Tis' the season of product recalibration at Apple, with its labyrinthine supply chain now leaking the kind of atypical product specifications that would have attracted a serious flak at any other time. Such is the upheaval currently permeating through the entire global consumer electronics industry, however, that Apple's growing litany of compromises now barely raises any eyebrows. Apple's so-called MacBook Ultra won't launch with a brand-new silicon We reported recently that Apple has significantly revamped its silicon-related plans, settling on the launch of the M5 Ultra and the base M6 later this year, and then jumping straight to the base […]

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Those who trusted their instinct in buying Apple’s ‘top of the line’ 14-inch MacBook Pro equipped with an M5 Max should pat themselves on the back, especially one owner, who managed to get the best possible specifications right at his fingertips, and he almost saved $3,000 on this purchase. With Apple raising the prices on various products, including its MacBook Pro lineup, it’s going to become increasingly difficult to acquire these top-tier configurations, but those who managed to pick up these machines even a day before the announcement have truly lucked out. With the 14-inch M5 Max MacBook now carrying a price […]

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There has never been a time when Apple hasn’t launched a ‘Pro’ and ‘Max’ version of its base M-series chipset, but according to the latest report, the plan will materialize with the arrival of the M6 later this year. Instead of the M6 Pro and M6 Max, the company will apparently bring forth the M7 Pro and M7 Max. New change of plans threatens the redesigned OLED MacBook Pro launch, which was said to exclusively ship with the M6 Pro and M6 Max SoCs Instead of the M6 Pro and M6 Max, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman writes that Apple will instead […]

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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 Apple Silicon revolution began in 2020, and for a while, these machines could handle their existing cooling solutions. However, the arrival of the M5 Max has proven that Apple needs to switch over to a vapor chamber, as a MacBook Pro owner says that running taxing workloads such as LLMs has resulted in display discoloration of the machine. Isolated incident may not warrant any additional investigation from Apple, but it shows that a revamped cooling design is now mandatory for the MacBook Pro lineup What’s interesting about this display coloration is that the panel area that’s affected only covers the […]

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Minisforum unveils new NAS & Mini PCs based on AMD Strix Halo, Intel Panther Lake, & Intel Wildcat Lake chips. Minisforum's Flagship "N5 MAX" NAS Features AMD Ryzen AI MAX+ 395 & Entry-Tier "All-Flash S5" Gets Intel Core Series 3 The flagship solution from Minisforum this year is the N5 Max, which is based on the AMD Ryzen AI MAX+ 395. This features up to 64 GB of unified LPDDR5X-8533 memory, a 5-Bay HDD & 5-Bay SSD configuration which supports up to 200 TB of storage capacity, strong networking in the form of two 10GbE LAN ports, and USB4v2 (80 […]

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The disparate parts of Apple's sprawling supply chain are gradually coalescing around the final form and specs for the upcoming iPhone 18 Pro Max and its Pro counterpart, with the emerging consensus serving to dampen the prospects of a dramatic overhaul. Apple's iPhone 18 Pro Max is now tipped to match the thickness of its predecessor, lending credence to the speculation that not much will change with the upcoming Pro duo To wit, the tipster Ice Universe has now penned a post on Weibo, disclosing that the iPhone 18 Pro Max will sport a thickness of 8.75mm, which matches that […]

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NVIDIA is reportedly preparing to unveil a huge new processor-related collaboration with Microsoft and ARM at next week's Computex. While the details surrounding the rumored N1x processors are a closely guarded secret right now, pre-release Geekbench 6 scores are painting a somewhat underwhelming picture, especially when compared with Apple's M-class processors. NVIDIA's upcoming N1x processors are just about able to match the performance of Apple's M3 Max SoC that debuted around two and a half years back For the benefit of those who might not be aware, NVIDIA's N1x processor is believed to be a modified version of the GB10 […]

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A logic board with water damage is generally regarded as e-waste because, unless some people can salvage the components, it’s as good as useless. However, one Redditor didn’t lose hope when his M1 Max motherboard suffered a burn hole as he decided to perform a “transplant” of the Apple Silicon using a donor board. The problem is that these chipsets are typically locked to their original board, but luckily, the adventurous tinkerer had a workaround for this obstacle. The donor board would not recognize the M1 Max, so every important component on the original board was transferred to the new […]

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While Apple was expected to incorporate Samsung's so-called Privacy Display within its MacBook Pro lineup a couple of years down the line, a new tantalizing tidbit has just dramatically accelerated that timeline, with the feature drop now expected in a matter of months, when Apple debuts the M6 Pro and M6 Max MacBook Pro variants, replete with an OLED screen. Apple might not only adopt Samsung's OLED panels for its M6 Pro and M6 Max MacBook Pro variants, but also go a step further by incorporating the Galaxy S26 Ultra's Privacy Display tech as well For the benefit of those […]

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AMD's Q1 2026 CPU statistics are out, with its server side scoring a mighty 46.2% revenue share as EPYC sales continue to gain momentum. Q1 2026 Results for AMD are rock solid, with server & Client CPU Segments Seeing Record Revenue Gains Mercury Research has shared the latest CPU statistics results for Q1 2026, showcasing AMD's superb performance in the x86 segment. AMD's total CPU unit share reached 30%, up 5.6 points versus last year, while its overall revenue share increased to 38.1%. The full highlights from Mercury Research (via AMD) are as follows: Breaking down the per-segment revenue and […]

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Apple’s M5 Max is currently the company’s top-end SoC to be found in the MacBook Pro, but there’s no universe in which the M4 Max would be considered diminished in any way because it’s still a ridiculously powerful SoC, and a downright expensive one at that. Naturally, any portable Mac featuring the previous-generation silicon would be sold at a premium, but one lucky customer managed to find a top-notch configuration from the most unlikely of places: a pawn shop, for just $1,501. Near-top-tier specifications of the M4 Max MacBook Pro found in a pawn shop featured 64GB of unified RAM and a […]

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AMD expects that overall PC and Gaming demand will decline in the second half of this year due to rising memory and component prices. RAMpocalypse Is The Primary Reason Why PC and Gaming Demand Will Decline In The Second Half of This Year, Says AMD In its Q1 2026 earnings, AMD's Client and Gaming segment saw a 23% increase in revenue versus the prior year, reaching $3.94 billion, while declining 9% versus the previous quarter. AMD states that its client side, which includes desktop and laptop segments, saw great traction through a strong portfolio of products, which includes its latest […]

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The era of thinner iPhones was finally put to rest when Apple introduced the iPhone 17 Pro Max, its thickest flagship to date. While some might conclude that the Cupertino firm has lost its design ‘mojo’ with this release, the flagship also sports the largest battery for any of the company’s releases, with the iPhone 18 Pro Max said to take it up a notch in both dimensions and internal specifications. A comparison between Apple’s latest and upcoming flagships shows that thicker devices are in fashion thanks to the advantages that they bring. New dimensions comparison shows Apple is focused […]

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Apple has had to perform a fine-tuned balancing act to optimize the number of features it can offer within its first foldable, tentatively dubbed the iPhone Ultra, against the physical constraints emanating from its desire to retain an overall slim profile. And now, as per the latest metal dummy units, those compromises apparently extend to the iPhone Ultra's lack of MagSafe charging support and a dedicated LED flash. Despite costing around $2,000, Apple's iPhone Ultra is likely to come without MagSafe charging support and an LED flash The tipster Vadim Yuryev has now leaked the metal dummy units for the […]

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The existing Crosshair and Raider lineups have received new models, featuring up to GeForce RTX 5090 and high-end Intel Core Ultra 200HX processors. MSI Debuts Raider 16 and Crosshair 16 Series Laptops, Featuring Core Ultra 200HX-RTX 50 Series Combos; Upgrades Titan and Stealth 18 Laptops as Well Popular hardware and peripheral manufacturer, MSI, has launched new laptop models under the Raider and Crosshair series, featuring upgraded configurations. The company has announced that the newer models will be powered by the Intel Core Ultra 200HX processors, paired with high-end NVIDIA GeForce RTX 50 series GPUs to achieve high performance gaming and […]

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It’s always painful to witness your shiny new iPhone 17 Pro Max endure excessive wear and tear, to the extent that becomes prominently damaged with visible bumps, scratches, and other blemishes that ruin the appearance of Apple’s latest and greatest flagship. Since the company switched to aluminum, it is more prone to damage, but one of its attributes is that with the right pair of hands, those marks can easily be removed. Owners are now seeking the help of experts who are restoring these devices to their factory condition, kind of like repairing damaged cars. With the right tools and expertise, […]

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Apple silicon has truly come of age, and if any skeptic still requires an incontrovertible proof, look no further than the performance cores within the new M5 Pro chips, which are now going toe-to-toe with similar cores within Intel's Panther Lake chips, but at a fraction of their overall power draw. The SPEC integer rate metric shows the Apple M5 Pro chip's performance cores go toe-to-toe with similar cores within Intel's Panther Lake chips, while being incredibly efficient For the benefit of those who might not be aware, Apple introduced a new fusion architecture with its M5 Pro and M5 […]

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