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AMD may release a Ryzen 5 9600X3D later this year

At Computex, AMD's Ryzen and Radeon VP and GM David McAfee told Tom's Hardware a Zen 5 replacement for the Ryzen 5 7600X3D—likely a Ryzen 5 9600X3D—"may be something that we look at doing… later this year." AMD launched the 7600X3D in

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Slate Auto gets serious about privacy for its bare-bones EV pickup

Slate Auto may be one of the most interesting companies in the American automotive industry right now. Based in Warsaw, Indiana, the startup is taking a completely different approach to building an electric pickup truck. Forget Ford’s clean-sheet “skunk works” story; the Slate Truck’s design has been stripped

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PlayStation State of Play: Wolverine preview and how to watch

PlayStation is holding a new State of Play showcase today, ahead of the main Summer Game Fest events later this week. Expect more than 60 minutes of updates on upcoming PS5 games, with a particular emphasis on Marvel's Wolverine. The stream starts at 2PM PT / 5PM ET / 10PM

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Former Forza creative director unveils Clutch, Maverick Games' debut racer

It did not look like a happy ending for Maverick Games when Amazon ended its publishing deal earlier this year. The studio has now unveiled its debut project, Clutch, and says a full trailer will debut at the Summer Game Fest showcase on June 5. Co-founder Mike Brown, the former

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PlayStation exclusive game sales fall sharply over five years

Data compiled by Stephen Totilo at Game File shows Sony’s first-party game sales have fallen over the past five years, with fiscal year 2020 standing out as a recent high point at 58.4 million sales. That period included The Last of Us Part 2 (4 million sold in

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Square Enix says Dragon Quest and Nier games rely heavily on outsourcing

Square Enix producer Yosuke Saito said at BitSummit Punch that both Dragon Quest and Nier titles are often created largely by external teams rather than being made entirely in-house. Nier: Automata, for example, was developed by PlatinumGames with direction from series creator Yoko Taro and music by Keiichi Okabe. Saito

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Star Fox remake is a glossy update to a familiar classic

Nintendo has shared an overview trailer ahead of Star Fox’s Switch 2 debut later this month, and several early previews from hands-on time have appeared. The remake of the Nintendo 64 title applies an HD coat to the original, and players have demoed some of the early missions as

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15 editor-approved Amazon tech deals are already live ahead of Prime Day

Amazon confirmed this week that Prime Day will run Tuesday, June 23, to Friday, June 26, moving the sale earlier than past July dates. Shoppers can expect discounts across home, outdoor and flagship tech categories. Though the sale is still a few weeks away, early discounts are already live. Editor-recommended

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Asus' 3000 W ROG power supply is excessive for gaming rigs

To mark the ROG brand's 20th anniversary, Asus has unveiled the ROG Thor 3000W Titanium III Edition 20, a 3 kW power supply aimed at gaming PCs. Three-kilowatt units already exist for workstations—Corsair's WS3000 and Asus' own Pro WS 3000W Platinum are examples—but

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darkFlash Floatron F1 ATX pairs a floating base with industrial styling

At Computex darkFlash’s Floatron F1 ATX caught the eye with an oddly industrial silhouette. Its largely grey body is trimmed in white, black, orange and red, and the front is crowded with buttons; a dial and a large orange cylinder near the top-right read like an alarm light. The

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Asus reveals 32-inch 4K OLED with LG RGB-stripe panel

Asus has unveiled the ROG Swift PG32UCWM, a 32-inch 4K gaming monitor that uses a new WOLED panel from LG with an RGB-stripe subpixel layout. The monitor runs at 240 Hz at 4K, offers a 1080p mode at 480 Hz, and carries VESA DisplayHDR True Black 400 certification. Until recently,

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Lego reveals 12 Pokémon sets with Smart Play technology

Lego revealed 12 new Pokémon sets that expand its lineup of brick-based pocket monsters. All are up for pre-order starting today, and the new models use the company’s Smart Play technology, the same system seen in recent Star Wars releases. Smart Play hinges on a bite-sized Smart Brick about

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DDR5 RAM with integrated fans impresses at Computex

Cooler Master and G.Skill showed off DDR5 memory at Computex with tiny built-in fans mounted on the modules. What first sounded like a gimmick proved convincing on the show floor after a hands-on demonstration. A guide at Cooler Master's booth aimed a small smoke machine at the

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Jen-Hsun says RTX Spark '100% awesome' at everything PCs do

At a press Q&A, Nvidia CEO Jen-Hsun Huang described the new RTX Spark SoC as "100% awesome." The chip, built in partnership with MediaTek, combines a custom Arm core with an Nvidia RTX Blackwell GPU, connects via NVLink, and shares a pool of LPDDR5x unified memory.

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MSI shows diamond-composite GPU cooler concept at Computex

MSI displayed a next-generation graphics card cooler concept at Computex — a preview of what cards of tomorrow, or rather 2027 at the earliest, could look like. The company estimates the new feature set might shave around four degrees centigrade off peak temperatures of a high-end GPU. Key innovations include full

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Clutch, Maverick Games' new racer, seeks to outdo Forza Horizon

Maverick Games, led by Forza Horizon 5 creative director Mike Brown, has revealed Clutch, a story-focused open-world racing game from a team of ex-Forza Horizon developers. The game centers on a pair of sibling racers and appears to be set on the French Riviera, mixing licensed cars and a glamorous

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Tryx Holo liquid cooler offers a limited 'holographic' effect

At Computex 2026 Tryx showed the Tryx Holo, a liquid cooler that adds a small holographic effect. The radiator itself is a conventional three-fan design with subtle RGB, but peer into the window atop the pump unit and the party trick becomes clear: there’s a tiny character in there,

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Sonos Move 2 discounted to $399 at Amazon

As of June 2, the Sonos Move 2 is discounted to $399 at Amazon, $100 off its full price of $499. The reduction applies to both black and white models. Amazon's Prime Day sale event has officially been announced for this year, and while it doesn't

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Secret CISA credentials exposed in public GitHub repository

Security researcher Brian Krebs found that the Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency had a large store of plaintext passwords, SSH private keys, tokens, and "other sensitive CISA assets" exposed in a public GitHub repository named "Private-CISA" since at least November 2025. The repository is now offline.

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Gigabyte's 40th-anniversary motherboards use space tech and 64-phase VRMs

Gigabyte is marking its 40th year with special-edition motherboards unveiled at Computex, led by the X870E Aorus Infinity Next. The company bills the design as flagship engineering that combines space-tech and data center-grade approaches through rocket thruster-grade thermal materials and advanced 3D metal printing technology. The board's VRMs

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Asus launches mystery mini loot boxes with peculiar ROG keycaps

Asus ROG has announced Mystery Box Edition 20 keycap sets as part of its 20th anniversary range. Each box contains six mystery keycaps, joining a lineup that already includes an unusually large GPU released under the same Edition 20 name. The tiny keycaps depict ROG peripherals mounted on a bed

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Nvidia to release DLSS 4.5 Ray Reconstruction update for 27 games

At Computex, Nvidia announced an update that finally brings Ray Reconstruction in line with the rest of DLSS 4.5. DLSS 4.5, launched in January, moved Super Resolution onto a transformer model for higher visual fidelity, while Dynamic Multi Frame Generation arrived later; Ray Reconstruction had remained on the

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AMD rolls out slower RX 9070 GRE globally at original MSRP

AMD is rolling the RX 9070 GRE out globally, bringing a version of the card that was previously exclusive to China to wider markets. It is a less powerful variant of the RX 9070 offered at the 9070's original MSRP, while the standard 9070 rises to $619 after

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Hostnirvana lifetime hosting for five WordPress sites — $79.99

Hostnirvana is a lifetime WordPress hosting platform that covers up to five websites under one account. A lifetime subscription is on sale for $79.99 (reg. $249). A WordPress Manager handles themes, plugins, and users across all sites from a single interface so you don’t need to log into

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AMD revives Ryzen 7 5800X3D for DDR4, launches 7700X3D on AM5

AMD has confirmed a return of the Ryzen 7 5800X3D with AM4 10-year anniversary packaging. The updated model, which the company dubs the "return of the king", ships with a Carbice ice pad, carries a $349 MSRP, and keeps eight cores with 96 MB of 3D V-Cache while