AI agents finally start doing some real work
BNY and Walmart claim their digital workers are more than flashy demos.
For all the noise about AI agents changing everything, most have looked like expensive toys waiting for a job. Now, a few early adopters say the graft is paying off.
China taps Nvidia kit through a maze of middlemen
Jakarta’s server farm shows how China still reaches banned silicon.
A Jakarta data centre squeezed between a school and posh flats has become the latest reminder that US export controls leak badly.
Anthropic splashes out on colossal AI kit build
Claude maker throws silly money at US data centres
Anthropic has decided that the only way to keep its AI toys from coughing is to pour $50 billion into new infrastructure across the US.
Nvidia will not lose out from Softbank exit
SoftBank’s chip shuffle stirs the AI pot
SoftBank's theatrical exit by selling its $5.8 billion stake in Nvidia mattered far less to the chipmaker than the chatter suggested, because the holding was tiny beside a $4.8 trillion colossus and barely shifted the dial.
2160x2160 per eye, variable refresh rate, 110-degree FoV, and more
As a part of the Steam Hardware announcement, Valve also announced the new Steam Frame VR headset, which is based on Qualcomm's Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 SoC, and promises some impressive specifications and features. The Steam Frame VR headset will launch in 2026 alongside the rest of the new Steam Hardware.
PNY unveils new CS3250 M.2 PCIe Gen5 SSD
Reaching speeds of up to 14,900MB/s
PNY has announced the new CS3250 M.2 NVMe PCIe Gen5 x4 SSD, which will come in 1TB and 2TB versions and offer sequential performance of up to 14,900MB/s.
Valve announces new Steam Machine
With semi-custom AMD Zen 4 CPU and RDNA 3 GPU
Valve has finally announced its new Steam Hardware, including the Steam Machine, a cool-looking box-like mini PC, based on AMD's semi-custom Zen 4 CPU and RDNA 3 GPU, that will sit under your TV.
KIOXIA announces new EXCERIA BASIC SSD series
PCIe Gen 4 M.2 2280 SSDs with peaking at 7,300MB/s
KIOXIA Europe has announced its newest EXCERIA BASIC SSD series, a budget-oriented SSD lineup aiming to deliver PCIe 4.0 performance at a reasonable price. Coming in M.2 2280 form-factor and 1TB and 2TB capacities, it will be a great upgrade from SATA and even PCIe 3.0 devices.
AMD officially lists new Ryzen 5 7500X3D CPU
Budget 6-core/12-thread Zen 4 CPU with 64MB of 3D V-Cache for $269
AMD has finally made the new Ryzen 5 7500X3D official by listing its full specifications and its own benchmark results. This budget-oriented Zen 4-based 6-core/12-thread SKU with 64MB of 3D V-Cache will launch at $269.
AMD plots Gorgon and Medusa to turn rivals to stone
Zen 5 refresh in 2026, Zen 6 in 2027, and a mysterious new GPU to bury RDNA
AMD has lifted the kimono on its next-gen client CPUs and GPUs, with new codenames straight out of Greek mythology.