From PC World: Fans of tiny PCs have some interesting new toys to play with. Intel announced several fresh bare-bones NUC kits rocking eight-generation Core processors late Wednesday, as well as two interesting NUC mini-PCs that introduce several firsts to the mainstream Next Unit of Computing...

From CNET: OnePlus' next flagship phone will get a feature that's new to the company: the backing of a major US carrier.

T-Mobile will be the exclusive US carrier partner for the OnePlus 6T when it launches in October, according to people familiar with the launch plans. That includes a specific...

From ASUS Press Release: Fremont, Calif., August 16, 2018 — ASUS Republic of Gamers (ROG) today announced Strix SCAR II (GL704), the latest 17.3-inch addition to the ROG Strix gaming laptop lineup.

Strix SCAR II puts an industry-leading 17.3-inch display — with a 144Hz refresh rate, 3ms response...

From Thermaltake Press Release: Thermaltake is thrilled to announce that the TT RGB PLUS Ecosystem is officially Amazon Alexa enabled. All TT RGB Plus products such as the Riing Plus 12/14/20 LED RGB Fans and Pure Plus 12/14 LED RGB Radiator Fans come with Amazon Alexa integration, allowing users to...

From PC Mag: The discrete graphics market is dominated by two companies: Nvidia and AMD. However, Intel remains the largest producer of GPUs in the world simply because its processors ship with integrated graphics. Come 2020, though, and Intel looks set to offer a graphics card.

We were reminded of...

From CNET: The "Intel Inside" marketing campaign has put an Intel sticker on millions of personal computers since it launched in 1991. But your next laptop could have Intel outside if rival chip designer Arm gets its way.

Arm's chip technology is used in nearly every iPhone and Android phone in...

From PC World: Move over, Meltdown and Spectre. A new “Foreshadow” attack, alternatively called L1 Terminal Fault or L1TF, targets Intel’s Security Guard Extensions (SGX) within its Core chips.

You should be safe, though, if you’ve already patched your PC as part of the earlier Spectre and Meltdown...

From The Verge: Microsoft and Amazon are integrating their digital assistants this week. A new preview is being offered to both Cortana and Alexa users that will allow each digital assistant to summon each other and access additional apps and services. The integration was first announced last year...

From PC Mag: China's billion-strong population loves to game which is why it comes as no surprise China is the world's largest gaming market valued at $37.9 billion. But there's a big problem we are only now learning about: the Chinese government has stopped approving new game licenses, and it hasn...

From CNET: Uber named Matt Olsen, the former general counsel of the National Security Agency, as chief security officer on Tuesday, the company's CEO confirmed in a tweet.

Olsen replaces Joe Sullivan, who left in the company last November, in the wake of a hacking scandal.

"Thrilled to have Matt...