ASRock and Ocypus are driving down liquid cooling prices with budget-friendly AIOs featuring built-in LCD displays, offering solid thermal performance for under $135. Gigabyte's $799 Aorus RTX 5070 Infinity stands out with a dramatic jet-engine design, though the premium styling comes at a steep cost for a 70-class card. ASRock's all-white X870E Taichi White motherboard pairs flagship AM5 connectivity with a $449.99 price tag, while the xTool M2 laser engraver introduces CMYK color printing to the craft market. The storage lineup spans KIOXIA's fastest PCIe 5.0 drive yet, a practical external SSD with a limited pSLC cache, and a Gen4 NVMe option defined by its anime-inspired aesthetic.

Today's hardware roundup covers everything from Samsung’s passport-style Z Fold8 to a stripped-down 16-inch Geekom laptop that keeps Intel’s 16-core chip while cutting display and storage capacity. Desktop builders will find the Scythe Magoroku cooler worth a look for its standout RAM cooling, while G.Skill’s new EXPO-optimized DDR5 kit finally gives Ryzen users tighter memory sub-timings out of the box. The Samsung Odyssey G80HS 6K monitor delivers impressive pixel density and fast refresh rates, though you’ll need a serious GPU to push it at that resolution. Tying it all together is Corsair’s HS35 v3 Wireless headset, a budget pick that somehow nails sound, comfort, and mic quality without breaking the bank.

Today's hardware roundup covers a mix of compact builds and budget peripherals, highlighted by the $799 GEEKOM IT13 Max mini PC and the 1,200W FSP DAGGER PM SFX-L power supply. The GEEKOM IT13 Max delivers solid Meteor Lake performance for esports and productivity, though soldered RAM and a 500 GB SSD will limit long-term upgradability. Corsair's new Hall-effect controller and the Epomaker Nex Lite mouse chase low-latency and affordable gaming niches, while Alphacool's rebranded Apex 2 thermal paste proves compound consistency beats brand logos. XPG and MONTECH round out the showcase with clean RGB memory and a stepped mid-tower, but reviewers warn that Maxsun's new B850M motherboard is already priced above MSRP.

Today's hardware roundups cover the InWin Covalent and Cooler Master HAF II 500 chassis, plus a $1,959 GMKtec Evo-T2 packing Intel's Panther Lake. TechPowerUp and TweakTown break down the Logitech G Pro X2 Superstrike mouse and the D-Link F518 hotspot, while Tom's Hardware labels the QIDI Plus5 a genuine rival to Bambu Lab's 3D printers. Keep in mind that review scores often shift once firmware updates drop.

Visual Studio Code 1.133 introduces a dedicated Agent Host process that decouples AI agents from the editor, enabling shared multi-window sessions and remote execution. Microsoft pairs this architectural shift with an open Agent Host Protocol (AHP) spec, positioning the communication layer alongside LSP and DAP to support extensible third-party tooling. The update also delivers developer-friendly features like mixed Anthropic and Copilot model switching in Claude sessions, an experimental toggle to skip GitHub sign-in, and auto-reloading HTML in the integrated browser. The update is now rolling out to Windows, macOS, and Linux, with early testing available through the Insiders build.

AIO coolers are fully embracing personality panels and daisy-chain ecosystems, with MSI’s MPG CORELIQUID P22 360 W, be quiet!’s Light Loop IO LCD 360, and Arctic’s Bionix P12 and P14 A-RGB fans all landing in this week's roundup. Razer upped the customization ante with the 23-button Naga V3 Pro, positioning it as the default peripheral for MMO and RTS players who actually want to map out their loadouts. The budget crowd keeps winning, as the Valkyrie B12 ARGB, EPOMAKER GX1 headset, and MSI’s display-equipped AIO all deliver solid performance without the usual flagship tax. While DeepCool’s woodgrain AK620 G2 and Id-Cooling’s visual "hybrid" design try to shake up the thermal market, premium acoustics and clean cable management. 

Microsoft released Visual Studio Code 1.132.1 on Tuesday to address seven security vulnerabilities across the Chat, Terminal, Electron, and network subsystems. The patch arrives just six days after the feature-rich 1.132 release, which introduced a major architectural shift via the new Agent Host Protocol. Critical remote code execution flaws were patched in the integrated browser and web URL payloads, while four additional fixes target the expanding AI agent attack surface. Users should force a check for updates immediately to secure their development environment.