The Hot Take: Long wait for the next build I guess.... LOVIN' the Antec Flux Nocua edition until then I guess.
Intel was expected to unveil its next-generation desktop processors later this year. The upcoming Nova Lake lineup has been making the rounds online, and a new report from VideoCardz suggests that Intel could introduce it under the Core Ultra Series 400 branding. For context, the current Arrow Lake and Arrow Lake Refresh desktop CPUs follow the Core Ultra Series 200 naming scheme, while Intel's latest Panther Lake mobile processors carry the Core Ultra Series 300 branding.Go deeper with TH Premium: CPU(Image credit: Tom's Hardware)CPU scaling…
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The Hot Take: Nice, keep them ads at bay!
For a long time, Pi-hole was the go-to option for anyone that wanted to use DNS filtering on their home network. It is easy enough to set up on any old laptop, PC, or even a low-power Pi and then connect it to your network.
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The Hot Take: ASML's monopoly needs get challenged, but not sure if Quantum will just make them invalid. We'll have to wait and see I guess.
Intel has entered high-volume manufacturing using ASML's High NA extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography technology for a subset of its Intel Core Ultra Series 3 "Panther Lake" processors, becoming the first company to ship high-volume logic products manufactured with the technology. ASML announced the milestone in an official press release on Wednesday, July 15, confirming that Intel Foundry is running the qualified High NA layers on its Intel 18A process node in Oregon.Go deeper with TH Premium: Chipmaking(Image credit: tsmc)A deeper look at…
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By ckasprzak | TkOut
| July 16, 2026 |
Gaming
The Hot Take: Wake Island finally!
Battlefield 6 is set to receive one of its largest post-launch content updates when Season 4 arrives on July 21.Developer DICE is expanding the game's combined-arms gameplay with the long-awaited return of naval combat, introducing player-controllable ships alongside a brand-new multiplayer environment described as ...
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The Hot Take: Excellent news for them!
Intel is reportedly making a significant change to the manufacturing strategy for its upcoming Nova Lake processor family by shifting the majority of compute tile production back to Intel Foundry.
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The Hot Take: Makes sense, especially if China takes Taiwan....
According to the Wall Street Journal (paywalled), Apple agreed to use Intel's U.S. chipmaking plants after White House officials pressured Tim Cook during tariff-relief talks last summer. MacRumors reports: In August 2025, Apple CEO Tim Cook was in Washington to lobby the Trump administration to drop its proposed 100 percent tariff on semiconductor imports -- a levy that would have raised costs across Apple's product line. Apple reportedly secured an exemption after pledging to invest hundreds of billions of dollars in the U.S., although many…
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The Hot Take: Finally?
Microsoft is acting further on its promise to fix some of Windows 11's worst annoyances. The company is rolling out changes in the Windows Insider Experimental channel that promise a less cluttered search box that largely eliminates ads, although you'll need to tweak settings to get the best results.
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By ckasprzak | TkOut
| July 10, 2026 |
Hardware
The Hot Take: I'm hoping this gets resolved soon. Appears to be hinged on the Ai bubble bursting and I'm hoping that's soon.
PC shipments are falling, but revenue for manufacturers is still rising.
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The Hot Take: Linux seems to be hovering and Windows is apparently listening to it's end users Finally. We'll see where this goes.
StatCounter's June 2026 data shows Windows made up 56.55% of global desktop OS usage, dropping Microsoft's share below 60% for the first time in years. Linux, meanwhile, reached 4.39%, "one of its strongest recent showings in the company's desktop OS statistics," reports Linuxiac. From the report: Apple's desktop platforms also remain a major part of the picture. StatCounter lists OS X at 11.89% and macOS at 4.48% for June 2026, meaning Apple's combined desktop presence remains comfortably ahead of Linux in the global chart. Chrome OS follows…
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The Hot Take: We'll have to see, they just keep milking Ai at the cost of liquidating a whole other industry.
The GeForce RTX 50-series desktop graphics lineup has remained unchanged for just over a year now (since the introduction of the RTX 5050), and none of the conversations we've had at major trade shows suggests that a mid-cycle Super refresh will occur any time soon. But there are still signs that such an update could still happen at some point, and the latest sign comes from Seasonic, which has listed an RTX 5080 Super, an RTX 5070 Ti Super, and RTX 5070 Ti Super in its PSU wattage calculator. Go deeper with TH Premium: GPUs(Image credit:…
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