Graphics cards manufacturers see their shipments and sales drop ever since the second half of 2018, mostly due to a drop in demand from the cryptocurrency mining market. 

AU Optronics is working hard on a new backlighting system for LCS panels, basically, it is based on many small LEDs hinting towards arrays of backlights, the technology might already become available at the end of this year.

Some people love these shooters, others not. If nothing else, this pre-alpha gameplay footage from Serious Sam4: Planet Badass looks great for the stage it is in. And of course, you get to drive a combine harvester over hordes of enemies. 

Over at Computex AMD announced and demonstrated a 32-core Ryzen Threadripper processor. Things take a new turn today, as the preliminary first results of this CPU have leaked onto the web, through HKEPC, an Asia based website. The CPU will be called Threadripper 2990X.

So that news item we wrote yesterday about AMD creating a bit of a pun by Exchanging your 8086K for a Threadripper 1950X? Well, Intel responded through the Intel gaming Twitter account (which 'were sure is part of the team with ex-AMD members). Have a peek after the break what they posted.

It is getting a little too obvious who is planting small Vega leaks into the Ashes Of The Singularity database, I mean that repetitive pattern each and every year. And what company is all over who is all over AOTS, yeah it's a close to dedicated AMD title. Anyhow, the Radeon Vega 12 and Vega 20 just popped up in there.

We'll peek at new T-Force VULCAN TUF DDR4 from TeamGroup, it is a dual-channel 3200 MHz kit with the ability to be tweaked a little. It's TUF, meaning the heat spreader has been aligned with ASUS TUF Sabertooth motherboards (2018 models) as well as offering full support on these boards. Of course, it has XMP 2.0 memory profiles on Intel and an AMD Ryzen platform as well. Join us as we review the 16GB kit

Read the review here.

Mesh is the trendy topic for WIFI lately, TP-Link today announced availability of the Deco M9 Plus Tri-band Mesh Wi-Fi 2-Pack System, the newest addition to the brand's lineup of mesh solutions. TP-Link's Deco M9 Plus features AC2200 speeds and tri-band Wi-Fi.

Western Digital Corporation has expanded its surveillance portfolio with the introduction of the industry's highest capacity, deep-learning-capable, surveillance-class drive, Western Digital Purple 12TB drive with exclusive AllFrame AI technology.

Cooler Master announces its new mechanical gaming keyboard the CK550. Mechanical switches life spanned at 50 million+ key strokes make the CK550 a reliable companion for the long haul and are available in blue, brown, and red switch types depending on regional availability.

Noctua today introduced three quiet CPU coolers for the LGA3647 socket of Intel’s Xeon Scalable (Platinum, Gold, Silver, Bronze) and Xeon-Phi processors. 

For enthusiastic gamers and modders, powerful gear is a must. And after winning over the professional gaming crowd, Apacer is bringing some colorful bling to DRAM. Since its last incarnation, PANTHER RAGE DDR4 has evolved from single-light LED to splashy RGB, with its bold new color in Gold. 

Acer is to release a 54.6inch EB550Kbmiiipx display, it is a 4K / HDR compatible monitor, a second model will be the 49inch EB490QKbmiiipfx, despite the fantastic model names we can mention these monitors have been fitted with an IPS liquid crystal panel.

iiyama’s new 38-series (ProLite TFxx38UHSC) has followed-up iiyama’s very popular 37-series (TFxx37MSC) displays which have been used extensively in museums, kiosks, shops and interactive signage set-ups around the world.

Western Digital announced that Huawei has qualified its host-managed shingled magnetic recording (SMR) helium-based HDD, the Ultrastar Hs14 – the industry’s first 14TB HDD designed for demanding big data applications. 

Okay, so, you purchased a Core i7 8086K for 450 bucks, and now you can swap it at AMD for that 16-core Threadripper 1950X. Well, it's not totally like that as its a sweepstake and just in the USA and limited to a set date, but you do have a chance to swap it out if you were an early 8086K adopter.

Researchers from Nvidia developed a method to use AI for the interpolation of video images. This makes it possible to convert a standard recording in for example 30fps into a slow motion video of, for example, 240 or 480fps. Check out the video below the fold, it's pretty impressive. 

Seagate announced the new Game Drive for Xbox SSD – Available in 2TB, 1TB, and 500GB capacities, the pro-level flash SSD upgrade delivers fast game loading performance to get you into the game.