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RTX 50 Hot-Spot Monitoring Arrives: AIDA64 and Community Tools Fill the Gap
On July 15, FinalWire released AIDA64 beta version 8.30.8337, adding GPU hot-spot temperature measurement for NVIDIA Blackwell—the architecture powering GeForce RTX 50-series cards. The update...
India's $12.75 Billion Chip Plan Won't Lower Your PC Price, But It Could Reshape the Hardware Market
On July 15, India’s Union Cabinet approved Semicon 2.0, committing ₹1.27 lakh crore (about $12.75 billion) to transform the country from a chip consumer into a full-stack semiconductor...
Samsung Tops Q2 Smartphone Shipments, but an 11% Drop Spells Costlier Phones Ahead
Samsung has snatched back the crown as the world’s top smartphone maker, capturing 24% of global shipments in the second quarter of 2026. But the headline numbers from Counterpoint Research, first...
India's Chip Talent Blitz: 315 Universities, 12 Fabs, and a Future for Windows PCs
India’s Union Minister for Electronics and IT, Ashwini Vaishnaw, revealed Saturday, July 11, 2026, that 315 universities across the country now have access to advanced semiconductor design...
AMD’s Zen 6 Era Begins July 22 — But Only for Servers. Here’s What It Means for Your Next PC.
AMD will launch its next-generation Zen 6 architecture on July 22 and 23 at the company’s Advancing AI event in San Francisco. But consumers hoping for a new Ryzen desktop chip before the holidays...
GTA 6 on PC: The Only Confirmed Fact Is That Nothing Is Confirmed
As of July 10, 2026, Rockstar Games has not announced a PC version of Grand Theft Auto VI. The only platforms with official support are PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S. That single sentence is the...
Microsoft Halts Surface Go 4 and Laptop Go 3 Production, Abandons Budget PC Line
Microsoft has stopped manufacturing the Surface Go 4 and Surface Laptop Go 3 as of June 30, 2026, according to reports that first surfaced shortly after the date, marking the end of the company’s...
Trump’s ‘Stolen’ Chip Claim Threatens Windows Hardware Stability and Datacenter Investments
President Donald Trump’s early-morning Truth Social post on June 18, 2026, accusing Taiwan and other nations of having ‘stolen’ America’s semiconductor manufacturing capabilities has sent...
CADFEM and SilTerra Ink MoU to Drive Simulation-Led Chip Design, Promising Better Windows Performance
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia — On June 12, 2026, CADFEM APAC and SilTerra Malaysia Sdn. Bhd. put pen to paper on a memorandum of understanding that promises to bridge the gap between sophisticated...
PUBG’s AI Teammate Goes Live: NVIDIA ACE Powers ‘Ally Duo’ Beta on Sanhok
A new kind of squadmate dropped into PUBG: Battlegrounds on June 17, 2026 — one that doesn’t need a keyboard or mouse but listens to your voice and parlays tactical advice like a seasoned...
Microsoft Repairs and Returns Prized 50th Anniversary Surface Laptop After Support Accidentally Swapped It for a Standard Model
Microsoft has rectified a grave support error that left a customer without his rare, limited-edition 50th Anniversary Surface Laptop for weeks. On June 4, 2026, the company confirmed it had repaired...
Microsoft Quietly Ships May 2026 Surface Refresh Exclusively for Business
Microsoft shipped new Surface hardware on May 19, 2026. The company posted a pair of blog entries, briefed a handful of press, and walked away. No livestream, no on-stage Panos Panay replacement, no...