Keychron dropped a wooden version of their K2 HE keyboard that swaps the usual metal or plastic shell for CNC-machined timber while keeping the compact 75 percent layout and Hall-effect magnetic switches intact. The thing costs 199 bucks and lets users tweak actuation depth plus rapid-trigger settings through software, but it only works with magnetic switches since traditional mechanical ones won't fit the sockets.
The wooden case adds mass and changes how the board sounds, and the company reinforced it with tight machining tolerances to keep the magnets aligned properly with the sensors. Bluetooth 5.1 handles wireless connectivity across three devices, and there's USB-C for wired mode when latency matters.
The keyboard ships with a...
Samsung dropped new 3-gig GDDR7 memory chips that hit 40 gigabits per second on each pin, and the company says PAM3 signaling makes them faster while using less power than older standards. The bigger capacity per chip means GPU makers can slap together cards with massive video memory totals without needing a ton of individual modules cluttering up the board design.
The thermal and power efficiency upgrades matter because these things can supposedly run cooler under load without cranking up the wattage. This could help both gaming cards and compute accelerators maintain performance without turning into space heaters, which is kind of the whole point when you're trying to push bandwidth that hard.
A shipping manifest just exposed AMD's unannounced Ryzen 7 9850X3D processor with an 8-core setup running at 120 watts, which marks a huge jump from the 65-watt limit on previous X3D chips. The part number matches AMD's standard format for pre-production hardware, and the power bump suggests the company wants more headroom for clock speeds when dealing with stacked cache and Zen 5 architecture tweaks.
The filing doesn't spell out specs like frequencies or cache amounts, but the 120-watt classification points to aggressive boost behavior compared to older gaming-focused X3D models. Shipment docs usually show up right before official launches once partners start getting samples for BIOS work and validation testing, so this thing probably...
AMD supposedly tacked on an extra 10 bucks per 8 gigs of video memory across their whole Radeon lineup, which means cards packing 16 gigs just got way pricier than before. The bump hits everything from budget options to high-end models because GDDR6 chips got stupid expensive thanks to AI companies and data centers hoarding supply while chip makers struggle to keep up.
Board partners are passing the costs down since GPUs ship with memory already soldered on, and analysts are saying this might not even be the last increase if DRAM prices keep acting crazy through next year. Cards with fat VRAM buffers are getting hammered the hardest by the changes.
AMD's next mobile chip lineup, called Medusa Point, just leaked with details showing Zen 6 cores and two power configs at 28 watts and 45 watts. The platform aims to replace Strix and Hawk Point with better efficiency across ultraportables and beefier laptops that can handle more heat.
The 28-watt version targets thin devices where battery matters most, while the 45-watt class goes into bigger notebooks with stronger cooling systems. Both share the same architecture, which gives laptop makers room to tweak performance without dealing with totally different chip families.
Graphics should get an upgrade with better compute blocks and memory handling, plus there's talk of enhanced AI hardware for on-device processing that won't slam the...
Econet Wireless Zimbabwe started looking at ways to fix what the company calls a massively underpriced stock situation on the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange after shares hit roughly 21 cents despite assets pushing close to a billion dollars. The telco pointed out that the market cap sits around 628 million while the asset value reached 957 million, and this gap is blocking their ability to raise affordable funding for network upgrades and tech expansions.
The board warned shareholders to be careful trading the stock while they figure out potential moves that could shake things up. The company dumped serious cash into modernizing 400 cell sites and boosting coverage, which explains why assets jumped over 13 percent year over year, even though...
A guy from Nyamandlovu got dragged into a Bulawayo courtroom on attempted murder charges after allegedly torching his mother-in-law's room, and he passed out right as he walked through the door. Khuzani Ndlovu had to get carried out by guards before the magistrate called a quick break, and after he came back around, they pushed the case to later this month.
Prosecutors say the whole thing started when he showed up at his estranged wife's family's place hunting for her. Her mom told him she was visiting other relatives, which apparently set him off because he started screaming at the elderly woman, locked her inside with a piece of iron, and lit the room on fire. Neighbors heard her yelling and broke down the door before things got...
Media Overkill pushed out version 1.5 for their freebie wavetable synth, Miniraze, and the update dumps in way more waveforms to match what the big boy Waverazor plugin has. The thing lets you slice up three oscillators and mash together two different waves per oscillator, and they bumped the waveform count past 150 while tossing in 390 sounds from producers like Dash Glitch and Xenos Soundworks.
The synth runs two serial filters with 15 different types each, and you get four LFOs synced up with four ADSR envelopes for tweaking stuff through a modulation matrix. Nine effects come baked in with the usual delay and reverb suspects, plus there's an arpeggiator and external audio input for mangling outside sources. People who already own...
Daniel Gergely dropped version 1.0.4 for Emergence, and the patch brings 25 fresh factory presets plus a revamped preset browser that handles tagging, favorites, and search functions. People who bought the paid 1.0 release get the upgrade at no cost, while the old freebie version stays untouched by these changes.
The new browser system also got rolled into Spirals recently. Users can grab downloads straight from the developer site by tossing in their email for a personal link, and there's a Discord server running for troubleshooting, swapping presets, and keeping tabs on what's coming next.
