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A tech advisory piece compares building a gaming PC yourself versus buying prebuilt, noting that self-builds offer full component control but require troubleshooting skills and patience. Prebuilt systems, by contrast, work out of the box, come with a single warranty covering all parts, and benefit from manufacturers' bulk-purchasing discounts, though they can be harder to upgrade later.
Raspberry Pi Holdings reported revenue of $256.9 million for the six months ending June 30, a 90% increase, with adjusted EBITDA more than doubling to $40.3 million and pre-tax profit up 216% to $19.6 million. Unit shipments rose 17% to 4.2 million and the order backlog doubled to 2.6 million units, driving the company's stock up more than 30% over the past week.
AMD's newly announced RX 9050 GPU exists in two very different versions sharing the same name: an 8GB retail card sold standalone in some markets, and a 4GB variant that can only be bought bundled inside prebuilt desktops. Testing found the 4GB model, discovered inside a $750 CyberPowerPC system from Best Buy, has half the memory bandwidth and significantly worse performance than the retail card most buyers would research online.
A security researcher has published a series detailing how an unprivileged Android app can escalate to root access on major OEM devices using one repeatable strategy. The method targets manufacturer-specific kernel driver bugs—specifically page Use-After-Free flaws—reached via OEM-specific sandbox escapes, and was demonstrated on Samsung Galaxy S23 through S26 devices, many Xiaomi mid-range to flagship phones, and recent Oppo, OnePlus, and Realme flagships.