The incessant complaints regarding the high SSD prices will finally stop echoing during Amazon’s Prime Day 2026 because two of Samsung’s best solid-state drives, the 990 PRO and 9100 PRO, have been discounted by a whopping 49 percent. Best of all, you can choose from the 1TB, 2TB, and 4TB options, depending on your storage needs, with every version discounted by a significant margin on the online retailer. The faster 9100 PRO PCIe NVMe Gen 5 SSDs are currently a better value than the 990 PRO lineup Whether it’s upgrading your laptop, desktop, PS5, or PS5 Pro, Samsung’s SSDs shine […]

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Samsung has just made on-device AI substantially more practical by unveiling the next-gen UFS 5.0 storage solution, with read and write speeds that are over twice as fast as those of the previous UFS 4.1 standard. Samsung's UFS 5.0 storage solution "delivers a sequential read speed of up to 10.8 GB/s and a sequential write speed of up to 9.5 GB/s" According to Samsung, its UFS 5.0 storage solution "integrates the latest embedded memory interface standard from JEDEC, achieving unparalleled performance levels with the industry’s highest bandwidth of up to 10.8 gigabytes per second (GB/s)." The South Korean tech giant […]

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The features and hardware disparity existing between the Galaxy S27+ and Galaxy S27 Ultra mean Samsung needed to introduce a device that would serve as a middle ground. That middle ground is the Galaxy S27 Pro, which offers the best of both worlds, effectively becoming the company’s fourth flagship. The newest rumor now claims that you’ll have another reason to upgrade next year, and here are all the juicy bits you’ve been wanting to know. Galaxy S27 Pro to inherit the Galaxy S26 Ultra’s Privacy Display, making it yet another feature arriving to the flagship If Weibo’s Digital Chat Station’s […]

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Apple's planned debut of its iPhone 18 Pro lineup is fast approaching, with mere weeks left until the high-profile launch spectacle kicks off in early September. Naturally, as the proximity to the launch event increases, so does the supply chain's confidence in what the next-gen iPhone Pro duo would look like, and a consensus now appears to be forming around a thicker camera plateau to cater to the lineup's advanced camera sensors. Apple's upcoming iPhone 18 Pro duo will likely sport a heftier camera plateau to house a 48MP ultra-large camera sensor that reportedly comes with a variable aperture optionality […]

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An M2 Max MacBook Pro owner living in Australia recalls the time when he had to face an ordeal to get this powerful machine replaced because it was under AppleCare+. Fortunately, in less than two months, a brand-spanking-new M5 Max MacBook Pro became his daily driver and, as a gesture of goodwill, Apple threw in store credit of $140 to purchase whatever he liked from the nearest retail outlet. Subscribing to AppleCare+ was necessary for the owner to receive the M5 Max MacBook Pro upgrade Since the M2 Max MacBook Pro stopped working in May, due to an “unexplained cause,” […]

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The two versions of the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 Pro will be separated by the memory standard they support, with the top-end variant able to get paired with LPDDR6. Qualcomm is also offering the flexibility to bring LPDDR5X into the mix. However, a rumor claims that pairing the slower memory will mean leaving a ton of performance on the table, but that’ll mean phone makers need to make the plunge and purchase the expensive RAM, though offering the best hardware doesn’t necessarily translate into better sales. LPDDR6 RAM will be highly expensive to use with the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen […]

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Virtually every facet of the consumer electronics sphere is reeling right now from the relentless cost pressures that seem to be emanating from nearly each stage of the production process. Against this hyperinflationary backdrop, MediaTek is apparently gearing up to implement "structural" price hikes for its upcoming flagship Dimensity 9600 series chips. MediaTek's Dimensity 9600 is now expected to cost significantly more than the $180 - $200 per unit price of its predecessor According to a Taiwan-based publication, after implementing price adjustments for some of its more mature products, MediaTek is now gearing up to hike the prices of its […]

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The company has decided to restore the memory encryption feature on consumer Ryzen CPUs after the backlash. AMD To Restore TSME Feature on Consumer Ryzen Chips After Removing it Silently With a BIOS Update AMD recently removed the TSME aka Transparent Secure Memory Encryption feature from the mainstream consumer Ryzen processors. It was a silent process that AMD didn't mention for the latest AGESA firmware, but was only found out after some users accidentally found that the TSME was "not supported" on their Ryzen chips, even though it was enabled previously. Some users discovered it after the latest BIOS updates, […]

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Imitation remains the highest form of flattery. After Samsung won plaudits for the Exynos 2600's novel Heat Path Block (HPB) thermal technology, Qualcomm, whose recent chips iterations have resembled a veritable inferno when it comes to their runaway heat issues, now appears to be flattering Samsung by copying its HPB tech for the upcoming Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 Pro, albeit sloppily so. Qualcomm appears to be trying to tame the furnace-like credentials of its Snapdragon chips by emulating Samsung's most innovative thermal solution While clarifying that Qualcomm has prepared two and not six versions of its Snapdragon 8 Elite […]

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