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- May 9
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- Sapphire RX 7900 GRE Nitro+ review: Bigger, faster, more power, more money
- Incredible Apple M4 benchmarks suggest it is the new single-core performance champ, beating Intel's Core i9-14900KS — results of 3,800+ posted
- Best Gaming Laptops Under $1,500
- Corsair MP700 Pro SE SSD review: New and improved
- The Raspberry Pi RP2040 Hackbat is an open source swiss army knife pen testing tool
- Intel's next-gen desktop CPUs have reportedly leaked — Arrow Lake Core Ultra 200 series have same core counts as Raptor Lake Refresh, but fewer threads
- May 8
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- Sabrent debuts 5GB/s Rocket Nano 2242 Gen 4 SSD — a good fit for Lenovo Legion Go, laptops, and NUCs
- AMD takes CPU market share from Intel in desktops and servers, but Intel fights back in laptops
- Stack Overflow bans users en masse for rebelling against OpenAI partnership — users banned for deleting answers to prevent them being used to train ChatGPT
- Pocket-size PC doesn't need a power plug — Minisforum S100 rocks Alder Lake-N CPU, 2.5GbE networking, and PoE support
- Redragon K683WB FIDD Magnetic Gaming Keyboard Review: Magnetic Switches on a Tight Budget
- Storage manufacturer SK hynix raided by South Korean regulators — investigation into supplier FADU intensifies
- Ayaneo unveils retro sci-fi themed external GPU dock — handheld PC maker expands to another new category
- Microsoft guts four studios to focus on priority games aka Bethesda games
- Intel issues revenue warning after US revokes Huawei export licenses — further efforts to restrict China's access to AI chips
- Alienware AW3225QF OLED 4K gaming monitor review: Stunning speed, color and contrast
- Samsung accelerates race against Intel in glass chip packaging development — glass substrates boost performance
- Alleged Apple M4 Geekbench scores show incremental improvement in machine learning over last gen
- Intel issues official statement on Core K-series crashes: stick to Intel's official power profiles
- YouTuber built a 256-core RISC-V megacluster because he could
- May 7
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- Microsoft is switching RAM speed units in Task Manager — finally moving to the more technically correct MT/s
- Pre-Memorial Day Sales 2024: Save on gaming laptops, CPUs, monitors and more
- Lenovo ThinkPad P1 Gen 7 is the world's first laptop to sport LPCAMM2 memory — more compact, higher performance, lower power
- AMD's new Ryzen AI re-branding for Zen 5 comes to light — Asus leaks 'Strix Point' processor names
- Chinese-made GPU beats performance of 10-year-old integrated AMD graphics — Lingjiu GP201 hits mass production
- Windows 11 24H2 will enable BitLocker encryption for everyone — happens on both clean installs and reinstalls
- Raspberry Pi Connect launches, remote controls your Pi via web browser
- Leaker claims Nvidia plans to launch RTX 5080 before RTX 5090 — which would make perfect sense for a dual-die monster GPU
- Apple debuts M4 processor in new iPad Pros with 38 TOPS on neural engine
- Clippy's revenge: assistant comes back to purge Windows 11 of bloatware, ads and annoyances
- Nintendo says Switch 2 details coming before March 2025 — seven years after the original version was released
- ViewSonic ColorPro VP16-OLED portable monitor review: Standing above the competition
- MinisForum AtomMan X7 Ti touchscreen mini PC comes packing an Intel Core Ultra 9 185H
- Asus accidentally outs 14 AMD Ryzen 8050-series laptops based on Zen 5 architecture
- SanDisk Desk Drive Desktop SSD (8TB) review: Desk-bound backup makes a solid-state comeback
- Linux can run on only 4MB of SRAM — Azure Sphere and SudoMaker's X1501 Pico show off the extremes of Linux's small-scale potential
- Steam Deck alternatives in 2024: worth buying or worth waiting?
- Global chip materials market declined in 2023 — China is the only country to experience growth
- How to Prevent 3D Printer Filament From Tangling
- May 6
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- Intel reportedly demands all board partners implement Intel Default (Baseline) Profile by May 31 — company hopes to fix issues with some Core i9 chips
- 'Digital Twins' research gains $285 million in CHIPS ACT funding — virtual chip tech could revolutionize semiconductor manufacturing
- Explosive HBM demand fueling an expected 20% increase in DDR5 memory pricing — demand for AI GPUs drives production cuts for standard PC memory
- The Best CPU for Gaming in 2024
- Chipmaking to go subzero — 3D flash memory manufactured at -70C with next-gen tool
- Bluetooth device on Earth connects to satellite in orbit — Hubble Network's connection spans 600km with more to come
- AMD Ryzen 7 5700X3D Review: A Value Gaming Masterpiece
- Robert Dennard, father of DRAM, is deceased — also known for his foundational Dennard scaling theory
- XFX releases hulking quad-slot triple-fan AMD GPU — XFX Radeon RX 7900 XTX Phoenix Nirvana graphics card launches in China at $1,100
- Best Raspberry Pi Projects: May 2024
- Raptor Lake 9.1 GHz overclockers share secrets behind eclipsing a 17-year-old CPU frequency world record
- Lenovo Legion Pro 5i (Gen 9) review: Admirable gaming value
- Sony makes Helldivers 2 PSN account linking U-turn — gamer uproar and review bombing turned the tide
- How to play triple-A games on your Steam Deck using Nvidia GeForce Now
- May 5
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- Meletrix Boog75 Review: More enthusiast than gamer
- The BASIC programming language turns 60 — Dartmouth BASIC started it all in 1964
- This 25-inch Samsung Odyssey G4 monitor is only $199 for the first time at Amazon
- League of Legends adds unpopular TPM 2.0 requirement — Vanguard anti-cheat update irks fanbase after Windows 11 debacle
- Pure Storage exec teases 150TB SSD modules — volume shipments of 75TB SSD modules have only just begun
- T-Mobile Home Internet: Revisiting 5G connectivity for the home after two years
- Firefox user loses 7,470 opened tabs saved over two years after they can’t restore browsing session
- Cytron Edu Pico Review: Learning to FAIL
- Asus ROG Ally 2024 and Snapdragon X laptops listed in leaked Computex 2024 launch list — no new graphics cards mentioned
- AceMagic launched an X-Wing shaped mini gaming PC to celebrate May 4
- May 4
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- Ryzen 9 7950X3D surfaces with 192MB L3 cache, 64MB more than retail CPU — may be an ES CPU or software detection error
- Multi-million dollar Cheyenne supercomputer auction ends with $480,085 bid — buyer walked away with 8,064 Intel Xeon Broadwell CPUs, 313TB DDR4-2400 ECC RAM, and some water leaks
- Mod turns ROG Ally into a modern-day Nintendo DS — the second screen also serves as a stand for the gaming handheld
- Get rid of Microsoft's Start Menu ads with this new software tool — the "Oh F*ck Go Back" program cleans up Windows 11
- Samsung 990 EVO 1TB SSD drops to $79 at Amazon
- Helldivers 2 PC gamers will need a PlayStation Network account to continue playing — Sony doesn't care if players don’t own a PlayStation console
- How to change your mouse pointer and cursor in Windows 11 or 10
- Corsair Vengeance DDR5-5200 C38 4x48GB Review: Every Professional's Dream Memory Kit
- RTX 4060 Ti vs RX 7700 XT faceoff: Which midrange graphics card is superior?
- New memory demoed running at 600 degrees Celsius for 60 hours
- Overclocker sold a die-less Core i9-14900K in China — product suffered from serious silicon deficiency
- May 3
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- Thermalright Frozen Notte and Aqua Elite 360 White V3 Review: Strong AIOs available for less than $65
- Intel received €30 million from Ireland to offset higher EU power bills — Ireland and Intel continue a tight partnership in chip fabs
- Get $500 off this Alienware Aurora R16 with RTX 4080 Super and Core i9-14900KF
- Nintendo obliterates 8,535 Yuzu repos — Nintendo's most effective DMCA takedown campaign in years
- Chinese startup launching RISC-V laptop for devs and engineers priced at around $300
- Microsoft's new RAM limiter for Edge browser makes its way into latest beta version
- Man who sold counterfeit Cisco networking gear on eBay and Amazon sentenced to six years in jail – Military, school and government agencies were victims of fraud scheme
- Asus launches dual-fan, triple-slot RX 7900 XTX — a slightly smaller design with nearly the same performance
- Valve releases Proton 9.0 for Linux— improves Nvidia graphics and high core count CPU compatibility
- SK hynix is teasing 300TB SSDs as it pushes into AI
- May 2
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- Enthusiast demos installing Alpine Linux with the Windows Installer
- Rising metal prices could mean more expensive laptops, PC parts, and other electronics in the near future
- Nvidia GeForce Now is slightly easier to install on Steam Deck
- AMD increases Instinct MI1300 sales guidance to $4 billion — pales in comparison to Nvidia's $40B projection
- AMD finally patches gaping Zenbleed security hole — MSI releases AGESA 1.2.0.Ca BIOS update for Zen 2
- Add-on board lets you use four NVMe SSDs at once with Raspberry Pi 5
- Tom’s Hardware Innovation Awards 2024: A Step Forward
- Intel Core Ultra now powers more than 500 AI models, the company says
- Huawei is secretly backing research at U.S. and U.K. universities again — Chinese tech giant continues to draw ire
- AMD revamps 40th Anniversary special featuring Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang — uses Ryzen AI to upscale old footage
- HBM supply from SK hynix and Micron sold out until late 2025
- Windows 11 market share declines as users seemingly shift back to Windows 10
- Raspberry Pi 5 brings Futurama's Bender to life as a ChatGPT powered personal assistant
- Raspberry Pi Foundation co-founder Jack Lang dies aged 76
- Best Soldering Irons and Stations 2024
- Best Raspberry Pi Accessories of 2024
- Best RP2040 Boards 2024
- Best Stemma QT, Grove Add-Ons for Raspberry Pi and Arduino 2024
- Best Raspberry Pi HATs 2024: Expansion Boards for Every Project
- Best Raspberry Pi Pico Accessories and Add-Ons 2024
- The Best Raspberry Pi Cases 2024
- Best microSD Cards for Raspberry Pi 2024
- The best CPU for gaming is on an incredible sale — Ryzen 7 7800X3D is only $358
- Newly open-sourced MS-DOS 4 installed on an IBM Personal System/2 with a 16 MHz Intel 386 CPU — took 70 minutes to build
- PCI-SIG unveils CopprLink cables for PCIe 5 and 6 connections — PCIe 7.0 versions are under development
- Nvidia criticizes AI PCs, says Microsoft's 45 TOPS requirement is only good enough for 'basic' AI tasks
- This Raspberry Pi stethoscope uses AI to listen for heart disease
- Tesla's wafer-sized Dojo processor is in production — 25 chips combined into one
- May 1
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- Start gaming with Lenovo's RTX 4060-Powered Legion Slim 5 laptop for just $899
- User claims RTX 4090 16-pin power connector melted on both GPU and PSU side, despite running at 75% power
- Microsoft confirms recent Windows security update breaks VPNs, no fix yet
- AMD's gaming revenue nosedives 48%, not expected to recover until 2025 — lack of interest in RDNA 3 coupled with fewer console sales
- AMD's elusive Ryzen 7 8700F hits Amazon for $299.99 — pricier than the better-performing 7700X
- Dev hopes to save legendary Z80 chip with open source clone — resurrects iconic Zilog chip with drop-in Z80 replacement
- Xbox 360 Store to close July 29, 2024 — But you can still play games without issue
- China-made server exports to US plummet — Taiwan, Mexico remain top server import suppliers
- Nvidia's ChatRTX chatbot receives major update — better photo search, AI speech recognition, and more LLM options
- A keyboard enthusiast built a $3,400 electro-capacitive keyboard that supposedly gets rid of stabilizer noise
- For sale: Cheyenne supercomputer with 8,064 Xeon CPUs and 306TB of DDR4 memory — some assembly and maintenance required
- Nvidia H100 GPU black market prices drop in China — banned by US sanctions but still available
- Cracked GPUs pop up in Frankensteined Chinese discrete graphics cards built from RTX 4080M and RTX 4090M mobile chips
- Nvidia's flagship gaming GPU can crack complex passwords in under an hour
- MSI MPG271QRX QHD gaming monitor review: Another speedy OLED to consider