Apple reportedly working on Mac leasing program in partnership with Klarna to fight RAM price increases — ‘Apple Upgrade’ would let users finance hardware over

Hassam Nasir is a die-hard hardware enthusiast with years of experience as a tech editor and writer, focusing on detailed CPU comparisons and general hardware news. When he\u2019s not working, you\u2019ll find him bendin…

Meta to use custom AMD Instinct MI400 accelerators with 144GB of HBM4 for select workloads, report claims — could dramatically reduce cost at the expense of ver

The custom Instinct MI455X for Meta will carry 144GB of HBM4 memory using six 8-Hi packages, whereas the full-blown Instinct MI455X will be equipped with 432 GB of HBM4 memory, according to SemiAnalysis . In addition, th…

Data centers forecast to use 20% of US power by 2035 — analysts estimate usage will rocket to 194 gigawatts, 83% more than forecast seven months ago

BNEF’s December outlook put 2035 demand at 106 GW, and that figure was itself 36% above the projection the firm published in April 2025, which works out to roughly 78 GW. The 2035 number has increased around 2.5 times in…

Fortinet becomes Intel 4’s first foundry customer, following firewall ASIC deal — CEO Lip-Bu Tan’s promised foundry wins begin to surface, but on a mature node

Meteor Lake is aging out of Intel’s lineup as 18A-based Panther Lake ramps through 2026, which leaves open the question of what fills Intel 4 capacity next. A multi-generation firewall ASIC program is a reasonable answer…

Apple reportedly working on Mac leasing program in partnership with Klarna to fight RAM price increases — ‘Apple Upgrade’ would let users finance hardware over

Hassam Nasir is a die-hard hardware enthusiast with years of experience as a tech editor and writer, focusing on detailed CPU comparisons and general hardware news. When he\u2019s not working, you\u2019ll find him bendin…

142 AI data center protests staged in 42 states as public opposition increases — organizers brand ‘unaccountable’ buildouts as an ‘unacceptable infringement on

Data centers have faced shortages of various kinds in the past few years — it began with GPU supply, then evolved into a memory chip bottleneck. Alongside that, there’s also the limited supply of electricity from the gri…