The AI boom is creating a surprising problem for regular tech buyers. Data centers are gobbling up DDR5 memory, driving up prices and creating a shortage that could hit consumer devices next.
Alex Davis, CEO of Disruptive Tech, issued a stark warning in an investor letter, calling the current data center construction boom “speculative” and a trap. He predicts a significant financing crisis for landlords by 2027-2028, even as the number of US data centers has nearly quadrupled since 2010.
Maxon has launched Cinebench 2026, a major update to its performance benchmarking tool. It’s built on the new Redshift rendering engine, adds support for the latest Nvidia, AMD, and Apple chips, and its scores are completely incomparable to older versions.
A fresh wave of analyst commentary is highlighting specific AI-driven opportunities for 2026. Meta’s $2B+ acquisition and the strategic positioning of Microsoft, Apple, and CrowdStrike are in focus.
According to TechRadar, Xbox endured a punishing 2025 marked by major missteps. The company raised Xbox Game Pass Ultimate to $29.99 monthly, implemented two separate Xbox console price hikes, and laid off 9,000 employees across studios like Rare and Bethesda. This all happened as it continued sendi
AMD’s next-gen Zen 6 CPU architecture has appeared in a developer document. It shows a shift to an 8-wide instruction dispatch and new 512-bit vector support. This points to major performance gains for parallel and AI workloads.
In a major strategic shift, Nvidia is moving to acquire AI chip rival Groq for a reported $20 billion. This looks like a direct, fast reaction to Google successfully using its own TPU chips for AI, reducing its reliance on Nvidia’s hardware.
Ahead of CES 2026, Samsung has unveiled five new Odyssey gaming monitors. The headliners are a 32-inch 6K glasses-free 3D display and a model boasting a 1,040Hz refresh rate using a “Dual Mode” feature.
A review of Gigabyte’s X870E Aorus Pro X3D Ice motherboard turned into a week-long investigation. The board’s new X3D Turbo Mode 2 uses AI to tweak settings, but the results are wildly inconsistent across different games and benchmarks.
Users have hacked a native NVMe driver from Windows Server 2025 into Windows 11, reporting massive performance gains. Random write speeds jumped by as much as 85% in benchmarks. However, the process is buggy and not officially supported by Microsoft.
