It’s not a particularly hardware related piece of news nonetheless we deem it notable, not so say memorable, that Microsoft have assigned resources to revamp their humble notepad. We're rather confident that every single one of our readers has its fair share of experience with this rather dull yet effective piece of software.

Most notebook vendors have announced their updated notebooks, which are based around Intels 8th generation Core processors quite a while ago, yet Apple, as always, decided to take its time. To a certain extent this makes/made sense since the availability of the new platform was sparse - to say the least.

The first thing that actually came to my mind when reading the headline from Corsair actually was whether “Zero RPM” is going to be the new “RGB”. Maybe not entirely but it does have a catchy ring to it and Corsair is not the first company market a product with this term.

AMD has yet released the next iteration of their Adrenalin software package aka drivers. Meanwhile the versioning is at 18.7.1 and some rather beefy - 28 percent - performance improvement for “Earthfall” has been realized in combination with Radeon RX Vega 56 graphics cards.

Based on financial data from Gigabyte, Tul PowerColor as well as rumors that NVIDIA might be sitting on a rather large pile of GPUs, Computerbase.de have put together an interesting theory. It appears likely that the GPU vendors shiny financial reports from the past months were the result of the mining boom.

A few months ago the Spectre security vulnerability was all over the news of all the different tech websites out there. In a nutshell, spectre is the result of branch mispredictions from which a hacker can benefit by gaining access to private data. In the meantime Intel has been working under high pressure to fix as many bugs and issues related to Spectre and one way of doing that was with a bonus to their community in the shape of their Bug Bounty Program.

The official support lists from motherboard vendors are always a good source for some sneak peak information on upcoming products. This time Taiwanese manufacturer ASRock started listing some not yet released chips from AMD and the company has also added some specs.

According to the latest communication from Samsung, they’ve just launched the fifth iteration of their V-NAND based memory chips for SSDs. By now these chips boast 96 layers and the storage density per chip is 256Gb.

The B450 Tomahawk from MSI is an entry-level motherboard that comes with a few interesting features. At a first glance the B450 Tomahawk offers everything you need for your daily gaming system and it should come with a rather reasonable price.

When it comes to single-board computers, the Raspberry Pi is the most famous one however almost one year ago even Gigabyte has unveiled its own solution. The first model was called GA-SBCAP3350 and now, one year later, the company is back with the GA-SBCAP3450 which features a quad core CPU.

A few weeks ago, ASRock introduce its new Phantom Gaming X Radeon Vega graphics cards. During an event in Taipei, ASRock has revealed that they are going to release more products during upcoming months. ASRock will introduce the second generation of Phantom Gaming X GPUs in August.

Far Cry 5 has offered HDR support already after the first updates, however Ubisoft has updated the game and they made it compatible with FreeSync 2 HDR as well. In order to make things work, you have to use a Radeon graphics card and a compatible monitor or TV.

Gigabyte has finally revealed the first motherboard compatible with Threadripper 2 processors. This particular board comes with a whole bunch of features as well as an exceptionally good looking color scheme. Due this announcement, Gigabyte confirms that there are no plans for X499 motherboards in a near future.

The TUF B360M-Plus Gaming S from ASUS is a mid-range motherboard that comes with a few interesting features. Compared to the Prime B360M-Plus, which ASUS unveiled a few months ago, the new model belongs to a higher-end series and packs a few more goodies. Like the name suggests, this new model is based on a micro-ATX form factor.

BenQ has added another monitor with a 31.5-inch panel, 2560 x 1440 resolution and 1800R curvature to its lineup. The display comes with an VA panel from AU Optronics and it's supposed to be HDR compatible.

With AMD Polaris, we have seen fast graphics cards at a rather reasonable price, but miners soon began snapping them up and driving prices higher. Since the situation is bit better now, AMD is apparently looking to improve Polaris lineup with a new series of graphics cards.

ASUS has officially listed its ROG Swift PG65 Big Format Gaming Display. With BFGD, NVIDIA brings high refresh rates, G-Sync and HDR to 65-inch 4K displays. After that announcement, we knew that ASUS, Acer and HP would be among the first companies to bring out displays supporting this.

A few months ago Lian Li launched the PC-O12WX, which was a dual-chamber case like the PC-O8 that's been around for quite a while already. Like the previous models, also the new PC-O11 Air comes with an elegant design and the left side panel is made out tempered glass. As the name suggests, this case has been designed for high airflow.

Back in May AMD mentioned the Ryzen low power CPUs, which means powerful processors with up to 45W TDP. Right after the U-series and the H-series branding, AMD is going to release the E-series. These processors should be designed for OEM use only.

A few months after the launch of the AMD X470 chipset, EKWB has released a new monoblock for the MSI X470 Gaming M7 motherboard. This monoblock will apparently add water cooling to both the CPU and the VRM, thanks to a huge single water block. The EK-FB MSI X470 M7 RGB Monoblock is compatible with MSI Mystic Light Sync, which will allow you to create neat looking setups thanks to customizable lighting.