Toms Hardware

1. CyberPowerPC lands rare RTX 50-series Founders Edition cards in discounted Walmart rigs

   CyberPowerPC is offering five different pre-built gaming PCs with either an RTX 5070, 5080, or 5090 Founders Edition GPUs paired with either an Intel or AMD X3D CPU. They also come with 32GB of DDR5 RAM and 1TB of NVMe SSD, all for reasonable prices.

2. Microsoft brings Snapdragon X2 Plus to 13-inch Surface Laptop, 12-inch Surface Pro

   Microsoft's lowest-end systems are getting upgrades to Qualcomm's latest Snapdragon X2 Plus processors.

3. China's YMTC wins patent battle against Micron in ongoing 3-year legal war over memory patents

   A Munich court has granted YMTC two injunctions against Micron over 3D NAND patents, the latest development in a years-long cross-border legal battle between the memory rivals.

4. $14,000 gaming PC features 70 handcrafted titanium cherry blossoms which unfurl as temperatures rise

   The Aftershock PC Cherry Bloom includes 70 hand-crafted cherry blossoms made of titanium alloy that open and close with the heat generated by the PC.

5. China's ByteDance gained access to over 2,000 Nvidia B200 chips through Norway data center

   UK-based Nscale signed a deal with Spring (SG) Pte Ltd, which is a subsidiary of Chinese tech giant ByteDance. The company did not make any direct mention of the TikTok parent in its filings for a U.S. IPO, while a supporting document only labeled Spring as a significant customer.