1+ hour, 35+ min ago   (190+ words) When it comes to brightness, the 120-Hz screen also holds its own against top-tier competitors. In our review, we measured a peak brightness of over 3,500 cd/m² using an APL18 pattern. While low APL values reveal the maximum luminance of individual pixel…...

4+ hour, 5+ min ago   (274+ words) WION AI 'chipflation' hits UK: Memory chip shortage threatens to reverse falling inflation Just as UK inflation eased to 2.6% in June, a new threat looms on the horizon: "chipflation." A global memory chip shortage, driven by AI data centres gobbling…...

3+ hour, 1+ min ago   (239+ words) If you recently submitted an SK Hynix SSD for an RMA refund or a routine warranty replacement, you might be in for a fairly rough surprise. A growing number of PC builders and customers are finding out that getting a…...

3+ hour, 20+ min ago   (253+ words) SSD RMA Process Could Become Really Difficult! It seems like the memory crisis gets worse each time we hear about it. It has affected almost every major PC component, including RAM, SSDs, and graphics cards. However, we could soon be…...

3+ hour, 38+ min ago   (567+ words) Shane the Gamer Phison CEO Warns NAND Shortage Could Drag On Until 2030, Locking In Pricier SSDs Gamers hoping for cheaper SSDs any time soon may be out of luck. Phison founder and CEO Pua Khein-Seng, known internationally as K.S. Pua, has…...

6+ hour, 12+ min ago   (197+ words) GameGPU Analytical data from the price monitoring service PCPartPicker has recorded an unprecedented rise in the price of DDR5 RAM over the past 18 months 64GB DDR5-6000 memory kits (2x32GB), which sold for an average of $200–$250 in early and mid-2025, rose to over $1250 by August…...

6+ hour, 48+ min ago   (825+ words) The memory market is under pressure as AI development increases demand for high-bandwidth memory while production capacity for consumer memory remains limited. A new memory standard from SanDisk and SK Hynix aims to add another option by using flash storage…...

11+ hour, 33+ min ago   (249+ words) Notebookcheck US smartphone sales dropped 5% year over year in the second quarter of 2026, as increasing component costs and worsening macroeconomic factors continue to dampen consumer demand. According to Counterpoint Research, rising prices for gasoline and other goods, partly linked to…...

11+ hour, 22+ min ago   (508+ words) Over the last five years or so, handheld gaming PCs have become one of my favorite ways to play games. And, it helps that they’ve been getting better pretty much every year, thanks both to more powerful hardware – shout out…...

13+ hour, 29+ min ago   (249+ words) Notebookcheck US smartphone sales dropped 5% year over year in the second quarter of 2026, as increasing component costs and worsening macroeconomic factors continue to dampen consumer demand. According to Counterpoint Research, rising prices for gasoline and other goods, partly linked to…...