#hardware

• PlayStation 6 Price May Top $1,000 on Soaring Hardware Costs

  Hardware leaks suggest the PlayStation 6 bill of materials is spiraling, with memory and SSD costs alone potentially driving retail pricing over $1,000.

• Zotac's 11.46L PC Packs an RTX 5080 for $2,647, No RAM or OS

  Zotac's Magnus One Ultra squeezes a desktop RTX 5080 and 20-core Intel CPU into an 11.46-liter case. The $2,647 starting price is barebones—no RAM, storage, or OS.

• Meta and Apple Drop Muse Spark Open, a 42B Open Model

  Meta and Apple co-developed Muse Spark Open, a 42-billion-parameter open-weights AI model that needs two M5 Mac Studio Ultras to run locally.

• OpenAI: Ex-Worker Took 100+ Secret Hardware Files to Apple

  OpenAI says a former employee took over 100 confidential hardware files to Apple. The claim is part of a broader trade-secret lawsuit between the two companies.

• Samsung 9100 Pro Hits 14,700MB/s for Just $5 More Than 990 Pro

  Samsung's 9100 Pro is the fastest SSD tested, with 14,700MB/s reads. At $265, it's only $5 more than the 990 Pro—so why settle for slower?

• Xreal One Pro Plus: 1,200 Nits, $599, Viture Beast Rival

  Xreal's new $599 One Pro Plus display glasses jump to 1,200 nits, fixing the One Pro's biggest weakness and putting real pressure on the Viture Beast.

• Concrete Battery Stores 150 kWh at 500°C to Cool AI Data Centers

  Lehigh University's concrete thermal battery holds 150 kWh at 500°C and turns AI data center waste heat into cooling, industrial heat and electricity.

• Eufy E10 Window Camera Hits $79.99 With No Subscription Fee

  Eufy's E10 Window Camera sticks to glass, records 2.5K video and stores footage on a microSD card with no monthly fee, but its wired cable limits placement.

• iBuyPower's $3,999 AI Mini PC Packs 128GB RAM and Dual 10G LAN

  iBuyPower's new mini PC packs AMD's 16-core Ryzen AI Max+ PRO 495, 128GB RAM, and dual 10G Ethernet for $3,999, arriving in Q4 2026.

• Amazon's 2026 6-Inch Kindle: Lighter, But Is It Worth It?

  The 2026 Kindle base model drops to 140g and adds a side power button, but no warm light or waterproofing. Here's how it compares to the rest of Amazon's lineup.

• Xbox Nano Controller: Smaller Than iPhone 18 Pro at $50

  Microsoft has unveiled the Xbox Nano, a pocket-sized controller that's shorter and lighter than an iPhone 18 Pro. It costs $50 and preorders are live now.

• Lenovo ThinkPad T14s Gen 6 Review: 50 TOPS AMD, No Ethernet

  Lenovo's ThinkPad T14s Gen 6 (AMD) pairs a 50 TOPS NPU and up to 64GB RAM with the best keyboard in laptops — but it drops Ethernet and upgradeable RAM.