According to the company, Intel is set to share details of its Panther Lake lineup of mobile processors next week. Now, leaks are starting to seep out ahead of the reportedly imminent announcements. A few weeks ago, the name "Core Ultra X" started popping up in the rumor mill with reliable tipsters reporting on a potential new branding that Intel would adopt for Panther Lake. Up until now, we didn't have any concrete info on this, but new leaks
Intel's flagship Core Ultra 9 285K is down to its lowest price ever, at just $489 — score the 24-core processor for $110 off this Prime Day

Intel's Arrow Lake desktop CPUs launched to underwhelming reviews, largely let down by their pricing compared to the competition. In our latest faceoff , the flagship Core Ultra 9 285K was neck-in-neck with AMD's Ryzen 9 9950X, while being more expensive (on the street). But that's what sales are for, and we've brought you a deal that finally fixes the value proposition of this SKU,
Acer chief says Nvidia’s Intel investment will complicate PC supply chains — says Lutnick's 50/50 proposal could take 50 years to realize

Acer Chairman and CEO Jason Chen stated during the company’s annual Long Time Smile Awards that the Nvidia–Intel partnership , which will produce new x86 chips, could potentially complicate the PC supply chain for most manufacturers. According to Digitimes , Chen said that multiple generations of x86 chips from both Intel and AMD are already proving to be complicated— the entry of Nvidia as a third potential supplier will likely make procurement and inventory management much more challenging.
PC makers must
Developer recreates classic shoot 'em up Zaxxon as a UEFI firmware — isometric arcade game coded in x86 assembly for no-OS represents 'total freedom from big tech'

Inkbox Software has released a recreation of a beloved isometric arcade game that runs directly from a PC’s Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI). Moreover, they coded their version of Zaxxon (1982) in x86-64 Assembly language, and have generously released it as open source under the GPLv3 license. There have been prior UEFI games and apps , but they are often incomplete or limited demos, and run within the UEFI as payloads, rather
Logitech’s new MX Master 4 is already $30 off on Best Buy and cheaper than its predecessor — Prime Day alternative yields unexpected discount just 7 days after launch

Logitech introduced the MX Master 4 productivity mouse just last month, and it has already witnessed a substantial price cut. The company launched the new mouse at $119.99, but you can save $30 if you head over to Best Buy, where it is selling for $89.99 .
Available in graphite, pale grey (white), and black, the new MX Master 4 succeeds the MX Master 3S, which is currently
Grab a 4TB SSD for 5 cents per gigabyte during Prime Day sales – 8TB models start as low as 7 cents per GB

We've seen a lot of great deals and sales on SSD in recent months, and Amazon Prime Big Deals Day brings yet more. However, larger forces, like tariffs and geopolitical issues, threaten to push prices higher in the coming months. In fact, it appears that shortages driven by AI data centers could persist for the coming decade. That means prices will go up significantly over the coming months.
Luckily, for now, there are significant discounts available on 4
Cyberattacks hit 91% of universities and 43% of businesses in last 12 months in the UK — survey suggests more than 600,000 businesses, 61,000 charities affected

UK businesses and institutions have been inundated with serious hacking attacks in 2025, with some 90% of British Universities of those sampled, and over 43% of sampled businesses experiencing at least one attack so far in the last 12 months, according to a recent government survey . This includes standout hacks like the devastating Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) breach that brought the company to a standstill, and a recent nursery chain where children's images
Swiss lab where researchers are working to create computers powered by mini human brains revealed in new report — mini brain organoids revealed, developers say 'we shouldn't be scared of them'

A report detailing a tour of a Swiss lab, where researchers are working to develop computers powered by mini human brains, has been published by the BBC . The UK’s national broadcaster sent a reporter to visit the labs run by FinalSpark. This is the firm which, last year, opened up paid 24/7 remote access to its organoid bioprocessors, starting at $500 per month.
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The best cheap tech you can grab this Amazon Prime Day — 13 bargains under $13 to improve your tech life

Amazon Prime Big Deals Day is back, and we've compiled a list of 13 cool and budget-friendly gadgets and gizmos that you can still get for under $13.
We've got kits to fix PCs, cleaning kits for your filthy keyboard, a network switch, adapters, cables, and many more sub-$13 products that we found on Amazon. Best of all, we
