The EU is rolling out a new Office suite! Samsung workers get pay raise! More fines coming to Google. NVIDIA bets big on Taiwan, while Chinese GPUs surge in sales.

Steam Deck prices JUMPED, but so did sales numbers. Qualcomm shows off a new laptop chip, while rumors swirl of new “cheap” laptops. Asus taps Qualcomm for a new all-in-one PC.

NVIDIA shows of the RTX Spark for Windows machines, and numerous manufacturers are already announcing new machines featuring the chip.

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• Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme early testing https://somegadgetguy.com/2026/05/22/snapdragon-x2-elite-extreme-one-month-later-huge-performance/
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• Googlebook reactions https://somegadgetguy.com/2026/05/12/android-show-googlebook-reactions-is-ai-enough-to-sell-a-new-laptop/
• Snapseed update! https://www.patreon.com/posts/snapseed-is-back-157749883
• Sony Linkbuds Clip Review https://www.patreon.com/posts/sony-linkbuds-do-157640937
• Vivo X300 Ultra By the Benchmarks https://www.patreon.com/posts/vivo-showdown-vs-157572976
• The new Sony is gonna be pricey… https://www.patreon.com/posts/were-all-worried-157540192
• Pebble Time 2 First Impressions https://www.patreon.com/posts/pebble-time-2-in-157449010
• THREE SCREENS on ONE LAPTOP??? https://www.patreon.com/posts/three-screens-on-157208037
• Why I’m Probably NOT Buying an Oppo Find X9 Ultra https://www.patreon.com/posts/oppo-find-x9-of-157125084
• TANKPAD ULTRA IS HERE https://somegadgetguy.com/2026/05/01/8849-tankpad-ultra-review-everything-on-this-tablet-is-an-upgrade-except/
• New Color for my favorite Earbuds of the year! https://somegadgetguy.com/2026/04/30/the-best-bluetooth-earbuds-of-the-year-in-a-new-color-status-pro-x-moonbeam/
• What’s going on with the Clicks Communicator https://somegadgetguy.com/2026/04/29/whats-going-on-with-clicks-communicator-jeff-gadway-spills-the-beans-on-business-and-bootloaders/
• vivo X300 Ultra Camera Tour https://www.patreon.com/posts/vivo-x300-ultra-156441774
• EuroOffice https://www.windowscentral.com/software-apps/meet-eurooffice-europes-bold-alternative-to-microsoft-365-promising-sovereignty-and-control
• Samsung strike https://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_chip_workers_approve_new_deal_and_will_receive_huge_bonuses-news-73007.php
• EU fines Google https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/eu-plans-fine-google-high-triple-digit-million-euro-sum-handelsblatt-reports-2026-05-25/
• NVIDIA in Taiwan https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/05/nvidia-ceo-wants-taiwan-to-be-center-of-ai-revolution-not-us/
• Chinese GPUs https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/gpus/chinese-gpu-maker-sells-out-over-30-000-gaming-gpus-within-48-hours-despite-lukewarm-benchmarks-lx-7g100-proves-hype-trumps-performance
• Steam Deck sold out https://www.notebookcheck.net/Both-Steam-Deck-OLEDs-sold-out-hours-after-price-hike.1308527.0.html
• Qualcomm’s new laptop chip https://www.qualcomm.com/news/releases/2026/05/introducing-snapdragon-c–designed-to-revolutionize-entry-tier-l
• NVIDIA RTX Spark https://www.notebookcheck.net/Nvidia-N1X-officially-confirmed-to-arrive-as-the-RTX-Spark.1312010.0.html
• Asus Spark announcement https://press.asus.com/news/press-releases/asus-proart-p16-p14-mini-pc-nvidia-rtx-spark-computex-2026/
• Microsoft Spark announcement https://blogs.windows.com/devices/2026/05/31/introducing-surface-laptop-ultra-made-for-world-makers/
• Asus new All-in-One https://www.gsmarena.com/asus_announces_vm441_allinone_pc_running_snapdragon_x_processor-news-72986.php

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