The ROG Xbox Ally and Ally X, the latest handheld consoles developed by Asus and Microsoft , are now officially available for pre-order. The ROG Xbox Ally X is priced at $999, while the standard ROG Xbox Ally comes in at $599. Customers can reserve either of the models by visiting Asus’ or Microsoft’s respective online stores,

Several third party retailers are also taking pre-orders including Amazon , Best Buy, Ant Online, and Walmart

The Trump administration is developing a policy that would require semiconductor companies to match their domestic production with the number of chips their customers import to the U.S. If chipmakers fail to maintain 1:1 ratio over time, they would have to pay a massive import tariff, reports the Wall Street Journal . The plan is intended to boost domestic chip production and could potentially reshape global supply chains, but it introduces logistical and technical challenges that could complicate its implementation.

According to the draft plan

"Aiming" to dramatically improve his score in Aimlabs' aim training programme, a YouTuber built a physical aim-assist wearable exoskeleton. It uses an attached camera, a built-in Nvidia Jetson computer system , and a series of motors and servos to physically move his arm to improve his aim when he's off target, and the results are impressive.

Aimbots have been a problem in FPS gaming since the multiplayer competitive scene first emerged in the 1990

When Intel introduced its IDM 2.0 strategy in 2021, a substantial part of the plan was to build custom x86 processors for clients and then produce them at Intel Foundry. However, the company has never assigned an executive to manage its custom silicon business, and the only major design wins were for custom Xeon CPUs used by Amazon Web Services. However, this month, Intel made two important steps that make it a de facto contract chip designer: it appointed

The r/GamingLaptops subreddit has been under attack for months from paid actors and bots promoting MSI products, its moderators allege . We've reached out to MSI for comment.

One of the subreddit's moderators, u/Melmpje, wrote in a post that buying advice request threads are being filled with MSI product recommendations. These posts, the moderator said, are using similar or identical comments with different product names, as well as repetitive phrases and tone.

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Grok, xAI's flagship chatbot, has become an officially sanctioned part of United States government operations. xAI and the United States inked a deal on Wednesday that guarantees the use of Grok across the federal government for $0.42 per agency, per the government's press release.

The newly reskinned "Grok for Government", based on the Grok 4 and Grok 4 Fast models, is available for all federal agencies effective immediately. The deal lasts for 18 months

HighPoint on Thursday introduced its Rocket 7638D PCIe 5.0 switch card that is designed to enable Nvidia's GPUDirect interconnection between AI GPUs and NVMe storage devices. The device is designed to speed up AI training and inference workloads when operating with software that fully support GPUDirect.

The latest GPUs from Nvidia (starting from A100) support GPUDirect technologies that enable direct data transfers between GPUs and other devices, such as SSD or network interfaces, bypassing the CPU and

The Asus ROG Xbox Ally X and ROG Xbox Ally have found their way to Best Buy . Although they are not currently available for purchase, preorders are imminent, as reputable leaker billbil-kun has discovered that the latter has already been available for preorder on Amazon Canada .

Although Asus announced the two gaming handhelds a month ago, the company omitted two crucial details from the announcement: pricing and the preorder date. As anticipation mounts for the October 16 launch, the ROG Xbox Ally X