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April 17
- Lawmakers demand answers from Nvidia over suspected GPU diversions to China, company denies any wrongdoing
- Microsoft researchers build 1-bit AI LLM with 2B parameters — model small enough to run on some CPUs
- Seagate claims hard drives are more environmentally friendly than SSDs
- Chinese brain computer interface user reportedly plays 'Black Myth: Wukong,' other games
- The GPU benchmarks hierarchy 2025: Ten years of graphics card hardware tested and ranked
- Massive 366% chip shipment surge to Malaysia amid increased Nvidia AI GPU smuggling curbs, ahead of looming sectoral tariffs
- AMD RX 9070 GRE rumored to have 48 CUs, 12GB VRAM, 2.79 GHz clocks — about 15% slower than the vanilla RX 9070
- Framework Laptop 13 (AMD Ryzen AI 300 Series) review: Increased performance at the expense of battery life
- Reviews show the Nvidia RTX 5060 Ti 8GB matches the 16GB model in most tests, falls behind in DLSS 4
- AMD-optimized Stable Diffusion models achieve up to 3.3x performance boost on Ryzen and Radeon
- Save a whopping $70 on this MSI B850 Gaming Plus WiFi AM5 motherboard deal
- microSD Express cards sell out after Switch 2 announcement — more than 337 units sold per hour
- TSMC to build 30% of its 2nm and more advanced chips in the U.S., to speed up Fab 21 build out
- Old hard drive modded into a variable speed disc sander, spinning rust sands things nicely
- Arctic Liquid Freezer III Pro Review: The best AIO for Ryzen 9950X3D, and Intel too
- JEDEC finalizes HBM4 memory standard with major bandwidth and efficiency upgrades
April 16
- New PCIe adapters turn your x16 slot into a clown car of GPU and SSD connectivity
- Pick up an Inspiron 16 Plus laptop on clearance sale for just $599 from Dell — perfect for school or work
- Galax confirms monstrous dual 16-pin RTX 5090D extreme overclocking GPU for the Chinese market
- Gigabyte chops PCIe finger in half on its dual-fan RTX 5060 Ti cards
- Intel has championed High-NA EUV chipmaking tools, but costs and other limitations could delay industry-wide adoption: Report
- Synology requires self-branded drives for some consumer NAS systems, drops full functionality and support for third-party HDDs
- AMD takes $800M haircut as US gov't cuts off China's AI GPU supply
- Budget-friendly RX 9060 XT GPUs tipped for Computex unveil next month — on-shelf inventory expected by early June
- Unpowered SSD endurance investigation finds severe data loss and performance issues
- Nvidia addresses 40 black screen, monitor, and crashing issues with new RTX 5060 Ti game-ready driver
- RTX 4090 returned to eBay seller with GPU and VRAM chips missing
- Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB review: More VRAM and a price 'paper cut' could make for a compelling GPU
- Where to buy Nvidia's RTX 5060 Ti graphics card as 16GB and 8GB flavors hit the shelves
- Eindhoven researchers achieve 5.7 Tb/s data transfer speeds using highly focused infrared light
- Nvidia writes off $5.5 billion in GPUs as US gov't chokes off supply of H20s to China
- Made in the USA: Inside Nvidia's $500 billion server gambit
April 15
- Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti and 5060 graphics card roundup: Every announced card from every AIB partner
- Experience amazing VR gaming with Meta’s Quest 3S VR headset deal - now at an all-time-low price
- Microsoft warns of Outlook Classic bug that can crank CPU use up to 50% when typing
- Limited-edition Severance keyboard features a built-in trackball, but aptly, there’s no Escape
- Second-gen Snapdragon X PC chips may boost performance up to 22%
- A peek into the future of 3D printing: Rapid + TCT 2025 in Detroit
- DUG Nomad is a mobile, immersion-cooled data center cube for edge AI
- Intel's P-Core only Bartlett Lake chip inches closer to reality with new Linux patch
- World's first 3D-texture UV printer for consumers now available for pre-order — prints onto 'nearly any surface'
- Buried Steam tool shows how much you've spent on your account in your lifetime
- Nvidia announces GeForce RTX 5060 Ti and RTX 5060, starting at $379 and $299 — reviews coming tomorrow, April 16
- Gigabyte GS27U 27-inch Ultra HD 160 Hz Gaming Monitor Review: Raising The Value Standard
- Atomic-scale chip alignment: Laser holograms could set new standard for 3D semiconductor overlay accuracy
April 14
- AMD teases its first 2nm chip, EPYC 'Venice' fabbed on TSMC N2 node — also announces USA production of current-gen chips
- Seagate's 28TB Expansion portable HDD drops to $329 — Massive storage for your desktop
- Intel sells 51% of Altera FPGA business to Silver Lake for $4.46 billion
- Government-funded AI tool developed to help monitor and manage nuclear reactors
- AMD splits ROCm toolkit into two parts – ROCm AMDGPU drivers get their own branch under Instinct datacenter GPU moniker
- Nvidia aims to build $500 billion worth of AI servers in the USA by 2029
- AMD RX 9060 XT specs leak: Navi 44 takes on Nvidia's RTX 5060 Ti with 8 and 16GB flavors, 3.2 GHz boost clocks
- Should you buy a used graphics card?
- Trump says new chip tariffs will be announced next week
- be quiet! Pure Power 12 M 650W power supply review
- China's Moore Threads polishes homegrown CUDA alternative — MUSA supports porting CUDA code using Musify toolkit
- Ocypus Iota A62 Digital CPU Cooler Review: A stylish debut, effective debut
- New high-fidelity brain-computer interface is so small it can fit between hair follicles
April 13
- Leaked RTX 5060 Ti 16GB benchmarks show a 20% uplift over the 4060 Ti 16GB
- Crosswalks in Silicon Valley hacked to play satirical messages from Musk and Zuckerberg sound-a-likes
- Samsung 49-inch dual-QHD curved business monitor drops to $749 at Amazon
- Charred RTX 4070 fell victim to a PSU without protection feature
- AMD's latest ROCm 6.4 release continues to lack RDNA 4 support
- Old-school Creative Sound Blaster cards repaired and demoed
- Asus launches the flagship ROG Crosshair X870E Extreme, starting at $1,400
- 12 Horrifying Windows Self-Destruct Keys You Can Hit By Accident
- LaserPecker LP5 Review: More Laser, Less Screen
- Pat Gelsinger turns to particle accelerators for a new way to make chips, joins xLight
April 12
- Trump exempts computers, smartphones, and more from tariffs
- This $666 box can play Doom — Limited Run Games unveils the ultimate collector's edition set for Doom fans
- This Core i7, RTX 4060 gaming laptop is at an all-time low
- TV-signal based BPS tested as fallback for GPS — digital TV infrastructure could come to the rescue if satellites are compromised
- Cooler Master X Silent Edge Platinum 850W power supply review
- RayNeo Air 3s AR glasses review: Cheaper and better in every way
- Chinese chip giants say they don't care about U.S. tariffs — many don't sell to the U.S. anyway due to existing sanctions
- 33-year-old AmigaOS for Commodore computers gets an unexpected update
- Best Linux distros for reviving an old PC
April 11
- Razer's PC Remote Play app lets you stream PC games to your mobile devices
- China fires back at Trump’s tariff increases with 125% levies on U.S. goods
- RTX 5070 dips below MSRP at UK retailer — £518.99 marks a rare low in this unpredictable market
- Microsoft's Windows 95 startup sound has been immortalized in the Library of Congress
- China's new semiconductor rule spares Taiwan fabs, punishes Intel, GlobalFoundries & Texas Instruments
- Intel's performance-enhancing IPO program debuts in gaming PCs across China — overclocked performance with full warranty
- Pick up 32GB of Patriot Viper Venom RAM for just $79 — these sticks hit the 6000MHz sweet spot for AM5 Ryzen gaming
- Gigabyte Aorus Master 16 review: Mobile RTX 5080 gets the job done
- Custom MSI RTX 5060 Ti models surface with 16-pin power connectors and PCIe 5.0 x8
- USB4 transfer speeds make this SSD feel turbocharged
- Elon Musk’s xAI allegedly uses 'illegal' generators to power Colossus supercomputer facility
- Researchers make breakthrough in cleaning up the 'forever chemicals' used in chip manufacturing
- Cooling chips with lasers: Innovative cooling method removes heat precisely from hot spots, recycles heat into energy
April 10
- Chinese project aims to run RISC-V code on AMD Zen processors
- Rare Steam Deck prototype sold for $2,000 on eBay — Features a 6-year-old AMD Picasso APU with Zen+ and Vega
- Nvidia RTX 5090 apparently handles DirectStorage GPU decompression better than RTX 4090
- Arctic's Liquid Freezer III Pro 360 All-In-One liquid CPU cooler is now only $89 — its lowest-ever price on Amazon
- Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan has invested in 600 Chinese firms, some linked to the Chinese military
- PC manufacturers race ahead of tariffs with rush shipments, Q1 market share booms as a result
- Windows Update drops empty 'intepub' folder in system, leaves users scratching heads after April update
- Onkyo Creator Series GX-10DB, GX-30ARC speakers review: Pretty connectivity
- Leaked Geekbench results show RTX 5060 Ti 14% faster than Nvidia's previous gen — Matches aging 3070 Ti
- RTX 50 series GPUs selling below market price at Walmart returns aisle, multiple customers score great deals
- Trump reportedly suspends Nvidia H20 export ban plan after $1 million dinner with Jensen Huang
- U.S. tariffs to heavily impact HDD and SSD manufacturers, increasing costs
April 9
- AMD quietly announces Ryzen 8000HX series — Dragon Range Refresh arrives to replace AMD's top laptop CPUs
- Trump pauses most global tariffs for 90 days but increases China tariffs to 125%
- Are gaming GPUs subject to new U.S. tariffs? It isn't entirely clear yet
- Trump tariffs will hit consoles, monitors, and laptops hardest — U.S. imports 66% or more from China
- AI costs drop 280-fold, but harmful incidents rise 56% in last year — Stanford 2025 AI report highlights China-US competition
- China retaliates with 84% tariff on US imports in response to Trump's 104% tariff
- AMD Zen 5 CPUs also affected by microcode vulnerability — Granite Ridge, Turin, Ryzen AI 300, and Fire Range at risk
- Corsair confirms the slight wiggle room in its 16-pin connectors for Nvidia GPUs is by design
- Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan loses $5 million on his $25 million Intel investment as stock tumbles
- AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D Review: 3D V-Cache's Middle Child Needs a Price Cut
- Intel enforces strict tariff compliance for steel and aluminum shipments amid new U.S. tariffs
- Nvidia reportedly sources GDDR7 chips from SK hynix for RTX 50-series GPUs
- Intel's market cap plummets to 16-year low as stock rout continues
April 8
- TSMC faces $1 billion US fine for making chips for blacklisted Huawei
- Razer halts laptop sales to US consumers — this response to US tariffs could become commonplace
- AMD Dragon Range Refresh CPU specs confirmed via early retail listing — Ryzen 9 8940HX sees 100 MHz increase
- Windows 11
- My go-to budget Bluetooth SoundPeats headphones have been reduced to a staggeringly cheap $29 — these cans have amazing battery life for the price
- UALink has Nvidia's NVLink in the crosshairs — final specs support up to 1,024 GPUs with 200 GT/s bandwidth
- Kioxia optical-based PCIe 5.0 SSDs support cable lengths up to 40 meters — now they just need optical-ready data centers
- Shopify CEO: teams must prove AI can’t do a task before asking for new hires, resources
- FreeDOS 1.4 released with updated FreeCOM, Install program, and HTML Help
- AMD EPYC 9005 'Turin' CPUs see 14% higher performance on average with Ubuntu 25.04 beta release
- Nintendo VP confirms Switch 2 Joy-Cons won't feature Hall effect sticks
- Google tools required for classwork are allegedly being used to build data profiles of each student
- Google accused of paying employees to do nothing for up to a year to stifle AI talent migration
- Corsair Frame 4000D Case Review: Lightweight, effective, and right-priced
- IBM boosts mainframes with 50% more AI performance: z17 features Telum II chip with AI accelerators
- China-exclusive RTX 5090D dominates in 3DMark benchmark records - Galax HOF edition eclipses RTX 5090 challengers
- Framework pauses U.S. sales of base Laptop 13 models due to tariffs — company says other vendors are pausing sales too, but not making announcements
- New 'DRAM+' memory designed to provide DRAM performance with SSD-like storage capabilities, uses FeRAM tech
- Nvidia may avoid recent tariffs on its AI servers — 60% of Nvidia servers pass through Mexico, may be exempt from Trump tariff flurry
- Apple aims to beat the tariff cutoff, reportedly shipped five extra planeloads of goods from India to the U.S. in March
April 7
- Nvidia RTX 5090D GPU features a magnetic shroud and fans for easy maintenance
- Asus ProArt PA32UCDM 4K 240 Hz QD-OLED gaming monitor review: Precision, performance and elegance
- HPE's unnamed 1,152-core system pushes Turbostat to support 8,192 cores in Linux 6.15
- TSMC and Foxconn hit hard in Taiwan following Trump's tariffs announcement
- Git turns 20 as we celebrate decades of open-source software distribution
- U.S. Gov't eliminates tape data storage at the GSA to save $1M per year, but tape isn't dead yet
- Beef up your Steam Deck storage with this 2TB WD Black SN770M SSD deal - only $177 at Amazon
- AMD RX 9070 vBIOS flash offers up-to 20% performance boost — modders claim OC beats 9070 XT
- China's rare earth export restrictions threaten global chipmaking supply chains
April 6
- WinRAR security flaw ignores Windows Mark of the Web security warnings
- Nvidia engineer breaks and then quickly fixes AMD GPU performance in Linux
- Sovol Zero Review: Good Things Come in Small Packages
- China launches HDMI and DisplayPort alternative — GPMI boasts up to 192 Gbps bandwidth, 480W power delivery
- Samsung Galaxy AI Book4 Edge laptop with Snapdragon X CPU drops to $695 in limited time Amazon deal
- Delidded AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D runs 23 degrees cooler
- Lian Li EDGE EG1000 ATX 3.1 power supply review
- Nvidia's PhysX and Flow go open source — Running legacy PhysX on RTX 50 may be possible using wrappers
- Another RTX 5090 connector melts down, reportedly taking a PSU with it
- AMD sets new supercomputer record, runs CFD simulation over 25x faster on Instinct MI250X GPUs
April 5
- Seasonic Prime TX-1600 Noctua Edition power supply review
- You can now play a real-time AI-rendered Quake II in your browser — Microsoft's WHAMM offers generative AI for games
- The Best OctoPrint Plugins
- Vaio touts 'tariff free' inventory for sale — Intel-powered laptops on sale while supplies last
- Compact RTX 4070 with an aluminum CNC-machined shroud is perfect for SFF builds
- 3D Gloop! Wants to Stick Customers to the Floor
- Record-low $759 price for award-winning 32-inch 4K 240 Hz QD-OLED gaming monitor
- WOLED vs QD-OLED Monitors – which panel technology is better?
April 4
- SSD Benchmarks Hierarchy 2025: We've tested over 100 different SSDs over the past few years, and here's how they stack up.
- Pre-built PCs with unreleased RTX 5060 Ti and RTX 5060 GPUs crop up at online retailers
- Chinese chipmaker Loongson's new laptop and industrial chips have higher core counts, better GPU
- Microsoft celebrates its 50th anniversary by letting Copilot see what you see
- Grab a budget HP gaming laptop for just $449
- Best SSDs 2025: From blazing-fast M.2 NVMe down to budget SATA
- Nintendo's Switch 2 pre-orders delayed by Trump tariffs — June 5 launch date still on schedule
- China strikes back at Trump with 34 percent tariff — bans some rare earth exports to the U.S.
- Microsoft Copilot is now fully integrated with Windows 11 and Windows 10
- Asus ROG Strix X870E-E Gaming Wifi Review: Copious USB Ports and 5.0 M.2
- RTX 4060 is now the top GPU on Newegg despite ludicrous $500 price tag
- Trump says that chip tariffs are starting 'very soon'
- G.Skill unveils first 128GB DDR5-8000 memory kit and ultra-fast DDR5-9000 64GB options
- Trump's tariffs on chipmaking tools could make U.S.-made processors more expensive
- Intel discontinues Unison app for connecting PCs and smartphones
April 3
- Intel and TSMC agree to form chipmaking joint venture: Report
- The Best PS5 SSDs in 2025: Speedy NVMe storage for your console
- PC prices up at least 20%: Trump Tariffs may hurt U.S. system integrators most
- Dell's $35 AlienFX cable kit makes Alienware Area-51 desktop compatible with third-party motherboards
- Windows 11 Enterprise machines can now get updates while you work—no reboot required
- Asus' budget AM5 motherboard, Prime B650-Plus WiFi, is now only $124
- Windows 11 local account workaround discovered just as Microsoft closes previous loophole in Insider Build
- Nvidia confirms Nintendo Switch 2 SoC's AI, ray tracing features, keeps real specs to itself for now
- Seven RTX 5090 GPUs power AI server worth over $30,000 — over 4000W of power and 224GB of memory in a single frame
- China’s push for chip independence continues with its first RISC-V server CPU
- Bitcoin miners front-running tariffs by scrambling to ship thousands of machines before penalties hit
- Trump administration exempts computer chips and copper from sweeping tariffs, but only for now — report says chip tariffs coming later
- RX 9070 GRE is reportedly in development to provide an affordable entry point into RDNA 4
- Nintendo Switch 2's support for MicroSD Express standard will hurt your wallet: Here's why
- Nintendo Switch 2 developers confirm DLSS, hardware ray tracing, and more
- Nintendo Switch 2 Hands-on: Bigger, faster, and with mouse controls
- Thermalright Hyper Vision 360 Review: Confusing SKU Spam
- Trump creates U.S. Investment Accelerator to manage CHIPS Act and 'negotiate much better deals'
- Intel refreshes iconic brand with 'That's the power of Intel Inside' campaign
April 2
- Chinese tech giants boosted Nvidia GPU purchases by 4x to 6x during Q1
- Russian spy infiltrates ASML and NXP to steal technical data necessary to build 28nm-capable fabs
- Defective RX 9070 XT card with pitted silicon surface runs extremely hot — report indicates it's unclear if this was an isolated incident
- WD's Blue SN5000 4TB SSD is only $209 while supplies last
- AMD pins Ryzen 9000 'failures' on compatibility issues — BIOS update recommended to avoid boot problems
- RTX 5080 laptop GPU beats RTX 4090 counterpart — delivers 10% less performance than RTX 5090
- President Trump's 25% tariff on aluminum sparks concerns over rising PC enclosure and GPU costs
- Amazon reserves RTX 5070, RX 9070 XT GPUs as Amazon Prime exclusives, to the dismay of scalpers
- Chinese DRAM maker reportedly mulls DDR4 hike prices
- Nintendo Switch 2 will release June 5 priced at $449 with 4K support in docked mode, mouse functionality, and a Chat button
- Puget Systems says it will absorb PC tariff costs for now, but will increase prices when it becomes inevitable
- Lightmatter unveils high-performance photonic 'superchip', claims world's fastest AI interconnect
April 1
- Arm aims to capture 50% of data center CPU market in 2025
- Lip-Bu Tan's first speech as Intel CEO focuses on innovation and working with foundry customers
- Open-source tool designed to throttle PC and server performance based on electricity pricing — lightweight CLI will automatically limit clocks during peak hours
- Intel announces 18A process node has entered risk production — crucial milestone comes as company ramps to Panther Lake chips
- Rapidus to begin trial production of its 2nm process this month — Japan gets closer to cutting-edge silicon manufacturing
- Crucial's recently released P310 M.2 2280 1TB SSD with heatsink is on sale at its lowest-ever price of $74
- Retailer clarifies RTX 5090 'B-stock' listing with missing ROPs was a system error
- Asus drops teaser for Xbox 'Kennan' handheld — reveals sneak peek days before Switch 2 launch
- Snapdragon X exclusive Copilot+ features begin trickling through to modern x86 Windows 11 PCs
- PNY CS2150 2TB SSD review: More 'budget' PCIe 5.0 SSD goodness
- GlobalFoundries mulls UMC takeover in effort dubbed 'Project Ultron'