Ethan Tan, a memory industry consultant and former Samsung China executive, told Jefferies Equity Research analysts during a recent briefing that he expects memory prices to rise by 40% to 50% in the third quarter of 2026 compared to the prior quarter, and by another 30% to 40% in Q4....

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Asus has confirmed that all consumer PCs will receive the update automatically through Windows Update. Users can also check manually via PowerShell to determine whether the certificates have already been installed. If not, they can follow the guide and run the Secure-Boot-Update scheduled task to install the latest certificates.

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Russian tech giant VK is blaming Apple for cutting online ties with millions of local users. The Moscow-based company recently said its apps were removed from the official App Store for iOS devices without warning.

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OS9Map is based on the OpenStreetMap project, an open-source map database that provides geodata, satellite imagery, and other information typically found in modern mapping services. The tool isn't trying to compete with Google Maps, though it does include a search function for landmarks and addresses. Users can also save locations...

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In a follow-up with Windows Central, an Xbox spokesperson explicitly said IGN's data doesn't represent pre-order data. The representative added that Microsoft has seen record orders, and that people should wait for "real data" instead of clicks on affiliate links.

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Conducted jointly with China Telecom and optical equipment maker Dekoli, the test ran on the world's longest cross-border commercial HCF cable. The result sets a new world record achieved without the signal boosters that long-haul fiber links typically depend on.

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Australia's government said tech companies are "not doing enough" to keep children off social media sites. In addition to the doubling of potential penalties, the eSafety Commissioner – Australia's internet regulator – will have strengthened information-gathering powers under proposed reforms.

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Steamroller is built like a modern mid-range gaming rig. Inside is an AMD Ryzen 5 9600X six-core CPU and a Radeon RX 7600 GPU, targeting high-frame-rate 1080p play in titles like Cyberpunk 2077, Elden Ring, and Baldur's Gate 3.

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The change targets purpose-built robotaxis rather than ordinary cars with driver-assistance systems.

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Developers have started calling these recurring setups 'loops.'

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Jonathan Rinderknecht was accused of deliberately starting last year's fire, which killed a total of 31 people and destroyed more than 6,000 buildings.

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A significant portion of that spending is earmarked for semiconductor manufacturing. Samsung Group and SK Group plan to build two new chip fabrication plants each in the country's southwest, with a combined value of about 800 trillion won. The goal is to rapidly expand capacity as demand accelerates for memory...

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The original Grand Theft Auto was nearly cancelled, but a gameplay bug ultimately defined it.

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According to the Financial Times, Google warned Meta around March that it could not provide all the capacity the company wanted, disrupting and delaying internal AI projects.

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What is often framed as a race to develop smarter AI models is, in practice, a massive industrial expansion. Data centers require dense clusters of advanced chips, extensive cooling systems, fiber networks, and backup power. Columbia University economist Stijn Van Nieuwerburgh put it plainly, describing the effort to the Wall...

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Sony has confirmed that it will remove 551 movies and TV series from the PlayStation Store in the UK on September 1, 2026. The content will also be simultaneously deleted from customers' libraries who have already purchased it. Sony did not mention anything about refunds, suggesting affected users will not be compensated financially.

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Riot Games is changing how its Vanguard anti-cheat runs on PCs, pulling back from its always-on behavior and limiting when it's active on players' machines. With a new update, Vanguard will no longer automatically start when a PC boots – at least not for everyone. Instead, it can run only...

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Netflix is changing how user identities work on its platform, and for many subscribers, the move is showing up in the form of unexpected login prompts and extra steps at sign-in.

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Building a PC in 2026 means navigating inflated RAM, storage, and GPU prices. We assembled four balanced systems that prioritize performance, value, and sensible upgrade paths.

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Only weeks after landing in users' hands, the Steam Controller's unique properties have quickly inspired interesting, or at least amusing, new features. Despite its high price, the PC gaming controller might be the only new piece of hardware from Valve that most users can access for some time, as the...

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Several European countries have been considering or already applying digital services taxes to large online platforms. These surcharges are aimed at revenue generated by activities such as digital advertising and online marketplaces – areas dominated by US-based companies.

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Market research firm Circana's Mat Piscatella reports that May 2026 saw the lowest number of PlayStation consoles sold in the United States during any May since 2000, a few months before the PlayStation 2's launch. Meanwhile, Xbox unit sales experienced their worst May on record.

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Sol, the flagship model in the GPT-5.6 lineup, is built with a robust safety stack with guardrails against higher-risk activities, sensitive cyber requests, and repeated misuse. Terra is designed for balanced reasoning and agentic workloads, with OpenAI claiming that it offers similar performance to GPT-5.5 while being 2x cheaper. Luna...

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Rather than continuing to shrink components along a flat plane, IBM is stacking transistors vertically. That change comes as semiconductor designers run up against the physical limits of traditional scaling, making further miniaturization increasingly difficult and less efficient.

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Beyond that painful price and restrictive hardware, Valve's claim about 4K/60fps gaming was another Steam Machine element that's come in for heavy criticism. It's now led to Valve altering the language and listing FSR 4.1 by name – the first time the company has publicly confirmed support for the latest...

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The prediction market platform said the incident took place on Thursday morning and affected a "small number of users."

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It is a shift that comes as Ford returns to the top of J.D. Power's initial quality rankings among mainstream brands. The improvement reflects changes not only in its processes but also in how the company uses AI – and where it draws the line between automation and human expertise.

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Mere days after reports of mass layoffs at Microsoft-owned game development studios, things have gone from bad to worse for Xbox. In a few weeks, the company's game consoles will receive their highest-ever price increases, marking the third round in barely over a year.

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Taking an established company in a new direction is always a challenging task. Doing so in the midst of one of the biggest evolutions the tech industry has witnessed, even more so.

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For years, Bungie kept Destiny 2 online with a big technical footprint, from backend systems for progression and matchmaking to tools for live events and constant content updates. Now, with that pipeline winding down and new games still in early incubation, the studio is cutting back the team that supports...

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