BIOSTAR teases next-generation AMD motherboards for Computex, possibly X970e

BIOSTAR says it will bring “next-generation AMD” motherboards to COMPUTEX Taipei 2026, alongside Intel 800 series boards, VALKYRIE gaming models, AI PC platforms, Radeon RX graphics cards, DDR5 and DDR4 memory, and PCIe M.2 and SATA SSDs.

AMD has already moved its AM5 platform to the X870E/X870 generation. If BIOSTAR is referring to

LG Display shows OLED panels for gaming monitors, AI laptops and humanoid robots

LG Display is presenting a new wave of OLED technologies at SID Display Week 2026 in Los Angeles, with panels aimed at gaming monitors, laptops, automotive displays and robots. The company says its booth is split into Tandem WOLED, Tandem OLED and Innovative Technology zones, covering large-size, medium-size and automotive OLED panels.

Tandem OLED: 18% lower power consumption

The main update is third-generation Tandem OLED.

Xbox cancels Copilot for consoles

Microsoft is no longer developing Copilot for Xbox consoles. Xbox CEO Asha Sharma said the company will stop development of Copilot on console and begin winding down Copilot on mobile as part of a broader change inside Xbox.

The decision comes less than two months after Microsoft said Gaming Copilot would expand to current-generation consoles. The console rollout was announced during GDC 2026 by Sonali Yadav, Xbox’s Gaming AI partner group product manager. The feature was expected to arrive later this year,

Intel Computex 2026 keynote will focus on AI

Intel has shared more details about its Computex 2026 plans. CEO Lip-Bu Tan will deliver Intel’s keynote on June 2 at 1:30 PM Taiwan time, with a livestream planned through Intel’s Computex event page and YouTube channel.

The company says the keynote will focus on AI-driven computing across AI PCs, edge, data center and cloud. Intel also plans to talk about x86, CPUs as AI engines

Star Citizen is still one of the heaviest CPU-bound games in new PCGH test

Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 leads Star Citizen CPU benchmark, but stutters remain

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Guys over at PC Games Hardware sent me a link to their latest review involving a game known as Star Citizen, and my first reaction is why are we even talking about this game in 2026? Shouldn’t it have come out like 10 years ago?

Apparently I wasn’t well informed, but

Digital Foundry tested Steam games on PlayStation 5 Linux, with selected titles running close to native PS5 versions through Proton

Digital Foundry has tested Linux running on PlayStation 5, using Steam games through Proton and comparing them with native PS5 versions. The results show that Sony’s console can run selected PC games close to native PS5 performance, although this does not apply to every game.

PS5 Linux is available through a project released by Andy Nguyen. It supports older PlayStation 5 consoles running firmware up to version 4

be quiet! launches Dark Rock Pro 6 and Dark Rock 6 CPU air coolers

be quiet! has introduced Dark Rock Pro 6 and Dark Rock 6, its new high-end air coolers for desktop CPUs. Both models use redesigned heatsinks, updated heat pipes and Silent Wings fans. The company says the new series targets high-end gaming systems, overclocked CPUs and workstation builds.

Dark Rock Pro 6 is the larger dual-tower model. It has seven heat pipes and two Silent Wings PWM fans, including 13

Conga-TC300 uses Intel Core Series 3 processors in a 15W base power envelope

Intel said that Wild Cat Lake is already launched, but we are yet to see the actual laptop on sale featuring this mainstream chip.

Meanwhile, comapny called Congatec has introduced the conga-TC300, a COM Express Compact Type 6 module based on Intel Core Series 3 processors. The module is not aimed at consumers, rather aimed at edge AI, industrial automation, robotics, medical systems, transport,

XPG NOVAKEY RGB DDR5 adds a fake depth effect to real DDR5 modules

XPG has launched NOVAKEY RGB DDR5, a new memory series with what the company calls the world’s first patented Infinity Mirror design for gaming memory.

Sadly, this does not mean the module has infinite capacity. It only cheats the eyes, not the memory controller. The mirror effect creates a tunnel-like RGB pattern on the heatsink, making the module appear deeper than it actually is.