According to Phoronix’s year-end review, their 226 featured hardware reviews in 2025 were dominated by coverage of AMD’s game-changing Ryzen AI Max “Strix Halo” processors and Intel’s discrete Battlemage graphics. The site also highlighted the ongoing struggle to fund independent Linux hardware jour
Benchmark data from Phoronix reveals a surprising trend for Intel’s Meteor Lake architecture. Two years after launch, performance on the latest Ubuntu Linux is actually worse than it was on day one.
The Department of Energy is pushing a “nuclear renaissance” to meet surging power demand from data centers. Its ambitious Reactor Pilot Program has set a deadline of July 4, 2026, for at least three of eleven companies to achieve a stable, self-sustaining fission reaction. Companies like Valar Atomi
CES 2026 is set to showcase a new generation of laptops powered by Intel’s Panther Lake, AMD’s Gorgon Point, and Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X2 chips. These processors promise significant gains in performance and AI capabilities. However, a sharp increase in memory prices could force OEMs to raise laptop
Quantum computing is moving fast, with Microsoft, Google, and Amazon all announcing new chips in 2025. The tech could be worth up to $250 billion, but a major security threat looms. Most companies aren’t prepared.
The Arch Linux-based CachyOS is aiming for a 2026 server edition. Early benchmarks on AMD EPYC hardware show a performance lead, but the real test is yet to come. We break down what it means for the enterprise.
AMD’s next flagship desktop processor, the Ryzen 9 9950X3D2, has appeared in benchmark databases. The 16-core, 32-thread chip shows strong multi-core scaling, though gains seem incremental. The biggest benefits will likely be in gaming, where synthetic tests fall short.
Microsoft has pushed an out-of-band update to fix a Message Queuing flaw introduced in its December 9, 2025 security update. The bug caused MSMQ services to fail in enterprise environments, generating misleading “insufficient disk space” errors. The fix is available for several Windows 10 and Window
A new partnership aims to standardize video AI across industrial and smart city applications. The platform uses Intel hardware and OpenVINO to process camera feeds from the edge to the data center.
Samsung has pushed out its second One UI 8.5 beta update for the Galaxy S25 lineup. The 1.1GB update brings bug fixes and performance improvements. The stable version isn’t expected until early 2026.
