RealHowl has created a handcrafted case for a custom fightstick that uses a Raspberry Pi Pico as its main controller.
https://www.tomshardware.com/news/raspberry-pi-pico-powers-handcrafted-wooden-fight-stick
AMD's Scott Herkleman recently claimed that most gamer's don't care about power consumption, after answering a question regarding RDNA3's inferior power efficiency compared to Nvidia's RTX 40 series GPUs.
https://www.tomshardware.com/news/amd-says-most-gamers-dont-care-about-gpu-power-consumption
A USPTO filed patent reveals Microsoft’s plans for a possible AI-infused backpack based assistant.
https://www.tomshardware.com/news/microsoft-patents-sensor-filled-ai-assisted-backpack
AMD confirms that it contemplated using the 16-pin power connector on Radeon RX 7800 XT and RX 7700 XT graphics cards.
Chip design costs are getting extremely high due to rising software and verification costs.
https://www.tomshardware.com/news/firm-estimates-a-2nm-chip-now-costs-dollar725-million-to-design
One of our favorite gaming headsets and winner of a coveted Editor's Choice award, the SteelSeries Arctis Nova Pro wireless gaming headset is reduced by $50.
Razer's CEO teases a 24K Gold special edition Viper Signature Mini gaming mouse, but won't share pricing or customer details.
https://www.tomshardware.com/news/razer-showcases-24k-gold-viper-signature-mini-gaming-mouse
Habana's new Gaudi HPU (Habana Processing Unit) has been show to eat Nvidia's lunch when training Visual-Language (VL) models, showcasing a fast-changing AI acceleration landscape that likely won't be on the hands of a single player for too long.
Zotac's 4th Gen VR Go wearable PCs pack Intel's eight-core CPU and Nvidia's professional-grade graphics.
https://www.tomshardware.com/news/zotac-reveals-4th-gen-vr-go-wearable-pcs
CalTech's M4 Morphobot shows promise for search and rescue on Earth and as a rover on Mars.