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Valve boosts Steam Frame battery life by double digits with this new SteamOS update

SteamOS 0.4.3 promises to improve Steam Frame battery life by as much as 12%, benefitting both streaming and local gameplay.

MSI’s new 4-litre Pro Max Edge AI+ mini PC packs up to 128GB of memory

MSI releases its AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 395-powered mini PC, offering a Radeon 8060S GPU with up to 96GB of VRAM for local LLMs.

Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 now reigns supreme as most-popular GPU among Steam users

6.15% of surveyed Steam users are now rocking an RTX 5070 graphics card, putting Nvidia's popularity comfortably ahead of AMD and Intel.

AMD’s new Ryzen Z3 handheld chip reportedly still doesn’t have a full RDNA 4 GPU

AMD Ryzen Z3 and Z3 Extreme chips may pack up to six CPU cores, as well as an RDNA 4m GPU, inside a handheld-optimised 25x25mm package.

Intel Core Ultra 4000 Nova Lake CPU specs and model names just leaked

It looks as though three models with Intel's bLLC tech are coming, with the top-end model apparently called the Core Ultra 9 4970K BFC.

QNAP launches Series L3 Lite 25GbE managed switches with 540Gbps switching capacity

QNAP's QSW-M5218 family of rackmount switches support both 10GbE copper and 25GbE fibre connections, alongside PoE.

The original Halo game is now playable in a web browser

This unofficial project makes Halo: Combat Evolved fully playable through a web browser, including the story campaign and multiplayer modes.

Future Intel CPUs could feature RGB LEDs

A new patent published by Intel details how the company could insert RGB LEDs into a processor for aesthetics and diagnostics.

Windows 11 setup now prompts you to install TikTok and Netflix apps during first boot

Microsoft now proposes a selection of third-party apps to install during the Windows 11 setup procedure, alongside web page pinning.