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AMD engineering samples for their next mobile chips just leaked showing a 10-core model and a 4-core version aimed at totally different market segments. The Gorgon Point lineup represents the Ryzen AI 400 series coming after Strix Point with better NPU performance for Copilot Plus requirements...

ACEMAGIC announced their M1A PRO+ mini desktop, packing an AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 395 chip with support for 128 GB of LPDDR5X-8000 memory and storage reaching 12 terabytes in the maxed-out config. The Silver Tank chassis supposedly handles four simultaneous display outputs for workstation setups, and...

ASRock dropped the H610M Combo motherboard that lets people run either DDR4 or DDR5 memory on the same board, which basically never happens because most companies split their product lines instead of dealing with the engineering headache. The thing works with 12th through 14th gen Intel chips...

ASUS unveiled its TUF Gaming BE9400 router for the Japanese market at 34,920 yen, and the thing rocks tri-band Wi-Fi 7 with theoretical speeds hitting 9.4 gigabits across 6 gigahertz, 5 gigahertz, and 2.4 gigahertz bands. The standout feature is Multi-Link Operation, letting devices jump between...

MSI announced their B850MPOWER MicroATX motherboard hits Japan next week for 42,980 yen, which translates to roughly 239 dollars. The board targets compact builds with serious specs like dual DIMM slots supporting 128 gigs of DDR5 RAM, two PCIe 5.0 M.2 slots, and a 64-megabyte BIOS chip designed...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Heritage Audio just released a cheaper version of their Fairchild 670 clone that somehow costs less than half what the original Herchild Model 670 went for while adding extra features. The Herchild Next Gen Model 670N hits shelves at €2999 and keeps the same transformer-coupled op-amp plus...

Serato and AlphaTheta dropped a pad controller called SLAB that works specifically with Serato Studio, and it's supposed to give bedroom producers the kind of tactile vibe old-school beatmakers had back in the day. The thing costs $329 and runs off USB power, with 16 velocity-sensitive pads that...

Mnangagwa thanked Zanu PF's National Consultative Assembly for backing party initiatives during their meeting at headquarters in Harare. The president kicked things off by having everyone observe a moment of silence for members who died this year, and then highlighted wins from the past months...

Some observers are drawing lines between how Zimbabwe fell apart under Robert Mugabe and what might happen to South Africa if the ANC keeps sliding. Early independence looked promising with better schools and rising literacy, but the regime started crushing dissent and merging the party with the...

A Bulawayo ward councillor and his co-defendant got convicted for running a scam where they took $200 from vendors by claiming they could hook them up with official selling spots in the city. Josiah Mutangi and Janet Zhou hit up 13 street traders back in February, and one person even paid double...

President Emmerson Mnangagwa told Zanu PF members to carry out party conference decisions, which happen to include pushing his presidency past the constitutional deadline to 2030. The whole thing blows up years of claims that overzealous supporters were behind the term extension push while...