OpenAI's HuggingFace breach heralds an unprecedented age of AI cyber warfare
Premium Contemporary AI bots are far too competent at cybersecurity, and humanity may have reached a tipping point where it's hard to keep up.
New semiconductor firm, TYLsemi, breaks cover, backed by $43 million in early-stage funding
Premium TYLsemi is set to offer pre-validated chiplets, along with custom ASIC design services, and build highly custom multi-tile processors at relatively low costs.
Inside optical and the battle for scale
Premium With copper running out of road, photonic interconnects are becoming the new innovative solution for data centers.
Intel 4 gets its first foundry customer in Fortinet following firewall ASIC deal
Premium Intel will design, package, and fabricate Fortinet's sixth-generation Security Processor (SP6) on its Intel 4 node.
Reviews
HP OmniBook X Flip 14 Review: Premium design, middling performance
Though HP’s OmniBook X Flip 14 offers premium quality and features, rivals offer better display value or stronger performance for the money.
AOC U32G4 32-inch 4K Dual-Refresh gaming monitor review: Solid performance and value
AOC redefines the budget 4K gaming monitor with its U32G4. This 32-inch IPS panel sports 160 Hz, 320 Hz in FHD resolution, Adaptive-Sync, HDR400 and wide gamut color for around $320.
Geekom A9 Max 2026 review: Gorgon Point in a compact Mini PC
Gorgon Point laptop chip shows what it can do in a 0.9L chassis.
Best Picks
Best MicroSD Express Cards For The Nintendo Switch 2 in 2026
We’ve carefully chosen the best microSD Express cards to meet the needs and budgets of all Switch 2 owners, based on our detailed lab testing.
CPUs
3D-printed F-14 Tomcat uses an FPGA recreation of the ‘world’s first microprocessor'
An FPGA and embedded systems expert has recreated the US Navy’s F-14 Tomcat’s Central Air Data Computer (CADC) in an FPGA. It is demonstrated in a scale 3D printed model aircraft
Graphics Cards
MSI and Colorful raise Nvidia RTX 50-series prices in China by up to 59% across the entire lineup
AMD and Intel GPUs also receive price hikes.
Features
Inside optical and the battle for scale
Premium With copper running out of road, photonic interconnects are becoming the new innovative solution for data centers.
PC Components
Game Compressor can save you hundreds of GB across your game library — as storage prices remain high, utility leverages Windows' built-in LZX compression for substantial space savings
Game Compressor leverages Windows' built-in LZX compression for substantial space savings and can save you hundreds of gigs across your game library.
Desktops and PC Building
'RAM Machine' case probably costs more than the entire build
A Redditor is giving away an RTX 5060 gaming PC that's covered by RAM on the outside and has 32GB of RAM on the inside. You can join the sweepstakes simply by leaving a comment on the post.
Deals
16GB of DDR5 RAM for just $16 when you purchase this Ryzen 7 7700X3D and MSI Pro X870-P motherboard bundle
Deals Get a single stick of 16GB DDR5 RAM for just $16 when you buy it with a Ryzen 7 7700X3D and MSI Pro X870-P motherboard.
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OpenAI, Google, and Anthropic absent from Nvidia-led Open Secure AI Alliance
OpenAI, Google, and Anthropic, companies behind proprietary, "closed" AI models are conspicuously absent from the alliance.
Moonshot AI releases weights for Kimi-K3, firing a shot across the bow of OpenAI and Anthropic
Moonshot AI has released the weights for its recent Kimi-K3 model, directly going against OpenAI and Anthropic.
China begins mass production of homegrown immersion chipmaking machines in major breakthrough, report claims
A state-backed company in Shanghai has begun mass-producing immersion deep ultraviolet lithography machines and is due to deliver the first units this year.
Why an MMO mouse isn’t just for gaming
MMO mice are designed with many buttons to make it easier to play games with lots of spells and abilities, but MMO mice are also fantastic for automating your productivity workflows.
Nvidia weighs $250 billion guarantee so OpenAI can lease SoftBank's 10-gigawatt Ohio campus, report claims
OpenAI is in advanced talks to lease SB Energy's 10 GW data center campus in Piketon, Ohio, with Nvidia in discussions to guarantee roughly $250 billion of the financing behind it.
AI developer runs 28.9-million-parameter model on $10 ESP32-S3 microcontroller
Getting a local language model running on a sub-$10 microcontroller is impressive despite its obvious limitations.
