RIP Cheap Temu Hauls? Trump to Close Trade Loophole on May 2

From PC Mag: Brace for price increases, Temu shoppers. Following a temporary pause, President Trump is ready to close a loophole that Chinese e-commerce sites Temu, Shein, and AliExpress use to offer cheap products to US buyers.

On Thursday, the President signed an executive order to end the De...

Lenovo spills the beans on RTX 5060 and 5060 Ti cards ‘coming soon’

From PC World: By this point, you’re probably not surprised that Nvidia is working on cheaper RTX 50-series GPUs. Even if you haven’t seen the various leaks, the fact that the RTX 4060 and 4060 Ti exist (along with equivalents from previous generations) sets up a fairly obvious precedent. Even so...

Verizon Locks Prices for 3 Years, Offers Free Phones for Trade-Ins

From CNET: Prices on everyday things are in flux, whether from tariffs, unexpected phone line increases or even costly take-out food. Verizon is hoping that some stability -- sweetened with free device trade-ins and free satellite text messaging -- will convince new and existing customers to stick...

MediaTek's New Chromebook Chip Looks a Bit Overpowered

From PC Mag: MediaTek is making a bigger bid for the business of Chromebook vendors with a higher-end Kompanion Ultra processor it announced Wednesday.

The Taiwanese fabless semiconductor firm is positioning this new chipset as an upgrade from its earlier and cheaper 500 and 800-series Kompanio...

AMD blames failing Ryzen 9000 chips on memory issues

From PC World: If you’ve been keeping an eye on the latest gaming PC hardware news, you’ve probably heard that AMD’s latest X3D chips kick all kinds of ass but are also failing at a fast rate, especially in certain motherboards. AMD’s first official statement blames it on memory compatibility issues...

Nintendo Switch 2 Priced at $450, Coming June 5

From CNET: The successor to the 8-year-old Nintendo Switch will arrive June 5 for $449.99. The Switch 2's details are being announced today via Nintendo's video Direct presentation.

The Switch 2 features a larger display than the original Switch. Its 7.9-inch LCD display will be 1080p, support HDR...

Asus Teaser Video Hints at Xbox Gaming Handheld

From PC Mag: Asus is teasing a new PC gaming handheld developed in partnership with Microsoft’s Xbox team. A teaser video released Monday suggests it’ll combine the company’s ROG Ally handheld with the Xbox in some mysterious capacity.

The 34-second clip shows the Asus Republic of Gamers’ mascot...

Microsoft’s Copilot gets a simpler voice chat shortcut

From PC World: Want to talk with Copilot? If you do, Microsoft is testing an intuitive little tweak to allow you to do so.

On March 10, Microsoft launched a new shortcut that is rolling out as part of the Copilot app on Windows: a “long press” combination of Alt+SPACE as a press-to-talk shortcut to...

HP expands its Omen brand to include PC gaming components

From PC World: HP is broadening its Omen gaming lineup with components for desktop gaming PCs. Previously HP focused on prebuilt Omen desktops and gaming laptops, so this shift will likely sit well with gamers looking to upgrade or build new rigs.

These components are now listed on HP’s website...

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