Sean Hollister

Two credit agencies have downgraded Intel’s credit rating to “BBB,” two notches above junk status. (Once companies reach “BB,” they’re no longer considered “safe” investments.) One noted Intel needs “stronger end markets and successful product ramps” to recover.

AMD just reported its Q2 2025 earnings, and it’s attributing a new quarterly revenue record of $7.7 billion to one particular thing: “record server and PC processor sales.” And while AMD doesn’t mention its flagging competitor Intel, it seems many are turning to Team Red: AMD just crossed 40 percent market share for the first time on the Steam Hardware Survey of PC gamers, and it may have 40 percent server market share soon too.

Bambu’s 3D printers started on Kickstarter; now, the company’s own MakerWorld Crowdfunding has 11 different 3D prints you can back, including DIY pinball tables, steampunk disc blasters, and this epic board game. Be warned you’re paying for the promise of 3D files, not final products. And you can’t just submit your own designs yet; that’s invitation only for now.

Remember when ThinkPads had seven rows of keys, sandpaper TrackPoint nubs, ThinkLights, and keyboards that transformed to become wider when you opened their hinge? The Register’s Avram Pilch caught up with David W. Hill, who ran ThinkPad design from 1995 to 2017, about all of them — and the attempts to bring some back!

The HoverAir X1 is one of the best drones for people who don’t like drones, we found last year: an affordable, portable, and durable self-flying selfie camera. Now, the company’s teasing a new model that floats on water (can it land and take off, though?) with a new compact controller.

2K isn’t denying Jason Schreier’s story: “We are working hard to set BioShock up for the best possible future. Right now, we have a good game, but we are committed to delivering a great one,” the publisher tells him.

Hope you weren’t banking on a particular price for your next camera, because Trump’s new-and-improved tariffs have other plans. My former colleague Chris Welch reports the majority of Fujifilm cameras now cost more, and Canon has signaled higher prices too; Sigma has agreed to absorb the extra 5 percent tariffs that Trump just added to Japan.