Intel is giving budget gamers what Nvidia and AMD won’t
Budget PC gamers have had little to celebrate in 2026. Intel may be trying to change that. It’s hard not to feel despondent about the state of PC building right now. Data centers are sucking…
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SteamOS is coming for Intel handhelds — if Intel can keep up
The Steam Deck didn’t invent the handheld gaming form factor, or even debut it for PC hardware, but it’s certainly the iPhone equivalent for this particular moment. And the vast, vast majority of the Steam…
Intel wants cheap Windows laptops to stop feeling cheap
People everywhere are talking about Apple’s cheaper MacBook Neo laptop. Now Windows is preparing to retake the mainstream laptop market with Project Firefly, inspired by smartphone design. Firefly aims to deliver characteristics associated with premium…
macOS 27 warning: Your Intel apps are nearly dead
As each day goes by, we come closer and closer to the absolute end of Intel-based tech on the Mac. macOS Tahoe is the last version to have any support for Intel-based Macs (it’s only…
The OneXPlayer 3 showcases Intel Arc G3 Extreme in a handheld
There’s a new wave of handheld gaming PCs coming out in 2026 and they’re packing Intel’s new Arc G3 Extreme chips. We’ve already seen the first few models at Computex in Taiwan. PCWorld’s Adam Patrick…
I think we just spotted our first Intel Nova Lake motherboard at Computex 2026
Gigabyte has a PC motherboard on display at Computex that’s so mysterious it’s almost certainly sporting one of Intel’s forthcoming Nova Lake motherboards. While we can’t know for sure, the odd lack of labels on…
Intel and Phison want to solve local AI’s biggest limitation
Not everyone wants to run local AI on their own PCs. But if you do, there’s a major problem. Most sophisticated models can’t fit inside the limitations of your PC’s memory and storage. Phison and…
Acer’s new Intel gaming handheld picked a terrible time to show up
A year or two ago, gaming handhelds were the most exciting, fastest-growing segment in the PC market. So exciting that Acer announced a couple of models that I’m not sure ever actually landed at retail.…
Report: Apple has reached a preliminary deal with Intel to make chips in the U.S.
Summary created by Smart Answers AI In summary: Macworld reports that Apple has reached a preliminary deal with Intel for chip manufacturing in the U.S., aiming to diversify suppliers beyond TSMC. Intel’s new ’18A’ process…
AMD launched a monster chip. But Intel made the bigger splash
I began writing about enthusiast hardware completely by accident. Picture a street cat wandering into a neighbor’s house often enough that one day it never leaves—that’s pretty much my story. Except in this case, I…