The Best CPUs - Late 2025 Update
CPU shopping now means weighing performance against platform costs and upgrade paths. With memory prices high and Intel's sockets aging fast, value depends on more than raw speed.
China's homegrown Hygon CPU posts performance on par with Intel's Core i7-14700
CPU-Z screenshots posted on Chinese social media confirm the processor has OPN code 3490 and features 16 cores, 32 threads, 32 MB of L3 cache, and a 2.8 GHz base clock. Curiously, it also shows an absurd 55,535W TDP, so it's unclear how accurate the rest of the specifications are.
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Tesla's sales are falling in the US, Europe, and China - and robots won't fix that
After years of hypergrowth, Tesla's vehicle business is now contracting even as the broader EV market keeps expanding. Global deliveries are projected to fall 7% this year, after slipping 1% in 2024, according to Visible Alpha – two consecutive years of decline despite the company's self-congratulatory description of "record" third-quarter...
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Seagate says its next-gen HAMR tech could push HDDs to 10TB per platter
According to new research presented at Japan's Research Center for Magnetic and Spintronic Materials (CMSM), Seagate is making significant progress on the next generation of its hard disk drive technology. In recent lab experiments, the US-based storage company achieved a data density of 6.9 TB per platter in HDDs using...
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Congress is rethinking car safety rules, starting with automatic emergency braking
The Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation has scheduled a Jan. 14 hearing, chaired by Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas, to examine how government mandates and environmental rules are affecting the price of new cars and trucks.
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Bazzite is a Linux gaming distro built for PCs and handhelds
Bazzite is a Fedora-based Linux distribution tuned for gaming on both desktop PCs and handheld devices. It offers a preconfigured, ready-to-play environment with Steam pre-installed, but also handles non-Steam titles through Lutris and other launchers, integrating games from Epic, GOG, EA App, and more.
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BlackSky captures high-quality photos of Earth less than a day after launching its new satellite
BlackSky is a space company focused on capturing high-resolution images of the Earth's surface and delivering crucial intelligence on strategic locations. The Herndon, VA – based venture is proud of the early results from its latest satellite launch.
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Cyberpunk 2077 hits 35 million sales as CD Projekt ramps up work on Witcher 4 and Cyberpunk 2
Cyberpunk 2077 completed its redemption arc last year when the game briefly attained an Overwhelmingly Positive rating on Steam. The numerous updates, additional content, and fantastic Phantom Liberty expansion turned the game into the one we'd initially been promised.
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The MP3 is almost 30, and it still sounds like the early internet
Patent number 5,579,430 does not read like a manifesto for a new music business, but its grant to Germany's Fraunhofer Institute on November 26, 1996, marked a clear turning point in how digital sound is stored, moved, and sold.
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These wearable SNES-inspired Nike sneakers can play games from the classic console
The AIR SNES sneakers are actually a customized version of the Nike Air Max 90. Like other gaming-themed shoes, their design reflects the subject's colors and stylings – though they're a lot more understated than similar gaming sneakers, thankfully.
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