Western Digital drops SN7100 4TB Gen 4 SSD pricing
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NVMe drive hits $249 as Gen 5 gear pushes prices down

As PCIe Gen 5 SSDs start to flood the market with faster numbers and eye-watering thermals, Gen 4 gear like the WD_BLACK SN7100 is becoming a proper steal. The 4TB model is now going for just $249.99 on Amazon, slipping under the previous low of $269.99.

AMD leaks its Ryzen 9600X3D and 9000 PRO CPUs
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Zen 5 chips outed by Radeon driver

AMD has done the usual trick of leaking its upcoming hardware via a routine software update, this time outing the Ryzen 9600X3D, the 9600, and a fleet of Ryzen 9000 PRO CPUs in the latest Radeon SI driver.

AMD slaps AI on its Ryzen Z2 chips
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Crams in NPUs while selling something for Steam Deck

AMD has bulked up its Ryzen Z2 handheld lineup with two fresh entries, one aimed at power users who think their console should run Crysis, and another for people happy with glorified calculators.

Apple drops more Intel Mac support in macOS Tahoe
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Job’s Mob continues its Intel purge

The Fruity Cargo Cult Apple has signalled it's nearly done with Intel Macs by slashing support for all but four of them in its upcoming macOS 26 release, codenamed Tahoe.

Intel vets break ranks to build the biggest, baddest CPU
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Startup dares to outgun Chipzilla with RISC-V tech

A group of former top Chipzilla engineers have ditched the corporate safety net to build what they claim will be "the biggest, baddest CPU in the world."