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A very powerful processor, long battery runtime, 14-inch OLED and a weight under 1 kg - the refreshed Asus Zenbook A14 is the perfect device for your hand luggage thanks to the low weight and there are not many compromises you have to live with.

Snap has cut 1,000 jobs, or 16% of its workforce, citing AI efficiency gains as CEO Evan Spiegel targets over $500 million in annualized cost savings by late 2026.

In Q1 2026, PC manufacturers enjoyed a boom in shipments as the memory shortage intensified. Customers dreaded higher memory costs and stockpiled laptops and desktops. Lenovo and Asus could see fewer new orders as 2026 progresses if DRAM becomes even more expensive.

AMD is reportedly preparing an “AM4 10th Anniversary Edition” Ryzen 7 5800X3D for a Q2 2026 launch, reviving its popular Zen 3 X3D chip with the same core specifications but updated packaging. The move is framed as a pragmatic response to surging DDR5 prices, offering gamers a cost-effective DDR4 upgrade path on the long-lived AM4 platform.

After months in beta, Google is now rolling out its desktop app globally. The app functions as a kind of control center, allowing users to search both the web and their own PC, as well as ask Gemini questions directly – all from a single search bar.

The Zenbook A16 is a very lightweight 16-inch everyday laptop, which is extremely powerful thanks to the new Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme processor. The OLED screen looks great, only the battery runtime could be better.

Google today introduced a new desktop Gemini experience for macOS users. The new Gemini app lets users share their screens with Google's AI to resolve queries.

With CUE7, Toyota is introducing a new basketball robot said to offer more accurate shooting, smoother dribbling and successful shots from as far as 25 meters (82 feet). Footage of the presentation is available on the WELT News Channel on YouTube.

While others his age are busy playing video games, Malte Schröder is already planning to launch his own IT company. The 14-year-old from Rostock, Germany, wants to offer businesses a local alternative to external providers with a compact AI box, but says he cannot wait until he turns 18 because of how quickly technology is evolving. To make that happen, he is now taking the matter to court.

Unitree’s humanoid H1 robot sprinted at 10.1 m/s, which at first glance puts it surprisingly close to elite human speeds. The catch is that this figure refers only to its measured top speed, not the decisive total time over 100 meters. Even so, the run is impressive and suggests that Usain Bolt’s world record may not remain untouchable forever.

Qualcomm's Snapdragon X2 Elite processors are here and they offer very good performance figures, even at low power limits. Neither Intel's new Panther Lake generation, nor AMD's Zen 5 generation can keep up.

Google's recently launched Personal Intelligence feature for Gemini is now rolling out to India. It's the second country so far to receive the update, with more countries planned in future.

OpenAI is expanding ChatGPT with a new Pro tier priced at $100 per month, targeting one group above all: Codex users with moderate usage needs.

GuppyLM is a tiny open-source language model with a fish personality that shows that training AI does not have to be complicated. With a prepared Colab notebook, this mini AI can be trained in just a few minutes.

Google is working on a new 'Your Day' Gemini feature that could let you manage your daily activities in an upcoming update. It could take inspiration from Samsung's 'Now Brief' and pull in data from your Google apps to function.

A new Financial Times report says Meta is testing an AI “character” based on Mark Zuckerberg for employee interactions, extending the company’s wider AI-first workplace strategy.

Snap has signed a multi-year deal with Qualcomm to power future Specs AR glasses with Snapdragon XR chips ahead of the consumer launch later in 2026.

S-Game CEO and Phantom Blade Zero director Liang says the studio has used zero generative AI, insisting every asset from character models and performances to maps and environments was created by human artists. Ahead of the game’s September 9, 2026, launch, he details an intensely hands-on production process involving actor scans, traditional brush-and-rice-paper art, forged weapon replicas, martial-arts motion capture, and on-location scans across China to realize its “Kungfupunk” aesthetic.

Framework CEO Nirav Patel warns that the AI boom and a “winner-takes-all” scramble for chips and storage could drive up component costs and push consumers toward cloud-leased, closed devices, effectively ending personal computing as traditionally understood. While acknowledging progress in repairability across the industry, he positions Framework’s upcoming Next Gen Event as part of a renewed pledge to defend user ownership through upgradable, repairable hardware and local control over data and computation.

Microsoft is removing the Copilot buttons in some Windows apps. This comes after the company was forced to clarify its position on Copilot as an entertainment only app.

Valve is reportedly developing an internal AI tool called SteamGPT. New code discoveries suggest that the system could process support cases in the background, detect suspicious Trust Score patterns, and possibly even assist with anti-cheat measures in Counter-Strike 2.

Michael Dell is painting a bleak picture of the memory market: compared with 2022, AI-related demand could reportedly be 625 times higher by 2028. Many observers, however, are skeptical of these claims and suspect vested interests behind them.

Besides the powerful AMD Strix Halo APU, Minisforum plans to include 64 GB of LPDDR5X RAM, a maximum of 200 TB storage space via 5x HDD and 5x SSD slots, USB4 v2 connectivity and dual 10 GbE NICs. The chassis would also integrate an advanced multi-fan cooling system. Full specs expected to release on April 23.

The storage crisis is becoming an increasing burden for consumers. South Korea is now responding with a package of measures that includes free PCs for people in need and stricter market regulation.

Microsoft says Copilot isn’t just for “entertainment” after users publicized its own terms, warning against relying on AI. The company says it will update its documentation around Copilot, after calling the old documentation outdated.

Samsung is expanding the One UI 8.5 beta to more Galaxy devices, including the Galaxy S23 series, Z Fold5, Z Flip5, S23 FE, and A36 5G.

ChatGPT users can now use streaming service Tubi directly from ChatGPT's app or website. It's the first such service to take advantage of ChatGPT's app store.

Google powers up Gemini with project management tool, NotebookLM. The company will now let Gemini users manage their notebooks directly from the Gemini app.

Meta says Muse Spark now powers the Meta AI app and website, with WhatsApp, Instagram, Facebook, Messenger, and AI glasses set to follow in the coming weeks.

YouTube will let you AI-generate videos that look and sound like you using Google's text-to-video Veo technology. The feature is rolling out to the YouTube app globally, with the exception of Europe.

Highlights for Thermalright's first mass-produced mini PC include a vertical chassis to maximize water cooling efficiency, which unlocks the 176 W TDP mode for the Ryzen AI Max+ 395 APU, a 4.6-inch LCD that displays system stats, dual USB4 connectors and 10 GbE plus 2.5 GbE NICs.

Button is said to be the first computer developed from the ground up for the AI age. Button can be attached to clothing and is designed to perform certain tasks in half a second using special apps.

The new fellowship will fund external researchers working on AI safety, alignment, robustness, privacy, and misuse prevention, with the pilot program scheduled to run from September 2026 to February 2027.

Computex 2026 is going to be an AI fest if a claim from Hardware Canucks is to be believed. The media outlet has alleged that the organizers of Computex 2026 are demoting companies without AI products to secondary venues, even companies that have been going to Computex for a decade.

As of April 2026, a huge chunk of new web pages are AI-generated, which is making finding authentic hardware benchmarks harder than ever. This flood of automated slop warrants a return to whitelist browsing and verified sources.

Anthropic is keeping its new cyber AI, Claude Mythos, under wraps, even though the company says the model has found security vulnerabilities in major operating systems and browsers. The reason: Mythos may not only be able to detect vulnerabilities, but also help create dangerous exploits.

Gamers are already suffering from high memory prices driven by the AI boom and may even have to brace for further restrictions in the future. The strategy game Stormgate is losing its online features because its server host was acquired by an AI company. It is entirely possible that scenarios like this could become more common in the future.

Anthropic just announced Project Glasswing - the company's newest initiative to secure critical software using the unreleased Claude Mythos Preview model. The project includes $100 million in usage credits and $4 million in donations.

Veteran artist Mark Linington says Nvidia’s DLSS 5 demos have pushed AI-assisted rendering beyond simple enhancement and into reinterpretation territory, creating new concerns about creative control, authorship, and whether the final image still belongs to the artists who built it.

A particularly powerful desktop system is now available with a pre-order discount. It is intended not only for accelerating AI models but also for gaming and productivity applications. It also includes significantly faster networking.

Take-Two Interactive, publisher of Grand Theft Auto VI, has reportedly shut down its AI team and terminated its head of AI, Luke Dicken, along with other AI staff, according to multiple LinkedIn posts from affected employees. The move appears to reflect a shift in upper management priorities and contrasts with CEO Strauss Zelnick’s recent investor comments, which touted “hundreds” of AI initiatives while emphasizing that GTA 6 uses no generative AI.

Nvidia’s own promotional video for DLSS 5 was blocked on YouTube because of a third-party copyright claim. Although the clip is now back online, the case is still causing frustration in the community – and raises questions about the reliability of YouTube’s copyright system.

According to Bloomberg, Apple is planning a major Siri upgrade: in the future, the voice assistant could execute multiple commands within a single request. Apple’s Shortcuts app is also said to become much smarter.

The Zenbook A14 model features 16 GB RAM, 512 GB SSD and a 2K OLED screen, while the A16 model comes with the more powerful Extreme-series processor, 48 GB LPDDR5X-9600 RAM, 1 TB SSD and a 3K OLED display. HP's OmniBook Ultra 14 is also available now, but at a considerably higher price of $2,049.99

Shortly after an accidental source code leak, a critical vulnerability was discovered in the AI coding agent called Claude Code. It potentially allows attackers to bypass security safeguards and steal sensitive data from developers.

Digital Extremes says it will not use AI-generated content in either Warframe or its upcoming fantasy title, Soulframe, drawing a clear line as more studios adopt generative AI to speed development. Community director Megan Everett told GameSpot at PAX East 2026 that the company is “very non-AI,” citing growing distrust of online art after mistakenly featuring AI-made fanwork and vowing, “Nothing in our games will be AI-generated. Ever.”