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Cisco Nexus 9000 Root RCE Is a Reminder: Your Fabric Switch Has a Backdoor Port You Didn't Ask For

Sun, 06 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Cisco disclosed CVE-2026-20212, a CVSS 9.8 unauthenticated root RCE in Silicon One-based Nexus 9000 switches caused by a service listening on an unrestricted IP. Ten switch models, 45 NX-OS releases, and a second wave of critical IOS XR CVEs landed the same week.

MikroTik Patches Another RouterOS Hole — And This Time It Snitches on You

Sat, 05 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT

MikroTik quietly patched an "important" RouterOS vulnerability on September 3 and, notably, isn't saying what it actually is yet. The more interesting part is what happens after you upgrade: RouterOS now scans itself for compromise and slaps a "Flagged" status on anything it finds dirty.

ASUS and Galax Hike RTX 50 Prices Again — RTX 5090 Now Tops $5,100

Fri, 04 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT

ASUS and Galax quietly raised RTX 5070, 5070 Ti, and 5080 prices by up to $74 on September 1, the third or fourth hike this year, as GDDR7 costs keep climbing. Meanwhile the RTX 5090 has blown past $5,100 in some markets.

ASUS Hits 720Hz at Native 1080p With the ROG Swift OLED PG259QWS Ace — No Resolution Tricks This Time

Thu, 03 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT

ASUS quietly solved the ugly compromise behind every 700Hz-plus OLED so far: the ROG Swift OLED PG259QWS Ace hits 720Hz at native 1920x1080, no dual-mode resolution drop required, with Delta E < 2 accuracy and 99.5% DCI-P3 out of the box.

Razer Naga V3 Pro Lands With Magnetic Side Plates and a 50K Sensor — But Where's the Polling Rate?

Tue, 11 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Razer's modular MMO flagship returns at $179.99 with a Focus Pro 50K Gen-3 sensor, Gen-4 optical switches rated for 100 million clicks, and three swappable magnetic side plates. What Razer conspicuously didn't put in the spec sheet: polling rate and weight.

Beyerdynamic's $150 DT 275 PRO Is a Monitoring Tool, Not a Toy — And Its Spec Sheet Says So

Wed, 29 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Beyerdynamic launched the closed-back DT 275 PRO today at $149.99 — 45 ohms, 105 dB SPL, 195 grams, 22 dBA of passive isolation, and every wear part replaceable. It also has the narrowest stated bandwidth in the entire PRO lineup, and that tells you exactly who it's for.

537,000 Blocked Domains in 50KB of RAM: The $2 ESP32 DNS Sinkhole Is Real

Wed, 29 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT

A developer fit a Pi-hole-class blocklist — 537,000 domains — onto a $2 ESP32-C3 with no PSRAM by storing 40-bit hashes in flash instead of strings in RAM. It answers blocked lookups in ~10ms using roughly 50KB of memory, and it exposes just how bloated our DNS filtering boxes have been.

ThinkPad L16 Gen 3 Goes Global — Panther Lake Power Meets a Display That Belongs in 2019

Wed, 22 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Lenovo's ThinkPad L16 Gen 3 is now shipping internationally with Intel Panther Lake chips, up to 64 GB of upgradeable RAM, and Gen 5 storage — but a 400-nit, 45% NTSC display and a 46.5 Wh base battery make this a tough sell for anyone who actually works away from a desk.

Linux Mint Finally Drops the 'Experimental' Label — Cinnamon 6.8 Goes Full Wayland

Tue, 21 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Linux Mint's Cinnamon 6.8 will ship with a fully supported Wayland session, removing the 'experimental' tag after nearly three years of hardening. The last major holdout desktop is finally crossing over — and it's arriving with Mint 23 this Christmas.

Superstrike 2 Leak: Logitech's Haptic Flagship Gets a Faster Brain, Same HERO 2 Eyes

Mon, 20 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT

A fresh leak says Logitech will unveil the G Pro X2 Superstrike 2 at G PLAY this September — upgraded MCU, refined HITS haptics and adjustable actuation, but the same HERO 2 sensor. The world's first true analog mouse is getting a sequel just months after launch.

Pulsar Feinmann F01 Noctua Edition Gets a July 21 Launch — Yes, There's a Real Fan in Your Mouse

Sat, 18 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Pulsar's Feinmann F01 Noctua Edition finally has a release date: July 21, 2026. It packs a genuine Noctua NF-A4x10 fan under a ventilated shell, a 42,000 DPI XS-2 sensor, and 8K polling — all at 73 grams. Sweaty palms, meet active cooling.

GNOME 51 Alpha Drops NVIDIA EGLStream, Bets Everything on GBM

Fri, 17 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT

GNOME 51 'A Coruña' Alpha dropped on July 3rd, and Mutter finally rips out the legacy NVIDIA EGLStream path — GBM and DMA-BUF are now the only game in town on Wayland. VA-API H.264 screencasting, text input protocol v2, and AMD-accelerated remote desktop round out a release that's less flashy and more infrastructural than usual.

AMD Ryzen 7 7700X3D Lands Today at $329 — Budget 3D V-Cache for the RAM Crisis Era

Thu, 16 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT

AMD launches the Ryzen 7 7700X3D today at $329, slotting a cheaper 8-core Zen 4 X3D part into a market where DDR5 prices have doubled. Same 96MB L3 3D V-Cache as the 7800X3D, just 500 MHz less boost — and it's aimed straight at gamers priced out by the memory crisis.

AMD Zen 6 EPYC Venice Launches July 22 — 256 Cores on TSMC 2nm, 70% Perf Uplift

Wed, 15 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT

AMD CTO Mark Papermaster has confirmed the Zen 6 launch for July 22-23 in San Francisco, kicking off with EPYC Venice — a 256-core monster built on TSMC's 2nm node, packing 16-channel memory, PCIe Gen 6, and a claimed 70% CPU performance uplift over Zen 5 Turin.

Samsung Galaxy Unpacked July 22: Three Foldables, One Wild Wide Model

Tue, 14 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Samsung's July 22 Unpacked in London brings three foldables at once: the Z Fold 8 Ultra with a 200MP camera, a brand-new Z Fold 8 Wide with a 4:3 landscape screen, and the Z Flip 8. After a week with pre-production hardware chatter, here's what actually matters for your daily driver.

Surface for Business Ships Tomorrow — Snapdragon X2, Privacy Screens, and the Fine Print I'd Read Twice

Mon, 13 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Microsoft's Snapdragon X2-powered Surface Laptop and Surface Pro 13 hit business channels on July 14 with a hardware privacy screen and a flat $1,649.99 sticker. Real-world reviews are already trimming the 53% GPU gain claim down to about 40% — and the Snapdragon X2 shipping in these units isn't the 18-core Extreme you've been reading benchmarks for.

Alienware AW3926QW: The First 39-inch 5K2K OLED With Actual RGB Subpixels

Sun, 12 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Dell's new 39-inch Alienware AW3926QW ships this month with LG Display's 4th-gen Tandem WOLED panel — and for the first time at this size, it uses a true RGB stripe subpixel layout instead of WOLED's dreaded WRGB. Text clarity finally catches up to the color pipeline.

Samsung PM1763 Hits Mass Production — 28.4 GB/s, 9th-Gen V-NAND, and Zero DWPD Numbers in Sight

Sat, 11 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Samsung just started mass production of the PM1763, its first PCIe Gen6 enterprise SSD. It hits 28.4 GB/s sequential reads on 9th-gen V-NAND with a new 4nm controller, scales to 16TB in E3.S, and — as usual for a Samsung launch — the endurance spec sheet is nowhere to be found.

Linux 7.2 Finally Executes strncpy After Six Years and 362 Patches

Fri, 10 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT

The Linux 7.2 merge window closed with the completion of a six-year, 362-patch crusade: strncpy() is now gone from the kernel entirely. A footgun that predated most of us using computers has finally been retired — and every remaining call site had to declare its actual intent.

Lenovo Legion Go 2 Launches with SteamOS — The $1,199 Steam Deck Rival Is Here

Tue, 07 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Lenovo's Legion Go 2 has officially launched with a factory-installed SteamOS option at $1,199, packing an 8.8-inch OLED display and Ryzen Z2 Extreme — the most spec-complete Steam Deck alternative yet from a major OEM.

Corsair Nightsword v2 Wireless SD — The First Gaming Mouse With a Stream Deck Button Ships July 27

Mon, 06 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Corsair's Nightsword v2 Wireless SD is the first gaming mouse in history with a built-in Stream Deck button — 8,000Hz polling, 170-hour battery, 33K DPI Marksman S sensor — but at 89g and $129.99, does it belong on a competitive player's desk?

Micron Posts Record 85% Gross Margins While DDR5 Quadruples and Crucial Quietly Dies

Sun, 05 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Micron just posted $41.46B in quarterly revenue and an all-time 84.9% gross margin — while DDR5 prices have quadrupled from 2025 lows, the Crucial brand is dead, and the CEO admitted the company can only meet half to two-thirds of demand.

TP-Link Archer 8 Is the First Wi-Fi 8 Consumer Router — And It Still Needs FCC Permission to Exist

Sat, 04 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT

TP-Link announced the Archer 8 in May — the first consumer Wi-Fi 8 router with a real release date — but October availability in the US is conditional on FCC clearance that still hasn't arrived. Here's what the next wireless standard actually offers for serious home network deployments.

Logitech G305 X SUPERLIGHT — The $80 Mouse That Matches the $160 Pro

Fri, 03 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Logitech dropped the G305 X SUPERLIGHT on June 30 at $79.99 — same HERO 44K sensor and 8 kHz polling capability as their $160 Pro X SUPERLIGHT 2, 59 grams, and finally USB-C. The original G305 is officially a relic.

Samsung, SK Hynix & Micron Sued for DRAM Price Fixing — 700% Hike Over Four Years

Thu, 02 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT

A class-action lawsuit filed June 25 in California federal court accuses the three DRAM giants of colluding to tank mainstream memory supply and inflate prices by 700% over four years — eerily mirroring the same companies' 2005 guilty pleas. Your RAM budget is now a federal exhibit.

Keychron’s ZMK-powered Q6 Ultra 8K Turns 8 kHz into a Marathon Battery Story

Tue, 30 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Tom's Hardware’s review of the Keychron Q6 Ultra 8K shows how firmware choice can redefine 8 kHz wireless keyboards. At 660 hours with lights off and 8,000 Hz polling, Keychron proves endurance and responsiveness can coexist when ZMK is tuned for low-power wireless duty.

AMD Drops FSR 4.1 on RX 7000 Early, 7900 XTX Jumps From 43 to 64 FPS at 4K

Mon, 29 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT

AMD has released official FSR 4.1 support for Radeon RX 7000 desktop GPUs ahead of schedule, bringing the INT8 version of its latest upscaler to more than 300 games. In AMD's own example, a Radeon RX 7900 XTX in Crimson Desert jumps from roughly 43 FPS native 4K to 64 FPS with FSR 4.1 enabled.

Asus Unveils ROG Rapture GT-BN98 Pro, Its First Wi-Fi 8 Router

Sun, 28 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Asus has shown off the ROG Rapture GT-BN98 Pro, its first Wi-Fi 8 gaming router, promising up to 2x median throughput and 2x better IoT coverage over Wi-Fi 7. The real story is not peak speed — it is reliability, multi-AP coordination, and enough wired I/O to keep a serious homelab from immediately bottlenecking.

WD Black SN850P Deals Hit Woot as SSD Prices Refuse to Calm Down

Sat, 27 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Woot is selling WD Black SN850P heatsink SSDs at $189.99 for 1TB, $299.99 for 2TB, and $549.99 for 4TB while broader NAND pricing remains stubbornly high. The SN850P is effectively a PS5-licensed SN850X, which means strong PCIe 4.0 performance, TLC NAND, DRAM cache, and a sane 600TBW-per-TB endurance profile.

Computex-Era Monitor Moves: 4K Density and RGB-Stripe OLED Split the Market

Fri, 26 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT

ViewSonic and Asus are showing two opposite solutions to the same 2026 problem: more pixels in less space versus cleaner color science in bigger formats. The launches suggest monitor buyers can finally choose architecture by need, not compromise.

MSI's RadiX BE19000 Puts an SSD Slot Inside a Wi-Fi 7 Router

Thu, 25 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT

MSI showed three new RadiX Wi-Fi 7 routers at Computex 2026, led by the BE19000 with 12-stream tri-band MLO, dual 10GbE, four 2.5GbE ports, and an internal PCIe SSD slot for lightweight NAS duties.

FSP Launches 2500W ATX and 1200W SFX-L PSUs for Multi-GPU AI Workstations

Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT

FSP has launched a 2500W Platinum ATX PSU with four 12V-2x6 connectors and a compact 1200W Platinum SFX-L unit aimed at dense AI workstations. The wattage race is back, but this time the real test is connector thermals, chassis exhaust, and sustained acoustic control.

Turtle Beach's Command Series Puts a Touchscreen on an 8K Gaming Mouse

Mon, 22 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Turtle Beach is launching three Command Series gaming mice in July, led by the MC7: a $159.99 wireless 8K mouse with a built-in touch display, Owl-Eye 30K sensor, optical switches, and hot-swappable batteries.

Sennheiser MOMENTUM 5 Wireless Looks Like a Practical ANC Era Upgrade, Not a Pure Sound Upgrade

Sun, 21 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Sennheiser’s MOMENTUM 5 Wireless launch in mid-2026 shifts priorities toward stronger ANC, replaceable battery serviceability, and codec growth, but its new tuning trade-off may leave neutral-preferring listeners reaching for EQ more often.

Dell's $699 XPS 13 Is Now on Sale — The Budget Laptop War Gets Serious

Sat, 20 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Dell's new entry-level XPS 13 is now available for $699, or $599 for students, with Intel Wildcat Lake, a 2.5K 120Hz touch display, 512GB SSD, and a 2.2-pound aluminum chassis. It is aimed directly at Apple's $599 MacBook Neo, but the real test will be battery life and 8GB single-channel memory in the field.

SteamOS 3.8.10 Goes Stable: Arch Base Refresh, Linux 6.16, Wayland Desktop Default

Fri, 19 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Valve has pushed SteamOS 3.8.10 to the stable channel with a newer Arch base, Linux 6.16, KDE Plasma 6.4, default Wayland desktop mode, LAVD scheduler support, and early Steam Machine enablement. This is less a Steam Deck maintenance drop and more Valve quietly hardening Linux as a living-room console OS.

Corsair’s $80 3200D RS ARGB Is a Budget Airflow Case With One Very 2026 Compromise

Thu, 18 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Corsair’s new 3200D RS ARGB targets the sane end of the PC case market with three included RS120 fans, dual 360mm radiator support, BTF motherboard compatibility, and a sub-$80 price. The airflow fundamentals look right, but the front USB 2.0 port is a strange fossil in an otherwise modern chassis.

ASUS ROG Xbox Ally X20 Adds OLED and Ryzen Z2 Extreme, but Battery Is the Real Question

Wed, 17 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT

ASUS has announced the ROG Xbox Ally X20 at Computex 2026 with a 7.4-inch OLED panel, translucent anniversary shell, and AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme silicon. The specs sound like exactly what handheld PC fans wanted, but without battery, RAM, storage, and price details, the tuning story is still unfinished.

DDR4 Production Is Restarting Because DDR5 Pricing Has Gone Ferrel

Tue, 16 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Motherboard vendors and memory module makers are restarting DDR4 platform production as DDR5 pricing and shortages keep squeezing PC builders. The ugly part: Tom's Hardware sources expect DRAM and NAND shortages to run through all of 2027.

GoPro Warns Memory Costs Could Threaten Its Survival

Mon, 15 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT

GoPro says there is “substantial doubt” about its ability to continue as memory costs and weak sales squeeze the action camera maker. The warning shows how the AI-driven memory shortage is now spilling far beyond PCs and servers.

Ducky’s Computex 2026 Lineup Goes Soft, Silent, and Magnetic

Sun, 14 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Ducky used Computex 2026 to show the Cushion 98, budget OK-M series, and new OK-HE Hall-effect boards with 8 kHz polling, Rapid Trigger, SOCD, and layered acoustic damping. The interesting bit is not just speed — it is Ducky pushing comfort, sound tuning, and magnetic-switch gaming into the same family.

Radeon RX 9070 XT Finally Hits Steam Survey, Nearly Catches RTX 5080

Sat, 13 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT

AMD's Radeon RX 9070 XT has finally appeared in the Steam Hardware Survey with 1.35% user share, landing just behind NVIDIA's RTX 5080 at 1.52%. RDNA 4 is now fully visible in Steam's GPU table, but NVIDIA still owns the top of the chart.

Shokz OpenDots 2 and OpenDots Air Push Open-Ear Earbuds Past Bone Conduction

Fri, 12 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Shokz has launched the OpenDots 2 and OpenDots Air, two clip-on open-ear earbuds that move the brand deeper into air-conduction lifestyle audio. The interesting part is not the jewelry-like form factor — it is Shokz doubling down on dual-driver acoustic modules, directional leakage control, and battery life that now rivals sealed true-wireless sets.

vivo X500e Leak Points to a 7,500mAh Battery and Periscope Camera

Thu, 11 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT

A new vivo X500e leak claims the phone will pair MediaTek's Dimensity 9500 with a 7,500mAh battery, a 6.59-inch display, and a periscope telephoto camera. If accurate, this is another sign that Chinese flagships are making battery life a headline feature, not an afterthought.

Dell’s XPS 14 Finally Fixes the XPS Formula — Then RAM Prices Blow Up the Value

Wed, 10 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Dell’s 2026 XPS 14 brings back the physical function row, delivers excellent Panther Lake battery life, and finally feels like a proper XPS again. The problem: post-launch price hikes push the OLED model to $2,900, turning a strong travel laptop into a brutal value argument.

8GB RAM Laptops Are Back Because the Memory Crunch Finally Hit the Carry-On Bag

Tue, 09 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Laptop makers are quietly walking back the 16GB baseline as memory prices rise, with new 2026 systems from Dell, Acer, Chuwi, Apple, and Microsoft shipping or starting at 8GB. For travelers and everyday users, the real question is whether lower entry prices are worth the return of swap, stutter, and shorter useful life.

Asus ROG Azoth Extreme Edition 20 Goes Full Gold at Computex 2026

Mon, 08 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Asus has turned its already-excessive ROG Azoth Extreme into a 20th-anniversary black-and-gold showpiece with 24K accents, transparent caps, an AMOLED touch screen, and 8K polling. The catch: it appears to push the premium gaming keyboard price ceiling even higher without moving to Hall Effect switches.

Xsight Labs Boots Vanilla Ubuntu on an 800G DPU, and That Matters More Than the Spec Sheet

Sun, 07 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT

ServeTheHome installed stock Ubuntu LTS on Xsight Labs' 64-core E1 DPU, then upgraded it to Ubuntu 26.04 without vendor drama. For infrastructure people, that is the difference between owning your network edge and renting mercy from a firmware pipeline.

Silicon Motion Warns NAND Shortage Will Get Worse in 2027

Sat, 06 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Silicon Motion says SSD controller sales are booming, but consumer NAND supply is still brutally tight — and 2027 may be worse as data centers keep absorbing flash allocation.

Cherry XTRFY K63W Pro Brings Ultra-Wideband to 8K Wireless Keyboards

Fri, 05 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Cherry XTRFY’s K63W Pro is the first gaming keyboard announced with 8K polling over ultra-wideband wireless, pairing a compact 70-percent layout with MX Low Profile 2.0 switches and a claimed 1,100-hour battery ceiling.