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Hardware, Tech

AMD’s $8.2B World Labs Deal Brings AI Model Research Into Its Hardware Roadmap

World Labs illustration of a globe above layered computer-chip components

AMD agreed to acquire World Labs for about $8.2 billion. The deal would bring Fei-Fei Li’s spatial-intelligence research closer to the company’s future compute planning.

1 October 2026

Hardware

Steam Frame and SteamOS 3.9.1 Push SteamOS Beyond Steam Deck

SteamOS 3.9.1 is fixing compatibility issues on third-party PC hardware while Steam Frame takes SteamOS to Arm64 with Proton and FEX. Together, they show Valve pushing its platform beyond Steam Deck.

15 September 2026

Hardware

Desktop GPU Shipments Reach 12.5M, but JPR’s Q1 and Q2 Figures Don’t Reconcile

GameTechReport graphic showing 12.5 million desktop GPU shipments in Q2 2026

Desktop GPU shipments reached 12.5 million in Q2 2026 as prices rose, while GTR found a mismatch between JPR's published Q1 and Q2 growth figures.

11 September 2026

Hardware

MacBook Neo Linux Work Reaches a One-Core Stock-Kernel Boot

MacBook Neo Linux work now has a reliable one-core stock-kernel boot through initial A18 Pro device-tree patches, while SMP support remains unfinished.

5 September 2026

Hardware

NVIDIA DLSS 5 Debuts in NBA 2K27 With a Reported 50–60% Performance Cost

NBA 2K27 gameplay with NVIDIA DLSS 5 enabled

NVIDIA says its faster DLSS 5 model halves Neural Rendering GPU overhead and boosts NBA 2K27 frame rates by up to 1.4× from 16 October. RTX 40 gets a separate Frame Generation beta.