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Stop worrying about storms — the Anker Solix C1000 portable power station can keep the lights and other essentials powered on, and it’s £140 off right now

By Wayne Williams

Anker Solix C1000 portable power station is just £509 and delivers 1800W power, 2400W surge, and rapid recharging.

‘An issue that has gone unaddressed for too long': Major US city takes bold decision to ban single-use printer cartridges but will others follow suit?

By Wayne Williams

A proposed ban on single-use ink cartridges in Los Angeles exposes the hidden environmental and financial cost of home printing.

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‘We built a technology which uses light to control light’: Finchetto CEO on ditching electronics to make networks faster

By Wayne Williams

Exclusive Finchetto CEO tells us about switching data using light instead of electronics in hyperscale networks.

Chinese storage startup uses ancient, controversial technique to deliver 'extraordinarily fast and resilient' SSD: this weirdly-named Roealsen6 unlocks hardware compression to deliver incredible PCIe SSD speeds

By Wayne Williams

Chinese PCIe Gen5 SSD uses hardware compression to reach record benchmark speeds, although performance depends on how well the data compresses.

Asus may have just released the most powerful business laptop ever: ExpertBook B3 G2 has an AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 470 and weighs only 1.41Kg

By Wayne Williams

Asus ExpertBook B3 G2 business laptop sports Ryzen AI 9 HX 470 and a 1.41kg starting weight.

'The new era of Infinite Flight begins': Novel tech can wireless charge drones almost 2Km away using a kilowatt-class laser and a lightweight charger

By Wayne Williams

Laser based charging system aims to keep drones airborne indefinitely by delivering kilowatt class power over long distances.

MW-class S2000 Stratosphere Airborne Wind Energy System (SAWES)

'It’s like wrapping the wind from all sides': Drone-like airship with 24 blades is world's first megawatt-class tethered wind turbine — S2000 rises to 2Km and can generate a whopping 3MW

By Wayne Williams

A Chinese firm has tested the world’s first megawatt class airborne wind turbine platform designed to feed electricity directly into the grid.

'Greenland is strategically valuable for LEO': CEO of European laser communications startup expands on why lasers complement radio networks - and highlights the critical importance of the North Pole for satellite passes

By Wayne Williams

Greenland’s location near the North Pole makes it a critical site for laser based satellite communications, expert says.

Forget lasers and missiles, China wants to kill drones using a common tech households use everyday in kitchens all around the world — invisible microwave weapons can fry electronics but still require line-of-sight and proximity

By Wayne Williams

China wants to counter drone swarms using high power microwave weapons similar in principle to household ovens but scaled for military air defense roles.

A 3D printed drone is probably the world's fastest DIY plane ever, quicker than even the legendary P38 Lightning — but at 408mph, it has some way to go to catch up with the 575mph TU-95

By Wayne Williams

A fully 3D printed drone reaches 408mph and retakes the Guinness World Record for fastest quadcopter ever flown by a DIY team.

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Magnets produced at room temperature using lasers could one day produce better HDDs, faster non-silicon processors — and at 20nm, they are so thin that they could be used almost anywhere, even in the human body

By Wayne Williams

Magnets tuned with lasers at room temperature could lead to faster hard drives and a new generation of computer chips.

‘In AI models, the real bottleneck isn’t computing power — it’s memory’: Phison CEO on 244TB SSDs, PLC NAND, why high-bandwidth flash isn’t a good idea, and why CSP profit goes hand in hand with storage capacity

By Wayne Williams

Exclusive Phison CEO tells us about 244TB SSDs, PLC NAND, and why High Bandwidth Flash is not a good idea.

Plucky startup Bolt Graphics still wants to use RISC-V to compete with Nvidia, AMD in AI and beyond — and given CUDA's port on RISC-V, there may be something there

By Wayne Williams

Bolt Graphics is betting on RISC-V and CUDA compatibility to challenge Nvidia and AMD with a radically different GPU design focused on AI and rendering.

Nvidia's latest RTX 5090 GPU card has an audio jack — yes a headphone socket, on a video card, but no wooden trim or SSD like its predecessor

By Wayne Williams

The Asus ProArt RTX 5090 targets creative professionals with its compact dimensions, 32GB of GDDR7 memory, and an unexpected audio jack.

There are 37 AMD Ryzen AI MAX+ 395 mini PCs in the world right now: here's where you can buy them from $1500

By Wayne Williams

There are 31 AMD Ryzen AI MAX+ 395 mini PCs in the world right now, here's where you can buy them.

Minisforum beats Dell, HP and Lenovo to unveil first Ryzen AI 9 HX470 PC — AI X1 Pro-470 mini PC supports 12TB SSD storage and up to 128GB DDR5

By Wayne Williams

CES 2026 Minisforum beats Dell, HP and Lenovo to unveil first Ryzen AI 9 HX470 mini PC - AI X1 Pro-470 supports 12TB SSD storage and up to 128GB DDR5.

GMKTec EVO-T2 has more AI firepower than Ryzen AI Max+ 395 mini PC — Core Ultra X9 388H delivers 180TOPS, 50% more than its AMD rival

By Wayne Williams

GMKtec's new EVO-T2 mini PC is powered by Intel’s 18A Core Ultra X9, with support for up to 128GB of LPDDR5x memory and 16TB of SSD storage.

Asus vies for fastest mini PC ever with Panther Lake NUC 16 Pro — B390 GPU inside the Core Ultra X9 388H impresses but won't beat the 8060S

By Wayne Williams

The Panther Lake based Asus NUC 16 Pro blends strong integrated graphics with leading AI performance.

Acer launches 40th Ryzen AI Max+ 395 system as it pitches Veriton RA100 mini PC as an AI workstation — but unless it is keenly priced, it will struggle against better value competitors

By Wayne Williams

Acer targets creators and developers building and running local models with its Veriton RA100 Ryzen AI Max+ 395 mini PC.

The era of 6K monitors has come: after Dell, Acer launches another 20-megapixel screen — 32-inch PE320QX has 7 ports and a webcam but no KVM

By Wayne Williams

CES 2026 Acer’s new ProDesigner PE320QX monitor packs real 6K resolution in a 32-inch display with a generous selection of ports.

Patriot Memory Viper Venom 32GB DDR5 5200

2026 could well be the year of the $500 32GB DDR5 memory module — experts predict DDR will go up by 60% in Q1 2026 alone

By Wayne Williams

2026 could see 32GB DDR5 memory costing $500 as analysts warn of steep DRAM price rises driven by server demand.

Nvidia quietly launches free software update for its AI mini PC which turns it into an external AI accelerator for Apple's MacBook Pro

By Wayne Williams

CES 2026 Nvidia plans a major software update that will expand DGX Spark’s role in local AI workloads.

Maingear BYO RAM scheme showing RAM sticks on a desk

Is RAM the new Bitcoin? DDR4 memory prices are rising so fast, some tracker graphs are running out of space - and I fear 2026 could well see a 10x price rise

By Wayne Williams

Is RAM the new Bitcoin? DDR4 prices jump from under $100 to several hundred dollars in a matter of months and the worrying trend shows no signs of slowing.

Razer joins AI bandwagon with external AI accelerator backed by iconic AMD chip architect

By Wayne Williams

CES 2026 Razer announces Forge AI Dev Workstation at CES 2026 alongside a compact Tenstorrent external AI accelerator.

AMD says its Instinct MI500 AI Accelerator will come in 2027 — but is it too late with Nvidia set to introduce Vera-Rubin in 2026?

By Wayne Williams

CES 2026 AMD details Instinct MI500 architecture and memory plans ahead of the AI accelerator's 2027 debut.

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