Qualcomm slaps satellite on new smartwatch chip
Published in Mobiles


Snapdragon W5 Gen 2 adds safety tricks but not much grunt

Qualcomm has refreshed its smartwatch silicon after three years, but anyone hoping for a serious performance leap will have to keep waiting.

MSI drops Godlike X870E monster with Zen-boosted max mobos
Published in PC Hardware


Limited-edition board hits 7.3 Ghz while rest of lineup promises 15 per cent Ryzen uplift

MSI has wheeled out its full range of AM5 “X870E MAX” motherboards, topped off with a limited-edition monster that comes with gold trim and a stuffed dragon [no really? ed].

Valve's Fremont console leak reveals serious AMD firepower
Published in Gaming


Six Zen 4 cores and Radeon 7600 GPU hint at proper pc-class gaming box

Valve might finally be getting serious about console-grade gaming, if a freshly leaked Geekbench listing is anything to go by.

AMD leaks FSR 4 source code
Published in News


SDK update locks features behind DLLS

AMD had a bit of a senior moment this week when it accidentally dumped the FSR 4 source code on GitHub before yanking it offline when it realised they’d left the safe open.

Google’s Pixel 10 gets serious about AI
Published in Mobiles


New chips, flashy zoom and generative tricks in shiny recycled wrappers

The search giant has unwrapped its 10th generation Pixel phones, and it looks like someone finally got serious about AI on a handset.