Samsung’s S25 Edge is a thin phone with two big tradeoffs

From The Verge: Samsung’s thin phone is here. The Galaxy S25 Edge — first teased back in January — is essentially a slimmed-down S25 Plus, with the same 6.7-inch OLED display, Snapdragon 8 Elite for Galaxy chipset, and AI features. The compact design comes at a price though, and you’ll have to do...

US seeks to thwart smuggling of Nvidia GPUs with location tracking

From PC World: The United States has reportedly been investigating reports that Nvidia GPUs have landed illegally in China to be used by Chinese LLMs like DeepSeek, and one US lawmaker will be introducing a new bill that aims to track the locations of AI chips—like the ones made by Nvidia—after they...

US and China Agree on Tariff Pause: Will Gadget Prices Stabilize?

From PC Mag: Tariffs between the United States and China are set to be paused following the first significant negotiations between the two countries since President Trump imposed higher fees in April.

Representatives from the two countries met in Switzerland over the weekend and agreed to lower...

Intel’s latest Core Ultra CPUs slow down high-end SSDs, tests find

From PC World: In another blow for Intel’s “Arrow Lake” or Core Ultra 200S platform, testing has confirmed that SSDs inserted into an M.2 slot on a Intel X890 motherboard won’t achieve their full performance.

The SSD Review (via Tom’s Hardware) found that SSDs inserted into an X890 motherboard...

Tariffs or No, Apple May Raise iPhone Prices This Year

From CNET: Even as a new deal between China and the US rolls back high tariffs for the next 90 days, the Wall Street Journal reports that Apple has plans to raise iPhone prices later this year, whether tariffs rise again or not.

The price hike would cover the iPhone 17 line, expected to be released...

XPG Lancer CUDIMM RGB DDR5-8400 2x24GB Review (Page 1 of 10)

In the 4th year engineering class on computer networks at the University of Calgary, one of the rules I have is students are allowed to take a "cheat sheet" into the exam. Now, despite being called a "cheat sheet", the cheat sheet is not free-for-all. It is a reasonably regulated document where students are only allowed to have formulas and definitions of variables in the formulas. The reason why I have this rule is because it helps students...

Epomaker Alice 66 Review (Page 1 of 4)

The past few months for me have been quite busy with a lot of learning and a lot of adapting. I have officially moved out and have begun to live with my brother. That being said, I have often times found that I am living alone more often just given my brother's work schedule and additional commitments. There is definitely a learning curve when it comes to living alone, but it was not as big as I had anticipated. I have personally found that life...

Meta Reportedly Eyeing 'Super Sensing' Tech for Smart Glasses

From CNET: Meta is reportedly developing what it calls a "super sensing" type of facial recognition technology to its smart glasses lineup. A new report from The Information said that Meta is developing software for the glasses that has the ability to recognize people by name and keep better track...

Radeon RX 9060 XT cards spotted on Amazon for $450 and up

From PC World: New AMD graphics cards appear to be right around the corner. We’ve been hearing whispers of the RX 9060 XT for weeks, and just a few days ago a listing popped up on a Brazilian retail site. But this morning it looks like the big A itself is spilling the beans: Amazon has listed two...

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