Xbox leadership is taking Valve’s new hardware announcement in stride. Phil Spencer praised the move toward “open platforms” while a colleague noticed the design looks suspiciously familiar from Xbox’s own leaked concepts years ago.
Valve is bringing back its Steam Machine concept alongside a revived Steam Controller and new Steam Frame VR headset. The company previously attempted Steam Machines in 2014 with partners like Alienware and Gigabyte, but the Linux-based gaming PCs failed to challenge Windows dominance. Now with Stea
OWC’s new StudioStack brings Thunderbolt 5 connectivity and near-internal SSD speeds to Mac Studio and Mac mini setups. The aluminum enclosure supports up to 32TB storage and three 8K displays while adding multiple USB ports. Pre-orders are open now with shipping expected in mid-December.
Samsung’s first tri-folding smartphone could arrive on December 5, 2025, but it will be extremely limited. The company plans to ship only 20,000-30,000 units initially, priced around $3,000 and available only in Korea and select Asian markets at launch.
Samsung’s rumored tri-fold phone is shaping up to be more competitive than expected. The device reportedly features a 5,600mAh battery that matches Huawei’s current offering.
Researchers have developed graphene supercapacitors that store as much energy as lead-acid batteries while charging nearly instantly. The breakthrough could replace traditional batteries in many applications where both high energy and fast power delivery are essential.
The tablet market’s 18-month growth streak ended in Q3 2025 with shipments dropping 4.4% year-over-year to 38 million units. While Apple and Lenovo posted gains, smaller manufacturers saw their combined shipments plummet from 11.2 million to 8.3 million units.
Three former Meta and Google silicon executives have raised $100 million for their startup Majestic Labs. The company claims its servers have 1,000 times the memory of typical enterprise servers and could replace up to 10 of today’s leading racks.
Microsoft’s latest Xbox Game Development Kit updates point toward a future where Xbox and PC gaming become nearly indistinguishable. Features like cross-platform saves between Xbox and Steam suggest a major strategic shift. The next-gen Xbox might be the PC/console hybrid we’ve been hearing about.
A London startup called Spectral Compute just raised $6 million to build compatibility software that could break Nvidia’s stranglehold on AI computing. Their SCALE framework aims to let programs written for Nvidia’s CUDA platform run on competing chips from AMD and Intel. This could give companies m
