM shortage


For Years, Apple Acquired DRAM And Flash Storage For Under $40 But Charged $99 For The Upgrade, Now It’s About To Pay ~$200 For The Combo And Crying Out For Aid

How the tables appear to have turned for Apple, which used to command absolute obeisance from its supply chain, leading to obscene margins, but now finds itself displaced by the AI hyperscalers in the supply chain hierarchy, and so starts calling for aid from the Chinese. Cue in the idiom: how the mighty have fallen.

Back in 2023/2024, Apple typically paid around $17 for an 8GB LPDDR5X RAM , and another $22 for a 256


Mac Studio Redesign Isn’t Expected Until The M7 Ultra Arrives In 2028, And That’ll Only Happen Because Of Increased Power Requirements

The M5 family is missing one member that’ll eventually power the updated Mac Studio’s innards, and that’s the M5 Ultra. With the launch expected later this year, Apple will finally bring its most powerful workstation-class silicon to the masses, and even though it won’t be cheap, we’re looking forward to its release. Unfortunately, as far as design changes go, the new Mac Studio will look similar to its predecessors, but Apple won’t keep this trend


Apple Being Forced To Drop 2nm Process After Just Two Generations Because Of AI, As Race To Secure 1.4nm Supply Takes Paramount Importance

Demand for AI chips has brought the 3nm supply to a near-standstill, with TSMC estimated to boost output by up to 175,000 monthly wafers , and it is still reportedly witnessing massive constraints. Unfortunately, not even a lucrative customer like Apple will receive preferential treatment from its foundry partner, and as AI firms eventually move to the 2nm process, it’ll become Déjà vu for the Cupertino firm all over again when it comes to securing supply, making the transition


Samsung Is Paving The Way For Next-Generation Smartphone SoC Packaging, Squeezing Half The LPDDR5X Chip Size On Its Exynos 2600 With No Performance Loss

As smartphone chipsets get more advanced generation after generation, they’ll also be prone to excessive heat, thanks to packing all that performance under the hood. Looking at the direction that these SoCs are headed, Samsung could define a new packaging standard with the Exynos 2600 , as the LPDDR5X RAM chip paired with the latter is half the size of the standard module and comes with no performance loss at all.

The older PoP (Package-on-Package), where the RAM chip is stacked

A close-up of a Samsung K3LK4G44MM 516 DRAM module on a circuit board.
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MacBook Pro Resellers Are Jacking Up Prices For Configurations Paid Before Apple Introduced Its Hikes, Despite This Practice Never Mentioned In Their T&C

Apple being forced to raise the prices of its products due to the unavoidable RAM shortage has given resellers an opportunity to squeeze unfair profits from its customers. One person who had already paid for the M5 Max MacBook Pro is now being demanded to fork over the difference, despite the order successfully being placed before the Cupertino giant’s dreaded announcement came through.

In the U.K., a Redditor user with the handle “sw1000” claims that KRCS, which is regarded as a premium Apple