From ExtremeTech: Sony has quietly updated its PlayStation 5 Slim with a grooved heatsink design borrowed directly from the PlayStation 5 Pro, console modder Modyfikator89 shared via X this weekend. The new models, starting with the CFI-2116 revision, now feature precision-machined grooves around...

From Tom's Hardware: SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son has been in talks with the Trump administration to build Project Crystal Land, Son’s grand vision for a U.S. competitor to Shenzhen, China’s electronics manufacturing hub, with a population of over 17.5 million people, often dubbed as China’s Silicon...

From Fractal Design Press Release: Epoch XL scales up the clean design of the Epoch series into a more spacious format.

With a ventilated mesh front panel and three high-performance Momentum 14 fans included, it is engineered to deliver powerful airflow and keep components running smoothly. For...

From PC World: The AI boom has claimed another victim: Crucial, Micron’s consumer storage brand that the company says will wind down in 2026 to focus on its enterprise businesses.

Micron said that it will close Crucial in February 2026, though it will continue to support Crucial products and...

From The Verge: iPhone 17 Pro users have fewer ways to take photographs in low-light conditions compared to those using older iPhone models. Specifically, the option to select Night mode when taking snaps in Portrait mode — which gives the camera app an artsy depth-of-field effect — isn’t supported...

From TechCrunch: Amazon is considering ending its long-standing contract with the United States Postal Service and building out its own competing nationwide delivery network, according to The Washington Post.

The current agreement between the e-commerce giant and the USPS expires in October 2026...

From TechCrunch: Can any company, big or small, really topple Nvidia’s AI chip dominance? Maybe not. But there are hundreds of billions of dollars of revenue for those who can even peel off a chunk of it for themselves, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy said this week.

As expected, the company revealed at the...

From eWeek: Business is looking very cool for Anthropic as it has secured a multi-year agentic AI deal worth $200 million with Snowflake.

Their partnership aims to bring agentic AI capabilities to more than 12,600 Snowflake customers, marking a significant alliance between a data cloud provider and...

From PC Mag: Apple Health integration for ChatGPT is under development, MacRumors reports, citing evidence found in the chatbot's iOS app code.

An image and its file name suggest ChatGPT will be able to connect to Apple Health and access your activity, sleep, breathing, diet, and hearing data. The...

From Tom's Hardware: Intel has decided to retain its networking and communications (NEX) unit rather than proceed with a sale after completing an internal evaluation of strategic options for the division. The move reverses earlier consideration of spinning out or selling the business, as the company...