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ROG Xbox Ally X gaming handheld to get Auto Super Resolution boost in April — Microsoft touts 30% performance boost thanks to AI-powered image upscaling

Auto Super Resolution, an OS-level AI upscaling feature for Windows 11, is heading to the ROG Xbox Ally X and could deliver noticeable frame-rate improvements.

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Iran conflict delays Meta’s 2Africa undersea cable project — cable layer declares force majeure, says it can no longer safely operate in the Persian Gulf

Meta is delaying work on the Pearls section of its Africa2 network after its contracted cable-layer, Alcatel Submarine Networks, declared force majeure due to the risk of getting hit during the Iran conflict.

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China's ByteDance to access 36,000 Blackwell GPU cluster through Malaysia cloud operator — Nvidia confirms no objections, deal is in line with US export controls

Nvidia says it is permissible for ByteDance to use AI clusters outside of China to develop its AI prowess as long as these clusters are built in compliance with the U.S. export controls.

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2026 PC shipment forecast slashed amid memory shortages — IDC says total PC market value to nonetheless increase to $274 billion due to ongoing price hikes

IDC expects unit shipments of PCs in 2026 to be down 11.3% year-over-year, but the whole market value will increase 1.6% due to higher prices.

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Silicon Power US RMA policy now hedges against AI-driven RAM and SSD shortages — company says it will refund the original purchase price 'if there is a shortage of replacement products'

Most RAM and SSD manufacturers still offer in-warranty replacements as Silicon Power U.S. hedges policy against shortages

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China bans OpenClaw from government computers and issues security guidelines amid adoption frenzy — nation scrambles to rein in popular AI agent

China's central government warned state enterprises and agencies not to install OpenClaw on office computers this week as multiple government bodies moved to rein in the AI agent.

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Microsoft debuts DirectStorage 1.4 at GDC 2026, with Zstandard compression and GACL — update promises developers improved compression ratios, faster loading, and more

DirectStorage 1.4 brings along key upgrades to the API, including support for Zstandard compression as well as CreatorID for improved GPU scheduling.

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Zombie ZIP vulnerability lets compressed malware leisurely stroll past 95% of antivirus apps — security suites are blissfully unaware of security issue

Zombie ZIP vulnerability lets malware stroll past gates of 95% of AV suites

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The FBI is looking for victimized Steam users who downloaded games with hidden malware — Investigation underway into multiple infected titles from 2024 to 2026

Several games on Steam that were secretly carrying malware now seem to be under active investigation by the FBI. The department is looking for victim information tied to these games; anyone who installed and played an infected game and was harmed is being urged to step forward and share more…

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RAM kits are now sold with one fake RAM stick alongside a real one to create a performance illusion — 1+1 'value pack' offers desperate psychological relief as the memory shortage worsens

V-Color announces new 1+1 DDR5 memory kits with one real memory module and one filler module for AMD-based systems.

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AMD, Broadcom, and Nvidia join hyperscalers to define optical scale-up interconnect of the future for AI clusters — Meta, Microsoft, and OpenAI to benefit as speeds eventually scale to 3.2 Tb/s

AMD, Broadcom, and Nvidia team up with Microsoft, Meta, and OpenAI to develop protocol-agnostic optical scale-up interconnects for AI clusters.

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RTX 5090 gets 12% gaming boost in Ubuntu 26.04, thanks to optimizations with Gnome 50 — latest popular distro update brings significant performance uplift for Nvidia's top GPU

Phoronix tested Ubuntu 26.04 on an RTX 5090 and RTX 5080 and found that the new version performs up to 12% better on the 5090 compared to Ubuntu 25.10.

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China firm Lisuan's homegrown 6nm G100 series GPUs announced with up to 12GB of VRAM — LX 7G106 can play Cyberpunk 2077 and other popular Steam games, arrives June 18 in China

The G100 lineup from Lisuan Tech now has an official release date, with the LX 7G106 being the gaming SKU with 12 GB of VRAM and a purported RTX 4060-like performance. The "LX" series of professional GPUs, likely using the 7G105 silicon, were also revealed with three SKUs offering up…

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Iran hacking group claims attack on med-tech company Stryker — says over 200,000 devices have been wiped clean and over 50TB of data extracted

Stryker, a Fortune 500 medical technology company, has been hit with a massive cyberattack that allegedly saw over 200,000 devices wiped clean, affecting employees and operations across the globe.

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Qatar helium shutdown puts chip supply chain on a two-week clock — SK hynix forced to diversify after 30% of global supply removed from the market

QatarEnergy has not restarted helium production at its Ras Laffan complex nine days after Iranian drone strikes forced the facility offline.

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Meta reveals four new MTIA chips built for AI inference — to be released on a six-month cadence

All four chips have been developed in partnership with Broadcom and are scheduled for deployment within the next two years.

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Retailer denies memory replacement due to 4x increase in DDR5 pricing, says price increase would equate to an 'upgrade' for the customer — Australian retailer refuses to replace faulty Corsair kit

Australian retailer refused to exchange a RAM kit under warranty and instead told the customer they needed to pay the difference in price.

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Microsoft confirms next-gen Xbox, codenamed Project Helix, will be powered by custom AMD SoC and feature 'FSR Diamond' — 'Xbox Mode' is also coming to Windows 11

The first official hardware details for Project Helix have been confirmed and Microsoft seems to be heavily leaning toward neural rendering, going as far as to unveil the next-gen FSR "Diamond" stack. Along with the AMD co-developed custom SoC, FSR will enable a significant bump in raytracing performance in the…

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US RAM crisis hits boiling point as AI mania wipes out all 32GB DDR5 kits under $359 — cheaper kits vanish from shelves within seconds of listing

Retailers have started selling 32GB DDR5 memory kits with a starting price of $359.99 in the U.S. market.

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Minisforum's new flagship NAS comes with OpenClaw pre-installed — Strix Halo-powered N5 Max can run a local AI LLM

Minisforum has announced it is readying a new NAS that comes with OpenClaw pre-installed. The NAS will be powered by AMD's flagship Ryzen AI Max+ 395 to help accelerate AI workloads that users program OpenClaw to execute.

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Valve details new game verification system for upcoming Steam Frame and Steam Machine — 30 FPS at 1080p for Steam Frame Verified, same as Steam Deck

The Steam Machine is on track for launch this year despite component shortages setting Valve back. Hardware aside, the company has just provided a major update on the software side of things with new verified programs for the Steam Machine and Steam Frame, and they seem to be as straightforward…

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Iran threatens Nvidia, Microsoft, other tech companies with strikes over alleged attack on Tehran bank — says that economic centers and banks are now considered legitimate targets

Iranian media just released a list of potential economic targets, including offices and infrastructure of Nvidia, Google, Microsoft, Oracle, IBM, and more in the Middle East.

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IBM and Lam Research team up on High NA EUV dry resist to push chip scaling past 1nm

The two companies have worked together for more than a decade, with IBM unveiling what it described as the world's first 2nm node chip in 2021 as part of the partnership.

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Framework raises RAM prices for the third time in three months, SSD costs up — company warns that it’s running out of stock on some Intel processors as well

Framework increased RAM prices for the third consecutive month, while also announcing that it's hiking the costs of some of its SSDs.

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Phison CEO says that NAND prices hiked by around 50% overnight, highlighting severe shortage in the industry — warns 'our current concern is that both money and inventory are insufficient'

SSD controller manufacturer Phison said that NAND chip prices increased by around 50% overnight, and that it's increasing its inventory to ensure that it will have sufficient supply as it pivots towards enterprise customers.

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