Google’s Chromebook platform turns 15 today, at least when counted from retail availability. The first Chromebook models from Acer and Samsung were announced at Google I/O on May 11, 2011, but Google said they would become available online on June 15.
Chromebook was built as a browser-first laptop with fast boot times, automatic updates and most work handled through web apps and cloud services. It arrived near the end of the netbook era
ASUS has launched the ExpertCenter Pro ET900N G3, a deskside AI system based on NVIDIA DGX Station GB300 architecture. The system uses the NVIDIA GB300 Grace Blackwell Ultra Desktop Superchip and is aimed at local AI training, inference and agentic AI workloads.
Unlike most AI systems based on data-center hardware, the ET900N G3 looks like a large desktop tower. ASUS calls it
X3 from Computex is not the only Intel model.
© yoshivesmovie OneXPlayer has now shown three gaming handhelds based on Intel Arc G3 Extreme. The list includes OneXPlayer 3, OneXPlayer X2, and OneXPlayer Apex Air. All three systems use Intel Arc B390 graphics based on Xe3 architecture.
We already covered OneXPlayer 3 around Computex , where the company confirmed an 8.8-inch OLED screen, detachable controllers
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MP1st reports that an unannounced The Witcher game is in development as a free-to-play co-op action RPG for PC and mobile devices . The report does not mention PlayStation, Xbox or Nintendo Switch versions.
According to the report, the game is set in 1230, during a period when Geralt is still a young witcher. Players reportedly create their own witcher, with gender
MSI store: $1799, Newegg: $1699.
One of our readers sent us a tip about the upcoming MSI Claw 8 EX AI+ handheld. Newegg already has a product page for the Claw 8 EX AI+ CG3EM, but the page itself does not currently show a public price. But first the offiical price.
MSI has now listed the Claw 8
Unreleased Xe-HP sample shows up years later.
© Chips by their layers An engineering sample of Intel’s canceled Arctic Sound 2T GPU has appeared online. The card was part of Intel’s Xe-HP lineup, which was shown before Intel decided not to release the architecture as a commercial product.
The sample was posted by Chips by their layers on X, who says the order was for a Ponte Vecchio accelerator but
Thermal Grizzly has introduced its DeltaMate CPU Block MPII, a custom-loop CPU water block for AMD AM5 and Intel LGA1851 systems. The AM5 version is backward compatible with AM4, while the Intel model supports LGA1700.
The block uses a nickel-plated copper cold plate, a nickel-plated brass housing, G1/4-inch ports, a borosilicate glass window and an anodized aluminum cover.
Still, a lot of work ahead.
We have a follow up to recent story. As you may recall, Valve’s SteamOS beta branch is now starting to work on more Intel-based systems . The latest tests show the operating system running on MSI’s Claw 8 AI+, a handheld based on Intel Lunar Lake with Core Ultra 7 258V and Arc 140V graphics.
The
Asetek has published new details for its Emma V3 [Gen10] AIO liquid cooling platform. The product page lists support for Intel LGA 1700, LGA 1851 and LGA 1954 sockets.
Intel has not made this socket public through a consumer desktop launch yet, but it has already appeared in multiple cooler and motherboard-related leaks. This socket will
Older Renoir and Picasso designs return in 2026.
AMD has quietly added three processors to its official product pages. The list includes Ryzen 7 4700LE for desktops and two Ryzen 3000U mobile parts, Ryzen 5 3501U and Ryzen 3 3100U.