Aoostar mini-PCs bring elite Ryzen power in a tiny footprint for under $400

Aoostar’s Maco, G-Flip, and Gem12 Max mini-PCs go on sale for a limited time on AliExpress with free shipping from a local U.S. warehouse.

Lightning strike enters apartment through coaxial internet cable, blows up gamer’s PC — surge causes extensive damage to motherboard, destroys router, and leaves burn marks on the wall

While direct lightning strikes are difficult to defend against, proper grounding and protection for coaxial and network lines can help reduce the risk of costly hardware damage.

HP has slashed an astonishing $2,600 off this RTX 5080 gaming PC, nearly 50% off — get an epic Omen 35L rig with a 9900X3D, 64GB DDR5, and 4TB of SSD storage for just $2,899.99

An unthinkable $2,600 saving can be had right now on this HP Omen 45L gaming rig, fitted with a 9900X3D, RTX 5080, 64GB of DDR5 RAM, and 4TB in SSD storage, all for just $2,899.99.

Astera Labs showcases 320-lane PCIe 6.0 switch for vendor-agnostic scaling in data centers — up to 80 accelerators can be scaled up using PCIe alone

Astera Labs has shown off the Scorpio X-Series 320-lane PCIe switch that promises to enable vendor-agnostic scale-up capability for AI infrastructure and disaggregated data center infrastructure.

Microsoft debuts Surface RTX Spark Dev Box — Nvidia-powered mini-PC helps devs get ready for an agentic Windows

At Microsoft Build, the company debuted its Surface RTX Spark Dev Box, a system for developers to come up with new AI applications.

Supermicro shows off Vera Rubin NVL72 rack with all-new type of coolant — company claims coolant offers 1,000 times higher electrical impedance over standard cooling

Supermicro demonstrates upcoming servers based on AMD’s EPYC ‘Venice’ CPUs, MI450 accelerators, and Nvidia’s Vera Rubin-based solutions.

Nvidia announces RTX Spark as ‘the most efficient PC chip ever built’
Nvidia announces RTX Spark as ‘the most efficient PC chip ever built’

This fall, Nvidia will officially become a consumer PC chipmaker like Intel, AMD, Apple, and Qualcomm, putting a complete computing chip – not just graphics – into the very heart of laptops and mini-PCs. After many months of leaks, it’s finally announcing the RTX Spark, the first in a family of chips that will meet […]

AMD’s new pitch: our old tech is so good you should just keep using it
AMD’s new pitch: our old tech is so good you should just keep using it

Computex 2026 is underway in Taiwan, and we’re expecting all manner of flashy computers with jaw-dropping prices (or no prices at all) as the entire industry navigates RAMageddon. But for desktop PC gamers, AMD has a different pitch. It’s relaunching three old components alongside a big new promise: You won’t need to buy a new […]