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Samsung's new QD-OLED panel delivers 4K at 360Hz — and 680Hz in competitive mode

Samsung Display has unveiled a 31.5-inch QD-OLED panel at Computex 2026 that combines 4K (3840×2160) resolution with a 360Hz refresh rate — a combination previously considered unachievable on a self-emissive display. The technology behind it, called Penta Tandem, uses five stacked blue OLED layers instead of four. A Dual Mode drops to 1080p and pushes the refresh rate to 680Hz for competitive gaming. Actual monitors are expected in late 2026 or early 2027.

6/8/2026SamMobile

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Nvidia Enters the PC Chip Market at Computex 2026 — RTX Spark Combines ARM CPU, Blackwell GPU, and 1 Petaflop of AI

Computex 2026 produced the most significant PC hardware shift in years: Nvidia unveiled RTX Spark, a superchip combining 20 ARM cores with a Blackwell GPU and 128 GB of unified memory — its first consumer PC processor. Thirty laptops and ten desktops arrive in fall 2026. Simultaneously, Nvidia is targeting $20 billion in data centre CPU revenue with its Vera chip. Intel, AMD, and Qualcomm all face a different competitive landscape than they did a week ago.

6/4/2026Tom's Hardware

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NVIDIA launches its first ARM laptop chip at Computex, with Microsoft Surface and Dell XPS on board

Jensen Huang unveiled the N1X at Computex 2026 tonight -- an ARM-based SoC with a 20-core CPU and RTX 5070-class GPU built in, backed by Dell, Lenovo, ASUS, MSI, and Microsoft.

5/31/2026Axios

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Qualcomm's Snapdragon C brings ARM and an NPU to $300 Windows laptops

Announced ahead of Computex 2026, the Snapdragon C platform targets budget Windows 11 machines starting around $300 — a price tier long dominated by Chromebooks and cheap x86 hardware.

5/29/2026Qualcomm

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Samsung ships industry-first 12-layer HBM4E with 3.6 TB/s bandwidth

Samsung has begun shipping samples of its 12-layer HBM4E memory to major AI customers — the first time the next-generation standard has reached this stacking depth. The chips deliver up to 3.6 TB/s bandwidth and 48 GB capacity, a 30% jump over HBM4.

5/29/2026Samsung Newsroom

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Huawei's LogicFolding Architecture Targets 1.4nm Chips by 2031 Without EUV

Huawei unveiled a new chip design methodology called LogicFolding at ISCAS 2026 that uses 3D-stacked logic circuits to reach 1.4nm-class transistor density — bypassing the EUV lithography machines that US sanctions have placed out of reach.

5/26/2026Tom's Hardware

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TSMC Profit Soars as AI Chip Demand Fuels Record Growth

TSMC's profits surged by 58% and its revenue forecast was raised to over 30% growth, driven by the massive global demand for high-performance AI chips.

4/20/2026Bloomberg Technology

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Elon Musk, Who Owns X, Appears to Post on TikTok

A verified account with the @elonmusk handle also recently showed up on Instagram, as the billionaire prepares to take his rocket company SpaceX public.

4/13/2026NY Times Tech

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Apple reportedly testing out four different styles for its smart glasses that will rival Meta Ray-Bans

Apple may be late to the smart glasses market, but it could be covering all its bases with up to four potential styles for its upcoming product. According to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman, Apple could launch some or all of the four styles it's currently testing for its smart glasses. G

4/12/2026Engadget

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Best 2-in-1 Laptops (2026): Microsoft, Lenovo, and the iPad

Whether you want a detachable tablet or a laptop screen that spins, these 2-in-1 devices manage to balance being both a tablet and a laptop.

4/12/2026Wired

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The Escalating Global A.I. Arms Race

China, the U.S., Russia and others have ramped up their contest over artificial-intelligence-backed weapons and military systems. The buildup has been compared to the dawn of the nuclear weapons age.

4/12/2026NY Times Tech

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Rockstar Games has confirmed it was hit by third-party data breach

An experienced hacking group has claimed to have infiltrated Rockstar Games' cloud servers, while the game publisher has confirmed that there was a "third-party data breach." ShinyHunters, a hacker group that's been linked to data breaches targeting Microsoft, Google, Ticketmaste

4/11/2026Engadget

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