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Taiwan bans chip exports to Huawei, SMIC
Taiwan’s International Trade Administration rubber-stamped the decision to tighten controls.
$3,000 Steam Deck prototype disassembly reveals discrete GPU support, smaller joysticks
Jon Bringus of Bringus Studios explored one of the first iterations of the Steam Deck gaming console.
First reverse engineered Sony PS1 motherboard enables fixing broken systems
An electronics enthusiast has created what they say is the 'first custom PlayStation 1 motherboard created in 30 years.'
AMD partners roll out new BIOS updates to patch TPM vulnerability
A large number of AMD CPUs, including Ryzen 7000, 8000, and 9000 processors, are vulnerable to a security flaw that could allow hackers to retrieve sensitive information within the TPM.
Windows 11 Insiders surprised by return of Vista startup sound — it’s a bug not a feature, says MS exec
The latest Insider Build in the Windows 11 Beta and Dev channels plays the Windows Vista startup sound as it boots to the desktop.
Customer sends four RTX 4090s to a repair technician, finds out three are fake
A Chineese repair YouTube recieved four faulty RTX 4090 graphics cards only to find three of them were fake, based on RTX 3080/3080Ti and RTX 3090 GPU dies.
Unreleased Nvidia RTX 3080 Ti 20GB Founders Edition engineering sample sells for $1,999 on eBay
Rare Ampere-era GPU highlights a memory-boosted variant that never hit the market
Beginner's 3D-printed winged VTOL drone can fly for 130 miles
Tsung Xu has designed and 3D printed a winged VTOL drone with a 3-hour battery life capable of flying for 3 hours (roughly 130 miles).
