"The retail SSD market has almost disappeared" Silicon Motion says, as OEMs take what's left
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Winners & losers: As demand from data centers drives up prices for components that directly or indirectly depend on NAND and DRAM, pre-built PCs are now often the only way for consumers to find reasonable deals. An executive at an SSD controller manufacturer recently confirmed that this is because PC manufacturers are ordering inventory that previously went to end users.
During Computex 2026, Silicon Motion senior VP Nelson Duann told Tom
Snap says its $2,195 Specs are AR glasses for the post-smartphone era
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What just happened? Snap has unveiled Specs, a pair of standalone augmented reality glasses priced at a stunning $2,195. The launch marks the company's first attempt to sell AR glasses to a wider consumer audience, as CEO Evan Spiegel continues to argue that wearable displays could eventually become a major platform beyond smartphones.
Introduced at AWE 2026 in Long Beach, Specs are now available for
AMD quietly disabled RAM encryption on some consumer Ryzen CPUs and users want to know why
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TL;DR: About a decade ago, AMD added Transparent Secure Memory Encryption to its high-end processors to close a gap in hardware security. TSME encrypts everything in RAM, which blunts cold-boot attacks and other hands-on memory exploits targeting data as it sits on the DIMMs. Over time, the same mechanism quietly appeared on some consumer Ryzen chips as well. Then, after a recent firmware update,
Sony patents PlayStation controller buttons that get harder, softer, and grab your fingers as you play
Forward-looking: Sony has patented a new PlayStation controller that, if nothing else, is ripe for innuendo: the buttons get harder, or softer, when you play with them. It actually sounds quite similar to the adaptive triggers on the PS5 DualSense controller, which use built-in motors to change physical resistance dynamically.
The patent, spotted by Cheat Happens , is titled Operation device
AMD Zen 6 desktop CPUs may ditch integrated graphics for a built-in NPU
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Weird if True: Integrated graphics have been a fixture on AMD's desktop Ryzen lineup since the Ryzen 7000 series launched in 2022, less useful for gaming and more as a fallback when a discrete GPU fails or during hardware troubleshooting. But according to a new rumor, that may be coming to an end with Zen 6, because AI is apparently claiming whatever silicon it can find.
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The "Made in America" Trump phone is just a reskinned HTC U24 built in China
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Facepalm: Claims that Trump Mobile could deliver a "Made in America" smartphone within months sounded dubious when the T1 was initially unveiled a year ago. The ensuing mockups suspiciously resembled existing foreign designs, and a recent teardown confirms the device is nearly identical to one from Taiwan-based HTC.
iFixit's teardown of the Trump Mobile T1 confirms that the phone is essentially an HTC U24 Pro with a
Microsoft Teams is getting Wi-Fi location "check-in," but it's less creepy than it sounds
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TL;DR: Microsoft is working on a new "location check-in" feature for its AI-powered collaboration platform. Organizations will be able to gain clearer visibility into what their employees are doing, while tenants can better organize team collaboration. The privacy concerns? Largely overblown.
Microsoft first introduced its location detection feature in December 2025 . Now, the company has detailed how the capability will actually work
Noctua launches its first AIO liquid CPU coolers with a range of radiator sizes
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In a nutshell: Noctua has introduced its first ever all-in-one, closed-loop liquid CPU cooling solution. The NL-LC1 is based on Asetek's Emma V2 platform and features a custom-engineered pump noise absorber to keep sound to a minimum without sacrificing performance.
Noctua has built a three-layer acoustic soundproofing structure into its pump, which it claims reduces both air-borne noise
Commodore's Callback 8020 is a $499 flip phone that blocks social media and browsers
What just happened? The company that gave the world the Commodore 64 and the Amiga is back with a flip phone. Commodore has unveiled the Callback 8020, a retro-styled handset for people who want to escape their smartphones without giving up every modern convenience. Whether they want to spend $499 doing so is another question.
The Callback 8020 is
Microsoft is making Windows 11 updates require just one reboot instead of several
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Something to look forward to: Microsoft has released Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 26300.8687 to the Experimental Channel, introducing several improvements including a unified update experience designed to reduce the number of required reboots each month. The changes are part of Microsoft's Windows K2 initiative, which aims to address growing user complaints about Windows 11 and rebuild customer trust.
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