MSI has launched the MEG CoreLiquid E15 360 AIO, a $399.99 cooler featuring a 6.7-inch curved AMOLED display and market-leading thermal performance for AMD and Intel platforms. In graphics performance, the first DLSS 5 benchmarks via NBA 2K27 reveal a massive 50% to 60% performance tax on native framerates, though reviewers praise the resulting visual fidelity as a game-changer for sports titles. For budget builders, the MSI FORGE GM340 Wireless mouse offers tri-mode connectivity and 57-gram weight for just $39.99, while the FSP Mega GM 1200W PSU delivers Platinum-tier efficiency and Cybenetics A++ acoustics at $229, albeit with limited US availability. Finally, Warner Bros. has released a highly-rated 4K restoration of Tim Burton's Mars Attacks! that improves video and audio quality but suffers from disappointingly thin bonus features.

The MSI Claw 8 EX AI+ arrives with Intel's Arc G3 Extreme APU, delivering 80 FPS in Cyberpunk 2077 but struggling with Windows 11 sleep quirks that the team even tried to fix with CachyOS Linux. HP reshuffles its gaming lineup with the HyperX Omen 15, an $999 entry point machine that tops out at $2,099 with an RTX 5070 and 1800p OLED display, though the lack of Thunderbolt ports and flexible plastic chassis give buyers pause. Acer's $1,299 ProDesigner PE320QXT offers a 6K IPS touchscreen for Mac creators relying on third-party drivers, while Fractal Design and Razer ship refined iterations of the Refine 2 chair and Naga V3 Pro mouse. Enthusiast hardware rounds out the roundup with Colorful's two-DIMM X870E motherboard targeting extreme memory overclocks, a fully automated Creality SPARKX i7 AI Nano 3D printer, and UGREEN's massive 8-bay DXP8800 Ultra NAS packing dual 10GbE and Thunderbolt 4 support.

Microsoft has shipped Visual Studio Code 1.136.1 as a hotfix release. The update addresses updated default prompts identified during the release candidate phase. 

NVIDIA's DLSS 5 shifts the focus from raw framerate to neural-driven visual fidelity, debuting first in NBA 2K27. On the hardware front, TRYX unveiled a holographic AIO cooler that actually earned a Cybenetics Diamond rating, while MSI refreshed the aging AM4 platform with a sub-$120 Wi-Fi 6E motherboard. Compact builders finally got a viable power solution with FSP's 650W Flex ATX unit, the first to pair ATX 3.1 compliance with 80 PLUS Platinum efficiency. Rounding out the week, ADATA delivered a sub-ounce rugged SSD and Corsair proved there's still a market for splash-resistant membrane keyboards at $69.

Fractal Design has refreshed its product range with the Define One mid-tower, the Summit full-tower chassis, and the Radius AIO series, earning strong marks from APH Networks and Tom's Hardware for thermal balance, BTF compatibility, and efficient pump operation. The Ryzen 7 7700X3D faces harsh criticism from Club386, which deems the $319 processor poor value due to a negligible price gap and up to 10% performance deficit compared to the Ryzen 7 7800X3D. In the budget segment, ID-COOLING's $8.99 AM-120-K fan secured the top quiet-spot in Hardware Busters' 13-fan comparison, while Corsair's SKIFF 100 offers a $59 membrane alternative with dedicated media controls. GIGABYTE's $250 B850M AORUS Stealth Ice Micro-ATX motherboard rounded out the news, landing a 90% rating from TweakTown for its backside-connecter design and Wi-Fi 7 connectivity.

Visual Studio Code 1.136 ships today, introducing the Agent Host, a dedicated process that isolates AI agents from the extension host so sessions persist across window closures and multiple windows can sync to a single session. Microsoft is also releasing the open Agent Host Protocol (AHP), enabling third-party harnesses like the Copilot SDK and Claude Agent SDK to integrate with a unified interface while unlocking preview features such as Agent Merge for automated PR resolution. The update adds remote agent execution over SSH and dev tunnels, multi-root workspace support for agents, and a redesigned Agents window with chat hierarchies and a unified input field.

NVIDIA's DLSS 5 marks a paradigm shift toward neural rendering, though it locks Blackwell RTX 50-series owners behind an exclusive paywall that modders are already bypassing on Ada hardware. On the hardware side, Alienware ditches its signature RGB for a minimal, 5.66-lb desktop replacement in the 16X Aurora, while budget-conscious builders can snag a top-performing $90 AIO from ASRock that punches well above its weight class. The peripheral and platform updates round out the day, featuring G-Wolves' ultra-lightweight 29-gram Lycan mouse, ASRock's limited-edition X870E Taichi anniversary board, and be quiet!'s entry into smart power supplies with the titanium-efficient Dark Power Pro 14 IO. Finally, Capcom's Onimusha: Way of the Sword delivers stellar samurai combat and boss fights, even if its open-world connective tissue threatens to frustrate players between the linear set pieces.