HP investigates BIOS update issues on AMD-based ZBook Ultra G1a and EliteBook X G1a laptops

HP BIOS updates reportedly leave some laptops stuck during boot

HP is investigating reports of BIOS updates causing boot issues on some of its business laptops and mobile workstations. According to The Register, users have reported frozen boot screens, higher fan noise, crashes and Blue Screens of Death after recent firmware updates.

The issue appears to affect at least two AMD-based premium models. For the ZBook Ultra G1a, users point to BIOS versions 01.04.03 and 01.04.0

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Samsung reportedly developing 250TB to 1PB nearline SSDs, enough for up to 8,000 GTA V installs

Samsung’s nearline SSDs may offer up to 50PB per 4U shelf

The information comes from Blocks & Files, which spoke with a company called Scality about its Autonomous Data Infrastructure platform. During the briefing, Scality chief product officer Erwan Girard said Samsung and Solidigm are both developing next-generation flash for nearline storage.

Scality says it already has early drives in its lab and is testing them. Samsung’s version is reportedly planned in EDSFF E3.L or E2 form factors, with capacities starting

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Global OLED monitor shipments rise 78% in Q1 2026 as ASUS reaches 24% share

MSI edges AOC/Philips as OLED monitor shipments rise 78%

QD-OLED supply boosts shipments.

TrendForce reports that global OLED monitor shipments rose 78% year over year in the first quarter of 2026. The growth was linked mainly to wider QD-OLED panel availability, which allowed more brands to increase shipments.

The quarter was still weaker than Q4 2025. TrendForce says shipments fell 11% quarter over quarter due to normal first-quarter seasonality. The company also says

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AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT drops below £600 at several UK retailers

AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT prices drop near MSRP in the UK

AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT pricing is now moving closer to MSRP in the UK. According to OC3D, several UK retailers now list Radeon RX 9070 XT models from £599.99 , only £30 above AMD’s official £569.99 UK MSRP.

The report says the lower pricing is visible at Overclockers UK, Amazon and Scan. It covers multiple

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Lisuan LX 7G100 sells out after 30,000 preorders, WHQL driver and 40-game guide released

Lisuan LX 7G100 game guide covers Cyberpunk 2077 and Black Myth: Wukong

FSR leads in upscaling tech recommendations.

Lisuan has published an official recommended game settings list for its LX 7G100 graphics card. The list currently includes 40 games, with suggested graphics presets, API modes and upscaling options.

The LX 7G100 did not leave a strong impression in early reviews , but the card can still run modern games with the right settings. It is not at

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Radeon RX 9070 XT drops to record low in Japan, now around $551

Japan gets Radeon RX 9070 XT cards below ¥90,000

Two standard models hit ¥87,800.

AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT has reached a new low price in Japan, according to GAZLOG. The card is now listed from ¥87,800, which puts it below the ¥90,000 level for the first time.

At current mid-market rates, ¥87,800 converts to about

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Lenovo confirms to be working on NVIDIA N1x laptops

Lenovo internal portal confirms NVIDIA N1x name ahead of expected Legion 7 reveal

Lenovo has a public sign-in result that references “NVIDIA N1x Portal” in its internal authentication system. The page is not a product listing, but it does confirm the exact NVIDIA N1x name in a Lenovo-controlled system.

The result points to Lenovo’s ADFS login page and includes entries for “ NVIDIA N1x Portal PROD ” and “ NVIDIA N1x Portal Test. ” Those labels suggest production

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ASUS next-gen ROG Ally handheld may appear at Computex

Please note that this post is tagged as a rumor .

ASUS may use Computex 2026 to show new ROG Ally device

ASUS may show a next-generation gaming handheld at Computex 2026, according to comments from German handheld-focused YouTuber Steam Dad. The claim is not official, but the wording points to a possible reveal during the Taipei trade show. Computex 2026 starts quite soon, it runs from June 2 to June 5 in Taipei.

Steam Dad said he could not share

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Steam Machine appears on official Vulkan 1.4 conformant products list

Steam Machine listed with NAVI33 and Vulkan 1.4 support

Mesa/RADV listing confirms Vulkan 1.4 CTS pass for AMD Steam Machine

Valve’s upcoming Steam Machine has appeared in the official Khronos Vulkan conformant products database. The entry lists the device as “AMD Steam Machine” and shows Vulkan 1.4 support through the Mesa/RADV driver stack (open-source Vulkan driver for AMD Radeon GPUs.)

The listing was added on May 23, 2026 under Software Freedom Conservancy .

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HP Omen 15 gets Panther Lake Ultra 9 386H and Core Ultra 7 356H processors and RTX 5070 graphics

Panther Lake-H arrives in HP Omen 15 with RTX 5070 option

HP has started listing more configurations for its new HyperX Omen 15 gaming laptop, giving us a clearer look at Intel’s Core Ultra 300H lineup in retail systems. The Intel version is now listed with up to Core Ultra 9 386H, while another configuration uses Core Ultra 7 356H. Both chips belong to Intel Core Ultra Series 3, known as Panther Lake.

Both processors use

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