Intel today unveiled its "Project Firefly" initiative in China, which aims to bring the supply chain together to allow cost-effective & standardized Wildcat Lake laptop designs. Intel Wants A Coherent Design & Pricing Structure Across Its Wildcat Lake Laptops & That's Exactly What "Project Firefly" Aims To Ensure Intel hosted an event today in China where the company formally launched its Core Series 3 SoCs for laptops, codenamed Wildcat Lake. These SoCs aim to bring better value and a unified design across a range of mainstream and entry-level PCs, which we are already seeing on the market. Announced by Intel's […]

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Intel's Wildcat Lake "Core Series 3" laptops are now rolling out, and CHUWI has released its Unibook, featuring a $449 price that challenges the MacBook Neo. Intel Wildcat Lake-Powered Chuwi Unibook Laptop Hits Retail, Starting At An Incredible $449 Price Point Earlier today, we saw the first Intel Wildcat Lake "Core Series 3" laptops hit retail shelves. These laptops feature various price points ranging from sub-$600 to $650. Compared to the MacBook Neo, Intel's Wildcat Lake has some advantages, such as the x86 SoC, bigger battery, expandable storage, more IO, and twice as much memory. Now, CHUWI has unveiled its […]

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The first Intel Wildcat Lake "Core Series 3" laptops have entered the retail segment, tackling Apple's MacBook Neo with a strong value proposition. Intel Has A Serious MacBook Neo Competitor In Its Hands With Wildcat Lake "Core Series 3" Laptops, Priced Around $600 Yesterday, we reported that Intel's partners were well on their way to launch Wildcat Lake "Core Series 3-powered laptops this week. And today, the first laptops have already hit retail shelves. One of the first to make way in the market segments is the Honor X14 which is a 14" design, featuring the Core 5 320, and […]

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The laptop industry is certainly on edge because of how Apple is probably going to eat their lunch now that the MacBook Neo is out. For $599, there aren’t many machines out there that can compete with the company’s most affordable portable Mac out there. Before its inception, there was a certain level of acceptance from customers of having to pay a premium to become the proud owner of a Mac. Now, there have been two occasions where customers who went in for a completely separate device repair and came out owning the MacBook Neo, indicating that a $600 total on […]

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TSMC's constraints have pushed Apple to make a chip-making deal with Intel, & is likely to produce two chips on 18A-P & 14A process technologies, as per rumors. Apple's Next-Gen MacBook & iPhone Chips Rumored To Be Made At Intel Using 18A-P & 14A Process Technologies Last week, it was revealed that Apple and Intel have signed a preliminary chipmaking agreement in which Apple would tap into Intel's Foundry business to produce its chips. The agreement is said to have been signed back in December 2025, as per GF Holdings, and plenty of other factors also forced Apple to go […]

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Intel has just confirmed that its chips will be powering Googlebook, a premium & powerful laptop that combines Android & ChromeOS under one hood. Google's Googlebook Laptops Will Be Powered By Intel CPUs In Premium & Powerful Designs A few hours ago, Google announced its brand new laptop lineup at its annual I/O event, called Googlebook. The new laptops are aimed to be premium and powerful devices designed for AI intelligence, such as Gemini. While Google isn't revealing a whole lot of details at the moment, what we know about Googlebook laptops so far is that they will offer a […]

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Apple might adopt a clever strategy to paper over the fact that selling the base MacBook Neo at $599 is increasingly becoming uneconomical, forcing a switch to higher-tier storage options where an elevated cost pass-through is much more feasible. Apple might cushion the blow from an effective $100 price increase for the MacBook Neo by introducing new color options As most of our readers would know by now, the MacBook Neo is powered by the binned A18 Pro chips, where one GPU core is disabled. Even so, Apple has been shocked by the oncoming demand for its new budget MacBook, […]

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Apple's MacBook Neo appears to have unleashed a litany of earthquakes within the fairly complacent Windows 11-based laptop sphere, so much so that Microsoft is now apparently paying third-party organizations to come up with favorable comparisons to downplay the MacBook Neo's utility. Signal65 concludes in a Microsoft-funded report that Windows 11-based laptops provide higher value than Apple's MacBook Neo In its latest Lab Insights report, which has been commissioned by none other than Microsoft itself, Signal65 notes: "[Across the segment targeted by Apple's MacBook Neo], many Windows 11 laptops are designed to target similar audiences with a differentiated value proposition […]

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A chip supply deficit is a situation that no company wants to face, especially when it hinders a popular product’s supply. Apple has witnessed tremendous success with the MacBook Neo launch, which starts from $599, and is reportedly facing A18 Pro chip supply issues earlier. This conundrum not only threatened the company’s ability to ship its more affordable computer to customers, but Apple also faced the possibility of having to overpay TSMC for the same silicon due to the latter’s supply choke. Fortunately, the Cupertino firm didn’t reach its trillion-dollar status by caving in, which is why it has reportedly asked suppliers […]

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Altara’s AI aims to diagnose failures and help speed up R&D by unifying data siloed across spreadsheets and legacy systems.

Apple said it will be supply-constrained on Mac mini, Studio, and Neo in the next quarter, too.

Memory supply constraints aren’t the only problem that Apple is facing, as during its Q2 2026 earnings call, the company revealed it didn’t anticipate agentic AI use cases like OpenClaw would pick up in popularity, causing its Mac mini and Mac Studio stock to run out. Additionally, the company didn’t expect that its aggressive pricing strategy with the MacBook Neo meant that it would run out of advanced chip supply for its most affordable portable Mac. In short, the California-based giant is suffering from a problem its competitors wish they had, but that also means Apple has missed out on potentially millions […]

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Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero is the spiritual successor to the beloved Budokai series of fighting games, with the dormant franchise returning after well over a decade under a new name. Released back in 2024, the game was a near-immediate success, becoming the fastest-selling entry in the franchise while pushing over 5 million copies. Despite featuring well over 100 characters, Bandai Namco have announced a massive DLC coming to Sparking! Zero this Summer; featuring over 30 new characters, a whole new game mode and much more.

Making the official announcement, studio Bandai Namco unveiled Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero’s ‘Super Limit Breaking NEO’ DLC. Set to arrive sometime this Summer, this expansion of sorts will include a ton of new content from across the board, including:

• 30+ new characters from across the Dragon Ball universe (GT and Dragon Ball Super included)
• 20+ customisation Items (costumes and super attacks)
• 4 additional stages
  • Kami's Palace
  • Kame House
  • Bitter Tundra
  • Stratosphere
• New game mode (described as a lite-RPG with battles/events and character levelling)

Alongside this DLC, Bandai have also promised that Sparking! Zero will receive a free update to coincide, said to be introducing “a new battle system” for fiercer and more intense fights. This new system will allow for Chain Blasts and Sparking Boosts for even flashier clashes.

While far from the most competitive of fighting games, Bandai’s Dragon Ball titles are in many ways the ultimate form of fan-service, and so it is exciting to see dozens of more characters being included alongside new ways to play.

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The launch of the MacBook Neo couldn’t have materialized at a better time, because it’s not just the attractive $599 starting price that’s going to encourage buyers to upgrade, but it’s also a key decision that Apple will make later this year, with its intentions made clear from before. During the Platforms State of the Union segment at WWDC 2025, the Cupertino firm revealed that macOS 26 is going to be the latest major operating system supported by Intel-powered Macs. You know what this means for macOS 27? With macOS 27 only compatible with the MacBook Neo or an M-series Mac, […]

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PC makers spent massively to secure memory supply in Q1 2026, leading PC shipments to grow by 3.2% versus the previous year. ASUS & Apple Jumped Double Digits In PC Shipments, But Memory Supply Paints A Bleak Future For PCs Counterpoint has published its latest report covering the Global PC shipments in Q1 2026. The main highlights are listed below: According to the data, the majority of PC makers witnessed an increase in global shipments, with ASUS and Apple leading with double-digit figures of +20% and +11%, respectively. Lenovo and Dell also saw an increase of +9% and +8%, respectively. […]

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The inevitable has come to pass as Apple’s MacBook Neo has experienced a major popularity surge to the point that the company cannot keep up with the voracious demand. While the technology firm has set up a robust supply chain to combat any demand problems, it’s also the case of Apple having to deal with its A18 Pro chipset supply issues, forcing delivery times on its online store to reach a long waiting period, where buyers will have to endure not being able to get their hands on a unit until May. With delivery times reaching up to three weeks, it’s […]

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The entire computer industry is sweating profusely over the existence of the MacBook Neo, because Apple’s competitors are well aware that they cannot materialize anything that can compete with the Cupertino giant’s portable in the $599 bracket. It appears that the company’s only rival at this time is demand and how well it can maintain shipments in these few months. Education is a massive target market for Apple, and it has highlighted just how well the MacBook Neo is selling in its latest promotional video. The MacBook Neo is selling exceptionally well, to the point that Apple has had to […]

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ASUS has prepared a new Mini-ITX AM5 motherboard, the TUF Gaming B850I WIFI NEO, for budget-tier Ryzen PC builds. ASUS's TUF Gaming B850I WIFI NEO Motherboard Is Catered Towards Budget Mini-ITX Ryzen Builders Motherboard makers have been making some really impressive, cost-effective motherboards based on the AM5 socket for budget-tier Ryzen PC builders. We have seen and tested a lot of these designs over the past few months, and it looks like ASUS has a new product for SFF PC builders. The company has just introduced its latest addition, the ASUS TUF Gaming B850I WIFI NEO, which is a Mini-ITX […]

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Apple's MacBook Neo appears to be heading towards an unqualified success, judging from the size of the rush orders that Apple is now reportedly placing with its suppliers to meet oncoming demand. Apple placing rush orders with its suppliers as the demand for the base MacBook Neo overwhelms existing inventory According to a Taiwanese publication, the initial stock of the MacBook Neo's base variant, which retails for $599, has run out, forcing Apple to place rush orders for additional units with Hon Hai (Foxconn) and Quanta. With the lead times for the base MacBook Neo already extending to May, Apple […]

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