
Nvidia pauses revenue-sharing deals with AI cloud companies
The chip giant stepped back from the program last week, the Journal said, adding that it could still revamp the initiative later or fold it into another program.
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The chip giant stepped back from the program last week, the Journal said, adding that it could still revamp the initiative later or fold it into another program.

TSMC Vice President of Advanced Packaging Technology and Service Jun He said the company is working with Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs and the Kaohsiung City government on the expansion, which is expected to boost validation efficiency by 25-50 per cent.

The EuroHPC Joint Undertaking (EuroHPC JU) has signed a procurement contract with Bull to deliver LUMI-AI, a next-generation supercomputer at the CSC - IT Center for Science Ltd. data center in Kajaani, Finland.
A Taiwanese man sued his wife for having an affair using recordings from a robot vacuum to prove his case. He won, but got sued by the wife for infringing on her personal privacy and was fined the equivalent of 30% of what he earned as compensation previously.

vivo quietly listed the Y31t on its Indian website last week without revealing its pricing or availability. But we now know how much the vivo Y31t costs, as it’s now on sale in the country.
Dell Technologies announced the new Dell 14S, a lightweight everyday Windows laptop designed for students and young adults who prioritize long battery life, portability, design and value.
Nexus Mods takes in SteamDB under its wing — new owners promise site will remain ad-free and non-paywalled

Oukitel arrived at IFA with suitcases full of rugged hardware. There’s a rugged gaming phone, an “ultra-endurance” flagship and even a phone that has a built-in electric lighter.
A 'beautifully preserved in working condition' Apple-1 computer motherboard signed by Steve Wozniak with a letter signed by Steve Jobs is up for auction next month at Bonhams in New York.

At IFA 2026, ASUS is showcasing its new generation of ProArt AI creator PCs - the P16 and P14 laptops and GR1X mini PC - powered by NVIDIA RTX Spark, with hands-on demonstrations at the ASUS IFA Media Showroom.

iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max are expected to launch on 9 September 2026, with a smaller Dynamic Island, under-display Face ID, variable-aperture camera, A20 Pro chip, larger battery and a $250-300 price hike, followed by a foldable iPhone in October.
Dell's new 14S laptops are mainstream devices with more colors and more ports than the XPS 13.

The merger talks, which a third person said have evolved into a discussion about a partnership, underscore the AI lab's ambition to secure the resources and talent needed to build its own chips. The goal is to help Anthropic accelerate its in-house chip development.

Alienware’s AW3226Q and AW2527HX gaming monitors target two different segments of the market.
Club 3D, a Dutch technology innovator specializing in advanced computer connectivity solutions since 1997, released their products for August. Introducing the CAC-2510, an ultra-fast 40 Gbps USB4 NVMe enclosure engineered to deliver maximum data transfer speeds and high-performance external storage.

Sugon has released a teaser of an upcoming mobile workstation with a 64-thread processor and 16GB of VRAM to tackle AI models.
TP-Link Systems Inc., a global provider of consumer networking products, today unveiled its first Wi-Fi 8 lineup at IFA 2026, led by the Archer 8 Ultra router and the Deco 8 Ultra mesh system.

Samsung Electronics today announced a new 14-inch Galaxy Book6, expanding the Galaxy Book6 lineup with a more accessible model designed for everyday computing. Starting at $799, Galaxy Book6 combines up to 25 hours of battery life, Intel® Core™ 3 and Core™ 5 performance, Galaxy AI-enabled features, and the design language of the Galaxy Book6 family.

As was recently discovered by an ASUS ROG Zephyrus G14 owner on Reddit, there is apparently a conflict between Windows 11's built-in driver management tools and ASUS's proprietary power profiles.

Xiaomi has launched the Redmi 17 5G in India, featuring a 6.9-inch 120Hz display and Snapdragon 4 Gen 5 chipset. The smartphone packs a massive 7,900mAh battery with 45W fast charging and a 50-megapixel rear camera.

NVIDIA's GPU-accelerated frame interpolation support has been integrated into FFmpeg through a Vulkan API, as announced by the project's developers. For those unfamiliar, FFmpeg is a widely used software suite that powers much of the world's modern multimedia processing, including platforms like YouTube and many other services and applications.
Xiaomi is set to launch its 18 Fold next week, and we got to check it out at IFA 2026 ahead of its unveiling. Spoiler alert: the device was placed behind glass, so we could not actually get our hands on it, but we did get to marvel at its design, and the first thing that struck us was that bright red color.
Microsoft is working on expanding its memory integrity protection feature across its global Windows 11 installations, with the rollout beginning in October. For those unaware, memory integrity protection enhances operating system security at the kernel level, safeguarding it from sophisticated attacks by malicious actors.
Xeron, the PC hardware company that recently launched at Computex 2026, whose cases and AIO liquid coolers we've already seen at Gamescom, has also launched the NEX A61 ARGB, a new CPU tower cooler designed for AMD's AM5 socket.

Samsung Electronics today announced Galaxy S26 FE, the newest addition to the Galaxy S26 family and the first in the lineup to launch with One UI 9 — bringing the latest premium Galaxy experiences to more users from day one. With enhanced camera capabilities and more context-aware Galaxy AI, it elevates how users capture, create, […]

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After its launch at Computex earlier this year, Xeron has made an appearance at Gamescom 2026, launching a line-up of reasonably priced, flashy, ARGB AIO coolers for DIY PC builds. Also at Gamescom, the new hardware outfit showed off its line-up of C Lab cases, this time displaying builds in both the white and black models.

Samsung is now working on the Galaxy S27 Ultra, which is expected to launch early next year. The Samsung Galaxy ...
Microsoft has released Windows 11 version 26H2 to the Release Preview Channel, with build number 26300.9278, for Windows Insiders. As we mentioned just a few days ago, Windows 11 26H2 is one of the more boring releases in terms of new features.

Microsoft has begun rolling out a new feature update KB5120998 for Windows 11, introducing significant visual changes to the user experience. Among the notable additions is the long-awaited expanded taskbar customization, allowing users to position the taskbar at the top, left, or right side of the display, in addition to its traditional bottom placement.