Qualcomm refines Windows on Arm gaming with broad feature release — platform gets Snapdragon Control Panel, AVX2 emulation, improved anti-cheat support

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Qualcomm is upping the ante on gaming support for its Snapdragon X and upcoming X2 series chips. In a blog post, the ARM SoC manufacturer announced a new control panel, downloadable GPU driver updates, and improved anti-cheat support, including Denuvo and BattleEye.

The new control panel serves as the Snapdragon equivalent of the Nvidia App and the Adrenalin Edition application for Nvidia and AMD GPUs, respectively. The app treats you to four sub-menus: graphics, software, system info,

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Hoto's epic electric screwdriver set with 12 bits drops to less than $30 for Black Friday — this almost half-price kit is perfect for PC building and DIY projects

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It’s time to retire that rusty old screwdriver and treat yourself to an upgrade before your next PC build or DIY project. This Black Friday deal on Hoto’s original mini electric screwdriver is an absolute steal! Thanks to this Black Friday deal, Amazon has this great, portable driver with a rechargeable battery and all kinds of goodies, and all for a record-low price of $29.99 .

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AOC launches its 2025 QD-OLED monitor lineup, including 500 Hz models — 27, 32, and 34-inch models with high refresh rates and inky blacks

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AOC is a name that doesn't quite carry the same brand cachet as the likes of Asus or Samsung, but the Taiwanese maker has been around for quite a long time. While it's mostly known for its value-oriented wares, its monitor department has now turned its attention to properly nice QD-OLED displays with jarringly high refresh rates. The new pixel slabs come in 27-, 32-, and 34-inch sizes, with refresh rates ranging

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SpaceX CEO Elon Musk says AI compute in space will be the lowest-cost option in 5 years — but Nvidia's Jensen Huang says it's a 'dream'

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In addition to hardware costs, power generation and delivery and cooling requirements will be among the main constraints for massive AI data centers in the coming years. X, xAI, SpaceX, and Tesla CEO Elon Musk argues that over the next four to five years, running large-scale AI systems in orbit could become far more economical than doing the same work on Earth.

That's primarily due to 'free' solar power and relatively easy cooling. Jensen Huang agrees about the challenges

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Alienware's 34-inch QD-OLED gaming monitor dips below $500 for Black Friday — QHD 165Hz monitor hits all-time low pricing

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The Alienware AW3423DWF has always been a top pick for us, and it's easy to see why! It started at over $1,000, but that price has been dropping steadily since it came out three years ago. When we last visited the monitor in October, it was selling for $521.99. However, it's not down to an all-time low of just $499

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New Chromebook owners are getting an exclusive free Nvidia GeForce Now subscription for one year — Fast Pass gives Chromebook gamers ad-free priority access to cloud servers

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Nvidia is treating new Chromebook owners to a gift this holiday season — an exclusive GeForce Now subscription with special privileges.

Starting on November 20th, GeForce Now Fast Pass will provide Chromebook customers priority access to Nvidia's cloud servers without ads, Google announced on its blog . The new subscription will be free for one year.

The subscription takes some perks from Nvidia's outgoing "Performance" subscription, giving Chromebook gamers the plan's ad-free experience and priority access,

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Microsoft unveils Azure Cobalt 200 CPU, in-house chip targets higher performance and deeper integration — Arm-based chip is equipped with 132 cores and manufactured using TSMC's 3nm process

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Microsoft has revealed its next major in-house server processor, the Azure Cobalt 200, a 132-core Arm-based CPU built on TSMC’s 3nm process and designed to raise the performance ceiling across Azure’s general-purpose compute tiers.

Like the Cobalt 100 before it, the new processor is built around an Arm Neoverse platform. This generation, however, moves to Arm’s latest CSS V3 subsystem and combines two 66

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Netherlands suspends Nexperia takeover order as China eases export curbs — de-escalation could be welcome break for automotive industry

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The Dutch government has suspended its emergency order to oversee chipmaker Nexperia, returning operational control to Chinese parent company Wingtech following a breakthrough in talks, according to reporting by Bloomberg .

Economic Affairs Minister Vincent Karremans announced the decision on Wednesday, November 19, saying the company “shows no signs of continuing the behavior that prompted my order, nor any intention to do so.” The suspension marks a notable de-escalation in a trade dispute that had begun to disrupt global supply chains

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Nvidia releases emergency driver update for Windows 11 25H2 and 24H2 — fixes reduced gaming performance driven by botched Windows updates

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Nvidia just released the GeForce Hotfix Display Driver 581.94 , which it says fixes performance issues seen in some games after Microsoft released KB5066835. The problematic mandatory patch was released in October and affected systems that ran Windows 11 25H2 and 24H2, which introduced a bug that reduced game FPS in some instances, according to Windows Latest . Since this is a mandatory cumulative update, future Windows patches

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Intel cuts price of Core Ultra 9 285K for Black Friday by nearly a third – Arrow Lake flagship available at lowest-ever price of $429 on Amazon

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Intel has reduced pricing for its current-generation flagship desktop processor under the Arrow Lake-S lineup ahead of Black Friday. The 24-core Core Ultra 9 285K is down to its lowest price ever of $429.99 on Amazon , down from its original launch price of $599, which essentially saves you around 28% on this monstrous CPU.

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