Fawad Murtaza is a News Editor at MakeUseOf. He specializes in a wide range of technology topics, including AI platforms, computer hardware, and consumer electronics, with a particular focus on CPUs, GPUs, and video game consoles. Fawad's insights and expertise have been featured in prominent publications such as MakeUseOf and Notebookcheck.
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By: Fawad Murtaza
Google is hosting "The Android Show I/O Edition" on May 12. The company revealed a short teaser announcement depicting the Android mascot "The Bot" switching on a light bulb. The resulting aesthetic change has sparked concerns among fans that Google may be following Apple's Liquid Glass design language.
By: Fawad Murtaza
Thanks to Intel's impressive Panther Lake chips, it is now entirely possible to play AAA games on laptops and tablets at 1440p or higher without needing any discrete GPU. The latest example of this ETA Prime's testing of the OneXPlayer Super V gaming tablet running the Core Ultra X7 358H.
By: Fawad Murtaza
The consumer PC and laptop market is in absolute shambles. A new report out of Taiwan has now revealed that major motherboard makers like Asus and MSI have revised their shipment targets by quite a bit for 2026. This development is reportedly in response to the detereorating RAM and CPU supply and price situations that have collapsed the consumer tech market.
By: Fawad Murtaza
We are now giving away four Steam keys of Pragmata, Capcom's critically acclaimed sci-fi action-adventure. To enter, you just have to comment on the YouTube video linked in the article below. The video covers the gorgeous Pragmata-inspired Zotac GeForce RTX 5070 AMP Limited Edition GPU.
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007 First Light release date is almost upon us. When the game releases, it will bring Sony's new PSSR 2 at launch. The new PSSR is reportedly a big upgrade over the original version and 007 First Light developer IO Interactive claims that it is also super easy to implement.
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The MSI Vector 16 HX AI gaming laptop has become one of the best value 1440p gaming laptops on the market. This is due to the laptop being sold at a nice discount at Walmart. The notebook packs an RTX 5070 Ti laptop GPU, a Core Ultra 7 255HX CPU, and a 144 Hz display.
By: Fawad Murtaza
The Razer Blade 16 2026 swaps out the Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 APU of the 2025 model with the latest Intel Core Ultra 9 386H CPU. However, this move has reportedly resulted in notably slower CPU and gaming performance than 2025 Razer Blade 16 as well as hotter CPU operating temperature.
By: Fawad Murtaza
As leaks have stated in the past, Intel has multiple CPU architectures under development. Serial leaker has now provided an update on the Intel Razer Lake, Intel Nova Lake-AX, Intel Titan Lake, and Intel Hammer Lake CPU architectures that are set to span multiple CPU generations over the next years.
By: Fawad Murtaza
Huawei has claimed some big improvements for the next HiSilicon Kirin flagship SoC. Codenamed "Kirin2026", the next Kirin flagship reportedly utilizes Huawei's LogicFolding technology to achieve a double-digit increase in max boost frequency and more than 40% increase in power efficiency.
By: Fawad Murtaza
Starting at a price of $1,099, the latest 13.6-inch Apple MacBook Air 13 M5 laptop is arguably one of the best value laptops on the market. However, Amazon is now selling the laptop at its lowest price ever, making it an even better option.
