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For decades, getting clothing in front of an audience meant booking a model, a photographer, a studio, and a stylist — sometimes all four at once. The output was good, but the access was narrow. Small brands, independent designers, and solo content creators either paid for that infrastructure or made do without it. That calculus is starting to shift. The Real Cost Was Never
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ASUS is preparing to launch what it describes as the first 24.5 inch OLED gaming monitor built for esports, bringing a smaller screen size and a 540Hz refresh rate to the OLED market. The ROG Strix OLED XG259QWPG Ace is expected to use an LG Tandem WOLED panel, rather than the BOE panel that earlier reports had suggested. The monitor uses a 1920 x
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A Ryzen 7 9800X3D owner has reported that their processor suddenly stopped working while installed in an ASUS X870 motherboard, with the system refusing to boot after a game crash. The owner says the chip showed no visible burn marks, but testing with another motherboard reportedly confirmed that the processor had failed. The situation became more frustrating because the owner could not provide proof
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A leaked build of AMD’s FSR 4.1.1 upscaling technology reportedly works on RDNA 3.5 integrated graphics, offering an early sign that newer Ryzen based laptops, handhelds, and mini PCs may eventually receive official support. The build briefly appeared through Proton Experimental before being removed, but a downloaded copy was tested with several Radeon graphics architectures. The tests reportedly showed that the INT8 based FSR
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A rumor claiming that Google may buy memory chips from China’s CXMT has faced new skepticism after an analyst said there is no concrete plan for such an agreement. The original claim has not been withdrawn, however, leaving the situation unclear as memory shortages continue to push major technology companies to explore new supply options. The report first suggested that Google was evaluating CXMT
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Micron is expanding its use of Anthropic’s Claude AI models while also signing a new agreement to support the company’s long term demand for memory and storage hardware. The deal covers several parts of the AI supply chain, including infrastructure design, component supply, internal AI adoption, and a strategic investment in Anthropic’s latest funding round. The agreement reflects how closely AI model development is
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AMD has started rolling out FSR 4.1 support for Radeon RX 7000 graphics cards, giving RDNA 3 owners access to the company’s latest machine learning based upscaling technology. The update is arriving through the latest Radeon software release and will work across more than 300 supported games. The new support is important for RX 7000 owners because earlier versions of FSR 4.1 were mainly
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Intel may launch a refreshed Raptor Lake Next HX processor lineup for high performance laptops in 2027, with a new flagship chip expected to return to a 24 core design. The rumored lineup would target gaming laptops, mobile workstations, and other systems that need desktop class CPU performance in a portable form factor. The biggest expected model would reportedly sit in the Core 9
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Europe is preparing for a major increase in AI computing capacity through 35 new NVIDIA based supercomputers spread across 23 countries. The planned systems are expected to support scientific research, public sector projects, healthcare, climate studies, advanced manufacturing, and AI model development. Together, the new deployments are expected to provide as much as 800 exaflops of AI compute. That level of capacity reflects how
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Memory prices may continue climbing through the end of 2026 and remain elevated throughout 2027, according to a new industry forecast. The outlook suggests that DRAM and other memory products could face another period of steep quarterly price increases before supply improves enough to bring relief in 2028. The forecast expects memory prices to rise by 40% to 50% in the third quarter of
