ACEMAGIC has just teased the Retro X5, a mini PC that flawlessly matches the nostalgic look of the original Nintendo Entertainment System from the 1980s. The first thing you notice is the grey plastic casing and front-loading cartridge door, which are similar to the original; even the controller ports have been reduced down to fit on your desk.
Apple’s newest Mac Mini has a lot of power, but it’s easy to overlook because it’s buried inside a basic silver box that blends in with the rest of your workstation. But Spigen has designed the Classic C1, a case that covers the most latest Mac Mini in a fantastically vintage translucent shell that seems like it was made in 1998.
Marques Brownlee, or MKBHD, takes us on a mind-bending visual voyage into the world of diminishing scales in his most recent video. Using some very clever animations, he takes us through a step-by-step reduction in his size, demonstrating how incredibly small modern computer parts have become. Every snap of his fingers transports him down another dimension, making everyday objects appear like enormous vistas.
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On Christmas Eve, a user on the r/pcmasterrace subreddit revealed a holiday surprise that quickly drew everyone’s attention. They posted a few images of two enormous boxes, and it turned out they had ordered only two $250 Samsung 9100 PRO 2TB SSDs to give their setup a boost.
High Tech Low Life had had enough of waiting for off-the-shelf portable computers to suffice for their daily needs. Rather than settling, they opted to roll up their sleeves and build a custom device that transforms a modern smartphone into a pretty amazing workstation on the go, known among fans as a cyberdeck.
Last October, Lenovo unveiled a prototype of a laptop with an auto-rotating screen, called the Auto-Twist AI PC. People could observe as the display swung around to follow a person going across the room or switched to tablet mode with a simple voice command. Many dismissed it as just another sophisticated concept that would never leave the lab, but recent leaks indicate that things may be changing.
ASUS, a laptop manufacturer, and GoPro, purveyors of action cameras, are collaborating to create something unique: a ProArt laptop with GoPro branding. That device, known as the ProArt GoPro Edition, is still under wraps, but ASUS will reveal it in full at their CES 2026 livestream on January 6th at 9 a.m. Pacific Standard Time.
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All these years after NVIDIA originally debuted the RTX 3080 Ti in 2021, a few prototype samples of unreleased variants have begun to appear in used listings online. These are essentially engineering samples, or pre-production hardware, that were created to test designs before deciding what to mass produce. One of them has piqued people’s interest because it features 20GB of GDDR6X RAM instead of the usual 12GB.
