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ArabSat cut a deal with a company called ADMC to help sell its satellite TV and internet services across the Middle East, North Africa, and parts of Europe. The agreement was signed by Arabsat's CEO, Dr. Badr Alsuwaidan, and ADMC's General Manager, Ayman Zeibak. ADMC will now act as a reseller...

Intel's next desktop CPU generation, Nova Lake, is reportedly packing massive core counts and a huge new cache to try and win back gamers. The flagship models, likely branded Core Ultra 9, could have up to fifty-two total cores and a colossal two hundred eighty-eight megabytes of combined cache...

Intel's Arc Battlemage graphics cards are seeing a small but notable sales bump at a major German retailer. Last week, the Arc B580 sold about forty units, landing it in the top fifteen best-sellers list. That number doubled the sales of AMD's RX 9070 at the same store. Other Intel models, like...

Apple might use Intel for packaging its custom AI server chips due to a shortage at TSMC. The chip, codenamed Baltra and developed with Broadcom, was originally slated for 2027 but could now ship in 2028. The plan is to employ Intel's EMIB packaging tech because TSMC's own advanced CoWoS...

Intel's software just added support again for a bigger Battlemage GPU called the BMG G31, hinting it might actually release. This discrete card, using the Xe2 architecture, could have up to thirty two cores and sixteen gigs of memory. It would be a successor to the Arc A770, possibly competing...

Nintendo is making smaller capacity game cartridges for the Switch 2, but the unpopular Game Key cards are probably not going anywhere. These cards, which force a full digital download while just acting as a license, became common because the only cartridges available were expensive sixty-four...

That rumored foldable iPhone from Apple is apparently hitting some delays. Analyst Ming Chi Kuo says the company feels behind on AI and wants to innovate aggressively with its phones, but its development cycles are long. They might announce the iPhone Fold in the second half of 2026, but actual...

Smartphone chipset market share data for the last quarter shows MediaTek still on top globally at thirty-four percent, though that is a dip from the previous year. They are losing ground in cheaper phone segments, and their high-end Dimensity 9500 did not drive significant growth. Qualcomm also...

The RAM company G.Skill just admitted why memory prices are totally out of control right now. They blame the insane demand from AI companies, which is causing massive supply shortages and industry-wide price hikes. DDR5 kit costs have jumped by three or four times in many regions over the last...

Word is, Bethesda recently showed some insiders their upcoming plans for Starfield. Details are split on how big these changes will actually be, with some sources saying it will be a massive overhaul similar to Cyberpunk's revival update, while others are more cautious. The main focus seems to...

LG Innotek, a camera part supplier for Apple, is showing off a new under-display camera next year. This version is meant for cars, but the tech could eventually land in phones like a future iPhone. The key upgrade involves using AI to fix image quality, claiming over ninety-nine percent clarity...

Looks like Tencent's Horizon Zero Dawn clone just got quietly erased from existence. Their open-world game, Light of Motiram, has completely vanished from Steam after Sony sued them last year for making a slavish copy. The game was supposed to hit PC, PlayStation 5, and mobile. Sony's lawsuit...

Word on the street is that China finally cobbled together a working prototype for an extreme ultraviolet lithography machine. This thing is supposed to make the light needed for etching super-advanced chips. They apparently built it using parts scavenged from older machines made by the Dutch...

Apple is finally putting OLED screens into its bigger stuff, starting next year with the M6 MacBook Pro and the iPad mini 8. Rumor has they are also working on a new 24-inch iMac with an OLED panel, aiming for brighter screens while keeping the same pixel sharpness as the old LCD models. The...

Intel's next high-end graphics chip seems more real by the day. Evidence for the rumored Battlemage GPU, specifically a model called BMG-G31, just popped up in Intel's own monitoring software. This addition to the XPU Manager tool usually means the hardware is far enough along for driver testing...

Rumors about Half-Life 3 are back, this time tied to Valve's Steam Machine. An industry journalist claims multiple sources believe the sequel will launch with the living room PC in early 2026. This follows earlier speculation about a joint announcement that never happened. That missed window...

China is supposedly testing its own homegrown EUV lithography machine. A working prototype, developed by reverse engineering ASML's tech, is reportedly being evaluated internally. The massive system is taking up a whole factory floor. Huawei is leading this project as part of its push for a...

The CEO of Kenya Airways is stepping down. Allan Kilavuka will retire after six years leading the national carrier. His tenure, which started in 2020, was defined by constant crisis management. He guided the airline through the pandemic, a major pilot strike, and parts shortages that limited...

The African Development Bank's funding arm just scored a record haul. Its concessional financing window, the African Development Fund, pulled in 11 billion dollars from 43 partners. That is a twenty-three percent jump over the last round, making it the largest replenishment ever. Bank president...

Businesses in Zimbabwe largely do not trust the new national currency. A recent survey from the Confederation of Zimbabwe Industries shows most firms see the ZiG's stability as artificial. Over five hundred companies were polled. They believe the government is propping up the currency with...