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Apple rumored to kick off M5 chip production using TSMC performance-enhanced 3nm node
South Korean website claims that TSMC has started high-volume production of Apple's M5 processors using N3P fabrication process.
Huawei manages to pull $118 billion in revenue despite strict U.S. sanctions and restrictions
Huawei's consumer business has bounced back since August 2023, following the launch of new smartphones featuring domestically produced chipsets that bypass U.S. sanctions.
Step up your monitor game with the Alienware AW2724DM for just $199
Grab Alienware's AW2724DM for just $199, a great value 1440p high refresh rate gaming monitor.
Nvidia DLSS4, MFG, and full ray tracing tested on RTX 5090 and RTX 5080
The time crunch for the launch of the RTX 5090 and 5080 cards meant we weren't able to fully investigate MFG, DLSS4, and full RT the way we'd like. We'll be updating those sections of the reviews, but here's the deeper dive into how the new technologies impact the gaming experience. It's not all sunshine and roses and doubled performance.
USPS had ceased accepting parcels from China and Hong Kong late Tuesday, potentially affecting numerous PC parts — service was restored by early Wednesday
The USPS is working with the CBP to build a system that will efficiently check every arriving parcel from China to charge import duties.
Hardware leaker claims RTX 5060 and 5060 Ti GPUs will use 8-pin power connectors
A leaker claims Nvidia's RTX 5060-class GPUs will use the same power connectors as the 4060-class GPUs, despite requiring 100 watts more in the PSU department. Grains of salt sprinkled liberally, as the 4060 Ti Founders Edition used a 16-pin connector.
Raspberry Pi Pico Spacewar controller brings vintage space combat to the 21st century
Tominator2000 has created Raspberry Pi Pico-powered controllers that can be used to emulate the Spacewar! combat game originally designed back in 1962.
Moore Threads GPUs allegedly show 'excellent' inference performance with DeepSeek models
VMoore Threads deploys DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-7B distilled model on its MTT S80 and MTT S4000 graphics cards, confirms that the GPUs can run CUDA code.
I’m typing this on the world’s largest keyboard, a 178-key best designed to make you more productive
The Hyper7 R4 is a macro lover’s dream, but its unique layout poses challenges.
AMD CEO confirms the RX 9070 series will arrive in early March — Promises 4K mainstream gaming
AMD CEO Lisa Su promises to bring high-quality 4K gaming to the masses, with the RX 9070 series, launching in early March.
Adafruit's Fruit Jam is a Raspberry Pi Pico 2 powered, credit card sized computer
Adafruit released a blog post detailing plans to create a new PCB called Fruit Jam inspired by the Raspberry Pi Pico Ichigo Jam upgrade.
AMD outsells Intel in the datacenter for the first time in Q4 2024
AMD's datacenter business unit reports record sales, leaves Intel behind.
G.Skill intros 96GB DDR5-6800 CL32 and 32GB DDR5-6400 CL28 memory kits for Intel-based machines
G.Skill has introduced a pair of new memory modules, one boasting 6800MHz speeds at up to 96GB of capacity. The other is targeted at low-latency featuring 6400MHz speeds and a CL timing of 28.
China reopens antitrust probe into Google, Nvidia, and Intel may be next
China reopens investigations targeting Google and Nvidia to gain leverage in upcoming negotiations with U.S. President Trump. Intel could be next.
AMD patches a critical microcode vulnerability affecting Zen 1 to Zen 4 EPYC CPUs
A key AMD microcode vulnerability impacting Epyc CPUs has been fixed.
AMD is rumored to hold an RDNA 4 launch event later this month — RX 9000 GPUs still planned for March
AMD is rumored to unveil the RX 9070 series later this month, with potential details on pricing and performance.
Expand your storage with a 4TB WD Black SN850X M.2 SSD for only $269 at Amazon
Click the Amazon coupon for a small saving on the 4TB WD Black SN850X, and pick up this fantastic SSD for $269.
From toilets to chips — Toto's electrostatic chucks are becoming a crucial element of modern fabs
From toilet to semiconductor fab: Toto is expanding business in an unexpected direction.
Korean retail RTX 5090 spotted for sale in China — Chinese shoppers plunder Japan and Taiwan, too
A clearly Korea-sourced Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 graphics card has been spotted for sale on an online Chinese marketplace. There are also recent reports of Chinese GPU shoppers visiting Japan and Taiwan.
Users report bricked or unstable RTX 5090 and 5080 cards — root cause to be determined
Several issues including initialization failures and PCIe 5.0 compatibility are reportedly plaguing Nvidia's RTX 50-series GPUs.
U.S. RTX 50 laptop pricing starts from $1,899 for an RTX 5070 Ti toting Asus ROG Strix G16
Listings for laptops with Nvidia 50-series laptop GPUs are starting to appear on US manufacturer web stores and online retailers.
DeepSeek research suggests Huawei's Ascend 910C delivers 60% Nvidia H100 inference performance
Nvidia's GPUs remain the best solutions for AI training, but Huawei's own processors can be used for inference.
Inmotion Hosting VPS and Shared Hosting Review
Inmotion Hosting provides a variety of VPS and shared hosting plans, suitable for various requirements and budgets. Unfortunately, our experience testing the VPS was particularly poor.
Intel receives $536 million from EU following antitrust fine reversal
The chipmaker received the amount as default interest from the European Commission following an appeal against a €1.06 billion ($1.1 billion) fine levied in 2009
RTX 5090 gaming laptops listed overseas starting at $3,780
Digital Machine has unveiled its RTX 50-series laptops, which include the RTX 5070 Ti, RTX 5080, and RTX 5090. The cheapest RTX 5090 laptop starts at $3,786.22.
Japan tightens chipmaking export controls amid US-China tech tensions
Japan makes it harder for Chinese entities to obtain chipmaking tools, advanced processors, and cryogenic cooling from Japanese companies.
Chinese algorithm claimed to boost Nvidia GPU performance by up to 800X for advanced science applications
The PD-General framework improved computational speed by up to 800 times on a consumer-grade Nvidia RTX 4070 compared to traditional serial processing methods.
Save $500 on this OTT Acer Predator Helios 18 gaming laptop
Save $500 on the MSRP of this Acer Predator Helios 18 gaming laptop.
Engineer turns old 3D printer into a tattoo gun that you definitely shouldn't use at home
YouTuber makes and documents a 3D printer as a tattoo machine.
Tech enthusiasts brace for Trump tariff price hikes on new components
We examine the new Trump tariffs on Canada, China, and Mexico and consider their potential impacts on PCs, components, and peripherals.
Modern Discord hacked into Windows 95 and 98, slimmed down version keeps core functionality intact
Windows 95 and 98SE get a functioning open-source backport of Discord.
Japanese RTX 50 retailer apologizes for lottery-fueled mayhem — unruly crowd caused injuries, damaged nearby kindergarten
The owner of the Akihabara computer store which held an RTX 50 product release lottery has issued a sweeping apology to customers, neighbors, and everyone else who got caught up in the chaos last week.
RTX 5090 cable melting claim debunked — Investigation points at prior RTX 4090 FE cabling usage
A Hong Kong media outlet was scared by two melted 16-pin cables; initially mistakenly attributed to RTX 5090 testing.
Nvidia counters AMD DeepSeek benchmarks, claims RTX 4090 is nearly 50% faster than 7900 XTX
Nvidia published RTX 5090, RTX 4090 DeepSeek benchmarks against the RX 7900 XTX, countering AMD's performance claims that the RX 7900 XTX is faster than the RTX 4090.
DeepSeek might not be as disruptive as claimed, firm reportedly has 50,000 Nvidia GPUs and spent $1.6 billion on buildouts
SemiAnalysis says that DeepSeek and its venture capitalist partner spent some $1.6 billion dollar on AI hardware from Nvidia, says SemiAnalysis.
Intel heralds XeSS passing the 150 games milestone, but only two titles support XeSS 2.0
Intel XeSS passes the milestone for being supported in over 150 games.
This 14-inch Apple MacBook Pro (2024) laptop is only $1,589 at Amazon
This Apple MacBook Pro 2024 laptop is currently marked down to its lowest price to date—$1,589 at Amazon instead of its usual $1,799.
RTX 5090 orders could take up to 16 weeks to fulfill at major UK retailer, shop stops taking pre-orders
A large UK retailer warns customers of up to 16-week wait times before existing RTX 5090 orders can be fulfilled.
Nvidia RTX 3090 sent in to repairer was missing the GPU and all its memory chips
Alex from NorthridgeFix was in despair after a customer sent him an 'insane RTX 3090' for repair, missing its GPU and VRAM.
Glorious GMMK 3 Review: Customized mainstream gaming
Glorious' new GMMK 3 keyboard line lets you build your own gaming keyboard.
Verbatim pledges 'stable supply of optical disks' after Sony Japan's recordable Blu-ray exit
Verbatim has pledged to continue supporting the recordable optical media market in Japan after Sony's manufacturing closure.
Intel Core Ultra 7 255H lands 32% faster than the 155H in PassMark's single-core benchmark
Arrow Lake on mobile delivers impressive results versus Meteor Lake, thanks to the newer cores and an updated process node.
WEP 982 III Precision Soldering Station Review: Putting the heat where you need it
The WEP 982 III is designed for precision soldering, and it brings hot-swappable soldering iron tips to a budget price tag.
RTX 5060 Ti and RTX 5060 may arrive in March to steal AMD's spotlight — Chaintech hints at higher Average Selling Prices
Taiwanese manufacturers suggest the RTX 5060 Ti and RTX 5060 will arrive next month.
RTX 5090 gets new $25 KryoSheet thermal pad option from Thermal Grizzly
Thermal Grizzly has updated its cooling solutions with an all-new 44 x 37mm KryoSheet optimized for the RTX 5090’s GB202 die.
Backdoor uncovered in China-made patient monitors — Contec CMS8000 raises questions about healthcare device security
The CISA and FDA have released security warnings about the Contec CMS8000, which is used for patient monitoring.
Alienware's award-winning 34-inch curved QD-OLED gaming monitor is now discounted to its lowest price ever
You can purchase the Alienware AW3423DWF 34-inch curved QD-OLED gaming monitor for its lowest price ever at Amazon—just $609 instead of its recommended $899.
Edward Snowden slams Nvidia's RTX 50-series 'F-tier value,' whistleblows on lackluster VRAM capacity
Infamous former NSA contractor and whistleblower Edward Snowden has unexpectedly shared his opinion on RTX 50 series VRAM quotas.
Incredibly tiny pressure-sensitive mouse can be latched onto a keychain like a sleek car remote
Astract Japan introduces a follow-up to its CapacMouse Neo, the CapacMouse Pro.
AMD rumored to launch the Ryzen 9 9950X3D and Ryzen 9 9900X3D alongside RDNA 4 GPUs in late March
A French publication suggests AMD's Ryzen 9 9950X3D/9900X3D chips won't arrive until the end of Q1.
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang and President Trump reportedly discussed AI policy, DeepSeek, and hardware export controls in a meeting
Nvidia and the White House provide vague descriptions of topics Donald Trump and Jensen Huang discussed during their Friday meeting.
Exacluster with 144 Nvidia H200 AI GPUs detailed by its designer: Hydra Host enters the scene
Hydra Host facilitated building the machine, enables its monetization when not utilized using its Brokkr platform.
Most RTX 50-series GPUs sold out in five minutes at Newegg — entire inventory evaporated in just 20 minutes
Newegg's RTX 50 stock was gone in 20 minutes, raising questions about the quantity available at launch.
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang to meet President Trump at White House today
CEO of Nvidia is set to meet U.S. President Trump at the White House to discuss the ongoing situation.
Pick up an iBUYPOWER desktop PC (with RTX 4070 Super) for a fraction of the price of an RTX 5090 — now just $1,399
Pick up a competent pre-built gaming rig from Costco for $1,399, featuring an Intel 14th gen processor and Nvidia RTX 4070 Super GPU.
Intel co-CEO confirms Nova Lake is on track for 2026 — some parts will be produced externally
Intel's next-generation desktop CPUs, codenamed "Nova Lake," will launch in 2026.
U.S. investigates whether DeepSeek smuggled Nvidia AI GPUs via Singapore
The U.S. government believes that DeepSeek illegally obtained Nvidia GPUs through Singapore, now accounting for 22% of its revenue. Nvidia denies any wrongdoing.
ViewSonic VX1655-4K-OLED portable monitor review: 4K OLED goodness in a slim package
The ViewSonic VX1655-4K-OLED has excellent fundamentals as a portable monitor, but fumbles with the integrated speakers.
Nvidia's RTX 50-series drivers feel half-baked, focus too much on MFG
Nvidia needed to modify its drivers to support the new Blackwell GPUs. It also recommended some changes in how people benchmark graphics cards, specifically related to MFG. Neither of these things appears to have been beneficial for Nvidia's latest GPUs, on the whole.
This old phone reads poetry to you using a Raspberry Pi Zero
Maker and developer Rootkid is using a Raspberry Pi Zero to power an old phone, giving it the ability to read poems to you when you lift the receiver.
Nvidia introduces DLSS Smooth Motion, DLSS Override, improved model for RTX Video Super Resolution reduces VSR power consumption by 30%
The latest Nvidia App and Game Ready drivers offer a handful of new features for all RTX GPUs.
Microsoft releases new Surface Copilot+ PCs for Business — starts at $1,499.99 and powered by Intel Lunar Lake chips
Microsoft is releasing the Surface Laptop and Surface Pro on February 18, both of which are powered by Intel Lunar Lake chip.
Asus publishes GeForce RTX 5090 prices: $3,099 for range-topping model
Asus plans to charge significantly more than Nvidia's MSRP for its GeForce RTX 5080 and GeForce RTX 5090 products. It has "special launch day pricing" on the base models that drops them $200, but of course those sold out, because everything did.
Intel delays key Xeon data center processor amid massive losses — Clearwater Forest pushed back to 1H 2026
Intel delays key Xeon data center processor amid massive losses — Clearwater Forest pushed back to 1H 2026
Intel cancels Falcon Shores GPU for AI workloads — Jaguar Shores to be successor
Intel's next-generation AI and HPC GPU will only be used internally, Jaguar shores will be the real successor for Gaudi 3 in the AI space.
Seagate responds to fraudulent hard drives scandal, says resellers should only buy from certified partners
Seagate says it had nothing to do with used hard drives fraudulently sold as new ones, and recommends resellers to only buy from certified Seagate partners.
A GPU deal you can get your hands on today — grab the ASRock Creator Radeon RX 7900XTX for $864
ASRock's Creator Radeon RX 7900XTX is available at a small discount.
XPG Fusion Titanium 1600 PSU Review
The XPG Fusion Titanium 1600 delivers unparalleled power and efficiency, making it a top-tier choice for demanding systems, but its unearthly price limits its appeal.
RTX 50-series paper launch saw RTX 5090, RTX 5080 fly off the shelves — Micro Center, Best Buy, and Newegg are all out of stock
RTX 5090 and RTX 5080 inventory has run dry at most major US retailers.
Facebook admits that the Linux topic crackdown was 'in error' and has been fixed
Facebook's heavy-handed censoring of Linux groups and topics was made 'in error,' the social media juggernaut has admitted.
Reviewer reports RTX 5080 FE instability — PCIe 5.0 signal integrity likely the culprit
Suspected signal integrity losses have forced reviewers to switch to PCIe Gen 4.0.
Microsoft Snapdragon X Copilot+ PCs get local DeepSeek-R1 support — Intel, AMD in the works
Microsoft makes DeepSeek locally available on Copilot+ PCs. Model to arrive first on Qualcomm Snapdragon X processors — Intel and AMD chips to follow.
The Asus ROG Zephyrus G14 (2024) OLED gaming laptop with RTX 4060 is now $500 off
The 2024 Asus ROG Zephyrus G14 OLED goes on sale for $1,099.
Chinese chipmaker ships record-breakers: YMTC quietly begins shipping 5th Gen 3D TLC NAND
Analysis of YMTC's 294-layer 3D NAND indicates that the company continues to advance despite U.S. sanctions.
Asus comments on Q-Release Slim damaging GPUs, issues official removal guidelines
Asus says its new Q-Release Slim graphics cards removal mechanism does not damage graphics cards to a degree that they stop working. The company advises following the official removal guidelines.
Aurora supercomputer is now fully operational, available to researchers
Intel's Ponte Vecchio-based Aurora is now available for a broad range of researchers
Rapidus to reportedly install 10 EUV chipmaking tools at its fab in Japan
Rapidus's IIM-1 and IIM-2 will feature 10 EUV lithography systems.
Nvidia stock drops again thanks to rumors of expanded China chip sanctions by Trump administration
The Trump administration is reportedly considering expanding the bans and sanctions against China, which could mean that the Nvidia H20 chip will no longer be legal to sell in the country.
AMD claims RX 7900 XTX outperforms RTX 4090 in DeepSeek benchmarks
AMD has published benchmarks of DeepSeek's AI model with its flagship RX 7900 XTX that show the GPU outperforming both the Nvidia RTX 4090 and RTX 4080 Super using DeepSeek R1.
Apple silicon is vulnerable to side-channel speculative execution attacks "FLOP" and "SLAP"
Apple Silicon is extra prone to stolen information thanks to some yet-unpatched speculative execution attacks.
AMD released instructions for running DeepSeek on Ryzen AI CPUs and Radeon GPUs
AMD has provided instructions on how to run DeepSeek R1 on its latest consumer-based Ryzen AI and RX 7000 series CPUs and GPUs.
Comcast's L4S low-latency tech promises up to a 78% latency reduction, testing begins in select cities
Comcast has starting rolling out its new low-latency tech, L4S.
Dell's 32-inch curved S3222DGM gaming monitor is only $195 — the lowest-ever price I've seen it on sale
Pick up the 32-inch Dell S3222DGM gaming monitor for only $195.
Ex-Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger's startup chose China's DeepSeek instead of OpenAI
Pat Gelsinger credited DeepSeek's creative engineering for driving competition and making AI more affordable.
Wake up in style with this Raspberry Pi Pico Game Boy Pokémon-themed alarm clock
Mod Room My has assembled a beautiful Pokémon-themed alarm clock using a Raspberry Pi Pico that fits inside an original Game Boy.
Japanese retailer will host a lottery to give buyers a chance to purchase an RTX 5090 or RTX 5080
Japanese electronics retailer Goodwill Nagoya Osu will conduct a lottery for customers who line up at the store by 10:20 a.m. on January 31 to determine who can buy an RTX 5090 or RTX 5080 GPU.
Creality K2 Plus Review: Now in Color
Creality’s long-awaited new flagship 3D printer is bigger, better, and in color.
Spitballing Nvidia's RTX 5090 GPU die manufacturing costs — die could cost as little as $290 to make
Nvidia's GeForce RTX 5090 is an expensive product to build, but it makes Nvidia a lot of money.
Where to buy Nvidia's RTX 5080 graphics card - get ready for tomorrow's launch
After a new Nvidia RTX 5080 GPU? Check our lists for all the RTX 5080 models and retailer links.
AI research team claims to reproduce DeepSeek core technologies for $30 — relatively small R1-Zero model has remarkable problem-solving abilities
PhD-candidate Jiayi Pan led a team at UC Berkeley that reproduced the core technology of DeepSeek R1-Zero for just $30, showing how AI could become affordable to just about anyone.
Huawei adds DeepSeek-optimized inference support for its Ascend AI GPUs
Chinese AI firm DeepSeek is using Huawei’s AI chips to run its wave-making R1 large language model.
TSMC founder says Tim Cook told him in 2011 that Intel did not know how to be a foundry
Founder of TSMC remembers how his company managed to land a supply contract with Apple.
MSI delays RTX 5090 shipments until February 6 — Prebookings go live on January 30
MSI has pushed back RTX 5090 shipments by one week as it likely faces difficulties with supply.
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Founders Edition review: Incremental gains over the previous generation
The Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Founders Edition is a big step down from the 5090, at least in some cases. It's also a relatively small step up from the previous generation 4080 Super it replaces. Without multi-frame generation, it offers only minor gains, and with MFG, it's more about marketing than real performance benefits.
Lenovo Legion R27fc-30 27-inch 280 Hz gaming monitor review: Remarkable performance and value
Lenovo delivers remarkable value from its Legion R27fc-30. It’s a 27-inch FHD VA curved gaming monitor with 280 Hz, Adaptive-Sync HDR and wide gamut color. It also boasts premium gaming performance and speed for relatively little money.
Microsoft and OpenAI investigate whether DeepSeek illicitly obtained data from ChatGPT
Sources at Open AI believe DeepSeek unlawfully distilled data from ChatGPT, Open AI and Microsoft begin investigation.
US introduces act to add tax credits for chip designers, extends credits for chip production, too
The STAR Act extends the semiconductor manufacturing tax credit beyond 2026 and expands it to include research and development.
German Seagate customers say their 'new' hard drives were actually used – resold HDDs reportedly used for tens of thousands of hours
German publication Heise.de reports that over fifty of its readers received used hard drives when they were supposed to receive brand-new models.
Lucky buyer snags a RTX 4070 Super for $350 in Walmart clearance sale
Walmart customer snags RTX 4070 Super for just $350, over 50% off its original MSRP during a Walmart clearance sale.
January Windows security updates are breaking audio on PCs using external DACs
Bad January security updates are breaking USB 1.0 external DACs on recent Windows and Windows Server versions.
Chinese-made DeepSeek AI model records extensive online user data, stores it in China-based servers
From personal information to hardware specifications to even how you type, DeepSeek says it’s collecting swathes of data from its online users.
DeepSeek's AI breakthrough bypasses industry-standard CUDA for some functions, uses Nvidia's assembly-like PTX programming instead
DeepSeek used PTX ISA to fine-tune its AI model training.
Nvidia says 'Press Build'-stamped GPU dies in RTX 5090s are not juiced up — performance is identical to retail counterparts
Nvidia has shot down speculation that it sent third-party reviewers binned RTX 5090 Founders Edition models featuring higher performance than retail counterparts.
Nvidia finally admits looming RTX 50-series GPU shortage — RTX 5090, RTX 5080 stockouts may happen
Nvidia admits to having a limited supply of RTX 5090 and RTX 5080 GPUs and says "stockouts may happen" for these graphics cards.
Sam Altman said startups with only $10 million were 'totally hopeless' competing with OpenAI, DeepSeek's disruption says otherwise
Sam Altman's comments on the prospects of AI startups may have come back to bite him after the dramatic debut of DeepSeek.
Vendors safeguard 16-pin connector on RTX 5090 with thermal pads — helps dissipate excess heat
Custom RTX 5090 models now include thermal pads on the backside of the 16-pin power connector.
Samsung's massive 55-inch Odyssey Ark 4K OLED gaming monitor drops to $1,799
Samsung's massive 55-inch Odyssey Ark 4K OLED gaming monitor drops to $1,799.
RTX 5090 runs 2°C hotter with thermal paste than liquid metal — Arctic MX-6 vs. stock LM tested
An RTX 5090 Founders Edition card was benchmarked with thermal paste, featuring a mere 2-degree temperature difference compared to the card's out-of-the-box liquid metal TIM.
RTX 5090 scalpers sell Blackwell flagship GPU for up to $7,000 — 2X-3X scalper markup over MSRP
Pre-reserved booking slots for the RTX 5090 might involve a substantial markup over MSRP.
Nvidia starts phasing out Maxwell, Pascal, and Volta GPUs — GeForce driver support status unclear
Nvidia has revealed Maxwell, Pascal, and Volta architectures are considered feature-complete and will be frozen in an upcoming CUDA release.
Zen 5-powered gaming handheld launches with modular controller design — Ayaneo 3 starts at $699
Ayaneo is launching the third generation of its flagship handheld console, which features an AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 chip and three different controller sets.
The new Doom's RT system requirements may ignite The Dark Ages for your wallet
Doom: The Dark Ages get system requirements with Ray Tracing as a baseline.
Maker builds their own pocket sequencer using a Raspberry Pi Pico 2
Arnov Sharma is using a Raspberry Pi Pico to power his custom pocket-sized sequencer that uses 25 buttons and custom features.
Student builds open-source laptop in 6 months — uses 4K AMOLED screen and has 7h battery life
Student Brian Huang builds a fully open-source laptop in six months as part of his senior school project.
Asus' Q-Release Slim feature is reportedly damaging some GPU PCIe connectors
Users have reported that Asus' Q-Release Slim mechanism is scraping off their GPU's PCIe connectors.
India set to launch its first semiconductor chip based on 28nm this year
The Indian Minister for Railways, Communications, Electronics, and Information Technology announced that the first chip will arrive in the second half of 2025
Intel proposes easily repairable and sustainable modular PC design for laptops and mini PCs
Intel proposes using multiple boards in laptops and mini-PCs to enhance upgradability and repairability.
Chinese semiconductor production equipment makers set sales records
Sales of China-based makers of chipmaking tools AMEC, Naura, and ACM Research expect record sales in 2024 amid curbs for Western companies to supply to China.
Seeed Studio debuts Raspberry Pi 5 PCIe 3.0 HAT with dual M.2 slots for $45
Offers one lane of PCIe 3.0 bandwidth per-slot, or a total of 8 GT/s for both slots combined
Cyberpunk 2077 2.21 patch adds DLSS 4 support days before RTX 50 series debut
Cyberpunk 2077 recived a new update officially introducing DLSS 4 into the game. The update goes live just days before DLSS 4 officially launches with Nvidia's top-end RTX 50 series GPUs on January 30th.
Where to buy Nvidia's RTX 5090 graphics card
The RTX 5090 is Nvidia's latest GPU release, but where can you get your hands on one?
US retailer lists RX 9070 preorders starting March 23 — AMD ad suggests RDNA 4 was set for January
RDNA 4, likely initially planned for January, will arrive in March.
Nvidia RTX 5080 is reportedly available in Vietnam — RTX 5080 build on hold without driver support
Retailers are already selling iGame GeForce RTX 5080 Ultra W OC 16GB-V in Vietnam.
Corsair USB4 external SSD boasts speeds up to 4,000 MB/s — $139 for 1TB, $199 for 2TB, $359 for 4TB
Corsair has unveiled a new external SSD that is compatible with USB4 and Thunderbolt 4. It can achieve speeds of up to 4,000 MB/s and supports select iPhones with MagSafe compatibility.
RTX 5080 is 22% faster than the RTX 4080 per leaked benchmarks — falls short of the RTX 4090
Geekbench puts the RTX 5080 (up to) 22% faster than its predecessor.
Logitech repair program offers OEM replacement parts for 20+ devices — available in 62 countries
Logitech partners with iFixit to create Logitech Repair Hub to offer OEM replacement parts for over 20 devices.
Company develops copper-diamond composite for better heatsink cooling — lower CPU and GPU temps
E6, a De Beers Group company, is developing a copper-diamond composite material to serve as a more effective heatsink.
Chinese hackers compromise South Korean VPN — malicious code found inside NSIS installer
ESET researchers uncovered a supply chain attack on a South Korean VPN by the China-aligned APT group PlushDaemon
Noctua pitches its PC fans as home heating boosters — active fans beat natural convection
Noctua appears to be attempting to break out of its PC DIY niche. A recently published blog post advises using fans throughout the residence for efficient home heating.
Nvidia's RTX Blackwell workstation GPU spotted with 96GB GDDR7 — ProViz GPU with a 512-bit bus
Shipping manifests indicate that Nvidia's next-generation RTX 6000 'Blackwell' graphics card may feature 96GB of GDDR7 memory, possibly a nearly full-fat GB202 graphics processor.
MSI's silent switch mechanical keyboard debuts at $79.99 — switches with noise levels below 35dB
MSI launched a new silent mechanical keyboard with tactile switches. It is designed for users who want the feel of tactile keys without the noise associated with them.
After 18 years, Blu-ray media production draws to a close — Sony shuts its last factory in Feb
Sony is shutting down its Blu-ray line, ending nearly 20 years of production.
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Founders Edition review: Blackwell commences its reign with a few stumbles
The Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Founders Edition begins its reign as the fastest GPU for this generation, but there are a few mishaps along the way. We're also still working on additional testing so this is currently a work in progress.
SK hynix posts record revenues and profits as AI industry drives surge in HBM3 and HBM3E demand
Sales of AI memory solutions, including HBM3 and eSSDs, drove SK hynix's revenues and profits to record levels.
UK reseller claims single-digit RTX 5090 inventory — Flagship GPU could sell out in seconds
Major UK retailer OCUK currently holds less than 10 RTX 5090 GPUs.
Samsung to cut foundry investment in half, to $3.5B, says report — Rivals expected to invest more
Unlike industry peers, Samsung Foundry reportedly intends to cut down spending on contract chipmaking unit.
In 1991, after a 28-hour coding spree, the efforts of John Carmack 'Doomed' us all
John Carmack's incredible coding feat prior to the launch of Doom is memorialized.
AMD RX 9070 series to benefit from 'maximum performance' tuning ahead of touted March release
AMD wants its partners to deliver as many Radeon 9000 graphics cards to retailers as possible by March.
Nvidia shows off gigantic quad-slot RTX 5090 FE cooler prototype in new video
Nvidia showed off a quad-slot precursor to the RTX 5090 Founders Edition in a new video, confirming the company was indeed experimenting with a quadruple PCIe slot Founders Edition cooler.
Crucial P310 SSD with heatsink carries a $30 to $40 premium — $105 for 1TB and $160 for 2TB
The reliable Crucial P310 NVMe SSD is now available with an integrated heatsink for an added cost.
Nvidia RTX 5090 FE reviews go live tomorrow at 6 AM PST — Custom AIB models will follow a day later
The Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Founders Edition review embargo lifts tomorrow, January 23, at 6:00 AM PST. Add-in board partner card reviews can go live on January 24.
Earthquake may have affected 20,000 TSMC wafers — the majority will likely have to be scrapped
More details about the impact of Taiwanese earthquake impact on TSMC emerge: up to 20,000 wafers could be affected.
Case that folds around a mini-ITX motherboard launches on January 30 — 200W 80 Plus PSU included
Geometric Future will make its Model 0 Flamingo PC case available on retailers starting January 30.
RTX 5070 Ti may hit the market on February 20 — European retailer confirms imminent launch
A retailer has claimed that the RTX 5070 Ti will be released on February 20, almost a month after the RTX 5090 and RTX 5080 release date.
MSI MAG A550BN PSU Review
The MSI MAG A550BN PSU offers a budget-friendly, reliable solution for entry-level builds.
RTX 5090 is allegedly 39% faster than RTX 4090 in 3DMark benchmarks — beats RX 7900 XTX by 93%
Leaked 3DMark benchmark results show the RTX 5090 beating the 4090 in synthetic tests by an average of 39%.
Wine 10.0, the latest Windows compatibility layer for Linux, has a stable release
The Wine compatibility layer for Linux hits a 10.0 stable release.
Maker resurrects Toshiba T1000 with a Raspberry Pi 4 and a slew of upgrades
Nilseuropa has revitalized an old Toshiba T1000 with a Raspberry Pi 4 and packed it full of handy upgrades that lend respect to the original case.
Windows 11 Insider Build addresses mouse stuttering, Auto HDR issues, other annoyances
Microsoft releases an update that fixes a few bugs that Windows 11 24H2 introduced.
This budget 1080/1440p gaming PC is only $899 at Best Buy — the MSI Codex Z2 packs an RTX 4060 Ti and AMD Ryzen CPU
The MSI Codex Z2 with RTX4060 Ti is reduced by $300. A great 1080p budget gaming PC option.
Open AI, Oracle, and SoftBank to invest $500 billion in 'Stargate' AI project
Stargate, a joint venture between Open AI, Oracle, and SoftBank, will invest $500 billion in building AI infrastructure across the U.S.
Nvidia confident that RTX 50 series power connectors unlikely to melt despite higher TDP
Nvidia execs say that the RTX 5090 will not experience the melting connector issues reported in the RTX 4090.
China's second largest foundry hires former Intel executive to lead advanced node development
Hua Hong, China's second-largest contract chipmaker, hires Intel veteran as it focuses on advanced logic production.
Seagate unveils 36TB HAMR hard drive: Mozaic 3+ extended
Seagate is sampling 36TB HDDs with select customers, demonstrates platters set to enable 60TB HDDs.
AI will drive storage needs by 2x over next three years, according to survey funded by Seagate
Companies using AI expect storage (including cloud storage) requirements to increase in the next three years, according to a survey funded by Seagate.
Energizer announces affordable EnergyBook Classic laptops starting at a suspiciously low $199
Energizer licenser Avenir Telecom now bringing Energizer branding to cheap laptops, not just phones.
Silverstone supports four NVMe M.2 SSDs in a single-slot PCIe card
Silverstone has released a PCIe 4.0 add-in card, giving systems four additional M.2 slots for expanded M.2 storage.
Raijintek debuts MGA-68 aluminum hall-effect keyboard with 8,000 Hz polling rate
Magnetic switches and an aluminum housing in one package.
AMD exec reveals Ryzen 9 9950X3D, Ryzen 9 9900X3D gaming performance — similar to Ryzen 7 9800X3D
AMD Manager Martijn Boonstra said that the Ryzen 9 9950X3D and Ryzen 9 9900X3D chips will perform similarly to the Ryzen 7 9800X3D in gaming.
Intel ships Nova Lake CPUs to partners for testing — samples intended for validation and research
Validation of Nova Lake is underway as Intel is sending out test chips.
Fujitsu claims the world’s lightest Copilot+ laptop at 1.87 lbs — device is under an inch thick
Fujitsu has just released what it claims to be the world’s lightest Copilot+ PC weighing just 848g.
Pick up an Asus ROG Zephyrus G16 gaming laptop with RTX 4070 graphics for only $1,099
You can grab the Asus ROG Zephyrus G16 gaming laptop at Best Buy and save $500
AMD seeks input from users for ROCm GPU support list — RX 6000 RDNA 2 GPUs most highly requested
An AMD engineer seeks guidance on additional GPU support the ROCm community would like to be added to AMD's list of supported ROCm devices.
RTX 5090 prototype allegedly has 24,576 CUDA cores and 800W TDP — two 16-pin connectors present
Hardware leaker HXL spotted an alleged RTX 5090 prototype on the Chinese Chiphell forums.
Lenovo's grenade-styled external SSD looks certain to delay you at airport security
Lenovo has revealed that it has designed a hand grenade inspired external SSD. It looks very airport-unfriendly.
E-ink screen performance hits 60 Hz with 10.3-inch portable touchscreen monitor from Dasung
Chinese e-ink manufacturer Dasung just released an e-ink display that boasts a refresh rate of 60Hz.
Bambu Lab: We’re not Bricking Your X1-Carbon
Bambu Lab was forced to clarify its new security measures after user community uproar. It will add "developer mode" to new firmware.
TSMC restores operations after magnitude 6.4 quake halts production in Taiwan
TSMC resumes production at facilities located in two cities in Taiwan that were affected by a magnitude 6.4 earthquake.
AMD Radeon RX 9070 series graphics cards global rollout set for March, confirms AMD exec
AMD's upcoming RX 9070 series GPUs are slated to officially arrive in March with a wide assortment of cards being made available at launch.
Silicon Motion is developing a next-gen PCIe 6.0 SSD controller
Silicon Motion is working on the SM8466 SSD controller with a PCIe Gen6 host interface.
Most GeForce Now tiers are currently sold out — Nvidia blames high demand for unavailability
Reportedly due to high demand, most GeForce Now subscription tiers are currently sold out.
New MSI promotion offers up to $100 Steam codes with hardware purchases
MSI has introduced a new Steam code promotion that lasts until March 31st. Steam codes valued at up to $100 can be had for free with eligible hardware, including motherboards, power supplies, cases, and liquid coolers.
RTX 5090 FE unboxing reveals eco-friendly packaging — an inkless box made of "paper fibers"
The RTX 5090 FE features eco-friendly, plastic-free, and inkless packaging.
US AI Diffusion Policy may harm Nvidia's sales — most of the chipmaker's AI GPUs are affected
If the new U.S. export rules become effective, they will affect sales of all Nvidia GPUs to most countries.
3D printer 'bone filament' simulates real bones, helps surgeons practice operations
A Redditor 3D-printed a human rib model to help build a human model for practicing a complicated surgical procedure.
Overclocker hits DDR5-12054 on pure air cooling — DDR5-8000 RAM maxed out without exotic cooling
G.Skill Trident Z5 reaches a record-breaking DDR5-12054 frequency with a purely air-cooled system.
The Corsair MP600 Mini 2TB SSD is now only $193 at Amazon
The Corsair MP600 Mini 2TB SSD is currently available at Amazon for one of its lowest prices to date—just $193 instead of its recommended $229.
Fake Ryzen 7 9800X3D CPUs are circulating in China — MSI China alerts buyers of new Zen 5 scam
Counterfeit AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D chips are currently circulating in China, according to tech forums in the country.
Raspberry Pi Pico Game Boy Printer emulates the original to a T
Dr. Raphaël Boichot has managed to emulate the original Game Boy Printer using a Raspberry Pi Pico board as the main driver.
MSI's upcoming RTX 50-series GPUs to feature yellow-tipped 16-pin power adapters
MSI's upcoming RTX 50-series GPUs will be shipping with yellow-tipped 16-pin PCIe power adapters to ensur users fully insert the connectors into the GPUs
Liquid Web VPS Hosting Review: Very Fast
Among a wide collection of different hosting dynamics, Liquid Web’s Managed VPS stands out, with both a high price and superior performance over most competitors.
NATO deploys 'sea drones' to safeguard undersea cable infrastructure
NATO will use uncrewed surface vessels or sea drones to monitor shipping in the Baltic Sea and protect undersea cable infrastructure.
Nvidia's mid-January GPU driver update addresses several vulnerabilities and exploits
Nvidia releases another series of security updates for its GPU drivers.
Nvidia hints DLSS 4 Frame Generation may extend support to past GPUs, including RTX 30 Series
Nvidia DLSS 4 hinted to support past generation architectures.
Maker turns old Roomba vacuum into a Raspberry Pi-powered AI dog-feeding robot
Joaquim Silveira is using a Raspberry Pi to fix up an old Roomba into an AI-driven robot that automatically dispenses dog food when a dog is detected.
Snag this budget Asus TUF Gaming 24-inch IPS monitor for just $79 at Walmart
The Asus TUF VG249Q1RY 24-inch IPS gaming monitor is available right now at Walmart for just $79, down from its usual $149.
The first-ever ransomware dropped 35 years ago disguised as a floppy sharing 'AIDS Information'
The first-ever example of ransomware dropped 35 years ago, in December 1989.
Bambu Lab Security Update will remove OrcaSlicer’s Access
The new Bambu Lab Security update will require users to install the “Bambu Connect” network plugin in order to use 3rd party slicers and accessories.
Nvidia's Huang enjoys 'trillion dollar banquet' with 35 Taiwanese semiconductor industry chiefs
Jensen Huang invited around 35 chief executives from various Nvidia partners to lunch, which led to the media calling it the 'trillion dollar' banquet.
Vertigo Mk1 3D printer crowdfunder touts auto-eject, bed-clearing, and more for $2,250
The Vertigo Mk1 is designed to let you queue multiple projects and 3D print them with no supervision.
Doom ported to a standalone Microsoft Word document — plays well but there's no sound
A software engineer has ported Doom into a standalone 6.6MB Word document.
The Asus RX 9070 XT TUF Gaming has allegedly been unboxed, suggesting ready stock at retailers
Retailers might have their hands on AMD's RX 9070 series, as suggested by a recent unboxing by Artline.
RayNeo Air 2s Review: Truly basic AR glasses saved by affordable pricing
With a street price of around $300, the RayNeo Air 2s offers a good baseline for those in the market for AR glasses.
Trump administration will back CHIPS and Science Act hints outgoing Commerce Secretary
Next U.S. Commerce Secretary reportedly plans to continue implementing CHIPS and Science Act program.
Chinese hackers infiltrated US Treasury Secretary's PC — attackers had access to over 400 PCs
Chinese hackers accessed over 400 computers and over 3,000 unclassified files when they infiltrated the U.S. Treasury.
New UEFI vulnerability bypasses Secure Boot — bootkits stay undetected even after OS re-install
A new UEFI flaw has been discovered that enables attackers to infect motherboard firmware, staying hidden from operating system security systems.
EA will shut down the Origin app on April 2025 — company asks users to migrate to the new EA app
EA is ending support for the 32-bit Origin app just as Microsoft is ending support for the 32-bit Windows operating system.
Raspberry Pi 4 brings the Raspberry Pi stream deck to life
Last-Shake-9874 has created a Raspberry Pi 4-powered stream deck integrated with all sorts of cool apps.
Get your hands on this Ryzen 9, RTX 4060 gaming laptop for $1,099
The Asus TUF Gaming A16 RTX 4060 gaming laptop is currently marked down to $1,099 at Amazon, down from its usual price of $1,299.
Enthusiast mulls reviving Sony's retro micro PC — Orange Pi CM5 planned as mainboard upgrade
A fan of Sony's classic handheld Windows slider PC designs is developing a drop-in upgrade based on an Orange Pi CM5.
Microsoft auto-updates consumer PCs to Windows 11 24H2 — you can defer the update for five weeks
Your PC will now automatically be updated to Windows 11 24H2.
New York proposes background checks for 3D printer purchases — the bill combats 3D-printed guns
New York State Assembly Bill A02228 aims to require background checks for anyone purchasing a 3D printer capable of printing a firearm or any of its parts.
The FTC is concerned about Big Tech-AI startup partnerships — Microsoft-Open AI raises alarms
The FTC warns that multi-billion-dollar partnerships between Big Tech and AI startups could lead to the monopolization of the AI and cloud computing sectors.
OrangePi 4A Review: Coming for the king
OrangePi’s alternative to the mighty Raspberry Pi makes a commendable claim for the throne, but it falls far short of the gold standard.
Thunderbolt 5 dock comes with built-in PCIe 4.0 SSD and four TB5 ports — pricing starts at $399
Sonnet will be the first to ship a Thunderbolt 5 dock with a built-in PCIe 4.0 SSD, which delivers 6,100 MB/s transfers and offers many connectivity options.
AMD Ryzen 5 7400F sells for $115 in China — US availability and pricing remains a mystery
The AMD Ryzen 5 7400F is now available in China for $115, but there's still no word on U.S. pricing and availability.
Montech’s Heritage Pro case is like a designer handbag for your Micro ATX PC
Montech’s Heritage PC case combines leather, glass and steel in a Micro ATX form factor, with a focus on airflow. It’s a niche design flex for sure, but if you’re into designer handbags and high-end gaming or content creation, this might just be the case you’re looking for.
RTX 5090 beats RTX 4090 by 36% in the Blender benchmark — RTX 5090D is 40% faster than RTX 4090D
Benchmarks for the RTX 5090 and the 5090D were leaked to the Blender benchmark database, showing the cards are modestly faster than the RTX 4090.
Intel's Arrow Lake fix doesn't 'fix' overall gaming performance or match the company's bad marketing claims - Core Ultra 200S still trails AMD and previous-gen chips
We tested Intel's fix for its lackluster 'Arrow Lake' Core Ultra 200S and found it doesn't have any meaningful impact.
Microsoft 365 sees 43% price hike thanks to Copilot — existing customers safe until renewal
Microsoft 365 personal plans get a $3 price hike with the addition of Copilot.
Custom RTX 5090, RTX 5080 listed for up to $2,800 and $1,400 overseas — initial pricing exceeds MSRP
Early listings for the RTX 5090 and RTX 5080 suggest their prices might be higher than initially expected.
Analysts halve Nvidia Blackwell cabinet shipment forecasts for 2025 — prediction contrasts AI boom
Industry analysts have slashed their 2025 GB200 NVL72 shipment projections by 50%, but the industry expects an explosion of AI hardware shipments.
GlobalFoundries to expand New York fab — announces new $575 million advanced packaging and photonics facility
GlobalFoundries is investing around $575 million to construct an advanced packaging and silicon photonics facility at its Malta, New York site.
Elgato's Stream Deck+ is now $169 at Amazon - Save $30 on this content creation peripheral
Streamline your content creation with Elgato's Stream Deck+, now only $169 from Amazon.
AM5 copper guard stops you from making a mess on your Ryzen CPU — also improves heat dissipation
Japanese PC accessory Ainex offers a copper AM5 plate guard to prevent you from messing up your PC build with too much thermal paste.
AMD preps 32-core and 64-core Threadripper 9000 CPUs — Shimada Peak resurfaces once again
A shipping manifest reveals the core counts for AMD's upcoming Threadripper 9000 (Shimada Peak) processors, which the Zen 5 architecture will power.
RTX 5090 exhibits 27% higher CUDA performance than RTX 4090 — exceeds 500K points in Geekbench
The RTX 5090 has surfaced in Geekbench, showcasing a 27% uplift in synthetic scores versus the RTX 4090.
This Raspberry Pi handheld emulator looks like a Nintendo Switch but it can play many more games
Maker BBoHK has created a Raspberry Pi CM5-powered handheld that looks like a Nintendo Switch but is capable of emulating retro games.
Bureaucracy and distance mean TSMC's U.S. fabs may always be behind Taiwan
TSMC says it is close to impossible to ramp up a leading-edge node in the U.S. and bureaucracy and distance are to blame
Thermalright Grand Vision 360 Review: It’s not a competition, it is a massacre (again)
Thermalright’s Grand Vision 360 is a surprisingly strong AIO cooler. Check out the review for our results with Intel’s i7-14700K and Core Ultra 9 285K CPUs.
PCIe standards group releases draft specification for PCIe 7.0 — full release expected in 2025
PCI-SIG just released PCIe 7.0 specifications draft version 0.7, and it expects to finalize the standard this year.
Apple joins UALink Consortium for open-standard AI accelerator interconnections
Apple could be finally entering AI hardware game as it joins UALink development.
TSMC's Arizona Fab 21 mass produces 4nm chips at a higher price than Taiwan
TSMC confirms Arizona Fab 21 is making chips in volume, charges higher prices than Taiwanese fabs.
Nvidia's RTX 5090, 5080 reportedly have the same L1 cache size per SM compared to RTX 4090, 4080
L1 and L2 cache specs have been revealed for the RTX 5090 and 5080 featuring only a minor improvement over the RTX 4090 and 4080.
China investigates whether CHIPS and Science Act harms its chip companies
The Chinese Ministry of Commerce alleges that U.S. subsidies to semiconductor industry harm government-funded Chinese chipmakers.
Maker turns Raspberry Pi into a wireless USB flash drive for an embroidery machine
The Feral Engineer has created a wireless USB flash drive for his embroidery machine to avoid plugging a flash drive in every time he wants to use a different file.
Cooler Master's tiny NCore 100 Max SFF ITX case hits an all-time low on Amazon
Pick up Cooler Master's small form-factor NCore 100 Max PC case for an all-time low price.
China-tailored RTX 5090D has AI and cryptomining limiters — multi-GPU config is also locked
Nvidia has purportedly disabled overclocking and multi-GPU support on the RTX 5090D to ensure its performance does not exceed U.S. export regulations.
G.Skill releases DDR5-6400 C30 96GB memory kit — 64GB and 48GB kits are also in the works
G.Skill has launched new low-latency and large-capacity DDR5-6400 CL30 96GB (2x48GB) memory kits.
Ryzen Z2 Go is seemingly 10% slower than Ryzen Z1 Extreme — Legion Go S clashes with ROG Ally X
A YouTuber benchmarked the Z2 Go-powered Legion Go S against the Z1 Extreme-powered ROG Ally X and compared their FPS numbers.
Nvidia shifts to CoWoS-L packaging for Blackwell GPU production ramp-up
As demand shifts for dual-die Blackwell products, Nvidia reportedly increases CoWoS-L orders while possibly reducing orders for CoWoS-S packaging technology.
Retro PC case flaunts floppy disk-style bay cover — Silverstone FLP01 will sell for around $130
Silverstone has uploaded the official product pages and manual for the upcoming FLP01 retro beige chassis.
Parallels adds x86 OS support for Apple Silicon — you can now run x86 Windows and Linux distros
Parallels Desktop introduces a new experimental feature that lets you install x86_64 operating systems on your Apple-silicon Mac.
Starlink touts $9 a month 5GB data cap plan to Australian users — marketed as a 'Backup' option
Starlink launches an AU$15 a month service in Australia to serve as a backup connection for existing users.
Montech Heritage is a premium PC case featuring synthetic leather and a carrying strap for $89
The Montech Heritage is a fairly compact PC case for m-ATX or mini-ITX builds offering support for large components.
Swedish Army's AI drone swarm tech allows one operator to control up to 100 devices
The Swedish Army and Saab develops and deploys an AI drone swarm in less than 12 months.
Intel Arc B570 review featuring the ASRock Challenger OC: A decent budget option with a few deep cuts
The Intel Arc B570 graphics cards follow on the heels of the seemingly successful B580, with reduced clocks, core counts, and memory. The end result, in theory, is about 15% less performance, for 12% less money — except at 1440p and 4K, where the 10GB VRAM tends to hurt more.
New export regs may see Israel requiring a license to buy U.S. chips developed in the country
Under the new U.S. export rules, Israel might be unable to get enough AI processors to develop AI projects, including Intel Gaudi processors developed in Israel.
Asus ProArt PA27JCV 5K professional monitor review: Redefining pixel density and color accuracy
Asus redefines pixel density with its ProArt PA27JCV. It’s a 27-inch IPS screen with 5K 5120x2880 resolution, HDR 500, wide gamut color, and a plethora of picture modes, each with reference-level accuracy.
China's Cambricon posts first profit as demand for this Nvidia rival's AI processors explodes
As Chinese companies cannot get enough Nvidia GPUs, they turn to domestic alternatives for AI processors. As a result, Cambricon thrives.
Nvidia reportedly prioritizing dual-die Blackwell GPUs with CoWoS-L packaging
Nvidia's new Blackwell roadmap for 2025 prioritizes multi-die variants with CoWoS-L packaging, impacting CoWoS-S suppliers.
More than 251 million GPUs shipped in 2024, according to new research
Shipments of PCs and GPUs were up year-over-year in 2024, according to both IDC and JPR.
Microsoft 365 users still on Windows 10 will be out of luck when Windows 10 is retired in October
Windows 10 Microsoft 365 users are in for some bad news in October unless they upgrade before then.
Save $200 on Dell's exquisite 32-inch Alienware AW3225QF 4K OLED monitor with superfast 240Hz refresh rate
Save $200 on this 32- inch Alienware AW3225QF OLED gaming monitor.
RX 9070 XT and RX 9070 specs reportedly leaked — up to 4,096 SPs, 16GB VRAM, and 2.9 GHz boost
The RX 9070 XT and RX 9070 both allegedly offer 16GB of memory alongside 4,096 and 3,584 shaders respectively.
Benchmarking Blackwell and RTX 50-series GPUs with Multi Frame Generation will require some changes, according to Nvidia
We do a lot of benchmarking, and Nvidia is bringing some new features to its RTX 50-series GPUs that require changes in how to collect performance data. Here's what you need to know about Nvidia's "best practices" as well as our plans for future testing of GPUs.
US bans sales of 14nm and 16nm chips with over 30 billion transistors to China
U.S. government wants to prohibit shipments of all advanced chips with over 30 billion transistors to China to everyone except approved companies .
Nvidia Blackwell for creators and professionals — upgrades for editing video, images, audio, and more
The Nvidia Blackwell RTX 50-series has a lot to offer gamers, but it's also great for creators and professionals. Here's a look at some of the new features and technologies that are coming to RTX GPUs.
Raspberry Pi powers this Meshtastic network BBS
VeggieVampire has put together some games you can play on a Raspberry Pi Meshtastic network bulletin board system (BBS).
Nvidia RTX AI PCs and generative AI for games — how the Blackwell GPUs and RTX 50-series aim to change the way we work and play
AI and related technologies are powering a host of new games and applications. During its Editors' Day, Nvidia showed demos of various upcoming titles, many of which will have enhancements for Blackwell RTX 50-series GPUs.
AMD silently introduces the Ryzen 5 7400F based on Raphael — Six Zen 4 cores, a boost clock of 4.7 GHz, and global availability
AMD has quitely launched the six-core Ryzen 5 7400F, that should stand as the most affordable Ryzen 7000 Raphael CPU.
Netherlands tightens export controls on sanctioned semiconductor equipment — move made in line with U.S. limitations, ASML will apply for licenses from the Dutch government
The Netherlands expands its export controls on measuring and inspection equipment to ensure that ASML applies for licenses locally, not in the U.S.
Nvidia Blackwell RTX 50-series Founders Edition graphics cards — Details on the new design, cooling, and features of the reference models
The upcoming Nvidia RTX 50-series Founders Edition GPUs will have a new industrial design and aesthetics, along with improved cooling. Here are the details on the 5090, 5080, and 5070 Founders Edition graphics cards
Nvidia neural rendering deep dive — Full details on DLSS 4, Reflex 2, mega geometry, and more
Nvidia provided in-depth details on the various neural rendering techniques that will be unveiled with the RTX 50-series later this month. Here's everything you'll need to know about DLSS 4, Multi Frame Generation, Reflex 2, DLSS Transformers, and more.
Nvidia Blackwell architecture deep dive: A closer look at the upgrades coming with RTX 50-series GPUs
Nvidia provided in-depth details at its recent Editors Day on the Blackwell architecture, specifically the consumer variants that will be used in the RTX 50-series GPUs. Here's the technical overview of what's going on under the hood with the upcoming graphics cards.
In a private letter to U.S. President Biden, semiconductor industry groups blast incoming export rules
New restrictions could harm dominance of American processors on the global market, say SIA and SEMI.
Razer settles 'deceptive' marketing FTC lawsuit for over $1 million — 6,764 Zephyr mask buyers to get full refunds
The FTC fined Razer $100,000 for the deceptive marketing of its Zephyr mask and also ordered it to payback a total of $1,071,254.33 to all of its buyers.
Axiom Space pitches idea to produce chipmaking materials in space, plans trials aboard ISS
Making silicon wafers in space could enable building ultra-pure silicon wafers, but at a prohibitively high cost.
Scammer uses AI-generated images of Brad Pitt to swindle over $850K from 53-year-old French woman
A hapless French woman is robbed of $850K and a bright future with Brad Pitt by the horrors of catfishing in the AI age.
Arc B570 GPU is 10% slower than B580 in Geekbench AI test — Battlemage tested ahead of release
Intel's upcoming entry-level B570 graphics card was benchmarked in Geekbench AI featuring 90% the performance of Intel's mid-range B580.
You can get your hands on a Ryzen 7 9800X3D today if you bundle it with other components
Get your hands on a Ryzen 7 9800X3D by picking up a Newegg bundle combo.
Rare Ryzen 7 9800X3D emerges in bundles starting at $639 — one per buyer to prevent scalpers
Looking for the Ryzen 7 9800X3D? Newegg has it bundled with select motherboards at MSRP.
Asus GPU power connector delivers 1,000W for cableless builds — GC-HPWR has a retractable design
Asus unveils updated hidden power connector for BTF 2.0 graphics cards that supports over 1,000W of power delivery.
Intel retires Alder Lake mobile CPUs, excluding HX-series — 12th Gen goes EOL starting April 25
Intel is discontinuing its12th Generation Alder Lake mobile family excluding the HX-grade counterparts.
Raspberry Pi's RP2350 Hacking Challenge results announced — four winners are each awarded the full $20K prize
The official winners of the $20,000 Raspberry Pi and Hextree RP2350 Hacking Challenge have been announced. With four successful claimants each awarded the full prize amount.
EU protests new US AI chip restrictions — some countries face GPU caps
The White House's new restrictions on global AI chip sales would make it harder for the EU to acquire and use them.
Arm crafts plan to raise prices by up to 300% — mulls designing own chips to rival competitors
Arm intends to sell more prêt-à-porter designs to increase its average selling prices, court documents seen by Reuters reveal.
Sapphire teases dual-fan RX 9070 XT GPU — may be the smallest custom RX 9070 XT
Sapphire teases its classic dual-fan Sapphire Pulse AIB cooler design on what seems to be a new RX 9070 XT.
ASML-backed university suffers cyberattack — institution is the pipeline for ASML's talent needs
ASML-backed Eindhoven University of Technology suffered a severe cyberattack that forced the school to cancel classes for at least two days.
Doom ported to run directly from a PDF file — DoomPDF port runs at approximately 12.5 FPS
A high school student has created a Doom port that runs inside a PDF file. DoomPDF was inspired by the recent release of Pdftris – Tetris in a PDF.
RTX 5090 hits 800 FPS in Valorant with sub-3ms latency — Reflex 2 reduces system latency by 75%
The RTX 5090 is able to hit 800 FPS in Valorant at just 2-3ms of latency using Nvidia Reflex 2 technology.
Gigabyte B850 Aorus Elite Wifi 7 Review
Made to be a cheaper option for AM5, the Aorus Elite is a well-balanced board with Wi-Fi 7, several DIY-friendly features, and more for under $230.
Apple will soon receive ‘made in America’ chips from TSMC's Arizona fab — company in final stages of quality verification
Apple is testing the output of TSMC Arizona and verifying if it has the same quality as chips made in Taiwan.
Researchers build a 3D printer optimized for space applications — Designed to work in a vacuum, the printer could be used to rapidly prototype components while in space
Researchers from the University of Glasgow built a 3D printer that can work in zero gravity and the vacuum of space.
Qualcomm hires Intel's Xeon architect to lead development of server CPUs
Sailesh Kottapalli to lead development of Qualcomm's server processors.
China's SpacemiT develops 64-core RISC-V datacenter CPU — 12nm chip allegedly performs like a 10-year old Xen or Opteron but with higher core count
SpacemiT's VitalStone V100 has 64-cores, but its single-thread performance is comparable to that of 2011 processors.
Modder tests if waiting 14,272 years will beat the classic Oregon Trail game
Modders create an Oregon Trail Time Machine to determine if the game can be beaten by waiting impossible spans of tim
Nvidia ARM SoC for Windows machines reportedly debuting in Q4, featuring N1X, with N1 to follow in early 2026
Nvidia is gunning for the Windows PC ecosystem, competing with Intel, AMD, and Qualcomm
RTX Titan Ada prototype allegedly surfaces with 18,432 CUDA cores and 48GB VRAM — GPU-Z screenshot shows a full AD102 GPU die
Redditor shares a photograph and a GPU-Z screenshot of the allleged RTX Titan Ada GPU on Reddit.
Snake game port is only 56 bytes big and and fits in a QR code
Ongoing efforts to make the most efficient DOS port for Snake culminate (at least for now) at just 56 bytes.
Taiwanese govt clears TSMC to make 2nm chips abroad — country lowers its 'Silicon Shield'
Taiwanese ministry lifts bars that prohibit TSMC to build 2nm chips at its facilities overseas.
AMD's current flagship Ryzen 9 9950X processor falls to its lowest-ever price
Grab AMD's flagship processor with 16 cores and 32 threads for its lowest-ever price.
Lenovo led global PC shipment in 2024 with 61.8 million units — Apple is gaining PC market share with a 17.3% growth
PC market grew modest 1% in 2024 as Lenovo maintained its lead
Intel's Core Ultra 9 285H outperforms the Ryzen AI 9 365 in user review — Alchemist+ offers a nice bump in synthetics, but gaming performance remains similar to Meteor Lake
The Core Ultra 9 285H and 225H have been put to the test against AMD's Strix Point APUs.
Nvidia mobile Blackwell RTX 50 gaming laptops listed on Best Buy from $1,800 to $4,200 — paired with Intel Arrow Lake-HX and AMD Dragon Range Refresh CPUs
The listing includes gaming laptops featuring the new Nvidia RTX 5090, RTX 5080, RTX 5070 Ti, and RTX 5070 mobile GPUs
Truck with $1.8M in smuggled electronics seized by Hong Kong Customs — 670,000 undeclared chips 670,000 chips and about 80,000 PC hardware components
Hong Kong Customs recently stopped a truck containing a mixed load of undeclared electronic components with an estimated market value of $1.8M.
ROG NUC offers powerful performance in a smaller package than a PlayStation 5 — Asus pairs the RTX 5080 laptop GPU with a Core Ultra 9 mobile CPU
Asus has updated its ROG NUC design for 2025 featuring an updated chassis packing RTX 5080 laptop graphics and a Core Ultra 9 285HX CPU.
Maker designs custom Raspberry Pi 5 case using CNC machined aluminum for the ultimate cooling
Ideatracker took matters into their own hands by designing and creating a solid aluminum Raspberry Pi case from scratch and manufacturing it with a CNC machine.
Nvidia blasts Biden’s new AI restrictions as ‘misguided’ – GPU giant praises Trump’s hands-off approach to tech industry
The Biden administration unveiled new AI regulations just a week before Trump’s second inauguration, and Nvidia isn’t happy about it.
AMD RX 9070 XT allegedly tested in Black Myth Wukong and Cyberpunk 2077 — RDNA 4 flagship purportedly lands 4% faster than the RTX 4070 Ti Super per limited testing
Leaked data indicates that AMD's RX 9070 XT can beat the RTX 4070 Ti Super in some games.
GMK shows off Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 powered EVO-X1 mini PC with OCuLink port for GPU — hints at future Ryzen AI Max+ 395 version
GMK shows off its EVO-X1 mini-PC that sports a Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 chips. The company hints that it might soon release a version with the more powerful AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 395 processor.
Aorus FO27Q2 40 Hz QHD QD-OLED review: Blinding speed and stunning color
The Aorus FO27Q2 blends incredible speed for gaming with a 27-inch 240 Hz QD-OLED panel sporting Adaptive-Sync, HDR and wide gamut color. It set more than one record in benchmark testing.
Qualcomm is hiring a data center chip architect for Snapdragon-based reference server designs
Qualcomm is looking for a server SoC security architect, according to a job listing.
Chinese university applies for undersea cable cutter patent — device developed by coastal university located across the sea from Taiwan
Chinese patents for tools to cut undersea cables have been discovered.
Microsoft prepares DirectX to support neural rendering for AI-powered graphics — a key feature of the update will be Cooperative Vector support
Microsoft plans to introduce cooperative vector support to DirectX, enabling cross-platform implementation of next-generation neural rendering techniques
Intel i9-14900KF overclocker clinches CPU frequency world record at 9.12 GHz — Wytiwx joins Elmor as the only person to push a CPU past 9 GHz
The i9-14900KF has been pushed past 9.12 GHz; topping the CPU frequency world-record chart.
Maker builds a Raspberry Pi 5 powered stereoscopic 3D video camera
Sridhar Rajagopal has put together a cool stereoscopic 3D camera using a Raspberry Pi 5 and two camera modules.
Researchers 3D-print fully-functioning microscope in less than 3 hours — total system costs around $60, including lenses, camera, and Raspberry Pi
Researchers from the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow, Scotland built the world's most affordable 3D-printed microscope that has a total production cost of around $60.
Modular AMD Hawk Point mini PC showcased at CES — its easy to swap the case panels, RAM, and dual-SSDs but the CPU is soldered
Chinese rugged PC manufacturer Emdoor introduces its own modular mini PC design.
You can buy this AOC 27-inch Mini-LED 2K gaming monitor for just $249 at Amazon
The AOC Q27G3XMN gaming monitor is currently available at Amazon for $249, its lowest price to date instead of its usual $279.
Thunderbolt 5 dock with MXM graphics, M.2 SSD slot, lots of I/O debuts at CES – J5Create's device offers RTX 3060 and RX 7600M variants for about $1,400
J5Create’s upcoming Thunderbolt 5 dock has an MXM graphics card plus a slot for 2280-sized SSDs.
Tetris packed inside a PDF file to run in any PC browser — Pdftris runs from a 60KB PDF
The classic Tetris game has been packaged into a PDF and dubbed Pdftris.
Intel to spin off RealSense depth camera business by mid-2025 — but it will remain part of the Intel Capital portfolio
Intel is set to spin off its RealSense depth camera business by mid-2025, the company confirmed in a recent interview.
Thunderbolt 5 equipped LaCie Rugged Pro5 SSD boasts 6,700 MB/s data transfers
Seagate claims its latest Thunderbolt 5 drive can offer read speeds of up to 6,700 MBps
Lossless Scaling 3 update touts greatly improved latency and performance — Universal Frame Gen tool boasts 24% reduced latency
Lossless Scaling, a universal Frame Gen solution, gets a major update.
Graugear G-M2HP04-F NVMe Cooler Review: Two heatpipes and a fan deliver strong performance
Graugear’s SSD cooler performed very well in our testing. Read on for our thermal benchmarks and detailed information.
Patriot celebrates 40th Anniversary with Viper Xtreme 5 DDR5-9600 CKD memory launch — Also has an Anniversary Special RAM kit alongside the iLuxe Stick C for Apple devices
Patriot marked its 40th Anniversary as it unveiled a handful of new products at CES 2025.
Ryzen 7 9800X3D is selling like hotcakes at major German retailer — Mindfactory sold 8,700 CPUs in a single day
ComputerBase reports that the ryzen 7 9800X3D can now be purchased more readily overseas at a higher asking price.
Intel Bartlett Lake CPUs power new 120 x 160mm COM-HPC modules from congatec — features up to 24 hybrid cores, 128GB of DDR5-4000 memory, and 32 EUs
Bartlett Lake-S is here, though in a hybrid configuration and only for NEX applications.
Redditor allegedly purchased two Intel Arc B570 GPUs at Micro Center days before the official launch — the CPU couldn't recognize the GPUs due to the lack of driver support
Reddit user acquires an Intel Arc B570 GPU four days before its official release.
Laptop stand created from a single sheet of recycled paper supports up to 10 pounds — the included cardboard case also serves as a phone stand
grape lab is offering an origami laptop stand made from paper priced between $20 to $30.
Mode Loop TKL (2024) Review: A Classy Classic in the Making
The Mode Loop TKL (2024) is a classy custom mechanical keyboard that you don’t have to build yourself (but can if you want to). It gets expensive quickly, but its plentiful customization options, minimalist style, and excellent typing experience make it a compelling way to elevate your typing experience to new levels.
User runs an AI model on an Xbox 360 — 3-core PowerPC with 512 MB memory handles an AI model based on llama2.c
Twitter user Andrei David loaded up and ran a llama2.c LLM on an Xbox 360.
3D Benchy’s new owner ruffles the community’s feathers
The beloved little boat print has a new overprotective owner.
Maker builds Raspberry Pi jukebox and loads it full of custom music
Siuengr has built a jukebox from scratch using a Raspberry Pi as the main board and loaded it full of his favorite music.
Spanish retailer lists RX 9070 and RX 9070 XT GPUs, though the prices might be mere placeholders — RX 9070 for $912 and RX 9070 XT for $1,097
Spanish retailer Neo-Byte reveals pricing and specifications for the AMD Radeon RX 9070 and RX 9070 XT GPUs.
HPE lands $1 billion AI server order from Elon Musk
HPE steals wins an order from X, stealing the deal from Dell and Supermicro.
Take home this Ryzen 7, RTX 4050 gaming laptop for only $784
Right now at Amazon, you can find the Lenovo LOQ RTX 4050 gaming laptop for its lowest price to date—$784 instead of its usual $979.
Pump-free 360mm AIO liquid cooler goes up for preorder at $419 — Threadripper variant caries an eye-watering $599 price tag
IceGiant debuts two super high-end, no-pump Titan series AIO liquid coolers.
Nvidia Hopper-based 100kW cluster deploys with 144 H200 GPUs — Exacluster features 192 96-core CPUs, 36TB DDR5 RAM, and 270TB of NVMe storage
ExaAILabs deploys the 'Exacluster' with 144 H200 GPUs at 100 kW of power.
TSMC's Arizona Fab 21 is already making 4nm chips — yield and quality reportedly on par with Taiwan fabs
U.S. Commerce Secretary confirms that TSMC's fab near Phoenix, Arizona, is already producing chips.
High court ruling ends man's hopes of recovering $750M bitcoin hard drive from a Welsh landfill — hard drive storing 8,000 bitcoins was lost over 10 years ago
The legal arguments over $750M worth of Bitcoin buried in Welsh dump have come to an unhappy end for the man who lost his crypto HDD in the trash 12 years ago.
How to rip your audio CDs to MP3 from the Linux terminal with abcde
Rip your CDs directly from the Linux terminal using the abcde bash tool.
AMD chips now power 55 percent of Puget Systems systems — AMD makes big inroads in professional systems
Data from Puget Systems reveals that AMD has dethroned Intel in overall CPU sales for workstations.
Chinese hackers target US Treasury computers used for sanctions — Committee on Foreign Investment specifically targeted
Chinese hackers gained access to an unclassified CFIUS system.
Intel reveals Core Ultra Series 2 stock coolers with more conductive copper-base heatsinks
Intel Core Ultra Series 2 stock cooler designs are revealed, no longer reserving copper base for the higher-end cooler.
LG 27-Inch QHD UltraGear curved gaming monitor is on sale for $156
Right now at Amazon, you can buy the LG 27GS60QC-B UltraGear curved gaming monitor for an all-time low price.
G.Skill showcases DDR5-10600 RAM overlock and DDR5-8133 CSODIMMs
G.Skill demos DDR5-10600 and DDR5-6800 in a 1:1 ratio on AMD's X870 platform.
Hacker successfully tests Toslink at unprecedented distances of up to 143 kilometers — separate test shows transmission speeds of about 1.47 Mb/s
IP over Toslink, "a very useless consumer fiber optic hack", has been successfully achieved. Why? Never ask me that.
Nvidia and SIA fire back at US gov's new export restrictions on AI GPUs to China
The Biden administration aims to restrict shipments of U.S.-developed AI GPUs to adversary countries, limit shipments to 'Tier 2' countries.
Zotac's Safety Light feature averts 16-pin power connector meltdowns on RTX 50 GPUs — the mechanism prevents GPU power-on until the cable is fully inserted
Zotac's RTX 50 series will feature a new "Safety Light" to prevent 16-pin power connector meltdowns.
This 3D-printed Raspberry Pi all-in-one is made for portable gaming
Arnov Sharma has put together a beautiful all-in-one Raspberry Pi box that's portable and made for gaming on the go.
BiWin Black Opal X570 Pro 4TB PCIe 5.0 — SSD using SM2508 controller, coming in March 2025
BiWin showed off it's upcoming Black Opal X570 Pro, a PCIe 5.0 SSD using Silicon Motion's SM2508 controller. It will be available in 1TB, 2TB, and 4TB capacities and will launch in the U.S. in March.
VLC demoes AI-generated subtitles as it hits new milestone of 6 billion downloads
The developers at VideoLAN showcased an early demo of real-time AI-generated subtitles for VLC media player at CES 2025
MSI MEG X870E Godlike Motherboard Review: Seven USB-C and M.2 sockets, $1100 price
The X870E Godlike offers the most M.2 connectivity and USB Type-C ports for the platform, plus an LED screen and lavish looks, but it costs a pretty penny.
Razer showcases Project Ava AI gaming co-pilot and Project Arialle gaming chair with heating and cooling functionality
Razer shared some 'groundbreaking innovations and futuristic technologies,' at CES this year, showcasing a concept AI-driven gaming assistant and a heated chair.
AMD's Instinct MI325X smiles for the camera: 256 GB of HBM3E
AMD demonstrated its latest Instinct MI325X AI accelerator with 256 GB of HBM3E onboard at CES.
AIO cooler prototype has room for action figures
A version of MSI's MAG CoreLiquid A13 has a rotating stand for toys.
Keyboard for writers has word-count odometer, sprint timer
The Freewrite Wordrunner will launch on Kickstarter in February.
AMD says Intel's 'horrible product' is causing Ryzen 9 9800X3D shortages
We attended a small roundtable session with AMD executives at CES 2025 in Las Vegas and asked the company for details about its continuing shortages of its flagship gaming-optimized CPU, the Ryzen 9 9800X3D, currently the uncontested best CPU for gaming, and when we can expect demand to improve.
Altera officially announces independence from Intel — the company strives to expand FPGA portfolio
Altera raises its flag in front of its office in San Jose.
Best of CES 2025: Performance and Productivity
We list the 16 most compelling components, computers and peripherals released or unveiled at this year’s show.
Quantum computing stocks tank as Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang predicts the tech won't be viable for another 20 years — stocks fell more than 40% for a total market value loss of over $8 billion
CEO of Nvidia Jensen Huang purportedly stated that quantum computers will take 20 years before being "very useful", causing quantum computing stock to tumble.
You can grab the Samsung 990 EVO Plus 1TB for just $79 on Amazon!
The Samsung 990 EVO Plus 1TB SSD is currently available at Amazon for its lowest price to date—just $79 instead of its usual $109.
Lenovo to build $2 billion PC and server plant in Saudi Arabia
Lenovo to build one of the world's largest PC and server assembly facility in Saudi Arabia with the help of Alat.
Valve seemingly discontinues Steam coupons — the company quietly removes partner documentation
Valve quietly removes partner documentation from Steam, seemingly killing Steam Coupons entirely.
Intel Twin Lake CPU powers Chuwi's new 2-in-1 laptop and tablet — MiniBook X N150 and Hi10 X N150 features quad-core Intel N150 CPU
Chuwi is launching the first Intel Twin Lake-powered laptop and tablet to market.
Nvidia's $3,000 mini AI supercomputer draws scorn from Raja Koduri and Tiny Corp — AI server startup suggests users "Just buy a gaming PC"
Nvidia's Project Digits performance specs criticized by Raja Koduri and Tiny Corp.
Asus' new NUC has a customizable, always-on E-Ink display on top — the army of five NUCs includes ultra-efficient to maximum performance and everything in between
Asus launched five new NUC devices at CES 2025.
Nvidia RTX 5090 laptop GPU undergoes multiple benchmark tests — flagship mobile GPU yields inconsistent results
The first RTX 5090 laptop GPI benchmark runs have appeared on Geekbench 6, but they’re wildly inconsistent.
More GeForce RTX 5090 Founders Edition mysteries revealed: backside of the PCB
Backside of GeForce RTX 5090 Founders Edition PCB reveals mezzanine connectors, four additional power phases.
Philips Evnia 27M2N8500 360 Hz QD-OLED review: Unmatched speed and response
Philips’ Evnia 27M2N8500 is an astoundingly fast 27-inch QD-OLED QHD gaming monitor with 360 Hz, Adaptive-Sync, HDR, and wide gamut color. Competition-focused players take notice: it’s blindingly quick and delivers a stunning image.
Cooler Master showcases three new cases and a pre-built at CES 2025 — the cases cover a wide range of aesthetics, form factors, and sizes for every user
Cooler Master showed off several new cases at CES 2025, plus a pre-built PC with a massive radiator for its AIO cooling.
SK hynix to showcase 16-layer HBM3E, 122TB enterprise SSD, LPCAMM23, and more at CES
The company has plans to demo its next-gen 16-layer HBM3E prototype alongside a high-capacity enterprise SSD, and new solutions to improve AI performance
This Matrix inspired Raspberry Pi 5 case could be 'The One'
Five Minute Tech Time has created a Raspberry Pi 5 case that has a cool Matrix theme and falling text display effect.
CES 2025 Day 2: Corsair Xeneon Edge auxiliary touchscreen, Project Zero motherboards, Gigabyte’s 2025 portfolio, and more
The fresh hardware news continues to pour in from CES 2025
OneXPlayer G1 handheld gaming device packs up to a Strix Point or Arrow Lake-H processor — Top model has 64GB of RAM and 4TB of storage for $1,539
Crowdfunding for OneXPlayer's G1 is live, starting at $899.
Arm considers acquisition of Oracle-backed Ampere Computing to expand data center footprint
Ampere, a semiconductor designer leveraging Arm's technology, was valued at $8 billion during a proposed minority investment by Japan’s SoftBank in 2021
Cooler Master reveals V-Series air coolers resembling high-performance engine blocks alongside new cooling solutions at CES
Cooler Master showcased its new range of air coolers, AIOs and case fans at CES 2025
Imagination quits RISC-V CPU business to focus on GPUs and AI
No more RISC-V CPUs for Imagination Technologies as the company divests its Catapult business.
Raspberry Pi 5 16GB Review: Plenty of memory
The Raspberry Pi 5 becomes the first Raspberry Pi with a 16GB RAM option but is it worth the extra money?
CES 2025 is the 40th anniversary of the Commodore 128 — the last 8-bit PC first appeared at CES 1985
CES' yesteryears are pondered via the Commodore 128.
Phison unveils next-generation high-end PCIe 5.0 SSD platform: PS5028-E28
SSDs using Phison's PS5028-E28 SSD controller could arrive in 2026
AMD's Navi 48 GPU pictured: around 390 mm2, targeting mainstream gamers
AMD's higher-end Navi 48 is smaller than both Navi 21 and Navi 31.
Unreleased RTX 4090 prototype disassembled — massive four-slot GPU has unique PCB layout and runs exceptionally cool
Gamers Nexus tested and disassembled this massive RTX 4090 prototype that was once found in the trash.
Adata gears up for 2025 with new PC cases, coolers, and PSUs at CES
Adata is looking to expand its range of products beyond storage and memory.
Hyte shows off new PC cooling toys, including new Thicc Q80 AIO — contact frames and magnetic hubs displayed at CES 2025
Hyte's CES display focuses on new PC cooling and lighting products and updates, including the long-awaited Q80 water cooling AIO
RTX 5080 laptop GPU OpenCL score surpasses RTX 4090 laptop GPU and RX 7900 XTX — mobile Blackwell GPU nearly catches the RTX 3080 Ti
A benchmark result for the RTX 5080 laptop has been leaked on Geekbench 6, showing better performance over the 4090 laptop and 7900 XTX desktop GPUs.
Radeon RX 9070 RDNA 4 GPU purportedly performs similar to RTX 4080 Super in CoD Black Ops 6
Early benchmarks at CES suggest that the Radeon RX 9070 could perform similarly to an RTX 4080 Super
Snag this amazing Core i9, RTX 4070 gaming laptop for only $1,903
You can take home the MSI Raider GE68HX gaming laptop for its lowest price to date—just $1903 instead of its usual $2199.
Radeon RX 9070 GPU preorders are seemingly scheduled for January 23 — Asus RTX 9070 and RX 9070 XT show up at US retailer, but pricing remains unknown
Pre-orders for the RX 9070 XT and RX 9070 are listed to go live on January 23 at a US retailer.
Micron invests $7 billion in HBM assembly facility amid AI boom
Micron to expand HBM3E and HBM4 output when its HBM assembly facility in Singapore start operations in 2026.
Gigabyte launches a new PC case, laptops, and monitors at CES 2025 — five high-end gaming laptops and two premium gaming monitors
Gigabyte launched a new PC case, two new monitors, and five new laptops at CES 2025.
MSI reveals Project Zero motherboards featuring concealed connectors — the trio of midrange motherboards include PZ variants of Tomahawk models
MSI has launched Project Zero variants of its Z890 motherboards, including two Tomahawk models and Pro model.
Raspberry Pi upgrades Lego retro radio into the real thing
Sean McManus has turned the Lego retro radio kit into a working radio that uses a built-in Raspberry Pi to play music and uses the original hardware to control the song selection.
This tiny Corsair touchscreen could change the way you view info on your PC
The 14-inch Xeneon Edge can sit under your monitor, on top of your desk, or attached to your case.
InWin shows off its upcoming Prism and Shift PC cases, and unique cooling fans at CES 2025
With these new offerings, InWin aims to please a plethora of users looking for a good PC case and lots of simple cooling
CES 2025 Day 1: New laptops from Lenovo, Snapdragon X for desktops, Wi-Fi 7 routers, and more
The fresh hardware news continues to pour in from CES 2025
TSMC Arizona allegedly now producing AMD's Ryzen 9000 and Apple's S9 processors: Report
TSMC Fab 21 in Arizona produces three processors: two for Apple, and allegedly now one for AMD.
Creality unveils multicolor 3D printer for under $500
Leading 3D printer company joins the multi-material printing trend.
China starts Big Fund III spending: $47 billion for ecosystem and fab tools
China gathers $47.5 billion to boost its chipmaking tools industry and ecosystem.
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 versus RTX 4090 — How does the new halo GPU compare with its predecessor?
The Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 will cost $1,999 and looks ready to commence its reign as the fastest consumer graphics card around when it becomes available. Nvidia is touting performance improvement of up to 2X over its RTX 4090 predecessor, but let's dig deeper into those claims and specifications.
Nvidia says Blackwell-based servers are in full production - 200 different configurations now available
Jensen Huang says that there are Blackwell-based designs for all datacenters in the world.
ChatGPT was used to plan Cybertruck explosion outside Trump hotel in Las Vegas — police release details on prompts used to decide crucial details
LVMPD confirms that ChatGPT was used by the man behind the Vegas Cybertruck explosion to plan his actions, including determining what firearm to set off the blast
AMD quietly introduces Ryzen 5 9600 — non-X variant brings back Wraith Stealth cooler
AMD stealthily dropped the Ryzen 5 9600 on its website today, confirming less powerful SKUs of the original Ryzen 9000-series
Nvidia's powerful RTX 5090 PCB is amazingly small yet pumps 575W of power
Nvidia completely redesigns PCB of GeForce RTX 5090 Foundry Edition graphics card as its power consumption nears 600W.
Geekom introduces new Mini PCs at CES 2025 — Snapdragon X Elite, Ryzen AI 9, and Core Ultra 9 all represented
Geekom's CES 2025 Mini PC showcase includes flagship options from the three major CPU manufacturers.
Jensen says DLSS 4 "predicts the future" to increase framerates without introducing latency
During a live Q&A with Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, we asked about DLSS 4 and multi frame generation and whether it's interpolating more frames or projecting future frames. Jensen says that it will "predict the future" rather than rendering the past.
Here's all the sexy silicon AMD launched at CES 2025 - family die photos of Strix Halo, Krackan Point, Ryzen 9000X3D, Fire Range, and Hawk Point Refresh
AMD has shared a few snippets of all processors that it launched at CES.
Nvidia introduces RTX 5090, RTX 5080, and RTX 5070 laptop GPUs — RTX 50 Blackwell goes mobile with up to 24GB of GDDR7 memory
Nvidia has introduced Blackwell to mobile with RTX 5090, 5080 and 5070/Ti models arriving in March and April.
Netgear's Orbi 870 rounds out its premium Wi-Fi 7 mesh router family
Netgear's Orbi 870 costs $1,299 for a three-pack
Snapdragon X Arm chips are coming to the desktop PC market — Lenovo launches two new mini-PCs powered by Qualcomm
Lenovo is launching the ThinkCentre neo 50q QC and IdeaCentre Mini x mini-PCs, both of which are powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon X chips.
Asus’s new Zenbook A14 weighs just 2.18 pounds, boasts 32 hours of endurance
Asus is introducing a new Snapdragon X-powered laptop that’s incredibly lightweight and promises really long battery life, a colorful screen, and all of the ports you need.
RTX 5090 Founders Edition is the only SKU that meets Nvidia SFF-Ready requirements
Nvidia's RTX 5090 Founders Edition is the first and only 90-class flagship GPU that is small enough to fit in Nvidia's SFF-Ready guidelines.
Gigabyte releases 27 new Nvidia RTX 50-series GPUs at CES 2025 — 3 Aorus Radeon RX 9000 GPUs also announced
Gigabyte just launched 27 new Nvidia RTX 50-series models at CES 2025, giving us a ton of new GPUs to choose from.
Razer updates Blade 16 gaming laptop with flagship RTX 5090 and Ryzen 9 HX 370 hardware
The Blade 16 is the thinnest gaming laptop ever from Razer, and it still manages to pack in high-end hardware from AMD and Nvidia
Chinese company accused of shipping kamikaze drone parts to Russia through elaborate re-selling and rebranding scheme
Elaborate Chinese rebranding scheme, which was used to funnel glide bomb and kamikaze drone components to Russia, is uncovered.
Asus ROG Rapture GT-BE19000AI launches as world’s first AI-powered gaming router with built-in NPU
The ROG Rapture GT-BE19000AI is a premium Wi-Fi 7 router targeting gamers who require unparalleled speeds
MSI shows off cable-free panoramic PC at CES 2025 — Project Zero X uses radical orientation for GPU and motherboard
MSI’s new Project Zero X PC puts the graphics card and motherboard side by side, and somehow moves both parts’ I/O ports to the back of the case.
Nvidia's Blackwell flagship GPU uses liquid metal instead of thermal paste to reign in the 575W TGP
Nvidia's range-topping GeForce RTX 5090 graphics card is ready for SFF, to achieve this, Nvidia had to use an all-new cooling system design with liquid metal.
Lenovo is bringing its rollable, expandable-screen laptop to market – ThinkBook Plus Gen 6’s display gets taller with the press of a button or the wave of a hand
The ThinkBook Plus Gen 6, a 14-inch laptop that can expand to 16.7 inches by unfurling the entirety of its IPS screen. The company says you’ll get nearly 50% more screen space when you need it, and a more compact portable when you don’t.
Lenovo’s new ThinkPad X9 laptop ditches the TrackPoint and familiar keyboard in favor of MacBook aesthetic
There’s no nub on the ThinkPad X9, a stylish and slim laptop series for “hybrid professionals.”
Lenovo's new Yoga 9 laptops include an in-display webcam, dual 14-inch OLED Book 9i with a bigger battery
The Lenovo Yoga Slim 9i hides a 32-megapixel webcam under its OLED screen. The updated Yoga Book 9i steps up to 14-inch screens with a bitter battery. And Intel's Lunar Lake powers the lineup.
Lenovo’s Legion Go S handheld is powered by AMD’s Z2 Go, runs SteamOS or Windows
Lenovo offers up three new gaming handhelds in 2025, all running either the familiar AMD Z1 Extreme processor or the new Z2. The Go S will be offered with SteamOS or Windows 11, and the Legion Go 2 prototype gets an OLED screen and up to 32GB of speedy RAM.
Micron's new PCIe 5.0 SSD promises longer battery life — DDR5 portfolio also gains higher capacity CUDIMMs and CSODIMMs
Micron announces new NVMe SSDs and DDR5 memory modules at CES 2025.
Raspberry Pi Baby Logger helps keep track of feeding, sleeping and everything in between
TriceratopsLabs has put together a Raspberry Pi baby logging system that helps parents keep track of newborn baby activity in a handy spreadsheet.
MSI announces a plethora of new cases, coolers and accessories at CES 2025
MSI is showcasing new AIOs, PC cases, and monitor arms in its booth at CES 2025.
Razer's PC-adjacent CES lineup includes a monitor stand, lights, and a chair with integrated heating and cooling
Razer announces a Chroma-infused monitor stand, standalone lights, and showed off a cooling/heating chair concept at CES 2025.
CES 2025 Day 0: Nvidia RTX 50 Series GPUs, Arrow Lake goes mobile, Ryzen 9 9950X3D, Dell retires XPS branding
CES 2025 is off to a fast start with new GeForce RTX 50 Series GPUs, Arrow Lake laptop processors, and new desktop and laptop chips from AMD.
Nvidia cuts down the China-specific RTX 5090D AI TOPS performance by almost 23% to meet US export guidelines
The RTX 5090D carries similar specs as its global counterpart but cuts down on AI performance.
Asus introduces flagship ROG Astral RTX 50-series GPUs alongside ROG Strix, TUF and Prime models
Asus is introducing the new ROG Astral series as the flagship model for its upcoming RTX-50 series GPUs
Raspberry Pi 5 powers motorized keyboard that changes layout based on hand gestures
The AutoKeybo uses motors to roll out a trackpad or numpad when you need them then retract those to give you a mechanical, QWERTY keyboard.
Nvidia DLSS 4 is the magic bullet behind the RTX 50-series' touted 2X performance — Reflex 2, Multi Frame Gen AI tools come to the fore
While the Blackwell GPU is impressive, DLSS 4 is what truly gets RTX 50-series to 2X better performance over 40-series
Asus first to announce Radeon RX 9070 and RX 9070 XT graphics cards
Asus unveils TUF Gaming and Prime Radeon RX 9070 and RX 9070 XT graphics boards.
Nvidia's GeForce RTX 5070 at $549 — How does it stack up to the previous generation RTX 4070?
With the initial salvo of RTX 50-series GPUs now revealed, we take a closer look at the RTX 5070 and discuss how it may actually perform in the real world — with and without the various new technologies like multi-frame generation.
Nvidia's Project Digits desktop AI supercomputer fits in the palm of your hand — $3,000 to bring 1 PFLOPS of performance home
Nvidia announced the "world's smallest AI supercomputer" at CES with Project Digits, a 1 PFLOPS machine to handle the entire Nvidia enterprise software stack.
Nvidia announces RTX 50-series at up to $1,999
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang took the stage for the CES 2025 keynote, spilling the beans on the Blackwell RTX 50-series and discussing AI, neural rendering, DLSS 4, and more to a packed sports arena in Las Vegas.
Asus unveils full suite of RTX 5000 series gaming laptops, complete with 100% DCI-P3 screens
Asus’ full line of new mobile gaming rigs ranges from Strix Scars at the top end to the lightweight Zephyrus G14 and G16.
HP’s new Omen gaming monitors include 280 Hz IPS Black and Google TV options
HP’s Omen 32x is its first gaming monitor to support Google TV, and its on-screen input-sharing options could be game-changing.
Acer’s new Predator Helios gaming laptops up the ante on performance and RGB – RTX 50 series and Intel Core 200HX CPUs meet a disco’s worth of glowing RGB
Acer’s new Predator Helios laptop series includes 16-, 18-inch models with Nvidia 50 series graphics, Core Ultra 9 275HX processors, RGB light bars up front, light stripes on the deck and rear, and swappable mechanical key switches.
MSI’s New gaming laptops include a Norse-themed Titan Dragon Edition, translucent Cyborg
MSI’s latest gaming laptops sport striking Norse, dragon, and cyborg designs, while including the latest CPUs and graphics from Intel, AMD, and Nvidia.
HP's latest Omen 16 laptops, Omen 16L gaming desktop offer compact, understated design and AMD or Intel CPU options
HP is updating its Omen gaming lineup with two 16-inch laptops, a compact 16L desktop, and a lower-end Victus that now comes in three colors, including pink.
Acer’s Predator X323QX elevates 16:9 gaming to 5K at 144Hz
The Acer Predator X323QX combines a colorful 5K IPS panel with G-Sync Pulsar tech.
New Alienware Area-51 laptops have a Gorilla Glass window, color-shiting paint job
Dell’s new high-end Alienware Area 51 laptops sport a color-shifting teal exterior with lots of RGB, and a glass window on the bottom. A new Area 51 desktop also supports top-end specs, more standard components, and an aim at simplifying future upgrades.
Alienware unleashes 27-inch AW2725Q QD-OLED 4K 240Hz gaming monitor for gamers who like high ppi
The Alienware AW2725Q launches in March, priced at $899.99
HyperX wants you to print your own mouse
HyperX introduced several new mice at CES 2025, including a new line of modular mice that are built with 3D printing in mind.
Intel shows off working Panther Lake systems at CES — Celestial Xe GPU cores power Intel sneak peek
Intel's press demos at CES 2025 include three ODM laptops and two mini dev kits for Panther Lake, powered by Celestial GPU architecture.
AMD explains the missing RDNA 4 GPUs in its CES 2025 livestream
We met with AMD executives David McAfee and Frank Azor to discover why the company's hotly-anticipated RDNA 4 GPUs were missing from its CES 2025 livestream.
US DoD adds CXMT, CATL, Tencent to list of companies suspected of aiding the Chinese military
The U.S. Defense Department adds CXMT, CATL, and Tencent to the Section 1260H.
Thermaltake's new case fan has built-in temperature sensor to help adjust its speed
The TS120 / TS140 fans start at $89 for a set of three magnetic fans.
Intel lists non-K and T-series Core Ultra 200S processors for desktop PCs
Intel reveals list of non-K Arrow Lake-S CPUs for desktop computers with 35W and 65W processor base power.
Intel announces H810 and B860 budget chipsets for Core Ultra 200 CPUs
Intel announces B860 and H810 motherboard chipset's at CES for budget friendly builders and system builders. New chipsets support Intel's new Core Ultra 200 series desktop CPUs.
AMD announces Ryzen Z2 series processors for handhelds — more performance, better efficiency, coming soon
AMD announced its upcoming Ryzen Z2 line of processors at CES 2025, with the halo Z2 Extreme sporting an 8-core, 16-thread CPU and a 16 CU RDNA 3.5 GPU. The other two models are a step down in various ways and full specifications aren't yet available.
AMD RDNA 4 Radeon RX 9000-series GPUs revealed: Targeting mainstream price and performance with improved AI and ray tracing
AMD announced its new RDNA 4 GPU architecture along with the Radeon RX 9000-series branding, with the RX 9070 XT and RX 9070 arriving in the next couple of months.
Acer’s eco-friendly Vero 16 laptop is made from oyster shells and recycled plastic
Vero 16 laptop ups the eco-friendly ante, at least on paper, with a chassis that the company claims is constructed of 70% post-consumer plastic and a “bio-based oyster shell material.”
Dell kills XPS and Optiplex brands, adopts Apple-inspired three-tiered naming scheme for its PCs
No more Inspirons or XPS for Dell as it rebrands its consumer products as Dell, business and enterprise become Dell Pro, and workstation devices get Dell Pro Max branding.
Acer’s gaming handhelds go big with 9- and 11-inch displays – Nitro Blaze 8, Blaze 11 pack AMD 8840HS CPUs
Acer’s Nitro Blaze 8, Blaze 11 have larger screens than the handheld competition, but similar AMD-based CPU and graphics. The Blaze also has removable controllers.
AMD Launches ‘Fire Range’ HX3D mobile processor with game-boosting 3D V-Cache, other HX Series SKUs built on Zen 5 desktop CPU silicon
AMD announced its Ryzen 9000HX series of laptop chips here at CES 2025 in Las Vegas, including its flagship model that it bills as the world’s best mobile processor for gaming and content creation.
AMD launches Ryzen AI 300 and 200 series chips for laptops
AMD has launched its Ryzen AI 300 and Ryzen 200 series of mobile processors at CES 2025 at Las Vegas, debuting a total of 15 new models, across the PRO and non-PRO stack for mainstream and commercial laptops. The company also shared new benchmarks results, showcasing the performance of its Ryzen AI 7 350 against Intel’s Core Ultra 7 258V and Qualcomm’s X Plus X1P-42-100.
AMD launches Ryzen 9 9950X3D and 9900X3D, claims 20% faster gaming performance than Intel’s flagship Arrow Lake processors
AMD announced its two flagship Ryzen 9000-series X3D processors here at CES 2025 in Las Vegas, with the 16-core 32-thread Ryzen 9 9950X3D leading the way with the potent Zen 5 architecture paired with AMD’s dominating game-boosting X3D technology to provide 128MB of L3 cache, all of which AMD says makes it the world’s best CPU for gaming and creator workloads.
AMD’s beastly ‘Strix Halo’ Ryzen AI Max+ debuts with radical new memory tech to feed RDNA 3.5 graphics and Zen 5 CPU cores
AMD announced its ‘Strix Halo’ Ryzen AI Max series laptop processors here at CES 2025 in Las Vegas, and by any definition, the new APUs look to be absolute monsters for the enthusiast thin-and-light gaming and AI workstation laptop markets.
Intel is sampling 18A-based Panther Lake with customers — Intel Foundry's 18A node and CPUs are on track for 2H 2025 launch
Intel's Panther Lake is on track to be released in the second half of this year as the company is sampling them with PC makers.
HDMI 2.2 and DisplayPort 2.1b display standards announced, offering greater bandwidth and strict cable requirements
Expect HDMI 2.2 introduced new Ultra96 certified cables while DisplayPort 2.1b brings DP80LL active cables offering 80 Gbps throughput over lengths of up to three meters
Asus introduces its first AMD Apex motherboard for Ryzen CPUs — Crosshair X870E Apex brings extreme overclocking features to the AM5 platform
Asus has announced its first-ever ROG Apex motherboard for AMD CPUs. The ROG Crosshair X870E Apex is Asus' all-new extreme overclocking-focused motherboard for the AM5 platform.
Elon Musk confirms that Grok 3 is coming soon — pretraining took 10X more compute power than Grok 2 on 100,000 Nvidia H100 GPUs
Grok 3 took 10X compute power to train than Grok 2.
Computer used in the first QDOS demo to Bill Gates showcased in video
The Intel 8086 computer used to demo QDOS to Bill Gates was showcased in a video podcast this weekend.
Florida experiences a huge 1,150% surge in VPN use as Pornhub blocks access in response to age-verification law
Pornhub's parent company describes the age-verification methods mentioned in the laws to be "ineffective, haphazard, and dangerous."
United Airlines to roll out Starlink for passengers this Spring — download speeds up to 220 Mbps
United Airlines will begin adding Starlink Wi-Fi connectivity to its entire fleet, beginning with regional planes this spring.
Chinese freighter suspected of damaging undersea Internet cable connecting the US and Taiwan
A Taiwanese freighter is accused of deliberately dragging its anchor to cut an internet cable directly linking Taiwan to the U.S. East Coast.
Qualcomm teases mini desktop PC, announces 8-core Snapdragon X chip to bring Arm-powered Windows CoPilot+ laptops down to ~$600
Qualcomm launched a new 8-core Snapdragon X model here at CES 2025 in Las Vegas as it looks to reduce the pricing of Arm-based Windows CoPilot+ laptops based on its platform down to the $600 price point to help penetrate the lucrative high-volume mainstream segment of the market.
Samsung showcases world’s first 18.1-inch foldable OLED display
Samsung Display has a bevy of new flexible OLED display solutions at CES 2025. Probably the highlight of its innovative exhibition is what it claims to be the 'world’s first 18.1-inch foldable' monitor.
Intel launches Arrow Lake mobile family with Core Ultra 200HX and 200H processors for gaming laptops
Intel launched its Arrow Lake mobile product stack here at CES 2025 in Las Vegas, announcing five new Core Ultra 200H series processors for mainstream high-performance thin-and-lights, and six new Core Ultra 200HX series models for laptops.
UK chipmaker Imagination Technologies up for sale — UKCT accuses current owners of stripping the company of its key technologies
China-backed Canyon Bridge is putting up British chipmaker Imagination Technologies on the market — hopes to find an interested buyer for the company with the continued market interest in AI.
This Raspberry Pi Pico W-powered Inky Frame display will help keep you organized
Jaeheon Shim is using a Raspberry Pi Pico to power this Inky Frame display with a custom organizer setup that integrates with Todoist.
Alleged RTX 5080 retail packaging surfaces hours before CES — The GPU reportedly features 16GB of GDDR7 memory and Gainward is preparing for retail launch
An image has surfaced showcasing Gainward's RTX 5080 just hours before the GPU is set to be announced by Nvidia at CES.
Intel Battlemage and Arc B-series GPUs: Specifications, release dates, pricing, and everything we know
Intel officially announced its first two budget-mainstream Battlemage GPUs, the Arc B580 and Arc B570, but they're only the first salvo. The new architecture offers performance and efficiency improvements that should give Nvidia some much-needed competition, though drivers remain a potential sticking point.
Linux-powered handheld computer connects to Raspberry Pi HATs, snap-on modules
The Mecha Comet is made for hackers and makers, running Debian with a custom touch UI and lots of upgradeability.
Maker builds drum machine from scratch using a Raspberry Pi Pico 2
Arnov Sharma has created a drum machine synth from scratch using a Raspberry Pi Pico 2 as the main driver along with a custom PCB.
U.S. uncovers hacking campaign targeting Guam's critical infrastructure — suspected Chinese Volt Typhoon hacks could disrupt the defense of Taiwan
The U.S. government has uncovered a Chinese hacking campaign targeting Guam's critical infrastructure, according to Bloomberg.
Commodore 64 gets a true Full-HD HDMI plus stereo sound daughterboard
Commodore 64 devotee Side Projects Lab has released a video teaser showcasing a 'true Full-HD HDMI' adaptor for the iconic 8-bit home computer.
Chinese Nvisen GX06 mini-PC channels the Apple Mac mini M4's sleek design — but this Windows 11 PC with Core i9-12900H and RTX 4050 seems expensive at $820
This mini-PC closely resembles the Apple Mac mini but actually runs on Windows
This Lenovo Legion Pro 7i RTX 4080 gaming laptop is now only $2,879 at Amazon
You can take home this Lenovo Legion Pro 7i RTX 4080 gaming laptop for its lowest price to date—just $2,879 instead of its usual $3,199.
MSI Afterburner author says triple fan RTX 5080 GPUs will have three independent fan controllers — Async speed control support for all three fans to arrive in an upcoming release
MSI is rumored to equip its triple-fan RTX 5080 GPUs with three independent fan controllers.
Intel discontinues its weakest stock cooler – RS1 Laminar cooler was only used for the Pentium G7400 and Celeron G6900
The all-aluminum Laminar RS1 stock cooler is no more as Intel discontinued it in late December, replacing it with the already existing Laminar RM1.
TSMC's wafer pricing now $18,000 for a 3nm wafer, increased over 3X in 10 years: Analyst
TSMC increases wafer pricing with each new node although transistor density increases slowdown, says analysis.
Arrow Lake-H powered LG Gram Pro 17 2025 allegedly tested and torn down — Reviewer disassembles the machine and reports that Blackwell RTX 5050 GPUs are expected to arrive in May
The upcoming LG Gram Pro 17 2025 has been taken apart by a reviewer ahead of launch.
American lab is developing a BAT laser that could enable 'beyond EUV' lithography, provide 10X power efficiency boost
Petawatt-class thulium lasers could replace CO2 lasers in lithography machines down the road.
Arm PC market share won't rise above 13% in 2025 says ABI Research
Arm-based PCs won't enjoy a lot of momentum in 2025, according to a recently published report by ABI Research.
Koorui to demo the 'world's first' 750 Hz gaming monitor at CES — TN panel device gets welcome color boost with the latest QD film
Koorui is using a TN panel with Quantum Dot enhancement for its 24-inch 750Hz gaming monitor
Microsoft surprises analysts with massive $80B AI investment plans for 2025
From large-scale datacenters, to leading-edge AI processors: Microsoft bets big on AI infrastructure.
Intel Razer Lake, Nova Lake, and Wildcat Lake CPU PCI IDs added to Linux
Linux Kernel patches list seven new PCI IDs associated with upcoming CPUs from Intel.
Maker designs Raspberry Pi GameCube case that's free and 3D printable
SilvestreDesignLab has created a 3D-printable case for multiple Raspberry Pi models that's shaped like the original Nintendo GameCube.
World's fastest Arm PC put to the test — 128-core Ampere Altra Max CPU claims 128-core Cinebench 2024 world record
Maker and influencer Jeff Geerling describes the recently released Thelio Astra from System76 as 'the fastest Arm desktop computer in the world.'
Vendor claims Ryzen 9 9955HX3D with Zen 5 cores and 3D V-Cache is ready for launch — manufacturer also asserts Arrow Lake-HX CPUs offer minimal performance improvements
A PC manufacturer in China asserts that AMD and Intel are preparing their flagship HX CPUs, likely for CES.
Take home this LG UltraGear 32GP83B-B 32-inch 165 Hz IPS monitor for $210, its lowest price yet
The LG UltraGear 32GP83B-B gaming monitor is currently available at LG for its lowest price to date when using a limited coupon code at checkout.
Asus ZenWiFi BT8 Wi-Fi 7 mesh router review: Tri-band Wi-Fi 7 mesh at a more affordable price point
The ZenWiFi BT8 hits the sweet spot for performance and pricing for a Wi-Fi 7 mesh router.
It looks like the Raspberry Pi RP2350 Hacking Challenge has been beaten — Hacker gains access to the OTP secret by glitching the RISC-V cores to enable debugging
We may have a winner for the $20,000 Raspberry Pi and Hextree RP2350 Hacking Challenge after engineer Aedan Cullen went public with his Hacking the RP2350 presentation at the recent 38C3.
Nvidia gives away five classic GPUs signed by CEO Jensen Huang personally — the first two are the GeForce 256 and GeForce 8800 Ultra
Ahead of CES 2025, Nvidia is giving away five classic GPUs signed by CEO Jensen Huang.
The minimalistic Creative Pebble Pro stereo speakers marked down to just $49
Enhance your desktop audio with these small yet powerful stereo speakers from Creative.
IBM and GlobalFoundries settle lawsuits over chipmaking tech given to Intel and Rapidus
GlobalFoundries and IBM settle all litigations, including those that covered IBM's work with Intel and Rapidus.
ECS readies 14-inch laptop with AMD Krackan octa-core CPU — motherboard maker also has two Snapdragon X-powered laptops up its sleeves
ECS just announced a 14-inch laptop powered by a next-generation mid-range AMD Krackan Point processor with eight Zen 5(c) cores and RDNA 3.5 integrated graphics.
Maker uses Raspberry Pi 5 and Pico to power this multi-sensor project
Philip Gutjahr is using a Raspberry Pi 5 to power his Sensorpack project which features an array of sensors that are super useful and fun to tinker with.
Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon (Gen 13) Aura Edition Review: Lightest Carbon Yet
Lenovo’s 13th Gen X1 Carbon shaves the weight down by 0.25 pounds and upgrades to an Intel Lunar Lake processor.
Latest Arc B580 graphics driver adds support for Intel Twin Lake and Core 200 CPUs
Intel's latest Intel Arc graphics driver adds support for upcoming Intel Twin Lake and Core 200 processors.
Leakers revise RTX 5090 and RTX 5080 power draw to 575W and 360W respectively — Up to 27% higher than last-generation RTX 40 GPUs
Rumors suggest that Nvidia's RTX 5090 and RTX 5080 will consume 575W and 360W of power.
MSI MAG CoreLiquid A13 AIO Liquid Cooler Review: Not bad for $99
MSI’s A13 AIO series are budget-oriented coolers with reasonable thermal performance; we tested the 240mm and 360mm versions with Intel’s Core i7-14700K and Core Ultra 9 285K.
G.Skill introduces CL28 DDR5-6000 for AMD Ryzen 9000 CPUs — world's tightest timings for a DDR5-6000 memory kit
If you are after super responsive DRAM performance, it doesn't get better than G.Skill's new CL28 kits, at least for DDR5-6000.
MSI and Asus announce 27-inch 4K QD-OLED gaming monitors with 240Hz refresh rates ahead of CES
Both Asus and MSI have announced the first set of QD-OLED gaming monitors boasting 4K resolution, 240Hz refresh rate in 27-inch form factor
Samsung's 500Hz Odyssey G6 OLED joins stacked 2025 gaming monitor lineup
Samsung's new Odyssey G6 OLED is purportedly the world's first 500Hz OLED monitor
Power wire-less motherboards pump 1,500W over 50-pin connector — BTF3.0 standard envisions zero cables between the motherboard, GPU, and power supply
DIY-APE has reached an important milestone in its development of a back-plug ecosystem for PC DIYers.
This Raspberry Pi project visualizes your real-time network traffic in the most beautiful way
Alex Chang has created a Raspberry Pi-powered geodesic dome that features LEDs and fiber optic cables that flash when network traffic is detected.
Solidigm pulls out of consumer SSD market with discontinuation of drives – Storage company shut down consumer division over a year ago
The Sk Hynix subsidiary will no longer sell its P44 Pro and P41 Plus SSDs, despite having launched to positive reviews.
AMD CPUs, 64GB RAM, and Windows 11 show strong gains in the latest Steam Hardware Survey
Steam Hardware Survey sees strong growth in AMD CPU market share. Consumers are also beginning to favor PC systems with 64GB of RAM and Windows 11.
Get half-price on KiCA's Jetfan 2.0 vacuum/blower combo, now just $59 — Clean up your PC and peripherals for 2025
Blow away the dust for 2025 with this half-price vacuum/blower combo from KiCA.
Cuneiform-like digital storage tech quadruples data storage — uses three levels of indentation in polymer film
Australian researchers create a new data storage technique that uses nanometer precision to store data in ternary format.
Leaker claims Nvidia RTX 5090 mobile could offer 24GB of memory — Nvidia expected to employ 3GB GDDR7 modules to increase VRAM capacities on the same 256-bit interface
Nvidia is rumored to adopt 3GB GDDR7 modules on the RTX 5090 mobile for a total of 24GB of memory.
ASRock Z890 Taichi OCF Review: Best for overclockers, works great for everyone
ASRock’s Z890 Taichi OCF is a $599 overclocker-focused board for Intel’s latest platform. It’s also mostly great for daily use, though there aren’t a lot of USB-A ports.
Significant U.S. Treasury cybersecurity breach is the latest in string of China hack attacks claims U.S. officials
The attacks appear to have targeted influential individuals, aiming to gather information that could serve the interests of the Chinese government.
If you can't defeat three enemies, you're Doomed to repeat this new captcha
You have to make beat three monsters at Nightmare level in this DOOM captcha to prove you're human.
Minecraft tool lets you create scale replicas of real-world locations — Arnis uses geospatial data from OpenStreetMap to generate Minecraft maps
Open source developer releases Arnis, a tool utilizing OpenStreetMap data to recreate real world locations in Minecraft.
Nvidia RTX 5060 laptop GPU beats 4060 laptop by over 30% in leaked benchmark — performance gap stretches almost to 70% with the RTX 3060 mobile
A screenshot shows the RTX 5060 mobile GPU in 3DMark, outperforming the RTX 4060 by 32%.
You can customize this Raspberry Pi eInk display with tons of cool plugins
Fatih Ak has created an open-source system for putting together Raspberry Pi-powered eInk displays with a selection of modular plugins.
Canada joins the hunt for rare earths to make chips — setting up a new mine takes 10-15 years, so it may be too late.
Canada is expanding its mining policies to find more sources for critical minerals, including rare earth elements.
Best Portable Monitors 2025: Gaming and Laptop Productivity
These are the best portable monitors to ponder if you're looking to expand real estate for your laptop.
Great battery life, a powerful RTX 4070 GPU, and 16GB of RAM all in one HP laptop for only $849 —- 2025 is off to a good start
This 15.6-inch HP Victus 15 gaming laptop features an AMD processor and Nvidia RTX 4070 GPU for only $849.
Nvidia RTX 5080 rumored to hit shelves on January 21 — expected to debut at CES with sales embargo reportedly lifting two weeks later
HKEPC suggests that the RTX 5080 will be available for purchase starting January 21.
AOC Agon Pro AG276QZD2 240 Hz OLED gaming monitor review: A faster and more colorful revision
AOC updates its Agon Pro AG276QZD from last year by adding a 2 to the model number. It’s still a 27-inch 240 Hz OLED with Adaptive-Sync, HDR and wide gamut color. The new version adds Quantum Dots for an even larger color gamut.
Incredibly compact 10-in-1 USB-C Hub has a dial for customization, 100W charging — HubKey includes five keys and a knob, now available on Kickstarter for $69
The Yanko HubKey 10-in-1 USB-C Hub lets you connect all your peripherals to your laptop and even easily control it with the included knob and buttons.
50% of TSMC's Arizona employees are from Taiwan, despite recent controversies — company plans to hire more US workers over time
TSMC plans to add more American workers as it develops its Fab 21 site in Arizona.
iHTP M.2 2280 NVMe Cooler Review: The best SSD heatsink only costs $6.99
iHTP’s NVMe SSD cooler performs very well. We tested it with both air and liquid cooling systems to judge its thermal performance.
Alleged 7-Zip arbitrary code execution exploit leaked to Twitter — the 7-Zip author claims this exploit not only isn't real but was generated by AI
An alleged 7-Zip Arbitrary Code Execution exploit gets leaked to Twitter.
MSI releases first final BIOS with Intel's promised performance improvements for Arrow Lake
MSI has released the updated BIOS for Intel's Arrow Lake chips with the 0x114 microcode and new CSME firmware.
Grab a second screen for $56: Arzopa's 15.6-inch S1 Table portable monitor falls to lowest-ever price
A portable and convenient solution for increasing your screen space in an instant.
Monitor air quality on the go with the Raspberry Pi Pico 2
Arnov Sharma has created a Raspberry Pi Pico 2-powered air quality monitor that is totally portable thanks to its internal battery.
VESA reveals new performance tiers for motion clarity and HDR quality — DisplayHDR True Black 1000- and ClearMR 21000-certified devices to start arriving early next year
VESA released new certification levels for its DisplayHDR True Black and ClearMR standards to keep up with advancing display tech.
Nvidia celebrates its 2024 AI research milestones — text prompt 3D modeling, advanced motion reconstruction, and more
Nvidia Research flaunts 2024 AI advancements.
Micron to invest $2.17 billion to expand U.S.-based memory production
Micron to make more memory for industrial, automotive, aerospace, and defense applications in the U.S.
Intel's budget Core Ultra 200 series chips have smaller heat spreaders than higher-end models
Leaked images show that the Core Ultra 5 245 and 225 use a different IHS than other Core Ultra 200 CPUs, and it's not clear why.
Intel Arrow Lake and Lunar Lake CPUs rejuvenate LG's Gram laptops — a quartet of Gram 2025 laptops with high-resolution screens
LG has revealed four new laptops representing its Gram series in 2025. Leading the pack are the trio of LG Gram Pro models with high-resolution screens.
AMD Strix Halo Ryzen AI MAX 395+ laptop chip matches the desktop Ryzen 9 7950X in leaked benchmark — 16-core APU rumored to power Asus' upcoming ROG Flow Z13 laptop
A leaked 16-core Strix Halo APU is toe-to-toe versus the Ryzen 9 7950X, per Geekbench.
China-made DDR5 memory chips use less advanced chipmaking technology — chips are nearly 40% larger than Samsung's DDR5
CXMT's DDR5 memory is here, but the company uses outdated process technology and trails behind market leaders both in terms of performance and costs.
Hacker demonstrates the supposedly-patched Windows 11 BitLocker is still vulnerable to hackers — default encryption can be overcome with network access
Windows 11's default BitLocker encryption is put under additional scrutiny by a hacker who showcases an old bug still being exploitable.
Mode Sixty-Five (2024) Review: A Renewed Classic
The Mode Sixty-Five (2024) is an excellent mechanical keyboard that sacrifices nothing compared to other options. It starts affordable and escalates quickly, and you’ll need to pay to have it built for you, but its customization options and quality are hard to beat.
ByteDance plans to sidestep U.S. sanctions by renting Nvidia GPUs in the cloud — report says it has set aside $7 billion budget
ByteDance to become one of the major renters of Nvidia's GPUs for AI in 2025 as it intends to spend some $7 billion on this, according to a report.
RTX 5080 16GB spotted in early pre-built listing from iBuyPower — Sports the upcoming 65W Intel Core Ultra 9 285 and an unreleased B860 motherboard
A new listing featuring an upcoming pre-built PC from iBuyPower popped up, powered by Nvidia's RTX 5080 16GB GPU.
SilverStone DA750R Gold PSU Review
The SilverStone DA750R Gold offers solid performance, 80Plus Gold efficiency, and modern features at a competitive price, but is held back by mid-tier components and a high retail price.
AMD-powered Lenovo Yoga 7 at all-time low $599 — convertible laptop with Ryzen 7 8840HS CPU is $300 off
The Lenovo Yoga 7 14AHP9 goes on sale at its lowest price point, $599.
NATO plans to build satellite links as backups to undersea cables — recent cable damage incidents shine spotlight on Project HEIST
NATO is working on Project HEIST; a system designed to locate damaged undersea cables and automatically reroute data to satellites.
Chinese GPU maker reveals new workstation GPU for the domestic market — Moore Threads MTT X300 uses the same hardware as the gaming-focused MTT S80
The X300 is Moore Threads’ newest professional GPU, though we’ve seen the underlying hardware before.
Finnish investigators discover anchor drag marks of “almost a hundred kilometers” in undersea cable damage case — anchor is allegedly missing from detained tanker
Finnish authorities discovered anchor drag marks on the seabed just a day after it moved the Eagle S to a safer anchorage to help further its investigation.
WD's Black SN850X 4TB SSD is only $259 for a limited time - this is the perfect drive for installing all your new games
If you're looking for more storage this holiday period, Western Digital's WD Black SN850X 4TB SSD is now only $259 for a limited period.
Samsung's Galaxy laptop upgraded with fanless cooler, unlocking 50% more performance and 16% larger battery — Frore to demo solid state laptop cooling at CES 2025
Samsung and Frore Systems have joined hands to produce one of the first laptops with a solid-state cooling solution.
LG to showcase 'world's first bendable 5K2K gaming monitor' at CES 2025
LG hopes to wow the crowds at CES 2025 with what it claims to be the 'world's first bendable 5K2K gaming monitor.'
Nvidia finalizes acquisition of AI software firm Run:ai, takes software open source – company reportedly cost $700 million
Nvidia’s acquisition of Run:ai has finally gone through after the GPU company announced its intention to buy the software firm in April.
Intel opens pre-orders for Arrow Lake non-K 65W CPUs in China — Shipping is expected to commence on January 13 as Intel eyes a CES unveil next month
Pre-orders for 65W Arrow Lake chips are set to go live in China today.
APNX V1 Case Review: Fish-bowl design done right, with excellent thermals
APNX V1 is a striking fishbowl-style case with excellent thermals. We tested it with Intel’s Core i9-14900K CPU and the Radeon RX 7900GRE GPU.
All-in-one machine recycles plastic bottles into 3D printer filament — PETFusion 2.0 launches on Kickstarter
PETFusion 2.0, a PET Bottle Recycler that converts them into 3D printing filament, has launched onto Kickstarter and quickly met its funding goal.
DRAM prices expected to decline in early 2025 impacting PC, server, and GPU VRAM markets
PC RAM prices are expected to go down by 8-10% while memory used for GPUs will also see a price cut of about 5-10%
EDATec Passive Coolers for Raspberry Pi 5 and 4 Review: Keeping Cool
Passive cooling your Raspberry Pi provides a silent means to keep your Pi ticking, and EDATec has options for the Raspberry Pi 5 and the older 4.
AI language model runs on a Windows 98 system with Pentium II and 128MB of RAM — Open-source AI flagbearers demonstrate Llama 2 LLM in extreme conditions
EXO Labs has demonstrated a modern LLM running on a 26-year-old Windows 98 PC.
MNT Reform Next open-source modular laptop crowdfunder goes live for $1,099
MNT's Reform Next open-source modular laptop crowdfunding campaign is now live.
This MSI Thin A15 RTX 4060 gaming laptop is now just $779 at Newegg
This MSI Thin A15 gaming laptop is currently available at Newegg for just $779 —down from its recommended price of $1,199.
Nvidia's defeatured H20 GPUs in China sell surprisingly well — 50% increase every quarter in sanctions-compliant GPUs for Chinese AI customers
Despite major performance cut, Nvidia's H20 HGX brings the company billions in sales, according to a report
Get notifications on your keeb with Das Keyboards' 5QS for only $49
Just $49 for Das Keyboards' 5QS mechanical keyboard with novel software RGB notification system.
Intel rumored to launch a 24GB Battlemage GPU for professionals in 2025 — Double the VRAM capacity of its Alchemist counterpart, targeted at AI workloads
A report suggests that Intel is preparing a 24GB Battlemage GPU for professionals, expected to launch in 2025.
Huawei’s 1TB SSD shows up in South Korea for just $32 – QLC-based eKitStore Xtreme 200E promises high-end PCIe 4.0 performance
The first consumer-grade SSDs from Huawei are finally on store shelves and for a low price, at least in South Korea.
Seasonic Focus GX ATX 3 1000W Gold PSU Review
The Seasonic Focus GX ATX 3 offers a perfect blend of quality, balanced performance, and quiet operation.
Human thought runs at just 10 bits per second, say Caltech scientists — that's why we are mostly single-taskers
Humans process thoughts at just 10 bits per second, according to a recent paper from Caltech researchers.
Intel's low-power Twin Lake NX50 series specs leak — All efficient core design based on Alder Lake silicon comes back for another lap
Intel is reportedly preparing a successor to its Alder Lake-N series codenamed Twin Lake.
Asus leaks its ROG NUC 2025 on social media ahead of CES debut — compact gamer-focused RTX 50 and Core Ultra 200 mini PC on the way
Asus recently showed off teaser video of its upcoming ROG NUC a little too early, posting and swiftly removing the images from social media this morning.
Fractal Refine Review: Comfortably refined
Fractal Design is branching out into gaming furniture with its first chair, the Refine. It’s a surprisingly well-built blend of racing-style gaming chairs and task chairs.
Chinese chipmaker Phytium sells over 10 million homegrown CPUs — Feiteng processors are primarily used in national projects and key local industries
Chinese chip maker Phytium reportedly delivered over 10 million processors to government projects and other key industries as it replaces Western processors from Intel and AMD.
SemiKong is the world's first open-source semiconductor-focused LLM — it claims to bring new chips to market 30% faster
Meta, Aitomatic, and other members of the AI Alliance have released the world's first large language model specifically trained on the needs of the semiconductor industry.
Nvidia RTX 5080 and AMD RX 9070 GPUs listed ahead of launch — Asus is reportedly readying a new "Astral" GPU lineup
A handful of RTX 50 and RDNA 4 GPUs from Asus have emerged online.
After 24 years of failure, The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask's blue dog has finally won a race
The statistically-slowest dog in The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask has finally secured a legitimate win in the dog race minigame after nearly 25 years.
AI data centers reportedly cause power problems in residential areas — decreased power quality in homes near data centers causes reduced lifespan for electrical appliances
Adding megawatts of new power consumption at such high speed is starting to affect the power quality in the average American home.
Ergo Desk reclines with your chair, desktop tilts up to match the recline of your chair — 3-in-1 desk can be reserved for $450
Canadian company Ergo Desk has begun to market its signature product which invites users to sit, stand, or recline at their desk.
Get gaming with ABS' Kaze Ruby gaming PC powered by a powerful Nvidia RTX 4080 Super GPU - Save $500 on Newegg's After Christmas Sale
The ABS Kaze Ruby gaming PC is on a holiday sale - pick up a powerful gaming PC for a steal.
RTX 5090 and RTX 5080 listed for $2,600 and $1,350 at Chinese retailer — leaked listing suggests Blackwell might see an eye-popping price hike, at least in China
A leak suggests that Nvidia has priced the RTX 5090 and RTX 5080 at $2,600 and $1,350 in China.
Take home this Asus TUF Gaming 34-inch curved FreeSync Premium gaming monitor for just $279
This ASUS TUF Gaming ultra-wide curved gaming display is currently available for its second-lowest price to date—just $279 instead of its usual $349.
Be Quiet Light Loop 360 review: The best AIO for Intel CPUs
Be Quiet’s Light Loop is a strong AIO with low noise levels. We tested thermal and noise results from both Intel’s i7-14700K and Core Ultra 9 285K.
Arduino Plug and Make Kit Review: The Kit to start your journey
When getting started with electronics, we need a good kit to make the learning process as smooth as possible, and the Arduino Plug and Make Kit could be just the thing you need.
AMD Zen 5 Fire Range CPU surfaces inside next-gen gaming laptop — Ryzen 9000HX chip seemingly wields 16 Zen 5 cores
A Zen 5 based 16 core CPU has emerged at Geekbench and a leaker suggests it could belong to AMD's upcoming Fire Range series.
Putin's 'sovereign' gaming console projects detailed; one with a homegrown Elbrus CPU, the other a Chinese knockoff — Russian gov't admits the consoles can't compete with PS5 or Xbox
Russian politicians call for 'unconventional' approaches to overcome lack of performance of homegrown console hardware for gamers.
iStorage launches most advanced encrypted USB sticks available — 'world's first FIPS 140-3 Level 3' validated flash drives, pricing starts at $96 for 32GB
Secure data solutions provider iStorage has released what it claims to be the world's first FIPS 140-3 Level 3 flash drives.
TSMC's first new overseas fab in years begins to make chips — JASM coming online
TSMC's Japanese subsidiary JASM kicks off mass production of chips for first customers.
How to install a motherboard
By following the right steps, you can easily prepare and install a motherboard inside a PC case in a matter of minutes.
Lemontron, an open source, fully-portable 3D printer, has arrived— Can be transported in an empty filament box
Open source 3D printer Lemontron debuts, with build pricing beginning at roughly $413 and a footprint small enough to be transported in a common filament box.
Blackwell GPU reportedly takes 3X to 4X longer to test than Hopper — more complex designs lead to skyrocketing test requirements
Chief executive of Advantest says major increase of B100/B200 complexity over H100/H200 dramatically increases testing times.
Ryzen Z2 Go APU is allegedly exclusive to the Lenovo Legion Go S — chip reportedly offers four Zen 3+ cores, 12 CU RDNA 2 iGPU, and LPDDR5X-6400 support
Today, renowned leaker Golden Pig Upgrade Pack, with a proven track record, alleges that the Z2 Go will be exclusive to Lenovo's forthcoming Legion Go S handheld and mentions its specifications.
OpenAI switching to a for-profit company to raise more cash as it continues to lose money
OpenAI has proposed restructuring its for-profit wing as a PBC to attract investors while maintaining the non-profit; in line with the mission.
Gaming industry insiders say cutting-edge graphics cost too much to make for AAA games
Gaming industry figures speaking to The New York Times discuss the scaled-back success of AAA blockbusters.
South Korea greenlights the world's largest semiconductor hub — half the size of Beverly Hills to house six fabs, three power plans, and fab suppliers
South Korea's Yongin Semiconductor Cluster will house six fabs, three power plans, and fab suppliers.
Chinese AI company says breakthroughs enabled creating a leading-edge AI model with 11X less compute — DeepSeek's optimizations could highlight limits of US sanctions
DeepSeek trains DeepSeek-V3 model with 671 billion parameters on a cluster of 2048 GPUs.
Minecraft server made to run on 63-year-old, pre-x86 COBOL coding language
COBOL, a pre-x86 coding language used mainly for legacy business applications, can now be used for a Minecraft server.
Incoming RTX 5090 could need massive power stages for possible 600-watt power draw – Nvidia’s next flagship GPU rumored to sport copious amounts of VRMs
The RTX 5090 may come with more power and power stages than any gaming GPU before it, as the GPU is rumored to use 29 VRMs.
China releases Top 100 supercomputer list for 2024: No ExaFLOPS systems mentioned, obfuscation continues
China unveils its 2024 Top 100 list of supercomputers, indicating no new systems entered it in 2024.
Got an Xbox for Christmas? Increase storage capacity to the max with this best-ever deal on a 2TB WD Black C50
This is the best price for the 2TB WD Black C50 in its history. Now cheaper than two 1TB drives.
Gigabyte M27QA ICE 180 Hz QHD gaming monitor review: Solid performance with a unique look
Gigabyte combines slick styling and performance in the M27QA ICE. It’s a 27-inch QHD IPS gaming monitor with 180 Hz, Adaptive-Sync, HDR400 and wide gamut color. It also stands out with an all-white finish and slick styling.
Microsoft warns of new Windows 11 installation media bug that blocks future security updates
Microsoft has clarified that this issue only applies to users who installed the Windows 11 24H2 update using a USB drive or CD
The Ayaneo 3 gaming handheld is more than a refresh — console will leverage up to 56 permutations of joystick, touchpad, D-Pad, and button modules
Ayaneo 3's major hardware feature, swappable control modules, is revealed.
Ryzen 9 9950X3D purportedly surfaces with 5.65 GHz boost clocks — leaked specs inlcude 96MB 3D V-Cache on a single CCD and 170W TDP
A CPU-Z screenshot has surfaced, allegedly detailing a 16-core X3D CPU based on Zen 5 which is likely to be the Ryzen 9 9950X3D.
Lenovo readies self-charging Bluetooth keyboard with a solar panel, also preparing an AI travel kit for road warriors
Lenovo is expected to launch a self-charging keyboard along with a bunch of AI-backed accessories including a smartwatch, earbuds, a wearable camera, and more.
Chinese memory maker could grab 15% of market in the coming years, stoking price wars
CXMT might already control 10% of the global DRAM market, according to Silicon Motion.
Finnish authorities board tanker suspected of damaging undersea cables — tanker is reportedly linked to Russia’s shadow fleet
The Eagle S, an oil tanker suspected of being part of Russia's shadow fleet, has been stopped and boarded by Finnish authorities in relation to the damaging of power and data cables connecting Finland to Estonia.
Relive surfing the original internet with new emulator — 34 years later, WorldWideWeb app commemorates the first web browser
Web Design Museum celebrates the 34th anniversary of web browsers by releasing an emulator of the very first, WorldWideWeb.
Hitting an all-time low, the 1TB WD Black SN770M is now just $82 - beef up your gaming handheld
Hitting an all-time low, the WD Black SN770M is now only $82.
Japanese gov't under fire for funding native chipmaker Rapidus with $6.2 billion in COVID relief money
Japan sits on some $114.42 billion pile of COVID relief cache, but opposition lawmakers complain that the government plans to use them to fund the country's industry growth.
Trump nominee favors ‘destroying TSMC’ fabs if China invades Taiwan — strategy would deprive China of a key motivation to attack but devastate world economy
The next U.S. Undersecretary of Defense for Policy is very likely to be Elbridge Colby, who is well known to favor the destruction of Taiwan’s chip fabs in the event of a Chinese invasion.
Gaming laptop leaks with RTX 50 GPU, 192GB RAM, and Arrow Lake-HX CPU — Clevo laptop has monster 18-inch 4K display and Thunderbolt 5 ports
Laptop manufacturer Clevo is reportedly preparing to debut an all-new high-performance 18-inch laptop at CES 2025 sporting extremely high-end internals and next-gen CPUs.
Nvidia's next-gen B300 GPUs have 1,400W TDP, deliver 50% more AI horsepower: Report
With 288 GB of HBM3E memory and 50% more FLOPS than B200, Nvidia's B300 is a major performance upgrade.
Arzopa A1 15.6-inch Portable Monitor Review: Sub-$80 value with a kickstand and great audio
The Arzopa A1 offers a nice integrated kickstand, excellent build materials, and surprisingly potent speakers.
Lenovo ThinkBook Plus with rollable screen leaks out — display expands from 14- to 16.7-inches with a user keystoke or gesture
New details and images of Lenovo's ThinkBook Plus Gen 6 rollable screen laptop have leaked.
Nvidia's unreleased RTX 5090 pictured with huge GPU die, sports 32GB of GDDR7 memory
Assuming this leak is genuine, here's our first look at the RTX 5090's massive GB202 die.
Russian firm starts shipments of HPC system based on homegrown CPU — but cannot really avoid using a foreign GPU
Russian company Graviton launches first AI and HPC machine with domestic CPUs that will have to be used with Nvidia's H100.
Undersea power cable connecting Finland and Estonia experiences outage — capacity reduced to 35% as Finnish authorities investigate
An undersea power cable connecting Helsinki and Tallinn, carrying 658 megawatts of electricity, has been disrupted on Christmas Day.
Chinese PCIe 5.0 SSD tested with speeds up to 14.5 GB/s — Zhitai TiPro9000 sports 5th Gen YMTC 3D NAND and SMI SM2508 controller
Zhitai's TiPro9000 SSD with 5th Gen YMTC 3D NAND and Silicon Motion SM2508 SSD controller benchmarked, appears to be one of the fastest client drives around.
Vendors push Intel's promised performance-boosting firmware for Intel Arrow Lake CPUs — 0x114 beta BIOS updates coupled with the new CSME version 1854v2.2
Board partners have begun pushing BIOS updates for Arrow Lake containing the 0x114 microcode and updated 1854 ME firmware.
Master your fighting games with the Victrix Pro FS ESports Fight Stick - now at its lowest-ever price
Dominate the competition with the Victrix Pro FS Fight Stick - now at an all-time low price.
Xreal One Review: X1 chip up Xreal’s game in the AR glasses segment
The Xreal One is a pricey yet highly capable take on AR glasses.
ASML CEO says China is 10 to 15 years behind in chipmaking capabilities
Without EUV, Chinese semiconductor industry is over a decade behind Taiwan, U.S.
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D drops to just $359 at Amazon — Secure the fastest Zen 4 gaming chip while supplies last
The Ryzen 7 7800X3D is available at its second-lowest price ever making it a steal for those considering an upgrade.
Corsair Vengeance i7600 review: Premium performance
While it comes at a premium price, the Corsair Vengeance i7600 offers significantly better quality than mainstream competitors.
Elon Musk's xAI raises $6 billion to build even more powerful AI supercomputers — Nvidia, AMD contribute to funding round
xAI, which is set to build a supercomputer with 200,000 Nvidia GPUs, raises $6 billion.
Nvidia's RTX 5070 Ti and RTX 5070 allegedly sport 16GB and 12GB of GDDR7 memory, respectively — Up to 8960 CUDA cores, 256-bit memory bus, and 300W TDP
Kopite has spilled the beans of Nvidia's RTX 5070 family; detailing CUDA core counts, VRAM capacities and TDPs.
Leaked Nvidia RTX 5090 PCB design reveals massive GPU package and high-performance features
A leaked photo of what is claimed to be an early PCB design for the upcoming Nvidia RTX 5090 flagship GPU has leaked online
Steam released a record number of games in 2024 — over 18,000 new titles were added to the platform
You can download over 18,000 titles on Steam, but how many are quality?
Blur Busters releases authentic CRT simulator shader for high refresh OLED and LCD screens— 240 Hz+ OLED recommended for the best experience
A truly high-end, authentic CRT filter (in the form of a shader) releases, but only for high refresh OLED and LCD displays.
Grab a 1TB Gen 4 SSD for Christmas - MSI's Spatium M450 is down to just $44
1TB of Gen 4 SSD storage for only $44. MSI's Spatium M450 is a Christmas cracker.
Xerox buys Lexmark for $1.5 billion — printer biz consolidation deal requires approval from US and Chinese regulators
Xerox is buying Lexmark for $1.5 billion, pending approval from regulators in China and the U.S.
UK trials 'game changing' drone swarm killing weapon that costs 13 cents a shot — RFDEW uses radio waves to down drones
The UK’s Ministry of Defence has announced successful trials of a 'game-changing weapon that can take down a swarm of drones using radio waves.'
Raspberry Pi Pico streams real-time video to Nintendo's Game boy Color
Game Boy Color gets some limited video streaming capabilities thanks to Raspberry Pi Pico and a custom, open source software solution.
Nvidia App performance issue gets 'fixed' with release 11.0.1 — but all it has done is turn off Game Filters by default
The Nvidia App has been updated with a new release, from version 10.0.x to 11.0.1. The significant change here is that users should not experience the disappointing gaming performance loss (up to 15%) witnessed by those who installed prior releases.
AMD Strix Point-powered 3-in-1 OneXPlayer X1 Pro pre-orders live, starting at $1,399 — Ryzen AI 9 HX 370, a 2.5K 120 Hz touch display, and up to 64GB of RAM and 4TB of storage
OneXPlayer has announced the 3-in-1 X1 Pro powered by AMD's Strix Point APUs with pre-orders now open.
South Korea mulls creating 'KSMC' contract chipmaker to compete with TSMC, requires a $13.9 billion investment
South Korea wants to replicate Taiwan's success by establishing KSMC, a government-funded chipmaker.
Alleged GALAX GeForce RTX 5080 box art surfaces online preceding next month's CES 2025 debut
An alleged box art of GALAX's RTX 5080 has surfaced online.
'Twas The Night Before Tom's Christmas 2024
Enjoy the 2024 holiday poem from the editors of Tom's Hardware.
Minisforum launches portable dual monitor at $231 — single USB-C cable connectivity option boosts the twin 15.6-inch FHD screen clamshell's appeal
Minisforum introduced its MDSA156 portable dual monitor, which comes with two 15.6-inch screens stacked on top of each other.
Asus ZenWiFi BT10 Wi-Fi 7 mesh router review: Good multi-gig wireless performance, but still pricey
The ZenWiFi BT10 offers a nice balance of software features and performance.
Nvidia RTX 5080 mobile powered HP Omen 16 Max leaks ahead of CES 2025 — listing mentions a tasty new Intel Arrow Lake HX CPU, too
The upcoming HP Omen 16 Max will feature Intel's next-gen Arrow Lake HX CPU and Nvidia's RTX 5080 mobile GPU
Broadcom has no Interest in buying Intel: CEO says no one asked
Hock Tan dismisses an idea to acquire Intel, as Broadcom still has to devour VMware.
No more time for deliveries — last-minute gift ideas for the techie in your life
From gift cards to streaming services, these digital gifts can be purchased and delivered at any time, even on Christmas Day.
Cirrus7 Incus is the first passively-cooled mini-PC to support Ryzen 7 9700X — miní-PC is also updated for Intel Raptor Lake
The Cirrus7 Mini PC design has been updated to support up to AMD Ryzen 7 9700X or Intel Core i9-14900T.
Pick up this Logitech G203 budget gaming mouse for only $18 - an ideal stocking filler
Just $18 with net you the Logitech G203 gaming mouse - a perfect holiday stocking filler,
Radeon RX 9070 XT reference design purportedly revealed — RDNA 4 GPU emerges with black shroud with a triple fan cooler design
AMD has purportedly revealed renders of the Radeon RX 9070 XT.
Console modder hunts down world's largest CRT TV — saves it from noodle restaurant demolition death half the way around the globe
A modder managed to save an extremely rare 43-inch Sony Trinitron KX-45ED1 from an untimely ending in Japan and import it to the US.
Geekom has sub-$500 Snapdragon, Strix Point, and Arrow Lake mini-PCs primed for CES 2025
Geekom is launching several new mini-PCs at CES 2025, all featuring the latest processors from Intel, AMD, and Qualcomm.
Vendor hints at mobile RTX 50 series GPU launch at CES 2025 — next-gen gaming laptops with mobile Blackwell GPUs and Intel Arrow Lake-H/HX or AMD Fire Range CPUs
Thunderobot has teased upcoming laptops powered by Nvidia's next-gen mobile GPUs and impending CPUs from Intel and AMD.
US Senate finds Commerce Department’s efforts to enact bans and sanction “inadequate” — investigation finds agency underfunded, must rely on voluntary compliance by chipmakers
The U.S. Senate found that the Department of Commerce isn't effective in enforcing Washington's bans and sanctions due to lack of funding.
U.S. gov't launches probe into ongoing China dominance of legacy semiconductor market amid concerns of Chinese vendors flooding the market
The new investigation is yet another escalation in the U.S. government's efforts to tighten its scrutiny of China’s semiconductor industry
Asus claims its new world’s lightest Copilot+ laptop also boasts 32 hours of battery life — new Zenbook launches at CES 2025
Asus will be launching a new ultra-thin Zenbook capable of up to 32-hours of battery life
Be Quiet Light Base 600 LX Case Review: Innovative design, lackluster thermal performance
Configurable in three layouts, Be Quiet’s Light Base 600 stands apart from the competition. We paired it with Intel’s i7-14700K and Radeon’s RX 7900 GRE to test its thermal performance.
Fan-less cooling solution for laptops up to 40W launched — device uses movement of ions to generate airflow without any moving parts
Ventiva's ICE9 thermal management system uses the movement of ionized particles to generate airflow without any moving parts.
Holding back China's chipmaking progress is a fool’s errand, says U.S. Commerce Secretary
Sec. Raimondo says that massive investment in semiconductor manufacturing and research is more important than export controls aiming to help keep the U.S. ahead of its competition.
XPG's Dynamic BTF case offers a pegboard front panel — a holey design for a mix of convenient peripheral storage and fun
The new Adata XPG Dynamic case offers a pegboard front panel and BTF mobo compatibility.
AMD RDNA 4 GPUs will allegedly be rebranded RX 9000 — A mixture of new RDNA 3/RDNA 4 mobile GPUs and an RX 7000 refresh is expected to arrive at CES
Reports suggest that AMD is readjusting the naming scheme of its Radeon GPUs.
Samsung, Amkor, and TI finalize CHIPS deals: 2nm and advanced packaging coming to U.S.
U.S. government finalizes funding deals with three companies — Samsung, Ankor, and Texas Instruments.
Intel Arrow Lake non-K 65W CPU box packaging leaked — Bulky design alludes to included stock cooler, likely arriving next month at CES
Box designs for Intel's Arrow Lake 65W CPUs have been leaked, indicating that Intel is gearing up for a launch next month.
Cat themed fur-wrapped tri-mode keyboard now available for $240 — Petbrick 65 launches in Calico and Odd-eye, but more breeds are on the way
Dry Studio Petbrick mechanical RGB keyboards with cat theming and "fluffy, pettable" coating in Calico or Odd-eye colors now available for preorder.
Intel Game On Graphics Driver addresses Battlemage bloopers – Arc B580 fixes and known issues are the highlights of the latest update
Intel has just launched an updated driver for its portfolio of graphics products and it seems to be heavily skewed towards addressing Battlemage issues.
ID-Cooling Frozn A620 GDL Review: Eye-catching gold bling without ARGB
ID-Cooling’s Frozn A620 GDL certainly looks nice with its gold accents, but does it also cool well?
ASML reportedly cancels orders for the Lego EUV machine set from non-ASML emails — the kit is only available to ASML employees
ASML offered Lego versions of its NA-EUV machines on the ASML store but has since limited it to orders from valid ASML email addresses only.
Engineers enable quantum communication over existing fiber optic cables — new research shows data transmission using quantum teleportation is possible in parallel with a classical network at specific wavelengths
A new study shows that quantum communication is possible concurrently with classical data at certain wavelengths of light.
Arm plans to retrial its litigation with Qualcomm
Dissatisfied with the jury's verdict, Arm seeks retrial in Qualcomm case.
AMD B850 motherboard pricing leaks at Amazon's overseas store — Gigabyte B850 boards listed between $240 and $308
Hardware leaker @momomo_us shares images for Gigabyte's lineup of B850 motherboards expected to come out in CES 2025.
$1,600 aluminum Icebreaker keyboard breaks the bank — sports metal chassis, keycaps with 800 micro-perforations, and VIA support
Ever dreamed of an all-aluminum keyboard, down to the keycaps? Serene Industries' Icebreaker has got you covered.
Intel Arc B580 GPU with two M.2 slots smiles for the camera — Maxsun GPU offers storage expansion with two PCIe 4.0 SSDs
Maxsun's upcoming Arc B580 graphics card with two M.2 slots has surfaced.
Lexar Play 4TB SSD review: Another good SSD for your PS5
The Lexar Play is a gaming-oriented follow-up to the NM790. It keeps the good all-around performance and power efficiency but adds a heatsink and an 8TB SKU. The MSRP is far too high, but street pricing has already dropped to more reasonable levels.
Qualcomm wins legal battle over Arm — chipmaker didn't violate Arm's chip licensing agreement
Qualcomm celebrates legal victory over Arm in Nuvia-related case.
US gov't set to ban Huawei intermediary Sophgo over AI chip supplies — partnership skirted US chip sanctions
U.S. to ban Sophgo, which supplied AI chiplets to Huawei, but its affiliate Bitmain avoids sanctions.
Newly Resurrected Shapeways Acquires Thangs in Surprising Announcement
Shapeways is back, with plans to convert Thangs into the ultimate 3D printing marketplace.
Micron's HBM4E heralds a new era of customized memory for AI GPUs and beyond
Micron's HBM update: HBM4 is on track for 2026. HBM4E will introduce customizable base dies for higher performance and tailored features.
Cherry Xtrfy M64 Pro Wireless Mouse Review: Plug-and-play
The Cherry Xtrfy M64 Wireless mouse is a comfortable wireless gaming mouse built with pro gamers in mind. This no-fuss mouse is built for speed and function forgoing many of the frills common to premium mice.
ASRock Challenger Arc B570 lands in the hands of user a month before launch — Reportedly sips just 10W of power at idle and runs a handful of games despite no official driver support
A German retailer has accidentally shipped the Arc B570 before its embargo though we'll need to wait for official drivers for proper testing.
Core Ultra 9 285K is faster in Linux than in Windows – flagship Arrow Lake chip is 6 to 8% faster on average in Linux
Linux might be the better operating system for Arrow Lake CPUs, as the Core Ultra 9 285K runs faster in the latest version of Ubuntu than it does Windows 11 24H2.
Grab two of SK hynix's superfast Tube T31 1TB Flash drives for just $109 - techy stocking fillers for the holidays
SK hynix's Tube T31 offers best-in-class storage for just $109 for two.
New AI accelerator slots into an M.2 SSD port — MemryX launches $149 MX3 AI Accelerator Module capable of 24 TOPS
The MemryX M.2 module delivers efficient AI acceleration for edge computing with 24 TOPS of performance, low power consumption, and seamless Linux integration
Japanese company makes $16 USB-C cable that rotates 360 degrees — cable is approximately 3 feet long and offers 240W power delivery and USB 2.0 transfer speeds
Sanwa Supply Inc. just introduced a USB-C data cable that rotates 360 degrees for the ultimate flexibility.
Underwater footage raises suspicions of undersea cable sabotage as European authorities board Chinese ship for investigation
Chinese authorities are letting Swedish, Finnish, Danish, and German representatives aboard the Yi Peng 3 to facilitate their investigation.
AI PC revolution appears dead on arrival — 'supercycle’ for AI PCs and smartphones is a bust, analyst says
Micron’s worse-than-expected forecast for the second quarter is down to low demand for AI PCs and smartphones.
China's CXMT begins producing DDR5 memory — first China-made DDR5 sticks reportedly aimed at consumer PCs
China-based CXMT has reportedly started to mass produce DDR5 memory and ship it to third-party module makers.
Intel ex-CEO Gelsinger and his CFO slapped with lawsuit over Intel Foundry disclosures — plaintiffs demand Gelsinger surrenders his entire salary earned during his tenure
The plaintiffs seek the entire sum of Gelsinger's $207 million salary that he earned during his tenure, which would then be paid back to Intel.
PlayStation 5 Pro specifications thoroughly explained, 'FLOPflation' debunked by PS5 system architect Mark Cerny
Mark Cerny has given a deep dive on PlayStation 5 Pro's hardware and corrected some leakers' claims.
Intel terminates x86S initiative — unilateral quest to de-bloat x86 instruction set comes to an end
Intel has confirmed to Tom's Hardware that it is no longer working on the x86S specification.
A perfect holiday gift for the racing-sim enthusiast in your life - Thrustmaster's T248 racing wheel hits an all-time low
Take your racing games to the next level.
Nvidia RTX 5090 and RTX 5080 gaming PCs listed prematurely for $7,539 and $4,399 at a retailer — Blackwell meets Arrow Lake to power upcoming Predator Orion 7000 PCs from Acer
Pre-built from Acer featuring the RTX 5090 and RTX 5080 have been listed before launch.
US Department of Commerce finalizes $458 million grant for SK Hynix to build Indiana packaging plant — plans to lend an additional $500 million for Lafayette project
SK Hynix gets $458 million from the U.S. government via the CHIPS Act to build an HBM packaging plant in Indiana.
AMD's 'Golden Rabbit' GPU reportedly hits 'end of life' status — Radeon RX 7900 GRE is no longer available at any retailer
Tweakers reports that several AMD add-in board partners confirmed the upper mid-range RX 7900 GRE is now declared "end-of-life" and is no longer being produced.
'World's first' open-source Armv9 motherboard surfaces — Radxa Orion O6's pricing starts at $200 for the 8GB RAM model
A collaborative effort between Arm China, CIX, and Radxa has precipitated what is claimed to be the world's first open source Armv9 motherboard. - the Radxa Orion O6.
Intel Wildcat Lake CPU tooling surfaces in shipping manifests — reportedly adopts next-gen Cougar Cove and Darkmont cores, Intel 18A node
New shipping manifests highlight that Intel might be readying a successor to its N-series CPUs dubbed Wildcat Lake.
Mystery second hard drive maker gears up to start producing laser-powered HAMR HDDs — either WD or Toshiba preps to release new recording tech
Intevac says industry-wide HAMR adoption is three years away.
DJI narrowly escapes U.S. drone ban, for now — company has one year to demonstrate its products don’t pose a national security risk
The U.S. is passing a law that requires DJI to have it devices certified that it's not a risk to the U.S., or else it would face an automatic ban.
Elon Musk hints at building stripped-down Gmail alternative — billionaire first revealed Xmail intentions back in February
Elon Musk's digital ambitions are set to encompass one of the oldest most established forms of communication on the internet – Email.
Tachyum releases a 1,600-page performance optimization manual despite continued tape-out delays and no actual silicon
Tachyum's new 1,600-page document to teach software developers to optimize performance.
Rapidus is first Japanese company to install ASML's cutting-edge EUV machine — chipmaking tool for 2nm chips expected to be operational this year
Rapidus gets ASML's Twinscan NXE:3800E, almost completes its installation.
Nvidia may postpone volume ramp-up of Blackwell machines: TrendForce
Nvidia may have to delay the volume ramp of Blackwell machines due to overheating and interconnect issues.
U.S. gov't removes China's chip toolmaker AMEC from the list of 'military companies'
The U.S. government no longer considers AMEC an ally of China's military, but this will not have any impact on its daily operations.
Asus ROG Strix Z890-A Gaming WiFi motherboard review: Snazzy snow owl
The Asus ROG Strix Z890-A Gaming WiFi is a solid motherboard option in the upper-midrange space. It offers several other AI and DIY-friendly features and an impressive list of specifications.
Qualcomm CEO expected to save $1.4 billion in Arm royalties by purchasing Nuvia, assumed Snapdragon X chips would be a massive hit
Qualcomm CEO Christiano Amon said that the company could save up to $1.4 billion in royalties to Arm by purchasing Nuvia.
Chinese GPU designers received key technologies from British company Imagination Technology: Report
Chinese owners could use technologies developed by Imagination Technologies for China's military, according to UK-China Transparency.
Intel announces Arrow Lake performance fix is now available — another update coming next month
Intel says it has root-caused the problems plaguing its Arrow Lake processors and that performance-boosting updates are now available.
MSI opens its first laptop manufacturing facility in India — MSI bets big on India's explosive projected demand for high-performance laptop devices
MSI has opened up laptop manufacturing operations in India to meet increasing market demand.
Intel lists the Core 200H mobile CPU lineup based on an aging Raptor Lake design — Core 200H sports up to 14 cores and 5.8 GHz boost clocks
Intel has listed a total of five new Core 200H (Raptor Lake Refresh) processors at its website.
US could ban best-selling TP-Link routers over national security concerns — TP-Link routers tied to Chinese government-backed cyberattacks
Washington is investigating TP-Link for national security reasons, with some sources saying a ban for the popular router brand is in the works.
Indiana bakery still using Commodore 64s originally released in 1982 as cash registers — Hilligoss Bakery in Brownsburg sticks to the BASICs
The Hilligoss Bakery in Brownsburg, Indiana proves the modern day efficacy of retro hardware by still using a Commodore 64s for business transactions.
Add a super cheap 27-inch Samsung S3 S33GC productivity monitor to your setup for only $79
An amazing holiday deal on a Samsung productivity monitor for only $79.
AMD 3D V-Cache teardown shows the majority of the Ryzen 7 9800X3D is dummy silicon
An in-depth analysis of the Ryzen 7 9800X3D suggests that a large portion of the chip is comprised of structural silicon.
Intel’s newest B580 GPU underperforms last-gen Arc Alchemist card in Linux benchmarks – likely due to early teething pains
It seems Intel has some work to do on Battemage’s Linux support as the B580 is much faster on Windows than on Linux, when normally it’s the other way around for Intel graphics.
High demand for Intel's Arc B580 as retailers receive weekly restocks — demand outstrips supply for the new $249 GPU champion
Intel delivers new Intel Arc B580 GPU stocks to retailers weekly, but demand is so high that they quickly run out.
Get gaming with this $1,099 pre-built iBUYPOWER desktop PC
Pick up a competent pre-built gaming rig from Best Buy for $1,099, featuring an Intel 14th gen processor and Nvidia RTX 4060 Ti GPU.
Hyte Keeb TKL Review: Unique aesthetic and ultra-smooth switches
The Hyte Keeb TKL packs enthusiast-tier specs and performance in a unique design that is easy to love.
Russia plans EUV chipmaking tools that it says will be cheaper and easier to build than ASML's — country outlines new roadmap to smaller chips
Russia to develop lithography systems that could compete against ASML's Twinscan NXE EUV systems.
Qualcomm says its Oryon CPU cores have 1% or less of Arm's original technology — cores in Snapdragon X PC chips are almost entirely custom
Qualcomm's custom Oryon CPU cores are based on the Armv8 instruction set architecture, but they contain only about 1% of actual Arm physical IP, says developer.
GlobalWafers inks $406 million CHIPS Act deal to make 300mm wafers in the U.S.
U.S. government and GlobalWafers finalize $406 million deal to build 300mm wafer production facility in Missouri
Arm vs. Qualcomm trial begins — Arm demands that the patent-infringing Nuvia designs be destroyed
Arm claims Qualcomm's infringements of license payments have cost it $50 million, and wants the company to destroy the Nuvia designs. Qualcomm counters that Arm is trying to compete with its own customers and that its current license already covers the Nuvia portfolio.
China developing critical chipmaking supply chains — photoresist ecosystem emerges for ArF and KrF lasers
Chinese photoresists are getting better, could eventually address advanced process technologies.
Inno3D hints at Neural Rendering and Advanced DLSS technology for Nvidia's next-gen RTX 50-series GPUs — DLSS 4 may debut with Blackwell
Inno3D has teased a few new technologies in its PR for CES 2025, alluding to what seems is DLSS 4 with asset generation.
China kicks off homegrown Bluetooth alternative — Star Flash is set to take over consumer electronics in the country
Due to its integration into universal remote controls, Star Flash is set to become a common feature in many Chinese households
Elon Musk prioritizing humanoid robot advances, says TSMC CEO — TSMC will supply the chips if the price is right
Elon Musk is now prioritizing advances in humanoid robotics, indicates TSMC’s CC Wei.
Russia using homegrown Raspberry Pi-like computers in nuclear facilities — Elbrus ES3 certified for use in critical applications
Russia includes programmable controllers based on dual-core Elbrus 2C3 proccors into a list of hardware that can be used at critical information infrastructure facilities.
EDATec CM5 Active Cooler Review: A Cool Deal
The Raspberry Pi 5 runs hot, and so does the Compute Module 5, and this is the cooler that you need to tackle the heat. Comment end.
Wireless mouse receiver is a mini dock with HDMI output and USB Type-C
This wireless mouse comes with a unique receiver that doubles as a mini docking solution incorporating an HDMI port and USB Type-C for data and power delivery
AMD Strix Halo-powered laptop appears at retailer — Asus ROG Flow Z13 2-in-1 laptop listed on Belarus website
Belarusian eCommerce site lists an Asus ROG Flow Z13 2-in-1 laptop powered by an AMD Strix Halo chip.
Seagate launches 32TB Exos M hard drive based on HAMR technology – Mozaic 3+ drives are the world’s first generally available HAMR HDDs
The Exos M 32TB is now Seagate’s biggest hard drive, thanks to cutting-edge HAMR tech that finally materialized.
Nvidia's new $249 AI development board promises 67 TOPS at half the price of the previous 40 TOPS model
The Jetson Orin Nano Super Developer Kit will be available later this month and comes with 8GB of RAM.
Nvidia RTX 5080 allegedly adopts faster 30 Gbps GDDR7 modules, delivering 960 GB/s of bandwidth — The remaining Blackwell lineup is expected to stick with slower 28 Gbps memory
While the remaining RTX 50 lineup adopts 28 Gbps VRAM, Nvidia is rumored to equip the RTX 5080 with faster 30 Gbps modules.
Nvidia has a fix for up to 15% gaming performance loss caused by the Nvidia App — disabling feature restores performance
Nvidia is aware of the Nvidia App issues and is working on fixes, but for now it recommends a simple workaround.
AOC Agon Pro Porsche Design PD49 49-inch OLED gaming monitor review: High style and even higher performance
AOC adds high style to its Agon Pro line with the Porsche Design PD49. It’s a 49-inch mega-wide DQHD 5120x1440 QD-OLED monitor with 240 Hz, Adaptive-Sync, HDR400 and wide gamut color. And its performance is just as alluring as its aesthetic.
Raspberry Pi powers sentry turret straight out of the 'Portal' franchise
Reckless_commenter has created a Raspberry Pi-powered sentry turret that looks and sounds just like the creepy machines found in the 'Portal' franchise.
Framework's new dual M.2 module boosts laptop max storage to 32TB — Framework Laptop 16 Expansion Bay is only $39
Framework just released a module for the Framework Laptop 16 Expansion Bay, allowing you to add up to two more 8TB M.2 2280 SSD modules to the device.
China's dual 16-core Hygon CPU server rack barely outperforms a quad-core Skylake Core i7-6700HQ mobile CPU in Geekbench AI
A server rack consisting of two Hygon 16 core server processors was tested in Geekbench AI and could barely outperform a 10 year old mobile Core i7 quad-core CPU.
We tested the Nvidia App performance problems — games can run up to 15 percent slower with the app (Updated)
Nvidia officially pushed GeForce Experience to legacy status last month, and the latest 566.36 drivers install the replacement Nvidia App by default. But the app causes a clear loss in performance in the games we've checked, and others are reporting similar findings.
The Lenovo Yoga Slim 7x Snapdragon X Elite drops to $799 — get yourself a shiny new laptop for the holidays
Lenovo's Yoga Slim 7x Snapdragon X Elite laptop is just $799 in this holiday deal.
Crucial discontinues the popular MX500 SSD to make way for next-gen drives — SATA III SSD retires after seven years
Users will now have fewer SATA-based SSDs since Crucial is no longer manufacturing its popular seven-year-old MX500.
Linux 6.13-rc3 fixes expensive CPUID handling on Sapphire Rapids CPUs — an issue resulting in Skylake CPUs being 4X faster for CPUID-related updates
The Linux team has published an intermediate Linux 6.13-rc3 to fix a "hilarious" bug in the kernel-based Virtual Machine code
Zotac accidentally lists RTX 5090, RTX 5080, and RTX 5070 family weeks before launch — accidental listing seemingly confirms the RTX 5090 with 32GB of GDDR7 VRAM
Zotac accidentally added premature listings for the RTX 5090/D, 5080 and the 5070 family that were promptly taken down.
Pricing for key chipmaking material hits 13-year high following Chinese export restrictions — China's restrictions on Gallium exports hit hard
China's dominance and its latest export restrictions to the U.S. have led to a sharp increase in the prices of gallium.
3dfx VoodooX custom project aims to modernize the classic GPU — latest update showcases a 'Christmas design' white PCB
3dfx superfan Oscar Barea recently shared a couple of important VoodooX project updates and images of a new PCB.
UK's Wolfhound mobile laser weapon exhibits 100% drone zapping success in field trials
Field tests of the British Army's newest drone-destroying mobile laser weapon have reportedly enjoyed great success.
SK hynix Beetle X31 (2TB) review: a solid, snazzy scarab
SK hynix's Beetle X31 gets roomier, with a 2TB capacity. Its performance isn't the best in its class, but is still solid. Its peble-like shape, solid metal shell, and excellent accessories help it stand out.
PowerColor Radeon RX 8000 'Reaper' series rumored to debut at CES 2025 next month
PowerColor is preparing a new "Reaper" lineup of GPUs, expected to debut with AMD's Radeon RX 8000 family next month.
Raspberry Pi 500 keyboard PC has been modded with an NVMe M.2 slot leveraging the device's conspicuously empty PCB header
Raspberry Pi 500 gets a hard-modded NVMe slot addition thanks to existing empty headers on the Pi 500 board.
The Samsung 990 Pro 4TB heatsink edition is now only $289 at Amazon
Right now at Amazon, you can buy the Samsung 990 Pro 4TB SSD with a heatsink for just $289—one of its lowest prices to date.
Today is 3D graphics pioneer 3dfx's 24th death anniversary – platform still inspires gamers, enthusiasts, and makers long after Nvidia acquired the assets
Seminal 3D graphics accelerator company 3dfx went under on this day, 24 years ago - but its spirit lives on.
A new PCB design can boost heat dissipation by 55x – copper coins placed under heat generating components drop temps drastically
OKI Circuit Technology has announced a new printed circuit board (PCB) design that can boost component heat dissipation by up to 55x.
'Shockingly real' AI Santa is free to use, will put Mall Santas everywhere out of jobs
There is a seasonal new interactive site where you can chat to AI Santa, tell him what you want for Christmas, and spread some cheer.
Ventiva's Ionic Cooling Engine has no fans but is quieter, higher performance, and more efficient than Frore AirJet according to TechTuber teaser
Through its Ionic Cooling Engine (ICE) solid-state cooling technology, Ventiiva could be set to revolutionize laptop cooling.
Entire Intel Core 200 laptop lineup leaks out — Intel prepping to launch 22 new mobile CPUs next month at CES 2025
Intel's entire Core Ultra/non-Ultra 200 portfolio has been detailed, spread across three different architectures.
Dual Intel Arc B580 PC details shared — they will be used alongside an Nvidia Titan Xp for fast FluidX3D simulations
FluidX3D developer and Intel GPU Software Development Engineer Dr. Moritz Lehmann showed off his system with two Intel Arc B580 GPUs.
BenQ Zowie XL2566X+ 400 Hz 25-inch gaming monitor review: Raw performance for esports
BenQ’s Zowie XL2566X+ delivers raw performance for esports competition. With a 400 Hz refresh rate, Adaptive-Sync and a premium backlight strobe, it’s engineered for super-fast response and smooth gameplay.
Nintendo Switch 2 design seemingly leaked by carrying case maker — similar aesthetics but with a larger screen and Joy-Cons
Dbrand has released a render of a future version of its Killswitch case for the Switch 2,based on
Elon Musk reportedly wanted OpenAI to be a for-profit entity but has now sued to block the move
OpenAI fires back at Elon Musk, saying he advocated transforming organization into a for-profit company for personal financial gain.
PlayStation 5 transformed into a laptop for $2,750 — Chinese modders made Sony's console more portable with a 17.3-inch 4K display weighing over 9 pounds
Want a portable PS5? The BBook AI laptop carries a PS5 fitted with a 17.3-inch display at an eye-watering price of $2,750.
There's a budget GeForce GPU selling in China that not even Nvidia knew it made — RTX 4010 turns out to be a modified RTX A400 workstation GPU
The China-exclusive RTX 4010, which appears to not be officially made by Nvidia, was showcased in a video by YouTuber Budget-Builds Official.
How to enable XMP to improve RAM speeds
XMP effectively overclocks your memory, allowing it to run at speeds higher than what some processors are officially rated to handle.
Intel Arrow Lake-H and AMD Krackan Point laptops emerge at retailers — preliminary listings indicate that manufacturers are gearing up for launch next month
New laptops from Asus have surfaced at retailers featuring next-gen Arrow Lake-H and Krackan Point chips from Intel and AMD.
Fnirsi HS-02 Review: Keep soldering on!
Fnirsi’s update on the HS-01 of 2023 has a great screen and fast heat up time, but is that enough to tempt us away from our favorite soldering irons?
Overclocking Arrow Lake: How I set world records, plus simple tips to push your Core Ultra to the limit
This overclocking champion explains what he did to get the most out of Intel’s current top chip, the Core Ultra 9 285K.
US to patch loopholes that allow China to buy banned AI GPUs from other countries — new regulations include national quotas on GPU exports and a global licensing system
The U.S. government will patch loopholes that allow China to access advanced GPUs for AI through third countries like Malaysia, Singapore, and Taiwan.
TSMC shares deep-dive details about its cutting edge 2nm process node at IEDM 2024 — 35 percent less power or 15 percent more performance
TSMC reveals in-depth details about its N2 process technology
Qualcomm fires back at Intel's claims of high laptop return rates — the company says Snapdragon X PCs are within 'industry norm' for returns
Qualcomm reacts to Intel's claim about the high return rate of Snapdragon X-powered PCs, saying everything is within industry regular and customers enjoy the systems.
Intel tempers expectations for next-gen Falcon Shores AI GPU — Gaudi 3 missed AI wave, Falcon will require fast iterations to be competitive
The interim CEO says that Intel's Falcon Shores will be the company's first step toward developing AI GPUs.
Minisforum's AM5 mini-PC gets Ryzen 9 9950X upgrade for $919 — adding 64GB RAM and 2TB SSD pushes the price tag to $1,199
Minisforum launches MS-A1 AM5 Mini PC with OCuLink eGPU support.
Nvidia revives LAN party after 13 years to celebrate RTX 50-series GPU launch — GeForce LAN 50 is a 50-hour LAN party across four different cities
Nvidia is celebrating the inevitable RTX 50 series announcement at CES 2025 with a 50 hour LAN party that will take place in Las Vegas, Beijin, Taipei, and Berlin.
Microsoft preparing Lunar Lake Surface and Surface Pro laptops for 1Q25, says report – new Surface Laptop Studio and an 11-inch Surface also on the horizon
Lunar Lake will power Microsoft’s first Intel-based Copilot+ PCs, while the Snapdragon X Plus gets selected for a new, 11-inch Surface device.
Camouflage eSports monitors launched by JAPANNEXT – but you probably won't see them in stores
Computer monitor specialist JAPANNEXT has released a pair of new eSports monitors which feature camouflage design aesthetics.
Zero-day Windows NTLM hash vulnerability gets patched by third-party —credentials can be hijacked by merely viewing a malicious file in File Explorer
A 0-day file explorer exploit that can steal a user's NTLM credentials gets an unofficial patch, documentation from 0patch.
Russian Ex-ASML employee indicted for stealing critical trade secrets — currently in custody, faces 20-year Netherlands entry ban
A Russian engineer at ASML has been accused of stealing trade secrets at the company and now faces litigation and an entry-ban.
Acer Swift 16 AI 3K OLED Intel Lunar Lake laptop drops down to $899
The Acer Swift 16 AI laptop is available at Best Buy for $899, down from its usual price of $1,199.
Intel XeSS 2 DLL files leaked days before launch — Frame Generation and Low Latency libraries surface at Nexus Mods
DLL files for Intel's XeSS 2 suite of technologies has been leaked but are likely still dependent on support from game developers.
U.S. House set to vote on $3B funding for the replacement of Chinese telecoms equipment — but swapping out all the Huawei and ZTE equipment will cost more
The U.S. will decide this week if it will allocate $3 billion to finally flush Huawei and ZTE from its telecommunications network.
TP-Link Deco BE5000 Wi-Fi 7 mesh router review: Dual-band Wi-Fi 7 for less than $300
The lack of the 6 GHz band puts the Deco BE5000 in a weird Bermuda Triangle of price, performance, and features .
Windows 11 battery indicator revamp delivers color coding and more pixels
A welcome redesign of the Windows 11 battery indicator is on the way with more pixels and colors.
NATO plans to deploy sea drones to monitor and protect undersea cables — Admiral expects drone fleet patrols to begin from June 2025
NATO wants unmanned sea drones to monitor its undersea cables.
US govt says Cisco gear often targeted in China's Salt Typhoon attacks on 8 telecommunications providers — issues Cisco-specific advice to patch networks to fend off attacks
The U.S. CISA released special guidelines to help organizations stay safe from attacks, releasing specific instructions for Cisco devices.
Legendary video game developer imagines a future where GPUs don't need PCs — John Carmack envisions a GPU with Linux onboard, so you would just add power and a display
Earlier today, legendary video games developer John Carmack made the case for what one might casually describe as a standalone graphics card.
Black Friday is over, but this 34-inch curved QD OLED WQHD gaming monitor is still available for $569
The Philips Evnia 34M2C8600 34-inch QD OLED WQHD monitor is currently marked down to just $569 at Amazon.
Arctic uses a fan to cool another fan — S12038-4K 120mm fan adds an extra fan in its center to cool its central shaft
Arctic's new S12038-4K/8K server fans have an extra set of fan blades for the true cooling enjoyers. Really, the extra blades are to cool its own center shaft, which may be necessary based on the fan's class-leading performance.
Valve preps mysterious 'Fremont' SteamOS device powered by AMD Ryzen processor — potential Steam Box may sport a Hawk Point CPU with Zen 4 and RDNA 3 graphics
Fremont may be the codename for a new and improved Steam Box, featuring a mobile chip and discrete GPU from AMD.
Intel Nova Lake and Diamond Rapids CPU gain preliminary support in popular monitoring utility
AIDA64 has received initial support helping it to identify Intel's next-gen Diamond Rapids and Nova Lake processors.
Weak demand prevents Amazon from deploying AMD's Instinct AI accelerators in the cloud — the company plans to strengthen its portfolio with Nvidia Blackwell GPUs
Amazon Web Services does not see enough demand for AMD's Instinct MI300-series accelerators for AI and HPC to deploy them in the cloud.
Broadcom unveils gigantic 3.5D XDSiP platform for AI XPUs — 6000mm² of stacked silicon with 12 HBM modules
Broadcom's 3.5D XDSiP platform for high-performance processors uses TSMC's CoWoS and other packaging technologies to build a system-in-packages comprising 6000mm² of 3D-stacked silicon with 12 HBM modules.
AMD confirms Ryzen 7 9800X3D stock will improve soon — chipmaker says more processors are being shipped weekly
AMD is rushing to bring more 9800X3D on store shelves this quarter.
How to use SSH to connect to a Linux terminal on your web hosting service
Get to your hosting server's command prompt using SSH.
Quest 3S Review: Most of the same thrills as the Quest 3 for $200 less
The Meta Quest 3S is a remarkable mixed reality bargain that brings over many of the features that we loved with the Quest 3.
Huawei preps new Kunpeng CPU with HBM — Linux patches point to an unannounced Kunpeng Arm server SoC
HiSilicon is reportedly preparing a new Arm-based Kunpeng server chip featuring High Bandwidth Memory (HBM).
Team builds Raspberry Pi smart cane to help the visually impaired
A team of developers has created a Raspberry Pi-powered cane for visually impaired people with GPS and notifications.
Geekom QS1 Pro mini-PC wields Snapdragon X Elite 4 GHz CPU and up to 64GB LPDDR6-5600
Specifications for the first Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite mini-PC have leaked on the internet.
Ryzen Z2G CPU reportedly powers new $650 gaming handheld — Lenovo Legion Go S packs 8-inch display, 16GB of RAM, and 512GB SSD
Lenovo is reportedly working on a new budget handheld with AMD's upcoming Ryzen Z2G APU, 16GB of RAM and an 8-inch 120 Hz IPS panel.
China fires back at Trump’s 10% tariff proposal with a 20% price cut on domestic products — Beijing's policy will negatively affect chipmakers, including Nvidia and Intel
China is putting a 20% price evaluation advantage on its own products when bidding for government contracts.
Chinese companies are reportedly reluctant to adopt homegrown chips — domestic solutions are technologically too far behind
Chinese companies are reluctant to adopt domestic silicon from automotive and computing to AI and HPC sectors.
Maxsun makes a GPU with two built-in M.2 SSD ports — Intel Arc B580 graphics card leverages unused PCIe lanes on the PCIe x16 slot
Intel Arc B580 uses only eight PCIe 4.0 lanes, giving enough lanes for two M.2 slots
Supermicro to help Musk scale xAI supercomputer to a million GPUs — Supermicro will set up local operations in Memphis to facilitate operations
Supermicro plans build local operations in Memphis, Tennessee to support Musk's expansion of the xAI Colossus supercomputer.
Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 PC performance testing and settings analysis — we tested 23 GPUs, the game is even more demanding than its predecessor
Microsoft Flight Simulator has been the quintessential CPU gaming benchmark for a while, and the 2024 release mostly keeps that pattern. Maxed-out settings tend to be more core-friendly than the prior release, and you'll still want a potent GPU for higher resolutions and settings.
US lawmakers fire back at government's chip sanctions against China, alleging glaring loopholes that let China access the latest technology
The primary weakness of the new export rules lies in their reliance on a fab-specific approach instead of an entity-wide strategy, asserts John Moolenaar, the chairman of House Select Committee on the CCP.
Crucial P310 (2280) SSD Review: Same great taste, but with a new look
The Crucial P310 is back, but this time in a longer form factor. Performance and power efficiency are still good, but it’s also still QLC-based.
Seagate's HAMR HDDs qualified by customers — volume shipments imminent
Qualification of Seagate's HAMR hard drives by major customers is complete, mass shipments due in coming weeks.
Intel appoints two new board members with semiconductor backgrounds following Gelsinger exit
Intel strengthens board of directors with two new members from ASML and Microchip.
Polysoft offers $849 8TB SSD upgrade module for Mac Studio — reverse-engineered SSD vastly undercuts Apple's $2,220 price
Polysoft's custom SSD PCBs allow users to easily upgrade the storage on their Mac Studio at a fraction of what Apple charges.
Nvidia bids goodbye to GeForce Experience — Nvidia App officially replaces it in the latest driver update
The GeForce Experience app won't receive updates anymore.
TSMC is reportedly in talks with Nvidia to make Blackwell GPUs in Arizona — Blackwell silicon needs to be shipped back to Taiwan for assembly
If TSMC reaches a deal with Nvidia, it could reportedly produce Nvidia's Blackwell GPUs at its Fab 21 in Arizona.
Valve publishes Powered by SteamOS brand guidelines — logo readied for third-party hardware bundled with this Linux-based OS
Valve has published branding guidelines which make its intentions to deliver SteamOS 3 to a wide range of third party hardware platforms clearer than ever.
3DMark gets new DirectStorage benchmark — GDeflate measures transfer rates from NVMe SSD to GPU VRAM
3DMark adds a DirectStorage feature test benchmark.
Jobs eviscerated at Chinese Arm chip design firm in wake of restrictions from TSMC — lack of access to 7nm node could cause 150 employees to be laid off
Half of Hongjun Microelectronics Technology’s 300 workers might be fired after the server CPU firm lost access to TSMC’s 7nm node.
Scientists develop the world’s first carbon-14 diamond battery, offering a 5,000-year lifespan — the device uses radioactive decay to generate low power levels
A UK research team built carbon-14 diamond batteries that could potentially deliver power for thousands of years.
With this Raspberry Pi powered mask you can 'become anyone' hidden behind 2,960 LEDs
Sean Hodgins has created a Raspberry Pi-powered mask that's comprised of matrix panels that can play videos and display images of any face you want.
Intel says Arc Xe4 Druid GPUs are already in the works — Software optimization is the only remaining step for Xe3 Celestial as it approaches launch with Panther Lake
Tom Peterson confirms that Intel's hardware division is working on Druid "Xe4" GPUs as the software team optimizes Celestial "Xe3" for launch next year.
O.MG USB-C cable CT scan reveals sinister active electronics — contains a hidden antenna and another die embedded in the microcontroller
Lumafield CT scanned the O.MG USB-C cable and discovered hidden advanced electronics with a sinister purpose.
Elon Musk plans to scale the xAI supercomputer to a million GPUs — currently at over 100,000 H100 GPUs and counting
xAI to scale the Colossus supercomputer to one million processors, which could create the most powerful machine in the world.
Bitcoin crosses $100,000 milestone as incoming U.S. administration looks increasingly crypto-friendly
On Wednesday, Bitcoin's price exceeded $100,000, marking a significant achievement for a digital asset once dismissed as a passing trend.
Intel co-CEO David Zisner says 'core strategy remains intact' — Intel will continue to be a products and foundry company
Despite CEO change, Intel's board of directors still thinks that Intel may be a leading developer of CPUs and GPUs as well as a foundry.
AWS building ExaFLOPS-class supercomputer for AI with hundreds of thousands homegrown Trainium2 processors — AWS forges a path without Nvidia GPUs
Amazon to quadruple performance of its AI processors by late 2025 as it readies giant ExaFLOPS supercomputer for AI.
Meta turns to nuclear power for AI training — asking for developer proposals for small modular reactors or larger nuclear solutions
Meta is looking for a partner to build nuclear power plants for its AI needs.
Noctua shares a fan grill design that drops noise levels — 3D print your own 120mm fan grill like the one on the Seasonic x Noctua 1,600W power supply
Noctua is giving away the 3D file for its ultra-quiet fan grill.
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle requirements may put your PC in a museum — minimum requirements include a Core 7-10700K and a ray-tracing GPU
System requirements for Indiana Jones and the Great Circle drop, revealing ray tracing and high-end CPU requirements.
Shareholders pay up as Intel ex-CEO Pat Gelsinger is reportedly set to depart with a $12 million golden handshake
Pat Gelsinger will enjoy almost $12 million in severance payments as he steps down as the CEO of Intel.
Intel's new Arc GPU gets naked in unsanctioned peep show — B580 has Nvidia Founders Edition-inspired cooler, BGM-G21 die surrounded by 20 Gbps GDDR6 memory
Intel didn’t shake things up too much with the B580, but one significant difference from the A750 and A770 indicates Chipzilla is following Nvidia’s lead.
The world's first Snapdragon X Elite mini-PC is in the works — Geekom teases new QS series mini-PCs with Snapdragon X Elite CPU
A leak on Chinese social media platform Weibo showed the Geekom QS — a mini-PC powered by a Snapdragon X Elite chip.
Exclusive AMD partner reportedly hops on Intel's Arc bandwagon — new Onix brand is seemingly affiliated with Sapphire
Another brand with Intel Arc B-series graphics cards enters the market: Sapphire or PC Partner?
Hands-on: Xreal One Series AR glasses announced with custom X1 spatial chip, more customization, and wider FOV
Xreal’s pricey One Series aims to offer a more immersive (and customizable) AR experience for consumers.
Microsoft reiterates that it will not lower Windows 11 requirements — A TPM 2.0 compatible CPU remains "non-negotiable" for all future Windows versions
Microsoft has clarified that it will not lift the TPM 2.0 requirement for Windows 11 as Windows 10 approaches EOL.
AMD allegedly confirms Radeon RX 8600 and RX 8800 GPUs via ROCm Github update
AMD is preparing to launch mid-range the Radeon RX 8600 and RX 8800 graphics cards to succeed the Radeon RX 7600 and RX 7800 series.
TSMC's N2 process has a major advantage over Intel's 18A: SRAM density
The SRAM cell size of Intel's 18A cannot match that of TSMC N2, but can TSMC's technology match 18A performance and power?
Nvidia, flush with cash, looks to acquire new talent through mergers and acquisitions
Nvidia may be looking to buy other companies to expand its capabilities. In a recent conference, its CFO specifically mentioned the prospects for growth through mergers and acquisitions.
China's largest chip industry associations say it's unsafe to buy US chips — warnings come in wake of new US sanctions
Chinese industry condemns sweeping sanctions against the country's semiconductor industry by the U.S. government.
Intel's next CEO could be Lip-Bu Tan, a former member of the board who reportedly clashed with Gelsinger about strategy
Intel begins to shortlist potential candidates to the CEO position.
Biostar X870E Valkyrie Review: Still improving, still a ways to go
The latest-gen Biostar Valkyrie offers an updated appearance and BIOS, robust power delivery, Thunderbolt 4, and a lot of connectivity. But it has only one PCIe 5.0-capable M.2 socket, doesn’t come with Wi-Fi, and so far it doesn't seem to be available in the U.S.
This dazzling Raspberry Pi Christmas light show is incredible
The Gustavsson family has created a beautiful Christmas lights show using a Raspberry Pi as the main driver.
Apple Touch Bar turns into a $119 standalone gadget — Flexbar features a 10-inch aluminum body with a 2K AMOLED display that communicates with a USB-C cable
This standalone touch bar will let you fully customize it to your taste and preferences.
Discrete GPU sales dip while Nvidia continues to dominate — iGPUs increase while discrete GPUs decline
GPU market grows moderately in Q3 as sales of discrete GPUs collapse, but CPU sales are up.
Game played on a 3D dental scanner with an old Intel CPU and AMD GPU — up to 700 FPS on Counter-Strike: Source
A 3D dental scanner gets tested for gaming, to surprisingly strong results.
Seasonic x Noctua turn to keychain merch after their successful 1,600W power supply collab —
To promote the new Seasonic x Noctua 1,600W PSU, these PC tech partners have turned to the keychain merch business.
RTX 4060 Ti transformed into a 65W GPU with a passive mod — a downclocked GPU and VRAM reduces power consumption from 160W to 65W
A small form factor PC enthusiast has shared details about how they modified an Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 Ti for absolutely silent running.
Chinese chip firms say a new round of US sanctions won’t stop China’s chip industry — Chinese government responds with its own export restrictions anyways
The US and China trade blows yet again on semiconductor products and minerals, but Chinese companies say they’ll survive.
Two internet cables connecting Sweden and Finland suffered damage — one caused by construction, the other still under investigation
Two inland fiber optic cables between Sweden and Finland have been cut, with one being damaged during construction.
MSI's new Claw 8 AI+ and Claw 7 AI+ bring Intel Lunar Lake performance to handhelds
MSI officially launched its MSI Claw 8 AI+ and Claw 7 AI+ gaming handhelds, both powered by an Intel Core Ultra 7 285V chip.
AMD Radeon RX 8800 XT has a 220W TDP according to Seasonic's online PSU calculator — two 8-pin power plugs required, it says
The RDNA 4 based Radeon RX 8800 XT has appeared in Seasonic's wattage calculator listed with a 220W TDP.
Intel announces the Arc B580 and Arc B570 GPUs priced at $249 and $219 — Battlemage brings much-needed competition to the budget graphics card market
Intel officially announced its first two budget-mainstream Battlemage GPUs today, the Arc B580 and Arc B570. Priced aggressively at $249 and $219, respectively, the new architecture offers performance and efficiency improvements that should give Nvidia some much-needed competition. Intel also talked about XeSS 2, with frame generation and low latency modes designed to take on Nvidia DLSS and AMD FSR3.
FSP Hydro G Pro 1000W ATX 3.0 PSU Review
The FSP Hydro G Pro 1000W ATX 3.0 offers reliable, efficient power delivery with a focus on value, making it a solid choice for mainstream users seeking long-term reliability without a hefty price tag.
Samsung prepares to unveil 10th generation V-NAND with 400+ layers — ready to power future PCIe 5.0 and 6.0 SSDs
Samsung will details its future plans for ultra-fast and ultra-dense 3D TLC NAND, designed for next-generation SSDs. Samsung has a presentation at the upcoming ISSCC where it will discuss advancements in its 3D V-NAND, which it plans to scale to 400 layers or more.
TSMC engineer boasts of recent 6% boost to 2nm yields, passing 'billions in savings' to customers
Improving TSMC's N2 yield by 6% could save billions for its customers, says employee.
Corsair's 3000D and 4000D series cases are on sale for Cyber Monday, starting as low as $59
Corsair's 3000D and 4000D series cases go on sale for Cyber Monday, including a few RGB variations.
Get 32GB of high-speed DDR5-7200 C34 RAM for $97 on Cyber Monday — or spend an extra $11 for RGB
Cyber Monday sees DDR5-7200 RAM available for very cheap, with or without RGB.
The 4TB Samsung 990 EVO Plus can be yours for $249.99 — pay just 6 cents per gigabyte with a 28% discount this Cyber Monday
The Samsung 990 EVO Plus 4TV is retailing for $249.99 this Cyber Monday and offers blazing read and write speeds of 7.25 GB/s and 6.3 GB/s.
The Asus ROG Strix G16 RTX 4060 (2024) gaming laptop is only $1099
The Asus ROG Strix G16 gaming laptop is currently marked down to $1099 at Amazon as part of a Cyber Monday promotion.
WD Red Plus 10TB NAS HDD hits its lowest-ever price point for Cyber Monday — Just $146
Western Digital's WD Red Plus 10TB NAS HDD goes on sale for Cyber Monday for about 1.6 cents per gigabyte.
Seagate Ironwolf Pro 20 terabyte hard drive is 2-cent-per-GB on Cyber Monday — $329 HDD has a five-year warranty, three years of free data recovery service
Newegg is selling a very large NAS HDD for an attractive price - the Seagate Ironwolf Pro 20TB for $329.99.
Billion Electric 4G/LTE routers patched to plug catastrophic CVSS level 10 severity flaw
Several router models sold by Billion Electric have been found to suffer from a CVSS level 10 severity flaw, rarely seen in the wild.
Cooler Master's 4K 160 Hz monitor is 75% off — 27-inch mini LED panel hits all-time low $200 for Cyber Monday
Cooler Master's Tempest GP27U 4K mini LED monitor can be bought for $199 in a Cyber Monday deal.
Lunar Lake-equipped Lenovo Yoga Slim 7i Aura Edition drops to a historical low of $930 — Lenovo slashes price by 32% this Cyber Monday
The Lenovo Yoga Slim 7i Aura Edition featuring Intel's Lunar Lake is available for $930 as Lenovo cuts pricing by 32% for Cyber Monday.
The Best Cyber Monday hard drive deals include 20TB capacities at $0.02 per GB
Whether it's a great deal on a new external HDD or more capacity for your NAS, we've got you covered this Cyber Monday with our handy HDD roundup.
Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger retires, effective immediately — two co-CEOs step in
Intel announced that CEO Pat Gelsinger will retire and has stepped down from the board of directors, effective immediately.
U.S. ratchets up sanctions to curtail China's AI and military tech — no more HBM memory for China
U.S. sanctions designed to restrict China's ability to import technologies to advance of its AI and military capabilities have been strengthened for the third time.
You can now get a 240mm liquid cooler with LCD display for under $100 - Corsair's AIO hits record low price for Cyber Monday
The 240mm liquid cooler comes with Corsair's QX120 RGB fans with plenty of LEDs, and the iCUE Link ecosystem that reduces cable clutter.
In a bid to compete with Nvidia, Jeff Bezos and Samsung invest $700 million in AI chip startup Tenstorrent
The new investment will help Tenstorrent to build an engineering team, invest in its global supply chain and build large artificial intelligence training servers.
Corsair Vengeance i7500 gaming desktop with 14600KF and RTX 4060 is a Cyber Monday bargain at $1,359
The Corsair Vengeance i7500 is equipped with a Core i5-14600KF processor, 32GB of DDR5 and an RTX 4060
Cyber Monday Monitor Deals Live 2024: Best Sales on Displays, Updated All Day
The best live deals on gaming and productivity monitors this Cyber Monday
Cyber Monday SSD and HDD Deals Live: Best Sales on Internal and External Drives
The best live deals on SSDs and external storage drives this Cyber Monday season.
AMD Ryzen 7 5700X3D, the best AM4 gaming CPU available, is just $199 for Cyber Monday
The AMD Ryzen 7 5700X3D is on sale for Cyber Monday, giving AM4 users a great chance to upgrade.
The Alienware AW3423DWF QD-OLED, our best ultrawide gaming monitor, is now only $649 for Cyber Monday
Pick up the Alienware AW3423DWF QD-OLED gaming monitor for its lowest price ever over at Amazon, just in time for Cyber Monday.
Get the most affordable RTX 4050 laptop for just $599 — The Acer Nitro V 15 plunges to an all-time low this Cyber Monday
The Acer Nitro V has hit an all-time low of $599 -featuring the i5-13420H and the RTX 4050.
WebScreen is a compact webcam-sized AMOLED second screen for those without the room or inclination to use multiple monitors
The compact AMOLED WebScreen launches on Crowd Supply.
Graphics card repairer laments 'catastrophic failure' of customer's RTX 4090 volt mod and thermal paste overdose
A GeForce RTX 4090 was in a very sorry state due to a volt mod that went wrong - see it get repaired.
The Seagate IronWolf Pro 14TB at all-time low $224 — less than $16 per terabyte, five-year warranty, three year free data recovery
The Seagate IronWolf Pro 14TB is now more affordable than ever.
Score 10 terabytes of speedy storage for an all-time low $170 — Seagate BarraCuda Pro has five-year warranty, two years of free data recovery services, and exceptional performance
Great deal for a great 10TB drive with a five-year warranty and two years of data recovery services.
Seagate's 14TB External HDD is just 1 cent per gigabyte for Cyber Monday
This external hard drive from Seagate offers plenty of storage at a relatively cheap price, making it suitable for backing up large media files and libraries.
The Samsung Odyssey G5 WQHD curved gaming monitor at all-time low $299 for Cyber Monday
Right now at Newegg, you can find the Samsung Odyssey G5 WQHD gaming monitor for its lowest price to date—just $299 instead of the recommended $549.
This 32GB RAM kit is selling for an all-time low, great for an AMD system upgrade — T-Force 32GB DDR5-6000 memory kit with good timings available for $87
The TeamGroup T-Force Vulcan 32GB DDR5-6000kit with 30-30-36-76 timings and 38 CAS latency is now available for under $88.
These four portable monitors are at all-time low prices for Black Friday Weekend: Get a second screen for your PC or console for as little as $49 before Cyber Monday
These four portable monitors are at all-time low prices for Black Friday weekend. Get a second screen for your PC or console for as little as $49 before Cyber Monday.
ASML made a $230 Lego kit version of its $380 million semiconductor tool — world's first High-NA EUV machine immortalized in small form for your mantle
ASML has added the TWINSCAN EXE:5000 Lego set to its growing portfolio of gifts.
Update your Intel gaming PC with this $99 RAM Kit — 32GB DDR5-6000 Corsair Vengeance only for Cyber Monday
You can now get the Corsair Vengeance DDR5-6000 for less than $100.
Linux AMD patch fixes glacial boot times for some Zen 1 and 2 computers — time saved ranges from seconds to multiple minutes
Botched microcode updates were causing boot times to balloon on some computers that used Zen 1 and Zen 2 CPUs.
Open-source OpenWrt One router released at $89 — 'hacker-friendly device' sports two Ethernet ports, three USB ports, with dual-band Wi-Fi 6
OpenWrt just released its first ever hardware designed specifically for its open-source firmware.
Intel Arc B580 GPU exposed by reviewer as Intel and AIBs subtly tease Battlemage's Dec 3 launch
Intel's upcoming B580 launching on December 3rd at 9 AM ET has already landed in reviewers' hands.
34-inch OLED Ultrawide gaming monitor has never been cheaper for Cyber Monday — Phillips Evnia 34M2C8600 goes on sale for just $569
Phillips Evnia 34M2C8600 hits its lowest-ever pricing.
Amazon's bestselling 8TB hard drive is available for $110 - Seagate BarraCuda is the most affordable 8TB hard drive right now
If you're looking for the cheapest mechanical hard drive with large storage capacity, Amazon sells a Seagate BarraCuda 8TB for a very low price of $109.99.
Seagate's 12TB IronWolf hard drive is on sale for an exceptional $199 — a mere $16 per terabyte of storage
The deal gives you 44% off the original price of $359.99, bringing it as cheap as $199.99- that's about $16.67 per TB.
Intel Arc B570 Battlemage GPU listed at overseas wholesaler ahead of launch — B570 packs 10GB of GDDR6 memory and a 2.6 GHz maximum boost clock
A new Intel Arc B570 GPU has been spotted in the wild with 10GB of VRAM - as a more budget friendly substitute for the Arc B580.
The Samsung Odyssey G5 Ultrawide hits an all-time low for Cyber Monday — 34-inch curved gaming monitor now available for less than $220 on Amazon
The Samsung 34-inch Odyssey G5 Ultra-Wide gaming monitor hits its all-time low price of less than $220.
InWin’s new luxury case goes on sale for over $7,100 — Infinite is an overly large and heavy case with an eye-watering price tag
InWin just launched an over $7,100 PC case that turns your desktop CPU into a work of art.
Intel Core 7 240H shows similar performance to Core i7-13620H on Geekbench — Core 7 240H could be a rewarmed Core i7-13620H
The leaked Core 7 240H could potentially be a repackaged Core i7-13620H
Intel's fastest gaming chip hits all-time low for Black Friday — Core i9-14900K drops to $413
If you're looking for a deal on Intel's 14th Generation Raptor Lake Refresh CPU, the Intel Core i9-14900K is down to $413.39.
This Raspberry Pi Pico 2 WalkPi puts music in your pocket and on-the-go
Arnov Sharma has created a Raspberry Pi Pico 2-powered Walkman project with a custom PCB he calls the WalkPi.
Crysis 3 source code has reportedly been leaked a decade after launch — Crysis 3 mods incoming?
Crysis 3 sees a source code leak 11 years after initial launch and three after the Remastered launch.
Intel's B570/B580 Battlemage and AMD Navi 44 RDNA 4 GPUs reportedly keep pace with the RTX 4060 Ti — AMD and Intel vie to capture the budget GPU market
Rumor has it that upcoming budget GPUs from AMD and Intel can outpace Nvidia's mid-ranged RTX 4060 Ti.
Microsoft gets community note on Twitter for saying Snapdragon Copilot+ PCs are the fastest Windows devices — users strike back, saying Snapdragon CPUs can't game and have "less computing power” than Intel and AMD chips
Microsoft claims that Copilot+ PCs are the fastest Windows laptops you can get, but the Twitter community says otherwise.
Intel GPU vendor teases Arc Battlemage reveal for December 4 — GPUs may launch a little over a week later
Chinese GPU maker Gunnir has posted a teaser hinting the launch of Intel's Battlemage Arc GPUs on December 4.
The Best Deals on the Coolest STEM Kits, Programmable Robots, and More
With the holidays fast approaching, great deals on STEM kits and robot toys are already popping up on Amazon and other major retailers. Don’t wait—get your holiday shopping done today.
WD Red Plus 10TB NAS HDD hits its lowest-ever price point for Black Friday— Just $169.99
Western Digital's WD Red Plus 10 TB NAS HDD goes on sale for Black Friday for about 1.6 cents per gigabyte.
This Alienware Aurora R16 RTX 4070i gaming desktop is down to $1499 at Dell
The Alienware Aurora R16 RTX 4070i gaming desktop is $600 off at Dell as part of a Black Friday promotion.
Get the most affordable OLED gaming monitor for $399 at Amazon before it's too late — The 27-inch 240 Hz AOC Agon Pro is now at its lowest price ever
The AOC Agon Pro 27-inch OLED QHD is now at an all-time low of $399 and stands as the cheapest OLED gaming monitor at Amazon.
MSI's two new Lunar Lake-powered gaming handhelds go up for preorders at Amazon — Claw 8 AI+ sells for $899, while Claw 7 AI+ costs $799
Amazon US has listed the upcoming MSI Claw 8 AI+ gaming handheld with specifications listed, including the CPU and RAM options to choose from.
Facebook parent company Meta plans to build its own sub-sea cable — the source says the company plans to “avoid areas of geopolitical tension”
Meta is reportedly planning to build its own undersea internet cable spanning the globe.
Taiwan ready to discuss 2nm transfer to U.S. following Trump's comments
The National Science and Technology Council Minister says the country could discuss the possibility of transferring 2 nm to TSMC's fabs in the U.S. after mass production is initiated in Taiwan.
AI created a Minecraft AI village with up to 1,000 inhabitants — Project Sid sees AI bots implement a taxation system and spread Pastafarianism religion
Experimentation with AI LLM models run on bots playing Minecraft together sees a dynamic imitation of human behavior at scale.
Dell’s incredible 32-inch 2K curved gaming monitor is selling for just $199
The Dell S3222DGM is a 32-inch curved gaming monitor featuring a QHD VA panel, 165Hz refresh rate, vibrant extended color coverage, and an impressively affordable price point.
Prusa Black Friday deals include some of our favorite 3D printers
Prusa is offering tons of deals on many of their 3D printers for Black Friday including the MK4S and MK3S+ with free gifts to go along with them.
Get a Copilot+ 2-in-1 at an all-time low price — Microsoft Surface Pro 2-in-1 on sale for $999
Amazon's Black Friday deals include the Microsoft Surface Pro (2024) 2-in-1 for its lowest-ever price. Get Copilot+ AI features for their lowest-yet price in a 2-in-1 form factor.
Samsung and SK hynix will detail GDDR7 with transfer rates up to 42.5 GT/s — Samsung 24Gb GDDR7 expected to deliver 170 GB/s of peak bandwidth
Samsung and SK hynix to describe their next-generation GDDR7 technologies that will enable data transfer rates of up to 42 GT/s.
Huawei's homegrown AI chip examined — Chinese fab SMIC-produced Ascend 910B is massively different from the TSMC-produced Ascend 910
Huawei's Ascend 910B is massively bigger than the original Ascend 910 but has fewer cores.
The Dell Alienware m18 R2 with the RTX 4090 and i9-14900HX can be yours for $2,999 — save $1,000 in Black Friday deal
Dell's Alienware m18 R2, powered by the i9-14900HX and the RTX 4090 mobile has dropped to $2,999 for a limited time.
Nvidia RTX 4060 drops prices to all-time low — Gigabyte Gaming OC RTX 4060 8G gets 11% Black Friday discount on Amazon
The Nvidia RTX 4060 hits an all-time low with the Gigabyte RTX 4060 Gaming OC 8G going on sale for $284.97.
Western Digital Red Pro 20TB hard drive is an all-time low $319 for Black Friday
You can score a 20TB WD Red Pro NAS hard drive for only $319, an all-time low for this drive.
Nvidia RTX 3060 12GB hits all-time low on Amazon: Gigabyte Gaming OC RTX 3060 12GB is a Black Friday special at 18% off
The Gigabyte GeForce RTX 3060 Gaming OC 12G (Rev2.0) has hit an all-time low on Amazon.
Save big on this UltraGear QHD 34-Inch Curved Gaming Monitor
Gaming or work, on this expansive, not expensive curved monitor
Samsung Odyssey G9 G95C drops to $769 for Black Friday — our best monitor is at its lowest price yet
The Samsung Odyssey G9 G95C has dropped to a new all-time low price of just $769 at Amazon in time for Black Friday.
The Crucial X9 2TB Portable SSD has dropped to $109 at Amazon
The Crucial X9 2TB portable SSD is available at Amazon for the lowest price we've seen for it all year—just $109 down from its recommended $148.
Corsair Xeneon 27QHD240 drops down to $499 for Black Friday — this 27-inch, 240 Hz, 1000 nits HDR OLED has never been cheaper
Corsair Xeneon 27QHD240 gets an all-time low sale price for Black Friday, making the entry barrier to 1440p 240 Hz OLEDs lower than ever.
The 16GB VRAM-equipped XFX AMD Radeon RX 7900 GRE GPU is selling at its lowest price for Black Friday
This GPU can deliver performance as good as an RTX 4070 Super at a much lower price point
Core i5-13600KF plummets to an all-time low of $175 this Black Friday at Amazon
The Core i5-13600KF is available at an all-time low price of just $175 at Amazon - offering great performance at an affordable price.
TP-Link 8-Port 2.5-Gigabit Switch hits an all-time low, going for less than $100 on Black Friday
This 8-port 2.5-Gbit switch is now on sale at 50% during Black Friday.
Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger visits Elon Musk’s Memphis data center, touts Xeon deployment — praises xAI team for building it “in such a short amount of time”
Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger visits the Colossus AI Supercomputer and praises the xAI team for their quick work.
Lenovo Legion Go drops to an all-time low price of $473 for Black Friday
Lenovo Legion Go available at an all-time low for Black Friday.
New U.S. restrictions will hit Chinese chipmaking tool companies — sanctions aim to slow development of domestic chipmaking tools to replace ASML, others
The new U.S. sanctions against China are meant to hit developers of chipmaking gear rather than chipmakers itself.
The 8-Core Ryzen 7 5700X drops to all-time low of $130 for Black Friday — the lowest-priced octo-core on the market
AMD's Zen 3-based Ryzen 7 5700X has dropped to an all-time low of $130 - offering eight cores and sixteen threads.
Fractal Design North XL case is at an all-time low price of $140
Newegg has 22% off on the Fractal's North XL PC case, bringing the normal price of $180 down to $140.
Our Best Budget 3D Printer hits an all-time low — Creality Ender 3 V3 SE is even cheaper for Black Friday
Creality’s Ender 3 V3 SE, the best budget 3D printer on our list, is now on sale on Amazon for Black Friday at an all-time low price of $173.
Gift your ears the superb HyperX Cloud III with this Black Friday deal on one of our favorite gaming headsets
A budget gaming headset with a balanced audio profile for only $67 - now that's a good deal.
Chinese companies poach staff from ASML and Zeiss with three times higher pay — employees needed to design and build chipmaking tools amid sanctions
Chinese companies aggressively recruiting personnel from ASML and Zeiss to build their own wafer fabbing equipment.
NATO warships surround Chinese ship suspected of sabotaging undersea internet cables — ship allegedly dragged anchor 100 miles
NATO is investigating the Chinese ship suspected of deliberately damaging the undersea cables connecting some of its members.
Leading PC makers ask Chinese partners to up production before Trump takes office
As big PC suppliers aim to reduce their reliance on manufacturing capacity in China significantly, they ask their production partners in PRC for one last push before Trump comes back to power.
Intel's CHIPS Act funding restricts the sale of foundry buisness — company has to maintain majority share if it spins off manufacturing unit
Intel must maintain control of Intel Foundry even in case it decides to spin it off into a separate private or public company.
$25 active memory cooler reduces temperatures of 'naked' RAM by up to 41% — Corsair Vengeance Airflow cooler prevents 768GB DDR5-6400 of server RAM from overheating
Phoronix benchmarked DDR5 RDIMM memory with active cooling, revealing the need for builders to beware of DDR5 server overheating problems even in server-focused chassis.
Intel Arc B580 Limited Edition GPU listed for $250 at US retailer — Battlemage prepares to rock the GPU market
Intel seems to be preparing a special "Limited Edition" version of the leaked B580 Battlemage GPU - priced at $250 per leaks.
China debuts ‘Global Scheduling Ethernet’ chip to deliver networking solutions for AI — aims to compete with the Ultra Ethernet Consortium for next-generation interconnection technologies
Chinese tech giants launched chips that enables GSE, an Ethernet standard that allows for high-performance communications between AI servers and HPCs.
Samsung reshuffles semiconductor execs after poor performance in memory and NAND competitiveness
Samsung promotes semiconductor division head to CEO position, chief of Samsung's American microelectronics operation to oversee foundry business.
Giving a new phone this holiday season? Don’t forget to add a case with Ostand from Torras
If you’re giving a new smartphone as a gift this holiday season, bundle it with a Torras Ostand case to provide innovative, high-quality drop protection and added functionality precisely engineered for durability—available now in an array of unique color options for a personal touch. Plus, save 15% on your order this Black Friday.
Valve seemingly preps Steam Controller 2 and VR controller — "Ibex" and "Roy" controller renders spotted in SteamVR data mine
Valve accidentally leaks renders of in-development controllers through a datamined SteamVR update.
AI PCs aren't driving sales — The need to upgrade from Windows 10 drove 2025 laptop sales
Laptop sales seen to grow by 4.9% next year, largely driven by need to upgrade from Windows 10 as OS hits end of life.
Intel Arc B580 Battlemage GPU allegedly surfaces on Geekbench — with 20 Xe Cores, 12GB of VRAM, and 2.85 GHz boost it falls short of the A580 despite being a generation newer
The Battlemage based Arc B580 has allegedly been tested in Geekbench - wielding 20 Xe Cores, 12GB of VRAM and a healthy 2.85 GHz boost clock.
Pick up a new Xbox Series X for only $398 in Walmart's Black Friday offer
Walmart's Black Friday Xbox Series X deal lets you save $50 off Microsoft's top-tier games console.
System integrator offers pre-orders for $52,500 AI workstation powered by up to eight RTX 5090s
Lithuanian system integrator Comino has started accepting pre-orders for the Grando Server, which is powered by up to eight RTX 5090 GPUs.
Despite restrictions, Russia allegedly finds new way to produce sanctioned 48-core Baikal-S processors: Report
Baikal-S processors find their way to Russia after a two year hiatus despite restrictions by the U.S. government and Taiwanese authorities.
TSMC 'Super Carrier' CoWoS interposer gets bigger, enabling massive AI chips to reach 9-reticle sizes with 12 HBM4 stacks
TSMC's CoWoS gets even bigger with 9-reticle size packages due in 2027.
Chinese x86 eight-core Zhaoxin KX-7000 CPU lags behind AMD and Intel
Zhaoxin's KaiXian KX-7000/8 processor tested in various applications: still cannot compete against modern x86 processors from AMD and Intel.
Washington D.C. gets AI-enabled air defense camera upgrade — new system replaces 22-year-old cameras installed after 9/11
The U.S. is getting new air defense cameras that use machine learning to help track and identify aircraft flying in or around the Washington metropolitan area.
Introduce Herman Miller to your gaming setup with this awesome Black Friday chair deal and save $223
Black Friday bargains bring you a 25% discount off this Herman Miller gaming chair.
Raspberry Pi Compute Module 5 Review: More power, same form factor
The flagship Raspberry Pi 5 is now at the heart of the Compute Module 5, offering a significant speed boost over the CM4!
Qualcomm reportedly loses interest in Intel takeover
Qualcomm is not interested in buying Intel anymore but could consider separate parts of it.
ROCm 6.3 adds several new features including a Fortran compiler, and SGLang
ROCm 6.3 adds several new features to the open source platform, helping accelerate various workloads on Instinct GPUs such as AI and HPC workloads.
Ryzen 7, RTX 4070 gaming laptop goes on sale for just $879
A Lenovo LOQ ARP9 laptop model with an RTX 4070 goes on sale for under $900.
x86 reigns supreme as Snapdragon X Elite chips captured just 0.8% of the market with 720,000 units sold in Q3 2024 — Qualcomm misses out on rising AI PC sales with Intel and AMD taking charge
Qualcomm is facing a lot of challenges in solidifying its position in the PC market - powering just 0.8% of all PCs sold in Q3 this year.
Don't waste money on a high-end graphics card right now — RTX 4090 is a terrible deal
There may or may not be some deals on high-end graphics cards during the Black Friday timeframe, but it's a bad idea to plunk down a wad of cash on soon to be deprecated hardware. Midrange and budget GPUs are at less risk, but the top GPUs will be surpassed when the next-gen parts arrive in early 2025.
RTX 4090 Ti prototype surfaced in the trash — massive GPU has PCB parallel to the motherboard with display connectors mounted on a separate daughterboard
Reddit user This_Explanation_514 discovered a prototype GPU that looks like the RTX 4090 Ti in the trash bin.
This Raspberry Pi portable arcade cyberdeck sports a Pi 5 and is wearable
Maker and developer _Kniives has created two Raspberry Pi 5 cyberdecks that double as wearable portable arcades.
Copilot PCs represent only a tiny fraction of laptop sales — compatible laptops accounted for less than 10% of total shipments in 3Q24
Copilot PCs make up less than 10% of laptop shipments in 3Q24.
Intel and U.S. ink funding contract — $7.86 billion under the CHIPS Act, $3 billion from Pentagon
Intel to get $7.86 billion under CHIPS & Science Act, $3 billion under Secure Enclave program.
Arctic’s new 8,000 RPM case fans blow a pile of boxes off a table from about 10 feet away — Arctic S12038-8K screams like an air raid siren
Japanese PC enthusiasts have demoed Arctic’s new 8,000 RPM case fans running at max speeds.
Adata XPG debuts two-click reversible, magnetic Hurricane Mag case fans — power six fans off one cable
Adata XPG introduces the XPG Hurricane Mag series of case fans alongside the XPG Starker Air BTF case.
Intel Battlemage desktop GPUs to launch before end of year, report claims
Intel’s next generation Battlemage desktop cards are slated to land before 2024 ends according to ZDNet Korea, but gaming might not be the GPU’s primary focus.
China now producing its own blank wafers as domestic memory company ramps up 3D NAND production — YMTC consumes 500,000 homegrown wafers per month
Despite sanctions imposed by the U.S. government, YMTC is ramping up production of 3D NAND at a rapid pace.
Asus ROG Strix XG27UCS 4K gaming monitor review: Accurate color and a great value
Asus sets a high bar for game performance with its ROG Strix XG27UCS. A 27-inch 4K IPS panel with 160 Hz, Adaptive-Sync, ELMB Sync, premium video processing, HDR10 and accurate wide gamut color delivers a sharp and vivid picture.
Tencent reveals Lunar Lake-powered 11-inch handheld packing Intel Core Ultra 7 258V, 2.5K 120Hz display, 32GB RAM, and 1TB of storage
Tencent has a prototype ready for an 11-inch handheld powered by Intel's Lunar Lake based Core Ultra 7 258V.
AMD granted a glass substrate patent — Intel, Samsung, and others racing to deploy the new tech
AMD obtains a glass substrate patent that could be used for next-generation datacenter and PC products.
This AMD Black Friday Newegg bundle includes Ryzen 7 5700X3D, MSI B550 Plus motherboard, and 32GB of RAM for only $299
This bundle from Newegg includes an AMD Ryzen 7 5700X3D CPU, an MSI MPG B550 Plu motherboard and 32GB Of G.Skill Ripjaws V Series RAM.
Core Ultra 5 225F barely outperforms Core i5-13600 in Geekbench — low-end Ultra 5 chip comes with six P-core and four E-cores
A benchmark result of Intel's upcoming Core Ultra 5 225F was discovered on Geekbench, featuring 10 cores in total and a benchmark scores very similar to the Core i5-13600.
World's first Ryzen AI 300-powered gaming handheld presale stretches up to $1,699 — flagship OneXFly F1 Pro sports Ryzen AI 9 HX 370, 64GB RAM, and 4TB SSD
OneXPlayer has the new strongest AMD handheld on the market, priced up to $1699 for the 4TB model.
US to reportedly sanction 200 more Chinese chip firms — high bandwidth memory might also see export bans
The latest round of US sanctions imposes tighter control over the export of US technology to 200 more chip makers in China.
Black Friday sees MSI's Nvidia Geforce RTX 4070 Ti Super graphics card hit its lowest-ever price
This RTX 4070 Ti Super is at its lowest-ever price thanks to Black Friday discounts.
Teamgroup unveils 16TB external SSD with speeds up to 1.8 GB/s — T-CREATE EXPERT P32 stores up to 672 minutes of 4K 120 FPS N-RAW video files
Teamgroup's recently announced EXPERT P32 SSD offers capacities of up to 16TB alongside read and write speeds of 1.8 GB/s.
Samsung reportedly preps 500 Hz 27-inch OLED gaming monitor — sources allege 1440p QD-OLED panel
Samsung is eyeing to surpass LG that currently offers the fastest OLED panel which is capable of 480 Hz refresh rate.
TP-Link Archer GE800 tri-band Wi-Fi 7 gaming router hits new low — $399 ahead of Black Friday
We reviewed the TP-Link Archer GE800 in September, and since that time, it has received a steep discount making it an even better value for gaming enthusiasts.
Arduino powers a cardboard Bust-A-Move mechanism that moves in real-time
Dr. Tom Tilley has brought the mechanism from Bust-A-Move to life using cardboard, a servo, and help from an Arduino.
Crucial T700 4TB SSD hits its lowest price ever — $322 for the heatsink version for Black Friday
The Crucial T700 launched in 2023 and was the fastest SSD at the time. It has since been superceded by the newer T705 and similar drives, but right now you can get nearly the same performance while saving over $100. It's only about $70 more than a high-end 4TB PCIe 4.0 drive.
US plans to shrink Intel's $8.5B CHIPS funding to below $8B — restructuring takes into account chipmaker's $3.5B contract to make chips for the military
The U.S. government plans to reduce Intel's $8.5 billion CHIPS and Science Act grant to below $8 billion.
Asus ZenWiFi BQ16 Pro Wi-Fi 7 mesh router review: Quad-Band Wi-Fi 7 Performance Champion
With a high price tag to match its blazing performance, the ZenWiFi BQ16 Pro is the new Wi-Fi 7 speed king.
Seasonic's ultra-quiet 1,600W flagship PSU with Noctua cooling hits retail at $569
The Seasonic Prime TX-1600 Noctua Edition power supply comes with a Noctua-themed brown styling with optimized silent cooling performance.
Microsoft Word and Excel AI data scraping slyly switched to opt-in by default — the opt-out toggle is not that easy to find
Microsoft's 'optional' Connected Experiences enable Microsoft to use Excel and Word files to train its AI technology, but it is possible to turn this feature off.
Sony designing standalone portable games console to do battle with Microsoft and Nintendo says report
Sony is reportedly working on a portable gaming console that will aim to compete against Nintendo and Microsoft.
Alleged Nvidia RTX 5090D China-specific GPU artwork shared by leaker — Card expected to leverage a cut-down GB202 die to circumvent US export sanctions
The box art of Nvidia's China-specific RTX 5090D has been leaked - indicating a launch in parallel with the global RTX 5090.
Intel plans sale and leaseback of its 150-acre Folsom, California campus — releasing capital but maintaining operations and staff
Intel set to consolidate its properties worldwide as part of the strategy to cut costs.
The Alienware M18 R2 RTX 4080 gaming laptop is now only $2199 at Amazon
This Alienware M18 R2 gaming laptop is currently marked down at Amazon to $2199, discounted from its usual $2799.
Raspberry Pi Pico 2 W Review: The RP2350 goes wireless
The power of the RP2350, contained in the familiar Pico form factor, now with added Wi-Fi!
Applied Materials MAX OLED screens touted to offer 5x lifespan — tech claimed to produce brighter and higher resolution screens too
The patented OLED pixel design combined with a revolutionary manufacturing process enhances all types of OLED displays by delivering superior brightness, sharper clarity, improved energy efficiency, and extended lifespan.
Hackers breach Wi-Fi network of U.S. firm from Russia — daisy chain attack jumps from network to network to gain access from thousands of miles away
Russian hackers compromised two different organization to attack the network of a third firm located across the road via Wi-Fi.
U.K. closely monitoring Russian spy ship as it passes near British Isles — 'undersea cables are a shared concern' says Ministry of Defense
The U.K. government is concerned about the presence of the Russian ship and has been closely monitoring it since it entered its waters.
The Best 4TB SSD for the PS5 SSD is now just $249 — WD_Black SN850X 4TB SSD Black Friday deal
The WD_Black SN850X 4TB SSD has dropped to a new all-time low price for 2024 at just $249 over at Amazon instead of its usual $299.
Researchers jailbreak AI robots to run over pedestrians, place bombs for maximum damage, and covertly spy
Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania have discovered that a range of AI-enhanced robotics systems are dangerously vulnerable to jailbreaks and hacks.
Ubitium announces development of 'universal' processor that combines CPU, GPU, DSP, and FPGA functionalities – RISC-V powered chip slated to arrive in two years
RISC-V startup Ubitium says it’s working on a processor that can tackle any workload whether it’s made for CPUs, GPUs, DSPs, or FPGAs.
RX 7900 XT falls to an all-time low $620 for Black Friday - PowerColor Hellhound Spectral White RX 7900 XT 20GB GDDR6 card on discount
RX 7900 XT falls to an all-time low $620 for Black Friday - PowerColor Hellhound Spectral White RX 7900 XT 20GB GDDR6 card on discount
Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 gets a new patch to address ongoing stability issues — Microsoft suggests users install 1.1.9.0 patch, relocate Community Folder to mitigate long loading times
The latest hotfix for Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 rectifies a few stability issues and advises users to move the Community Folder.
Portable Raspberry Pi tactical Software Defines Radio doubles as a drone jammer
Media-Grizzly has created a Raspberry Pi-powered tactical SDR that has a built-in feature that can jam nearby drones at the flip of a switch.
Taiwan gets slammed with 15,000 cyber attacks per second — Minister notes figure is 4X more than average
A government minister asserted that Taiwan experiences four times more cyber attacks than the average country - around 15,000 a second.
Linux update adds support for 128 terabyte SD cards— SDUC and UHS-II SD cards are now supported
High-capacity and high-speed SD and microSD cards will receive improved Linux support on the latest 6.11 kernel update.
Das Keyboard 5QS Mark II review: New switches, same notifications
Das Keyboard has updated its notification-focused keyboard with newer, nicer Cherry switches. But the concept of using RGB key lighting for alerts still feels questionable, and isn't helped by limited applet support.
Jensen says we are 'several years away' from solving the AI hallucination problem — in the meantime, 'we have to keep increasing our computation'
The Nvidia CEO said we still need more computing power to overcome AI hallucination.
Microsoft temporarily halts Windows 11 24H2 update on PCs with select Ubisoft games — avoiding frequent freezing and black screen glitches in modern Assassin's Creed, Star Wars, and Avatar titles
Microsoft hits the brakes on its 24H2 update rollout as a handful of Ubisoft titles are crashing, with a fix on the way.
The Alienware Aurora R16 Gaming Desktop with RTX 4090 is 33% off at Dell for Black Friday
Right now at Dell, you can find the Alienware Aurora R16 gaming desktop for $2,999 as part of an early Black Friday promotion.
The most affordable 2TB SSD for the Steam Deck is selling for $109 — Corsair MP600 Core Mini brings speeds up to 5,000 MB/s for Valve's gaming handheld
Corsair MP600 Core Mini gets a big discount on Newegg for Black Friday 2024, especially with the promo code applied.
The fastest consumer PCIe 5.0 2TB SSD drops to just $239 — Crucial T705 costs just 12 cents per GB of blazing-fast storage
Pre-Black Friday sales see the Crucial T705 fall to $240 (2TB), making it a great choice for enthusiasts looking to upgrade.
Intel Arc B580 Battlemage GPU specs leaked in accidental retailer listing — Arc B580 features PCIe 5.0 x8 interface, 12GB GDDR6, and 192-bit memory interface
Amazon listings for Battlemage GPUs temporarily appeared on the eCommerce platform, revealing some specifications for Intel's next-generation GPUs.
Asus Core i7, RTX 4060 gaming laptop is now $1099, an all-time low price for Black Friday
Amazon is offering the Asus ROG Strix G16 2024 gaming laptop at its lowest price as part of an early Black Friday promotion.
Intel Core i9-13900K drops to all-time-low under $400 in Black Friday deal
Intel’s Core i9-13900K desktop processor has hit its lowest price ever on Amazon for Black Friday. It is now just $399.
Threadripper 9000 CPUs spotted with 16 to 96 Zen 5 cores — Shimada Peak expected to max out at 350W
Shipping manifest data indicates the Threadripper 9000 series will get a 16-core member, and confirms the 96-core flagship model will have a 350-watt TDP like the 7980X.
MagSafe-like detachable Ethernet cable debuts — Cat6 cables available up to 10 GbE
Sanwa introduces a magnetically detachable Ethernet cable to the Japanese market.
Raspberry Pi RP2040 matrix lets you play classic Snake game
Vcc Labs has recreated the classic game of Snake on Nova, their Raspberry Pi RP2040 super tiny matrix, and shared the code for anyone who wants to recreate it.
Chinese desktop PC chipmaker Loongson now has chips running the Tiangong Space Station — Enabling optical remote sensing, image capturing, and radiation source identification
Loongson's chips are now available in space - powering computations on the Tiangong Space Station.
TSMC 1.6nm update: Tangible improvements, but new challenges emerge
TSMC's A16 SPR with backside power delivery network is on track for production in late 2026, but while BSPDN solves some problems it introduces others.
'The Mountain' deadlifts a record-breaking 283PB of storage at SC24 — picks up 996 pounds (452kg) of Phison 128TB SSDs
'The Mountain' from Game of Thrones, AKA Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson, has succeeded in deadlifting a record-breaking 282.624 PB of SSDs.
Asus ROG Harpe Ace Extreme Review: 47g and $250
The Asus ROG Harpe Ace Extreme is a wireless mouse with a carbon fiber shell, up to an 8,000 Hz polling rate, and Asus' new ROG AimPoint Pro optical sensor. It's super lightweight and a great performer, but it's $250.
A superb Black Friday price cut brings this MSI Katana A15 AI laptop down to $1,099 - With an AMD Ryzen processor and RTX 4070 GPU
Black Friday deals price cut brings this MSI Katana A15 AI laptop to just $1,099, a great price for such a decently specced laptop.
Three days later, Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 launch is still stumbling with access and bandwidth problems — issues aren't going away anytime soon as more users come online globally
Microsoft has revealed that player counts for MSFS 2024 across the globe have begun to increase, putting continuous strain on the servers and exacerbating current issues.
The RTX 5090's GB202 GPU will reportedly be the largest desktop chip from Nvidia since 2018 coming in at 744mm-squared — 22% larger than AD102 on the RTX 4090
Rumor has it that Nvidia's RTX 5090 wielding the GB202 chip has a massive 744mm-squared die size. Nvidia is expected to announced the Blackwell RTX 50-series GPUs at CES 2025 in January.
GlobalFoundries gets $1.5 billion subsidy from U.S. gov't after it was fined for violating export laws to China
GlobalFoundries signed a deal to get $1.5 billion under the CHIPS and Science Act even after being fined for violating U.S. export laws by supplying advanced chips to Chinese entities.
Score 4TB of PCIe 4.0 SSD storage for just 5 cents per GB — Crucial's P3 Plus is a Black Friday steal
Crucial P3 Plus 4TB drops to $212.99 ahead of Black Friday.
AMD increases official Ryzen 7 9800X3D pricing to 542 Euros in Europe due to exchange rate fluctuations
AMD might be worried about changing prices based on the exchange rate. However, these incremental updates are not affecting the chip's real-world pricing due to the chip's non-stop availability issues.
WD 20TB External HDD is only 1 cent per GB for Black Friday — $200 off at Best Buy
Get a cheap external HDD while you can for roughly 1 cent per GB
This Raspberry Pi Pico visually demonstrates Dijkstra's shortest distance algorithm using LEDs
Russell Eveleigh is using a Raspberry Pi Pico to demonstrate Dijkstra's algorithm visually with LEDs arranged as a map of the Cotswolds in England.
Top-end and mid-range RTX 50-series cards are rumored to launch in early 2025, and entry-level cards to follow later — RTX 5090, 5080, 5070 Ti and 5070 up first
Nvidia is rumored to launch the RTX 50 series GPUs early next year.
US FCC to update undersea cable regulations amid suspected cable sabotage incidents — proposals include restricting Chinese companies from building cable components
The FCC is working on a new set of rules that will help protect the more than 400 undersea cables connecting the globe from disruption.
Pre-orders for systems with Nvidia RTX 5090 GPUs begin — liquid-cooled workstations on offer from Comino
Nvidia's GeForce RTX 5090 is approaching as Comino starts pre-orders for servers and workstations based on these graphics cards.
TSMC announces customers can now design performance-enhanced 2nm chips with super-high-performance capacitors
Leading makers of EDA tools and IP designers can now support TSMC's customers designing chips on N2P process technology.
AMD Hawk Point Refresh 'Ryzen 200' family allegedly leaked — Set to arrive in 2025 but lacks NPU for local AI Inference
AMD is looking to refresh its Hawk Point family of APUs without an NPU under the Ryzen 200 branding.
Asus RT-BE86U Wi-Fi 7 router review: Dual-band Wi-Fi 7 performance at tri-band prices
A laundry list of software features and strong 5 GHz performance don’t justify a $329 price tag.
Amazon flooded with fake $199 AMD Ryzen 9 9800X3D listings — searching for AMD’s top gaming chip yields fake results
A search for AMD's top gaming chips, the Ryzen 9800X3D, yields several fake listings on Amazon.
TSMC's 1.6nm node to be production ready in late 2026 — roadmap remains on track
TSMC says its roadmap is executing well, 2nm will go into mass production in late 2025 and its successors will be production ready in late 2026.
SK hynix announces production of its 321-layer NAND flash — shipments will start in the first half of 2025
SK Hynix has announced mass production of the world's first purported 321-layer NAND flash.
Raspberry Pi 5 successfully accelerates LLMs using an eGPU and Vulkan
A Raspberry Pi 5 hooked up to an AMD Radeon-powered eGPU has been demonstrated using the graphics hardware to accelerate a Large Language Model (LLM).
AMD is allegedly readying budget hexa-core Krackan Point APUs — Hybrid 3+3 core "Zen 5 + Zen 5c" offering surfaces at Geekbench
A six-core hybrid APU from AMD's Krackan Point family has been spotted at Geekbench.
Flexispot's fabulous E7 standing desk hits a low of $329 for Black Friday
This Black Friday save big on this limited-time offer on Flexispots E7 standing Desk.
RTX 5070 Ti rumor points to 8,960 CUDA cores and 300W TDP — Blackwell GPU may use the same GB203 die as the RTX 5080
Rumored specs of the RTX 5070 Ti have been revealed by Kopite7kimi featuring a neutered GB203 GPU with 8,960 CUDA cores and a 300W power draw.
China warns Japan over ramping semiconductor sanctions – threatens to block essential manufacturing materials
Senior Chinese officials have repeatedly warned Japan about ramping semiconductor sanctions hand-in-hand with the U.S.
Microsoft says Flight Simulator 2024 still suffers from access problems despite adding more server capacity to handle demand
Microsoft has updated the community on MSFS 2024, stating it has increased server capacity improving game accessibility. However the game isn't completely fixed and launch day bugs are still occuring.
Nvidia warns of gaming GPU shortage this quarter, recovery in early 2025 — Chipmaker rakes in record profits as net income soars by 109% YoY
Nvidia's CFO expects weaker gaming GPU revenue in Q4 24 due to a supply-demand mismatch. A decline in production and supply of Ada right before the Blackwell launch makes sense, especially with the apparent delays in getting RTX 50-series out the door.
Suspected undersea cable sabotage had ‘little-to-no observable impact’ on internet service and quality — Cloudflare says suspected sabotage incident mitigated with redundant design
Cloudflare reckons that the recent suspected undersea internet cable sabotage in the Baltic Sea has had 'little-to-no observable impact.'
MSI MEG Ai1300P PCIE5 1300W PSU Review
The MSI MEG Ai1300P PCIE5 sets a high standard for ATX 3.0-compliant PSUs with excellent power performance, advanced features, and a sleek design, but at a premium price.
Microsoft only planned for 200,000 users for Flight Simulator launch, admits drastic underestimate led to database being overwhelmed
In a YouTube video, Microsoft revealed that only stress-tested the MSFS 2024 database with 200,000 virtual users. This drastic underestimate led to the database being overwhelmed and crashing on launch day.
D-Link refuses to patch yet another security flaw, suggests users just buy new routers — D-Link told users to replace NAS last week
D-Link says it will not fix security flaw found in routers due to end-of-life concerns and instead suggests users buy new routers. This comes on the heels of the company refusing to fix a security flaw in NAS devices just last week.
Stalker 2 PC performance testing and settings analysis — another demanding game that uses frame generation and upscaling as a crutch
Stalker 2 arrives with steep PC system requirements and an assumption that everyone should be using some form of frame generation, or at least that seems to be the takeaway from the benchmarks we've conducted. The game looks good, but Unreal Engine 5 proves to be very demanding yet again.
Lenovo warns of potential RTX 5050 mobile GPU price hike as supply — budget mobile Blackwell GPU rumored to co-exist with the RTX 4050
Lenovo's Project Manager at Weibo says that RTX 4050 sales will continue alongside the RTX 5050 - suggesting a higher price tag for the latter.
Nvidia's Blackwell AI GPU overheating issues are seemingly overhyped — semiconductor analysts reveal cooling issues have been mostly addressed
Analysis report that Nvidia's Blackwell overheating problems are over-exaggerated. Overheating issues have been purportedly largely addressed already.
Jaguar Shores is the successor to Intel's Falcon Shores AI accelerators — Gaudi ASICs and Xe-HPC GPUs united in a single lineup
Intel has revealed the codename for the successor of its Falcon Shores AI accelerators - termed Jaguar Shores - poised for a 2026 launch.
China's chipmaking champion soars amid China's push for self-reliance — SMIC's stock jumps 120% as semiconductor trade war intensifies
SMIC's stock price have doubled over the past two month over the expectation of increasing local demand.
Cerebras video shows AI writing code 75x faster than world's fastest AI GPU cloud — world's largest chip beats AWS's fastest in head-to-head comparison
Llama 3.1 405B runs at nearly a thousand tokens a second on Cerebras Inference, and took a quarter of a second to get the first token.
Rebootless updates come to Windows 11 Enterprise and 365 for security updates — Microsoft releases hotpatching for Windows 11 Enterprise 24H2 and Windows 365 Preview Editions
Microsoft began rolling out the much-anticipated hotpatch update for security updates in Windows 11 Enterprise 24H2 and Microsoft 365 Preview Builds.
Bjorn is a Raspberry Pi-powered Tamagotchi-like network pen-testing tool
Infinition has created a Tamagotchi-like network pen testing tool that runs on a Raspberry Pi using eink display HATs.
Black Friday Monitor Deals Live 2024: Best Sales on Displays, Updated All Day
The best live deals on gaming and productivity monitors this Black Friday
Qualcomm's Snapdragon X PC processor to skip 2nd generation — Qualcomm previews Oryon 3, says Oryon 2 only intended for mobile chips
Qualcomm's Arm-based PC chips will skip the second generation, next-gen Snapdragon X processors will feature Oryon 3.
Netgear Nighthawk RS600 router review: Lowering the price of entry point for tri-band Wi-Fi 7
The Nighthawk RS600 lowers the price of entry for Netgear’s tri-band Wi-Fi 7 routers, but performance could be better.
US sanctions freeze Huawei's Ascend AI chips on older 7nm process node that's eight years behind TSMC, stalling progress until at least 2026
US-led export restrictions are taking a toll on Huawei's AI Ascend and Kirin chips - now stuck at 7nm until 2026.
Danish Navy tails Chinese ship suspected in European undersea cable sabotage — Sweden’s Defense Ministry put freighter at the time and place of the disruption
The Danish Navy is pursuing a ship that is suspected to be involved with the recent cutting of undersea cables between Finland, Sweden, and Central Europe.
AMD crafts custom EPYC CPU for Microsoft Azure with HBM3 memory – CPU with 88 Zen 4 cores and 450GB of HBM3 may be repurposed MI300C, four chips hit 7 TB/s
Microsoft’s new Azure HBv5 virtual machines use a custom AMD CPU that looks an awful lot like the rumored MI300C that never officially launched.
Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 launch gets stranded on the runway amid launch woes
Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 officially launched today, but it's basically been a complete bust trying to play or even get into the game so far. Loading queues and interminable loading screens are basically all we've seen so far.
Nvidia introduces a new merged CPU and GPU AI processor — GB200 Grace Blackwell NVL4 Superchip has four B200 GPUs, two Grace CPUs
Nvidia has introduced two new products to the enterprise market: the GB200 NVL4 super chip featuring four Blackwell GPUs and two Grace CPUs and a new air-cooled GPU, the H200 NVL, aimed at conventional data centers with air cooling.
Toshiba stuffs an entire PC into a dot matrix printer — Toshiba Jimucon SJ-9500 packs a mysterious CPU, 8GB RAM, and two 240GB SSDs
Toshiba Japan releases its latest business-targeted AIO printer PC, the Toshiba Jimucon SJ-9500.
Prusa Announces New CORE One Flagship 3D Printer
Prusa launched a surprise Core YX 3D printer at FormNext 2024 in Germany.
Microsoft built a PC that can't run local apps — Windows 365 Link starts at $349 and doesn't come with storage
Microsoft introduced the Windows 365 Link, a mini-PC that solely works as a client for its Windows 365 service.
MSI introduces Latency Killer to improve DDR5 latency on AM5 motherboards — feature reportedly reduces latency by up to 8ns
MSI has introduced a "Latency Killer" performance enhancer that purportedly reduces DDR5 latency by up to 8ns. This feature was added to counter latency degradation that was introduced with AGESA 1.2.0.2a
Raspberry Pi 5 RAM-doubling upgrade demoed — going from 4GB to 8GB with the wave of a soldering iron
An electronics upgrade and repair wizard has demonstrated how to boost the Raspberry Pi 5’s RAM quota
🔥 Black Friday deal: 1TB WD Black C50 SSD Xbox Series X|S expansion card down to $99, its lowest-ever price
Increase your Xbox Series X|S storage with this fantastic deal on the WD Black C50 1TB expansion card.
Google may be forced to sell its Chrome browser due to monopoly complaints — potential $20 billion sale if approved by a judge
Google accuses the Department of Justice of having a ‘radical agenda’ in response to a report that claims a forced sell-off of Chrome is on the table.
Two undersea internet cables connecting Finland and Sweden to Europe have been cut — EU leaders suspect sabotage
Two undersea cables miles apart connecting Sweden and Finland to Central Europe have been sabotaged.
Addlink G55 SSD review: More budget PCIe 5.0 love
The Addlink G55 is the second “budget” PCIe 5.0 drive we’ve reviewed, with good marks for performance and power efficiency.
AMD adds LLVM support for the "GFX950" GPU, likely for MI325X or the upcoming MI355X accelerator
Recent commits to the LLVM GitHub from AMD indicate that Team Red is adding preliminary support for the "GFX950" GPU - likely the MI325X/355X.
This Raspberry Pi Pico-powered 'barcode beast' scans your CDs and plays your tunes via Spotify
Bas has created a Raspberry Pi-powered barcode scanner that looks up CD barcodes and queues them up to play on Spotify.
Nvidia sets up new social media channel to showcase AI applications for RTX PCs, intensifying speculation around a looming gaming CPU launch
Nvidia launched a new Twitter profile that focuses on consumer AI use.
Ludicrous LAN Party House detailed — 22 hideaway Core i5 13600 gaming stations with 32GB RAM and RTX 4070 GPUs, monstrous networking setup, and roof deck with 30-mile views
A high-tech Austin home is stuffed with 22 muscular modern gaming PCs, and oodles of servers and supporting tech for LAN party gaming style fun.
Latest Valve Proton Experimental update enables DLSS 3 Frame Generation and fixes performance in dozens of games
Valve's latest Proton Experimental update enables DLSS 3 Frame Generation and applies fixes to dozens of games.
The PS5 Pro is surprisingly efficient — 30% performance uplift while operating at nearly the same power draw as the base PS5
Sony's latest PS5 Pro was tested by Digital Foundry, who discovered the new console draws almost the same power as a base PS5.
Elon Musk's xAI reportedly shifts $6 billion AI server order from troubled Supermicro to its rivals
Dell, Inventec, and Wistron land new orders from xAI as Supermicro faces significant financial challenges.
Intel Arc B580 "Battlemage" GPU boxes appear in shipping manifests — Xe2 may be preparing for its desktop debut in December
Intel has been handing out GPU boxes for the Arc B580 to OEMs since September per shipping manifests on NBD.
Gamer receives free RTX 3060 GPU from Temu — user waits for other PC parts to arrive to see if the GPU is real
A Reddit user has purportedly won a free RTX 3060 from Temu. The evidence points toward this card being a real deal, not a fake one.
How to send and receive BlueSky posts with a Raspberry Pi Pico W
Building your first IoT device is a right of passage for many makers, and with BlueSky’s easy to use API and the knowledge of a friendly community, we’ve just made that possible on the Raspberry Pi Pico W.
LG unleashes $999 OLED gaming monitor with lightning 480 Hz refresh rate — LG UltraGear 27GX790A-B features a 27-inch 1440p panel
LG's latest UltraGear monitor is the LG UltraGear 27GX790A, a 27-inch OLED model capable of pushing 480 Hz at 1440p.
WD's massive, speedy 8TB Black SN850X SSD drops $50 below its previous all-time low price ahead of Black Friday
Beating the previous all-time low price by an impressive $50 ahead of Black Friday, grab the 8TB WD Black SN850X now.
AMD-powered El Capitan is now the world's fastest supercomputer with 1.7 exaflops of performance — fastest Intel machine falls to third place on Top500 list
AMD and the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory announced today that the AMD-powered El Capitan has taken the top spot on the semi-annual Top500 list as the fastest-known supercomputer on the planet with 1.7 exaflops of performance.
Arrow Lake non-K CPU pricing surges up to 13% — Core Ultra 9 285 at $600, Core Ultra 7 265 at $416, and Core Ultra 5 225 at $261
Preliminary listings for Intel's budget Arrow Lake 65W processors have surfaced at PC-Canada.
Teen 'swatter for fire' pleads guilty to making more than 375 swattings and fake mass-shooting and bombing calls
Alan Filion conducted more than 375 fake calls since the age of 16 from 2022.
AMD Phoenix CPU brings palm-sized SBC to life for up to $329 — NexT-SBC packs 32GB LPDDR5-6400 and triple M.2 PCIe 4.0 SSD slots
A powerful new SBC that puts an AMD Phoenix chip in your hand is on its way to crowdfunding.
Maker creates thumb-sized Raspberry Pi USB-C Ethernet module using the RP2040
Maker Alan has created an incredibly small Ethernet module that also has USB Type-C support in an extra small form factor.
ASRock launches almost 20 ATX 3.1 power supplies — capacities from 750W to 1,650W and 80 Plus certifications from Bronze to Titanium
ASRock releases new generations of power supplies in different wattage and series with varying specifications & features.
Pimoroni Pico Plus 2 W Review: The early bird
Beating Raspberry Pi at its own game, Pimoroni has released a seriously powerful RP2350 powered board with Raspberry Pi’s own RM2 wireless board.
Chinese DDR4 producers are undercutting South Korean rivals' pricing by 50%
To capture market share, Chinese DRAM makers offer DDR4 memory with a 50% discount.
Intel's Core 200 family poised to mix Arrow, Lunar, Meteor, Alder, and Raptor Lake parts — Arrow Lake-U CPUs rumored to offer Meteor Lake Refresh ported to Intel 3
Intel's Arrow Lake-U or Core Ultra 200U processors are rumored to be a Meteor Lake refresh with a process node jump to Intel 3.
This Raspberry Pi 'Expanso Football' is a cool distributed compute cluster in a briefcase
Sean Tracey with Expanso has created a Raspberry Pi nuclear football known as the Expanso Football that demonstrates the company's Bacalhau platform.
Dell reaches milestone with industry's first enterprise ready Nvidia Blackwell PowerEdge XE9712 server racks
Dell begins shipments of NVL72 machines with GB200 processors: liquid-cooled PowerEdge XE9712 racks coming to CoreWeave.
SilverStone Extreme 1200R Platinum SFX-L PSU review
The SilverStone Extreme 1200R Platinum SFX-L PSU delivers unparalleled power and efficiency in a compact design, catering to the needs of enthusiasts seeking top-tier performance in space-constrained builds without compromise.
Intel celebrates the arrival of MRDIMMs — a plug and play solution for ultrafast memory that offers double the memory bandwidth of standard DRAM
It took Intel three years to invent MRDIMMs and then another three to bring it to market
OpenAI execs mused over Cerebras acquisition in 2017 — to mitigate predicted Nvidia supply woes
To reduce reliance on Nvidia, OpenAI considered to take over Cerebras.
Nvidia's data center Blackwell GPUs reportedly overheat, require rack redesigns and cause delays for customers
Nvidia's NVL72 machines with Blackwell GPUs reportedly overheat.
China to spend billions on another fab offering mature nodes — YDME formed to operate new $4.6B facility
China establishes Yandong Microelectronics (YDME) chipmaker that will focus on mature production nodes.
AMD dominates chip sales on Amazon — top ten best selling CPUs all come from Team Red, Intel’s highest entry sits at 11th place
Amazon's top ten best-selling processors all come from AMD.
Musk's concerns over Google DeepMind 'AI Dictatorship' revealed in emails from 2016 — communications released during the recent OpenAI court case
Elon Musk's lawsuit against OpenAI has revealed a lot of juicy emails detailing the thoughts of the nonprofit's leadership.
Apple MacBook Air M2 laptop is now only $749 at Amazon
The Apple MacBook Air M2 2022 edition is currently available at Amazon for its lowest price ever—just $749 instead of the recommended $999.
Intel is reportedly planning a Battlemage SoC launch event in December — probably materializing before RDNA 4 and Blackwell
A leaked teaser alleges that Intel plans to announce Battlemage GPUs on desktop next month.
Ryzen 7000 / 8000 random reboot virtualization issues fixed in last-minute Linux 6.12 patch
AMD's Ryzen 8000 and Ryzen 9000 Series get a critical Linux virtualization bug patched just ahead of the release of the Linux 6.12 kernel.
Retro beige PC case goes from April Fools' joke to retail — SilverStone's sleeper PC with modern internals ships in Q1 2025
Cases, cooling, and power specialist SilverStone has announced that a desktop PC case that it previously showed off as an April Fools’ joke is heading to retail.
Bug prevents M4 Macs virtualizing pre-Ventura macOS releases — user diagnosis difficult due to lack of error codes
macOS versions older than 13.4 Ventura refuses to load in VMs on M4 Apple Silicon.
GPD announces official pricing for its Pocket 4 mini-laptops — The $1,466 unit packs 12-core Ryzen AI HX 370, 64GB of RAM, 2TB SSD, and 144Hz 2.5K display
GPD has revealed official pricing for its Pocket 4 mini-laptops.
Console repairer discovers groovy PS5 Pro heatsink structure — machined grooves thought to help prevent solder paste from leaking from the socket
Popular console repair YouTube channel TronicsFix has discovered that the PS5 Pro heatsink isn’t glossy-smooth – it features a rectangular spiral surface detail.
Ayaneo Pocket DMG classic GameBoy-styled handheld hits crowdfunding starting from $339
Ayaneo launches the Ayaneo Pocket DMG handheld on IndieGoGo, which flaunts an OLED screen in a GameBoy-styled form factor powered by a Snapdragon G3X Gen 2 chipset.
Acer Predator X34 OLED Curved gaming monitor review: Extreme curve and performance
Acer’s Predator line welcomes another OLED gaming monitor, the X34. It’s a 34-inch 21:9 panel with WQHD 3440x1440 resolution, 240 Hz, Adaptive-Sync, HDR400, wide gamut color and a super tight 800R curvature.
World's second-largest GPU maker flees China on cusp of RTX 5090 launch to avoid US sanctions — Zotac, Inno3D, and Manli bail amidst looming US GPU export controls
According to reports, the Hong Kong-based PC partner will relocate the company and headquarters to Singapore while shifting its production facilities to Indonesia.
Half-Life 2 gets a major 20th Anniversary Update and bundles Lost Coast with episodes —the game is now free on Steam until November 18
Half-Life 2 gets a 20th Anniversary update that bundles the Episodes and Lost Coast into the main game while making several across-the-board additions and improvements to in-game visuals, though not to the level of a full port to a new engine.
Intel Arrow Lake T-Series CPUs show tiny improvement over prior-gen — 65W and 35W Core Ultra 7 265 and Ultra 7 265T CPUs are only 5% faster than Raptor Lake in CrossMark
Intel's upcoming Core Ultra 265 (65W) and 265T (35W) reveal a disappointing 5% uplift compared to last-gen per leaked benchmarks.
Gemini AI tells the user to die — the answer appears out of nowhere as the user was asking Gemini's help with his homework
Google's Gemini AI just threatened a user asking for help with their homework.
Bitcoin launderer hands over $400 million as he heads to prison — offender sentenced to three years in prison for laundering money for drug dealers
The U.S. District Court awarded an Ohio resident, Larry Dean Harmon, a three-year prison sentence with additional three-year supervised releases and ordered the surrender of over $400 million in assets for laundering money for drug dealers using a darknet-based Bitcoin mixer called 'Helix.'
Asus dual-screen laptop with Arrow Lake-H CPU listed for close to $3,800 — new Zenbook Duo features Intel Ultra 9 285H, 32GB RAM, and 2TB SSD
An Asus Zenbook Duo packed with an Intel Core Ultra 9 285H has been spotted in an online retailer.
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 could be banned in Russia, and players could face criminal charges — Russian government will evaluate whether the game contains anti-Russian sentiments or terrorism justification
According to RBC-Ukraine News, the Russian government is considering banning Stalker 2.
MSI MEG X870E Godlike motherboard drops at an eyewatering $1,099 — AM5 motherboard unleashes DDR5 9000+ RAM, five M.2 slots, 10 GbE, and Wi-Fi 7 alongside two USB 4.0 40 Gbps ports
The MEG X870E Godlike motherboard from MSI is now available for $1,099, making it one of the most expensive AM5 boards on the market.
Garbage truck driver finds a working 32-core Threadripper, RTX 2080 Ti gaming PC in the trash — the PC powered on after a good cleaning and a few days to dry
Redditor found a functioning gaming PC with an AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X, 32GB DDR4 RAM, and an Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Ti GPU.
GPU cooling supplier claims Nvidia RTX 50-series GPUs will "seize the whole market starting in December" — Auras says key components like cold plates and manifolds already adopted by Nvidia and its AIB partners
GPU cooling supplier Auras Technology Co., Ltd. says that the RTX 50 series is ready to "seize the whole market starting in December," signifying that we'll soon have Nvidia's next-generation GPUs.
Raspberry Pi 5 teams up with Radeon GPU to run Doom Eternal with RTX on at 4K — the combo also tackles Crysis Remastered, Red Dead Redemption 2, and Forza Horizon 4
A leading Raspberry Pi torchbearer has demonstrated games like Doom Eternal, Crysis Remastered, Red Dead Redemption 2, and Forza Horizon 4, running at 4K on the humble $50 SBC.
Samsung 990 EVO 1TB SSD hits all-time low ahead of Black Friday
The Samsung 990 EVO 1TB SSD is currently available for $69 at Amazon and the official Samsung store, its lowest price to date.
Gigabyte Z890 Aorus Master Motherboard Review: ATX with 14 USB ports, incredibly fast memory support
Gigabyte’s Z890 Aorus Master ($599.99) bridges the gap between Extreme and enthusiast offering ample connectivity including 14 USB ports (2x 40 Gbps), Wi-Fi 7 and 10 GbE, plus several AI/EZ DIY features. It also has one of the highest supported memory speeds.
Wi-Fi 8 will not improve transfer speeds — the new standard will, however, enhance reliability and user experience
Wi-Fi 8, aka IEEE's 802.11bn Ultra High Reliability (UHR) specification, is focused on the reliability of connections.
Summit supercomputer gets virtual farewell on Zoom — supercomputer going full tilt until last possible moment
ORNL celebrated the Summit supercomputer's years of service with a virtual farewell on Zoom.
Intel doesn't plan to bring 3D V-Cache-like tech to consumer CPUs for now — next-gen Clearwater Forest Xeon CPUs will feature "Local Cache" in the base tile akin to AMD's 3D V-Cache
Intel confirms that its Clearwater Forest CPUs will separate the CPU cores and cache into separate tiles, mirroring AMD's X3D design. However, this tech won't be coming to the desktop anytime soon.
HighPoint launches a 492TB external NVMe RAID storage solution smaller than a shoebox — five-inch devices come with eight Solidigm SSDs and 28 GB/s transfer speeds
HighPoint launched a storage drive smaller than a shoebox but has a capacity of 492TB.
Maker builds Raspberry Pi-powered Rick and Morty watch to remotely control smart home
Donutsorelse has created a wearable wrist control device for operating his smart home with a little help from AI—all themed to Rick and Morty for his Halloween costume.
U.S Department of Commerce finalizes $6.6 billion CHIPS Act funding for TSMC Fab 21 Arizona site
TSMC and the U.S. Department of Commerce finalized a deal Friday, granting TSMC $6.6 billion in funding and $5 billion in loan guarantees under the CHIPS Act to build its Fab 21 site in Arizona.
Up your sound game with this amazing early Black Friday deal on Audioengine's A1-MR 60W desktop speakers — $99 for a limited time
Grab an early Black Friday deal with 57% off Audioengine's A1-MR desktop speakers. Now only $99.
TSMC discovers unexploded bomb at Kaohsiung chip fab construction site — bomb has since been safely removed
TSMC discovers an old, unexploded bomb on one of its fab construction sites.
Corsair expects Nvidia's RTX 50 series will retain the 12V-2x6 power connector — Next-Gen GPUs could consume well over 450W of power
Corsair says that high-end GPUs next-generation will likely retain the 16-pin power connector and could consume more power than the current generation.
HP OmniBook Ultra Flip 14 review: Convertible Copilot+
HP’s OmniBook Ultra Flip is basically a tweaked and rebranded Spectre x360 with Intel’s latest silicon. The hardware is mostly compelling but the bloatware and missing Copilot+ features make its price hard to live with – especially if it isn’t on sale.
Chinese GPU unicorn Moore Threads inches closer to IPO: Report
Moore Threads turns into a joint stock company ahead of a possible IPO.
Raspberry Pi Compute Module 5 spotted at exhibition ahead of official launch
The Raspberry Pi Compute Module 5 (CM5) has been spotted in the wild. This unannounced space-optimized version of the Pi 5 is apparently on show at the Electronica 2024 show in Munich.
GOG launches "Preservation Program" for porting and maintaining "Good Old Games" to modern PCs with 92 classic games
GOG launches a dedicated "Preservation Program" to keep PC classics playable and accessible on modern hardware.
TSMC reportedly delays Fab 21 opening ceremony in Arizona until January
TSMC's Fab 21 opening ceremony in Arizona is rumored to be delayed to January and unlikely to be attended by two U.S. presidents.
Intel removes DLVR bypass "Power Gate" profile in latest 0x112 microcode for Arrow Lake — says the change will prevent "accidental misuse"
Intel has quietly removed the DLVR bypass "Power Gate" mode for Arrow Lake CPUs in its latest 0x112 microcode.
Two Ryzen 7 9800X3D CPUs burned out on X870 motherboards — vendor investigates the Ryzen burnout issues
Two user reports show burned Ryzen 7 9800X3D CPUs on MSI MAG X870 Tomahawk motherboards.
Corsair's H100i RGB 240mm AIO liquid CPU cooler with iCUE link is only $74 ahead of Black Friday — new all-time low price
Corsair's H100i RGB 240mm AIO liquid CPU cooler with iCUE link is at its lowest-ever price ahead of Black Friday.
Intel’s postponement of the Magdeburg fab was made in “close coordination” with the German state — the company will reevaluate the project in two years to decide its final fate
Intel still keeps close ties with the German government despite putting its Magdeburg fab on hold.
Apple M4 revitalizes decades-old iMac G4 — out with the PowerPC chip, in with the new Apple Silicon
A retro tech enthusiast has revitalized a classic Apple iMac G4 ‘lampshade’ computer with a state-of-the-art M4 injection.
AI accelerator tinybox pro goes up for preorder for $40,000 — the device features eight RTX 4090s and two AMD Genoa EPYC processors
tinygrad just launched a more powerful AI accelerator with the tinybox pro, featuring eight RTX 4090 GPUs at $40,000.
RISC-V motherboard for Framework 13 laptops and mini-PCs starts at $199 – quad-core RISC-V CPU and 8GB of RAM included
RISC-V company DeepComputing launches a $199 motherboard that’s ready out-of-the-box for the Framework 13 laptop and mini PCs.
Chinese company trained GPT-4 rival with just 2,000 GPUs — 01.ai spent $3M compared to OpenAI's $80M to $100M
According to the founder, 01.ai has trained its high-performing AI model with just $3 million.
Diamond-cooled GPUs are coming soon — startup claims 20C temp reduction, 25% more overclocking headroom as it seeks US govt funding for diamond-encrusted chip cooling solutions
Akash System signed a preliminary memorandum of terms with the U.S. Department of Commerce to secure $68.2 million to help it ramp-up operations for producing diamond-cooled semiconductors.
Intel takes down AMD in our integrated graphics battle royale — still nowhere near dedicated GPU levels, but uses much less power
We've tested 24 games on Intel's latest Lunar Lake laptop, to show how it stacks up against the previous generation Meteor Lake as well as AMD's Ryzen AI 'Strix Point' processors when it comes to graphics performance. We also included results from an RTX 3050 Ti gaming laptop as a point of reference. Integrated graphics solutions continue to improve, and for the first time we can recall, Intel comes out with the win — barely.
AMD claims the Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 is 75% faster than Intel's Core Ultra 7 258V in gaming
A blog post from AMD is advertising a 75% performance advantage in gaming benchmarks of its Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 against Intel's Core Ultra 7 258V.
Microsoft releases official Windows 11 ISO for Arm devices — Extending support for Qualcomm's Snapdragon X Elite processors
Microsoft has released a Windows 11 ISO build for Arm based PCs after many months of waiting.
Montech Sky Two GX Case Review: Hinged-door design for just $80
We tested Montech’s King 65 Pro with Intel’s i9-14900K and AMD’s Radeon RX 7900 GRE to check its thermal and acoustic performance.
Phison intros 'world's fastest' high-capacity 128TB SSD — Pascari D205V hits 3 million IOPS and 14,600 MB/s with PCIe 5.0
Phison develops 128TB reference PCIe 5.0 SSD in U.2 and E3.L form-factors.
NEC supercomputer combines Intel Xeon and AMD Instinct accelerators to nearly triple performance
NEC to build 40 PetaFLOPS supercomputer featuring Intel CPUs and AMD GPUs for fusion science research.
Softbank plans to build first Nvidia Blackwell-based AI supercomputer using x86 DGX B200 servers
Softbank's telecom arm to build AI supercomputer based on Nvidia's DGX B200 servers.
AMD to cut down global workforce by 4%
AMD is laying off 4% of its workforce as it chases AI chips and datacenters.
Handy Raspberry Pi battery charger doubles as attractive desk clock
Max K is using a Raspberry Pi RP2040 to power his custom automated battery charger that doubles as a beautiful desk clock.
Cooler Master launches a souped-up version of the Amazon Basics CPU cooler — Hyper 411 Nano hits the market for SFF builds
Cooler Master just released the smallest variant in its Hyper line of air coolers.
Apple M4 Max CPU transcribes audio twice as fast as the RTX A5000 GPU in user test — M4 Max pulls just 25W compared to the RTX A5000's 190W
Apple's M4 Max chip purportedly encodes audio in half the time as Nvidia's previous-gen discrete GPUs while consuming eight times less power.
This early Black Friday deal has Cooler Master's NR200P MAX mini-ITX case with an included 850W SFX power supply and liquid cooling at its lowest-ever price
One of our favorite mini-ITX cases is on sale ahead of Black Friday. Cooler Master's NR200P with included 850W SFX PSU and liquid cooling now at its lowest-ever price.
TSMC sued for race and citizenship discrimation at its Arizona facilities
TSMC has been accused of preferring Taiwanese employees at its Arizona facilities in a class-action lawsuit.
Softbank once offered Jensen Huang a loan to buy Nvidia entirely — Nvidia CEO regrets not taking the loan
Nvidia's Jensen Huang could have privatized Nvidia a decade ago and then merged it with Arm.
Intel's Special Edition Core i9-12900KS plummets to all-time low $240 — get 80% off Intel's Alder Lake flagship 16-core chip
Intel's three-generation-old Core i9-12900KS special edition flagship is on the best deal it's ever been on.
Xbox gaming handheld is years away, Microsoft exec says
Microsoft gaming head Phil Spencer has teased a handheld, but he says it's not coming for years.
AMD is purportedly preparing Ryzen 200 "Hawk Point Refresh" APUs — Ryzen 7 255/260 set to replace the Ryzen 7 8745H/8845H series
Golden Pig Upgrade Pack alleges that AMD is refreshing Hawk Point under the Ryzen 200 series of APUs to counter Intel's upcoming Arrow Lake mobile family.
Solidigm reveals 122TB SSD, the world's highest-capacity drive for AI workloads — D5-P5336 offers unlimited write durability
Solidigm expands the capacity of its D5-P5336 SSD to 122TB to address the needs of AI.
Elon Musk's massive AI data center gets unlocked — xAI gets approved for 150MW of power, enabling all 100,000 GPUs to run concurrently
The Tennessee Valley Authority approved xAI's request for 150MW to power its AI supercomputer used for training Grok.
Nvidia's latest DLSS 3.8.10 version features only two presets: Preset E and Preset F — chipmaker trimmed the DLL file size by more than 50%
Nvidia's latest driver package comes with DLSS 3.8.10 which only features Preset E and Preset F - removing all prior versions.
AirPods Pro hacked using Faraday cage and microwave as a jammer to fool geofencing — enthusiast activates hearing aids feature in AirPods Pro in geoblocked India
A group of enthusiasts in India unlocked the geoblocked hearing aids feature by using a Faraday cage, microwave oven, and fake Wi-Fi SSIDs.
Valkyrie Syn 360 AIO Liquid Cooler Review: A strong AIO marred by beta-level software
We tested Valkyrie’s Syn 360 with Intel’s i7-14700K to see if it has what it takes to cool your CPU well.
Global GPU market to hit $100 billion in 2024: JPR
As AI GPU sales set records, sales of all graphics processors set to exceed $98.5 billion this year.
Micron unveils industry's first 60TB SSD with a PCIe 5.0 x4 interface
Micron's 6550 ION SSD boasts extreme capacity and extreme performance.
This Raspberry Pi dashcam continuously records even when your car is off
Fishwithadeagle has created a custom Raspberry Pi-powered dashcam system that keeps recording even when your vehicle isn't running.
Steam drops Windows 7 and 8 support with the latest client — users told to ‘update to a more recent version of Windows’ to continue gaming
Valve released the latest Steam client version on November 5, which drops support for Windows 7 and 8. Users are advised to "update to a more recent version of Windows" to continue gaming. SteamOS should work as well.
S.T.A.L.K.E.R 2: Heart of Chornobyl and MSFS 2024 arrive next week — here are the system requirements and driver details
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl and Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 arrive next week, and Nvidia has Game Ready drivers available. Here's a look at the system requirements and other details..
Huawei develops SSD-tape hybrid storage device for warm and cold storage — first-gen MED drive holds up to 72TB
Huawei's SSD-tape hybrid storage device could replace hard drives.
Researchers develop Python code that is compatible with in-memory computing — Python commands converted into machine code to be executed in the computer's memory
Software for in-memory computing is now being developed. Researchers have successfully developed a conversion layer for Python code that allows existing Python code to function with in-memory computing.
Local and foreign chip manufacturers expand their presence in Vietnam — companies move to Southeast Asia as tensions simmer between China and the U.S.
Many chip companies are expanding their presence in Vietnam, especially in back-end manufacturing, as the tensions between China and the U.S. continue to simmer.
Nvidia offers Indiana Jones gaming bundle to super sales of aging RTX 40 series — RTX 4070 and higher GPUs eligible for the promotion
Nvidia has kicked off a new game bundling promotion. This time it is hoping to sell a few more of its ageing GeForce RTX 40 series GPUs off the back of a potential blockbuster new game - Indiana Jones and the Great Circle.
Arrow Lake and Zen 5 motherboards should be getting cheaper soon — Asus files a slew of budget Intel and AMD boards with regulators
Asus has registered a large number of upcoming budget motherboards at the EEC including a mysterious B850E variant.
Despite brutal price hikes on many products, VMWare makes Fusion Pro and Workstation Pro free for all users
VMWare makes its Fusion and Workstation Editions free to all users and slowly winds down Active Support functions.
Acer Nitro V 15 review: Well-built budget system, but a bland screen
Acer’s Nitro V 15 delivers decent 1080p gaming performance and performs well in most other aspects, but loud fans and a washed-out screen compromise its appeal.
Hackers bury malware in new ZIP file attack — combining multiple ZIPs into one bypasses antivirus protections
Security researchers discovered that concatenated ZIP files have been used to hide malicious files in ZIP archives.
Intel Core Ultra 5 225H delivers 14% better single core and 16% improved iGPU performance than Meteor Lake per early benchmarks — the CPU still falls short of its Lunar Lake counterparts
Leaked Geekbench test results show that Intel's upcoming Core Ultra 5 225H will be a decent uplift from its Meteor Lake predecessor but might not be able to catch up to Lunar Lake.
LG working with Jim Keller on new ‘Affectionate Intelligence’ processor
LG and Tenstorrent have announced that they will expand their collaboration efforts. The tech twosome already have some SoC plans in progress, but today they voiced intention to develop AI chips to push forward LS’s concept of ‘Affectionate Intelligence’ in AI-powered home applicances, smart home solutions, mobility, and commercial applications.
Nvidia App reaches version 1.0 milestone and exits beta — GeForce Experience may soon be deprecated
The Nvidia App 1.0 launches today, featuring a number of improvements over GeForce Experience, including the addition of many Nvidia Control Panel functions, AV1 120 FPS capture, and RTX HDR support.
Our favorite productivity mouse, Logitech's MX Master 3S drops to $78 for a limited time
Logitech's MX Master 3S productivity mouse is only $78 and comes with a free travel case in today's deal.
How To Use AMD Ryzen Master
AMD Ryzen Master allows you to optimize your Ryzen CPU in real-time so you don't have to enter the BIOS. Here's a step-by-step guide on how to get started with Ryzen Master.
Japan readies ambitious $65 billion plan to revive homegrown semiconductor manufacturing — Expects economic return of over $1 trillion
The Japanese government is prepping to ink a bill that grants $65 billion in subsidies to revive local chip manufacturing.
Intel's top scientist wins Lisa Su Award — Dr. Ann Kelleher honored for years of technical prowess
Intel's executive VP, Dr. Ann Kelleher, has been awarded the Dr. Lisa Su Women of Innovation Award from GSA, named for AMD's CEO and president.
Enermax PlatiGemini 1200W ATX 3.1 + ATX12VO PSU Review
The Enermax PlatiGemini 1200W PSU blends top-tier performance with dual ATX 3.1 and ATX12VO support, delivering exceptional efficiency, reliability, and thermal management for high-end gaming or workstation builds.
U.S. lawmakers ask top fab tool makers about their sales to China
Before tightening export controls, U.S. legislators want to learn about sales of American producers of chipmaking tools to China-based entities.
Valve drops limited edition white Steam Deck OLED
Valve is releasing a limited edition Steam Deck OLED: Limited Edition White in every market where the handheld is being shipped.
This custom Raspberry Pi voice assistant is built around ChatGPT
Suryatejadev has created a Raspberry Pi-powered voice assistant from scratch using ChatGPT to help interpret commands.
Preliminary specifications for Intel's 65W and 35W Core Ultra 200 Arrow Lake S CPUs leaked
Momomo_us has shared the initial specifications of Intel's upcoming Arrow Lake 65W and 35W CPUs.
Open source, single-PCB HIDman adapter lets peripherals to easily interface with old PCs that don't support USB
The open source HIDman adapter debuts, for interfacing modern USB peripherals with old PCs by emulating classic PS/2 keyboards and mice.
Bitcoin skyrockets to an all-time high of over $84,000 — a euphoric surge in investments from Trump's presidential win
Bitcoin has spiked to an all time high of over $84,000 as a result of Trump's electorial presidential win several days ago. Bitcoin is now more valuable than Gold.
Raspberry Pi 5 overclocked to 3.6 GHz by ScatterBencher — but exotic cooling didn’t help push clocks any faster than air
Expert overclocker Pieter-Jan Plaisier, AKA Scatterbencher, has again turned his focus to the humble Raspberry Pi, seeing what he can do with LN2.
AMD Ryzen 9000 pricing freefalls, hits all-time lows — Micro Center slashes up to 28% off Zen 5
Micro Center is offering AMD's Ryzen 9000 CPUs at the cheapest prices since launch - bolstered by steep discounts of up to 28%.
Gigabyte MO34WQC2 240 Hz OLED gaming monitor review: Colorful, fast, and smooth
Gigabyte’s MO34WQC2 is a very worthy addition to the premium OLED gaming monitor genre. It’s a 34-inch ultra-wide panel with WQHD resolution, 240 Hz, Adaptive-Sync, HDR 400 and quantum dot enhanced color.
Free, open-source Photoshop alternative finally enters release candidate testing after 20 years — the transition from GIMP 2.x to GIMP 3.0 took two decades
The GIMP team finally announced that the long-awaited release of GIMP 3.0 is finally imminent
Pizza Hut's new pizza warmer uses the PlayStation 5's heat to keep your pizza hot — you can 3D print the new PIZZAWARMR for free
Pizza Hut has melded the disparate worlds of bready cheesy foodstuffs and console gaming with the new PIZZAWRMR.
Expand your gaming handheld storage to 2TB with Crucial's tiny M.2-2230 P310 SSD - now at its lowest-ever price
If you're looking to upgrade the storage in your gaming handheld, this small 2230 form-factor SSD from Crucial is now at its lowest-ever price.
Adding ceramic powder to liquid metal significantly improves thermal qualities, claim University of Texas researchers
A new colloidal thermal interface material (TIM) promises to significantly outperform commercially available liquid metals from the likes of Thermalright and Thermal Grizzly.
Enthusiast demos motherboard socket pin replacement — hot air, tweezers, and a steady hand
A tech enthusiast in China has demonstrated the replacement of one of the ‘pins’ located in a CPU socket.
UserBenchmark suggests you buy the i5-13600K over the Ryzen 7 9800X3D — says AMD drives sales with 'aggressive marketing' rather than 'real-world performance'
UserBenchmark has put forth a very interesting take on AMD's Ryzen 7 9800X3D and suggests users snag the i5-13600K instead since "spending more on a gaming CPU is pointless."
The Seagate 2TB Xbox Storage Expansion Card SSD is just $199 at Amazon
The Seagate 2TB Xbox Storage Expansion Card SSD is currently available for its lowest price to date—just $199 instead of the recommended $359.
Downed Russian drone used at least 30 chips from Western companies — silicon from Xilinx, TI, Marvell, Micron, and others found in the wreckage
Ukrainian military intelligence discovered U.S. and other Western tech inside the wreckage of a downed Russian prototype drone.
Take a seat — standing desks aren't better for you, says new study
A recently published study casts serious doubt on the touted health benefits of owning a standing desk.
Super tiny Raspberry Pi RP2040 RGB LED matrix display hits Kickstarter
Vcc Labs has created a Raspberry Pi RP2040-powered RGB LED matrix that's super small and powered via USB Type-C.
U.S. ordered TSMC to halt shipments of advanced AI processors to China: Report
It turns out that TSMC did not voluntarily stopped supply of advanced AI processors, it was told to by the American government.
8BitDo Retro Mechanical Keyboard gets full size 108 key version —numpad devotees can also choose between NES and Famicom colorways
The 8BitDo 108 Mechanical Keyboard opens for pre-order in both NES and Famicom-themed variations.
LG's new stretchable display can grow by 50%, bendy panels can be deformed into new form factors
LG Display showcased its stretchable display prototype that can extend up to 50% of its original size over 10,000 times.
How to run a local Linux web server running in a Windows 11 window
Windows Subsystem for Linux lets run an Apache web server on your Windows PC. Here's how to do it.
AMD Strix Halo 'RDNA 3.5' iGPU rumored to launch under the Radeon 8000S branding — Up to 40 CUs and support for LPDDR5X-8000 memory
Golden Pig Upgrade Pack has shared key details about AMD's mobile portfolio for 2025/26.
TSMC 'cannot produce 2nm chips overseas' until domestic output becomes more advanced, confirms Taiwanese govt official
TSMC cannot transfer its leading-edge technologies abroad in accordance with Taiwanese laws, says Minister of Economic Affairs.
NZXT Kraken Elite 360 RGB Review: The best on the market – and priced like it
We tested NZXT’s Kraken Elite 360 RGB with Intel’s i7-14700K to determine whether or not it can handle the heat of a modern CPU.
Computing industry legend Elwood Edwards, the voice of AOL ‘You’ve got mail,’ passes away at 74
The voice actor behind AOL's "You've Got Mail!" slogan has passed away.
Mac Studio lookalike packs a Core i9-14900KF CPU and RTX 4090 Laptop GPU — the FEVM FN60G rocks a 3.8-liter chassis that's slightly smaller than the Mac Studio
This mini-PC looks like a Mac Studio, but packs a bigger punch with its Intel Core i9-14900KF processor and Nvidia RTX 4090 Laptop GPU.
D-Link refuses to patch a security flaw on over 60,000 NAS devices — the company instead recommends replacing legacy NAS with newer models
Over 60,000 D-Link NAS machines are affected by a critical vulnerability, but the company refuses to issue a fix, citing end-of-life for the affected NAS devices.
Microsoft persuades Mail and Calendar users to migrate to Outlook — Mail and Calendar app will cease to work after December 31
Microsoft is notifying its Mail and Calendar app users to switch to free cloud-based Outlook.
This Raspberry Pi-powered chess board robot moves pieces automatically
Tamerlan has created a Raspberry Pi-powered chess board that automatically moves pieces and has programmed it to be an opponent you can play against.
Intel reportedly denies RMA for crashing Core i9-14900K CPU due to liquid metal thermal paste usage — liquid metal erased the markings and serial number on the CPU
Liquid metal cooling will forfeit the CPU warranty.
34-inch WQHD 165 Hz curved gaming monitor is selling for under $200
The ASRock Phantom 34-inch curved gaming display has been marked down to $198 at Newegg, its lowest price to date.
Gorilla Glass maker Corning is set to receive $32 million under the CHIPS and Science Act
Corning may not make chips, but its contribution to semiconductor production is rather huge.
M4 Mac Mini SSD modded from 256GB to 1TB — modder solders higher-capacity NAND to the removable SSD module
Apple's latest M4 Mac Mini comes with removable SSD NAND modules which can be upgraded to higher capacities as shown by YouTuber dosdude1.
AMD Strix Point CPU powers upcoming Ayaneo 3 gaming handheld — device sports up to Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 CPU and 7-inch OLED screen
Ayaneo just announced the Ayaneo 3, giving gamers the choice between a Ryzen 7 8840U or Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 processor and a seven-inch high-refresh LCD or OLED HDR screen.
Raspberry Pi SSD Review: Speedy, yet safe
If you’re thinking about upgrading your Raspberry Pi 5 to use an SSD, then you want to know that it will work, and these drives from Raspberry Pi are guaranteed to work.
South Korean engineer smuggled out shopping bags full of secret SK hynix docs to give to Huawei
SK hynix prohibits using USB drives on its sides, so its former engineer printed 4,000 pages to take away with her following her resignation.
Lenovo Legion R25f-30 280 Hz gaming monitor review: Premium speed and response at a low price
For way less money than you’d expect, Lenovo offers the Legion R25f-30 280 Hz gaming monitor. It’s a 25-inch VA panel with premium speed and response, Adaptive-Sync, HDR and wide gamut color. It delivers superb gaming for a really low price.
Intel announces Arrow Lake fix coming within a month — Robert Hallock confirms poor gaming performance is due to optimization issues
Intel's Robert Hallock says a fix for Arrow Lake will arrive within a month, and that Arrow Lake's poor gaming performance is a result of tuning and optimization issues — not memory latency or the company's decision to switch to a tile-based architecture.
Best AIO Coolers 2024
After measuring CPU temperatures and fan noise for dozens of AIO coolers under load, we've chosen the best closed-loop options to keep your PC cool and quiet.
US Congressman accuses SMIC of making 7nm chips for China, violating U.S. sanctions
Michael McCaul accuses SMIC of evading U.S. sanctions, helping Huawei, calls for investigation and more stringent export controls.
TSMC to stop supplying advanced AI processors for all of its China customers: Report
After accidentally producing AI chiplet for Huawei via proxy, TSMC is reportedly set to suspend production of advanced AI processors for all of its Chinese customers.
Buggy Windows Update starts automatically 'upgrading' Windows 2022 servers to Windows Server 2025
Windows Server 2022 machines are getting automatically upgraded to Windows Server 2025, without system administrator content or awareness.
LG's 45-inch UltraGear OLED curved gaming monitor drops by $700
Save $700 on this massive 45-inch LG UltraGear OLED gaming monitor.
ASE to bolster North American semiconductor supply chain — new packaging and test facility in Mexico expected to hire 500 engineers and technicians in first year
ASE's subsidiary, ISE Labs, will build an OSAT facility in Mexico.
Intel resumes free coffee and tea for its employees — $100-million-per-year program partly reinstated to boost employee morale
Intel is reinstating free coffee and tea for its employees months after it suspended the beverage benefit to save on costs.
Ryzen 7 9800X3D gutted to get a look inside AMD’s gaming champion – die shot reveals CPU cores and 3D V-Cache
A Bilibili user sacrificed his 9800X3D in order to get a look at the chip’s CCD and 3D V-Cache.
Both Trump and Biden expected to attend TSMC's Arizona fab grand opening ceremony — Fab 21 opens in December
High-ranking U.S. politicians and Morris Chang will attend the TSMC's Fab 21 opening ceremony in Arizona in early December.
Crucial T500 4TB SSD review: More of a good thing
The long-anticipated 4TB Crucial T500 has arrived. It doesn't really change performance or improve on the original design, and it's dual-sided. Still, it’s nice to have a capacious “budget” SSD with good all-around performance.
This Raspberry Pi automatically archives a stack of Amiga floppy disks
Graham Tinkers has created a Raspberry Pi-powered system that automatically backs up stacks of floppy disks and takes a picture of the label as it goes.
Intel engineer's Linux patch would alert users of outdated microcode — Flagging the system as vulnerable
A Linux patch suggests automatically alerting the user that their Intel CPU is using an old microcode.
ID-Cooling FX360 INF Review: Budget-Friendly with low noise levels
We tested ID-Cooling’s FX360 INF with Intel’s i7-14700K and Core Ultra 9 285K to determine whether or not it can handle the heat of a modern CPU.
AMD's desktop PC market share skyrockets amid Intel's Raptor Lake crashing scandal — AMD makes biggest leap in recent history
AMD's desktop x86 CPU market share rises 5.7% in one quarter as company launches Ryzen 9000 CPUs amid Intel's Raptor Lake stability issues scandal.
Lian Li's DK07 mechanized standing desk PC case debuts at $1,399 USD — room inside for dual EATX PCs
Lian Li debuts the DK07 standing PC case desk at $1399, with support for even dual Extended ATX PC builds.
3D-printed Mac Mini enclosure makes the tiny PC look like the world's cutest Mac Pro
Maker Jerrod Hofferth has a 3D-printed case for the Mac Mini that makes it look like an adorably small Mac Pro.
Chipmakers race to get CHIPS Act dollars before White House changeover — TSMC and GlobalFoundries finalize applications, facilitating payouts
GlobalFoundries and TSMC finalize talks with the U.S. government to get CHIPS Act funding.
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D completely sold out in Europe — pre-orders sell out incoming shipments before they hit shelves
AMD's Ryzen 7 9800X3D is out of stock virtually everywhere overseas. The demand is so high that pre-orders are selling out 9800X3D shipments before they make it to their destination.
Scalpers sell Ryzen 7 9800X3D CPUs for up to $1,000 — Ryzen 7 9800X3D is out of stock at major U.S retailers
AMD's new Ryzen 7 9800X3D is in extremely high demand, to the point where it is virtually impossible to buy the CPU right now. Scalpers are taking advantage of the "crisis" charging up to $1,000 for the CPU on eBay.
Hexgears Immersion A3 TKL Review: How low can you go?
A low-profile wireless gaming keyboard with vibrant RGB lighting and a retro aesthetic. However, gamers will want to use it in wired mode for the 1,000 Hz polling rate.
Sub-Zero Ryzen 7 9800X3D hits 1,400 FPS+ at 6.9 GHz — new gaming champion destroys Valorant frame rates with liquid nitrogen
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D overclockers have already pushed the new best gaming CPU to 7.2 GHz and achieved 1400 FPS in Counter-Strike 2.
MSI MPG A1000G PCIE 5 PSU Review
The MSI MPG A1000G PCIE5 delivers reliable, high-quality power with ATX 3.0 compatibility, making it a future-proof choice for demanding systems, but its price and noise at high loads may deter some users.
It's not a typo, this 2024 model HP Victus gaming laptop is only $429 - but there is a slight catch
Get your hands on one of the cheapest available gaming laptops ahead of Black Friday.
Nvidia squeezes GeForce Now users for more cash with 100-hour monthly playtime limit — Nvidia will charge $5.99 for 15 extra hours for the Ultimate tier and $2.99 for the Performance tier
Nvidia announced GeForce Now will be introducing a 100 hour monthly gametime allowance at the start of next year. Gamers who hit the limit and want to keep playing can extend playtime with a small fee.
Intel Arc Xe2 Battlemage GPUs rumored to arrive next month — ahead of AMD RDNA 4 and Nvidia Blackwell
Renowned leaker Golden Pig Upgrade Pack alleges that Intel will launch its next-gen Battlemage desktop GPUs next month.
Unannounced Ryzen 9 9950X3D dominates Ryzen 7 9800X3D in Factorio benchmark – Ryzen 9000X3D flagship up to 18% faster than current fastest gaming CPU
The 16-core Ryzen 9 9950X3D is much faster than the 8-core 9800X3D according to one benchmark site that has a result for the as-of-yet unannounced chip.
Intel CEO reminds investors it provides TSMC with chipmaking equipment — Gelsinger emphasizes that TSMC is a strategic partner
The chief executive of Intel addresses the TSMC relationship and claims that the foundry is a strategically important partner and… customer.
Intel slapped with class action lawsuit for Raptor Lake CPU instability issues — chipmaker accused of consciously selling defective chips
Intel accused of knowingly selling defective Raptor Lake processors in a class action suit.
Where to buy AMD's Ryzen 7 9800X3D — the new king of gaming CPUs
The Ryzen 7 9800X3D processor is AMDs latest CPU release, but where can you pick one up, and are they in stock?
Mac Mini (M4 Pro) tested: Tiny titan
The Mac Mini is smaller, and more powerful, than ever. But it's the $599 model where you'll find the value.
MacBook Pro (16-inch, M4 Pro) Review: Running up the score
The M4 Pro in the new 16-inch MacBook Pro delivers a performance jolt for demanding professionals.
MacBook Pro (14-inch, M4) review: Nano-texture niceness
Apple's M4 MacBook Pro is a strong, efficient machine, and the addition of an extra Thunderbolt port and an optional nano-texture display — along with 16GB of base RAM — make for a luxurious device.
Raspberry Pi Pico W drives custom cardiography signal-measuring device
Milos Rasic has created a Raspberry Pi Pico W driven cardiography signal measuring device completely from scratch as part of his University thesis.
Apple has allegedly approached Foxconn and Lenovo to build AI servers based on Apple Silicon
Apple asks Foxconn to produce AI servers based on Apple Silicon in Taiwan to to leverage R&D teams working with Nvidia, according to the report.
TSMC founder once asked Nvidia's Jensen Huang to take the reins according to upcoming Morris Chang biography
Morris Chang once asked Nvidia's Jensen Huang whether he was interested in becoming CEO of TSMC, but he was not, according to the new biography of TSMC founder.
Raspberry Pi announce $12 USB 3 hub to add more ports to your Pi
Raspberry Pi’s latest accessory is a $12 USB 3 hub which matches the Raspberry Pi aesthetic and provides decent performance on the Raspberry Pi 5.
Outlook users beware — Classic Outlook is currently crashing when you open more than 60 emails at once
Microsoft Outlook's Classic version has a bug with mass-managing 60+ emails.
Huawei trying to poach TSMC employees with 3X salary
Huawei is attempting to poach TSMC employees by offering up to three times the going rate.
Minisforum's Surface-like 3-in-1 laptop becomes more affordable — V3 SE features an older Ryzen CPU, less RAM, and lower-specced screen than the V3
Minisforum introduces cheaper V3 SE 3-in-1 AMD powered mobile device that is substantially cheaper than its vanilla V3 variant.
Nintendo officially confirms Switch 2 is backward compatible with Switch games
Nintendo confirms that "the successor to Nintendo Switch" will be backwards compatible with the original system's library.
This Raspberry Pi axe bass from 'Adventure Time' is fit for a 1,000 year-old vampire queen
Allie Katz has created a Raspberry Pi-powered axe bass that looks like Marceline's from 'Adventure Time' that plays music all by itself.
Nvidia becomes the world's most valuable company by market capitalization — Chipmaker dethrones Apple for the second time this year
Today, the stock market saw Nvidia overtake Apple - now standing as the world's largest company by market capitalization at $3.5 trillion.
CPU-Z adds support for Ryzen 9000X3D, Arrow Lake CPUs, and CUDIMMs
CPU-Z can now recognize AMD's Granite Ridge processors, Intel's Arrow Lake CPUs rebranded Raptor Lake products, and CUDIMMs.
Get your hands on one of our favorite 3D printers, the Elegoo Neptune 4 Pro, for just a smidgen over $200
Save $66 off the price of this fast-printing Elegoo Neptune 4 Pro 3D printer.
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D Review: Devastating Gaming Performance
AMD’s $480 Ryzen 7 9800X3D comes armed with eight cores and 16 threads paired with a new version of the company’s game-boosting 3D V-Cache tech that delivers impressive performance, taking the throne as the fastest gaming CPU on the market.
AMD unveils AMD OLMo, its first 1B-parameter LLM with strong reasoning
AMD develops its own 1B-parameters OLMo large language model for a wide variety of applications that was trained on Instinct MI250 GPUs.
Sony patents a dedicated rewind button to save us when we suck at gaming
Sony seems intent on bringing over Save/Load State functionality from emulation to mainstream console gaming, according to a new patent.
Kioxia forecasts a tripling in demand for NAND memory by 2028 — could further impact SSD pricing
Kioxia expresses optimism about 3D NAND demand in the coming years, re-emphasizes plans to kick of production at its second 3D NAND facility in Kitakami.
Research team uses the human body to power wearables — addresses major obstacle of conventional batteries
The human body can effectively power many wearables without the need for a battery, according to researchers at Carnegie Mellon University. Their power-over-skin technology was able to provide sufficient energy for a variety of devices.
Samsung's 990 Pro 2TB SSD drops to $149 ahead of Black Friday
Samsung's 990 Pro 2TB SSD drops to $149 ahead of Black Friday, one of the lowest prices of the year.
Best Motherboards 2024 for Gaming, by Socket and Chipset
Here are the best AMD and Intel motherboards we've tested, for all the recent CPU platforms.
Nvidia GeForce RTX 50-series reportedly launching 'soon' — but all indicators continue to point to a January 2025 reveal
A reputable leaker claims that Blackwell on GeForce is arriving "soon," but Igor's Lab claims otherwise with evidence to back it up. It's rumor-mongering on all sides, though a January launch still seems most likely.
Sapphire launches Pulse B650M motherboard with just two DIMM slots — the $112 AM5 motherboard supports RAM up to DDR5-7400 and higher
Sapphire launches the Pulse B650M motherboard for AMD AM5 CPUs.
AMD silently bumped up memory specifications for Ryzen AI 300 CPUs — Strix Point now supports LPDDR5X-8000 as opposed to LPDDR5X-7500
A new ultraportable notebook from HP with the AMD Ryzen AI 300 "Strix Point" processor, set for release this December, features LPDDR5X-8000 memory which is a step up from the standard LPDDR5X-7500.
Over 200 days after its official closure, the last user of Nintendo Network's online servers finally disconnected after a 3DS system crash
Nintendo 3DS and Wii U's online servers finally die permanently with the last 3DS connected to Mario Kart 7.
Intel postpones Magdeburg fab until 2029 to 2030 — German subsidies to Intel could go back to the federal budget
Now that Intel has decided to postpone its Magdeburg fab project, subsidies from the government could go back to the budget.
MIT unveils ultra-efficient 3D nanoscale transistors that could revolutionize future electronics
Ultrathin nanoscale 3D transistors made out of advanced semiconductor materials operate more efficiently than silicon-based devices by harnessing quantum properties, potentially enabling ultra-low-power AI applications.
SMART Modular Technologies readies the T6EN series of hardware-level Self-Encryption SSDs with a conformal coating — SSDs made for aerospace, defense, and other industrial applications
California-based integrated memory and storage maker Smart Modular Technologies is introducing its T6EN SSDs for aerospace, defense, and industrial purposes.
This Raspberry Pi Pico Fallout-inspired T-45 power armor helmet is ready for battling radroaches
Grimadria has created a Raspberry Pi Pico-powered T-45 power armor helmet from 'Fallout' for his son to use on Halloween.
Corsair MP700 Elite SSD review: The retail, budget PCIe 5.0 SSD of choice is officially here
The Corsair MP700 Elite is one of the first retail SSDs built using Phison's E31T, the first real PCIe 5.0 controller that offers great performance with good power efficiency, all without requiring a heatsink.
Hackers demand France’s Schneider Electric pay a $125k ransom in baguettes
Hungry hackers have demanded that France’s Schneider Electric pay a $125,000 ransom in baguettes.
Intel Core Ultra 9 285H 45W mobile CPU falls short of its Lunar Lake brethren in leaked Geekbench 6 single-core benchmark
A leaked benchmark featuring Intel's upcoming Core Ultra 9 285H from the Arrow Lake-H family falls short of expectations.
Nvidia asked SK hynix to accelerate HBM4 chip delivery by six months, says report
SK hynix to deliver HBM4 memory to Nvidia about half of a year ahead of planned schedule.
SK hynix announces the world's first 48GB 16-Hi HBM3E memory — Next-gen PCIe 6.0 SSDs and UFS 5.0 storage are also in the works
In an industry-first, SK hynix has announced its 16-Hi HBM3E memory, offering capacities of 48GB per stack alongside other bleeding-edge NAND/DRAM products.
For the first time, ever AMD outsells Intel in the datacenter space
The launch of Intel's Xeon 6 has not helped Intel to increase sales of its CPUs so far.
Nintendo Wii turned into a sleeper gaming PC, complete with GameCube ports — powered by AMD Ryzen 7 7735HS and Radeon 680M graphics
YouTuber takes a Nintendo Wii with a broken disc drive and turns it into a sleeper mini PC build.
MSI's extreme RTX 4090-powered gaming laptop is $200 off
Grab $200 off this no-compromise RTX 4090-powered gaming laptop.
AMD-powered OLED handheld aims to rival the Steam Deck OLED — Ryzen 9 AI HX 370 runs Black Myth: Wukong at 50-60 FPS with 1080p low settings
OneXPlayer published a teaser of its next generation OLED handheld gaming PC featuring a Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 CPU running Black Myth: Wukong at nearly 60FPS.
Asus launches triple-fan RX 6750 GRE Megalodon GPU – midrange RDNA 2 GPU still plentiful even in late 2024
Asus has released a new triple-fan model of the RX 6750 GRE, the RX 6750 GRE Atlas Shark, showing that there’s still plenty of leftover midrange RDNA 2 GPUs to sell.
Tested: OS update solves Raspberry Pi’s age-old YouTube frame-rate problem.
The latest version of Raspberry Pi OS has an updated Wayland compositor in the form of Labwc, and it brings improved video streaming performance, so we tested it out on the Raspberry Pi 5 and the Pi 4.
The Shores of Bell — Doom is now playable on Nintendo's $99 alarm clock
Nintendo Alarmo joins the list of "unexpected devices that can play Doom."
Windows 11 gains momentum with over 35% market share as Microsoft pushes for upgrades — Windows 10 still has the stronghold on the PC market
Windows 11 market share reached an all-time high of 35.58% as per Statcounter's latest report from October 2024
AMD’s China-exclusive lineup of prebuilt PCs gets Ryzen 7 9800X3D upgrade – some models come with GeForce RTX 40-series GPUs
In China, AMD is releasing its prebuilt desktops featuring the Ryzen 7 9800X3D.
HDD Benchmarks Hierarchy 2024: Here's all the hard disks we've tested over the past couple of years ranked by performance.
We've tested over 20 different HDDs and ranked them in order of performance. Hard drives are more about capacity and price per GB these days, but it's also good to know where the various models stand in terms of raw throughput.
Asus rolls out rugged USB-C SSD enclosure that delivers transfer speeds up to 20 Gb/s — TUF Gaming A2 SSD is IP68 water- and dust-resistance, meeting U.S. MIL-STD-810H standards
The SSD enclosure comes with U.S. MIL-STD-810H standards and offers IP68 water- and dust-resistance.
These Raspberry Pi Zero-powered AR goggles were made from scratch
Miroslav Kotalík has created a pair of Raspberry Pi Zero-powered AR goggles from scratch completely from the ground up.
Clever coder crams a Solitaire game onto a single Nintendo GBA e-Reader card
Nintendo Game Boy Advance's little-used e-Reader accessory can read enough data from a single card swipe to run an entire homebrew game of Solitaire.
FFmpeg devs boast of up to 94x performance boost after implementing handwritten AVX-512 assembly code
FFmpeg developers achieve a unique performance achievement with a handwritten AVX-512 code.
Intel CEO complains 'this is taking too long' after investing $30B but receiving zero CHIPS Act funding
Intel has invested over $30 billion in new fabs after the CHIPS Act was enacted and received zero funding from the government so far.
Raspberry Pi Touch Display 2 Review: A Touch of class
After nearly a decade, Raspberry Pi has released an update to its Touch Display range. The Touch Display 2 offers a 1280 x 720 five-point touch display for all Raspberry Pi ranging from the B+ to the new flagship Raspberry Pi 5.
Asus 'Turbo Game Mode' arrives on its AM5 motherboards — second CCD and SMT toggles arrive for up to a 35% performance boost on X3D chips
Asus is rolling out a new BIOS update for a variety of AMD motherboards
Last-minute PS5 Pro leaks indicate system will pack 16.7 TFLOPS GPU with 16GB dedicated GDDR6 VRAM — plus 2GB DDR5 system RAM
Alleged specs, teardown of PlayStation 5 Pro have emerged online just days ahead of its November 7 release date.
Asus WRX90 motherboards reportedly support 3D V-Cache Override — Will next-gen Threadripper 9000 "Shimada Peak" CPUs have an X3D counterpart?
A WRX90 motherboard manual includes support for 3D V-Cache on AMD's Threadripper chips.
This Raspberry Pi Nerf blaster is insanely over-engineered
JustFPV1 has put together an extremely complex custom Nerf blaster using one of our favorite microprocessors, the RP2040.
Linus Torvalds kicked the Russians out of Linux, now they're creating a sovereign Linux community in Russia — Ministry of Digital Development steps in
The Russian Ministry of Digital Development has sprung into action with plans to create its own Linux community.
Microsoft claims timber-built datacenters can reduce its carbon footprint by up to 65%
Microsoft is trying to use wood material instead of concrete for its Northern Virgina data centers in an effort to reduce its carbon footprint.
Intel reportedly scaling back R&D teams in Israel — several hundred talented staff will go
Intel is reportedly laying off and letting go Israeli R&D personnel responsible for some of its most successful microarchitectures.
Valve Engineer's AMD Linux RADV Vulkan driver fix boosted an FSR2 demo sample app by 228% on RDNA 2 GPUs
A Linux performance issue with an AMD FSR 2 sample on RDNA 2 GPUs has been fixed.
AMD's RX 6600 is the most popular Red Team GPU among Steam gamers, by a whisker — but no Radeon card makes the top 30 list
The RX 6600 overtakes the RX 580 as the most popular gaming GPU on Steam but fails to mark Radeon's entry into the top 30 list.
This MSI 27-Inch curved gaming monitor has dropped to its lowest price ever at Newegg
The MSI G27CQ4 E2 27-inch curved gaming monitor is available at Newegg for $144, its lowest price ever, as part of a limited offer.
TSMC rumored to receive High NA EUV machines from ASML this year
TSMC is set to receive its first shipment of ASML's High NA EUV machine later this year.
Gigabyte G6 review: A swing and a miss
The Gigabyte G6’s $999 price tag is initially enticing, but its performance and battery life are lacking.
AWS CEO estimates large city scale power consumption of future AI model training tasks — 'an individual model may require somewhere between one to 5GW of power'
AWS CEO Matt Garman estimates that future LLM training would require up to five gigawatts, and AWS is investing in alternative renewable sources to ensure it would have power available when needed.
How to unlock the new Labwc Wayland Compositor in Raspberry Pi OS
Raspberry Pi has released a new OS with an improved Wayland window compositor, and you’ll get a free boost of speed from just a few commands.
Windows Server 2025 supports CPUs packing two to 192 cores — CPU support list spans Pentium chips to Xeon and EPYC parts
Microsoft has revealed its CPU support list for Windows Server 2025 that includes the surprising entry of the Pentium G7400 and G7400T.
Intel might be too big to fail — Washington policymakers are already discussing potential solutions if the chipmaker cannot recover
American lawmakers are setting up backup plans to support Intel if it fails.
Apple's M4 Max is the single-core performance king in Geekbench 6 — M4 Max beats the Core Ultra 9 285K and Ryzen 9 9950X
Apple retains its performance crown, beating the M3 Max by 30% in single-core performance making it the fastest chip in Geekbench 6.
Make spruces up Agetec arcade stick with two Raspberry Pi Picos
Zeroshifter has fixed up his old Agetec arcade stick with not just one but two Raspberry Pis to make it compatible with various systems.
Cooler Master has so many leftover Shark X cases that it's selling them at $4,300 a piece in Japan — the case is admittedly cheaper than the $7,000 pre-built PC that Cooler Master was offering
Cooler Master is now selling the case of its Shark X pre-built as an independent product. Giving builders an opportunity to build their own unique system inside of Cooler Master's shark-themed PC case.
Ryzen 9000 CPU prices plummet in anticipation of the holiday season — Zen 5 discounts range from 10% to 23% off
You will save a lot of money if you get a Ryzen 9000 series processor right now.
Sealed AMD Athlon XP 2000+ CPU stands the test of time — 22-year-old single-core "Thoroughbred" relic has never been turned on
A user at X has got their hands on an untouched, box-packed, and brand-new AMD Athlon XP 2000+ dating back to 2002.
Nvidia to replace Intel in Dow Jones Industrial Average — Intel's 25-year reign has come to an end
Intel will lose its place on the Dow Jones Industrial Average on November 8, where it will be replaced by AI giant Nvidia.
The best early Black Friday 2024 deals
We're scouring the internet for all the best early Black Friday deals.
GlobalFoundries fined $500,000 for restricted chip exports to Chinese firm on U.S. entity list — chipmaker shipped $17 million worth of silicon wafers to China’s SJ Semiconductor
GlobalFoundries is said to have shipped 74 orders, totaling $17.1 million, to SJ Semiconductor, a SMIC affiliate, without obtaining the required license.
Ryzen 9 9900X has dropped to an all-time low price at Amazon
The AMD Ryzen 9 9900X processor has dropped to a new all-time low price at Amazon—just $382 instead of its usual $499.
Dr. Jensen Huang — Nvidia CEO to receive an Honorary PhD in engineering from a Hong Kong university
A university in Hong Kong has announced to award Nvidia's CEO, Jensen Huang with an Honorary Doctorate of Engineering.
Enthusiast builds a 3D printer that uses a hot glue gun — heavily modified Dremel glue gun surprisingly good at printing objects
Maker Jón Schone recently showcased a slick new design that bridges the chasm between his first love of 3D printing - and hot glue guns.
AI-powered Minecraft runs without a game engine — game rendered in real-time at a continuous 20 FPS
DecartAI demonstrates the Oasis model, which in this stage imitates Minecraft but with some obvious issues and severe tech limitations.
Turtle Beach Kone II Review: Big but surprisingly comfortable
The Turtle Beach Kone II is a wired gaming mouse with a 4-way tilt wheel, attractive RGB lighting, and a large, comfortable design. It looks and feels pretty good if you have bigger hands, but it's kind of the opposite of the current trend of speedy, stripped-down ultra-lightweight mice.
Be Quiet Dark Power Pro 13 1300W Power Supply Review
The Be Quiet Dark Power Pro 13 delivers premium power and efficiency, with 80 Plus Titanium certification, a modular design, and top-tier build quality, but its price may deter budget-conscious builders.
Lunar Lake's integrated memory is an expensive one-off — Intel rejects the approach for future CPUs due to margin impact
Panther Lake, Lunar Lake, and their successors will not have on-package memory.
Arrow Lake CPUs can still get bendy despite revamped socket — specialized contact frame flattens chip, claims to lower temperatures by up to 6C
Thermal Grizzly has debuted an all-new LGA1851 contact frame designed with Arrow Lake CPUs in mind. The new contact frame purportedly reduces CPU temps by up to six degrees Celsius.
TeamGroup DDR5-7200 C32 CAMM2 promises performance speeds over 100 GB/s — memory manufacturer aims for DDR5-9000
Teamgroup has revealed its first CAMM2 offerings - boasting speeds of DDR5-7200 CL32 and expected to launch in Q1 2025.
Intel outlines plan to break free from TSMC manufacturing — 70% of Panther Lake at Intel fabs, Nova Lake almost entirely in-house
Intel is set to bring back in-house CPU production with Panther Lake and Nova Lake, but some products will still be made at TSMC.
Super-lightweight operating system boots off a 1.44MB floppy disk — KolibriOS lets you do simple tasks and even play games on your legacy PC
KolibriOS is an ultra-lightweight floppy disk OS still getting regular updates.
ChatGPT-5 won't be coming this year — OpenAI CEO reveals company is focusing on existing models
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman confirmed that ChatGPT-5 won't be coming this year, due to development and resource limitations. Instead it will be arriving early next year.
Chinese researchers build military AI using Meta’s open-source Llama model — ChatBIT allegedly performs at around 90% of the performance of OpenAI GPT-4 LLM
Chinese researchers built the ChatBIT AI that focuses on intelligence gathering and processing using Meta's Llama 13B model.
AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 375 outperforms Intel's Core Ultra 7 258V in LLM performance — Team Red provided benchmarks show a strong lead of up to 27% in LM Studio
AMD's Strix Point APUs lead Intel's Lunar Lake chips in local LLM workloads by up to 27%.
Intel says it will miss its AI goals with Gaudi 3 — unbaked software leaves Intel's $500 million AI goal unachievable as competitors rake in billions
Software issues slowed the sales ramp of Intel's Gaudi 3 accelerator for AI.
Cadence says its AI-driven chip design tools provide a process node's worth of performance gain, but without moving forward to a new node
Cadence says that using its AI-assisted design tools can enable 5% to 20% performance, power, and area improvements, akin to adopting a next-generation process technology.
This Raspberry Pi Pico 2 Groovebox is ready to jam
Rheslip20 has created a Raspberry Pi Pico 2-powered groovebox that can play up to 16 samples for a cool Pi-powered concert experience.
The humungous 8TB WD Black SN850X SSD crashes to a new all-time low price
Western Digital's massive 8TB WD_Black SN850X SSD drops dramatically to a new all-time low.
The Corsair RM750x (2024) PSU review
The Corsair RM750x (2024) brings modern connectivity with ATX 3.1 compliance, excellent voltage regulation, and efficient performance.
Minisforum launches $559 RX 7600M XT OCuLink eGPU docking station for mini-PCs
Minisforum is launched an RX 7600M eGPU with an OCuLink port.
Intel lost $16.6 billion in Q3, reports $13.3 billion in revenue
Restructuring charges and new products ramp deepen Intel losses to $16.6 billion as products group remain profitable.
Microsoft again delays Recall feature, says it will arrive for Windows Insiders on Copilot Plus PCs in December
Microsoft says Recall will be available for Windows Insiders in December.
Diabatix and Asus hit new overclocking records with LN2-optimized heatsink – Intel Core Ultra 9 285K hits 7.448 GHz
Diabatix creates an LN2-optimized heatsink enabling Asus ROG to set new overclocking records on Intel Core Ultra 9 285K.
Nintendo launches Nintendo Music, an Android/iOS streaming app for paid Switch Online members
Nintendo Music arrives for smart devices, though a Nintendo Switch Online membership is required to use it.
Microsoft will charge Windows 10 users $30 per year for security updates
Microsoft offers consumers an option to keep using Windows 10 with security updates after support expires: an Extended Security Updates subscription for $30 per year.
It’s been 30 years since Intel’s infamous Pentium FDIV bug reared its ugly head – a math bug caused Intel’s first CPU recall
2024 marks the 30th anniversary since Intel announced a math glitch on some of its Pentium CPUs.
Meta is using more than 100,000 Nvidia H100 AI GPUs to train Llama-4 — Mark Zuckerberg says that Llama 4 is being trained on a cluster “bigger than anything that I’ve seen”
Mark Zuckerberg says that Meta is training its Llama-4 models on a cluster with over 100,000 Nvidia H100 AI GPUs.
Elon Musk spent roughly $10 billion on AI training hardware in 2024
xAI and Tesla spend billions on AI training hardware.
Raspberry Pi drives daily Calvin and Hobbes comic fun via E-ink display
Doctr_sbaitso has created a Raspberry Pi-powered display that shows a new Calvin and Hobbes comic every day using a Waveshare E-Ink display.
Computer monitors poised for price cuts this year — analyst says falling demand to impact prices until end of 2024
Monitor prices are expected to fall towards the end of the year as demand for new displays drops.
Shuttle launches barebones 4.7-liter mini-PC with room for dual-slot GPUs — XH610G2 sports Intel LGA1700 with support for 12th Gen and newer CPUs and PCIe 5.0
Shuttle debuts a new 4.7-liter mini-PC.
New York State to get new $825 million semiconductor R&D facility
The NSTC is getting a flagship facility in Albany, New York that's dedicated to EUV research and development.
AMD crowns the Ryzen 7 9800X3D a ‘gaming legend’ in a surprise announcement — chipmaker claims $479 Zen 5 3D V-Cache chip is up to an average 20% faster than Intel Core Ultra 9 flagship
AMD has announced its highly anticipated Ryzen 7 9800X3D processor.
Razer Basilisk V3 Pro 35K review: You've seen this before
Razer's flagship all-purpose wireless gaming mouse gets a super minor update in the Basilisk V3 Pro 35K.
Nvidia's Arm-based PC chips for consumers to launch in September 2025, commercial to follow in 2026: Report
Nvidia will challenge AMD and Intel on the PC platform front from 2025 to 2026, according to the report.
Smuggler packs 200 pounds of meth into PC cases, gets busted — Australian Border Force foil drug smuggling plot
Earlier this month, the Australian Border Force (ABF) found 100kg of methamphetamine hidden inside a consignment of imported PC tower cases. This week, after all the contraband had been removed, the ABF and Australian Federal Police (AFP) arrested a 45-year-old Malaysian man when he allegedly accepted delivery of the imported cases.
MSI Cyborg 15 Review: An overly budget gaming laptop
MSI’s Cyborg 15 is cheap, but its below-average performance and screen will make you wish you spent more.
SK hynix's superfast 1TB Tube T31 USB flash drive is now $61, hitting its lowest-ever price
SK hynix's Tube T31 is a best-in-class storage drive for just $61.
Steam game listings must now flag any kernel-level anti-cheat software integrations
Valve requires game developers to now explicitly mention if their game features anti-cheat tools that operate in the kernel.
Each EUV chipmaking tool consumes as much power as a small city — EUV fabs to consume 54,000 Gigawatts by 2030, more than Singapore
Leading-edge semiconductor fabs to consume 54,000 Gigawatts a year by 2030, which is more than some countries consume today.
SRAM scaling isn't dead after all — TSMC's 2nm process tech claims major improvements
TSMC's N2 fabrication process shrinks SRAM bit cell size, increases SRAM density to ~38 Mb/mm^2.
AMD's gaming-optimized Ryzen 7 9800X3D rumored to cost $479 — $30 price bump over prior-gen Ryzen 7 7800X3D
A leak suggests that AMD is eyeing an MSRP of $479 for its new Ryzen 7 9800X3D processor launching next week.
Ubisoft quietly launches blockchain RPG with playable NFTs priced up to $63K
Ubisoft launches free PvP blockchain RPG with NFTs priced as high as $63,000.
UALink Consortium officially incorporates — NVLink competitor headed by AMD and Intel opens doors to contributor members
The Ultra Accelerator Link, or UALink, Consortium has officially incorporated, becoming a legal entity. The group, made up of AMD, Intel, Meta, Google, and other major tech players, seeks to create a standard to dethrone Nvidia's NVLink for server cluster communication.
Google now uses AI to write 25% of its new code — Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai underlines the company's role in the AI industry amidst strong Q3 24 financials
Sundar Pichai reports that artificial intelligence is responsible for writing 25% of Google's code.
Chinese mineral restrictions spur Australia to scavenge waste for new sources of chipmaking materials — country turns to mining waste for rare earths
Australian scientists are developing techniques to extract rare earth metals crucial to semiconductor manufacturing more efficiently from mining waste.
Supermicro's stock plummets 35% in one day as accounting firm resigns — storm brews after DOJ probe into manipulated finances
Supermicro's stock tanked 35% today after its accounting firm resigned, citing unreliable management and an inability to comply with company expectations and the law.
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K cooling testing: How much does it take to keep Arrow Lake cool in MSI's MPG Gungnir 300R Airflow PC Case?
We tested Intel’s Core Ultra 9 285K in MSI’s MPG Gungnir 300R Computer Case to determine what coolers are best paired with Intel’s new Ultra 9 CPU.
Intel hasn't sold a single Arrow Lake CPU at Germany's largest retailer — Core Ultra 200S sales stagnate after just one week
One week after its release, Intel's Core Ultra 200S series still has not sold a single unit on Mindfactory, Germany's largest online PC component retailer. While the chips have sold out on most American retailers, Mindfactory's provided numbers show that Intel sales have plummeted to nearly zero on Mindfactory.
Apple refreshes MacBook Pros with M4 Pro, M4 Max, and up to 24 hour battery life
Apple has refreshed its MacBook Pro lineup with its M4, M4 Pro, and M4 Max chips.
TSMC is in a heated tussle with a golf course to build the most advanced 2nm chip plant on the planet
The Central Taiwan Science Park is having some issues with the land acquisition for its phase 2 expansion that will house TSMC's 2nm fab.
OpenAI reportedly builds custom AI chips as it embraces AMD — company also abandons plans to build its own fabs
OpenAI is advancing the development of an inference chip with Broadcom but abandons plans to build a fab network.
Ryzen AI 300 takes big wins over Intel in LLM AI performance — up to 27% faster token generation than Lunar Lake in LM Studio
A new AMD blog post shows off Ryzen AI 9 HX 375's performance on LM Studio, a desktop app for hosting powerful LLMs locally. The Ryzen chip handily beats the Intel Core Ultra 7 258V in a bevy of performance tests.
Cooler Master's unique Sneaker X gaming PC is on sale - save $690 if the shoe fits
If you're looking for something a little different, this sneaker-designed gaming PC from Cooler Master has been heavily discounted from its original $2,299 price tag.
Mini-Jensen Huang cosplayer melts hearts wearing a massive Nvidia GPU for Halloween
The Jensen Huang Halloween costume shows his continued popularity on the island country of Taiwan.
Intel rolls out microcode fix for crashing 13th/14th Generation processors through the Linux Kernel
Intel's latest microcode fix for Raptor Lake CPUs is now available at the Linux Kernel level.
AMD rakes in cash with best quarterly revenue ever amid datacenter business rise, but gaming business craters
AMD records its highest quarterly revenue ever, but the modest guidance disappoints investors.
AMD: RDNA 4 coming in early 2025, set to deliver ray tracing improvements, AI capabilities
AMD confirms RDNA 4 incoming in early 2025, bringing AI, graphics, and ray tracing improvements.
AMD research suggests plans to catch up to Nvidia using neural supersampling and denoising for real-time path tracing
AMD appears to have plans to use a neural network to perform denoising and reconstruct scene details. It's not yet available, but it sounds a lot like Nvidia’s Ray Reconstruction feature in DLSS 3.5.
Nvidia's future Blackwell Ultra GPUs reportedly renamed to the B300 series
Nvidia will reportedly rename its Blackwell Ultra GPUs for AI and HPC to the B300 series to better differentiate them from existing offerings.
Despite US sanctions, China has enough AI processors to build the world's largest AI training cluster: Report
Despite export restrictions, enough AI processors have been smuggled into China to build world-class AI supercomputers. Workarounds including proxies and imports via other countries haven't stopped China from procuring large quantities of modern equipment.
Build your next PC in the panoramic NZXT H6 Flow PC case — on sale at its lowest-ever price
Reduced to its lowest-ever price, NZXT's H6 Flow can be a new, beautiful home to your PC components.
Intel Processor N-series CPU specifications leaked — Intel dishes up paltry clock speed improvements
Intel is preparing to refresh its Alder Lake-N series of processors, but it appears that the company will reutilize the same architecture with minor bumps in frequency.
RISC-V CPU demoed with RX 7900 XTX GPU in Debian Linux — AMD flagship GPU paired with Milk-V Megrez board and SiFive P550 cores
RISC-V firm Milk-V demonstrated that it can get AMD’s RX 7900 XTX graphics card to work on one of its RISC-V boards.
Liquid vs air cooling: Do you need an AIO cooler?
Liquid or air cooling? Either option will move heat away from your CPU. This guide will explore whether an AIO cooler is the right choice for your build.
Apple's redesigned M4, M4 Pro-powered Mac Mini is just 5 x 5 inches, packs up to 14 cores, puts the power button on the bottom
The new Mac Mini is just 5 x 5 inches with the M4 and M4 Pro processors inside.
Russian court reportedly fines Google 2 undecillion roubles for blocking 17 state TV channels — equates to 20 octillion USD, Russian media report
RBC reports (Russian language) that the court fined Google "2 undecillion roubles" for blocking access to 17 Russian TV channels.
Chinese chipmaker's new 7nm CPUs reportedly outperform Intel's Raptor Lake — Loongson adopts "tock-tock-tick" strategy to close the gap with Intel
Chinese CPU manufacturer Loongson is purportedly closing the gap quickly to Western CPU manufacturers regarding raw performance.
Nvidia's Spectrum-X Ethernet to enable the world's largest AI supercomputer — 200,000 Hopper GPUs
Elon Musk's xAI Colossus AI supercomputer with 200,000 H200 GPUs uses Nvidia's Spectrum-X Ethernet to connect servers.
Elon Musk is doubling the world's largest AI GPU cluster — expanding Colossus GPU cluster to 200,000 'soon,' has floated 300,000 in the past
Billionaire Elon Musk boasts that his remarkable xAI Colossus data center is set to double its firepower 'soon.'
DreamHost Review: VPS and Shared Hosting Tested
We benchmarked a VPS and a shared hosting plan from DreamHost. This California-based provider covers the basics but has a lot of drawbacks.
You can now build Raspberry Pi Pico-powered Macintosh 128K with this $10 VGA kit
Action Retro shows off how to build a Macintosh 128K using a Raspberry Pi Pico and $10 VGA kit.
Intel celebrates significant progress at its Ohio Silicon Heartland fabs — basements completed and four superloads delivered
A new progress report from Intel highlights the team's new achievements in constructing its Ohio Fabrication site over the past few months.
Micron expands Crucial Pro Overclocking DDR5 lineup with new overclocked kits — DDR5-6400 kits with Intel XMP 3.0 and AMD EXPO support
Crucial Pro Overclocking portfolio now includes single DDR5-6400 memory modules and 32GB (2x16GB) memory kits.
TI-84 CE calculator demonstrated playing PC games, slowly — Plays Sonic X Shadow Generations remaster at 2FPS
A-rank Sonic X Shadow Generations gameplay is possible on...a TI-84 Plus CE?
Microsoft Corporate Vice President accuses Google of 'shadow campaigns' — blog claims a Google 'astroturf' group is discrediting Microsoft with competition authorities, policymakers, and the general public
Microsoft has publicly accused Google in a blog post for running campaigns in Europe designed to discredit Microsoft’s cloud business
Indian firms secretly funneled AMD, Nvidia AI GPUs to Russia — sanctions reportedly skirted on hundreds of millions of dollars of hardware
India becomes the second-largest supplier of restricted technology to Russia as Indian companies shipped AMD's Instinct MI300X and Nvidia's H100 processors to Russia.
First in-depth look at Elon Musk's 100,000 GPU AI cluster — xAI Colossus reveals its secrets
YouTuber ServeTheHome was granted an inside look at Supermicro's side of the xAI Colossus supercluster. The 100,000 GPU server is operational thanks to simple-to-deploy systems and thousands of dollars of networking.
Now is a great time to pick up an Nvidia RTX 4070 12GB graphics card — back down to its lowest-ever price
This Nvidia RTX 4070 graphics card has dropped back down to its lowest-ever price, but is now a good time to pick up a new GPU?
Lenovo Legion Go now down to just $499 — 8.8-inch behemoth undercuts Asus ROG Ally X and Valve Steam Deck OLED
Lenovo Legion Go is now seen for as low as $499.
Intel preps for PCIe 6.0 inferno with PCIe cooling driver for Linux — mechanism reduces SSD bandwidth when the drive gets too hot
Intel’s work on developing a PCIe Cooling Driver for Linux users has reached a major milestone.
Pineboards' PoE+ HAT brings power and NVMe to your Raspberry Pi 5
Pineboards beats Raspberry Pi to the punch, again.
10 Raspberry Pi Halloween projects from 2024 that scared our socks off
These are Raspberry Pi Halloween projects from 2024 that we think are seriously creepy and worth adding to your haunted home this Halloween.
China tightens export controls on rare earth metals used for chipmaking — country now requires exporters to detail how they use restricted materials
China imposes new rules for exporters of rare earth metals, consolidating its dominance in the market.
Many RTX 50 series laptops may stick with previous-gen CPUs for 2025 — leaker claims affordable CPU product launches are becoming increasingly difficult
A new leak claims that RTX 50 series laptops launching next year will predominantly be equipped with previous-gen Raptor Lake and Zen 4 CPUs as new chips become more difficult to launch.
Apple M4 comes to the Mac with new iMac, starts with 16GB RAM
The first Mac to get M4 is Apple's new iMac, which has 16GB of base RAM and Thunderbolt 4 connectors.
Samsung 990 EVO Plus SSD review: The real EVO drive is here
The 990 EVO Plus is Samsung’s real answer to the DRAM-less SSD market, an improvement over the stalled 990 EVO in every way. The company is back to form with a pretty solid drive.
Nvidia GPU driver addresses eight major high-severity vulnerabilities — Nvidia GPU owners should update ASAP
Nvidia's GPU Display Driver and related software updates address eight major exploits.
Linus Torvalds reckons AI is ‘90% marketing and 10% reality’
Linus Torvalds recently offered his opinion on the merits of artificial intelligence (AI) as we know it.
Extensive AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D specs leak details unlocked 120W CPU with 5.2 GHz boost clock
Detailed specifications of the Ryzen 7 9800X3D reveal a 5.2 GHz boost clock, 120W TDP, and even an Unlocked Multiplier.
Raspberry Pi powers impressive Halloween haunted house light show
G8HCB shows off his friend's Raspberry Pi-driven Halloween light show featuring thousands of lights and beautiful animations.
Latest Raspberry Pi OS moves the desktop over to Wayland
The change is so subtle, that you may not even see it.
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D beats the 7800X3D by 26% in leaked Blender benchmarks — outpaces even the current-generation Ryzen 7 9700X by 11%
Improved thermals and higher clocks thanks to AMD's 2nd Generation V-Cache allow the Ryzen 7 9800X3D to pull ahead of its predecessor by almost 26% in Blender.
Google creating an AI agent to use your PC on your behalf, says report
Google is reportedly working on an AI tool that will interact with your browser as another user.
Electronics boffin creates slot-in MacBook SSD module system — breaks storage limits for every modern MacBook
YouTuber fixes a key design flaw of modern Apple MacBook laptops.
FlexPi Kickstarter promises flexible Raspberry Pi Pico with a few upgrades
TOP Gadgets has created a Kickstarter for a totally flexible Raspberry Pi Pico board that comes with a few upgrades to the original Pico design.
German MPs and their staff fail simple phishing attack test
The Bundestag conducted a secret test to see whether its MPs and their staff members would be able to recognize a phishing attack.
This scary Raspberry Pi bat flies around when people are nearby
This scary Raspberry Pi-powered bat is designed to fly around in circles when it detects people nearby.
Intel Arrow Lake CPUs have more than 1,851 pads under the chip — MSI members painstakingly counted all pads by hand as a 'punishment' and discovered two extra rows
Members of MSI Japan manually counted all pads below an Arrow Lake CPU and found the final result to be greater than 1851.
Concerns about medical note-taking tool raised after researcher discovers it invents things no one said — Nabla is powered by OpenAI's Whisper
Researchers have found that OpenAI's Whisper audio transcriber is prone to hallucination — and that it's what powers one of the more popular AI transcription services that doctors use.
TCL boasts about the 'image quality, power consumption, and lifespan' benefits of its latest inkjet-printed OLED displays
TCL claims their inkjet printer OLED offers 50 percent reduction in light loss due to internal reflection, and a 1.5 times improvement in light output efficiency
This AOC Agon Pro Tournament Mini LED gaming monitor is now only $419 at Amazon
The AOC Agon Pro Tournament AG274QZM gaming monitor has been marked down to $419 over at Amazon.
TSMC halts Ascend 910B shipments to firm suspected acting as a Huawei proxy
Huawei's proxy Sophgo denies its ties with Huawei amid the Ascend 910B backlash.
iBuyPower AW4 AIO Review: Thermal domination on a budget
We’ve tested iBuyPower’s AW4 AIO with Intel’s i7-14700K to see how well it performs.
How to install and use the new Raspberry Pi boot menu
Raspberry Pi now has a new boot menu which can be used to selectively boot from micro SD, USB, NVMe and many more.
How to deep link to a specific PDF page
If you're sharing a PDF of a long document and want to point to a particular page, here's how.
Nvidia RTX 50 mobile Device IDs have been leaked — Flagship RTX 5090 mobile rumored to sport the GB203 GPU
New entries at the PCI ID repository indicate that Nvidia's RTX 50 mobile family will feature GPUs from the RTX 5090M down to the RTX 5050M, but the premier will use the toned-down GB203 chip.
Z890 motherboards are having instability issues with Windows 11 24H2 — BIOS updates or disable iGPUd required to update Windows
Intel Z890 motherboards have issues with the latest Windows 11 update and Intel Xe iGPUs.
Extreme overclocker recommends heating Arrow Lake CPUs to 165 degrees Celsius before delidding — the CPU has to be hot enough so the indium melts but not too hot to not damage the SMDs
YouTube creator der8auer shared this crucial tip if you want to safely delid your brand-new Intel Core Ultra processor.
New RTX 4070 Ti Super features recycled RTX 4090 silicon — Zotac RTX 4070 Ti Super Solid carries AD102 die under the giant cooler
Zotac has purportedly implemented Nvidia's flagship AD102 die in its latest RTX 4070 Ti Super Solid graphics card.
Asus Z890 motherboards update the BIOS without unzipping the file — EZ Flash 4 comes with support for ZIP files
Asus just made it a tiny bit easier to update your BIOS.
Ryzen 7 9800X3D trails Core i9-14900K in leaked PugetBench benchmarks — upcoming Zen 5 3D V-Cache chip shows good performance uplift over Ryzen 9000
AMD's Ryzen 7 9800X3D was benchmarked in PugetBench and performed excellently against the Ryzen 7 9700X and even the Ryzen 9 7950X3D.
Former Intel CEO says splitting Intel isn’t good for the U.S.
Former Intel CEO Craig Barrett said splitting off Intel's manufacturing division as its own company could make it uncompetitive and lag behind the other chip makers.
AMD Ryzen 9000X3D rumored to reverse the 3D stacking hierarchy — the L3 cache block allegedly sits below the CCDs
Leakers allege that AMD is reversing the structure of its 3D V-Cache equipped chips with the Ryzen 9000X3D series.
Core Ultra 7 265 specifications exposed in a new benchmark — the unreleased Arrow Lake chip has a 200 MHz lower boost clock than the Core Ultra 7 265K
Benchleakshas uncovered an unannounced Core Ultra 7 265 in a Geekbench 6 GPU result.
Intel Panther Lake will allegedly reintegrate the memory controller into the compute tile — Nova Lake is expected to separate the two again with added optimizations
Intel is rumored to combine the IMC and cores in a single tile with Panther Lake but separate them again in Nova Lake.
Samsung 990 EVO Plus 1TB SSD has dropped to $89, the SSD's lowest price ever
Right now, the Samsung 990 EVO Plus 1TB is available at Amazon for its lowest price ever—just $89 instead of the recommended $109.
India's Reliance builds a Gigawatt data center with Nvidia Blackwell AI GPUs
Nvidia's Blackwell will power India's most advanced AI data center.
Former Intel directors believe Intel must split in two to survive
Former Intel directors called the government to use its $20 billion CHIPS funding to force the company to split into two.
Raspberry Pi transforms Halloween lights with special effects
Computing Mongoose uses a Raspberry Pi Pico to upgrade regular Halloween lights with special effects and a seven-segment display.
Raspberry Pi Bumper for Raspberry Pi 5 review: Silicone protection for your silicon
Raspberry Pi’s latest accessory is a $3 silicone bumper designed to protect the Raspberry Pi 5 from errant tools, and to prevent it from skidding around your desk
How to build Raspberry Pi Pico projects with Microsoft Visual Studio Code
Writing C/C++ projects for the Raspberry Pi Pico used to be difficult, but this extension from Raspberry Pi makes short work of a complex workflow.
Asus ROG Crosshair X870E Hero Review: Attractive, with lots of M.2 and 5GB Ethernet
The X870E Hero is a full-featured, high-end motherboard with a premium appearance, solid performance, and good connectivity, including three PCIe 5.0 M.2 sockets. The MSRP didn’t go up from X670E, but it’s still expensive at $699.
Corsair Xeneon 34WQHD240-C QD-OLED review: Sleek and shiny with stellar performance and imagery
Corsair delivers sleek styling and high performance with its Xeneon 34WQHD240-C. It’s a 34-inch ultra-wide gaming monitor with 240 Hz, Adaptive-Sync, WQHD 3440x1440 resolution and a quantum dot layer for wide gamut color.
Beelink is open-sourcing its eGPU docking station — PCIe 4.0 x8 could become more common in docks
Beelink open sources its $159 PCIe x8 eGPU Docking Station.
New DNA storage tech aims for 215,000 TB per gram goal — writes to the 'epi-bits' of existing DNA with movable-type-based method
Peking University researchers recently published their study outlining a new method for encoding data on DNA strands. Rather than traditional methods which create new strands "de novo", this method uses a movable-type system based on DNA methylation which can encode data on existing strands.
SK hynix and Tesla are reportedly discussing $725 million SSD deal for Dojo datacenters
Tesla may procure $725 million worth of SSDs from SK hynix for AI training on Dojo.
AMD launches Ryzen 5 5600T and 5600XT processors for AM4 sockets — prices start at $186
AMD launched the Ryzen 5 5600XT and 5600T AM4 processors, adding 100 to 200 MHz more over the previous Ryzen 5 5600X and 5600.
Microsoft CEO earns $30.6 million more despite laying off over 2,000 employees in 2024 — salary package represents a 63% raise from the previous year
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella received $79.1 million in compensation for the performance of its AI investments.
OpenAI will reportedly unleash next-gen Orion AI model this December — Orion is expected to be 100X more potent than GPT-4
OpenAI's Orion AI model is expected to be 100x more potent than GPT-4.
Intel CEO is "frustrated" with CHIPS Act payout progress — Intel has received $0 from the $8.5 billion that the US government promised
In an interview, Pat Gelsinger told the New York Times that he has been "frustrated with the process" of securing promised CHIPS Act funding. Biden's CHIPS Act promised $8.5b for Intel, but Intel has seen none of it so far.
CUDIMMs overclocked to DDR5-12108 to set new RAM OC world record — Intel's new Arrow Lake CPUs catapult CUDIMMs past the DDR5-12000 barrier
Five users break the DDR5-12000 barrier, with Kingston Fury Renegade gaining the world record for fastest RAM with DDR5-12108.
Gigabyte X3D turbo mode test falls short of vendor claims — user-provided Forza Horizon 4 benchmark shows a 5% increase in average frame rates
Gigabyte's upcoming X3D turbo mode was tested and was only 5% faster on a Ryzen 7 9700X. A far cry from the 20%-35% improvement Gigabyte touts for its new performance-enhancing feature.
Modder turns a PlayStation 4 Slim into a handheld console
A handheld console conversion has been created from the motherboard of a real PlayStation 4 Slim.
AMD Ryzen AI 7 300 "Krackan Point" APU allegedly spotted in a benchmark and shipping manifest — Sports eight Zen 5 cores and LPDDR5X-8000 memory
A benchmark and shipping manifest allegedly features an APU from AMD's upcoming Krackan Point series with eight Zen 5 cores and LPDDR5X-8000 memory.
AMD rolls out new AGESA update with Ryzen 9000X3D CPU performance optimizations
AMD is introducing a new AM5 Agesa firmware update just in time for the Ryzen 7 9800X3D launch that purportedly improves Ryzen 9000X3D performance.
WeCreat Vista 10 Watt Review: Small but Mighty
The WeCreat Vista takes the best parts of the larger Vision laser engraver and brings many high-end features to an even lower price point. With the addition of the intuitive MakeIt! Software, and a laser module that can flip 90 degrees, the Vista is poised to be a popular laser for home workshops.
This Raspberry Pi reaper scares trick-or-treaters using new AI camera
Eugene Tkachenko is using a Raspberry Pi to power his creepy reaper decoration using the power of AI to detect passersby.
How to run CMD or PowerShell as administrator, no right clicks required
Launch an elevated Command prompt or PowerShell terminal window. You can configure either program to run as admin automatically, so you don't need to right click it.
Intel names long-term successor to its process technology development chief
Navid Shahriari will succeed Ann Kelleher as head of process technology development.
TSMC Arizona fab delivers 4% more yield than comparable facilities in Taiwan
TSMC's Arizona fab delivers 4% better yields compared to similar sites in Taiwan.
SK hynix records stellar 94% YoY revenue boost in Q3'24 — Attributes record profits to soaring demand of memory in AI servers
SK hynix has just recorded its highest-ever revenue since its foundation, citing the rising demand for HBM and eSSDs in the AI market.
Lenovo Yoga Slim 7i Aura Edition review: The display, not Smart Modes, steals the show
The Lenovo Yoga Slim 7i Aura Edition is a thin laptop with a vivid display and nice mix of ports, but a slippery keyboard makes typing annoying.
Corsair teases DDR5-10000 CUDIMMs ahead of early November release
Corsair 'pre-announces' DDR5-10000 CUDIMMs that will be available shortly.
G.Skill launches DDR5-9600 CUDIMM RAM, can hit DDR5-10000 in dual-channel mode on air cooling
G.Skill just released the Trident Z5 CK DDR5-9600 CUDIMM designed for the Intel Core Ultra Series 2.
San Francisco will spend $212 million to bid 5.25-inch floppy disks goodbye — Muni Metro light rail upgrade represents a $700 million investment
San Francisco's light rail system will soon replace floppy drives.
Nvidia to ship a billion of RISC-V cores in 2024
Nvidia confirms the usage of dozens of RISC-V cores in its GPUs that replaced Falcon microcontrollers.
Linus Torvalds slams supporters of delisted Russian driver maintainers as ‘trolls’
Linus Torvalds has dismissed those concerned about the recent dismissal of Russian kernel driver maintainers as trolls.
Ryzen 7 9800X3D reportedly delivers up to 8% higher gaming performance than Ryzen 7 7800X3D — alleged leaked AMD slide also claims up to 15% better multi-threaded performance
A leaked official slide from AMD has revealed that the Ryzen 7 9800X3D will offer 8% better gaming performance than the 7800X3D.
Intel's former CEO reportedly wanted to buy Nvidia for $20 billion in 2005 — Nvidia is worth over $3 trillion today
A New York Times report says that in 2005, Intel CEO Paul Otellini wanted to buy Nvidia for $20 billion, which could have changed the course of tech history.
Microsoft DirectSR adds support for AMD FSR 3.1 upscaling — Microsoft’s one-stop upscaling API for DX12 games gets an upgrade
Microsoft’s DirectSR API lets game developers enable DLSS, FSR, or XeSS upscaling in their games with one tool. The API added baked-in support for AMD’s FSR 3.1 today, making it easier for DirectX12 games to support the upscaler.
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K cooling testing: How much does it take to keep Arrow Lake cool in MSI's MPG Velox 100R PC Case?
We tested Intel’s Core Ultra 265K in MSI’s MPG Velox 100R Computer Case to determine what cooler is best paired with Intel’s latest Ultra 7 CPU.
Ayaneo's futuristic eGPU goes up for preorder at $599 — AG01 Starship Graphics Dock features RX 7600M XT GPU, OCuLinkinterface, Gigabit Ethernet, and M.2 2280 SSD support
Handhelds and mini PCs specialist Ayaneo has started taking pre-orders for its first eGPU product. The availability of the retro-futuristic Ayaneo AG01 Starship Graphics Dock was announced on the firm’s Discord channel earlier today.
Windows 11 Version 24H2 updates are faster and require less CPU usage — Microsoft claims up to 45.6% faster installation times and 25% lower CPU utilization
Microsoft's Windows 11 24H2 has many underlying optimizations that net users large performance gains when installing future Windows Updates.
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang and the King of Denmark plug in the country's first AI supercomputer — Gefion leverages 1,528 Nvidia H100 AI GPUs
The Gefion AI Supercomputer is Denmark's first supercomputer and will drive research on quantum computing, medicine, green technologies, and more.
Intel gets off the hook and won't have to pay $1.1 billion EU antitrust fine — chipmaker was previously accused of offering incentives to partners to block AMD
The European Court of Justice supports the General Court's decision to annul a huge fine imposed on Intel.
MSI MEG Z890 Ace motherboard review: Arrow Lake S, with lots of USB and M.2
MSI’s MEG Z890 Ace ($599.99) is a premium motherboard for Intel’s new Arrow Lake platform, with high-end looks and solid specifications, including Wi-Fi 7 and a 10 GbE LAN, Thunderbolt 4 ports, and five M.2 sockets (2x PCIe 5.0). It’s an iterative update, but one you’ll need if you want to use Intel’s latest CPUs.
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K Review: Intel Throws a Lateral with Arrow Lake
Intel’s flagship $589 Core Ultra 9 285K headlines its new ‘Arrow Lake’ Core Ultra 200S series, leading the charge with 24 cores melded into a completely new chiplet architecture that comes with plenty of new leading-edge tech, like 3D Foveros packaging, support for new DDR5 CUDIMM memory tech, and the first dedicated AI engine fused inside a desktop PC chip.
Raspberry Pi brings broken NEC TurboExpress handheld back to life for retrogaming fun
Maker Dawilson246 is using a Raspberry Pi to revitalize an old broken TurboExpress gaming handheld fixed up with RetroPie.
Lexar doubles up the NM790 series SSDs max capacity to 8TB — new drives spotted at retail for approx $1,000
Lexar is releasing the NM790 with 8TB capacity in order to meet the growing demand for SSDs with high storage capacities.
Nvidia reports the latest GeForce drivers are causing issues in Corsair iCUE and Bluestacks — Users need to rollback drivers as a temporary fix
Users may experience higher than normal CPU usage in Bluestacks and iCUE with Nvidia's latest 566.03 WHQL drivers.
Qualcomm accuses Arm of anticompetitive conduct as its license is terminated due to 'repeated material breaches of Arm's license agreement'
Arm confirms revocation of license from Qualcomm as Qualcomm accuses Arm of anticompetitive conduct.
Formlabs Form 4 Review: Fail Proof Business 3D Printing
Formlabs does all the thinking for you with the Formlabs Form 4.
Datacenter GPU service life can be surprisingly short — only one to three years is expected according to unnamed Google architect
But while datacenter GPUs can live longer with a lower utilization rate, this hardly makes a lot of economic sense.
Raspberry Pi release higher performance AI HAT+ — 13 and 26 TOPS variants
Raspberry Pi release higher performance AI HAT+ — the third Raspberry Pi AI product of 2024.
Nvidia's Jensen Huang admits AI chip design flaw was '100% Nvidia's fault' — TSMC not to blame, now-fixed Blackwell chips are in production
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang admitted Wednesday that Nvidia was 100% at fault for a design flaw in the company's new Blackwell AI chips. The flaw has been fixed and the chips are now in production.
Chinese SSD brands are in the top five in terms of market share — Kingston retains its spot as the largest SSD manufacturer in the market
Kingston continues its streak as the leading SSD manufacturer, holding almost 34% of the market share.
Cryorig launches its largest dual-tower CPU air cooler yet — Monster XX features 300W TDP capacity, ten heat pipes, and dual 120mm fans
Cryorig launches its largest air cooler, with a 300-watt capacity, to accommodate the latest, most potent processors from Intel and AMD.
Modern Ryzen 5 7600 and RTX 4060 Ti PC runs MS-DOS 6.22 — modern hardware shines in Doom, Planet X3, and even ChatGPT
A modern-specced PC has been tested with classic DOS 6.22 games.
Gigabyte's new AI SSD stays true to the "Ultra Durable" monicker with a 100,000+ TBW endurance rating — AI TOP UD SSD is a budget version of the AI TOP 100E series
Gigabyte has introduced a new lower-tier version of its AI TOP 100E series with "UD" branding. This version features lower performance but the same sky-high endurance as its 100E counterpart.
China semiconductor patent applications skyrocket amid US export restrictions — country sees a 42% increase in patent filings
Despite the declining chip companies, the number of semiconductor-related patents skyrockets in China.
Apple reportedly slows down Vision Pro production — a more affordable version may be in the works
Apple is set to cut Vision Pro production, possibly winding it down entirely by November as it works on making something more affordable.
Dell's impressive 34-inch OLED gaming monitor is back on sale for just $679
Dell's OLED gaming monitor the 34-inch Alienware AW3423DWF is back on sale for $679 saving $220 off of the MSRP price.
Raspberry Pi turns Ikea jack-o-lantern lamp into spooky interactive Halloween decor
The Ruiz brothers have transformed an Ikea jack-o-lantern lamp into an interactive Halloween prop that spins around and plays audio when people approach.
Eero's new Outdoor 7 delivers 15,000 sq ft of Wi-Fi 7 coverage outside your home
Eero wants all of your Wi-Fi devices to be connected with the Outdoor 7, even when you're outside.
Be Quiet MC1 and MC1 Pro Review: Essential cooling compatible with any system
Be Quiet’s MC1 Pro SSD cooler features a low-profile heatsink with an integrated copper heatpipe on both sides of the cooler.
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X vs Intel Core i9-14900K Faceoff
The battle for supremacy in the high-end desktop CPU market has reached a new pinnacle with the release of AMD's Ryzen 9 9950X, setting the stage for an intense showdown against Intel's Core i9-14900K.
Ebay listing sees Intel's Core Ultra 7 265K offered one day before release — but its not exactly a bargain
The Core Ultra 7 265K is available for purchase at eBay one day before the embargo lifts but the catch is that you must already have hands on an LGA 1851 motherboard.
Arm to cancel Qualcomm's architecture license as feud intensifies
Arm has given Qualcomm 60-days notice of cancellation for its architecture license as part of its Nuvia-related legal dispute.
Huawei's latest AI processors were allegedly made by TSMC: Report
Huawei denies existence of its Ascend 910B processor as controversy with TSMC heats up.
Raspberry Pi announce branded range of NVMe SSDs and SSD kit
Following hot on the heels of the recent branded A2 micro SD cards, Raspberry Pi are working with Biwin to produce branded 256GB and 512GB NVMe SSDs.
AMD Ryzen Z2 lineup leaked — Z2 Extreme rumored to have 12 RDNA 3.5 CUs, Z2 and Z2G using older architectures also in the works
Supposed leaks indicate AMD will equip its entire Ryzen Z2 family with 12 Compute Unit GPUs. Multiple variants will reportedly exist using Strix Point, Hawk Point, and even Rembrandt.
TSMC reportedly uncovers Huawei's plot to circumvent US export controls — Chinese tech giant may be using a proxy to produce chips at TSMC
TSMC notifies the U.S. government about Huawei's method of gaining access to leading process technologies and semiconductors it should not be able to due to U.S. restrictions.
Latest Nvidia GPU driver adds 32 G-Sync-compatible VRR displays — DLSS 3 support added for upcoming remasters of Red Dead Redemption and Horizon: Zero Dawn
Nvidia's latest Game Ready Driver prepares support for two major remastered releases and 32 G-Sync compatible monitors.
China domestic gaming GPUs receive up to 40% performance uplift — new Moore Threads driver update improves S80 and S70 gaming performance
Moore Threads has published a new driver update that features up to a 40% performance improvement for its S80 and S70 gaming GPUs.
Hemlock Semiconductor gets $325 million for a new factory in Michigan — swing state-based company receives CHIPS Act award weeks ahead of the presidential election
Michigan-based Hemlock Semiconductor receives its $325 million CHIPS Act award weeks before the presidential election.
Arkansas might be home to around 19 million tons of lithium — researchers use machine learning to quantify lithium abundance in the Smackover Formation
A study conducted by the USGS estimates that Arkansas's Lithium reserves could be 9x more than the projected global Lithium demand for EVs in 2030.
This creepy Raspberry Pi jack-o-lantern turns to face anyone who walks by
Perezenting_3D_Prints is using a Raspberry Pi to power this automated pumpkin that senses people when they walk by and turns to follow them.
Nvidia plans to make major investments in Thailand
Nvidia could invest in Thailand's data center or manufacturing sectors.
GlobalFoundries helps pay off student loans to retain and attract semiconductor talent — qualified US employees receive up to $28,500 in student debt relief
GlobalFoundries program offers up to $28,500 in loan repayment for enrolling students.
Linus Torvalds is "fed up with buggy hardware and completely theoretical attacks" — Linux kernel creator lashes out ahead of proposed kernel code modifications
Linus Torvalds speaks out against pre-emptive kernel code changes due to buggy or exploited CPUs.
Gamdias launches dual-orientation ‘lifestyle case’ — NESO P1 Pro debuts in black or white livery colors
Gamdias has updated its NESO series dual-orientation PC cases. The newest generation has arrived with the new NESO P1 Pro launch in matt black or snow white livery.
ViewSonic TD1656-2K portable monitor review: A touch above the rest
With a QHD+ resolution, touch support, and a bright IPS panel, the TD1656-2K has it all.
Former Nvidia engineer discovers 41-million-digit prime — largest prime number known to man was uncovered and verified with the help of GPUs
Former Nvidia engineer uses GPU cloud infrastructure to discover the largest prime number known to man yet.
Dell's 34-inch S3422DWG gaming monitor is now just $199 — that's a huge 50% discount
For only $199 you can play your games on a massive 34-inch Dell gaming monitor with QHD resolution and 144Hz refresh rate.
Asus shares official die shots of the Core Ultra 9 285K — In-depth annotations break down Intel's disaggregated approach
Die shots of the Core Ultra 9 285K from Asus elaborate Intel's design choices and the tile layout for Arrow Lake.
Cooler Master Sneaker X case now on sale for under $1,000 — cheap compared to the $6,999 pre-built PC launch price
The unique Cooler Master Sneaker X PC design is now available as a case, not simply a prebuilt PC.
Ukraine finds components from nine western companies in missiles fired by Russia — Analog Devices, Broadcom, NXP parts in the wreckage
North Korea ships missiles with western components to Russia, which uses them against Ukraine.
Grab a sweet discount on the award-winning Geekom A7 mini PC with this pre-Black Friday deal
A neat discount on the Geekom A7 R9 mini PC makes it a great buy for anyone who needs loads of performance and connectivity options in a tiny package.
Mysterious Intel Arc 140T graphics engine significantly outpaces Xe2 Lunar Lake iGPU
A new Intel iGPU has been discovered, dubbed Arc 140T, featuring significantly faster performance than the Lunar Lake-equipped Arc 140V.
Qualcomm says its Snapdragon Elite benchmarks show Intel didn't tell the whole story in its Lunar Lake marketing
Qualcomm claims its Snapdragon X Elite beats Intel's Lunar Lake chips in performance and efficiency, and that Intel was misleading in marketing.
MIT researchers make progress on 3D-printed electronics, using semiconductor-free logic gates
MIT researchers attempt to make electronics without semiconductors, and succeed in some ways.
Zotac denies recent RTX 5090 GPU boot-up rumor — vendor clarifies that the GPU was an RTX 4070 Ti Super
Zotac officially denies the report that a Zotac-made RTX 5090 was successfully booted up in an Indonesian factory, stating that the GPU was actually an RTX 4070 Ti Super model.
Taiwan's eyes new nuclear energy plans due to demands of the AI boom
There are signs that Taiwan is considering a change in direction regarding its energy policy. In an interview with Bloomberg, Taiwanese Premier Cho Jung-tai signaled that future nuclear energy technology may be adopted to address the needs of the island.
This Raspberry Pi ghost talks to trick-or-treaters using AI
Nathan has created a Raspberry Pi-powered ghost that interacts with trick-or-treaters using AI to tell jokes and more.
Baidu CEO warns AI is just an inevitable bubble — 99% of AI companies are at risk of failing when the bubble bursts
Baidu's CEO recently predicted that once the AI bubble bursts, 99% of companies involved will go under, though he believes this process will benefit the market.
Samsung and SK hynix double down on HBM4 and CXL technologies to counter Chinese competition
Samsung showcased its advances in CXL technology at the recent Open Compute Project Global Summit, while SK hynix plans to start mass production of HBM4 in the second half of 2025.
Asus joins the Thunderbolt 5 add-in-card party — ThunderboltEX 5 boasts twin 120 Gbps bi-directional USB Type-C and triple mini DP ports
An Asus-branded Thunderbolt 5 expansion card has appeared among the firm's product pages.
ASRock X870E Taichi Review: Better than X670E, at a lower price
The ASRock X870E Taichi is a well-rounded, feature-laden, good-looking board that also performs well in our testing. Its $449.99 price is also less than competing boards, but the E-ATX form factor limits case compatibility.
Two U.S retailers list AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D CPUs ahead of launch — prices range from $484 to $525.
Early AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D pricing is appearing from select retailers.
AMD teases Ryzen 9000X3D chip coming November 7, cuts pricing on all other Ryzen 9000 chips
AMD is jumping ahead of Intel's pending Arrow Lake launch by making a rather vague announcement that its next-gen Ryzen 9000X3D processor will launch on November 7. AMD also announced that it is trimming the recommended customer pricing (RCP) for its standard Ryzen 9000 series.
XPG Core Reactor II VE 850W PSU Review
A solid ATX 3.1-compliant PSU offering good performance at a budget price but efficiency and noise under heavy loads could be improved.
AMD's flagship Ryzen 9 9950X processor falls to its lowest-ever price
AMD's flagship 16-core Ryzen 9 9950X processor falls to its lowest-ever price.
AMD allegedly readying new Ryzen 5 5600T and 5600XT CPUs — AM4 still stands strong after eight years
AMD is preparing to launch even more CPUs for the AM4 platform; the Ryzen 5 5600T and the Ryzen 5 5600XT.
Bitdefender and Trend Micro security software patched after multiple critical vulnerabilities exposed
Bitdefender and Trend Micro security software have both patched some major security issues this week.
Intel K vs. Non-K processors: What’s the right CPU for you?
Intel's desktop CPUs usually come in both K (14900K) and non-K (14900) varieties that have different costs and capabilities.
Portable 4K OLED monitor boasts magnetic mounting and ‘zero-latency’ wireless connectivity — 15.6-inch panel has a wireless range of 100 feet
InnLead is offering a 15.6-inch 4K portable OLED display on Indiegogo, with magnetic attachment points that make it so much more convenient to use anywhere.
Japanese firm demos tech that makes any object a capacitive touch surface — stuffed cat on display, works with wood, ceramic, and plasterboard, too
JDI has been demonstrating its ZINNSIA technology, which can convert a wide range of materials into capacitive touch surfaces. Even a stuffed cat.
Raspberry Pi Pico drives a custom Simon color sequence memory game
FlorinCProjects has created a custom Simon Says game using a Raspberry Pi Pico and programmed it using MicroPython.
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K beats the 14900K by 13% in leaked Cinebench R23 multi-core benchmark — Ryzen 9 9950X still leads the pack by 4%
Intel's Core Ultra 9 285K leads the i9-14900K in multi core performance despite lacking Hyperthreading but might lose to the Ryzen 9 9950X.
Purported Nvidia RTX 5090 powered on in an Indonesian factory — GeForce card booting Windows causes cheers among factory staff
A leaked footage from a validation factory in Indonesia gives us our first look at NVIDIA's flagship RTX 5090.
How to update Ubuntu 24.04 to 24.10
Running Ubuntu 24.04 but want the latest and greatest Ubuntu release? We show you how!
Montech Air 903 Max Case Review: Maximum thermal performance on a budget
We tested Montech’s Air 903 Max with Intel’s i9-14900K and AMD’s Radeon RX 7900 GRE to test its thermal performance.
DJI sues Pentagon over 'Chinese military company' designation — seeking to protect its business and reputation
The lawsuit shows DJI taking a proactive stance as it confronts increasing pressure from Congress to ban its drones from operating in the U.S.
Valve confirms the Steam Deck won't have annual releases — Steam Deck 2 on hold until a generational leap in compute performance takes place
A Steam Deck designer has confirmed that Valve will not follow an yearly release cycle for the Steam Deck.
Pimoroni Clipper 4G LTE Breakout Review: Easy IoT
Pimoroni’s Clipper 4G LTE brings easy to use 4G connectivity to the Raspberry Pi Pico 2.
Western Digital loses over $310 million lawsuit for patent infringement — the data security patent used in PCMCIA and Compact Flash cards
Western Digital lost a $315.7 million lawsuit over PCMCIA and Compact Flash patents infringed by Ultrastar, My Book, and My Passport products.
Intel's new GPU driver boosts Lunar Lake iGPU performance by up to 24% — Arc GPUs receive up to 20% better performance
Intel's newest graphics drivers promise significant performance improvements in certain titles and addresses several known bugs.
Server dealer keeps hitting at Elon Musk for $61 million bill — Wiwynn sues X for unpaid IT infrastructure products
Taiwanese server dealer Wiwynn alleges that X failed to pay for custom IT infrastructure hardware worth about $61 million.
Report claims US probing TSMC over secret Huawei deals — TSMC does not confirm or deny the allegation
An unconfirmed report says that the US Department of Commerce is making a probe into TSMC whether it's breaking America's sanction on Huawei.
Xbox gaming handheld comes to life using the console's original motherboard — the device features a 9-inch 480p display, Wi-Fi 6, and 100W USB-C fast charge
The original Xbox has been modded into the first handheld Xbox console mod of its kind.
Intel Core i7-13700K 16-core CPU can be yours for $249
Right now, the Intel Core i7-13700K is available at Amazon for $249, its lowest price to date.
Lucky buyer scores ten Nvidia GTX 1070 GPUs for $100 — nine out of 10 are working after a good bath
Youtuber Bryan, who runs Tech Yes City, picked up ten untested Inno3D GTX 1070 8GB GDDR5 graphics cards that are likely from a mining farm.
Intel Core 200 series CPU specifications reportedly leaked — up to 14 cores, 5.8 GHz, and 45W TDP
A hardware leaker provides the alleged specifications for Intel's upcoming Core 200 series of chips.
Thermaltake Toughpower GF A3 750W PSU Review
The Thermaltake Toughpower GF A3 750W PSU balances sleek aesthetics, acceptable performance, and modular design, but its limitations raise concerns for discerning PC builders.
Core Ultra 9 285 65W CPU beats Core i9-14900K in early Geekbench benchmark — Arrow Lake chip shows 15% better-multithreaded performance than predecessor despite lacking Hyper-Threading
Initial results at Geekbench indicate that the Core Ultra 9 285 65W CPU can handily match the i9-14900K.
This Raspberry Pi-powered trackpad is totally open-source
Ploopy Co has created a Raspberry Pi-powered trackpad called the Ploopy Trackpad. It's an open-source trackpad that's also available as a DIY kit.
Gigabyte GS32Q 32-inch 170 Hz QHD gaming monitor review: Big screen fun at an attractive price
Gigabyte delivers large screen goodness for a low price from its GS32Q. It’s a 32-inch IPS QHD gaming monitor with 170 Hz, HDR and Adaptive-Sync. It also features solid contrast, accurate color without calibration and low input lag.
How To Create a Custom Linux App Menu With Zenity
Learn how to write a Bash shell script that will have all of your favorite apps ready to go!
Former Intel CPU details how internal x86-64 efforts were suppressed prior to AMD64's success
Intel was hesitant to embrace x86-64 given the resources put into Itanium.
World's highest-capacity SSD sees retail price hikes -- Solidigm 61.44TB SSD pricing nearly doubles
Solidigm's 61.44TB SSD now costs over $7,000, up from around $4,000 earlier this year.
Gigabyte introduces Thunderbolt 5 PCIe 4 card with up to 120 Gbps of bandwidth, support for 100W power delivery
Gigabyte introduces "Thunderbolts 5", a Thunderbolt 5 add-in card for PCIe 4.0 motherboards.
Gigabyte X3D Turbo Mode promises up to 35% higher gaming performance on Ryzen 9000X3D — Ryzen 9000 could see up to 20% improvement
With the new Turbo Mode BIOS feature, Gigabyte promises up to 35% extra gaming performance for AMD's upcoming Ryzen 9000X3D processors and 20% on existing Ryzen 9000 CPUs.
Connecting Your Mobile Gaming Console to a Large Screen HDTV with an HDMI Cable
An HDMI connection to a large screen HDTV enhances the enjoyment of playing games.
India plans import curbs on PC parts and laptops — an initiative to encourage domestic manufacturing and reduce dependency on countries like China
The Indian government is planning to introduce import restrictions on laptops and computer parts in an attempt to boost local production and reduce reliance on foreign countries.
Trump tariffs would increase laptop prices by $350+, other electronics by as much as 40%
The CTA analyzed the effect of Trump’s proposed tariffs on electronics prices and predicted price hikes of 6 to 45%, depending on the product category.
Unreleased Core Ultra 200S CPU has already been delidded — streamer shares beautiful die shots of Intel's upcoming Arrow Lake chip
A hardware enthusiast has already gotten his hands on an Arrow Lake desktop CPU and delidded it for the world to see. Die shots of the chip reveal its five tiles.
Samsung reportedly delays purchase of fab tools for fab in Texas — chipmaker allegedly faces challenges with securing clients
Samsung postponed the delivery of new tools from ASML.
Intel Core 200U CPU spotted with Alder Lake silicon — Core 7 250U shows identical configuration as the Core 7 150U, Core i7-1355U and Core i7-1255U
The newly spotted Core 7 250U cache configuration indicates that Intel's Core "Non-Ultra" 200 series will still use Alder Lake.
This Spooky Raspberry Pi Halloween eye uses AI to stalk you around the room
Poke08 has created a spooky Raspberry Pi-powered Halloween eye that uses AI to track faces and follow you around the room.
Intel CEO displays Panther Lake sample at Lenovo event
Intel's 18A processor smiles for the camera: A small CPU that means a lot for Intel.
Save $450 off this pre-built MSI Aegis RS2 PC gaming rig
Save $450 off this pre-built MSI Aegis RS2 PC gaming rig and jump straight into PC gaming.
AI researcher scrapes usable data from a 35-second screen recording for less than one cent via Google Gemini
AI research Simon Willison used a screen recording and AI to quickly scrape data at a fraction of the cost.
Turn your monitor into a powerful all-in-one computer with the MSI Cubi NUC 1M mini PC
The award-winning MSI Cubi NUC 1M mini PC can hide behind your monitor, proving that desktop PCs don’t have to be big, bulky and beige.
Team Group PD20 Mini External SSD (2TB) Review: Pretty, but no standout in performance or price
The Team Group PD20 Mini External SSD looks good and performs well enough for speedy mainstream use. But its sustained write performance is lacking, and some similarly performing drives cost less.
Best CPU Coolers 2024: AIO and Air Coolers
These are the best air and liquid/AIO CPU coolers we've tested, for all consumer systems, from small form-factor builds to overclocked big rigs.
AMD Ryzen AI 300 MAX series APU support spotted in latest chipset driver from Asus
AMD's latest chipset drivers confirm the existence of the Ryzen AI 300 MAX series, indicating that Strix Halo is on the brink of arrival.
Best Gaming Laptops Under $1,000
You can spend less than $1,000 on a gaming laptop, and we've tested to find the best ones.
Microsoft Azure CTO claims distribution of AI training is needed as AI datacenters approach power grid limits
Microsoft, other AI giants could take a page from Chinese researchers, who trained an AI model using multiple datacenters at once.
University student builds simple raycaster maze demo with transparency support in Microsoft Excel
Microsoft Excel is proven capable of raycasting and transparency effects.
Arm wants to sell directly to Chinese customers, sidestep Arm China
Arm may rival its own Arm China joint venture and sell directly to customers in China.
Qualcomm abruptly cancels Snapdragon X Elite dev kit — refunds customers for mini PC, ends sales and support for the device immediately
Qualcomm announced in a letter to its customers (via retailer Arrow) that the Snapdragon X Elite Dev Kit will be discontinued immediately and indefinitely, with customers set to receive refunds for their orders.
Asus ROG Thor III PSUs come with magnetic OLED displays — and power ratings up to 1,600W
Asus has taken the wraps off a revamped flagship line of PC power supplies which come with a new magnetic OLED display.
AI engineers build new algorithm for AI processing, replace complex floating-point multiplication with integer addition
AI engineers develop an algorithm that will replace floating-point multiplication with integer addition to make AI processing more efficient.
TSMC is not interested in buying Intel's fabs
TSMC is not interested in buying Intel's fabs 'at all.'
Man who lost half-billion dollar Bitcoin HDD sues local authority for $500 million for not letting him dig through landfill
A Welsh man whose partner accidentally threw out an HDD containing 8,000 Bitcoins has become increasingly desperate to recoup the lost treasure. Now, he is suing the council.
6G tests reach a blisteringly quick 938 Gb/s transmission rate, 5000X faster than 5G
Researchers have successfully achieved one of the fastest 6G bandwidth tests so far using radio-waves and light-based communication.
Nintendo 64 gets a 4K VRR-enabled revival in the form of the Analogue 3D — an emulation-less new FGPA console that can play every N64 game ever made
Analogue of Analogue Pocket fame released another FGPA-based emulation-free game console, now based on the Nintendo 64.
Award-winning Mini-ITX PC case Cooler Master NR200 falls to $51 — its lowest-ever price
For only $51 you can pick up one of our favorite award-winning Mini-ITX PC cases.
Billionaire investor regrets dumping Nvidia shares that are now worth $1.19 billion — pulled the trigger before 10-to-1 split, missing out on hundreds of millions of dollars
Billionaire investor Stanley Druckenmiller regrets selling Nvidia shares cheaply but is looking forward to reinvesting in the company.
Intel responds to China's call for an investigation into chip failures and potential backdoors — chipmaker says it ‘always prioritized product safety and quality’
Intel says it has always prioritized product safety and quality in response to allegations from a major Chinese cyber security group.
Next-gen Lunar Lake ThinkPad laptop will hit the market in February 2025, starting at $2,199 — ThinkPad X1 2-in-1 Gen 10 Aura Edition sports 32GB RAM and up to 2TB PCIe 5.0 SSD
Lenovo showcases the ThinkPad X1 2-in-1 Gen 10 Aura Edition at Tech World 2024 in Seattle.
Amazon jumps on nuclear plant investment bandwagon — taps energy companies to power AI data centers
Amazon invests in three energy entities to help develop small modular reactors that will increase power production.
Western Digital releases fix for Windows 11 24H2 BSODs — users are strongly advised to update their SSD firmware
Users facing BSODs when updating their WD/SanDisk SSD-equipped systems to Windows 11 24H2 are strongly recommended to update their SSDs' firmware.
Samsung unveils 24Gb GDDR7 memory — up to 42.5 Gbps modules with 30% higher efficiency
Samsung's recently announced 24Gb GDDR7 memory can go as fast last 42.5Gbps, paving the way for higher GPU VRAM capacities next generation.
Asus launches ProArt PA602 Wood Edition chassis with ‘eco-friendly’ wood accents
The new Asus ProArt PA602 Wood Edition is targeted at creators looking for a reliable PC case that offers great performance without compromising on good looks.
Maker brings Disney's Ratatouille 'Remy' to life with some clever coding and 3D printing
Christina Ernst has created an open-source robotic replica of Remy from the movie "Ratatouille" that you can wear on your head.
Dell G16 (7630) gaming laptop review: Bargain price with class-leading performance
The Dell G16 offers a surprising amount of performance and amenities for less than $1,000.
Moore Threads MTT S80 gets DX12 support in beta driver, two years after launch — but 3D performance is still lags the GTX 1650
Moore Threads MTT S80 gets its DX12 drivers, shows performance of GeForce GTX 1650.
Arducam announces a Raspberry Pi AI Camera-powered Pivistation 5 kit is coming soon
Arducam is working on a new version of its popular Pivistation 5 all-in-one camera kit for the new Raspberry Pi AI Camera.
TSMC, IBM, and Samsung to present their next-gen CFET transistor innovations at an event in December
IBM, IMEC, Samsung, and TSMC to showcase their CFET research results this December.
Nintendo 3DS runs Windows 95 via DOSBox — but takes hours to boot
A New Nintendo 3DS can be made to run Windows 95, YouTuber proves.
ASML loses $75.7 billion market cap from updated sales projections, likely due to lower demand from China and delayed Intel fab
ASML lowers its 2025 outlook because of normalization of demand from China, Intel's delay of European fabs, and overall spending in the semiconductor sector.
Intel Lunar Lake-powered Microsoft Surface Laptop 7 leaked — Core Ultra 7 268V CPU power the laptop alongside 32GB RAM and 1TB SSD
An alleged prototype of the Surface Laptop powered by Intel's Lunar Lake chipset was spotted on a Chinese website.
Hybrid Gain Cell Memory could significantly improve CPU, GPU L2, L3 cache density
A team of researchers at the University of Stanford has developed a new memory technology utilizing gain cells that combines the best attributes of SRAM and DRAM.
Leaked Intel Core 3 N350 iGPU benchmarks point toward last-gen performance — Geekbench 5 OpenCL score lower than Intel UHD Graphics, GeForce 940M
Early Intel Core N350 iGPU benchmarks seem to have leaked.
Intel releases XTU version 10 exclusively for Core Ultra 200S Arrow Lake CPUs
Intel has released a new version of XTU, version 10, for Arrow Lake only. The update adds a plethora of changes aimed specifically at Arrow Lake's new overclocking features.
Core Ultra 9 285K retail samples benchmarked in CPU-Z and Blender — thermal throttling and limited clock speeds spoil the fun
The Core Ultra 9 285K has been spotted in CPU-Z and Blender, with performance around 10% higher than the last generation, even while experiencing thermal throttling.
Intel Core 200 "Non Ultra" CPUs may be rebranded Raptor Lake/Alder Lake chips — Core 5 210H spotted with slower performance than the Core i5-12450H
Intel's new Core 200 "Non Ultra" series of processors will again be based on Raptor Lake instead of Arrow Lake.
Chinese security officials call for investigation of Intel CPUs for chip failures and security flaws, says chipmaker 'threatens national security'
The Cyber Security Association of China called out Intel because its chips had several cybersecurity vulnerabilities and its products had a high failure rate. It further accused the company of enabling backdoors for digital espionage.
Winamp owner deletes 'Open Source' repository after a bumpy month on GitHub
The Llama Group takes down its Winamp GitHub repository after less than a month amid concerns that it doesn't own all of the project's source code
How to stop Chrome from asking for a PIN when autocompleting passwords
Chrome recently started making you enter a PIN every time you need it to remember your password. Here's how to stop it from doing that.
WD Black SN850X 8TB SSD review: The no-compromise 8TB champion
WD updated its Black SN850X SSD with the addition of an 8TB capacity model, sure to please seekers of extra storage space. Performance remains good with no real compromises, aside from the lingeringly high price point.
Be Quiet Dark Base 701 Case Review: Premium craftsmanship, excellent thermals
We built in Be Quiet’s premium Dark Base 701 case using Intel’s i9-14900K and AMD’s Radeon RX 7900 GRE to test its thermal and acoustic performance.
ProxTag makes managing virtual Proxmox environments easy with a Raspberry Pi
Joseph Cauble has made a Raspberry Pi-powered Proxmox management tool featuring a tiny eInk display.
Sources claim Qualcomm delaying Intel purchase offer until after U.S. presidential election
Qualcomm is reportedly waiting for the results of the upcoming U.S. presidential election before making an offer on Intel.
Pick up this amazing Gigabyte 1440p monitor with 165Hz refresh and built-in KVM for only $199
Pick up a new QHD gaming monitor with a fast 165Hz refresh rate and built-in KVM switch for only $199.
Intel laying off 1,300 workers from Oregon site as it reduces workforce by 15,000 workers company wide
Intel is laying off 1,300 workers from its Oregon facility as part of its 15% workforce reduction.
Arm's partners develop 2nm AI processor using Arm's Neoverse — Arm's Total Design ecosystem doubles in size on first anniversary
Arm's Total Design ecosystem is now a year old and has grown to include 30 participants all working on AI chiplet platforms based on Arm's Neoverse CSS V3
Intel releases NPU drivers with Arrow Lake support — AI PC users will have yet another component that may require regular updates
Intel NPUs join the list of driver updates to stay on top of, with nearly a dozen updates since Meteor Lake laptops began shipping last year. The latest release adds support for the upcoming Arrow Lake processors' NPU, along with addressing some potential security issues.
Best Gaming PCs of 2024
We test the best gaming PCs with our typical gauntlet of real-world and synthetic benchmarks to measure overall prebuilt system performance.
Western Digital launches 32TB hard drive in SATA and SAS flavors — Ultrastar DC HC690 delivers sequential performance up to 257 MiB/s
Western Digital’s newly launched ePMR-powered UltraSMR HDDs can store up to 32TB, a new record for shingled magnetic recording-based drives.
Tiny11 now supports Windows 11 24H2 in a compact size that will fit on a standard single-layer DVD
Tiny11 has been used to shrink a Windows 11 24H2 install to just 3.5GB, making it small enough to run off of a standard DVD.
Projections show that Arm CPUs will power 40% of notebooks sold in 2029
A semiconductor-focused market intelligence firm has charted the rise of the Arm architecture in the notebook market up to 2030. In a new research bulletin, TechInsights predicts that 40% of notebooks sold by the end of the decade will be based on SoCs using the Arm architecture
Nvidia contributes Blackwell platform design to the Open Compute Project — members can build their own custom designs for Blackwell GPUs
Nvidia teams up with Vertiv for GB200 NVL72 reference design for OCP.
For a limited time, Crucial's T700 4TB SSD is back down to one of its lowest prices
Peak Gen 5 performance with 4TB of capacity, Crucial's T700 SSD is on a limited-time sale.
Intel's Arrow Lake official memory speeds are unchanged with standard memory sticks — pricier CUDIMM memory needed for faster base spec
Intel Arrow Lake chips require CUDIMM sticks if you want to enjoy DDR5-6400 speeds without XMP.
Intel and AMD forge x86 ecosystem advisory group that aims to ensure a unified ISA moving forward
In a rare public-facing display of cooperation between two fierce rivals, Intel and AMD jointly announced the formation of a new x86 advisory group to ensure a unified x86 instruction set architecture (ISA) moving forward, an important consideration given both the potential addition of new features and the various x86 simplification efforts already underway.
Western Digital NVMe SSD users beware: Windows 11 24H2 is causing BSODs unless you tweak your registry
A major Windows 11 24H2 issue is crashing Western Digital SSDs.
SSD prices could drop up to 10% ahead of the New Year – TrendForce predicts an increase in production and weaker demand
According to a new report by TrendForce analysts, client SSD prices are predicted to fall between 5 and 10% in Q4 2024.
US govt reportedly mulls capping AI GPU exports from Nvidia and AMD to the Middle East
Officials are reportedly in the early stages of discussions about restricting the export of high-performance AI processors from companies like Nvidia and AMD to Middle Eastern nations.
Intel spends more on R&D than Nvidia and AMD combined, yet continues to lag in market cap — Nvidia spends almost 2X more than AMD
Nvidia spent $3 billion on R&D, and AMD spent $1.5 billion, but this pales in comparison to the $30 billion that Apple spends on its future products annually.
Microsoft says the undeletable 8.63GB cache in Windows 11 24H2 is “a reporting error” — space is freed by Disk Cleanup
Microsoft says that the undeletable 8.63GB cache is actually freed up already; the reason it appears on the Disk Cleanup app is a "reporting error."
Dude, you're getting a PC! More shoppers than ever buying laptops and desktops as gifts, report predicts
The Consumer Technology Association conducted a survey of consumer intentions for holiday 2024. 78 percent of shoppers plan to gift computer hardware and 89 percent plan to gift tech of some kind.
Quad-core server CPU has been overclocked to 5.65 GHz on a PC motherboard — EPYC 4124P delivers up to 11% better performance than stock and matches the Ryzen 9 7950X in single-core performance
Testing shows that the EPYC 4124P, or the EPYC 4004 lineup, now seamlessly works on the AM5 platform, with support for both CPU and memory overclocking.
This Raspberry Pi Pico spider robot spookily wiggles as people approach
Kevin McAleer has built a spooky Pico-powered spider robot that wiggles its arms when detecting people using its ultrasonic sensor eyes.
Game dev shows how to do a PC port right, outlines 106 to 314 fps improvement without frame generation
Modder-turned-developer Durante details the process of officially optimizing a game for PC.
Micron launches DDR5-6400 CUDIMMs and CSODIMMs for Intel Core Ultra 200S CPUs — DDR5-6400 kits up to 32GB capacity with C52 timings
Micron expands the company's memory portfolio with new Crucial CUDIMMs and CSODIMMs that run at DDR5-6400.
Google adopts small nuclear power reactors at unprecedented scale — inks deal for seven reactors to feed AI data centers
Google signed a deal with Kairos Power, a power generation startup working on small modular reactors, to purchase 500MW of electricity starting 2030.
Leaked MSI slide mentions Arrow Lake Refresh — reignites hopes that LGA 1851 will last more than a single-generation
A leaked slide from MSI shows that Intel had plans for an Arrow Lake Refresh at some point, though it appears those plans have been scrapped for now.
Elon Musk took 19 days to set up 100,000 Nvidia H200 GPUs; process normally takes 4 years
Elon Musk and the team behind xAI purportedly setup a total of 100,000 H200 Nvidia GPUs in just 19 days. That's a feat that should have taken four years to complete.
TSMC could build more fabs in Europe: Chairman of Taiwan's National Science Council
Head of Taiwan's National Science Council says TSMC is planning additional fabs in Europe. TSMC denies that such a decision has been made.
Arrow Lake non-K CPUs may suffer from lower RAM speed limits — ASRock QVL shows RAM up to DDR5-7200 as opposed to DDR5-9066 for K-series chips
Documentation indicates that Intel Core Ultra 200 non-K CPUs have lower RAM speed support.
Ex-Intel CEO Brian Krzanich gets a new job, igniting a massive backlash — new employer Cerence disables social media comments after blistering criticism
Former Intel CEO Brian Krzanich was recently hired to lead at Cerence Inc., an automotive AI technology company based in Burlington, MA. However, Cerence's celebratory statements concerning its new CEO, shared via social media, have quickly turned sour as comments pour scorn on the firm's top-exec hiring decision.
Chinese think tank advises data centers to stick with Nvidia AI GPUs — homegrown Chinese GPUs suffer from 'high costs' and 'complex engineering'
Due to high costs and unwanted complexities, the Chinese research institute CAICT advised data centers to continue using Nvidia's AI chips rather than look for local alternatives.
Microsoft will end Windows 10 support in exactly one year
Microsoft will officially end support for its Windows 10 operating system on October 14th, 2025.
Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 sucks up to 180 Mb/s of internet bandwidth while in flight — equivalent to 81GB of data per hour
Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 is discovered to have incredibly brutal streaming bandwidth requirements: limited cap users need not apply.
Be Quiet Straight Power 12 750W PSU Review
The Be Quiet Straight Power 12 750W PSU delivers exceptional performance, superior efficiency, and near-silent operation, making it an ideal choice for mid-range to high-end gaming builds with modern components.
RX 7650 GRE reportedly leverages Navi 33 GPU — Radeon GPU rumored to skip CES 2025 but launch shortly afterward in China
AMD is rumored to be prepping the RX 7650 GRE for launch early next year, but according to Benchlife.info, it won’t debut at CES.
Chinese scientists use quantum computers to crack military-grade encryption — quantum attack poses a "real and substantial threat" to RSA and AES
Chinese researchers claim to have uncovered a “real and substantial threat” to classical cryptography, which is widely used in banking and the military sectors.
Pick up a Lenovo gaming laptop for only $549 — featuring an AMD CPU and Nvidia RTX GPU
A budget gaming laptop for only $549 that has an Nvidia GPU, an AMD CPU, plus 12GB of DDR5 RAM. Nice!
40 Year-old Apple Mac finally gets online thanks to a Raspberry Pi Pico W and some clever coding
Maker Hunter Irving is using a Raspberry Pi Pico W to emulate an Ethernet adapter enabling internet access on an old 1986 Macintosh Plus.
Internet Archive is back up in a provisional "read-only" state since cyberattack
Internet Archive works its way back online following sustained attacks and a major September security breach.
Maker builds Raspberry Pi RP2350 powered PyDOS handheld in a BlackBerry form factor
Anne Barela's PyDOS handheld is a pleasant way to access a DOS-like prompt using our favorite microcontroller
Leak claims that AMD's Navi 44 GPU package is 31% smaller than Navi 33
AMD is looking to cut down the package size of its upcoming Navi 44 GPU by up to 31%, which may be correlated with a smaller die size as well.
Montech King 65 Pro Case Review: Diffused lighting and dark glass
We tested Montech’s King 65 Pro with Intel’s i9-14900K and AMD’s Radeon RX 7900 GRE to check its thermal and acoustic performance.
Intel Z890 LGA1851 motherboards hit pre-order at Newegg starting from $189
Intel Z890 chipset packing LGA 1851 motherboards have gone up for pre-order at Newegg.
Change this Windows setting right away -- especially if you have children or pets
Curious children like to press or could bump into your power button. Here's how to stop them from suddenly turning off your computer.
Publishers face 20% game revenue reduction if Denuvo DRM is cracked quickly, according to new study
A recently published study on the PC video games market looks at the impact that anti-piracy tech is having on the business.
ASRock Z890 mobos boast innovations like DDR5-10133+ support and 10x USB-C ports
ASRock just released two motherboards that hang at the leading edge of mobo design.
Leak indicates AMD Ryzen 9000X3D series CPU gaming performance will disappoint
An MSI presentation says that AMD's Ryzen 9000X3D does not have substantially higher performance than the typical version.
Gamepad keyboard input comes to Windows 11 Release Preview, aimed at handheld users and sofa surfers
Microsoft adds Gamepad keyboard to Windows 11 Preview Build 22631, among other tweaks.
The Intel Core i9-13900KF CPU is now only $387 at Amazon
Right now at Amazon, you can pick up the Intel Core i9-13900KF processor for $387, its lowest price to date.
SilverStone’s $799 Alta D1 chassis hits retail — modular workstation case is flexible and capacious at 79 liters
PC cases, cooling, and power specialist SilverStone has launched its new Alta D1 workstation chassis, and it is a big one.
Minisforum 790S7 Mini PC with AMD Ryzen 9 7940HX can accommodate a low-profile desktop GPU
Minisforum just launched a 7-liter mini-PC with a Ryzen 9 7940HX and can be equipped with a low-profile desktop GPU.
Titan Army P32A2S2 32-inch 240 Hz QHD gaming monitor review: Quick, bold color and a great value
Titan Army delivers terrific gaming performance, color, and value with its P32A2S2. It’s a 32-inch QHD IPS panel with 240 Hz, Adaptive-Sync, HDR and wide gamut color. And it's one of the quickest monitors available at any price.
Asus Z890 motherboard launch lineup lacked a back-connector model, but firm commits to 'design, development, and production of BTF solutions'
Asus doesn't have a Z890 BTF motherboard available at launch, but it promises that it's working on
Chinese and Iranian hackers use ChatGPT and LLM tools to create malware and phishing attacks — OpenAI report has recorded over 20 cyberattacks created with ChatGPT
Since last year, threat actors from China and Iran have utilized ChatGPT and LLM tools to launch a series of malware attacks.
Steam checkout banner clarifies you don’t own the game you buy — GOG takes a jab at Steam, saying it gives users offline installers that cannot be taken away
Steam clarifies that you only buy a license when purchasing a game on its platform.
Old-school Nintendo console gets Bluetooth and improved audio features with addon — NES hub utilizes previously unused expansion port
The Nintendo Entertainment System gets some Bluetooth support.
AAA gaming comes to Apple M1 thanks to the latest Asahi Linux build — Control, Cyberpunk 2077, and The Witcher 3 are playable with respectable frame rates
Asahi Linux is now the first and only distro capable of running x86 Windows games on Apple Silicon devices through a Linux OS.
Passive M.2 SSD heatsink features a dual ultra-thin vapor chamber — Cooler Master Kaze cools double-sided M.2 drives
Cooler Master has launched a brand new passive M.2 heatsink with a low-profile vapor chamber intended for use in tight spaces. It's also compatible with the PlayStation 5.
Arrow Lake CPUs get Intel APO support for improved gaming performance — Intel APO game library also expands with 12 new titles
Intel supports Intel Core Ultra 200S chips and more games in APO.
Counter-Strike's Dust II runs purely within a neural network on an RTX 3090 — performance is disappointing at only 10 FPS
A "world model" based on Counter-Strike: Global Offensive's rendition of Dust II is now fully playable on a single RTX 3090, albeit not in a form ready for truly competitive experiences.
MSI CoreLiquid I240 and I360 review: Quiet power
We tested MSI’s I360 and I240 AIOs with Intel’s i7-14700K to determine how these coolers handle the heat of a modern CPU.
LG UltraGear 34-inch curved WQHD Nano IPS monitor is on sale for just $349
The LG 34GN850-B gaming monitor has dropped to its lowest price to date at Walmart—just $329 instead of the recommended $749.
Nvidia reportedly mulls socketed design for Blackwell B300 AI GPUs — next-gen Blackwell GPUs may be removable by the user
Nvidia is allegedly mulling sockets instead of modules for upcoming Blackwell B300 AI GPUs.
Elecfreaks micro:bit Space Science Kit Review: Go for launch
Elecfreaks’ space themed micro:bit electronics kit uses Lego compatible components and electronics to create projects destined for your own slice of “Magnificent desolation” on the Moon.
Dell XPS 13 (9350) review: Lunar Lake on defense
The Dell XPS 13 (9350) offers long battery life in a minimalist design, but it still has some usability issues with an awkward function row.
LGA 1700 contact frames are incompatible with Arrow Lake
The size of the LGA 1851 socket might be identical, but the CPU itself is taller than last gen Raptor Lake CPUs
Nvidia GeForce 256 celebrates its 25th birthday — company talks about a quarter century of GPU progression
Nvidia touts the legacy and impact of its GeForce graphics cards, which started 25 years ago with the GeForce 256.
Intel LGA1851 socket has a new ILM that helps CPUs run a bit cooler — MSI claims 1ºC to 2ºC lower CPU temperatures
MSI says Intel's Core Ultra 200S processors use an all-new integrated lever mechanism better suited for liquid cooling and adopt a flat load plate.
Quartz mine crucial for making chips reopens ten days after Hurricane Helene's devastation
The quartz mine at Spruce Pine, North Carolina, had to suspend operations after Hurricane Helene hit the area. But it's restarting production now that everyone has been accounted for, and the damage has been assessed as minor.
Lenovo Legion Go goes on sale for $533, 24% off its regular price
Amazon has reduced the price of the Lenovo Legion Go gaming system from the default $699.99 to $533.31 while the offer lasts.
TeamGroup rolls out CUDIMMs up to DDR5-9600 for Intel Arrow Lake CPUs — clock driver enables massive overclocking
TeamGroup introduces T-Force Xtreem CKD DDR5 CUDIMMs up to DDR5-9600.
This AMD RX 7800 XT might be the best graphics card value right now: $429, plus two free games
Still at its lowest-ever price and with two free games bundled into the deal, this GPU is is trying hard to sell itself to you.
Nvidia's Blackwell GPUs are sold out for the next 12 months — chipmaker to gain market share in 2025
According to Nvidia management, demand for Blackwell GPUs for AI exceeds supply, just as expected.
This Raspberry Pi Pelican cyberdeck is ready for hack-tion
Jake Simek has built a Raspberry Pi cyberdeck and housed it inside a Pelican case, making for a totally waterproof enclosure that works on the go.
Lenovo LOQ 15ARP9 review: Decent gaming, but poor productivity
The Lenovo LOQ's RTX 4060 delivers on gaming performance, but overall productivity performance and battery life suffers.
'Junk Store' plugin may bring GoG and Epic games to your Steam Deck library
Junk Store lets you load Epic Games and GOG on your Steam Deck, gets a Steam Store page in preparation for its eventual release.
AMD's Ryzen 7 9800X3D: Alleged specs and launch timeframe leak
AMD's Ryzen 7 9800X3D allegedly features 4.7 GHz – 5.2 GHz clocks, launches in early November.
Lenovo Legion Tower 5i (Gen 8) review: Quintessential 1080p gaming desktop
The Legion Tower 5i delivers exceptional value as a gaming mid-tower, offering solid 1080p framerates and a premium set of features.
New motherboards for Intel Arrow Lake CPUs are announced
With the launch of Arrow Lake, we have put together a list of all Z890 motherboards that are releasing with Intel's latest CPUs.
AMD unveils industry's first Ultra Ethernet ready network card for AI and HPC
AMD reveals Prensando Pollara 400: world's first Ultra Ethernet Consortium 1.0 specification ready network card.
AMD reveals core specs for Instinct MI355X CDNA4 AI accelerator — slated for shipping in the second half of 2025
AMD officially previewed its Instinct MI355X AI accelerator, slated to go into production in the second half of 2025. It also formally launched MI325X, with production starting this quarter.
AMD-powered dual-screen OLED laptop launches at $1,270 — flagship Ryzen AI 9 model carries $1,860 price tag
GPD Duo OLED laptop gets a finalized shipping window and
Intel lays the groundwork for Xe3 Celestial graphics — Panther Lake CPU enablement in Linux has begun
Intel engineers have been spotted working on Linux drivers for the Xe3 graphics architecture.
AMD Launches EPYC ‘Turin’ 9005 Series: Our benchmarks of fifth-gen Zen 5 chips with up to 192 cores, 500W TDP
We put AMD's fifth-gen EPYC Turin to the test.
AMD unveils Ryzen AI Pro 300 CPUs: Zen 5 and Copilot+ PCs for businesses and enterprise
Coplilot+ capabilities head to business PCs with AMD's Ryzen AI Pro 300-series processors.
Undeletable 8.63GB cache emerges in latest Windows 11 24H2 update — checkpoint updates were the culprit, and Microsoft is working on a fix
Users who upgraded to Windows 11 24H2 found that it created a cache that cannot be deleted. Disk Clean-up identified it as an 8.63GB Windows Update cache.
Industry considers cutting production of 3D NAND amid dropping prices
Leading memory makers may reconsider their production plans and convert NAND capacity to DRAM capacity.
Vietnam to build six semiconductor fabs — country aims to become a major player in the semiconductor industry by 2050
Vietnam outlines an ambitious plan for the semiconductor industry that spans 25 years, including building six fabs and establishing hundreds of semiconductor developers.
Intel Launches Arrow Lake Core Ultra 200S — big gains in productivity and power efficiency, but not in gaming
Intel announced the first five models of its Arrow Lake desktop processors, otherwise known as the Core Ultra 200S series, with prices ranging from the $294 14-core Core Ultra 5 245KF to the flagship $589 24-core Core Ultra 9 285K.
Ubuntu 24.10 ‘Oracular Oriole’ released, celebrating 20 years of Ubuntu
Canonical just released Ubuntu 24.10, which offers several visual and quality-of-life improvements.
Internet Archive hacked and 31 million user accounts leaked — hacking group 'SN_Blackmeta' claims responsibility
Hacking group 'SN_Blackmeta' hacked The Internet Archive and leaked 31 Million user account data which includes emails and hashed passwords in an SQL file and defaced the website with a pop-up message.
Prime Day is over but this 4TB Gen 4 SSD just got cheaper - now only 4 cents per GB
Prime Day in October may have finished but there are still some late deals to be had. One of our favorite Prime Day deals has just gotten even cheaper.
U.S. DARPA responds to China's gallium export controls: awards Raytheon three-year contract to develop new types of transistors
Raytheon to develop diamond and aluminum nitride semiconductors in response to China's gallium export controls.
Our favorite budget gaming headset hits its lowest-ever price of $66
Take your audio to the next level with this HyperX Cloud III gaming headset. It's only $66 in the October Prime Day sales.
New Bambu Lab flagship 3D printers delayed until 2025 — model aims to add "previously impossible" features
Bambu Lab has announced the delay in the release of its planned 2024 flagship. The delay is due to ensuring compatibility and support worldwide, but the printer has been promised to be a trailblazer in many respects.
OBS cuts the cord on Kepler GPU NVENC support — version 31.0.0 Beta 1 no longer works with GTX 600 and GTX 700 GPU hardware encoders
OBS Studio finally ends NVENC encoding support for Nvidia's over-decade-old Kepler GPU architecture, which powered the GTX 600 and 700 series.
SteamOS gets display configuration and VRR support for Asus ROG Ally and ROG Ally X
SteamOS gets updates adding Asus ROG Ally and ROG Ally X display VRR support to its GameScope compositor.
Cerebras may postpone IPO as US government investigates potential AI tech transfer to China
A delayed CFIUS review of G42 investments in Cerebras may delay the latter's IPO.
Grab an Xbox Series X for $449 with this October Prime Day deal
Get your hands on this October Prime Day gaming deal where just $449 will net you this Xbox Series X games console.
Intel Itanium gets a new lease on life, sort of — GCC 15 "un-deprecates" Linux compiler support
An open-source developer has stepped in to maintain Itanium IA-64 support with the new GCC 15 compiler, which was initially going to nuke Itanium support.
EmuDeck retro gaming mini-PC crowd funder ends in tears after ‘nobody bought it’
The developers of EmuDeck have canceled an Indiegogo crowdfunding campaign for a mini-PC hardware project because 'nobody bought it.' We checked the Wayback machine and discovered that just six people had pledged $600+ to secure one of the finished mini-PCs before the campaign was shuttered.
Titan Army P2510S 25-inch 240 Hz QHD gaming monitor review: Impressive color, performance and value
From Titan Army comes an impressive 25-inch gaming monitor, the P2510S. It sports QHD resolution, an IPS panel, 240 Hz, Adaptive-Sync, HDR and wide gamut color. It also delivers high color saturation and extremely low input lag.
This gorgeous, retro NES-inspired keyboard is only $59 for October Prime Day
This NES-inspired keyboard from 8Bitdo compliments your setup with its nostalgic retro look and it's only $59 in the October Prime Day sales.
Client PC market growth sequentially, but contracts year-over-year
Lenovo remains the world's top PC maker; sales of Apple disappoint
Smoke 'em if you got 'em: Hacker gains root access using cigarette lighter
Hardware hacker and blogger David Buchanan investigates the use of a common lighter to secure Electromagnetic Fault Injection.
Best Ultrabooks and Premium Laptops 2024
Our picks for the best ultrabooks (super thin and light notebooks), along with other premium laptops now.
Jeff Geerling finally unlocks Raspberry Pi external GPU support, and yes it runs Doom... 3 at 4K!
Raspberry Pi wizard Jeff Geerling has demonstrated 4K60 gaming on his Pi 5 setup. Crucially, the Raspberry Pi was given a considerable lift in the GPU department via the use of an M.2 to OCuLink adapter and an AMD Radeon RX 460 desktop graphics card.
AMD's ROCm documentation now includes a dedicated ROCm on Radeonsection
AMD encourages AI/ML developers to use Radeon hardware as it adds dedicated ROCm on Radeon section to documentation.
First-ever killscreen-less "Rebirth" achieved in NES version of Tetris, 38 years later
Michael Khanh posts the first ever killscreen-less "rebirth" in NES Tetris. Prior Tetris records for humans required a killscreen reached past Level 157 — but how about Level 255?
Microsoft Azure flaunts world's first custom Nvidia Blackwell racks — tests its own 32 GPU server rack and liquid cooling solution
Microsoft Azure showed off its first cabinet with presumably 32 Blackwell B200 GPUs and a liquid cooling system. It's the first non-Nvidia customized server rack, and will be the first of likely many, many such racks that will be installed in MS Azure data centers.
Modder builds RTX 4080 Super-powered Lego Fortnite PC
Sponsored by Nvidia, a PC modder built a full-blown ATX gaming PC almost entirely with Legos featuring a Lego Fortnite theme.
Crucial's P310 2TB M.2 2230 SSD hits an all-time low of $176 — one of the best SSDs for the Steam Deck, Asus ROG Ally, and other portable devices
The Crucial P310 2TB M.2 2230 SSD is on sale for Prime Day, with a good price of $176.99. It's one of the best drives for portable gaming systems like the Steam Deck and Asus ROG, or for a laptop that requires the 2230 form factor. It's also a PCIe 4.0 drive, which is great for newer portables including the Ally.
Nvidia and MediaTek collaborate on 3nm AI PC CPU — chip reportedly ready for tape-out this month
MediaTek and Nvidia are rumored to have a 3nm AI PC CPU ready for tape-out this month and mass-production in late 2025. The CPU will be paired with an Nvidia GPU if true. This rumor continues a cycle of rumors surrounding the two companies.
Best Thermal Paste for CPUs 2024: Over 50 Compounds Tested and Ranked
We tested over 50 different thermal compounds to help you find the best one to help cool your CPU.
Save up to $40 on Nvidia RTX 4060 and 4070 class GPUs — AMD RX 7000-series also discounted
We've checked pricing on current generation graphics cards for October Prime Day 2024 to find the best deals. Mainstream GPUs look to be in the sweet spot for savings.
AnkerMake's speedy M5C 3D printer now only $199 for Prime Day
The AnkerMake M5C 3D Printer is currently marked down to $199, its lowest price ever just in time for October Amazon Prime Day.
Foxconn builds Mexico plant for Nvidia as Chinese decoupling continues
Foxconn will build Nvidia GB200 NVL72 machines based on GB200 in Mexico to meet the 'crazy' demand for AI servers.
Microsoft 365 Word bug deletes your document if you use a specific file name
Microsoft issues an advisory regarding automatically deleting a Word document using a capitalized file extension and a hashtag in the file name under a specific sequence to save the file via Microsoft 365's Word app.
Patriot’s PCIe 5.0 SSD offers lightning-fast speeds up to 14 GB/s — PV573 features a 8,000 RPM fan to stay cool
Memory specialist Patriot has launched a new PCIe Gen5 x4 M.2 SSD. The Patriot Viper PV573 has officially launched, but we’ve seen it before, enjoying a hands-on with the device during CES 2024 back in January.
Core Ultra 9 285K is slower than Core i9-14900K in gaming, according to leaked Intel slide — Arrow Lake consumes less power, though
Alleged leaked Intel slides reveal performance metrics for chipmaker’s looming Core Ultra 200 (Arrow Lake) processors.
These essential Xbox Series X|S console storage expansion cards are a must-have at October Prime Day prices
Pick up some extra storage for your Xbox Series X or S console with these October Prime Day deals on these 1TB expansion cards.
The Best CPU for Gaming in 2024
Here is the best CPU for gaming for the money, based on our benchmarks. These processors offer the best performance in their price ranges and most are suitable for overclocking.
4TB SSDs drop to 5 cents per GB in October Prime Day storage blowout -- here are all the drives on sale
Here are the best 4TB SSD deals you can find this Prime Day October 2024. From low-end drives to the fastest PCIe 5.
Apple M4 Macbook Pro leaks become a flood as 200 units reportedly up for sale via social media
Another MacBook Pro M4 unboxing video has been released today. This time popular Russian TechTuber Romancev768 shows off the illicit goods. Simultaneously, there are also reports of hundreds of MacBook Pro M4 units being up for sale via private social media groups.
HP OmniBook Ultra review: AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 375 power with few compromises
HP has found a great balance when it comes to performance and endurance with the OmniBook Ultra.
Supermicro's datacenter-scale liquid cooling solution sets the stage for Nvidia Blackwell
Supermicro develops datacenter-scale liquid cooling solution for next-generation AI servers based on Nvidia Blackwell GPUs.
Samsung has no plans to spin off its critical foundry business
Samsung Foundry will remain part of Samsung no matter what, says chairman
Nvidia's Jensen Huang will be CES 2025's keynote speaker as RTX 50 rumors abound
CTA has confirmed that Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang will be the keynote speaker at the CES 2025 tradeshow next year. Nvidia could possibly introduce the RTX 50 series during the keynote.
Russian government to issue grants enabling companies and researchers to rent supercomputers
Russian government to support usage of supercomputers by research labs and businesses.
AMD to reportedly become TSMC's next major customer in Arizona — HPC AI chips could start US production in 2025
Sources say AMD will use TSMC's new Arizona fab for the production of new HPC AI chips on the 5nm mode. This move begins an AI chip supply chain in the US, with TSMC and Amkor manufacturing and packaging AMD's high-performance chips. The positive news is a boon for the embattled Arizona fab.
GTA IV footage generated with AI shows the power of AI for future PC game remasters
A video was shared on Reddit featuring an AI-generated remaster of GTA IV with lifelike graphics. The video was created entirely through text prompts using a state-of-the-art video generation AI model.
A hurricane hit this gaming PC, but the owner hopes it can be powered up again
A harrowing image of a gaming PC that endured severe battering during Hurricane Helene has been shared on the PCMR subreddit. Despite being left a tragically sodden and silt-strewn PC after the category four storm, Redditor Frequent-Band9676 joked about the number of cans of compressed air needed to clean up the tower.
Former Google CEO says climate goals are not meetable, so we might as well drop climate conservation — unshackle AI companies so AI can solve global warming
Former Google chief Eric Schmidt says that we should prioritize AI development over energy conservation to use the former to solve our climate problem.
Empty RAM slots can harm DRAM performance — Asus NitroPath slots curb electrical interference, gain 400 MT/s, and are 40% shorter
Asus' new NitroPath DRAM slots improve speeds by curbing electrical interference from unpopulated RAM slots, allowing for 400 MT/s increases in RAM overclocks. Der8auer helps explain the tech and why it is not found on some new Asus boards.
Radeon RX 7900 XT hits all-time low of $624
Newegg has a good deal on an AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT graphics card made by Sapphire.
Russian outlet nabs Apple M4 MacBook Pro, posts unprecedented pre-release benchmarks — M4 is reportedly 25% faster than M3
A YouTube channel has published an unboxing and brief hands-on featuring a purported MacBook Pro M4. If genuine, the ‘world premiere’ video is an incredible scoop, as Apple is renowned for keeping its products under wraps until an official launch.
Core Ultra 5 235 performance is comparable to the Core i5-14500 in early benchmark — Non-K Arrow Lake chip surfaces with 14 cores and 5 GHz boost clock
Intel's upcoming Ultra 5 235 was benchmarked in Geekbench with underwhelming results. The chip scored virtually identical performance to its i5-14500 and i5-14600 predecessors.
Akasa’s USB4 enclosure delivers speeds over 3.5 GB/s — heatsink and 8,000 RPM fan keep PCIe 5.0 drives cool
Akasa listed a USB4 40 Gbps aluminum enclosure with heatsink and 8,000 RPM fan for PCIe 5.0 drives up to 2280 spec. Its listed benchmarks indicate that it provides up to 3629.72 and 3475.02 MB/s sequential read/ write speeds.
Best PC Cases 2024: Our Tested Picks for Your Next Build
Based on cooling, noise, and compatibility tests, these are our favorite PC cases.
Lenovo ThinkPad T14s (Gen 6, Snapdragon) review: 21 hours of battery life
First ThinkPad with a Qualcomm Snapdragon Elite X sticks the landing.
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K is the new single-thread performance leader in PassMark benchmark
PassMark software has highlighted a new entry in its CPU Mark single-threaded performance rankings. In a Tweet shared this weekend it embedded a chart showing Intel’s upcoming Core Ultra 9 285K processor (an Arrow Lake-S desktop part) is the new single-core champ in the eponymous benchmark
Raspberry Pi release faster, branded class A2 micro SD cards and 'bumper' case for Raspberry Pi 5
Raspberry Pi releases its own branded micro SD cards that offer faster performance on the Raspberry Pi 5, and improved performance on older Raspberry Pi. It also announces a silicone bumper to protect the Pi 5.
Elecom intros pair of USB 80 Gbps cables, one with 60W PD and another with 240W PD
A Japanese company has released a pair of USB 80 Gbps cables.
Apple Silicon iMacs appear to suffer from screen deterioration after two years — flood of user complaints hit Apple Community forums
M1 iMac users started seeing lines on their screens that require an expensive screen replacement to fix.
XFX Quicksilver AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT Magnetic Air GPU hits record low price
A premium AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT graphics card with custom easy-swap magnetic fans is now on offer at its lowest-ever price on Amazon.
Chinese company claims breakthrough in developing domestic silicon photonics chip
JFS Laboratory develops silicon photonics for China's next-generation of AI and HPC datacenters.
Musical ‘GPU organ’ powers its pipes using PWM fans
AI-embracing musicians and audiovisual artists Holly Herndon and Mat Dryhurst have a new exhibition where you can see and hear their 'GPU organ' in action. Herndon explains that the new-fangled pipe organ 'plays music acoustically by controlling the RPM of each fan.'
Pocket-size AMD Ryzen PC in a folding keyboard hits Kickstarter — Hawk Point portable has up to 10 hours of battery life
The Lunar mini folding keyboard PC is now available on Kickstarter.
Jensen Huang is now worth more than Intel — personal net worth currently valued at $109B vs. Intel's $96B market cap
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang's net worth hits over $109 billion, making him the 11th richest person in the world.
Ineo M9 SSD Heatsink and Cooler Review: Strong performance, interesting design
Ineo’s M9 has a unique design… but was it the right choice?
Deckintosh has Apple's latest macOS Sequoia running on the Steam Deck
Steam Deck gets a proof-of-concept Hackintosh build.
User scores a Ryzen 7 5700X3D for $130 on AliExpress — lucky buyer gets legit CPU for 38% lower than the street price
An AMD Ryzen 7 5700X3D listing on AliExpress sells it for around $130.
AMD Ryzen AI 300 CPU beats Intel Core Ultra 200V CPU in Linux showdown — Strix Point was up to 1.6X faster than Lunar Lake
According to one review, Lunar Lake's performance in Linux disappoints, which found Ryzen AI 300 APUs to be much better.
Radeon RX 7000 GPUs receive juicy discounts — RX 7900 XTX down to $849
Newegg offers massive discounts on some top-end and mid-range AMD Radeon RX 7000-series GPUs. Similar Amazon listings are also on sale.
Ryzen 9000X3D CPU performance allegedly exposed — leak claims double-digit multi-core performance uplift over Ryzen 9000
Hardware leaker shares alleged performance numbers for AMD's unreleased Ryzen 9000X3D CPUs.
Save big on Intel 14th Gen CPUs at Newegg
Newegg offers Intel's 14th-generation Core processors at very attractive prices.
How to Get Started with the Raspberry Pi AI Camera
We show you how to take your first steps with the new Raspberry Pi AI Camera
SSD capacity could quadruple by 2029 — 8Tb NAND will bring big and affordable SSDs to the market
3D NAND flash capacity will keep gaining layers and increasing storage.
How is 3D Printing Filament Made?
We toured several 3D Printer factories, including Prusa Research, Printed Solid, Printerior, and ProtoPasta, to learn how 3D Printing filament is made.
Bambu Lab Lawsuit Update: It’s Not Over
New court documents have surfaced in the Bambu Lab V Stratasys, Inc case. Stratasys, the company that invented FDM 3D printing, is currently suing China based Bambu Lab for patent infringement in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas.
Cougar FV270 Review: Glass galore
While expensive, the Cougar FV270 is a unique, solid alternative to cases like Phanteks NV7.
Security experts claim new 'Perfctl' malware could pose a risk to any Linux server
"Perfctl" malware targets any Linux server and serves as an extreme threat to all unsecured server operators.
Lunar Lake allegedly smokes Z1 Extreme handheld gaming champ in early gaming benchmarks
Lunar Lake was benchmarked against AMD's Z1 Extreme, Ryzen AI 9 HX 370, and Core Ultra 7 185H, featuring extremely competitive gaming performance at ultra-low power levels.
ZLUDA breathes new life with financial backing from unknown party — pivots to AI workloads across multiple GPU vendors
ZLUDA, a CUDA translation layer, gets new funding and therefore refocuses to AI software and multiple GPU vendors support.
Arctic guarantees its LGA1700 coolers are compatible with Intel's next-gen LGA1851 socket
Arctic's LGA1700 coolers are guaranteed to be compatible with the upcoming Arrow Lake chips that use the LGA1851 socket.
60TB hard drives arriving in 2028 according to industry roadmap — HDD capacity forecast to double in four years
IEEE predicts a steady rise in HDD capacity in the next 13 years, and the number of drives sold is also set to increase.
AMD has introduced a new driver debugging tool, but it's not for gamers — Driver Experiments for Adrenalin, aimed at developers for troubleshooting buggy code
AMD has introduced a new developer-focused tool called Driver Experiments, which enables users to troubleshoot problems by disabling certain GPU-related functionality in a specific app or game from the driver itself.
Civilization VII recommends 16 cores and 32GB RAM for 4K gameplay — RTX 4070 or RX 7800XT is the minimum
Civ VII wants 32 GB of RAM for a 4K60 gaming experience at Ultra settings.
Intel Lunar Lake CPU gets die annotation — four Skymont E-cores slightly bigger than one Lion Cove P-core
Die shots of Intel's Lunar Lake CPU for mobile have been annotated in detail.
Amkor and TSMC team up for advanced packaging in the U.S. — CoWoS and InFo to make AI and HPC CPUs
Amkor will offer TSMC's advanced CoWoS and InFo chip packaging for AI and HPC processors in the U.S.
Nvidia CEO and execs cash in on $1.8 billion worth of Nvidia stock — largest stock sale in chipmaker's recent history
Some top Nvidia executives have sold millions of shares worth over $1.8 billion, and more are to come.
The Raspberry Pi 500 may be right around the corner
A commit on the public Raspberry Pi GitHub repository sees the first mention of the Raspberry Pi 500
KYY's K3 15.6-inch portable monitor drops to $64 — its lowest price ever
Whether used with your work-from-home setup or as a handy second screen, this 15.6-inch display is an amazing value at $64.
TSMC's 2nm will reportedly receive a price hike once again — $30,000 per wafer
TSMC's 2nm wafers will cost two times more than 4nm and 5nm wafers, according to report.
Best Gaming Laptops Under $1,500
You can find a powerful gaming laptop without breaking the bank. We’ve tested to help you find the best.
Hands-on with Lian Li's Lancool 207 PC case: Rethinking ATX on a budget
Lian Li's Lancool 207 ATX case keeps things compact and affordable, with a front-mounted PSU and four fans for just $79.
Researchers demonstrate active optical interposers connecting multi-chiplets with minimal latency
Research institute develops silicon photonic interposer with minimal latency, looks to commercialize the idea.
BrainChip unveils AI NPU that consumes less than a milliwatt
BrainChip's Akida Pico has sub-milliwatt power consumption which opens up a world of small, battery-powered AI applications for healthcare and military use
How to Check Your CPU Temperature
How can you check your CPU's temperature and what's a good or normal range? We break it down for you.
This Raspberry Pi rig is made for streaming movies on long and boring road trips
ImJustWhelmed has created a Raspberry Pi setup just for road trips that makes it easy to stream your favorite TV shows and movies on the go.
RX 7700 XT GPU sells for $349 and even includes two free games
Newegg is now selling the PowerColor Fighter RX 7700 XT 12GB at the cheapest rate so far, bundling it with two free games.
Fujitsu, Supermicro working on Arm-based liquid cooled servers for 2027
Fujitsu and server-giant Supermicro have partnered up to create liquid cooled servers based on Fujitsu's Monaka ARM datacenter processors, which are slated to arrive in 2027.
U.S. enacts law to exempt select fabs from environmental reviews
U.S. government streamlines fab projects by easing fab permits
Lian Li's beloved Lancool series gets an update — Lancool 207 releases tomorrow
Lian Li releases the Lian Li Lancool 207 in black and white.
The best early Amazon October Prime Day 2024 deals
Amazon's Prime Day in October, otherwise known as Big Deals Day, returns for 2024. Here are some of the best early deals including ones from Newegg, Best Buy, and more!
RTX 4070 Ti Super launches with S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl theme — GPU bundle comes with a free copy of the game
MSI has created a new RTX 4070 Ti Super Gaming X Slim graphics card featuring a S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl color scheme. The GPU was built ahead of the game's launch on November 20.
Google Fiber forces the competition to offer faster internet speeds — study shows up to 50% download speed increases in Mesa, Arizona
Ookla's research data shows that GFiber's entry into a market forces existing internet service providers to increase the reliability and speed of their current offerings.
Windows 11 2024 update boosts file copying by up to 94% — ReFS and Block Cloning transition from Windows Server to mainstream Windows
ReFS Block Cloning is coming to the Windows 11 2024 Update.
Chipmakers aren’t worried about U.S. quartz mine closures due to Hurricane Helene — many don’t expect significant repercussions
The mines at Spruce Pine provide a good chunk of the pure quartz needed for silicon manufacturing.
Optical storage could get ‘ultra-high-density’ reprieve thanks to quantum research
Scientists claim to have revealed a pathway to a new kind of 'efficient, ultra-high-density optical memory storage.' The researchers hope to revive the fortunes of optical storage with the help of rare earth elements and quantum defects.
Samsung's foundry customers reportedly flock to TSMC — three firms move to Taiwanese chipmaker in latest exodus
Small AI chip designers from South Korea increasingly turn to TSMC for their subsequent generations of products after using Samsung Foundry.
ID-Cooling DX360 Max Review: Thick cooling, slim price budget
We tested ID-Cooling’s DX360 Max with Intel’s i7-14700K to determine how it handles the heat of a modern CPU.
Intel's latest flagship 128-core Xeon CPU costs $17,800 — Granite Rapids sets a new high watermark
At nearly $18,000, Intel's Xeon 6980P 'Granite Rapids' could be the industry's most expensive CPU in modern history.
AMD Asus X870(E), X670E, and B650(E) mobo buyers enjoy rebates in Germany — no such offers yet spotted in the U.S.
Asus releases a few discounts for its latest motherboards in Germany and Austria.
Intel's flagship Lunar Lake Ultra 9 is slower than an Ultra 7 in the single laptop where it's currently for sale
We tested the new Asus Zenbook S14 with the Core Ultra 9 288V processor, and surprisingly found that the Core Ultra 9 is slower than the Ultra 7 model in threaded workloads.
Intel doesn't have a tool to detect if a chip is affected by crashing errors yet — Intel Default Settings still recommended after patch is applied, but power limits can be raised
Intel hasn't yet found a reliable way to detect if a chip is affected by the Vmin Shift Instability and needs replacement.
Arrow Lake hotspot purportedly moves up compared to LGA 1700 — Der8auer preparing water blocks for Core Ultra 200 series
Arrow Lake's hotspot characteristics have purportedly changed compared to Alder Lake and Raptor Lake. The Core Ultra 200 series LGA 1851 format has purportedly moved hotspot temps north compared to where they were before.
KVM expansion card utilizes RISC-V CPU architecture for enhanced remote PC management — Sipeed NanoKVM-PCIe now available for pre-order starting at $40
NanoKVM-PCIe debuts in the pre-order phase ahead of a planned October-November shipping window.
Russia to spend $2.54 billion on its own chipmaking tools industry by 2030
Russia's proposed spending on its own chipmaking tools industry by 2030 is 57 times lower than its spending on war against Ukraine in 2025 alone.
RTX 4060 and RTX 4060 Ti adoption rates explode among gamers — mid-range Ada GPUs gain ground in latest Steam hardware survey
According to the Steam hardware survey for September, Nvidia's RTX 4060 has seen record adoption rates, gaining over 1% of the total GPU market share in just one month.
Windows 11 24H2 update faces gaming issues — devices with Asphalt 8, older versions of Easy Anti-Cheat on compatibility hold
Microsoft is putting Windows 11 24H2 on hold on some systems because of crashes and BSODs with Asphalt 8, Easy Anti-Cheat.
Switch emulator Ryujinx taken down after alleged contact with Nintendo
Nintendo shuts down Ryujinx, effectively halting most Nintendo Switch emulation efforts.
Intel releases AI Playground app for local AI computing — Lunar Lake support added in the latest version
AI Playground is a local app designed to help everyday users take advantage of Intel’s AI chips.
Microsoft retires WordPad after 28 years — app no longer available as of Windows 11 24H2
The Windows 11 24H2 rollout formally removes support for Wordpad as Microsoft formally adds in its deprecated feature, ending its 28 years of product lifespan.
GAMDIAS Kratos M1-750W PSU Review
The GAMDIAS Kratos M1-750W offers flashy RGB lighting and bold aesthetics but falls short in performance and efficiency, making it a visually appealing yet underwhelming option for budget-conscious gamers.
If you're looking for a gaming laptop on a small budget, this $449 laptop deal is a winner
This 15.6-inch gaming laptop features an AMD processor and Radeon GPU for only $449.
Corning unveils Extreme ULE glass for use in next-generation microchip production
Corning introduces new Extreme ULE glass for photomasks and mirrors to be used with next-generation EUV and High-NA EUV tools.
Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4 powered DigiPort 'Next-Gen Pocket PC' could be powering your next retro gaming session — may support Raspberry Pi Compute Module 5
Based on the Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4, but with scope for the upcoming Raspberry Pi
Cerebras files for IPO, shows rapid revenue growth and declining losses
Cerebras proposes IPO at unknown valuation as its revenue grows, and losses decline.
AMD 24.9.1 drivers mark the proper debut of universal Fluid Motion Frames 2 — along with improved geometric downscaling
AMD's latest 24.9.1 drivers highlight upscaling and downscaling improvements in its Adrenalin Software. Universal support for AFMF 2 (Fluid Motion Frames 2) also gets a proper release now.
Nvidia reportedly cancels development of dual-rack 72 GPU GB200 — analyst says the company intends to focus on single-rack offerings
Nvidia has reportedly canceled its NVL36×2 dual-rack GB200-based solutions. Instead, it will stick with the NVL72 and NVL36 single-rack configurations, which according to an analyst are more popular with Nvidia's customers.
AMD's dense Zen 4c cores go embedded — new EPYC Embedded 8004 series CPUs for compact and efficiency focused servers
AMD has introduced a new EPYC Embedded lineup, with the processors consisting entirely of Zen 4c cores. The chips are aimed at compact and power efficiency focused embedded solutions.
Intel Z890 motherboard reveal reportedly set for October 10 — Arrow Lake CPU review embargo seemingly lifts on October 24
Leaker claims that Intel will reportedly let vendors unveil Z890 motherboards on October 10 and launch Arrow Lake on October 24.
Go big with 128 Gigabytes of DDR5 RAM for its lowest-ever price
Power up your PC to the max with a whopping 128 Gigabytes of DDR5 RAM on sale at its lowest-ever price.
Office 2024 is now available for purchase at $149 — Office Home & Business 2024 will set you back $249
Though Redmond seems to prefer that users subscribe to its Microsoft 365 offering, which includes Office apps, it has updated this perpetual licensed alternative for 2024.
Enthusiast built a ridable, fully 3D printed AT-AT Walker from Star Wars
James Bruton 3D prints a ridable AT-AT mech from Star Wars.
Nvidia App implements G-Sync controls, multi-monitor RTX HDR, and driver rollback — GeForce Experience users will be migrated to the Nvidia App by the end of year
Nvidia has updated its Nvidia App with a plethora of new features, including driver rollback, G-Sync, and RTX HDR. Nvidia will also sunset GeForce Experience before 2025 and migrate all users to the Nvidia App before the end of the year.
Taiwan National Science Council believes China is 10 years behind TSMC
Although some believe SMIC is just a few years behind TSMC, Taiwan officials think differently.
Microsoft KB5043145 update wreaks havoc on Windows 11 with multiple reboots and BSODs — company rolls back optional update
The KB5043145 Preview Update causes some Windows 11 computers to reboot multiple times or experience BSODs after installation. Microsoft has released an automatic fix and asks users to restart their PCs a few times to get it.
Microsoft Defender can now detect insecure Wi-Fi hotspots and enable a VPN — you need to pay for Microsoft 365 and live in a supported region
Microsoft Defender gets some updates, especially to public Wi-Fi VPN functionality.
Snapdragon X Elite pushed past 100W shows us what the CPU can offer on the desktop — almost 4X more power for 10% to 30% more performance
Benchmarks performed on the Snapdragon X Elite dev kit show that having a lot more power doesn't always mean having a lot more speed.
Google showcases bizarre double-sided Japanese keyboard, which it won't sell — the keyboard uses a Möbius strip as its foundation
Google Japan announced a new keyboard design that addresses the “big problem” of keyboards only having keys on one side.
Gigabyte X870E Aorus Master Review: Solid performance, fast M.2, ample USB
Priced at $499.99, the X870E Aorus Master gets a slight facelift, a lot more USB ports (including USB 4.0), and fast storage with three PCIe 5.0 x4 M.2 sockets.
State-owned China Telecom has trained domestic AI LLMs using homegrown chips — one model reportedly uses 1 trillion parameters
State-owned China Telecom claims to have trained two LLMs—one with a 100-billion parameter and another with one trillion—purely using homegrown AI accelerators.
Microsoft ushers in several new Copilot, Copiliot+ features alongside Windows 11 24H2
Microsoft is rolling out Windows 11 24H2, and is introducing its next round of features for Copilot+ PCs, including bringing back Recall.
Western Digital separates WD.com and SanDisk.com websites, split between HDD and SSD product categories
Western Digital gets a feeling of what is to come after the company is split into two.
Westinghouse's eVinci micro nuclear reactor for data centers delivers 5 megawatts of power for eight years without refueling — microreactors could power next-gen AI data centers
Westinghouse is taking one step forward to getting approval for its eVinci microreactor.
Snapdragon X2 Elite processors spotted in testing — Qualcomm's Project Glymur reportedly incoming
First details about Qualcomm's next-generation Snapdragon X2 Elite emerge as new CPU begins internal tests.
Doom port runs entirely on your GPU — no rip-and-tear wear on your CPU
Doom can now run almost entirely on the GPU, now, thanks to the LLVM C library for GPUs.
Hurricane Helene devastates quartz mine critical for worldwide semiconductor manufacturing — Spruce Pine houses the world's only ultra-pure quartz site
Global quartz supply could be disrupted by Hurricane Helene.
Non-K Core Ultra 9 285 spotted in Geekbench — Matches 14900K in single-core, underwhelms in multi-core
Intel's Core Ultra 9 285 was spotted in the Geekbench browser with strong single-core performance, but weak multi-core results, unable to beat even the 13th Gen Core i7-13700.
Noctua's next-gen 140mm fans debut – NF-A14x25 G2s promise improved performance, deliver the same amount of brown
Noctua's NF-A14x25 G2 fans arrive in traditional brown attire.
Panther Cove will reportedly arrive with big IPC improvements, support for Intel APX
Intel is purportedly working on a very far-out P-Core architecture, dubbed Panther Cove, that will purportedly come with massive IPC improvements and support for APX.
Despite Intel's woes, the U.S. remains the revenue leader of the semiconductor industry
With $264.6 billion in 2023 sales, the U.S. semiconductor industry remains the largest on the planet, and this will not change anytime soon.
Seasonic power supplies debut with OptiSink design to improve cooling — Opti Sink touts an 8X increase in thermal conductivity
Seasonic has updated its Focus GX PSU lineup for 2024 with an all-new cooling technology dubbed 'OptiSink' that significantly revamps how the MOS is cooled.
Corsair's ultralight Katar Elite wireless gaming mouse slashed down to $49
Corsair's ultralight Katar Elite wireless gaming mouse takes a huge 38% price cut, and is now only $49 at Amazon.
DIY mini-ITX motherboard lets you play DOS games without emulation — ITX Llama features a Vortex86EX 500 MHz CPU
A DOS enthusiast built a mini-ITX DOS PC based on the Vortex86EX.
Ryzen 9 9950X hits 7.54 GHz to break numerous world records — Zen 5 flagship raises the bar for 16-core CPUs
AMD's Ryzen 9 9950X breaks several new records, including the all-out Ryzen frequency record of 7.54 GHz. Five other benchmarking records were also broken, including in Geekbench 3 and Cinebench R23.
Laptop packing RTX 4090 desktop weighs in at over 15 pounds — other specs include a Ryzen 9 7950X3D, 32GB DDR5-6800, and Optane P5800 SSD
A Chinese modder and Bilibili creator has shared their design for a full-fat Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090 laptop, cramming a power-thirsty desktop RTX 4090 into a portable clamshell luggable.
MSI X870E Carbon WIFI Motherboard Review: USB 4.0 has arrived
MSI’s X870E Carbon is a premium motherboard with robust power delivery, several “EZ” features, solid performance, and four USB Type-C ports on the rear IO.
AMD boosts Zen 5 official warrantied TDP to 105W, fixes Ryzen 9000 latency issue, launches 800-series chipsets
AMD made a slew of announcements about its latest progress with its Zen 5 Ryzen 9000 processors, with the most important announcement being that the company will now fully support a 105W TDP mode with its Ryzen 5 9600X and Ryzen 7 9700X models.
Phison E31T ES 2TB Review: The performance per watt champion
The much-anticipated Phison E31T SSD controller platform is here. It delivers excellent all-around performance and is very power-efficient, finally making PCIe 5.0 technology accessible to HTPCs, laptops, and more.
DOOM can now run on a quantum computer with Quandoom port — seminal FPS blood and gore mixed with spooky action
DOOM has been ported to quantum computers, marking another milestone for this seminal 3D gaming title. However, the coder behind this feat admits that there is currently no quantum computer capable of executing (playing) this code right now.
AMD unveils its first small language model, AMD-135M — AI performance enhanced by speculative decoding
Software-specific optimizations help AMD's MI250 to win in some cases.
Raspberry Pi AI Camera Review: AI for the masses
Featuring an embedded RP2040, the Raspberry Pi AI Camera handles the AI processing duties itself, leaving the main CPU ready to work on other tasks.
AI researchers demonstrate 100% success rate in bypassing online CAPTCHAs
reCAPTCHAv2 has been thoroughly defeated by an advanced AI "YOLO" model.
Steven Spielberg is ‘a big PC Gamer’ — loves shooters, and insists on keyboard and mouse
Legendary Hollywood filmmaker Steven Spielberg is 'a big PC gamer,' according to his son Max.
Recent AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D price action suggests stock is running low ahead of a possible 9800X3D launch
Prices for the AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D have been rising globally, with the U.S. seemingly experiencing a supply crunch for this popular gaming chip.
Qualcomm Snapdragon X die shot reveals massive CPU cores with huge caches
An annotated die shot of what is claimed to be Qualcomm's Snapdragon X processor has been posted on Baidu. We compare it to Apple M4 designs.
The Arch Linux team is now working directly with Valve — SteamOS and Arch should both benefit greatly
The Arch Linux team is now working directly with Valve.
Samsung Odyssey G3 G30D 24-inch 180 Hz gaming monitor hits historical $139 low
The Samsung Odyssey G3 G30D gaming monitor has lowered to $139 at Amazon — its lowest price to date.
Best Filaments for 3D Printing 2024
We’ve tested scores of filaments to help you find the right material. So much plastic, so little time.
China makes AI breakthrough, reportedly trains generative AI model across multiple data centers and GPU architectures
China has found a way to efficiently use multiple data centers to train a single GAI model.
Huawei guns for Nvidia market share in China — Ascend 910C GPU customer sampling begins
Huawei's latest GPU for AI, the Ascend 910C, has finally hit the sampling stage.
Intel motherboard partners begin to roll out Raptor Lake microcode updates to banish Vmin Shift Instabilities
Intel motherboard partners like Asus, ASRock, and MSI have started to roll out the first batch of microcode updates directly addressing Vmin Shift Instability.
MSI overclocker confirms CUDIMMs work with AMD Ryzen 8000 and 9000 processors
AMD's latest Ryzen processors expected to support CUDIMMs, just like Intel's Arrow Lake-S.
Best Laser Cutters and Engravers 2024
We help you find the best laser cutters for engraving hobby projects or starting a small business.
HP ink cartridge DRM bypass demonstrated using physical man-in-the-middle-attack
A tiny PCB installed on a refilled HP ink cartridge allows users to continue using it despite HP's strict DRM settings.
Mecpow X4 Pro Review: 22 Watts on a Budget
The Mecpow X4 Pro offers solid and reliable hardware at a fraction of the price of other machines, but the software experience and brittle acrylic lid leave more to be desired from this $799.99 laser engraver.
Asus Z890 motherboards emerge at a U.S. retailer — pricing starts at $280 and goes over $1,000
Listings for ten upcoming Asus Z890 motherboards have cropped up, featuring exorbitantly higher pricing than their Z790 predecessors.
Raspberry Pi AI EYE camera regenerates pictures using an AI description
Oscar Wilmerdingh has created a Raspberry Pi-powered camera that uses AI to create a description of the image and then recreates the picture using only the description.
MSI touts "true" Wi-Fi 7 support on X870 motherboards over the competition — MSI supports 320 MHz channel, while rivals are limited to 160 MHz
MSI and other motherboard providers highlight "true" 320 MHz Wi-Fi 7 support compared to slower, 6-tier 160 MHz Wi-Fi 7 support on cheaper boards.
Best Budget 3D Printers 2024: High-Quality Output on the Cheap
These are the best budget 3D Printers for FDM and Resin we've tested and recommend.
Thermal Grizzly's nifty gadget can prevent Nvidia's 16-pin connector meltdowns — WireView GPU Pro features a GPU power monitor, connector detection, and temperature sensors
The Thermal Grizzle WireView GPU Pro power consumption monitoring device connects in line with your 12VHPWR connector, allowing you to track multiple data points, such as voltage, power consumption, and temperature.
Best Resin 3D Printers 2024
We help you find the best resin 3D printers for beginners, makers on a sub-$300 budget and experts.
Ryzen 9 9900X is on sale for $439, 12% below its MSRP
The AMD Ryzen 9 9900X is currently marked down at Amazon to its lowest price to date, and it comes with integrated graphics!
Scalpers sell PlayStation 5 Pro 30th Anniversary preorders for over $3,000 — eBay postings show a 3X to 6X markup
Scalpers are already selling the PlayStation 5 Pro 30th Anniversary preorders on eBay.
Intel Arrow Lake QS CPU pictured — 'Q33K' CPU is seemingly a Core Ultra 7 265K
A qualification sample Arrow Lake CPU that leaked on a Chinese forum is apparently the Core Ultra 7 265K.
Researchers build a fully edible transistor using tooth-whitening pigments found in toothpaste
Researchers built an entirely edible transistor using Copper (II) Phthalocyanine (CuPc), the same tooth—whitening pigment used in toothpaste.
Isambard 2, the world's first Arm-based supercomputer, retires after six years of service — Isambard 3 will tap Nvidia's Grace CPU Superchips
Prof. McIntosh-Smith of the University of Bristol announced that the Isambard-2 supercomputer will finally retire after six years of service on September 30, 2024.
Google unveils AlphaChip AI-assisted chip design technology — chip layout as a game for a computer
Google introduces AlphaChip: a reinforcement learning method for chip design layout.
AMD RX 7600 XT vs RX 7600 GPU faceoff: Is 16GB of video memory worth it in a budget GPU?
The AMD RX 7600 XT 16GB takes on AMD's RX 7600 8GB, offering twice the VRAM but at a much higher cost. Only one card can emerge as the winner of this GPU faceoff.
Elegoo Mars 5 Ultra Review: Gaming Miniatures Made Easy
Elegoo’s Mars 5 Ultra is perfection in a small package.
Best Multicolor 3D Printers of 2024: Print the Rainbow
Take your 3D Printing to the next level... with color. We've tested and compared some of the top multicolor 3D printers to help you find the best option that fits your needs, whether you're a beginner or an expert maker.
Canon delivers first nanoimprint lithography tool to US institute backed by Intel, Samsung, DARPA
Nanoimprint lithography could get a serious boost as Canon delivers first tool to the Texas Institute for Electronics, which is backed by Intel and other notable companies.
Leaks confirm $810 Minisforum EliteMini AI370 mini PC with Ryzen AI 9 HX 370
Minisforum EliteMini AI370 mini PC confirmed through leaks and specs.
AMD X670E motherboard bug downgrades PCIe 5.0 SSDs to PCIe 1.0 speeds
Some AMD X670E motherboards are downgrading PCIe 5.0 SSDs to PCIe 1.0 speeds — but why?
RTX 4090 Ti GPU bracket surfaces for $14 — the last remnant of the allegedly canceled Ada Lovelace flagship GPU
A bracket for the unreleased Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090 Ti GPU, priced around $14, appears on Taobao.
Nvidia may release the RTX 5080 in 24GB and 16GB flavors — the higher VRAM capacity will come in the future via 3GB GDDR7 chips
While the latest rumors say the RTX 5080 will still only ahve 16GB of memory, Nvidia may offer a 24GB variant in the future. It's not the same as the canceled RTX 4080 12GB, as other specs would remain the same and instead the higher VRAM would come once GDDR7 manufacturers start producing 24Gb (3GB) memory ICs.
Microsoft describes Recall's new security features, says the feature is opt-in
Microsoft is detailing a new security model for Recall following a major PR blunder and concerns about the feature earlier this year.
Nvidia RTX 5090 rumor claims PCIe 5.0, DisplayPort 2.1 UHBR20, and only a single 12V-2x6 power connector
Nvidia's flagship RTX 5090 will purported be getting a lot of upgrades on top of its already announced massive core and memory improvements, including PCIe 5.0 and DP 2.1a UHBR20, all with only a single 12V-2x6 power connector.
Questionable report claims Arm approached Intel to buy products group and got rejected
Arm is reportedly interested in Intel's products group, Bloomberg says.
HP tries resuscitating plummeting printer sales with AI-enhanced printing features — Perfect Output helps trim web pages and combines data
HP introduces some AI enhancements to its printers.
Intel is on track to receive its $8.5 billion CHIPS Act award by year-end
Sources say that Intel could start receiving parts of its $8.5-billion CHIPS Act payout before the end of 2024.
Western Digital’s superfast 2TB Gen 4 WD_Black SN850X hits its lowest price since Prime Day 2023
One of the fastest available Gen 4 SSDs is on sale at its lowest price since July 2023.
Thermalright Assassin X 120 R SE Review: Quiet entry-level cooling for less than $20
Thermalright’s Assassin X 120 R SE won’t win any overclocking competitions, but it provides “good enough” performance that will satisfy the needs of most users while also running quietly.
Lenovo Legion Go Gen Two and Go Lite handhelds accidentally named in USB-C dock specs slip up
Lenovo's next pair of gaming handhelds have been accidentally named in the specifications for a new USB-C dock
TSMC execs allegedly dismissed OpenAI CEO Sam Altman as ‘podcasting bro’
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman took a whirlwind tour of the Far East last winter, meeting with high-powered execs from companies like TSMC, Samsung, and SK hynix. However, according to a report in the New York Times this week, senior TSMC execs dubbed Sam Altman a 'podcasting bro' after the meeting(s).
DOJ reportedly probes Supermicro for accounting manipulations — alleged export violations to China and Russia also raise attention
DoJ reportedly probes Supermicro over accounting manipulation amid alleged failure to comply with the U.S. export regulations accusations.
LG's China LCD plant sold for $1.5 billion — focus moves to OLED
LG Display sets the stage for next-generation OLEDs amid $1.5 billion sale of 8th Gen LCD plant.
Leak claims RTX 5090 has 600W TGP, RTX 5080 hits 400W — up to 21,760 cores, 32GB VRAM, 512-bit bus
Renowned hardware leaker kopite7kimi posted potential specs for the RTX 5090 and 5080, seemingly confirming many of the previous rumors. The RTX 5090 will supposedly have up to 21,760 CUDA cores, a 512-bit memory interface, and a 600W TGP; the RTX 5080 will basically be half those values, but with a 400W TGP.
Sony launches two new InZone monitors — one is a $1,100 pro gaming display
Sony announced the InZone M10S gaming monitor designed for professional esports players alongside the InZone M9 II display for more casual gamers.
MEG X870E Godlike spearheads MSI's X870 army — included expansion card harnesses the performance of two PCIe 5.0 SSDs
MSI announces X870E and X870 motherboards for AMD's Ryzen 9000 processors with Zen 5 execution cores.
AMD EPYC Turin CPUs already on sale in China — unreleased Zen 5 chips useless without a microcode update
EPYC Turin processors are available in China ahead of AMD's official launch.
Chinese Zhaoxin KX-7000 CPU can't beat old Intel and AMD chips — Core i3-8100 and Ryzen 5 5600G come out on top
The China-made CPU has many upgrades compared to the older KX-6000 series but lags behind even seven-year-old Core i3 CPUs.
Bendable non-silicon RISC-V CPU demoed running while wrapped around a pencil
Cambridge-based Pragmatic Semiconductor has demonstrated its Flex-RV bendable non-silicon RISC-V processor. On Wednesday, the firm published a blog, Nature paper, and video to showcase what it calls ‘the world’s first 32-bit microprocessor in a flexible technology that is fully functional while flexed.’
Two execs of China-based chipmaking tools producer resign to meet U.S. requirements
Two executives with U.S. citizenship had to step down from China-based AMEC due to U.S. export rules.
AI-equipped light gun controller brings a retro title to the modern era — Play Time Crisis on modern TVs with low input latency
Dashine Electronics is launching a light gun controller with a console that includes Time Crisis. The console lets you play light gun shooters on any modern display without the need for additional hardware.
Intel Arrow Lake CPUs up for sale on Chinese marketplace —$1,360 buys six mechanical samples
Six Arrow Lake engineering samples have been listed on Taobao, giving us our first good look at what retail CPUs could look like.
Pimoroni Pico Plus 2 W features mysterious 'Raspberry Pi RM2' Wi-Fi chip
Raspberry Pi RM2 could be the radio module for the Raspberry Pi Pico 2 W
Nvidia will reportedly start Blackwell server deliveries in early December — the first servers will go to Microsoft
First, Blackwell-based machines are on track for December delivery, but their volumes are unclear.
Intel begins reducing real estate holdings worldwide — European HQ up for sale, leaving purpose-built Swindon site after more than 40 years
Intel has instructed a commercial real estate firm to sell its European HQ, located in the UK. According to local media reports, the purpose-built offices in Swindon were established in 1982 and consist of 187,000 square feet of office space on a 12.87-acre site.
World’s first 3D-printed hotel being prepared in Texas — 43 rooms and 18 homes to be built using an industrial-sized 3D printer
The El Cosmico expansion will be the world's first hotel to be built using 3D printing techniques.
With its Ryzen CPU and Nvidia RTX 4070 GPU, this HP Victus 16.1 gaming laptop is a steal at just $899
If you're looking for a gaming laptop with plenty of power to run the latest games on high-fidelity settings, this HP Victus deal could be the one for you.
SK hynix preps for Nvidia Blackwell Ultra and AMD Instinct MI325X with 12-Hi HBM3E
SK hynix kicks off mass production of 12-Hi HBM3E for AMD's MI 325X, Nvidia's Blackwell Ultra, other high-performance processors.
TP-Link Archer BE3600 Wi-Fi 7 router review: Dual-band Wi-Fi 7 for less than $100
TP-Link’s Archer BE3600 is priced at less than $100, but it lacks full compliance with the Wi-Fi 7 spec
Intel's share of the discrete GPU market drops to 0% as overall sales increase
Jon Peddie Research: shipments of desktop graphics cards increase in Q2 2024, Nvidia dominates sales.
The UnifyDrive UT2 is a portable NAS for creators on the go
The UnifyDrive UT2 kickstarter has begun, offering a portable and flexible NAS for creators. The dual M.2 slots and efficient platform provide lots of ports and possibilities.
Intel finds root cause of CPU crashing and instability errors, prepares new and final microcode update
There are four circumstances that can cause Vmin Shift Instability Root Cause, according to Intel.
Cloudflare switches to EPYC 9684X Genoa-X CPUs with 3D V-Cache — 145% faster than previous-gen Milan servers
Cloud provider Cloudflare switches to AMD's 3D-VCache powered EPYC 9684X server CPU for its 12th-gen servers, offering substantial performance improvements.
Samsung launches 990 Evo Plus SSDs: 5nm controller and 45% speed boost
Samsung unveils a yet another performance mainstream drive with a PCIe Gen4 or PCIe Gen5 interface.
Winamp releases its source code on GitHub — but the legacy media player doesn't go full open-source
Winamp is released on GitHub, but restrictive licensing prevents other forks or distributions.
Intel Arc Battlemage GPU slips past Arc A750 in new benchmark — G21 GPU surfaces with 20 Xe2 Cores up to 2.85 GHz and 12GB VRAM
A prototype of an upcoming Battlemage GPU was tested and sadly only performed as well as an Arc A750 in Geekbench’s OpenCL test
Ryzen 7 9800X3D rumored to arrive in October — leaker claims AMD is saving the Ryzen 9 9900X3D and Ryzen 9 9950X3D for early 2025
Famous hardware leaker Harukaze5719 shared leaked forum posts, including the expected arrival of the AMD Ryzen 9000 X3D processors and a few more details.
Avatar and Terminator director joins Stability AI board
James Cameron, a long-time critic of AI, joins the Stability AI board.
Raspberry Pi 5 powers the ultimate 'nostalgia machine' to bring 1980s television to 2024
Recreating the way we used to watch television before the age of streaming, Shane Mason's Nostalgia Machine is powered by the Raspberry Pi 5 and fueled by our love of bad TV.
Polar Semiconductor receives $123M in CHIPS Act money — company named as the first CHIPS Act awardee
Polar Semiconductor, a manufacturer of power and sensor chips, is the first company to be officially awarded under the Biden administration's CHIPS Act.
People don't buy AI PCs because of AI — report shows the need for upgrades drives AI PC adoption
The adoption of AI PCs, especially the Windows Copilot+ PCs, is largely driven by the need to purchase new computers or upgrade existing laptops—not because of their AI capabilities.
Nvidia expected to produce 450,000 Blackwell AI GPUs in Q4 — potential $10B in revenue for the chipmaker
Nvidia expected to produce nearly half of a million Blackwell GPUs in the fourth quarter alone, analysts from Morgan Stanley believe.
You may not 'knead' the DataToaster 3000, but this custom NAS is the 'toast of the town'
Alex from Instructables made a NAS out of a toaster which can house two 3.5-inch mechanical hard drives, making an interesting conversation starter among network storage enthusiasts and professionals.
MSI is giving away 500GB spinning SATA drives with barebones systems in 2024
Popular PCs and components maker MSI is attempting to lure budget buyers by bundling a free 500GB hard disk drive (HDD) with its chassis, motherboard, and PSU barebones combos.
Distributor claims that Nvidia has allegedly stopped taking orders on HGX H20 GPU processors
Some dealers in China reportedly cease taking orders on Nvidia's HGX H20 processor.
Nvidia RTX technologies now supported in 'more than 600 games and applications' including GreedFall II: The Dying World
Nvidia celebrates a milestone of over 600 games supporting RTX GPU technologies, including Nvidia DLSS, Reflex, and ray tracing effects in general.
Intel launches Gaudi 3 accelerator for AI: Slower than H100 but also cheaper
Intel formally introduces Gaudi 3 AI accelerators, claiming massive price and TCO advantages over Nvidia's H100.
Linux takes 4.76 days to boot on an ancient Intel 4004 CPU — CPU precedes the OS by 20 years
Programmer and hardware enthusiast Dmitry Grinberg has shared a video in which he boots and runs commands on an Intel 4004-powered PC running Linux. The video demonstrates the excruciating time to do anything or execute the most straightforward commands.
HeyGears brings together precision and speed with the UltraCraft Reflex RS
The cutting-edge UltraCraft Reflex 3D printer series from HeyGears is getting a new addition for printing precision matched with speed: the UltraCraft Reflex RS.
Ryzen AI 9 HX 375 shines in Geekbench 6 benchmark — Strix Point has higher single-core performance than Core i9-14900HX but falls behind in muti-core
AMD's upcoming Ryzen AI 9 HX 375 was benchmarked in Geekbench, and its performance competes with Intel's fastest mobile CPUs to date.
Samsung 990 Pro 4TB is down to $279.99, the SSD's lowest price ever
For a limited time, Newegg has issued promo codes for the Samsung 990 Pro 4TB PCIe 4.0 M.2 SSDs, shaving off $10 for the bare drive and $15 for the heatsink version.
We benchmarked Intel's Lunar Lake GPU with Core Ultra 9 — drivers still holding back Arc Graphics 140V performance
We tested Intel's latest Lunar Lake GPU in the Core Ultra 9 288V to see how it stacks up against both the previous generation Meteor Lake graphics as well as AMD's Ryzen AI graphics, Radeon 980M. There are promising signs but also lingering concerns about Intel's drivers and optimizations.
Intel optimizes slimmed-down X86S instruction set — revision 1.2 eliminates 16-bit and 32-bit features
Intel has revised its proposed X86S architecture for a second time, indicating it might launch the legacy-adverse ISA.
The world’s first glass-based quantum photonic chip design and production facility opens in Milan
A self-proclaimed leading producer of glass-based photonic chips has raised $8.5 million to expand its operations. Ephos says the new seed funding will accelerate the opening of ‘the world’s first facility for the design and production of glass-based quantum photonic chips.’
Intel’s turnaround plan hinges on this one chip family – Clearwater Forest pictured, Intel’s first 18A chip slated for high-volume manufacturing.
Intel displays its first processor slated for high volume manufacturing with the company's 18A node, a node that CEO Pat Gelsinger has said he bet the company on it.
Intel Launches Granite Rapids Xeon 6900P series with 120 cores — matches AMD EPYC’s core counts for the first time since 2017
Intel announced the on-time launch of its high-performance Xen 6 ‘Granite Rapids’ 6900P-series models today. Five new models, spanning from 72 cores up to 128 cores, finally exceeded the core counts of AMD’s existing EPYC models for the first time since 2017.
Kioxia reportedly cancels October IPO plans — blames unfavorable market trends
Amid market uncertainties, Kioxia calls off the IPO set for October.
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Asus Zenbook S14 review: Intel Core Ultra 7 258V makes its debut
The Asus Zenbook S14, the first laptop we’ve tested with Intel’s Lunar Lake. It has longer battery life than last year, but lesser performance in multi-core workloads.
Insta360’s new pair of AI-powered webcams keep you in the frame
The Insta360 Link 2 and 2C offer vibrant 4K imaging and the ability to follow your head and respond to gestures.
Raspberry Pi Holdings outperforms investor expectations since watershed IPO
Raspberry Pi has better than expected interim financial results for H1 2024, despite volumes being lower than expected.
Logitech launches MX Creative Console — a Stream Deck alternative with a dial for creatives
The Logitech MX Creative Console is designed for visual creative professionals working with Adobe apps to make their workflow faster and more efficient.
U.S. House of Representatives aims to streamline fab projects after passing bill to ease federal environmental permits
Domestic fab building to get faster as U.S. house passes bill to exempt fabs from environmental permits.
U.S. customers wake up to find Kaspersky antivirus sneakily replaced with UltraAV — switchover caught many users by surprise
Kaspersky antivirus abruptly uninstalls itself and installs UltraAV without asking customers.
US government to ban Chinese hardware and software for connected vehicles: Report
American government to ban Chinese and Russian vehicle connectivity systems and automated driving systems.
Seasonic's new power supply has enough juice and connectors to power four RTX 4090s
Seasonic has unveiled an all-new 2200-watt flagship power supply with ATX 3.1, PCIe 5.1 support, a 12-year warranty, and four 12V-2x6 power cables.
Epomaker x Aula F75 gasket 75% mechanical keyboard is on sale for $63.99
The Epomaker x Aula F75, a 75% mechanical keyboard, is available at Amazon for $63.99.
Intel Razer Lake CPUs allegedly arrive after Nova Lake — Arrow Lake Refresh reportedly canceled
Rumors suggest that Arrow Lake's successor, Arrow Lake Refresh, has been canceled without a replacement. Razer Lake, which purportedly will succeed Nova Lake, has also been made known.
Chip giants TSMC and Samsung reportedly mull building mega factories in the UAE
A new report claims that leading chipmakers TSMC and Samsung are discussing mega factory-building projects in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
RTX 4090 availability reportedly dwindling in Germany — low stock signals potential RTX 5090 debut this year
Availability of Nvidia's flagship RTX 4090 is dwindling rapidly in Germany, with remaining SKUs being priced exorbitantly high to combat supply issues.
MSI teases five upcoming motherboards with concealed connectors — Project Zero gets Intel and AMD 800-series motherboards
During a factory tour, MSI revealed its plans to launch five next-gen Project Zero boards.
Montech Hyperflow ARGB AIO Review: Top-tier performance at a budget price
We tested Montech’s Hyperflow ARGB 240mm and 360mm models with Intel’s i7-14700K to determine whether or not these AIOs can handle the heat.
iPhone 16 battery needs a good zapping to debond the adhesive — the process takes a minute and a half when using a 9V battery
iFixit demonstrates a unique property in the adhesive used in the iPhone 16. A 9V battery can debond the adhesive for easy battery removal without affecting other components.
TP-Link Deco BE65 Pro Wi-Fi 7 mesh router review: Solid performance at a competitive price
Solid performance across the board and a competitive price allows the Deco BE65 Pro to shine.
Intel looks set to receive multibillion-dollar 'equity-like' investment from alternative asset manager Apollo Global Management Inc
Intel has been offered a serious cash injection from Apollo Global Management Inc., reports Bloomberg. According to the business-focused publication, and its people familiar with the matter, Intel could receive a multibillion-dollar equity-like investment from Apollo.
AI takes YouTuber's voice — alleged offending videos have now been unlisted
Another voice has seemingly been cloned by AI, and YouTuber Jeff Geerling joins Scarlett Johansson on the list of impersonated voices
Modder hacks ChatGPT, other apps onto TI-84 calculator, creates 'The Ultimate Cheating Device'
ChatGPT gets modded into a TI-84 calculator, creating a YouTuber's "ultimate cheating device".
Microsoft Edge popup highlights performance-leeching extensions — UI allows for easy toggling of offending tools
Microsoft Edge begins a limited rollout of a performance monitor that looks out for extensions causing slowdown.
Jony Ive confirms he is working on an OpenAI hardware design project
Jony Ive has confirmed he is working with OpenAI on a new mobile hardware product. The famed former chief design officer at Apple is again hoping to contribute his design flair to the world of tech, after five years of keeping a low profile.
The Razer DeathAdder V3 wired gaming mouse has dropped to just $44 at Amazon
The Razer DeathAdder V3 wired gaming mouse is currently discounted at Amazon to just $44, a new all-time low price down from its usual $69.
Cytron Motion 2350 Pro Review: The RP2350 Robot Platform
Cytron’s latest robotics board uses the power of the Raspberry Pi Pico 2’s RP2350 to provide a solid platform for robotics and dynamic projects.
'5D' memory crystal claims to store data for eternity — the human genome has already been crammed onto a single small crystal
5D memory crystals, named as such for degrees of freedom and not literal dimensions, can be used to store hundreds of terabytes of information on a medium that shouldn't ever die.
How to connect to serial devices with Tio on Linux
Tio, is a tool for Linux that enables easy and fast connections to serial devices. If you are working with the Raspberry Pi Pico or Arduino, then this is a great tool for you.
Steam likely coming to Arm chips with support for hundreds of Windows games — Valve testing ARM64 Proton compatibility layer
Valve seems to be working on Proton for ARM64 architecture.
Firewire refuses to die, but needs help — as hardware becomes rarer, maintainer seeks volunteers for device testing
The Linux OS Firewire Maintainer is looking for help from testers still using the ancient hardware. Takashi Sakamoto has made it his quest to keep Firewire (IEEE 1394) support going on Linux systems until 2029. However, with such hardware use increasingly rare, he is looking for more input from the user base.
Geekom X Tecno Megamini G1 Mini PC Hands-On: Compact gaming rig with liquid cooling and flashy RGB
The new Tecno X Geekom Megamini G1 was showcased at IFA 2024 and on Kickstarter. This compact new gaming machine is claimed to be the world’s smallest PC to boast a liquid cooling system. Inside, it uses Intel Core i9-13900H and Nvidia RTX 4060 Laptop processors – both attached to a custom liquid cooling apparatus.
Intel Lunar Lake CPU benchmarks reveal good power efficiency and GPU performance — Core Ultra 7 268V results show regressions in multi-core performance
One of the first third-party reviews of Lunar Lake is now out. It reveals that the Core Ultra 7 268V features good power efficiency and good single-core performance but very mediocre multicore performance.
AMD's Strix Halo Zen 5 APU tested in Geekbench AI benchmark — Ryzen AI Max 390 sample falls behind Ryzen 7 7840HS
AMD's upcoming Ryzen AI Max 390 was tested in Geekbench AI's openVINO CPU test. The 12-core chip failed to outperform a previous generation Zen 4 eight-core mobile CPU.
Intel Core i5-12600KF drops to an all-time low price of $124.99
Amazon is currently selling the Intel Core i5-12600KF at an all-time low price.
Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 mini-PC goes on sale for $999 — $250 "discount" from the regular $1,249 listing price
The Beelink SER9 mini-PC arrives, leveraging one of AMD's latest Zen 5-powered Ryzen AI 300-series CPUs.
God of War Ragnarok PC port suffers review bombing on Steam due to PlayStation Network account requirement
God of War Ragnarok's PC port has been tainted by a PSN account requirement, at least according to the backlash it's getting on Steam.
Expensive Nvidia GPUs inspire 3D-printed Founders Edition-style piggy banks
An entrepreneurial 3D printer user is selling a piggy bank styled like an Nvidia GeForce RTX Founders Edition graphics card. OLX user Angelalov, based in Bulgaria, reckons the high-tech piggy bank is sound 'to collect money for the upcoming RTX 50xx.'
Final Fantasy XVI PC benchmarks: Poorly optimized and needs framegen just to hit 60 fps on a lot of GPUs
The PC port of Final Fantasy XVI delivers very poor performance, even on the fastest GPUs. You basically need upscaling and framegen just to break 60 fps with most graphics cards, with a 30 fps cap in all the in-engine cutscenes.
Maxsun iCraft B760M Cross Review: White Micro ATX, anime style
The Maxsun iCraft B760M Cross is a well-rounded, unique white motherboard, but performance is limited on heavily threaded activities due to BIOS constraints. It’s sub-$200 price is fair, but other options with similar hardware sport better features.
Qualcomm approached Intel about acquisition, report claims
Qualcomm reportedly approached Intel to discuss a takeover, but a deal is "far from certain."
Microsoft now allows you to reprogram the Windows Copilot key, but there's a catch
Microsoft published a new insider preview beta build of Windows 11 that allows users to customize the Copilot key's functionality, enabling you to open a program other than the Copilot app.
Some analysts believe Intel won't build out its German fab due to financial woes: Report
There is a 50% chance that Intel is not going build its fab in Germany after it put it on pause for two years.
RX 7800M-powered OneXGPU2 eGPU hits crowdfunding next week with an $839 early bird price
Highly portable OneXGPU2 eGPU is claimed to be 'the first eGPU with AMD Radeon RX 7800M.' It hits Indiegogo next Thursday starting from $839.
Microsoft inks deal to restart Three Mile Island nuclear reactor to fuel its voracious AI ambitions
Microsoft to get 819 MW of clean energy from a restarted nuclear power plant.
Intel Core Ultra 200HX CPU specifications purportedly leaked — Arrow Lake-HX scales up to 24 cores and 5.5 GHz boost clock
Specs for six upcoming Arrow Lake-HX models have surfaced. They will feature core counts of up to 24 cores and peak boost frequencies of up to 5.5 GHz.
Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 needs 64GB of RAM for ideal performance — oddly, the game install size is only 30GB
After Flight Simulator 2024's launch on November 19, Microsoft announced detailed system requirements, explained enhancements, and revealed how the new game could run with a much smaller file size.
Intel Optane 905P 1.5TB SSD goes on sale for $299
Newegg has issued a promo code to reduce the cost of the Intel Optane 905P 1.5 U.2 SSD by $50. It costs $299, making it a viable choice for those with write-intensive systems and services due to its low access time, high endurance rate, and warranty support of up to 5 years.
AMD pushes Ryzen to the Max — Ryzen AI Max 300 Strix Halo reportedly has up to 16 Zen 5 cores and 40 RDNA 3+ CUs
AMD's Ryzen AI Max family is reportedly detailed: Strix Halo will feature up to 16 cores and a massive GPU.
Corsair 3500X ARGB Review: Wrap around with Corsair’s distinctive style
Corsair’s 3500X ARGB features a wrap-around glass design and supports back-connect motherboards. But how does it do in our benchmark tests?
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Intel's Core Ultra 9 285K packaging leaks
Intel's Core Ultra 9 285 CPU will come in a black and blue box.
Samsung starts mass producing its fastest SSD to date — PM9E1 Gen 5 M.2 drive with speeds up to 14.5 GB/s
The Samsung PM9E1, an NVMe Gen 5 drive with improved reliability and speed compared to its predecessor, is in mass production.
Sony's 30th anniversary PS5, PS5 Pro, and Portal evoke nostalgia
Sony celebrates 30 years of PlayStation with PS5, PS5 Pro, and PS Portal Remote in the original gray color.
Asus jumps on the "fish tank" PC case bandwagon — GT502 Horizon combines a militarized theme with lots of tempered glass
Asus has released a new version of the GT502, the Horizon model, featuring support for an additional pair of RGB lightbars that add extra RGB lighting to the chassis.
Save $450 on this Dell XPS 14 Core Ultra 7 OLED laptop
Dell offers a deal on its XPS 14 notebook, which utilizes an Intel Ultra 7 155H CPU, Arc graphics, a touch OLED screen, and a memory/ storage configuration of 32GB LPDRR5X/1TB SSD.
TikTok owner ByteDance taps TSMC to make its own AI GPUs to stop relying on Nvidia — the company has reportedly spent over $2 billion on Nvidia AI GPUs
A report says ByteDance will deploy its AI GPUs in 2026 to reduce reliance on Nvidia.
Windows 11 24H2 will not arrive for non-Copilot+ PCs on October 8
Microsoft has updated one of its blog posts to confirm no targeted release date yet for Windows 11 24H2's general availability.
Samsung, SK hynix, and TSMC set to overtake Intel in revenue in Q3
While Intel continues to be one of the biggest semiconductor companies, others are catching up and even eclipsing the giant.
Nintendo sues Palworld developers Pocketpair for patent infringement
Nintendo sues Pocketpair, developers of Palworld, for patent infringement. Palworld is an indie game often described as "Pokemon with Guns" and has many uncannily similar character designs.
GPD Duo 13.3-inch dual-OLED screen laptop detailed in crowdfunder preview - top spec will cost you $1,860
Hong Kong based pocket PC specialist GPD has announced the pricing, and a cornucopia of new details, for the GPD Duo 13.3-inch dual-OLED screen laptop. The firm today added pricing to its Indiegogo preview page, igniting what is going to be a crowdfunding campaign in the not-too-distant future.
Fluance Ai41 Powered 5-inch Stereo Bookshelf Speakers Review: Solid sound, good wood looks
The Fluance Ai41 Powered 5-inch Stereo Bookshelf Speakers don't break new ground, but they're an attractive, good-sounding value, with a remote that's more versatile than most.
China's 3D NAND leader YMTC gradually switching to homegrown chipmaking tools
While China-based YMTC increases share of domestic tools, it still cannot reject equipment made in Europe and the U.S.
Using GPT-4 to generate 100 words consumes up to 3 bottles of water — AI data centers also raise power and water bills for nearby residents
New research shows generative AI consumes a lot of water — up to 1,408ml to generate 100 words of text — in addition to electricity.
Datacenter chipmaker Ampere, once valued at $8 billion, explores possible sale: Report
Oracle-backed Ampere is exploring potential sale, Bloomberg says.
Asus's new triple-fan 4070 Ti Super is, somehow, SFF-Ready — Asus Prime unveils new OC AD102 GPU
Asus's new Prime variant of the RTX 4070 Ti Super comes with AD102 silicon, and an SFF-Ready rating for a triple-fan, 2.5 slot graphics card. At this point, why even have an SFF-Ready badge?
Fractal Design has a new mini-ITX case for $199 — Era 2 is the follow-up with improved airflow over the original Era
Fractal Design releases the Era 2, a Mini-ITX case focused on improved airflow and a refined aesthetic with optional wood paneling.
Apple's mobile chips are now made in the U.S. — TSMC produces the older A16 Bionic at its Arizona fab
TSMC's Fab 21 in Arizona already produces A16 processors on the N4P node.
Lunar Lake laptop seemingly has 5 hours longer battery life than Apple M3 MacBook — Lenovo Yoga Slim 7i reaches almost 24 hours of video playback
Lenovo has provided battery life numbers for its upcoming Lunar Lake-powered Yoga Slim 7i Aura Edition. This laptop features nearly 24 hours of video playback, 5 hours more than Apple's M2 and M3 laptops.
ORNL shreds 250 petabytes of disk drives from the Summit supercomputer — Alpine storage system dismantled in preparation for the world's fastest supercomputer
The Alpine storage system, a high-performance storage array for the world's 9th fastest supercomputer, has shredded all of its drives by ORNL in preparation for its replacement, Alpine2, which will power Summit until November.
Corsair RM750e ATX 3.1 PSU Review
The Corsair RM750e balances modern features, including ATX 3.1 compliance and 600W 12V-2x6 support, but compromises on thermal efficiency under heavy loads and lacks premium components.
Fractal Design's trendsetting North PC case hits an all-time low of $109 at Newegg
One of the most iconic PC case designs in recent years has peaked our deal radar. The five-star review-winning Fractal Design North is currently available for $109.97 on Newegg, the lowest price we have ever seen.
PS5 firmware update renders several games unplayable with severe graphics issues — this week, the best way to play PlayStation titles is on PC
A PS5 firmware update has rendered several major titles unplayable with crashing or graphics glitches...the same week as two major AAA PS5-to-PC ports.
Kingston NV3 SSD Review: A solid, affordable SSD
Kingston is back with the NV3, a budget SSD successor to the NV2. It offers modest performance but with good power efficiency, and it should become an inexpensive option for upgrades and extra storage.
Ryzen 9000 CPUs drop 10% frequency executing AVX-512 instructions — Intel CPUs typically suffer from more substantial clock speed drops
Unlike Intel's CPUs, AMD's Ryzen 9000 processors do not drop clocks significantly when executing AVX-512.
Intel's Core Ultra 200 desktop CPUs reportedly support DDR5-10000 RAM — Arrow Lake-S takes advantage of CUDIMMs with clock drivers
Intel's next-generation Core Ultra 200 Arrow Lake CPUs will reportedly support up to DDR5-10000 CUDIMMs.
Final Fantasy XVI and God of War Ragnarok drop for PC this week — AMD has preview drivers, Nvidia shows benchmarks
AMD and Nvidia dropped drivers and benchmarks, respectively, ahead of two major PS5-to-PC ports. There's also a Dead Rising Remaster and a Souls-like to keep you busy.
Intel outlines a plan to get back in the game — pause fab projects in Europe, make the foundry unit an independent subsidiary, and streamline the x86 portfolio
Intel reviews its projects and product plans as part of the turnaround plan introduced in August.
Crucial brings P310 NVMe SSD to standard form factor — the 2TB QLC M.2-2230 king gets 2280 variant
Crucial's P310 NVMe SSD is getting a new variant. It is now available in the M.2 2280 form factor.
AMD microcode improves cross-CCD latency on Ryzen 9000 CPUs — Ryzen 9 9900X and Ryzen 9 9950X cross-CCD latency cut in half to match previous-gen models
AMD has released a new AGESA microcode update for Zen 5 that cuts the cross-CCD latency of the Ryzen 9 9950X and 9900X in half, matching the previous gen Ryzen 9 7950X and 7900X.
Windows Media Player and Silverlight are losing legacy DRM services on Windows 7 and 8
Microsoft deprecates legacy DRM services, crippling Windows Media Player and Silverlight.
AOC releases a quartet of curved gaming monitors — new additions offer up to 280 Hz at 1440p for $399
The newest G4-series monitors from Agon by AOC offer curved gaming experiences in 1080p or 1440p and 180 Hz or 280 Hz refresh rates. The wave is available for retail now, except for the highest-end model.
Alibaba cloud servers being 'carefully dried' after firefighter drenching last week
In a status update on Monday, Alibaba Cloud services said it was still gradually restoring access to servers and data affected by a fire last week. Specifically, servers were being 'carefully dried' after sprinklers, and firefighters drenched them to save them from a fire.
Plugable 15.6-inch USB-C Portable Monitor Review: Par for the course
The Plugable 15.6-inch USB-C portable monitor is an average performer that doesn’t justify its price tag.
Seagate Game Drive External SSD (2TB) review: Speedy, but expensive
Seagate's Game Drive External SSD performs well and looks the part of a PlayStation accessory, but similarly-performing alternatives are available for much less.
How to resolve hotkey conflicts in Windows: Find out which program is using which shortcut
If you want to know which program owns your Prtscr key or other keyboard combo, a free utility called Spy++ can help.
Chinese scientists use Starlink signals to detect stealth aircraft and drones
Chinese scientists have successfully used Starlink satellite signals to detect a moving stealth target during a radar experiment in the South China Sea.
Intel confirms $3 billion award for Secure Enclave: 18A chips coming to U.S. military
Intel is set to receive up to $3 billion in direct funding under the CHIPS and Science Act for the Secure Enclave program from the U.S. government.
6.3 GHz Ryzen 9 9700X beats 7.1 GHz Core i9-14900KF in liquid nitrogen AVX showdown
AMD's Ryzen 7 9700X broke the OCCT AVX benchmarking world record with liquid nitrogen, setting a score that outpaced a liquid nitrogen-cooled i9-14900KF operating at 800MHz higher clock speeds.
Microsoft promises major performance improvements for modern Windows 11 apps
Microsoft's Native Ahead-Of-Time compilation promises to reduce load times, while changes to Edge WebView2 SDK can reduce app sizes.
Intel preps Royal Core and Cobra Core microarchitectures for next-gen CPUs
Intel is reportedly working on two new CPU core architectures, Royal Core and Cobra Core.
China proposes mandatory red flags placed on all AI-generated content posted online
China pushes for mandatory red flagging for AI content.
Chinese company develops 65nm-capable lithography machine for domestic chipmaking — system still trails behind TSMC and Nikon, though
The Chinese government says domestic companies have developed litho tools capable of 65nm and 110nm resolution.
Twelve people sentenced for cryptocurrency heists and laundering — perpetrators stole up to $3.5 million
A group of twelve criminals have been awarded multi-year prison sentences and restitution for committing violent crimes, including abduction and cryptocurrency theft via SIM swap.
Intel reportedly lost PlayStation 6 chip design contract to AMD in 2022 — the $30 billion deal was up for grabs
Intel lost out to AMD in its bid to design and fabricate processors for the upcoming Sony PlayStation 6. According to three insiders, Intel and AMD were the two final contenders in the PS6 chip design and fabrication tender.
Gigabyte GS27FA 190 Hz gaming monitor review: Responsive and smooth gameplay without frills
Gigabyte’s GS27FA offers responsive and smooth gameplay with no frills. It’s a 27-inch FHD IPS panel with 190 Hz, Adaptive-Sync and HDR, and it won’t break the bank.
Radxa X4 Review: The Raspberry Pi Alternative
Another board attempts to take the Raspberry Pi’s throne, and while the Radxa X4 is close, it just misses the coronation.
AMD’s Linux graphics driver is getting too big for older machines
Linux users are complaining that the AMD graphics driver for their OS of choice is getting so big that it is causing issues. Red Hat Linux desktop engineer Hans de Goede highlighted this issue at the weekend. Graphical boot menus are timing out before AMDGPU can load.
Battery chemistry advance promises to deliver 'smaller, lighter, and cheaper' Li-ion cells
Researchers finally identify the primary cause of lithium battery degradation, and fixing it should allow for cheaper and longer-lasting lithium-ion batteries.
Asus ROG Strix G16 gaming laptop is down to $1,164 at Amazon
The Asus ROG Strix G16 gaming laptop is currently available at Amazon for one of its lowest prices to date—just $1,164 instead of its usual $1,399.
Advanced Nvidia AI GPUs get UAE G42 green light from U.S. authorities, says new report
G42 gets a serious boost with an Nvidia export license for high-end AI GPUs.
HaLow Wi-Fi has now been tested at 9.9 miles — new Wi-Fi world record is a near 5X increase over previous best
Morse Micro returns with yet another promising HaLow demonstration, now achieving 9.9 miles range in a rural national park.
Scientists print 3D metal parts in space for the first time — a key ability for long-distance long-duration missions
Scientists on the International Space Station (ISS) have successfully 3D printed a metal part in space - an out-of-this-world first. The achievement is significant, as this 3D fabrication capability is thought to be key for the success of future long-duration missions.
Redalf S6 Screen Extender Review: Dual screens with a twist
Redalf’s S6 Screen Extender features dual 15.6-inch 1080p displays that can function in landscape or portrait orientation.
How to install MicroPython for RISC-V on the Raspberry Pi Pico 2
Try out the latest preview version of MicroPython for the RISC-V CPU onboard the latest Raspberry Pi Pico 2.
Asgard launches world's first DDR5-9600 CUDIMMs — promising DDR5-10000+ modules are on the way
Memory and storage specialist Asgard has announced new CUDIMMs rated at a blistering DDR5-9600. The China-based firm announced its new Asgard x Thor CUDIMM DDR5-9600 C44 kits on WeChat, claiming they achieve a world first for performance.
Violent racing simulator turns force feedback up to 11 — sim project debuts in crash and smash video
A talented, potentially foolish enthusiast builds the most immersive sim setup possible, with one horrible catch.
Cooler Master V SFX Platinum 1100 PSU Review
Cooler Master’s V SFX Platinum 1100 delivers exceptional power and efficiency in a compact SFX form factor, but struggles with thermal performance under high loads.
Western powers make plans to secure submarine communications cables, excluding Chinese firms and technology
The United States and its allies are preparing a document that outlines the steps they need to take to ensure the security of their undersea communications cables.
Leaked Intel Core Ultra 5 245K CPU sample delivers double-digit multicore performance boost — no advantage seen in single-core testing, though
The Intel Core Ultra 5 245K's benchmark numbers show it at par with the Intel Core i5-14600K/KF in single-core numbers, and racing past it in multi-core test results.
Intel customer scores Core i9-14900K as a replacement for degraded Core i9-13900K — another received a $599 check for a fully working Core i9-13900K
Two "RMA lottery" winners get lucky with Intel's RMA system. One gets a full refund for his fully working Core i9-13900K chip; another gets a Core i9-14900K replacement CPU for his degraded Core i9-13900K.
Lexar's latest SD 8.0 card is too fast for its own good — potentially DOA since no current devices exploit the card's 1,700 MB/s speeds
Lexar launched an SD 8.0 card with incredible read/ write speeds rivaling larger CFexpress 4.0 cards for cameras, but the company's hope for full backward compatibility is on hold as no devices can take advantage of these speeds, resulting in a performance downgrade to the UHS-I standard.
AMD EPYC CPU hacked onto B650 motherboard, hits 6.6 GHz with liquid nitrogen — $159 EPYC 4124P shows immense overclocking potential
Overclocker pushes the EPYC 4124P to 6.6 GHz with LN2 on a Gigabyte's B650E Aorus Tachyon motherboard.
AMD’s laptop OEMs decry poor support, chip supply, and communication — OEM complains the company has "left billions of US dollars lying around" due to poor execution: Reports
Analysts and media contend that AMD is losing the confidence of laptop OEMs because of its focus on AI and data center GPUs.
Intel cleared to get $3.5 billion to make advanced chips for Pentagon — Secure Enclave program ushers leading-edge CPUs to the military
Intel will get a $3.5 billion federal grant to make chips for military applications under the Secure Enclave program.
Linux dev swatted and handcuffed live during a development video stream — perps remain unidentified
René Rebe, a 25-year Free and Open Source Software developer, was swatted live in the middle of a development stream.
AMD hides Taiwan branding on Ryzen CPU packaging as it preps new chips for China market release — company uses black sticker to erase origin information
AMD hid the information on the back of its packaging for the Ryzen 5 7600X3D that says that AMD processors are diffused and made in Taiwan.
71-TiB NAS with twenty-four 4TB drives hasn't had a single drive failure for ten years — owner outlines key approaches to assure HDD longevity
Tech enthusiast Louwrentius says that turning off the NAS when unused likely helped the 24 4TB hard drives last ten years without any failures.
Intel preps Xeon R1S CPUs with 136 PCIe 5.0 lanes — Granite Rapids rumored with up to 80 cores for single-socket platform
Intel's Xeon R1S CPU with 136 PCIe lanes could be a competitive choice for communications, edge, and high-performance storage platforms.
Elon Musk and Larry Ellison begged Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang for AI GPUs at dinner
Larry Ellison talked about how he asked Jensen Huang over dinner to give him 131,072 Blackwell GPUs for the planned Zettascale Oracle Supercluster.
Crucial MX500 SSD firmware susceptible to buffer overflow security vulnerability
Crucial's old MX500 series SSDs are vulnerable to buffer overflow attacks. A fix or information on which firmware updates are impacted is unknown.
HighPoint's blazing-fast 8-slot NVMe Gen 4 RAID card is now compliant with immersion-cooled server environments to boost efficiency and reliability
One of HighPoint's flagship cards for servers, the NVMe Gen 4 SSD7540, proves capable of operation while submerged in "an electrically non-conductive liquid", most likely mineral oil.
Intel's Core i5-14600KF is now only $277 at Amazon
The Intel Core i5-14600KF is currently available at Amazon for one of its lowest prices to date—just $277 instead of its usual $324.
Intel Core Ultra 200 CPU specs allegedly leaked — Arrow Lake tops out at 24 cores and 5.7 GHz boost clock at 250W
Core Ultra 200 series CPU specifications have been purportedly finalized. Five SKUs will debut on launch day. Core counts remain the same, but clock speeds are dropping compared to Raptor Lake Refresh.
CEO Lisa Su says AMD is a data center-first company — DC revenue topped $2.8 billion last quarter, over 4X higher than its gaming business sales
As most of AMD's money is earned from EPYC processors, AMD now calls itself a data center-first company.
Italian authorities bust a $52 million video game trafficking ring — criminals smuggled pirated games and bootleg consoles from China
Italy's financial police dismantled a counterfeit game console and pirated games trafficking ring at an estimated value of around $52.5 million.
Noctua eliminates 'Rattlegate' on the NH-D15 G2 — CPU cooler no longer makes rattling noises during operation
Noctua has finally resolved the rattling issues plaguing its new flagship NH-D15 G2 air cooler. This defect is no longer present in new production units, and current owners will be offered a full fix for defective units currently in operation.
AMD Z1 Extreme beats Intel Core Ultra 7 258V in DX12 gaming benchmark — Zen 4 chip offers over 90% higher performance
The Intel Core Ultra 7 258V performs much better than the AMD Z1 Extreme with 12GB of RAM. However, when the AMD chips were matched with 16GB of RAM, they blew the 32GB Intel SoC out of the water.
AMD plans for FSR4 to be fully AI-based — designed to improve quality and maximize power efficiency
AMD FSR4 has been in the work for 9–12 months already, and will be fully AI-based for frame generation and frame interpolation. It sounds like it's being designed around handhelds first but should apply to laptops and desktops as well.
This tiny 3D-printed Apple IIe is powered by a $2 microcontroller
A $2 microcontroller and a little 3D printing will get you a Barbie doll-sized Apple IIe.
China's SMEE files patent for an EUV chipmaking tool — tool aims to break the shackles of ASML export restrictions
Shanghai Microelectronics Equipment patents key components of an EUV lithography tool.
Microsoft uses automated robots to disassemble and recycle HDDs — company typically shreds two million hard drives per year
Instead of shredding outgoing HDDs, Microsoft disassembles them, then recycles rare earth metals and other valuable materials.
U.S. Govt pushes Nvidia and Apple to use Intel's foundries — Department of Commerce Secretary Raimondo makes appeal for US-based chip production
Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger expressed his frustrations about American tech companies' use of TSMC for their chip requirements during a meeting with Secretary Raimondo. The latter then encouraged investors in private sessions to use American foundries for their chip-making needs.
North Korean hackers target Python devs with malware disguised as coding tests — hack has been underway for a year
North Korean hackers Lazarus Group pose as financial firms to provide malware disguised as a job opportunity.
Researchers build AI-powered security systems that predict criminal behavior, claims 82.8% accuracy in predicting felonies with CCTV monitoring
The South Korean Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute has built an AI system that integrates real-time CCTV footage and historical criminal data to predict the chances that a crime would happen in a particular area.
Silicon Motion SM2508 SSD review: Finally, a true PCIe 5.0 contender
SMI’s high-end SM2508 PCIe 5.0 SSD controller is finally here. It offers top notch performance and does so with greatly improved efficiency, ushering in an era of better controllers and SSDs.
Twenty percent of hard drives used for long-term music storage in the 90s have failed
Iron Mountain says that one-fifth of the storage media it receives from the music industry are bricked.
'Cyberpunk 2077' finally gets FSR3 frame gen for non-RTX GPUs — it's not FSR 3.1, but it works with basically any graphics card
Cyberpunk 2077 finally gets its FSR 3 patch, featuring FSR frame generation support, enabling non-Nvidia GPUs to run frame generation in the game.
Bigger and cheaper SSDs are coming thanks to Samsung — chipmaker starts mass producing 280-layer QLC 9th generation V-NAND
Samsung has officially announced the production of its all-new 9th generation QLC V-NAND flash, which features up to 50% lower power consumption.
Best Ultrawide Gaming Monitors 2024
These are the best ultrawide gaming monitors available in 2023, including 240 Hz, OLED and DQHD options.
Best Monitors for PS5, Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S in 2024
Here are the best gaming monitors for the Xbox Series X/S and PlayStation 5 available in 2024.
Blacklisted Chinese AI GPU champ Biren preps for IPO at $2.19B valuation
Nvidia's China-based rival Biren hires an investment bank to prep for an IPO at a $2.19 billion valuation while being blacklisted by the U.S. government.
Researchers built a molecular film that stores 16,384 states — the team used it to create an analog computer that works like a brain
The research team tracked the precise movements of molecules within the material film to track their different states and assign them specific values in a "molecular diary".
High-end Intel Z890 motherboards will support up to DDR5-9200 RAM — 64% higher than the rumored Arrow Lake native support for DDR5-5600
Details of memory support on ASRock's Z890 motherboard leak ahead of announcement.
Grab the best 1TB SSD for just $99 at Amazon
The Samsung 990 Pro 1TB SSD is available at Amazon for just $99, its lowest price since June.
Alienware AW2725QF 4K dual-mode gaming monitor review: Two displays in one
Alienware’s AW2725QF packs two screens into a single 27-inch IPS display with 4K resolution at 180 Hz and FHD resolution at 360 Hz. You can switch modes on the fly with a single button. It also has Adaptive-Sync, HDR600 and wide gamut color.
Samsung's yield issues reportedly delays Taylor fab launch to 2026
As Samsung Foundry struggles with yields at below 3nm nodes, it decides to cut personnel at Taylor, Texas fab.
HP Omen 35L review: Testing a quiet mid-tower
The HP Omen 35L is a quiet gaming PC with standardized parts and powerful performance, with a few questionable design choices.
BOE and Intel's Winning Display reduces power consumption by 65% using AI-driven 1 to 120 Hz dynamic refresh
During the recent BOE Global Innovation Partner Conference 2024 (BOE IPC 2024) the firm claimed that its new Winning Display 1 Hz tech could reduce screen power consumption by 65%. The new tech, with Intel Intelligent Display Technology 2.0 (IIDT 2.0), utilizes AI smarts and will debut on Lunar Lake laptops.
Summit supercomputer set to be retired in November — it was the world's most powerful back in 2018-19
Oak Ridge National Lab will retire the Summit supercomputer, once the fastest supercomputer on the planet, this coming November 2024.
Ifixit Fixhub Portable Soldering Station Review: Take the heat with you
Ifixit takes the plunge into the world of soldering irons with a smart portable soldering station that brings the heat but at a cost.
Corsair SF750 SFX PSU Review
The Corsair SF750 SFX PSU excels in providing reliable power with outstanding voltage regulation and ripple suppression, all while complying with the latest ATX 3.1 standard. It’s a top-tier option in the SFX category, although its $180 price point reflects its premium features and performance.
U.S. gov may green light export of Nvidia's advanced AI processors to Saudi Arabia: Report
Advanced AI processors from Nvidia may flow to Saudi Arabia as the kingdom attempts to meet the U.S. security requirements.
How to Get Windows 11 for Free (or Under $15)
Need an OS for your PC build? Microsoft charges a whopping $139 for Windows 11 Home. Here's how to get Windows free or at least cheap.
MSI's big 34-inch curved OLED monitor is now just $679 at Amazon
The MSI MAG341CQP 34-inch curved gaming monitor is available at Amazon for one of its lowest prices to date — $679 instead of its usual $899.
Nvidia and Oracle team up for Zettascale cluster: Available with up to 131,072 Blackwell GPUs
Oracle says Nvidia's Blackwell GPUs will be available in 2025 as it announces Zettascale cluster powered by up to 131,072 Blackwell GPUs.
MSI's X870 boards get GPU power boost for PCIe slots with new power connector — ATX 3.1-ready motherboards have an extra connector to feed power-hungry GPUs and multi-GPU setups
MSI's upcoming X870 motherboards can draw 252W from the PSU via a new power connector, allowing it to deliver up to 165W to its PCIe slots.
AMD introduces AFMF 2 & VGM tech to boost Ryzen AI 300 CPU gaming performance — AFMF 2 offers up to 78% higher frame rates in Cyberpunk 2077
AMD introduces the Variable Graphics Memory feature to its Radeon Software.
AMD silently launches RX 7800M GPU — mobile Navi 32 with 12GB of VRAM
AMD has quietly released its second chipset-style RDNA 3 GPU for laptops, the RX 7800M. The new GPU features the same number of CUs as the RX 7800 XT and PS5 Pro but with a cut-down memory sub-system from the RX 7700 XT.
Intel Z890 motherboards reportedly ship with the Intel Default Profile by default — alternative profiles are allowed but only selectable by the user
The report says that Intel Z890 motherboards must ship with the Intel Default Profile as standard. However, manufacturers could still add other power profiles that users can select in the BIOS during setup.
Intel partner offers refund for faulty Core i9-14900K CPU due to lack of stock — affected user sold off Intel hardware and switches to AMD
One of Intel's partners in Hong Kong is reportedly refunding Core i9-14900K processors instead of replacing them because it is running out of CPUs.
Intel Alder Lake-N CPU powers news Linux tablet PC — Juno Tab 3 features N100 CPU, 12GB RAM, and 512GB SSD for $699
Juno Computers releases the Juno Tab 3, a Linux-first tablet PC.
Oracle will use three small nuclear reactors to power new 1-gigawatt AI data center
Oracle revealed during its quarterly earnings call that it has secured permits to build a trio of small modular nuclear reactors that could deliver power for a 1-gigawatt AI data center.
Apple's A18 delivers solid performance gains, challenges Ryzen 9 9950X in single-core Geekbench
Apple's vanilla A18 shows solid performance in Geekbench, challenges M4 and AMD's Ryzen 9 9950X.
Thermalright Peerless Assassin 140 review: Another banger
Thermalright’s Peerless Assassin 140 shows that good performance doesn’t need to be expensive.
Iodyne launches external SSD with Frore's AirJet cooler for sustained 3GB/s performance
Iodyne's new external SSD uses solid-state active AirJet cooling, e-ink label.
Russia to spend $660 million to strengthen its Internet censorship infrastructure: Report
Russia to upgrade its Internet censorship tools to block VPNs and websites with new hardware and software.
Toshiba launches CMR 24TB and SMR 28TB HDDs for data centers and hyperscalers
Toshiba unveils 24TB MG11 and 28TB MA11 hard drives for hyperscalers.
AMD's Krackan Point APUs land in early 2025 for budget notebooks — Krackan Point-powered Copilot+ laptops may start at $799
AMD is preparing mainstream Zen 5 mobile CPUs, codenamed Krackan Point, that will power notebooks cheaper than $800 by early 2025.
Intel Core Ultra 200 Arrow Lake desktop CPU launch reportedly delayed to October 24
Hong Kong media outlet HKEPC claims that Intel's Core Ultra 200-series desktop CPUs will be delayed until late October.
Next-gen Chinese GPU touts RTX 2080-level performance — Loongson claims 9A2000 is up to 10x faster than the 9A1000
Chinese chipmaker Loongson has a new GPU in development that blows its entry-level 9A1000 out of the water. According to a senior company executive speaking today, the upcoming Loongson 9A2000 will deliver performance that is '8-10 times that of 9A1000,' according to reports.
Get this RTX 4070-powered MSI Katana with 165Hz QHD screen for $1,156 —its lowest-ever price
MSI's Katana 15 gaming laptop is available for just $1,156 - its lowest-ever price on Amazon - this SKU features an Nvidia RTX 4070 GPU and fast 165Hz QHD screen.
Former Samsung execs arrested for allegedly using stolen memory tech to build chip factory in China — suspects leaked $3.2B worth of Samsung secrets
A former Samsung executive set up a factory in China and used stolen Samsung memory technology to make competing chips.
PS5 Pro confirmed — New Playstation will cost $699.99 on November 5 with larger GPU and PSSR Upscaling
Sony announced the PS5 Pro, which will launch on November 5 with a larger GPU and PSSR upscaling as well as better ray tracing.
Rambus announces HBM4 memory controller for AI GPUs — controller enables up to of 2.56 TB/s per HBM4 memory stack across a 2048-bit memory bus
Rambus's HBM4 controller has a lot of performance headroom, but will it ever be used?
Chinese chipmaker teases “world-leading” performance of next-gen 7nm CPU — 3B6600 rocks eight LA864 cores clocked at 3 GHz
Longsoon talks about the company’s next-generation 3B6600 CPU slated for 2025
Intel’s CHIPS Act fund delayed by officials — Washington reportedly wants more information before disbursing billions of dollars
Intel's CHIPS Act funds are reportedly being delayed as Washington requests a more concrete manufacturing roadmap from the company.
Why I won't buy an Intel Lunar Lake-powered laptop
Intel’s new mobile chips promise better performance and longer battery life, but they snub power users like me.
The Asus ROG Azoth is now only $159 — one of our favorite 75% keyboards
One of our favorite reviewed keyboards, the Asus ROG Azoth is now only $159 thanks to an Amazon discount.
Xiaomi G Pro 27i QHD 180 Hz review: Value-priced Mini LED
Xiaomi brings Mini LED and Quantum Dot color to a low price point with its G Pro 27i. This 27-inch IPS panel features QHD resolution, 180 Hz, Adaptive-Sync, HDR1000, a huge color gamut and impressive value.
MNT Reform Next open source modular hardware laptop sequel unveiled — expected to hit Crowd Supply soon
MNT Research announces the MNT Reform Next, the successor to its modular, fully open-source hardware laptop.
TSMC's first High-NA EUV litho tool to begin installation this month say industry insiders
TSMC to start installing High-NA EUV system for R&D purposes this month.
TSMC Arizona achieves production yields similar to those at its fabs in Taiwan, says report
TSMC's yields in Arizona on par with Taiwan, according to a Bloomberg report.
Arrow Lake desktop CPU prices won't rile enthusiasts according to Canadian e-tailer listings
Canadian pricing of Intel's upcoming Arrow Lake-S CPUs has been published by PC-Canada, who has already posted five Core Ultra 200 series listings. Pricing appears to be very similar to Intel's current generation CPUs.
Raspberry Pi updates 'bumpin sticker' with whatever song you're currently playing
Guy Dupont has created a Raspberry Pi-powered bumper sticker that updates in real-time to tell other drivers what you're listening to.
Apple Intelligence coming to Apple Silicon-based Macs, advanced iPads, and iPhones
Apple to equip its devices with advanced AI capabilities starting this month.
Micron ships production-ready 12-Hi HBM3E chips for next-gen AI GPUs — up to 36GB per stack with speeds surpassing 9.2 GT/s
Micron formally unveils its 12-Hi HBM3E memory with a 36 GB capacity per stack.
AMD Instinct MI300A data center APU underperforms against mainstream CPUs in Geekbench — MI300A submissions show lower performance than a Core i5-14600K
AMD's flagship MI300A datacenter APU was benchmarked three times in Geekbench 6, but it yielded underwhelming results, featuring inferior performance to a current-gen Core i5 processor.
Apple's A18 processor powers the iPhone 16 — and Apple Intelligence
Apple's new A18 processor is the first designed for Apple Intelligence and is powering the iPhone 16 and iPhone 16 Pro.
The best SSD for the Steam Deck in 2024: Fast NVMe drives for gaming on the go
Our list of the best SSDs for the Steam Deck uses benchmarks and data from a large collection of modern NVMe M.2 2230 drives to see how they handle gaming on the go. We pick the winners from both 1TB and 2TB capacitites.
The Best PS5 SSDs in 2024: Speedy NVMe storage for your console
We recommend the best PS5 SSDs for the Sony PlayStation 5 for every need and budget based on our extensive lab tests.
Best SSDs 2024: From Budget SATA to Blazing-Fast NVMe
We recommend the best SSDs for every need and budget based on our extensive lab tests.
Acer enters retail PC power supply market — Predator GX850 850W ATX 3.0 SFX PSU arrives with 80 Plus Gold certification
Acer launches Predator GX850, an 850W ATX 3.0 SFX power supply with 80 Plus Gold certification.
Namecheap VPS and Shared Hosting Review
Namecheap offers reliable shared and VPS plans, with good online support resources – but it might not be as cheap expected.
The GPU benchmarks hierarchy 2024: Ten years of graphics card hardware tested and ranked
Our GPU benchmarks hierarchy ranks all the current and previous generation graphics cards based on real-world gaming tests. Find out how the latest GPUs from Nvidia, AMD, and Intel stack up, with this comprehensive look at over 80 GPUs from the past decade.
AMD announces unified UDNA GPU architecture — bringing RDNA and CDNA together to take on Nvidia's CUDA ecosystem
AMD revealed that it is working on a new UDNA graphics architecture that melds the consumer RDNA and data center CDNA architectures. The intent is to better compete with Nvidia's CUDA ecosystem, though an exact release date hasn't been determined.
MSI's new 1500R ultrawide Modern MD342CQP series features 120 Hz VA 1440p panel, 98W USB Type-C PD
MSI Modern MD342CQP Series available in black and white comes with certain feature sets and pricing that would appeal to those who are looking for an ultrawide monitor with better viewing angles and some bells and whistles.
Asus Dual GeForce RTX 4070 GDDR6 hits U.S. e-tailers but is more expensive than some GDDR6X models
The first Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 graphics cards packing slower GDDR6 VRAM have started to trickle through to U.S. e-tailers. Specifically, the Asus Dual GeForce RTX 4070 12GB GDDR6 Evo graphics card is now listed on Newegg at $569.99.
China vexed at expansion of ASML chip tool export controls, reveals ministry statement
The Chinese government is not satisfied with the Dutch government's decision to export control ASML's Twinscan NXT:1970i and 1980i.
Thermal Grizzly's direct die liquid cooling product problem has been found and fixed — withdrawn cooling block reissued with RGB
A new video discusses changes made to the Thermal Grizzly Mycro Direct Die water block so that it can be marketed to enthusiasts once again. Necessary changes have now been implemented, alongside further design enhancements, to precipitate the launch of the new Mycro Direct Die RGB Pro, which we highlighted earlier in the week.
Old $20 Nvidia GeForce GT 730 graphics card upcycled into $1,024 plastic handbag
A seller preserved an old GT 730 in epoxy resin and used it as a handbag accessory listed at $1,024.
This Acer Nitro 16 gaming laptop is now only $999 at Amazon
This Acer Nitro 16 gaming laptop is currently available at Amazon for one of its lowest prices to date — $999 instead of its usual $1,299.
AMD deprioritizing flagship gaming GPUs: Jack Hyunh talks new strategy against Nvidia for gaming market
We asked AMD's senior vice president and general manager if the company will have flagship GPUs for its next-gen RDNA 4 lineup. He discussed AMD's reasoning behind deprioritizing halo GPU products and growing market share.
Thermaltake confirms 71 CPU cooler models are fully compatible with Intel LGA1851 — ready for your next-gen Intel Arrow Lake PC build
Thermaltake just released a list of existing LGA1700 coolers, including air coolers, AIOs, and water blocks, that will be compatible with the upcoming Intel Arrow Lake chips.
Lexar rolls out the world’s first stainless steel SD cards to join its Armor storage family
Lexar has taken the wraps off what it claims are the world’s first stainless-steel encased SD cards. Joining the firm’s Armor Series, which already contains product lines like rugged portable SSDs, the new memory cards boast “bend-resistance,” and are IP68 rated.
Researchers snoop data from air-gapped PC's RAM sticks by monitoring EM radiation from 23 feet away
This cyberattack exploits the electromagnetic emissions of RAM sticks to broadcast data.
Cougar GEX X2 1000W ATX 3.0 Power Supply Review
The Cougar GEX X2 1000W PSU delivers reliable power with solid voltage regulation and ripple suppression, all in a compact ATX 3.0-compliant design. It is a robust choice for modern gaming rigs, though its price point could challenge its competitiveness in a crowded market.
AMD Fluid Motion Frames 2 gets an update with new stability fixes — the driver also brings optimizations for Warhammer 40K Space Marine 2
AMD updates Fluid Motion Frames 2 for improved performance in Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2.
AMD X870 motherboards listed overseas start at $350 — premium X870E models may retail close to $800
Hardware leaker @momomo_us reveals the prices of several X870 motherboards from Asus and Gigabyte.
Zen 5 CPU performance is unaffected by Inception mitigation
AMD's latest Zen 5 architecture is reportedly the first architecture since Zen 3 to be immune to the Inception vulnerability — it does not require software-based mitigations.
Asus 24-inch FHD 165 Hz gaming monitor is on sale for $109
The Asus TUF gaming VG247Q1A monitor is currently available at Amazon for $109, its lowest price.
Intel Core Ultra 200K CPU pricing exposed by overseas retailer — Arrow Lake priced up to 8% higher than Raptor Lake Refresh
A UK-based online retailer posted listings of Intel's upcoming Arrow Lake desktop chips.
Best of IFA 2024: New CPUs, new laptops, and more
The most innovative and interesting products that debuted at Berlin's tech show.
Addlink NAS D60 SSD review: Finally a good caching NVMe SSD
The Addlink NAS D60 is a solid drive for NAS, workstations, and other servers, thanks to its power loss protection and high-endurance flash. This yields decent sustained performance and a high TBW rating, but weak all-around performance.
Micro-ATX chassis just 16 liters in size supports quad-slot GPUs and 280mm liquid coolers
A new Micro-ATX chassis has been launched with a form factor that rivals Mini-ITX cases. Even with its small size it supports full size CPU coolers and GPUs, and even ATX power supplies.
AMD's Z2 Extreme CPU for next-gen gaming handhelds will arrive in early 2025
AMD confirmed the arrival of the Z2 Extreme in early 2025 during a Q&A session at IFA 2024.
AMD's Z2 Extreme CPU for next-gen gaming handhelds will arrive in early 2025 — exec envisions playing AAA games for three hours on a single charge
AMD confirmed the arrival of the Z2 Extreme in early 2025 during a Q&A session at IFA 2024.
Nvidia's AI GPUs are cheaper to rent in China than in the U.S. — $6 per hour for eight Nvidia A100 GPUs
The rent of 8-way Nvidia A100 servers is 40% cheaper in China than in the U.S., as Chinese companies are smuggling plenty of them.
RTX 3050 A laptop GPU is a hairline behind the RTX 3050 Ti laptop GPU in OpenCL benchmark — A GPU with an Ampere name but Ada silicon on the inside
The new Ada Lovelace equipped RTX 3050 A has been spotted in Geekbench 6, with performance virtually identical to RTX 3050 and RTX 3050 Ti laptop GPUs.
Snag this Radeon RX 6650 XT GPU at its lowest-ever price of $198
Dropping to a new lowest-ever price, the Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6650 XT is yours for only $198 from Amazon.
Musician charged with wire fraud after using thousands of bots to stream AI music to earn millions in royalties
A 52-year-old man allegedly bought AI-generated tracks and then used thousands of bots to rack up streams and earn more than $10 million over several years.
Qualcomm reportedly explores buying portions of Intel's PC client business
Qualcomm explores ways to diversify its business into the PC space, eyes Intel's client PC unit.
Dutch government retakes export control over ASML's fab tools
ASML's Twinscan NXT: 1970i and 1980i now require an export license from the Dutch government rather than the U.S. government.
Sony allegedly teases PlayStation 5 Pro in 30th anniversary promo, shape matches earlier leaked renders
Sony is celebrating PlayStation's 30th anniversary while displaying all of its earlier consoles and official accessories with one silhouette matching the leaked PlayStation 5 Pro renderings.
Khadas announce updated Mind 2 range with Intel Meteor Lake CPUs
Khadas updates the Mind Standard and Mind Premium with Intel Core Ultra 5 and Core Ultra 7 Meteor Lake processors.
U.S. gov't proposes new export controls targeting China and other 'adversaries'
U.S. government adds more export control rules targeted against China and other countries that pose security risks. The rules cover tools needed to make chips with GAA transistors or using leading-edge equipment, build quantum computers, and equipment required to make sophisticated metal alloys.
Raspberry Pi Pico converts Paw Patrol toy into arcade controller
Dr. Tom Tilley is using a Raspberry Pi to convert an old Paw Patrol toy into a working controller that he can play Sega's Super Hang-On with.
Best Gaming Laptops 2024: Tested, benchmarked and reviewed
Here are our favorite gaming laptops for every need, based on our testing and reviews.
Best Raspberry Pi Projects: September 2024
We've gathered a list of the ten best Raspberry Pi projects that we've had the honor of featuring over the last month.
Best OLED Gaming Monitors 2024
OLEDs are the new hot thing in gaming monitors, and prices are starting to cool off enough to make them attractive options for enthusiasts.
Maker 3D prints giant 'Benchy' sailboat and takes it out on the water
Emily the Engineer has 3D printed a giant Benchy boat and successfully took it out on the water using a motor.
AMD's Ryzen 5 7600X3D is no longer exclusive to the U.S. — the latest 3D V-Cache chip is now available in Germany for €329
AMD's Ryzen 5 7600X3D is no longer exclusive to Micro Center in the U.S. as it becomes available in Germany.
Intel Xeon W-3595X 60-core CPU overclocked to 5.80 GHz — 1 GHz over the default 4.8 GHz boost clock
Intel's Xeon W-3595X, 'Sapphire Rapids Refresh,' seems to have a better overclocking potential than the predecessor, but at what power?
Next-gen Intel Core Ultra 300 CPU specs reportedly leaked — Panther Lake-H could feature up to 28 cores and 12 Xe3 Celestial GPU cores
Leaks suggest that Intel's upcoming Panther Lake-H CPUs will have five configurations, including TDPs up to 45W and some offering up to 12 Xe core integrated graphics.
Diamond-based quantum accelerators to be integrated into Oak Ridge National Laboratory's HPC
Quantum Brilliance (QB) and Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) have announced a strategic collaboration that will integrate the former’s diamond-based quantum accelerators with the latter’s state-of-the-art high performance computing (HPC) infrastructure.
Mobile RX 7800M GPU beats desktop RX 7700 XT GPU in vendor benchmarks — RX 7800M is also faster than the RTX 4070 Laptop GPU
One-Netbook showed off the Time Spy benchmark result of its OneXGPU 2 eGPU, powered by the new AMD Radeon RX 7800M.
Bluetooth 6.0 adds centimeter-level accuracy for device tracking — upgraded version also improves device pairing
Bluetooth 6.0 will make Bluetooth devices even more efficient and reliable.
The SavePoint M.2 2230 SSD enclosure attaches to your handheld device and features power loss protection
Human Things, originally made famous with its Genki Audio adapter for the Nintendo Switch, is back with more devices on Kickstarter. The headline here is the SavePoint M.2 2230 SSD Enclosure with power loss protection.
FBI warns crypto industry as North Korea ramps up raiding campaigns — provides advice to likely targets
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has issued a strongly worded Public Service Announcement (PSA) regarding the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea’s (DPRK’s) aggressive targeting of cryptocurrency resources.
Lenovo’s Lunar Lake-powered X1 Carbon Aura Edition weighs just 2.16 pounds
Lenovo has announced four new business laptops at IFA, including the X1 Carbon (Gen 13), which is the lightest and most powerful version of its flagship laptop yet.
Lenovo's new AI-powered Yogas and IdeaPads use Intel Core Ultra and AMD Ryzen AI 300
Lenovo brought new Yogas to IFA in Berlin, powered by the latest Intel Core Ultra (Series 2) and AMD Ryzen AI 300 processors.
Lenovo’s Auto Twist AI PC IFA concept has a motorized hinge that can follow you around and close itself via voice command
The Facebook Portal of portable PCs?
Russia bypasses sanctions and obtains spare parts for decades old ASML chip making machines: Report
Russian companies get spare parts for ASML's PAS 5500 lithography steppers from 1990s – 2000s through China-based intermediaries.
Our favorite be quiet! PC case drops to $79 — its lowest-ever price
This Editor's Choice award-winning be quiet! Shadow Base 800 DX PC case has had its price slashed by over 50% — now only $79.
Nvidia RTX 50-series Blackwell designs and specifications expected to be finalized this month — RTX 5080 rumored to have 400W TGP
Nvidia's RTX 50-series are expected to arrive soon — and they'll likely demand substantially more power than their predecessors.
Nvidia denies it got subpoena from the U.S. DOJ in AI antitrust investigation
As it turns out, the U.S. Department of Justice still has not launched a formal complaint against Nvidia.
Older YubiKeys compromised by unpatchable 2FA bug — side-channel attack is critical, but expensive and difficult to execute
Many two-factor authentication keys from Yubico have become vulnerable to a side-channel attack resulting in cloning 2FA keys, due to a weakness with integrated Infineon security chips.
Intel announces cancellation of 20A process node for Arrow Lake, goes with external nodes instead, likely TSMC [Updated]
Intel announced today that it no longer plans to use its own 20A process node with its upcoming Arrow Lake processors. Instead, it will use external nodes for all of the compute tiles, and then package the chips together.
Intel scraps 18A process for Arrow Lake, goes with 'external nodes' likely TSMC
Intel announced today that it no longer plans to use its own 20A process node with its upcoming Arrow Lake processors. Instead, it will use TSMC nodes for all of the compute tiles, and then merely package the chips together.
5-foot-long mechanical RGB keyboard is fully functional — MCHOSE super-sizes its newest budget keyboard
Budget keyboard brand MCHOSE has seemingly super-sized a new keyboard model, the X75 V2. The 5-foot-long mechanical beast is fully functional and ranks among the few good-looking novelty keyboards.
Asus launches NUC 14 Pro AI with dedicated Copilot button — Lunar Canyon NUC supports up to a Core Ultra 9 288V, Thunderbolt 4, and Wi-Fi 7
Asus updates its NUC 14 mini-PC lineup with a model that uses an Intel Core Ultra 200V and sports Microsoft's Copilot+ PC features.
Samsung updates its laptop lineup with the Galaxy Book5 Pro 360 — an ultra-lightweight laptop powered by the latest Intel Core Ultra 200V CPUs
Samsung's latest Galaxy Book laptop lineup includes an Intel Lunar Lake chip with AI capabilities.
xAI Colossus supercomputer with 100K H100 GPUs comes online — Musk lays out plans to double GPU count to 200K with 50K H100 and 50K H200
Now that X's Colossus supercomputer with 100,000 H100 GPUs is online, Elon Musk hints at its further expansion with 50,000 more H200 GPUs.
Asus brings Intel Lunar Lake to Zenbook and Vivobook S14
Asus is updating its laptop lineup with Intel Lunar Lake with the new Zenbook S14, Vivobook S14, and Expertbook P5.
Tryx Panorama 360 ARGB Review: Cooling newcomer brings F1-level performance
Tryx, a new contender in the cooling market, sets itself apart from the competition through its eye-catching design and strong performance.
Microsoft adds Copilot+ support for new CPUs — AMD Ryzen AI 300 and Intel Core Ultra 200V chips receive new AI experiences
Select new AMD and Intel laptops will receive the Copilot+ PC moniker in November through a free Windows update.
Broadcom disappointed with Intel 18A process technology — says it's not currently viable for high-volume production
Broadcom believes that Intel 18A is not viable for mass production, but the evaluation continues.
Asus ROG Swift PG27AQDP OLED 480 Hz gaming monitor review: Raising the bar
Asus redefines gaming performance with its ROG Swift PG27AQDP OLED gaming monitor. It delivers QHD resolution with a max refresh rate of 480 Hz plus Adaptive-Sync, ELMB, HDR and wide gamut color. The bar has been raised; let the shock and awe begin.
Acer's new Swift Laptops include Intel, AMD, and Qualcomm chips
Acer's new lineup of Swift laptops at IFA include chips from all the major vendors, with a big focus on AI performance.
Acer’s shows off “DualPlay” laptop with controller that pops out of the touchpad
A concept laptop from Acer features a wireless controller that serves as a touchpad until you detach and use it.
Acer brings blazing fast 600 Hz, 520 Hz FHD gaming monitors to IFA
Acer is swinging for the fences with a 600 Hz gaming monitor and two additional 500 Hz-class monitors.
Acer Nitro Blaze 7 gaming handheld with Ryzen 8040 revealed at IFA
Acer introduced new Nitro gaming PCs, including a new handheld and laptops with both Intel and AMD processors.
Raspberry Pi-powered RescueTap automatically alerts caregivers in an emergency
Youssef Eldemery has created a Raspberry Pi-powered alert system that monitors the person wearing it and sends notifications to caregivers in case of an emergency.
Intel allegedly has 'stock availability issues' for Core i9-13900K and 14900K CPUs
Intel reportedly runs out of replacements for its range-topping Core i9-13900K/14900K 'Raptor Lake' CPUs.
Intel says defect density at 18A is 'healthy,' potential clients are lining up
Intel discloses defect density of 18A process technology for the first time, says clients are inclined to use it.
This 16-inch RTX 4070-powered gaming laptop from Acer is only $1,099 for a limited time
If you're on the lookout for a powerful gaming laptop that's within budget, check out this RTX 4070-powered beast from Acer for only $1,099.
U.S. Department of Justice subpoenas Nvidia in AI antitrust investigation
U.S. Department of Justice formally subpoenas Nvidia and other companies in its AI antitrust investigation.
V-Color unveils DDR5 CUDIMM modules with RGB LEDs and up to 9200 MT/s
V-Color announces DDR5 CUDIMM modules for enthusiasts. It will have kits that provide up to 48GB of RAM with speeds up to DDR5-9200. There's currently no word on retail availability, however.
Qualcomm Snapdragon X Plus now comes in 8-core variants
The Snapdragon X Plus 8-Core has slower multi-threaded performance, a lower-end GPU, and lesser camera support, but it should bring down prices for Snapdragon laptops.
Microsoft's Surface Pros with Snapdragon come to businesses
Microsoft is bringing its Snapdragon X-based Surface Pro and Surface Laptop to businesses, and adding 5G to the Surface Pro and Surface Pro 10.
Intel could be removed from Dow Jones due to stark stock price drop: Report
As Intel's market cap drops below $100 billion, the company's stock could be removed from the prestigious DJIA index.
Retro gaming enthusiasts demonstrate transmission of C64 games via YouTube — data rates appear to be around 30 bits per second
Two retro gaming enthusiasts decided download links were just too fast for their taste, so they developed a way to transmit the software using flashing dots and YouTube. Speeds appear to be very slow, at roughly 30 bits per second in a test video.
LG's UltraGear 32-inch 165Hz QHD Nano IPS gaming monitor is back to its lowest-ever price of $279
PIck up a large 32-inch LG UltraGear gaming monitor from Best Buy for just $279 - with a fast 165Hz refresh rate and QHD resolution for a great gaming experience.
Cooler Master's Shark X PC is up for pre-order with a jaw-dropping $6,999 price tag — a lot of money for a Core i7-14700F, 64GB RAM, RTX 4070 Ti Super, and 2TB SSD
Cooler Master has finally launched its shark-themed pre-built gaming PC, which it has already shown off twice at CES. The new Shark X has a Core i7 14700F and RTX 4070 Ti Super GPU.
Ryzen 7 9700X and Ryzen 5 9600X gaming performance don't benefit from a higher TDP — 105W TDP mode tested in three modern games
The 105W TDP option for the Ryzen 7 9700X and Ryzen 5 9600X was tested in three games to see if the higher power setting would improve gaming performance.
MSI's new productivity laptops boast Intel Lunar Lake and AMD Ryzen AI 300
MSI brought productivity laptops to IFA, with the latest chips from both Intel and AMD. There's also a single gaming laptop, the MSI Stealth.
Incase will launch rebranded "Designed by Microsoft" peripherals in Q4 2024
Microsoft Hardware lives on through a line of relaunched, rebranded hardware from Incase, "Designed by Microsoft."
Chinese GPU-maker XCT, once valued at $2.1B, is on the verge of collapse — shareholders now suing founder
Xiangdixian Computing Technology (XCT), the company behind China's homegrown Tianjun GPUs, is reportedly facing financial trouble after laying off employees and being sued by its shareholders.
Intel Core Ultra Series 2 comes to the Dell XPS 13
The Dell XPS 13 9350 uses Intel's Core Ultra Series 2 processor for up to 28W of performance and longer battery life, but the chassis is unchanged.
Intel launches Lunar Lake: claims Arm-beating battery life, world’s fastest mobile CPU cores
Intel finally revealed its performance benchmarks for its Lunar Lake Core Ultra 200V-series processors here in Berlin, Germany, touting ‘historic x86 power efficiency’ coupled with the world’s fastest mobile CPU cores and 30% faster gaming performance than competing processors.
Taiwan accuses Chinese chip manufacturing tool companies of poaching engineers from Taiwanese companies
Taiwanese intelligence says that Naura Technology and others illegally poach engineers from Taiwanese high-tech firms to boost the Chinese semiconductor industry.
Taiwan chip industry heavyweights form SiPhIA to energize the photonics industry
Over 30 Taiwanese tech industry heavyweights have formed a new Silicon Photonics Industry Alliance (SiPhIA), demonstrating that this branch of semiconductor development is getting serious attention. Leading semiconductor firms like TSMC, ASE, Foxconn, and MediaTek are in the new collective.
Leaker says RTX 50-series GPUs will require substantially more power, with the RTX 5090 TDP jumping by over 100 watts
Popular hardware leaker @kopite7kimi says that the RTX 5070 and RTX 5090 GPUs will require substantially more power than the previous generation. The 5070 will potentially match the 4070 Super at 220W, but the 5090 could see TGP of 550W or more.
The Zen 5 Gaming postmortem: Larger generational gains than many reported, game-boosting Windows Update tested, Ryzen 5 7600X3D gaming benchmarks, too
We retested AMD’s Zen 5 gaming chips to suss out the true generational gains in gaming performance, and then took both Intel and AMD chips through testing with the new game-boosting Windows update applied.
Intel to establish advanced chip R&D center in Japan — a collaborative venture with Tokyo's Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)
Intel and Japan's National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology to establish semiconductor R&D center to advance Japanese chip industry.
Raspberry Pi 5 powers personal cloud server in a custom laser-cut case
Michael Klements has created a cool Raspberry Pi 5-powered personal cloud server and made a slick laser cut case for it using an Omtech Polar.
Scientists create optically switchable photonic units, aiming to power the future of logic gates and microchips
A research team from the University of Bayreuth and the University of Melbourne have successfully used optical logic gates to read, write, and erase binary information, marking one of the first successful applications of light to input, process, and output data.
Pentium processor turned into a Navajo weaving — Ken Shirriff finds a piece of CPU history
This Navajo rug weaved in the likeness of the first Pentium die, a gift commissioned by Intel, is currently on display in the National Gallery of Art. Ken Shirriff, curator of online tech oddities, tracked down the history of Intel's relationship with the Navajo reservation.
Khadas lists modular Intel Lunar Lake AI mini-PC development kit for $1,199
Khadas has a new Lunar Lake development PC that can be connected to a variety of accessories including a GPU dock featuring a desktop RTX 4060 Ti.
Icy Dock unveils 4-bay M.2 adapter for PCIe 5.0 SSDs: up to 56 GB/s
Icy Dock reveals ExpressSlot MB204MP-B adapter for four M.2-2280 SSDs.
China spent more on chipmaking equipment than South Korea, Taiwan, and the U.S. combined — $25B in investments in the first half of the year
A Nikkei report says that China bought more chipmaking tools than the U.S., Taiwan, and South Korea combined.
Microsoft confirms that Windows 11 Recall AI is not optional — a glitch made it appear so in the Windows 11 24H2 KB5041865 update
Windows 11's Recall AI feature cannot be disabled despite a toggle in the current version.
Intel CEO will reportedly present plans to cut assets at an emergency board meeting — chipmaker may put $32B Magdeburg plant on hold and sell off Altera
Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger is expected to meet with the board of executives this month to share potential plans on what to cut from Intel to turn around the company. Intel's Foundry wing will not be on the chopping block, but Intel's in-progress Magdeburg fab will likely be canceled.
Nvidia revamps GeForce RTX badge with AI slogan — new logo reads "GeForce RTX Powering Advanced AI"
Nvidia has updated its case badge for GeForce RTX graphics cards, including the new tagline "Powering Advanced AI." OEMs, including PNY, have already begun adopting the new branding.
Our favorite budget mechanical keyboard is only $24 this Labor Day
Down to its lowest-ever price, this Keychron C3 Pro mechanical keyboard is the perfect budget keeb.
TP-Link Archer GE800 Wi-Fi 7 router review: Gaming-focused with attractive pricing
TP-Link created a Wi-Fi 7 router that holds the line on pricing while dialing up performance to lead the pack.
RGB-infused direct die cooling block arrives for Intel LGA1700 CPUs — Thermal Grizzly claims six degrees Celsius lower temperatures
High-performance cooling specialist Thermal Grizzly has launched the Intel Mycro Direct-Die Pro RGB V1. This is a direct-die (delidded) CPU cooling block for liquid-cooled setups. Compared to its predecessor, this ‘Pro’ model, with the added sparkle of RGB lighting, delivers ‘up to 6 degrees Celsius lower temperatures.’
Palit and Gainward release 'Nvidia SFF-ready' Infinity 3 and Python 3 Nvidia RTX 4000 series GPUs
Both Palit Group-owned brands Palit and Gainward have released new RTX 40 series graphics cards to comply with Nvidia's SFF-ready standard, while both brands use the same design with triple fan cooling.
Windows 11 skips past 50% market share milestone in latest Steam survey
Microsoft’s Windows 11 operating system strode past a major market share milestone in August. The newest version of Windows gained an impressive 3.36% market share, according to the newest Steam Hardware Survey data, to reach 50.81% share.
Intel Panther Lake processors could pack up to 16 cores, maximum of four performance cores according to leak
Panther Lake's top configuration to feature up to four high-performance cores and up to eight efficiency cores
How to Control your Raspberry Pi Camera using a web UI (Updated)
Take full control of your Raspberry Pi camera module with this simple to install, and easy to use web interface.
Best Soldering Irons and Stations 2024
Choosing the right soldering iron can be difficult. Do you need temperature control, hot air rework and high wattage irons to do a good job?
Best Raspberry Pi Accessories of 2024
From cases to keyboards, wires and cameras, these products will help you make the most of your Raspberry Pi.
Best RP2040 Boards 2024
In such a short space of time, the RP2040 has disrupted the microcontroller community and we now have a smörgåsbord of RP2040 boards to choose from.
Best Stemma QT, Grove Add-Ons for Raspberry Pi and Arduino 2024
Stemma QT and Grove are solderless connections to connect a plethora of different sensors, displays and components to your Raspberry Pi, Arduino or ESP32. We show you the best that we have personally used in projects.
Best Raspberry Pi HATs 2024: Expansion Boards for Every Project
The Raspberry Pi HATs (Hardware Attached on Top) bring tons of extra functionality to your Pi. The best HATs allow you to build a retro gaming machine, develop an A.I., power a robot or just learn about programming.
Windows preview build teases searching your audio and video content — 'intelligent media search' referenced in newest build
Windows Insider Canary Channel build 27695 brings with it references to an "intelligent media search" function. If users opt in, the tool would train an AI model on all audio and videos on your device and make them searchable from Windows search.
This Alienware Aurora R16 gaming desktop is now only $1,899
This gaming desktop from Alienware is currently available for one of its lowest prices to date — just $1,899 instead of its usual $2,199.
AMD 128-core Zen 5-based EPYC 9755 'Turin' tested: 2X faster than 128-core predecessor
AMD's 128-core EPYC 9755 is two times faster than 128-core EPYC 9754 processor in a compression/decompression benchmark.
This Raspberry Pi Pico drives tiny level crossing lights for a model train
Brendan McGrath is using a Raspberry Pi Pico to operate his little level crossing lights for model train projects.
'Mindblowing' fake AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D chip investigated — buyers beware
TechTuber Der8auer has highlighted the plight of one of his fans who was scammed into buying a fake AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D processor. The expert overclocker talks viewers through some of the outward signs that this chip was a fake, which could prevent others for falling for scams like this.
Texas resident used Apple AirTags to discover plastics taken to Houston recycling centers aren't being recycled
A Houston resident discovered that their recyclable trash isn't being processed when the AirTags they used to track the recyclables show them sitting in a private open-air lot.
Hands-on with MSI’s MAG Pano 100L PZ PC case and Project Zero Motherboard
Project Zero and MSI’s MAG Pano 100L PZ prove an effective combo, making creating eye-catching builds and cable management easier than ever before.
Acer Predator Helios Neo 14 Review: Slim, powerful, but needs refinement
Despite its compact design, the Predator Helios Neo 14 offers solid gaming performance.
Intel Arrow Lake and Lunar Lake CPUs are unaffected by crashing issues — Vmin Shift Instability issue only impacts 13th and 14th Gen CPUs
Intel releases an official update on its 13th and 14th Generation Core CPU instability issues and claims that future Arrow Lake and Lunar Lake CPUs are unaffected.
Qualcomm Snapdragon X Plus octa-core CPU benchmarks leaked — decent CPU prowess but terrible GPU performance compared to 10-core variant
The 8-core Snapdragon X Plus X1P-42-100 benchmark results show a 5% drop in single-core and 20% drop in multi-core performance versus the 10-core version. However, its GPU score took a massive hit, tanking performance by about 50%.
Another Radeon RX 8000 GPU spotted in transit — Navi 44 XL GPU hints that RDNA 4 may mimic RDNA in product segmentation
The lifecycle of AMD's new (but still unannounced) GPU continues, and now we're seeing the low-end version move in shipping manifests.
Blacklisted Huawei posts record profits despite U.S. sanctions — Chinese tech giant raked in $7.7B in net profit in 1H 2024
Huawei seems to be adapting to U.S.-imposed sanctions as it posts record profits.
Dell 27-inch 4K IPS FreeSync monitor drops to all-time low price of $199
Right now, at Amazon, the Dell S2721QS is available for its lowest price to date—just $199 instead of its usual $299.
Ayaneo officially enters the U.S. gaming market — $399 Next Lite and $999 Kun now available at Best Buy
Ayaneo launched the Ayaneo KUN and Next Lite in Best Buy, allowing gamers to buy them directly from the retail giant.
Pimoroni Pico Jumbo Review: Giant Pico Board that Uses Alligator Clips
Need a 3.5 times larger Raspberry Pi Pico 2? Pimoroni has just the thing.
SteelSeries Arctis Nova 5 Wireless Review: The cheaper Nova 7
The Arctis Nova 5 Wireless is a cheaper alternative to the Arctis Nova 7 Wireless, but it suffers from the same driver issues as its pricier counterpart.
Adata Legend 970 Pro SSD review: More pretender than contender
The Adata Legend 970 Pro finally delivers a PCIe 5.0 alternative to Phison E26-based SSDs for high-end PCs, but it has poor power efficiency and fails to live up to its 'Pro' moniker.
Dreamcast-inspired mini-PC plays your favorite console games — EmuDeck Machine features up to a Ryzen 5 8600G, 16GB RAM, and 512GB SSD
The EmuDeck team branches from emulation front-ends to mini PCs.
Electronics builder qualifies for ‘Father of the Year’ with this Raspberry Pi-enhanced kids’ electric car
A dedicated father built his daughter the ultimate kids' car using Raspberry Pi and a wealth of ingenuity.
MSI releases firmware with 105W TDP mode for Ryzen 5 9600X and Ryzen 7 9700X — multi-core performance boosted by up to 13%
MSI has announced AMD AGESA BIOS PI 1.2.0.1, a new BIOS update "for trial use" that allows users to crank the TDP of their Ryzen 5 9600X and Ryzen 7 9700X CPUs. This follows the leak of the update from earlier this week, whose performance numbers exactly match MSI's.
EKWB's future looks grim — key personnel jump ship to Noctua and Thermal Grizzly
EKWB's Head of Product Marketing, Attila Gobor, just joined Noctua, while Lead Product Designer Joe Robey is now Thermal Grizzly's Head of Mechanical R&D.
DeepCool penalizes Chinese distributor for selling sanctioned products on Amazon in the US — blurred logo and brand name change violated contract
US-sanctioned DeepCool contacted Tom's Hardware to state that it had nothing to do with the Shaking Tank Amazon store selling its products with blurred logos. A company rep tells us it has taken action against the seller, who was violating its contract with DeepCool.
Startup company builds $10,000 underwater communication kit for $400 using Raspberry Pi
Researchers from Italy have founded a startup to provide software-defined radio solutions using Raspberry Pi for underwater communication needs.
Intel mulls spinning off its manufacturing division
Intel is working with investment banks over strategic options regarding its manufacturing operations.
This AI powered Raspberry Pi RC tank shoots bubbles at its targets
Kahosh RC and AI Tech has made a Raspberry Pi-powered RC tank robot that shoots bubbles at its targets with a little help from an Arduino Nano.
AMD launches Ryzen 5 7600X3D: Microcenter exclusive six-core Zen 4 CPU with game-boosting 3D V-Cache
AMD's Ryzen 5 7600X3D to be exclusively available at Micro Center retail stores.
Acer Swift 14 AI review: Lots of ports, long battery life, weird AI indicator
The Acer Swift 14 AI has lots of USB ports, a fast SSD, and long battery life, but Acer has chosen to smother it with AI bloat on the hardware and the software.
Linux Kernel 6.12 sees optional QR code during kernel panics
Linux 6.12 gets an optional feature where it would display a QR code every time the system encounters a kernel panic.
Raspberry Pi RP2350 microcontroller has a bug that causes faulty pull-down behavior on resistors
A confirmed launch bug for the Raspberry Pi RP2350 is being addressed.
Pi Expert Jeff Geerling benchmarks new D0-stepped 2GB Raspberry Pi 5
The expert who delidded the new D0-stepped Raspberry Pi 5 CPU has released benchmark results for the inexpensive SBC.
Feed your fish remotely with this Raspberry Pi-powered feeding system
Sepfy is using a Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W to drive their Raspberry Pi-powered remote aquarium feeding system.
Crucial's T500 4TB SSD fulfills company's promise from last year, adds capacity to great PCIe Gen 4 drive
Crucial has made its T500 SSD available in 4TB, making good on its promise from last year. The T500 is our current best pick for laptop SSDs and offers compelling performance for any machine, now with the double the size.
Nvidia's quarterly revenue hits record $30 billion on AI GPU boom
Sales of Nvidia's AI and HPC GPUs hit $22.6 billion as Nvidia reports its best quarter ever.
AMD posts first Instinct MI300X MLPerf benchmark results — roughly in line with Nvidia H100 performance
AMD's data center Instinct MI300X GPU can compete against Nvidia's H100 in AI workloads, and the company has finally posted an official result for MLPerf 4.1 — for the Llama 2 70B LLM at least. It's roughly in line with the H100 but noticeably slower than H200 and B200.
SK hynix develops 6th-gen 10nm-class DDR5 with the world's first 16Gb DRAM modules — chipmaker claims electric savings of up to 30% for data centers
SK Hynix has announced its 6th-generation DDR5 DRAM ICs on its 10 nm process node. The new modules are 11% faster and 9% more energy efficient than their predecessors.
NATO believes Russia poses a threat to the West’s internet and GPS services
With tensions growing between Russia and the West, officials say the internet —something we all take for granted—is under serious threat.
Google renames its AI image generation tool to Imagen 3 — relaunches it six months after pulling the service due to controversies
Google relaunched its AI image generation tool five months after it was pulled because of the controversial photorealistic images that it created.
China invested $6.1 billion in a state data center project in two years — the "Eastern Data, Western Computing" project aims to utilize the country's undeveloped land
According to a state official, the Chinese government has invested $6.1 billion in a new state data center project since 2022. The move comes as China becomes increasingly ostracized in the global tech market.
PS5 Pro design sketch based on alleged packaging suggests the launch is near — and we don't see a disc drive
A sketch based on a supposed leaked photograph of the PlayStation 5 Pro shows off its design ahead of an expected announcement later this year.
Dutch government to ban ASML from servicing installed wafer tools in China
ASML's advanced DUV tools installed at Chinese fabs may become inoperable next year if the Dutch government bans their service by ASML.
DNA tech stores data equivalent to thousands of SSDs — all that data tucked away safely in an area the size of a fingernail
A research team from North Carolina State University and Johns Hopkins University built a 'primordial DNA store and compute engine.'
Best Wi-Fi Cards for Desktops 2024: Wi-Fi 6, Wi-Fi 6E, and Wi-Fi 7
These are the best Wi-Fi 6, Wi-Fi 6E, and Wi-Fi 7 wireless adapters to use with your desktop computer.
MSI Lunar Lake-powered gaming handheld pricing and availability will be revealed in September — MSI Claw 8 AI+ likely debuts during Intel's Lunar Lake launch event
MSI confirms it will reveal pricing and availability info for the second MSI Claw handheld next month and provide an official comparison slide.
Japanese company shows off $50 USB thumb drive with integrated digital camera
A Japanese company is showing off a $50 USB thumb drive that integrates a fully functioning camera. April Tokyo’s 3-in-1 USB memory & art camera delivers portable storage, still photography, and video camera functionality in a form not much bulkier than a mainstream storage-only device
MSI Pro B650M-P Review: Value-minded Micro ATX
MSI’s Pro B650M-P is a budget Micro ATX offering for business users. It offers ample storage options and full support for the 9000 series processors at an entry-level price point.
Indiegogo introduces a Shipping Guarantee, withholding money from firms until shipments are made
Indiegogo introduces a Shipping Guarantee initiative that ensures supporters of eligible campaigns get their order on time or receive a quick refund.
Nvidia addresses significant Blackwell yield issues, production ramps in Q4
Nvidia fixes Blackwell to improve yields but admits that availability in Q4 2024 will be relatively limited.
Nvidia publishes first Blackwell B200 MLPerf results: Up to 4X faster than its H100 predecessor, when using FP4
Nvidia's Blackwell can deliver 3.7X – 4X higher performance than Hopper H100 processors in generative AI inferencing, according to Nvidia. That's using FP4 vs. FP8 and comparing a single B200 to four H100 GPUs as well.
AI makes Doom in its own game engine — Google's GameNGen project uses Stable Diffusion to simulate gameplay
A team at Google Research has assembled GameNGen, which they call "the first game engine powered entirely by a neural model." The system generates Doom levels in real-time based on extensive training data and player interaction.
Best Flash Drives 2024: Fast, Roomy, Pocketable USB Storage
Today's best flash drives are faster and speedier than ever. We've tested dozens to find the best.
Intel launches Xeon W-2500 and W-2600 processors for workstations: Up to 60 cores
Intel's Xeon W 'Sapphire Rapids Refresh' CPUs for workstations are here with up to 60 cores, but at up to 385W.
Cooler Master's TIM application is a work of art — the vendor paints a 13th Gen Intel CPU's IHS with a gamut of six CryoFuze 5 thermal paste colors
Cooler Master shows off its gamut of CryoFuze 5 thermal paste colors with a silly painting project.
MSI BIOS comes with a new 105W TDP option for the Ryzen 5 9600X and Ryzen 7 9700X — user results show 13% multi-core performance improvement
MSI's latest firmware has a new 105W TDP option that boosts the Ryzen 7 9700X and Ryzen 5 9600X TDP from 65W to 105W with a simple toggle.
MSI over-the-top X870E Godlike motherboard for Ryzen 9000 supports 256GB DDR5 RAM, five M.2 SSDs, and two PCIe 5.0 x16 slots
MSI released the blueprint and some specs for its next-gen 800-series AMD motherboard.
This Raspberry Pi keyholder will backup your flash drive data
Thinklearndo has created a Raspberry Pi-powered keychain holder that automatically backs up your data when a flash drive is connected.
GreenGeeks Review: VPS and Shared Hosting
GreenGeeks plants a tree for every plan sold and buys wind energy credits to make up for its data centers’ energy consumption. It also has some really good hosting plans.
Research shows more than 80% of AI projects fail, wasting billions of dollars in capital and resources: Report
Many AI projects fail because of the disconnect between leadership and the data scientists and engineers on the ground.
Corsair RM850x Shift 850W ATX 3.1 Power Supply Review
The Corsair RM850x Shift 850W PSU stands out with its unique left-side modular connector placement, enhancing cable management while delivering excellent efficiency and quiet operation for those willing to settle on a compatible case.
Raspberry Pi 5 2GB delid uncovers 'Dark Silicon' and improved power performance
The D0 SoC runs at a lower temperature, consumes less power and still delivers the full Raspberry Pi 5 experience
Security researcher releases Windows Downdate tool to silently downgrade security patches
A tool discussed at two recent cybersecurity conferences that can silently downgrade Windows security patches has been released to the public to further research.
Best Alienware and Dell Deals 2024: Gaming PCs and Laptops
Dell often drops impressive PC and laptop deals from the latest and greatest Alienware gaming rigs to XPS laptops.
Microsoft backports branch prediction improvements to Windows 11 23H2 — more users will see Ryzen performance improvements
Microsoft is backporting branch prediction optimizations in Windows 11 24H2 to Windows 11 23H2. With an update, you can get bumps to Zen 3, 4, and 5.
RISC-V CPU runs The Witcher 3 at 15 FPS — 64-core chip paired with Radeon RX 5500 XT GPU deliver laggy gameplay
A modern AAA game like The Witcher 3 can now run on RISC-V architecture, albeit with minimal performance.
China restrictions on rare earths has caused pricing to double over the past year — critical elements are used in processors, solar cells, and more
China's curbs on exports of gallium and germanium have caused the prices of these metals to increase significantly over the past year. These are critical elements used in processors, solar cells, and more. Both now cost around twice as much as before — current prices are around 115% higher on germanium and 75% higher on gallium.
This pocket-sized Raspberry Pi 5 PC is portable and modular
The team at Soulcircuit has created a Raspberry Pi 5-based portable tablet with various cool modules that can be attached.
Sony PlayStation Accessories app continues inroads into PC gaming — customizes DualSense Edge PS5 controller on Windows
PlayStation's increased push into PC gaming has led to the Accessories app, which lets you customize the. DualSense Edge PS5 controller.
AMD Threadripper 9000 “Shimada Peak” CPU surfaces in shipping manifest — next-gen Zen 5 HEDT chip sports 96 cores and 192 threads
A new Ryzen Threadripper "Shimada Peak" 96-core CPU was spotted in a shipping manifest.
Inspector General points out serious security gaps in how FBI manages storage media
A recent audit by the Office of the Inspector General identified serious security and asset management lapses at an FBI storage facility.
Ryzen CPUs receive a performance bump with the Windows 11 24H2 Release Preview version — impact varies
Many titles receive a performance bump of around 5% to 8%, but some games also suffered from a loss of FPS compared to systems running Windows 11 23H2.
Arbiter Studio Polar 75 Pro Review: Wooting who?
Arbiter Studio's 'Kitsune' Polar 75 Pro feels and sounds fantastic out of the box — like the brand's previous Polar 65, but somehow even better.
Western Digital granted permission to expand HDD production facility in Thailand
Western Digital could expand HDD production in Thailand for the first time in years.
Human brain organoid bioprocessors now available to rent for $500 per month
FinalSpark, the firm behind Neuroplatform, has begun to offer paid 24-7 remote access to its bioprocessors. Academic customers can now access this biocomputing platform, featuring four shared organoids, for $500 per user per month.
TinyBox AI accelerator now available starting at $15k, available in AMD 7900XTX and Nvidia RTX 4090 variants
The TinyBox AI accelerators feature either six 7900XTX or RTX 4090 GPUs and could deliver at least 738 FP16 TFLOPS of computing performance.
Nvidia partner SMC offers containerized data center GPUs which are 28% cheaper and 50% more power efficient
Singapore-based firm Sustainable Metal Cloud uses containerized HyperCubes — data center GPUs that use immersion cooling — to deliver a more power efficient server solution.
Adata SC750 (1TB) flash drive review: Speedy and small
Adata's SC750 delivers true 10Gbps SSD speeds in a compact (but wide) form factor. It's one of the fastest flash drives we've tested, and it will soon be available in capacities up to 2TB.
Japan to begin developing ZetaFLOPS-scale supercomputer in 2025
Japan to start development of Fugaku Next in 2025, aims to achieve Zeta-scale performance for AI.
IBM intros Telum II processor — 5.5GHz chip with onboard DPU claimed to be up to 70% faster
IBM's Telum II processor packs eight CPU cores and a 24 TOPS AI accelerator.
U.S. gov't tightens China restrictions on supercomputer component sales
U.S. government wants to know if its citizens are involved in building 100 PetaFLOPS supercomputer in China.
Elon Musk shows off Cortex AI supercluster — first look at Tesla's 50,000 Nvidia H100s
Elon Musk shared new video footage of the inside of the Cortex supercluster today, the new name for the recent expansion of Tesla’s “Giga Texas” plant. The X video showcases over 2,000 AI-accelerator servers, a small portion of the expected 70,000.
Meet Flexduino, a DIY Arduino replica that bends and flexes
Rajesh K T with Edison Science Corner has created a totally flexible Arduino replica PCB and shows it off in a video demonstrating that it actually works.
Best Wi-Fi Routers 2024: High-Speed, Low Cost Choices for Wi-Fi 6, 6E and 7
The right Wi-Fi router can make a huge difference in your day-to-day productivity and gaming experience. We’ve tested a slew of models to help you find the best one.
Best Mechanical Keyboards 2024
The best mechanical keyboards we've tested for typing, texting, talking, and not gaming (but some of them will work for gaming, too).
Fly drones hands-free using AeroCommand, a Raspberry Pi-powered AI controller
Gustavs Andersons has created a hands-free drone flying experience called AeroCommand that uses a Raspberry Pi and AI to make piloting more accessible.
IBM shutters China R&D facilities, blaming declining infrastructure business — shutdown affects over 1,000 employees
This morning, employees at IBM's China-based research and development department were told in a virtual meeting that the operation was impending closure. The current China-based R&D and testing functions will be moved to other overseas facilities, they were told.
RSIC-V CPU arrives on a tablet starting at $149 — DC-ROMA RISC-V Pad II features an octa-core CPU and up to 16GB RAM and 128GB eMMC storage
The DC-ROMA RISC-V Pad II tablet uses the same SoC as the DC-ROMA RISC-V Laptop II and could be upgraded with an Android 15 OS.
AMD Radeon RX 8000 GPU emerges in Geekbench benchmarks — Navi 48 GPU with 56 RDNA 4 CUs at 2.1 GHz and 16GB VRAM
Geekbench OpenCL scores have been uploaded for an upcoming "gfx1201" AMD GPU using the Navi 48 architecture, indicating that RDNA 4-based RX 8000 Series GPUs are already being tested.
Nvidia’s stock surge mints new employee millionaires, but many can’t yet enjoy their wealth
More and more Nvidia employees are becoming millionaires or even multimillionaires, but they're still working long, stressful hours that leave no time to enjoy their riches.
Apple may switch to 16GB of memory as default for new M4 series — test machines hint at a transition even on the base model
An Apple insider has noted that a quartet of new base-level Mac computers are being tested, all with at least 16GB of RAM. Upcoming M4 machines are likely to adhere to this minimum.
Linux market share approaching 4.5% for first time, could hit 5% by 1Q25
Linux's market share has jumped by over 40% in a year.
Self-learning AI algorithms improve 3D printing speed and efficiency — biomedical model printing boosted by Washington State University team
A WSU research team built an AI model that allowed them to 3D print human organs that looked and felt like the real thing.
Scientists to use AI and 1.6 million brain scans for earlier and more accurate dementia diagnoses
Researchers in Scotland are hopeful they can use machine learning to detect signs of dementia much earlier than is currently possible.
Microsoft's Windows Control Panel might not get the axe after all — 38-year-old feature could live on as wording about deprecation is removed
A sentence that seemed to confirm the Control Panel's retirement was replaced by a more ambiguous line.
Asus RT-BE88U Wi-Fi 7 router review: Skipping the 6 GHz band
The Asus RT-BE88U skips the 6 GHz band but picks up other Wi-Fi 7 enhancements
Intel hires Morgan Stanley to protect itself against activist investors
Amid the lack of activism, Intel wants to protect itself against activist investors.
Chinese researchers boast of a world record underwater wireless transmission range of 30 kilometers, eclipsing NATO's best tech
China takes a lead in underwater wireless communications.
UC Riverside team develops new superconductor material for quantum computing
This new superconductor could potentially reduce errors in quantum computers.
Asus shows off GaN PSUs at Gamescom 2024, touts benefits of increased efficiency, cooler and quieter operation
Asus showed off its ROG THOR and ROG STRIX PSUs that use GaN technology to deliver better cooled and more power efficient PSUs.
This HP 17-inch Essential Business Laptop is now just $499 at Amazon
This HP 17-inch Essential Business Laptop is currently marked down to one of its lowest prices to date over at Amazon.
Nintendo PlayStation controller prototype sells for $35,000 at auction
Just prior to the 3D console era getting its proper start with Nintendo 64 and PlayStation, Sony and Nintendo were in a partnership that produced a scarce few Nintendo PlayStations before the two companies went separate ways.
Senior Intel CPU architects splinter to develop RISC-V processors — veterans establish AheadComputing
While Intel is busy laying off thousands of employees some of its most experienced CPU architects, with a combined 80+ years at the firm, have left to form a RISC-V startup. AheadComputing was co-founded by Debbie Marr, Mark Dechene, Jonathan Pearce, and Srikanth Srinivasan, with the goal of 'creating compelling open specification core IP.'
Chinese scientists claim carbon nanotube transistor breakthrough — AI performance boosts from Gate All Around design
Chinese scientists build TPU based on carbon nanotube GAA transistors.
Raspberry Pi powered 'third eye' helps visually impaired people navigate the world with AI
Md. Khairul Alamhas created a wearable pair of glasses that has a camera module that enables visually impaired persons to better navigate using AI.
Simple hydrogel 'brain' demonstrated playing Pong — it learned and improved over time
Polymer hydrogels interfaced with an electrode array prove capable of 'learning' how to get higher scores.
Intel ‘Lunar Lake’ Core Ultra 200V laptops from Acer and Asus spotted in retail listings
A quartet of Intel Lunar Lake laptops has been listed by a major tech retailer in France. Pricing revealed.
Akasa Alucia H4 Plus review: Essential CPU cooling in blue
We tested Akasa’s Alucia H4 Plus with Intel’s i7-13700K to determine if it is worthy of your hard-earned cooler cash.
The Spectrum full-size retro computer leaks — $99 device with 48 games will arrive in November
A full-sized modern remake of the classic 8-bit Sinclair ZX Spectrum computer created by Retro Games, and marketed as The Spectrum, looks set to launch shortly. Modeled on the iconic Spectrum 48K design, with rubber block keys and rainbow stripe, the new device offers 48 built-in games and makes it easy for retro enthusiasts to load their own via USB.
Picade Max Review: Two-Player DIY Retro Arcade for Raspberry Pi
Pimoroni’s first two-player Picade has finally arrived
China's largest Core i9-14900K gaming cafe has suffered from instability issues since 2023 — the flagship store has 171 gaming PCs with Core i9-14900K chips
The world's largest Core i9-14900K equipped internet cafe in China reportedly suffered from CPU instability issues nearly a year ago, requiring Intel engineers to come in person to fix the problem.
DeepCool products rebranded to Shaking Tank to dodge U.S. sanctions — seller blurs DeepCool logos from product renders
DeepCool products are still available in the U.S. despite the sanctions. Apparently, they have been rebranded under the Shaking Tank moniker.
Steam Beta client updates release for Steam Deck and desktop client — update addresses game recording issues and some finer Steam Deck controls
Valve generally updates the Steam Client Beta to improve the experience on Steam Deck and Desktop PCs.
Imagination shifts AI strategy and abandons NPUs — company secures $100M in financing
Imagination shifts AI focus from NPUs to GPUs and gets funding.
Raspberry Pi CatBot monitors for stray cats and texts you a photo
Michael Suguitan is using a Raspberry Pi to monitor stray cats and automatically texts a photo of them when they're detected.
34-inch WQHD 180 Hz curved gaming monitor has dropped down to $249 at Amazon
The Asus TUF Gaming monitor is available at Amazon for one of its lowest prices, making it a notable deal for a monitor in its class.
IBM 7090 Mainframe up for auction with a value up to $60,000 — over 23,000 pounds of transformative transistorized milestone in computing
A transformative transistorized milestone in the history of computing could be yours, as an IBM 7090 Mainframe computer system has gone up for auction at Christie’s.
Creality Ender 3 V3 Review: Saving the Best for Last
Creality saved their best Ender 3 for the last release of the year.
First Ryzen AI HX 9 370-powered mini PC reviewed, delivers solid gaming performance
The first review of a mini PC using AMD's new Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 CPU is here, and it seems the miniscule desktop PC may pack a powerful gaming punch.
Intel has a new gaming bundle for Core CPUs and Arc GPUs — Assassin's Creed Shadows for select SKUs and Star Wars Outlaws for specific laptops
Intel is now bundling Assassin's Creed Shadows with recent Intel Core and Intel Arc products, then upgrading it and adding Star Wars Outlaws to the Gold bundle exclusively for particular Intel laptops.
Gigabyte details BIOS roll-out plan to neutralize Sinkclose vulnerability — eligible AMD CPUs should be patched by end of the month
Gigabyte has confirmed that it will release the latest BIOS for AMD CPUs containing new AGESA microcode to mitigate the Sinkclose vulnerability, and the process will be completed by the end of August.
Qualcomm's slowest Snapdragon X Plus CPU quietly sneaks into the market — X1P-42-100 features eight cores up to 3.4 GHz, 1.7 TFLOPS GPU, and 45 TOPS NPU
Qualcomm's partners quietly start to ship systems with the Snapdragon X Plus X1P-42-100.
MSI X870, X870E motherboards have an extra 8-pin PCIe power connector for next-gen GPUs — unofficially aimed at GeForce RTX 50 series
MSI has upgraded its latest AM5 motherboards with a unique feature: a supplementary 8-pin PCIe power connector for powering the next-gen GPUs.
AMD is in talks with the Taiwan government to set up two R&D centers — the chipmaker's investment amounts to $270M
AMD plans to build two new research and development centers in south Taiwan, which is less impacted by power constraints.
High-tech industry legend leaves Intel board — Intel's stock dropped 6% since the announcement
High-tech businessman Lip-Bu Tan leaves Intel board of directors amid incoming massive layoffs.
Nvidia shows off Blackwell server installations in progress — AI and data center roadmap has Blackwell Ultra coming next year with Vera CPUs and Rubin GPUs in 2026
Nvidia showed Blackwell servers being installed and discussed its data center and AI GPU and CPU roadmap in advance of the Hot Chips 2024 conference. Despite reported delays, Blackwell systems are coming online.
Asus and MSI debut motherboards with GPU quick-release for easy upgrades
Both Asus and MSI have implemented methods to that make removing graphics cards from their motherboards easier and safer.
NAND Flash Maker Kioxia files for IPO at expected $10.3 billion valuation
Bain Capital hopes to raise $500 million from Kioxia's IPO, retain control over NAND flash maker.
Card-playing robot has Raspberry Pi brain and 3D printed arm
Dominic LeBoeuf is using a Raspberry Pi to power his card-playing robot which features a 3D-printed body and RFID reader.
What’s inside the Raspberry Pi Pico 2’s RP2350?
The Raspberry Pi Pico 2 introduced the RP2350 to the world, but did you know that there are multiple variants of this new board? We dug into the details.
Chinese entities use restricted GPUs on Amazon and Microsoft cloud services: Report
Chinese entities continue to use Nvidia's A100 and H100 GPUs for their AI projects though cloud access.
Noctua NH-D15 G2 Review: not worth $150
The NH-D15 G2 improves upon its predecessor, but it’s hard to recommend at $150 when there are much cheaper alternatives perform very well.
Microsoft to kill Windows Control Panel in favor of Settings app
Microsoft confirms transition from Control Panel to Settings app.
Samsung to tape out first HBM4 devices later this year, sampling begins in 2025: Report
Samsung's HBM4 details leak: 10nm for DRAMs and 4nm for base dies.
Nvidia and Mistral AI's super-accurate small language model works on laptops and PCs
Nvidia and Mistral AI have developed a highly optimized language model that can work locally on laptops and PCs while offering class-leading accuracy.
Limited edition RTX 4070 Super pays tribute to WoW for its 20th anniversary — GPU comes with ten WoW-themed half backplates
Blizzard and MSI set an August 26 launch date for the RTX 4070 Super 12G Gaming Slim World of Warcraft Edition.
Mysterious Ryzen Pro 7000G CPUs imply AMD's last-minute decision to change model numbers — Ryzen 3 Pro 7300G and Ryzen 5 Pro 7500G pose for the camera
As the Ryzen Pro 7000G processors surface, it looks like AMD changed the model numbers before the launch.
LG wants to move from cooling homes to cooling data centers — the company is also considering subscription services for “continuous revenue”
LG wants to expand into the data center cooling business while growing its subscription services for continuous revenue.
AMD may launch Ryzen 9000X3D CPUs during CES 2025
A new rumor suggests that AMD's upcoming Ryzen 9000X3D processors will skip a 2024 launch window altogether in favor of a CES 2025 release schedule, which is in line with AMD's reported B850 and B840 chipset release date.
Controversial Recall feature to roll out to Windows Insiders beginning in October
Microsoft has announced the upcoming re-release of a controversial new AI feature for Windows 11 on Copilot+ PCs.
Wireless-powered 13-inch color e-paper monitor launched — device requires no signal or power cabling over 10 yards
Digital View launched a 13-inch color e-paper signboard that runs on wireless power by Wi-Charge. It's designed for indoor advertising and signboard use, making it the best solution when wiring is expensive or impractical.
Server maker sues Elon Musk's X for not paying for hardware — Wiwynn claims over $61M in unpaid hardware bills
After Elon Musk declined to pay for hardware intended for Twitter, Wiwynn and MiTAC suffered tangible losses.
Counter-Strike 2 gaming using Neuralink is 'insane' claims second human brain computer interface implant patient
The second human Neuralink implant patient has been enjoying playing Counter-Strike 2 using his Link brain-computer interface (BCI). Alex, a spinal cord injury patient, only received the implant last month but has been quick to adapt to the benefits the BCI provides, using CAD applications and gaming.
Logitech's G Pro X wireless gaming headset drops to $119 in Best Buy's Tech Fest sales event
Save $110 on this Logitech G Pro X wireless headset in Best Buy's Tech Fest sales event.
Samsung announces glasses-free 3D monitor, three other Odyssey displays at Gamescom 2024
Samsung launches the Odyssey 3D, a glasses-free 3D monitor that uses lenticular lens, eye tracking, and view mapping tech to deliver a 3D image.
Hands On: Lian Li's A3-mATX is a versatile, affordable case for compact, high-performance builds
Lian Li's compact A3-mATX is a $69-$84 case that's surprisingly versatile, with room inside for a four-slot GPUs and a 360mm radiator.
This Raspberry Pi matrix display tracks flights in real time
Wesley Mitchell has created a Raspberry Pi-driven matrix display that tracks nearby flights in real-time using an RTL-SDR receiver.
Chinese companies spend $26 billion on advanced chipmaking machinery investment
Ahead of possible new U.S. export regulations, Chinese chipmakers increase purchases of semiconductor fab tools.
Gigabyte GS34WQC 34-inch curved gaming monitor review: High performance, accuracy and value
Gigabyte’s GS34WQC brings incredible value with a 34-inch WQHD VA curved panel that features 135 Hz, Adaptive-Sync, HDR and wide gamut color. It’s also color-accurate and delivers superb gaming performance.
Six Russian supercomputer centers pool resources to tackle modern scientific workloads
900 servers, 1.5 FP64 PFLOPS, 15PB of storage: Six Russian HPC centers pool their resources.
Black Myth Wukong PC benchmarks: A tour de force for Nvidia's ray tracing hardware
We’ve benchmarked the PC release of Black Myth Wukong on the latest graphics cards to see how it runs. The game looks stunning, particularly with full ray tracing enabled at maximum quality, but non-Nvidia hardware will be best served using Unreal Engine 5's Lumen rendering.
Tank sim enthusiasts take their battle station build to a new level of realism
The team. of tank sim gamers who showed off their custom controls have taken their wargame sim to a new level of immersion with a setup they actually have to drop into through hatches.
TSMC's joint European venture, ESMC, breaks ground on German fab
TSMC begins to construct its European fab as its joint venture ESMC gets €5 billion support.
Microsoft launches three new Xbox Series X|S consoles with up to 2TB of storage
Microsoft expands Xbox Series X|S line-up with new models: Some get more storage, another gets rid of optical drive.
AMD updates Zen 5 Ryzen 9000 benchmark comparisons to Intel chips — details Admin mode boosts, chipset driver fix
AMD penned a blog post today to clarify Zen 5's gaming performance after withering criticism in the wake of its turbulent Ryzen 9000 launch.
Raptor Lake instability hits streamer Asmongold — Black Myth: Wukong shader compilation fails on stream
Well-known Twitch streamer Asmongold experiences Intel Raptor Lake instability issues as Black Myth: Wukong shader compilation process fails on stream.
Intel's Diamond Rapids will use LGA9324 packaging
Intel's Oak Stream platform to adopt 9324-pin packaging for Diamond Rapids CPU.
AMD reportedly delays B840 and B850 motherboards to early 2025 — only X870 and X870E will launch in September
AMD's budget-friendly B850 and B840 chipset motherboards will seemingly arrive in 2025, limiting AMD's September launch to its higher-end X-series chipsets.
Our favorite five-star Alienware AW2725D 360 Hz OLED gaming monitor is $210 cheaper
A superfast 360Hz OLED panel is the centerpiece of the stunning Alienware AW2725D gaming monitor, now with $210 knocked off its price.
Nintendo Museum will open on October 2 in Kyoto, Japan — historic card manufacturing plant repurposed to showcase its most iconic games
The Nintendo Museum is slated for an October 2 launch in Japan, built on Nintendo's oldest property.
Western Digital launches PS5-licensed 8TB SSD for $1,000 — PCIe 4.0 drive delivers speeds up to 7,300 MB/s
Western Digital launches an 8TB version of its SN850P SSD officially licensed for the PlayStation 5.
Maker Brings Wi-Fi to the Raspberry Pi Pico 2W via custom dev board and ESP32
Emre has designed an RP2350B-based board he calls the Raspberry Pi Pico 2W Plus which has wireless support thanks to its ESP32C3.
Asus unveils 9 new X870 motherboards at Gamescom 2024 for AMD’s latest Ryzen 9000 chips
Asus just released it latest line of X870E/X870 motherboards for the Ryzen 9000-series chips from AMD.
Asus inadvertently lists AMD's Ryzen 9000X3D processors on microsite
Asus's AMD 800-series motherboard microsite contains references to AMD's upcoming Ryzen 9000 X3D processors with 3D V-Cache.
Ryzen 9 9950X runs 16% faster on an Intel-optimized Linux distro
Phronix benchmarked AMD's Ryzen 9 9950X against various Linux distros, showcasing a 16% performance margin between the fastest and slowest distros. The fastest solution uses an Intel-optimized distro.
Asus announces three new 27-inch QHD gaming monitors, including 480Hz OLED with ROG AI Assistant
To appeal to the majority of gamers, Asus announced three new monitors for those who are in the market for a 27-inch QHD resolution segment- either for OLED or for IPS.
xMEMS Labs announces first all-silicon active fan-on-a-chip for mobile devices
A leader in piezoMEMS technology has announced the first active cooling fan-on-a-chip for use in smartphones, tablets, and other ultraportable devices.
Microchip Technology suffers cyberattack — operations impacted while extent of attack is investigated
U.S. chipmaker Microchip Technology suffers from cyberattack, forcing it to reduce operations as it looks into the scope of the damage.
Gigabyte Aorus 16X Review: Mid-range value for the money
The Gigabyte Aorus 16X’s excellent gaming performance and practical appeal make it a great buy.
Winner of CHIPS Act grant sold home to start the company 21 years ago — Rogue Valley Microdevices awarded $6.7M to expand operations
Rogue Valley Microdevices gets $6.7 million in CHIPS Act funding, but its path to success has been rough.
Nvidia officially announces a new RTX 4070 with slower GDDR6 memory — says performance will be similar to the GDDR6X version
Nvidia is adding GDDR6 memory to the RTX 4070 in order to improve supply. It shouldn't affect performance much if at all, but sadly probably won't change the pricing either.
Nvidia announces 20 new DLSS 3 titles at Gamescom — latest driver embraces new RTX 4070 GDDR6
Nvidia announced 20 upcoming titles at Gamescom 2024 that will feature DLSS 3 frame generation, upscaling, and Nvidia reflex support.
China's new export controls on key chipmaking materials could lead to chip pricing hikes
China introduced export curbs to antimony, a material used for chipmaking.
Despite Intel patch, Black Myth: Wukong devs warn about Core 13th and 14th Gen CPU crashing — studio provides a few workarounds to avoid crashing issue
The developers of Black Myth: Wukong have warned Intel PC users that they may face error messages, instability, and crashes. In a pinned topic on the Steam Community message boards, they say that 'Out of video memory' issues may affect users of systems packing Intel Core 13th and 14th gen CPUs and provide some workarounds.
Nvidia's first AI NPC debuts in Mecha BREAK — Minitron 4B model only requires 2GB of VRAM
Mecha BREAK deploys the Nvidia ACE for Games technology to let players talk directly to an NPC without choosing from a list of set responses.
NZXT H5 Flow (2024) Review: simple, silent, and effective
NZXT’s updated H5 Flow is an ideal case for mid-range PC builds.
Nvidia and MediaTek partnership could make G-Sync gaming monitors more affordable for everyone
By going to a more integrated solution, there’s the potential to pass cost savings to customers.
How to Fix Windows with a Repair Install
If you spend more than 30 minutes trying to fix a problem in Windows, this could save you a lot of time.
Speedy, school-friendly 1TB SK hynix SSD stick drops to its lowest-ever price of $69
1TB of fast storage in your pocket with SK hynix's Tube T31 drive for just $69.
Nvidia GPU partners jump on Black Myth: Wukong bandwagon, releasing eight new RTX 40 Super graphics cards
Nvidia partners have launched eight new graphics cards decked out in Black Myth: Wukong branding. Brands including Gigabyte, MSI, and Zotac are celebrating the release of the Chinese mythology influenced action RPG with offerings spanning the GeForce RTX 4070 Super, the RTX 4070 Ti Super, and the RTX 4080 Super.
U.S. community groups want more rigorous environmental reviews of proposed semiconductor facilities
As the U.S. rushes to maintain semiconductor supremacy with the CHIPS Act, many are asking how these new fabs will affect the health of their workers and the community around them.
Intel marketing budget to be slashed by 35% this year indicates internal slide — jobs and marketing programs under threat
Intel expects to save $100 million by doing this in the 2H24 and another $300 million in 1H25.
HyperX finally updates its QuadCast gaming mic for real — QuadCast 2 and 2 S get boost in recording quality
HyperX introduces QuadCast 2 and QuadCast 2 S gaming mics with high-res recording resolution and modest redesign.
HP Omen 35L hands-on: Testing a quiet mid-tower
The HP Omen 35L is a quiet gaming PC with standardized parts and powerful performance, with a few questionable design choices.
Pick Up the Gigabyte B650 Aorus Elite AX V2 motherboard for just $189
With a $40 reduction in price, you can pick up the Gigabyte B650 Aorus Elite AX V2 for just $189. A good choice for a new AM5 build with the latest 9000-series processors.
Ryzen 3000 fix for 'Sinkclose' vulnerability arrives tomorrow — AMD reverses course and will patch Ryzen 3000 after all
AMD has changed course and provided a security patch for the Sinkclose vulnerability for Ryzen 3000 series desktop processors. The new update will arrive tomorrow, August 20.
AMD aims to catch up to Nvidia in AI battle with $4.9B acquisition — chipmaker strengthens AI ecosystem with ZT Systems' expertise in server design
Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) is acquiring a significant designer and manufacturer of servers and other infrastructure equipment for AI data centers to help it catch up with Nvidia.
China's new Hygon CPU spotted with 64 Zen cores — C86-7490 supports 12-channel DDR5 memory and resides in AMD SP5 socket
Hygon's C86-7490 processors use AMD's SP5 packaging, but what resides under the heat spreader?
U.S. lawmakers request probe into Chinese router manufacturer TP-Link — letter cites cybersecurity vulnerabilities with TP-Link routers
Citing multiple vulnerabilities, hacking groups, and extensive use by military personnel and bases, two U.S. congressmen jointly requested the Department of Commerce investigate potential threats from TP-Link's Chinese-made routers.
AMD's Zen 5 AVX-512 performance tested — Zen 5 performs significantly better than Zen 4 on Linux without consuming any more power
Phoronix tested the Ryzen 9 9950X and Ryzen 9 7950X in a head-to-head face-off in AVX-512 workloads to see how the 9950X's AVX-512 implementation is much better.
Zotac Zone gaming handheld goes up for pre-order at $799 — Ryzen 7 8870U powered-device features hall sensors, macro switches, and a webcam
Zotac has entered the gaming handheld market with a premium pre-order price of $799. The 'Zone' has many integrated features with the AMD Ryzen 7 8870U but practically has half the storage, RAM, and battery compared to the Asus ROG Ally X.
MSI B650I Edge Wi-Fi Review: Affordable ITX for AM5
The MSI B650I edge has almost everything you want in a Mini-ITX board and is reasonably priced. However, if you need many rear USB ports or PCIe 5.0-capable M.2 sockets, look elsewhere.
Raspberry Pi 5’s new 2GB model benchmarked: Do you need 2, 4 or 8GB? : We test against the 4 and 8GB versions
Do you need all the RAM for a full Raspberry Pi 5 experience? Of course you do, but could you get away with a 2GB model?
Deckmate Grip for Steam Deck hands-on: Better with a kickstand
Mecahnism's Deckmate for Steam Deck adds a kickstand, phone attachments, and more to the Steam Deck.
Detailed specs for dozen Intel Arrow Lake desktop CPUs leaks ahead of touted October 10 launch date
Leakers shared detailed specifications of the upcoming Intel Arrow Lake processors, points to an October 10 launch for the Intel Core Ultra Series 200 chips.
How to Repair STL Files in MeshLab
Inspect, clean, and edit meshes in MeshLab and ensure they are ready for 3D printing.
ASRock's next-gen AMD and Intel motherboard lineup leaks — Asus ROG and MSI share 800-series Gamescom teasers
A leak suggests that ASRock will launch 21 new motherboard models soon, while Asus ROG and MSI also shared teasers of their next-gen mobos on X.
Magdeburg politicians raise concerns about possible Intel fab cancellation — plans drawn up for anchor investor withdrawal
Uncertainty regarding Intel's fab building plans in Germany has started to ratchet up in recent days. The PC chipmaker has been preparing a large site for two large advanced chip fabs near Magdeburg. However, given the context of recent weeks, the local Saxony-Anhalt state government is understandably worried.
A second look at Arctic’s Liquid Freezer III using our updated cooler testing methodology
This article explains Tom’s Hardware’s new methods for testing and benchmarking CPU coolers, and features Arctic’s Liquid Freezer III 360.
Microsoft finally brings more detailed Power Modes in Windows 11 Settings menu — offers different settings for charging or battery modes
Users no longer need to dig deep in the Control Panel to select different power configurations for ‘Plugged in’ and ‘On battery’ modes.
AMD RX 7600 XT vs RX 6750 XT GPU faceoff: Two $300 AMD cards duke it out for mainstream supremacy
The AMD RX 7600 XT 16GB takes on AMD's older RX 6750 XT 12GB, offering 33% more VRAM and a newer architecture but with less raw compute. These two GPUs may cost around $300, but only one card will emerge as the winner of this GPU faceoff.
The 1TB Samsung 990 EVO SSD is now only $69 at Amazon
Today at Amazon, you can find the Samsung 990 EVO 1TB SSD for its lowest price to date—just $69 down from its usual price of $149.
AMD Ryzen-powered gaming handhelds are going down in price — Asus ROG Ally now sells for $499, and Lenovo Legion Go for $544
Two flagship AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme PC gaming handhelds, the Asus ROG Ally and Lenovo Legion Go, have been spotted at their lowest price points ever.
CAMM2 benchmarks show similar performance to normal DIMMs — Kingston DDR5-7200 C38 CAMM2 with CKD compared to DDR5 DIMM
MSI benchmarked Kingston's DDR5-7200 C38 CAMM with CKD on the brand's Z790 Project Zero Plus motherboard to evaluate its performance against standard DDR5 modules.
Ola Electric announces India’s first AI chip— Bodhi 1, Ojas, and Sarv 1 slated for 2026 and Bodhi 2 for 2028
Indian company Ola Electric, known for its electric scooters and motorcycles, is planning to enter the AI processor market by launching three chips designed for LLMs, Edge AI applications, and data centers.
How to Fix a Windows Blue Screen of Death (BSOD)
There are few things more frustrating than receiving Windows 10 or 11's Blue Screen of Death or BSOD. Fortunately, there are a few steps you can take to diagnose and resolve the problem.
Core i7, RTX 4060 gaming laptop is now only $1,199 at Amazon
The MSI Katana is available at Amazon for one of its lowest prices—just $1,199 instead of its usual $1,399.
Microsoft patches TPM 2.0 bypass to prevent Windows 11 installs on PCs with unsupported CPUs
It has been discovered that Windows 11 Insider Build 27686 (Dilithium) has a patch that disables the '/product server' command line used by those without a TPM 2.0-supported CPU, permanently skipping the hardware verification process.
Radeon RX 7800M GPU breaks cover in new gaming benchmarks — Navi 32 delivers between 60 to 80 FPS in God of War 4 and Red Dead Redemption 2
One-Netbook launched the OneXGPU 2 eGPU, incorporating AMD's Radeon RX 7800M with 12GB of GDDR6 and 60 compute units.
Best 3D Printers 2024: FDM, Resin and Sub-$250 Models
Here are the Best 3D Printers for your budget, whether you're an expert or a beginner. We've tested over a hundred models (FDM and Resin) to help you find the right one for you.
RAID card delivers 128TB of NVMe storage at 28 GB/s speeds — HighPoint SSD7749M2 houses up to 16 M.2 2280 SSDs
HighPoint's SSD7749M2 can house 16 properly cooled M.2 drives for ultimate storage performance and up to 128 TB capacity.
YouTube creator sues Nvidia and OpenAI for ‘unjust enrichment’ for using their videos for AI training
David Millette filed a case against Nvidia and OpenAI for 'unjust enrichment' for using his uploaded YouTube videos to train their AI models.
Asus Prime AP-750G Gold 750W Power Supply Review
The Asus Prime AP-750G Gold 750W PSU is a solid choice for mainstream users and gamers with balanced overall performance at a competitive price.
Khadas Mind Graphics Review: An RTX 4060 Ti for your Intel SBC
Now your Raptor Lake-powered SBC has an Nvidia RTX 4060 Ti.
How to Use Meshmixer to Prepare Files for 3D Printing
Change orientation, scale, hollow, add supports, and fix non-manifold errors in your designs in Meshmixer.
How to Access Linux Ext4 partitions in Windows using WSL (great for reading Raspberry Pi microSD cards)
Use this method to read Raspberry Pi microSD cards in Windows.
Best Gaming Chairs 2024
These are the best gaming chairs we've tested, from budget seats to big and tall thrones.
Arm reportedly developing gaming GPU in Israel to compete with Nvidia and Intel
Reports say that up to 100 graphics chip and software developer engineers in Arm's Israel office are working on a GPU.
Intel's Arrow Lake chips may have lower clock speeds than previous CPUs — Core Ultra 9 QS achieves 5.7 GHz boost and 5.4 GHz across all P-cores
Arrow Lake clock speeds have been leaked, suggesting that the maximum clock speeds for Arrow Lake CPUs will be worse than Raptor Lake CPUs.
SK hynix says its 3D DRAM is half as expensive to produce — credits EUV chipmaking tools
SK hynix says adopting 4F2 structures and 3D transistors will increase the cost-efficiency of EUV lithography usage in DRAM production.
Intel Arrow Lake chipsets reportedly detailed — W890 chipset touted for next-gen Intel Xeon HEDT CPUs
Details for the upcoming Intel 800 chipsets leak online, showing in-depth specifications designed for the next-generation Intel chips.
Grab MSI's 170 Hz Optix G274RW esports gaming monitor for just $109
MSI's Optix G274RW esports gaming monitor is discounted at Newegg to just $109. This 27-inch IPS display has an impressive 170 Hz refresh rate and also comes in white.
New regulations require foreign entities to seek approval when investing in Japanese semiconductor manufacturing
Japan now requires prior approval before any foreign entity can start purchasing shares of companies related to semiconductor manufacturing.
Kinesis Form Split Mechanical Keyboard review: Ergo on the low
The Kinesis Form is a very good, if niche, mechanical keyboard. It offers a very nice typing experience and is built like a tank. The touchpad isn’t very useful if you have a mouse but is great for use on the couch.
Windows 11 preview build sees FAT32 partition size increased to 2TB after 30 years
After nearly 30 years since its introduction in Windows 95, Microsoft will soon lift the partition limit in its FAT32 format, increasing it from 32GB to 2TB by initially introducing it in Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 27686.
Texas Instruments set to receive up to $1.6 billion in CHIPS and Science Act funding for Utah and Texas fabs expansion
U.S. government to support TI's fab projects in Texas and Utah with $1.6 billion in direct funding and up to $8 billion in investment tax credits.
BenQ MOBIUZ EX321UX 144 Hz gaming monitor review: Bright, colorful and stylish
BenQ’s MOBIUZ EX321UX is a bright and colorful 32-inch 4K gaming monitor with 144 Hz, Adaptive-Sync, HDR1000 and wide gamut color. It delivers a stunning picture with solid gaming performance and high style.
TSMC allowed to proceed with building CoWoS facility after archeological discovery
Taiwan's authorities let TSMC proceed with building Advanced Backend Fab 7 phase 1 after archeological discovery.
Cryptominers made $100,000 from mining at an Airbnb for three weeks — the guests ran up a $1,500 electricity bill
After guests' electricity use cost her thousands of dollars, an Airbnb host was forced to implement what she considers bizarre new rules for her guests.
Megaupload founder will be extradited to the U.S. to face criminal charges — now-defunct file-sharing website had cost film studios and record companies over $500 million
Twelve years after authorities first raided Kim Dotcom's New Zealand mansion, a justice minister there has agreed the man should be extradited to the United States to face criminal charges.
Intel Arrow Lake CPUs benchmarked on Z890 motherboards — Core Ultra 7 265KF up to 4% faster than Core i9-14900K in Geekbench 6
Intel's Core Ultra 7 265KF and Core Ultra 5 245KF appear on Geekbench 6 database.
Geekbench AI gets renamed, hits version 1.0
Geekbench AI has hit a general release with version 1.0, and is available for Windows, macOS, Android, iOS and Linux.
How to Fix 3D Printer Thermal Runaway
Fix the issue of your 3D printer overheating by inspecting the thermistor and heater cartridge and checking the cooling fan, and wiring.
MSI PBO Enhanced Mode extracts extra performance out of Ryzen 9000 CPUs — Ryzen 9 9950X runs up to 10% faster and Ryzen 7 9700X up to 15%
MSI has unveiled a new homebrewed version of PBO called PBO Enhanced Mode. As the name suggests, MSI's custom PBO profiles boost performance beyond what AMD's official PBO 2 can.
Samsung may start installing its first High-NA EUV litho tool in late 2024
Samsung will be about a year behind Intel in installing ASML's Twinscan EXE:5000 High-NA litho tool for development purposes.
Best Graphics Cards for Gaming in 2024
We've benchmarked all the latest GPUs to select the best graphics cards for gaming. These graphics cards offer the best performance at their price and resolution, from 1080p to 4K.
How to Buy the Right Graphics Card: A GPU Guide for 2024
Picking the right graphics card for gaming is hard. We'll walk you through how to buy a GPU and get the right card for your PC without spending more than needed.
Enthusiast sets world record with 444 consoles connected to a single TV
An avid retro games collector has claimed a Guinness World Record after creating a system that allows his collection of 444 consoles to be simultaneously connected to a single TV. Ibrahim Al-Nasser from Saudi Arabia rigged the machines using a complex multiple KVM switch system.
Pick Up Acer's Nitro V for only $869 — great laptop for the new school year
New school year, new laptop? Pick up this Acer Nitro V for just $869.
This Raspberry Pi Pico watch has been upgraded to 'hack' couture
Kim Paulsson's Raspberry Pi Pico watch has been upgraded with a slick new metal housing and a new charge port on the back.
Netac NV7000-Q SSD review: A budget SSD with matching performance
The Netac NV7000-Q SSD is a QLC-based budget SSD that performs well enough and is very efficient. However, it’s hard to find and only available at 1TB, making it a niche solution.
SoftBank's Intel AI processor plans in doubt as insiders say it is now considering a TSMC partnership
SoftBank had to start talks with TSMC after it canceled plans to produce AI processors with Intel as the company failed to meet production requirements.
ScalaHosting Review: VPS and WordPress Hosting Tested
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