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Best Wi-Fi 7 routers in 2026: What actually matters and what to skip
The best Wi-Fi 7 routers in 2026, plus the specs worth paying for and the ones that are pure marketing. Picks for budget, mid-range and whole-house ...
ComputingHigh Bandwidth Flash just got its first open spec, and Samsung answered with zHBM
High Bandwidth Flash has its first open spec: 512GB stacks and up to 3.0TB/s over UCIe. Here is how HBF differs from HBM, and where Samsung zHBM fits.
ComputingHBM vs GDDR vs DDR: Which memory does what, and why one costs 100 dollars a stack
HBM vs GDDR vs DDR explained: three memory types, three different jobs. Bandwidth, latency, power and cost compared, plus what actually goes in your ...
ComputingSamsung raised chip prices by 15 percent, and China is paying the most
Samsung chip price increase 2026: 4nm, 5nm and 8nm nodes all rose by up to 15 percent, and Chinese designers are absorbing the steepest hikes.
ComputingNvidia is reportedly backing 100 billion dollars of OpenAI's debt
Nvidia is close to guaranteeing roughly 100 billion dollars in credit for OpenAI's next data centre. The chip seller is now underwriting the buyer.
ComputingNvidia's H200 reached China and HBM memory prices jumped 20 percent
Nvidia H200 China export approval pushed HBM3E prices up nearly 20 percent for 2026. Six memory stacks per GPU explain the whole move.
ComputingGoogle just bought its way deeper into custom AI chips
A deal that could hand Google a 12.2 billion dollar stake in Marvell puts real weight behind TPUs as a commercial alternative to Nvidia.
ComputingMeta youth harms trial opens in Oakland with 29 states lined up
The Meta youth harms trial opened in Oakland on 19 August. Four states go first, 29 are in the case, and Meta has floated over a trillion in exposure.
ComputingA quantum computer just modelled how a fusion plant would refuel itself
Quantum computing and fusion tritium research collided this month. IBM, Oak Ridge and the Cleveland Clinic ran the first known fusion materials ...
ComputingSony and TSMC are building a $6.4 billion factory for machine eyes
Sony and TSMC signed a $6.4 billion deal to build an image sensor fab in Kumamoto, Japan, targeting smartphones, autonomous vehicles and robotics.
ComputingNAS vs cloud storage in 2026: Which actually saves you money
NAS vs cloud storage in 2026, compared on real costs over five years. See exactly when owning a NAS beats paying for Google One, iCloud or Dropbox.
ComputingGlobal chip sales just smashed every record with a $403 billion quarter
Global semiconductor sales hit $403.3 billion in Q2 2026, up 35% from Q1 with a 123% year-over-year spike in June driven by AI demand.
ComputingSamsung's new memory chips stack straight on top of AI accelerators
Samsung showed off zHBM, zNAND-O and BV-NAND at FMS 2026, memory built to bond directly onto AI chips instead of sitting beside them.
ComputingSamsung's Galaxy Z Fold 8 is here, and it finally feels normal
Samsung's Galaxy Z Fold 8 launched August 5 at 1,899 dollars, dropping the telephoto lens for a lighter, more usable foldable.
ComputingThe ROG Xbox Ally X20 is the handheld Xbox fans actually wanted
Asus and Microsoft's ROG Xbox Ally X20 special edition upgrades the screen and joysticks on the already strong Xbox Ally X.
ComputingTSMC July sales jump 45% as AI chip demand keeps climbing
TSMC reported a 45% year-on-year revenue jump in July 2026, driven by continued demand for advanced AI chips.
ComputingLumilens raised 700 million to bring optical networking to the data centre
Lumilens raised 700 million dollars to bring optical networking to the data centre, swapping electrical wiring for light to break the AI bandwidth ...
ComputingTesla and SpaceX break ground on Terafab, a 16.8 billion dollar Texas chip plant
Tesla and SpaceX are building Terafab, a 16.8bn dollar Texas chip factory to feed their own AI, robotics and space compute. Here is what it means.
ComputingHow to set up a Raspberry Pi home server in 2026
How to set up a Raspberry Pi home server in 2026: pick the board, flash the OS, run Docker, and self-host Pi-hole, Immich and more, step by step.
ComputingSK Group and NVIDIA's $500bn pact just made memory the most important chip in AI
SK Group and NVIDIA signed a partnership worth more than 500 billion dollars to build Vera Rubin AI infrastructure powered by SK hynix HBM4 memory. ...
ComputingNAS vs cloud storage: the real 5-year cost
NAS vs cloud storage compared on the real 5-year cost, privacy and hassle, plus the crossover point where owning a NAS finally beats paying cloud ...
ComputingNVIDIA's Vera Rubin is shipping, and the performance per watt numbers are striking
NVIDIA's next chip generation is no longer a roadmap slide.
ComputingJapan is building the world's first national AI infrastructure, and the spec sheet is wild
Japan has just made the boldest national AI infrastructure commitment of any government to date.
ComputingA major solar milestone: The grid ran on over 50% renewables for a record stretch
The energy transition is full of moments that sound impressive in a press release but dissolve on closer inspection.
ComputingWhy RAM prices are climbing fast in 2026, and AI is the reason
RAM prices have jumped sixfold in a year as memory makers chase AI demand. Here is why DDR5 costs more in 2026 and what it means for your next build.