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September 30
- Meta reportedly buying RISC-V AI GPU firm Rivos — acquisition to bolster dev team and possibly replace Nvidia internally
- DeepSeek’s new AI model debuts with support for China-native chips and CANN, a replacement for Nvidia's CUDA — Chinese chipmakers Huawei, Cambricon, and Hygon get first-class support
- AMD Fluid Motion Frames 3 spotted in the upcoming AMD Adrenalin driver branch — could lean on AI model used in FSR 4
- $7.3 billion worth of cryptocurrency recovered from newly convicted 'Bitcoin Queen' — funds from fraudster thought to be the largest seizure to date
- Portable 1TB bamboo SSD is fast, but smells even better due to built-in aroma diffuser — essential oil diffuser billed as bringing harmony to your workplace
- Early Prime Day deals kick off as Crucial's superfast 4TB T705 PCIe 5 SSD hits a new all-time low price of $320
- Redditor quoted absurd $11,000 labor fee for $4,000 PC build — bemused customer questions $6,300 labor, $4,700 pre-project labor, and $4,000 cancellation fee
- New York firm faces China investigation over $17M advanced trading hardware smuggling — accused of installing customized processors and networking hardware at Shanghai Futures Exchange
- OpenAI might be building its own chip, but it’ll still be dependent on Nvidia — custom chip developed with Broadcom reportedly slips to Q3 2026
- 'Next-gen 3D printing' enables printing with two different materials at once — faster, lighter, and more precise multiplexing nozzle tech demoed by U.S. gov't scientists
- Huawei-powered mini-PC debuts with Huawei AI chip and 192GB of memory — Orange Pi AI Studio Pro wields Ascend 310 chip with 352 TOPS of AI performance, but relies on a single USB-C port
- Microsoft adds Grok 4 to Azure AI Foundry following cautious trials — Elon Musk's latest AI model is now available to deploy for "frontier‑level reasoning"
- Maingear debuts new premium desktop PCs — Apex Rush, Force models start at $6,259, with top-end model featuring hardline tubing and dual 420mm radiators
- Amid Intel's deals, Intel Foundry remains notably absent — 18A and 14A are on the way, but success isn't guaranteed
- Wee Beastie crowdfunding project promises 4.75L fish tank SFF PC packing a 'desktop' RTX 4070 — $699 design features modded 12GB GPU mounted on a circuit board
- AI data center boom sends some wholesale electricity prices soaring up to 267% in five years, says report — as global rollout of AI factories continues apace
- Nvidia's new CPX GPU aims to change the game in AI inference — how the debut of cheaper and cooler GDDR7 memory could redefine AI inference infrastructure
- China's 96-core x86 CPU taps chiplet design to rival AMD EPYC and Intel Xeon — 13 chiplets per processor provide up to 384 cores on a single motherboard, but no word on power consumption
- Logitech launches MX Master 4 flagship productivity mouse – the best mouse we've tested adds haptic feedback, circular Action Ring shortcuts
September 29
- Tile exploit could let stalkers follow you with your own tracker — Bluetooth broadcasting flaw is relatively simple to exploit, researchers discover
- Intel aims at AMD's Threadripper with its new Granite Rapids-WS CPU — chip armed with core count approaching the flagship AMD Threadripper 9995WX, boasts a 4.8GHz boost clock
- Amazon and Google tip off Jensen Huang before announcing information about their homegrown AI chips — companies tread carefully to avoid surprising Nvidia, says report
- Get a 4TB Crucial P310 SSD for just 5 cents per gigabyte — PCIe 4.0 drive is available now with heatsink for $202
- Sandisk launches officially licensed SSDs and MicroSD cards for the ROG Xbox Ally series — up to 4TB of storage for new Asus flagship handheld
- Data centers to account for 9% of electricity demand in the U.S by 2035 — Nuclear power could help sate AI demand
- OpenAI President teases our 10-billion GPU future — says always-working AI future calls for 'every person to have their own dedicated GPU'
- Mobile RTX 2070 with shunt mod nearly eclipses desktop performance — 60W boost provides 15% performance uplift
- EA acquired by Saudi Arabian investment fund and others for $55 billion — largest ever buyout of a public company
- Qualcomm’s 18-core Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme dominates in first benchmarks – 18 cores and 48GB of on-package memory on a 192-bit bus look tough to beat
- 'Moscow military spy ship' seen mapping and surveilling NATO undersea cables — 'She’s following cable lines and pipelines, making stops. We are monitoring her very closely
- EU pushes for Chips Act 2.0 investment as it looks set to miss global silicon production targets by a wide margin — seeks quadrupling of semiconductor investment as $50 billion initiative flounders
- Legendary Sound Blaster 2.0 ISA card revived by hardware enthusiast — 1994 relic restored to former glory
- Famed gamer creates working 5 million parameter ChatGPT AI model in Minecraft, made with 439 million blocks — AI trained to hold conversations, working model runs inference in the game
September 28
- TSMC says Intel didn’t ask for investments — denies existence of talks for partnership, joint venture
- Jensen Huang says China is ‘nanoseconds behind’ the US in chipmaking, calls for reducing US export restrictions on Nvidia's AI chips
- China's premier memory-maker YMTC struggles amid chokehold of US sanctions — outdated chipmaking tools and lack of new tools have hampered production and development of new tech
- The cheapest RTX 5060 laptop is just $999 right now at Best Buy — Get $300 off Lenovo's LOQ 15.6" gaming laptop with a Core i7 processor, 16GB RAM, and an RTX 5060
- High-power microwave system downs 49 drones in one shot – weaponized electromagnetic interference erases drone swarms en masse
- US Commerce head notes China 'isn't even shy' about its goal to 'take' Taiwan, says US-Taiwan tariff deal coming soon — goal is to have 40% of chips made in America
- U.S. gov't mulls tariffing devices based on the number of chips used and their estimated value — policy would impact nearly every type of electronic device
- Judge rules that drone maker DJI is affiliated with China’s defense industry — company to stay on Pentagon’s list of Chinese military companies
- First AirPods-controlled game uses undocumented Apple sensor for motion control — reverse-engineered spatial audio hardware enables 'RidePods - Race with Head' motorbike racing game
- Acer Predator XB273K V5 27-inch 4K gaming monitor review: Vivid color and dual refresh rate capable
September 27
- Nvidia RTX 5070 Ti Super and RTX 5070 Super TDP leaked — long-rumored RTX 50 Super series GPUs appear in power supply calculator
- Asus addresses stuttering issues plaguing its gaming laptops — beta patch released for ROG laptops, final fix due in October
- Get massive, speedy HDD storage with Western Digital's 22TB WD Red Pro at just $400 — enjoy 11% off a comparatively fast CMR hard drive
- Scalpers sell ROG Xbox Ally X preorders for as much as $2,500 even though they are still in stock — stay away from eBay and buy from retailers
- Russia outlines EUV litho chipmaking tool roadmap through 2037 — country eyes replacing DUV with EUV
- Nvidia CEO bets $100 billion on OpenAI becoming a multi-trillion-dollar company — Jensen outlines his view on OpenAI's path to becoming one of the biggest companies in the world
- Enthusiasts bond twelve 56K modems together to set dial-up broadband records — a dozen screeching boxes achieve record 668 kbps download speeds
- Apple's iPhone 17 chip becomes the fastest single-core CPU in the world on PassMark, beating PC chips and Apple's own M3 Ultra — passively-cooled A19 CPU catapults past power-hungry competitors
- Large-scale simulated 10-year OLED monitor torture tests confirm burn-in haunts all models — Testing also reveals edge-lit TVs are insanely failure-prone
- AMD's memory patent outlining a 'new, improved RAM' made from DDR5 memory isn't a new development — HB-DIMMs already superseded, probably won't come to market
- Acer FA200 4TB SSD Review: A Capacious Retread
- Modder takes hacksaw and hot glue to original Xbox to create a gaming handheld — ‘portable monstrosity’ has exposed spinning DVD in the center and plenty of duct tape, but works as intended
- OneXPlayer unveils OneXFly Apex with Ryzen AI Max+ 395 and up to 128 GB RAM — Flagship PC gaming handheld pushes 120W TDP with 'silent liquid cooling' and 85Wh removable battery
- 3Dfx Voodoo GPU modded with 12 MB of RAM and two texture mappers — reveals how revolutionary graphics card was way ahead of its time
September 26
- One of our favorite ever 3D printers the Prusa MK4S has dropped to an all-time low of $929 — accurate, fast, and quiet quality prints
- Teen suspected of holding $1.8 million in bitcoin from hacking Vegas casinos is out on bail — alleged perp could be tried as an adult, face possible prison time
- Samsung takes a scalpel to its 2nm wafer price tag, bringing it down to $20,000 — Korean chipmaker now undercuts rival TSMC by 33%
- U.S. Treasury Secretary calls Taiwan 'world's biggest single point of failure' — Lion's share of advanced chips are made in Taiwan
- The state of Intel: What the company's $5 billion deal with Nvidia could mean for the floundering chipmaker — Investments, capex, and the beating heart of x86
- OpenAI's significant investments raise more questions than answers — CEO Sam Altman remains tight-lipped about how the company will deliver
- Windows 10 extended support is now free, but only in Europe — Microsoft capitulates on controversial $30 ESU price tag which remains firmly in place for the U.S
- Asus ROG Xbox Ally and Ally X available for pre-order worldwide – U.S. pricing starts at $599 and $999 respectively
- New U.S. gov't rule says chipmakers have to make one chip in the US for each chip imported from another country to avoid 100% tariffs — Trump admin allegedly preps new 1:1 chip export rule under new tariff plan
- YouTuber's homebrew aim-assist exoskeleton grabs them second place in global Aimlabs leader board — 63% aim boost from AI-powered project
- Intel officially becomes a contract custom chip designer, Nvidia among lead customers — company veteran Srini Iyengar to spearhead new Central Engineering Group
- Bots targeting the r/GamingLaptop's subreddit with blatant MSI advertising in posts — mods allege marketing bots are flooding the forums with MSI-promoting posts
- Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050 review: a necessary update, not an exciting one
September 25
- Elon Musk's Grok AI to be used by US government at a price of 42 cents per agency — Trump admin joining Meta, OpenAI in recent trend of AI govt contracts
- HighPoint's adapter enables GPUDirect storage — up to 64 GB/s from drive to GPU, bypassing the CPU
- ROG Xbox Ally X and ROG Xbox Ally were previously listed at $850 and $550 — pricing and preorders expected today
- Every RTX 50 Series card hits MSRP or lower in Walmart blowout — GeForce week sees $100 off some cards
- Micron teams up with TSMC to deliver HBM4E, targeted for 2027 — collaboration could enable further customization
- Qualcomm's Snapdragon X2 Elite reference mini PC looks like a coaster — some designs are cooled by Frore AirJets
- CoreWeave deal with OpenAI now worth $22.4 billion — another $6.4 billion of AI data center capacity added
- SlimeMoldCrypt relies on gloopy living organism’s ever-changing network of tendrils for its dynamic, biological, encryption engine — inventor claims concept is resistant to decryption 'even by quantum machines'
- Sony unveils first-ever wireless desktop speakers for PC gamers with planar magnetic drivers — sleek design features microphone and battery, also work with Mac and PS5
- Intel reportedly raising prices on ever-popular Raptor Lake chips — 'outdated' CPUs to get over 10% price hike due to disinterest in AI processors
- Intel taps Apple for potential investment, says report — companies said to be discussing ways to work together more closely
- Raspberry Pi 500+ Review: RGB clicky keys and NVMe storage, but with a $200 price tag
September 24
- Qualcomm's new Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme and Elite chips for PCs stretch up to a record 5 GHz — 3nm Arm chips sport new Oryon Prime cores
- Alibaba announces partnership with Nvidia despite Beijing’s bans — Chinese e-commerce giant is prioritizing AI with plans for global expansion
- OpenAI may lease Nvidia GPUs instead of buying them — financial engineering deal could cut hardware costs in pursuit of 10GW buildout
- Manic Steam game collector first to surpass 40,000 game titles in library — $640,000 digital collection took 15 years to build
- SMI SM2504XT ES 2TB SSD Review: A Mid-Range PCIe 5.0 Challenger
- AMD keeps AM4 platform on life support with 2020-era Zen 3 CPU — Ryzen 3 5100 surfaces, nine years after AM4 launch
- Check that you're ready for invasive DRM with new feature built right into Steam — Secure Boot and TPM status now listed right in the app
- Microsoft develops breakthrough chip cooling method — microfluidic channels can cut peak temps by up to 65%, outperform conventional cold plates by up to 3x
- Solidigm touts industry's first liquid-cooled enterprise SSD — D7-PS1010 is an E.1 PCIe 5.0 drive with a wrap-around cold plate
- The Nvidia RTX 5080 drops to new lowest-ever price — grab the PNY OC model for $929 at Walmart
- AI slop infects PC watercooling with Thermaltake's 'AI Forge' feature — adds generative AI to its MagFloe Ultra AIO screens for custom backgrounds
- iBuyPower Y40 Pro Review: Style first
- Find My Parking Cops uses data scraped from City website to track parking fines in real time — entire website dedicated to helping San Francisco motorists avoid parking tickets goes live
- Intel could be working on its own multi-frame generation tech — XeSS MFG name and logo found in Arc graphics driver files
- Nvidia and Intel’s RTX SoCs could pose an existential threat to AMD’s APUs — if the two companies can actually pull it off
- GPD Win 5 handheld soars with AMD's Strix Halo — gaming deck is almost twice as fast as Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 competitors at same power
September 23
- China's latest GPU arrives with claims of CUDA compatibility and RT support — Fenghua No.3 also boasts 112GB+ of HBM memory for AI
- You can get a PNY RTX 5060 Ti OC 16 GB card for only $379 — GPU drops to historical low price for the 16 GB variant
- Nvidia's $100 billion investment in OpenAI raises big antitrust concerns — legal experts and policymakers raise eyebrows over potential for market imbalance
- Valve's 256GB LCD Steam Deck is an incredible 20% off — big price drop just in time for the Steam Autumn Sale
- The end of EU-imposed cookie consent pop-ups could be nigh — consent fatigue and clickspamageddon to be addressed by European Commission amendments to its 2009 e-Privacy Directive
- AI buildouts need $2 trillion in annual revenue to sustain growth, but massive cash shortfall looms — even generous forecasts highlight $800 billion black hole, says report
- Intel drops day zero game driver support for chips released last year — last-gen iGPUs on 14th-gen Core and older CPUs already put on the backburner of legacy software support
- This $12 external CD/DVD drive plays your old discs through a modern USB-C interface — at 35% off, this drive is an exceptional deal at Amazon
- Sandisk WD Blue SN5100 2TB SSD Review: A Rhapsody in Blue
- OpenAI makes flurry of deals in drive towards for-profit model — AI giant teams up with Nvidia, Luxshare, Apple, and more
- Nvidia promises its $100 billion OpenAI deal won't impact GPU supply — 'we will continue to make every customer a top priority'
- World's fastest gaming CPU, AMD's 9800X3D, hits an all-time low price of $429 at Amazon — Newegg offers competing bundles with motherboards, RAM, and coolers
- Lenovo cancels some Legion Go 2 pre-orders, delays others due to massive demand — says it can't ship handheld consoles 'in a timely manner'
September 22
- MediaTek reportedly mulling US chip production — could use TSMC's Arizona fab to avoid tariff fallout
- Nvidia and OpenAI forge $100 billion alliance to deliver 10 gigawatts of Nvidia hardware for AI datacenters
- Intel, AMD, and MediaTek reportedly among TSMC's 2nm early adopters — company said to have 15 customers lined up for new process tech
- Bambu Lab's X1C color 3D printer is 33% off in combo deal — $1,099 nets you the printer, multicolor AMS 2 Pro attachment, and filament buffer
- The Taliban begins implementing fiber optic internet ban to ‘prevent immorality’ in Afghanistan — swathes of the country plunged into cyberspace darkness
- FSR 4 modded to run on RDNA 2 GPUs improves image quality by "leaps and bounds," but carries 10% performance penalty — AMD's leaked source code turns into modding frenzy
- Samsung earns Nvidia certification for its HBM3 memory — stock jumps 5% as company finally catches up to SK hynix and Micron in HBM3E production
- China bets on DUV as EUV blockade reshapes chipmaking — but it won't dethrone ASML's advanced lithography, for now
- Japanese city implements two-hour daily recreational smartphone usage limit — ordinance comes into effect from October 1, no enforcement or penalties proposed
- Twitch streamer raising money for cancer treatment has funds stolen by malware-ridden Steam game — BlockBlasters title stole $150,000 from hundreds of players
- $37 billion 'Stargate of China' project takes shape — country is converting farmland into data centers to centralize AI compute power
- Prusa’s mobile slicer now works with competitors' 3D printers — new EasyPrint tool works with Bambu, Creality, and more
- Rare wooden-cased Apple-1 computer blasts past auctioneer estimate — sells for almost half a million dollars
- The future of DRAM: From DDR5 advancements to future ICs
- Why packaging is a huge part of Nvidia's $5B Intel deal — Foveros could speed up market delivery
September 21
- Snag this 27-inch QHD Asus TUF gaming monitor for just $229 — the lowest price we've ever seen for it
- Microsoft’s pivotal Windows NT 3.5 release made it a serious contender, 31 years ago today
- SoftBank beams 5G to phones from the sky in successful stratospheric test flight
- Notorious software bug was killing people 40 years ago — at least three people died after radiation doses that were 100x too strong from the buggy Therac-25 radiation therapy machine
- Amazon sends a literal brick to a customer in lieu of the RTX 5080 they ordered — the latest cautionary tale in the line of 'commingling' inventory scams
- Commodore 64 Ultimate eclipses 10,000 units sold milestone — rebooted firm gives huge thank you to fans
- Radeon RX 9070 gains 25% performance in synthetic benchmarks using RX 9070 XT vBIOS
- President Trump posts an AI-generated image of him trading Intel stock inside the White House — imaginary share was bought at $20 and sold at $30, reflective of real-world prices
- PC second screen costs just $2.57 on AliExpress — but this sub-1-inch USB-connected display won’t be for everyone
- DreamScene is (spiritually) back in Windows 11, letting you use videos as your desktop background — Latest Insider build finally returns coveted feature
- Hackers attack Europe’s automatic flight check-in systems — flight delayed and cancelled after Collins cyberattack
- Repair wizard converts an RTX 4080 into 4080 Super using BGA magic — Donor board gets intense surgery for a reball upgrade like never before
- ComMarker Omni X review: a refined 5W UV laser cutter and engraver
- Iconic 80s Vectrex console reimagined for the modern day with OLED display, microSD, and wireless controllers — half-size Vectrex Mini could cost as little as $99 for early birds
September 20
- AMD relaunches $40 dual-core Athlon 3000G CPU with new packaging and cooler — Zen refuses to retire even in 2025
- ‘Proper next-gen Amiga’ launched by Apollo Computing — promises full FPGA-powered backwards compatibility with its new 68080 chip
- Microsoft Gaming Copilot hits Windows in public beta — in-game AI overlay goes live for PC players
- MSI’s 27-inch 240 Hz OLED QHD gaming monitor drops to its lowest price of $499
- Asus TUF Gaming F16 review: Strong gaming performance offset by skimpy SSD, short battery life
- Borderlands 4 props come to 3D printing fans — Ripper mask, replica weapons, and cosplay components come in a new collection from Prusa Research
- Ukraine reveals jammer-resistant Kamikaze strike drones — 31-mile range ordinance promises ’a new level of enemy destruction far behind the front lines’
- Repairer brands customer’s gaming PC a ‘monstrosity’ — skin lacerating cable management technique provokes horror
September 19
- Microsoft hikes Xbox Series X price, again, to $649 — second price increase of 2025 comes as shifting tariffs continue to plague tech prices
- OpenAI is reportedly poaching Apple talent to build its first consumer hardware device — could potentially be a smart speaker
- How often should you expect to replace your headset, keyboard, or mouse — buying tips for picking longer-lasting gear
- GPU sales skyrocketed 27% last quarter — tariff jitters sparked an odd gaming hardware spending surge in Q2 '25
- Building in the Thermaltake Tower 250 made me furious about one design flaw that could be easily solved — cramped cable cut-outs and inaccessible I/O
- Asus gives us the PCIe finger — teases new concept that boosts motherboard GPU slot power to 250W
- Nvidia CEO Huang says upcoming DGX Spark systems are powered by N1 silicon — confirms GB10 Superchip and N1/N1X SoCs are identical
- GeForce RTX 50-series GPUs are finally selling at and below MSRP — RTX 5070 dips below $549
- AMD silently launches RX 7700 non-XT with 16 GB VRAM — New RDNA 3 GPU uses nerfed Navi 32 die, offers reduced performance and increased power draw
- [Updated] Intel says it remains committed to its Arc graphics project — 'Intel will continue to have GPU product offerings'
- Researchers 3D print lightweight ceramic fuel cell — suggests alternative power source for the aerospace industry
- I've been using Linux for a quarter of a century, so why do I keep coming back to Ubuntu?
- Nvidia wants 10Gbps HBM4 to blunt AMD’s MI450, report claims — company said to be pushing suppliers for more bandwidth
- $115 million ransomware hacker arrested over extortion attacks — Scattered Spider alumnus allegedly involved in over 120 computer network intrusions targeting 47 U.S. entities
- I have the most luxurious standing desk imaginable, but I can't quite bring myself to game while standing
- Nvidia drops a cool $900 million on Enfabrica tech and hiring its CEO, report claims — AI networking chip company boasts capacity to connect 100,000 GPUs together
- Here's how I installed Windows 11 using a nano-sized 2.4GB ISO — final install weighed in at a mere 8.36GB, two-thirds the size of a normal Windows install, courtesy of Nano11 Builder
- Huawei unveils Atlas 950 SuperCluster — promises 1 ZettaFLOPS FP4 performance and features hundreds of thousands of 950DT APUs
- Ditching Windows 10? Here's how I installed Windows 11, removed AI, and stripped out unnecessary features using Flyoobe
September 18
- Teams at Nvidia and Intel have been working in secret on jointly developed processors for a year — 'The Trump administration has no involvement in this partnership at all'
- xAI's new gas turbine facility gets halfway to Elon Musk's 1-gigawatt 'AI factory' goal
- I managed to snag a Core i5 CPU for $10, because someone scammed Amazon out of an i7-14700
- Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 shows up in Geekbench with a score of 3,831 — upcoming chip catches Apple's just-launched A19 Pro, beats desktop chips on single-core perf
- Silverstone's retro PC FLP02 case launches — throw-back 5.25-inch expansion bays meet modern 360mm radiator support, likely to be $240 in the US
- Gigabyte's upgradeable Aero X16 gaming laptop is on sale for just $1,349 on Best Buy — Get $300 off on this device featuring an RTX 5070, Ryzen 7 AI CPU, and 32 GB RAM
- Microsoft announces 'world's most powerful' AI data center — 315-acre site to house 'hundreds of thousands' of Nvidia GPUs and enough fiber to circle the Earth 4.5 times
- My favorite SSD stick, SK hynix's speedy 2TB Tube T31, is down to $118, an all-time low price
- Valve to drop Steam support for 32-bit Windows versions next year — says it's no longer compatible with core client features, only 0.01% of players actually used it
- A wireless device exploit uncovered 11 years ago still hasn't been fixed by some manufacturers — six vendors and 24 devices found harbouring vulnerable firmware across routers, range extenders, and more
- China foes get worse results using DeepSeek, research suggests — CrowdStrike finds nearly twice as many flaws in AI-generated code for IS, Falun Gong, Tibet, and Taiwan
- Huawei reveals long-range Ascend chip roadmap — three-year plan includes ambitious provision for in-house HBM with up to 1.6 TB/s bandwidth
- Save $700 on the LG Ultragear 39-Inch OLED curved ultrawide monitor — now available at its cheapest price of $899, with a massive 44% off
- Kioxia Exceria Plus G4 2TB SSD Review: A safe but unexceptional drive
- Microsoft's new handheld gaming mode, exclusive to ROG Xbox Ally, has just leaked for every handheld running Windows 11 — all you need is the 25H2 update and a few registry tweaks
- China targets brain computer interface race with new standard — groundwork could lead to breakthroughs as soon as 2027
- Asus is 'actively investigating' ROG gaming laptop stuttering woes — Models released / sold between 2021 - 2024 affected by 'performance interruptions'
- Nvidia and Intel announce jointly developed 'Intel x86 RTX SOCs' for PCs with Nvidia graphics, also custom Nvidia data center x86 processors — Nvidia buys $5 billion in Intel stock in seismic deal
- Shai-Hulud malware campaign dubbed 'the largest and most dangerous npm supply-chain compromise in history' — 'hundreds' of JavaScript packages affected
- Logitech's next gaming mouse will have haptic-based clicks, adjustable actuation, and rapid trigger — new G Pro X2 Superstrike will land at $180
September 17
- PlayStation 5 Digital Edition with 1TB SSD downgraded to 825GB listed at the same price — CFI-2116 revision emerges overseas on Amazon
- Alibaba’s AI chip goes head-to-head with Nvidia H20 in state-backed benchmark demo
- MSI enters the US Electric Vehicle charger market with EV Life Series
- Exploring the RTX Pro 6000D, Nvidia's China-only GPU, which is now banned from sale — neutered specs cannot compete with grey-market chips
- These must-have accessories helped me power through my overseas trip to IFA 2025
- This upcoming Thunderbolt 5 eGPU dock lets you mount an entire mini-PC on the side — also features aftermarket ATX and SFX power supply support
- Modern memory is still vulnerable to Rowhammer vulnerabilities — Phoenix root privilege escalation attack proves that Rowhammer still smashes DDR5 security to bits
- I got excited for the idea of sub-$1,000 gaming laptops with integrated graphics — but there are more than a few reasons why that's probably not happening
- DOOM left running on ASUS MyPal PDA for 2.5 years finally crashes — bug that crashes the game when gametic value hits 2,147,483,647 ticks likely to blame
- China's largest chipmaker testing first homegrown immersion DUV litho tool — SMIC takes significant step on road to wafer fab equipment self-sufficiency
- Cooler Master debuts new 3D Heatpipe tech in new coolers — Hyper 212 3DHP promises reduced thermals and improved efficiency
- $320 camera lens buyers hit with $2,000 delivery fee in tariffs fight — some sellers implement exorbitant shipping costs to dissuade US customers
- NAND and DRAM prices surge by up to 20% — contract price increases driven by AI demands and tight supply
- AMD launches Ryzen 9000 PRO series, flagship model tops out at 12 cores — new enterprise lineup includes 3 CPUs for OEMs featuring added business and security features
- UK cosies up to big tech with $42 billion data center and AI investment deal
- Asus ProArt PA32QCV 6K professional monitor review: Plenty of pixels, color, and brightness
- Hack to the Future — here's how you can write BASIC code on a modern-day PC
- 'Beyond EUV' chipmaking tech pushes Soft X-Ray lithography closer to challenging Hyper-NA EUV — 'B-EUV' uses new resist chemistry to make smaller chips
- China bans its biggest tech companies from acquiring Nvidia chips, says report — Beijing claims its homegrown AI processors now match H20 and RTX Pro 6000D
- These are the top free Windows tools that I use on a daily basis to boost my productivity
- Apple prepping touchscreen OLED MacBook Pro for 2026 — new report claims model will incorporate on-cell touch tech for the first time
- How TSMC managed to increase efficiency of ASML's EUV tools: System-level optimizations and in-house pellicles —chipmaker boosted EUV-driven wafer production by 30x over six years while reducing power consumption by 24%
September 16
- Latest FSR 4 source code 'leak' lets you run AMD's AI upscaling tech on nearly any GPU — no Linux required
- Looking Glass demos Hololuminescent Display monitors — sizes range from 16 to 85 inches, starting at $1,500
- AMD launches four new Ryzen CPUs, including cut-down Zen 4 and Zen 3 models — most only available in global markets
- Gearbox CEO channels inner Claptrap, offers himself up as personal tech support over rampant Borderlands 4 PC performance issues — 'Would you like help tuning with your personal specification?'
- Corsair launches gargantuan 3,000W power supply for $599.99 — comes with four native 12V‑2x6 600W GPU cables
- Japan to subsidize undersea cable vessels over 'very serious' national security concerns — will front up to half the cost for $300 million vessels bought by NEC
- Asus' dual-mode 32-inch dual-mode gaming monitor is on sale for just $500 — 4K and refresh rates up to 320 Hz for $100 off
- Norbauer's $8,000 keyboard waitlist climbs to 9 months — the world's most expensive keyboard is perpetually out of stock
- Biwin Black Opal X570 2TB SSD Review: Caught In The Middle With You
- Here's how I multi-task in the Linux terminal with Tmux
- Chinese giant Tencent announces domestic AI chip push — says it has fully adapted infrastructure to support homegrown silicon in blow to Nvidia
- Microsoft will force install the Copilot AI app for users with desktop versions of 365 apps like Word and Excel — coming October, with no way to opt out for personal users
- Nvidia's unreleased 'GTX 2080 Ti' surfaces online with 12 GB VRAM and 384-bit memory bus — engineering sample has better specs than the final retail 'RTX' version
- Intel Core Ultra 3 205 delivers impressive results in early review — reportedly surpasses previous-gen Core i3-14100 and Core i5-14400
- Nvidia's China-exclusive RTX 6000D reportedly gets lukewarm reception in China due to hobbled performance — could leave Nvidia with huge backlog of unwanted GPUs
- Desktop GPU roadmap: Nvidia Rubin, AMD UDNA & Intel Xe3 Celestial
- Start-up hails world's first quantum computer made from everyday silicon — fits in three 19-inch server racks and is touted as 'quantum computing's silicon moment'
- Rare Apple-1 with storied ownership could fetch over $300,000 at auction — unit housed in original wood case thought to be one of just nine surviving examples
- Google terminates 200 AI contractors — 'ramp-down' blamed, but workers claim questions over pay and job insecurity are the real reason behind layoffs
- Nvidia tipped to be TSMC's first A16 customer, ahead of Apple — Feynman GPUs could make full use of GAA transistors and backside power
- Researchers embed digital 'fingerprints' into 3D printed parts — tech may make future ghost guns more traceable
September 15
- China's entry-level GPU with AMD RX 550-level of performance is ready for tapeout — Loongson 9A1000 is finally off the drawing board and headed to fabs
- ASRock's revamped AI Quickset WSL virtualization tool makes it easy to run Linux AI apps on Windows
- Is Borderlands 4 the new Crysis? Official GPU setting recommendations peg 4K performance with the RTX 5090 at 60 FPS, with DLSS and frame generation enabled
- Intel Arc A750 prototype spotted with 16GB VRAM — Engineering sample made by Gunnir sports sticker claiming a 512-bit memory bus
- Engineer creates ‘blazingly fast’ web server powered by a disposable vape — 'VapeServer' powered by 24 MHz Arm chip with 24 kilobytes of flash, 3KB of SRAM
- Expect HDD, SSD shortages as AI rewrites the rules of storage hierarchy — multiple companies announce price hikes, too
- Save up to a whopping $1500 on Corsair gaming PCs
- Wearable finger mouse designed to deliver precision with no flat surface required — 'Finger Maus' uses '80% less plastic' than a typical mouse
- I built a configurable ADB-to-USB adaptor to use a vintage 1990 Apple keyboard with modern Windows and USB — modern keyboards and magnetic switches can't compete with Alps
- Hacker ransomware groups announce retirement to enjoy their "golden parachutes" — no further attacks planned, future attributed activities will relate to undisclosed past breaches
- AMD claims three of its X3D CPUs can hit 1000 FPS in esports games — Ryzen 7 9800X3D, Ryzen 9 9950X3D and 9955HX3D are in the '1000 FPS Club'
- Enthusiast didn't like the Framework 13's mushy keyboard, so he built a custom version with a full mechanical keyboard — also added mechanical dials to control volume, brightness, and backlighting
- Nvidia Rubin CPX die shot reveals graphics-specific hardware blocks not needed for an AI GPU — Rubin CPX may form the foundation of next-gen RTX 6090
- China accuses Nvidia of anti-monopoly law violations, raising prospect of heavy fines — company could be fined 10% of revenue from China
- Nvidia confirms its recently-delisted RTX 50 Series Founder's Edition cards are not discontinued — "Limited edition products" were removed because they were out of stock
- LaCie Rugged SSD4 4TB review: Impressive 40 Gbps speed on Mac and PC
September 14
- This Gigabyte Aero 16X deal is the most affordable RTX 5070-powered laptop at just $1,199
- Windows 11 is getting a built-in internet speed test feature that will take you to Bing, along with multiple revamped settings pages — Latest Insider channel builds reveal prominent changes coming soon to the OS
- Nvidia rumored to ditch its first-gen custom memory form factor for newer version — SOCAMM1 for faster ‘SOCAMM2’ standard
- Cougar introduces ‘floating’ mid-tower PC case — separates drives and power supply from main chamber for more efficient cooling
- IBM announced the world’s first HDD, the 3.75MB RAMAC 350 disk storage unit, 69 years ago today — unit weighed more than a ton, 50 platters ran at 1,200 RPM
- China launches anti-dumping probe into U.S. analog chips used in PCs and routers
- Hacker breaks into on-campus smart washing machines — management eventually disables devices, leaving thousands of students with no reliable laundry service
- Acer Predator Connect T7 mesh router review: Expensive and outclassed
- TSM-Bee? TSMC gets into the honey business after working with local beekeepers to establish hives around its fabs
- Enthusiast builds entire PC setup with Lego-style bricks — Includes desktop terminal-style OLED monitor & keyboard, with an iPhone 6-powered desk clock
September 13
- Compromised Google Calendar invites can hijack ChatGPT’s Gmail connector and leak emails
- Nintendo revives Virtual Boy after 30 years for the Switch and Switch 2 — lets you play 3D Nintendo Classics titles to bring back the nostalgia
- China’s Great Firewall suffers its biggest leak ever as 500GB of source code and docs spill online — censorship tool has been sold to three different countries
- AI-driven search engine running inside a laundry room aims to rival Google, and you can try it yourself — programmer harnesses old server parts and AI to deliver quality results
- DNA ‘cassette tape’ research hints at petabyte-scale cartridges and multi-century lifespan on paper — petabytes-per-meter density possible, but today it writes at kilobytes per hour
- Asus ZenScreen MB27ACF monitor review: A slick portable screen with solid gaming performance
- Corsair settles lawsuit over advertising XMP memory speeds, and you could get paid — the settlement covers U.S. purchases between 2018 and 2025 for overclocked kits
- Compact copper-encased 14.2-liter PC system weighs 47.4 pounds, doesn't need fans for cooling — passive ITX case is nearly twice as heavy as the aluminum shrouded version
- Redditor fishes a fully-functional Core i5-9400F and GTX 1660 PC gaming rig out of the trash
September 12
- Nvidia may have ended RTX 50 Founders Edition GPU production — report suggests move is in preparation for 'Super' refresh
- Export restrictions force Galax to build cutdown RTX 5090D V2 HoF — gaming performance is, fortunately, nearly identical to original 5090D HoF
- Nvidia steps back from DGX Cloud — stops trying to compete with AWS and Azure
- OpenAI and Microsoft reach an understanding over ongoing contract negotiations — but AGI clause remains an uncertainty
- New DDR5 module features an OLED display you probably won't see after installation — shows off RAM's specs and vitals
- Legendary combat sim enthusiast builds frankly dangerous fighter jet rig — features three-axis motion seat, a cannon, afterburners, and a chaff launcher
- SK hynix completes development of next-gen HBM4 — 2,048-bit interface and 10 GT/s speeds promised for next-gen AI accelerators
- Borderlands 4 on PC crushing even the most powerful rigs — RTX 5090 struggles in some scenarios, but day one patch solves plenty of issues
- Seagate's humongous 28TB HDD is a massive deal for a limited time at just $11.75 per TB — Desktop Expansion HDD on sale at Best Buy for $329
- Amazon says bug caused select Echo Show devices to use tons of data — widgets caching large images caused gigabytes of internet usage
- Nintendo Switch 2 mod adds over an hour of playtime with bigger 8,000mAh battery — unofficial replacement battery packs sell for as little as $40
- Netgear Orbi 370 Wi-Fi 7 mesh router review: Dual-band Wi-Fi 7 hardware finally makes Orbi affordable
- The new frontier: Meet the power players cashing in on the AI gold rush
- Intel Xeon chief architect leaves just 8 months after appointment — Ronak Singhal latest departure in ongoing shakeup
- Nvidia and Kioxia target 100 million IOPS SSD in 2027 — AI server drives aim to deliver 33 times more performance
September 11
- MSI Afterburner developer adding 'triple channel voltage' support for future MSI RTX 50 graphics cards
- Intel's 14nm+++ desktop CPUs are making a comeback — chipmaker inexplicably resurrects Comet Lake from five years ago with 'new' Core i5-110
- Lexar NM1090 Pro 4TB SSD Review: A 'Budget' High-End Drive
- DOOM multiplayer tribute gets coded in 'pure SQL' and runs at 30FPS — made from just 150 lines of code in less than a month
- Top China silicon figure calls on country to stop using Nvidia GPUs for AI — says current AI development model could become 'lethal' if not addressed
- Windows 11 25H2 ISOs released after delays — upgrade switches on some features, now available for insiders
- Taiwan increases defensive patrols around 24 undersea cables — closely monitoring '96 blacklisted China-linked boats' with 24-hour operations
- Researchers develop modified glue gun that can print bone — device 3D prints synthetic grafts directly onto patients’ living tissue during surgery
- OpenAI signs contract to buy $300 billion worth of Oracle computing power over the next five years — company needs 4.5 gigawatts of power, enough to power four million homes
- ASRock X870 Nova WiFi Motherboard Review: Lots of storage, not without sacrifice
- Nano11 compresses Windows 11 install footprint to as little as 2.8GB — 'extreme experimental script' is 3.5 times smaller than Tiny11 and comes with 'none of the fluff'
- DDoS scrubbing service ironic target of massive attack it was built to prevent — hit with 1.5 billion packets per second from more than 11,000 distributed networks
- Apple's A19 Pro beats Ryzen 9 9950X in single-thread Geekbench tests — iPhone 17 Pro chip packs 11-12% CPU performance bump, GPU performance up 37% over predecessor
- Hyte warns Thicc Q80 Trio customers should uninstall AIO cooler immediately — company says it has identified coolant leakage issue caused by 'fragile internal component'
September 10
- China's chip champions ramp up production of AI accelerators at domestic fabs, but HBM and fab production capacity are towering bottlenecks
- U.S. places $11 million bounty on Ukrainian ransomware mastermind — Tymoshchuk allegedly stole $18 billion from large companies over 3 years
- At 4,500 hours, MSI's OLED MPG 321URX is showing noticeable visual artifacts — intentional burn-in test shows the limits of monitor tech after 18 months of non-top use
- $142 upgrade kit and spare modules turn Nvidia RTX 4090 24GB to 48GB AI card — technician explains how Chinese factories turn gaming flagships into highly desirable AI GPUs
- Samsung 9100 Pro 8TB SSD review: Bigger, badder, and better
- Lucky bidder scoops $8,000 PC for $23 at auction — Mislabelled Fractal Design case listing had 24-core Threadripper 3960X, 256GB of memory, and an RTX 3080 Ti inside
- Halot X-1 review: A solid step forward for serious hobbyists
- Nvidia’s latest RTX Remix update brings path-traced particles to classic games — major overhaul promises 'tens of thousands' of particles without significant performance reduction
- Slot an 8TB WD Black SN850X into your PC now that it's at one of its lowest-ever prices of $539 — Install all your favorite games on one drive
- Nvidia claims software and hardware upgrades allow Blackwell Ultra GB300 to dominate MLPerf benchmarks — touts 45% DeepSeek R-1 inference throughput increase over GB200
- How to make graphical Python apps the EasyGUI way
- Intel confirms Arrow Lake refresh set for 2026, Nova Lake later that year — company admits there are 'holes to fill on the desktop front,' says it is 'confident in the roadmap'
- Nvidia Rubin CPX forms one half of new, "disaggregated" AI inference architecture — approach splits work between compute- and bandwidth-optimized chips for best performance
September 9
- Microsoft key resale fight heads to court in the UK — case potentially puts cheap Windows keys at risk
- 3D Pinball bug allowed the game to run at 5,000 FPS in Windows NT when faster CPUs arrived— former Microsoft programmer didn't add a rev limiter when porting game from Windows 95 to NT
- Apple debuts A19 and A19 Pro processors for iPhone 17, iPhone Air, and iPhone 17 Pro
- Atari Gamestation Go handheld goes up for pre-order — retro deck boasts 200+ classic games and unique physical controls
- Lucky gamer scores Nvidia's RTX 3060 12GB for $4.99 — one of the most popular graphics cards ever found for less than a Big Mac at a thrift shop
- JavaScript packages with billions of downloads were injected with malicious code in world's largest supply chain hack, geared to steal crypto — a phishing email is all it took to undermine npm packages
- Star Wars Outlaws developer explains that Nintendo Switch 2 game cards are too slow for a physical game release — Snowdrop game engine uses disk data streaming to render the game world
- Red Sea undersea cable cuts that slowed internet over the weekend blamed on commercial shipping — sabotage seems unlikely, but repairs could take weeks
- Dell reportedly cutting staff from China operations — affected employees have until October 10 to apply for internal transfer
- The Aero X16 gaming laptop has the Nvidia RTX 5060 and latest AMD hardware plus a lenient price point — Gigabyte's laptop is on sale for just $1049
- World's first laser communication link between a plane and satellite ran at 1 Gbps — 10-watt laser which has a 3,417 mile range and 2.5 Gbps max data rate
- AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D vs AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D faceoff — the battle of AMD's fastest gaming chips
- Intel ousts CEO of Products as part of the latest executive shake-up, ending 30-year career — company also establishes new custom chip design unit
- Corsair HX1500i (2025) ATX 3.1 power supply review
- Alterego demoes ‘world’s first near-telepathic wearable' that enables 'typing at the speed of thought' other abilities — device said to enable silent communication with others, control devices hands-free, and restore speech for impaired
- AMD expands FSR 4 with drop-in support for 85 games with latest Radeon driver update - but you still need an RDNA 4 GPU
- ASML makes $1.5 billion investment in Mistral AI — ASML becomes the largest shareholder for the French AI start-up
- Pro Counter-Strike 2 gamer says game runs like 'a**' on anything other than AMD's Ryzen 9800X3D — custom demo of the game runs at under 200 FPS even on on AMD's best gaming CPUs
September 8
- Intel could sell up to 49% of its foundry business to external investors, but a full IPO or spin-off is unlikely
- Nintendo secures $2 million settlement against Switch modder — Modded Hardware creator agreed to stop selling backup devices, but continued to, prompting lawsuit
- Early Windows 11 25H2 benchmarks confirm the update provides no performance improvements over 24H2
- AI adoption rate is declining among large companies — US Census Bureau claims fewer businesses are using AI tools
- This amazing Logitech deal chucks in a free gear shift and racing gloves along with the TrueForce sim-racing wheel — and that's not even counting the hefty 56% discount on the DE9 shifter and G923 wheel
- Sapphire launches a pair of AMD B850 motherboards for Ryzen CPUs — white offerings for budget builds
- ‘USB 5.0’ connection touted on new slim eGPU with RX 7600M XT — Compact OneXGPU Lite unveiled, likely using USB4 v2
- U.S. government considers annual permits for Samsung and SK hynix to supply equipment to their Chinese fabs
- Lenovo ThinkBook Plus Gen 6 Rollable review: Rolling in screen real estate
- The Decisioninator ‘saved my marriage,’ says software engineer — device automates restaurant, chore, date night, and movie night choices
- Upgraded Nvidia RTX 5090 gets 128GB VRAM and $13,000 price tag — 'super limited' GPU is described as a 'prototype'
- Best of IFA 2025: New laptops, monitors, gaming handhelds, and more
- TSMC increases Arizona internships to feed its Phoenix fabs — CHIPS-fueled supply chain begins to take shape
- Intel CFO confirms that 14A will be more expensive than 18A due to High-NA EUV tool — Intel expects 14A process to offer 15-20% better performance-per-watt or 25-35% lower power consumption than 18A
- Apple MacBooks have a sensor that measures the angle of the screen —Engineer taps into hidden ‘LidAngleSensor’ API to create a creaky door simulator
September 7
- HP's Omen 16 Slim gaming laptop with an RTX 5050 and 2K 165Hz display is $550 off right now — all-time low pricing and a free copy of Battlefield 6
- Used RTX 4090 from eBay shows up with no GPU chip or video memory — stripped Asus TUF RTX 4090 points to increasing number of scams in the used GPU market
- Malware found hidden in image files, can dodge antivirus detection entirely — VirusTotal discovers undetected SVG phishing campaign
- AMD lists mystery Radeon 9060 XL model in ROCm documents, but it is more likely to be a typo than a new SKU
- Tokyo’s Tech shopper paradise Akihabara Electric Town was just a 'Town' on Friday, due to the first power outage in 30 years – all the RGBs went out
- Creality Hi Combo review: Catching up with color
- Custom Windows 11 builder axes Microsoft's AI features, whack-a-moling Copilot, Outlook, and Teams — new Tiny11 Builder release should be Windows 11 25H2 ready
- Nvidia RTX 5090 reset bug prompts $1,000 reward for a fix — cards become completely unresponsive and require a reboot after virtualization reset bug, also impacts RTX PRO 6000
- TP-Link Deco BE68 Wi-Fi 7 mesh router review: Class-leading 6 GHz performance and competitive pricing
- New report blames Phison's pre-release firmware for SSD failures — not Microsoft’s August patch for Windows
- Multiple undersea cable cuts in the Red Sea, hampering internet performance — international cables connecting Europe, Asia, and the Middle East are compromised
- Burger King hacked, attackers 'impressed by the commitment to terrible security practices' — systems described as 'solid as a paper Whopper wrapper in the rain,’ other RBI brands like Tim Hortons and Popeyes also vulnerable
- Eight-year-old gaming PC with Nvidia GTX 1080 found in the trash room gets a second life — offered a substantial upgrade to the finder despite age
September 6
- Intel APO update boosts gaming performance by up to 14% in select titles — 15 new games added to the support list
- AMD calls AI ‘underhyped’ at IFA Berlin — chipmaker says the ‘perfect PC’ comes first
- Score a 4 terabyte PCIe 4.0 SSD for a mere 5 cents per gigabyte — WD's SN7100 is just $210 on Amazon right now
- Microsoft offers a one-year free Microsoft 365 subscription to college students — eligible users get 50% off the monthly plan after the first year
- Nvidia says 'We never deprive American customers in order to serve the rest of the world' — company says GAIN AI Act addresses a problem that doesn't exist
- $9 Goodwill PC find earns congratulations from enthusiasts — the machine could be a great eSports or nostalgic gaming powerhouse with the right upgrades
- AMD launches Ryzen 5 9500F, claiming up to 24% faster than Ryzen 5 7500F in gaming — Zen 5 chip launches as a China-exclusive for now
- AMD prototype Radeon AI Pro R9700 found by 'a friend,' posted to Reddit — a real-life reference design model of AMD's artistic render
- Romance scammer posing as a stranded astronaut swindled an 80-year-old woman out of $6,700 — fraudster claimed they needed funds for oxygen supplies
- Anthropic to pay $1.5B over pirated books in Claude AI training — payouts of roughly $3,000 per infringed work
- SAMA P1200 Platinum power supply review
- Seagate Exos M 30TB HDD review: laser-powered HAMR recording tech revitalizes the enterprise HDD market
- [Updated] Amazon Echo is reportedly an internet vampire that uses gigabytes of data per day despite being unused, says owner
September 5
- Qualcomm CEO says Intel ‘not an option’ for chip production — yet
- OpenAI widely thought to be Broadcom's mystery $10 billion custom AI processor customer — order could be for millions of AI processors
- Anthropic blocks Chinese-controlled firms from Claude AI — cites 'legal, regulatory, and security risks'
- Ryzen to the top: How AMD innovated in the gaming CPU market
- Acer Predator Helios Neo 16 gaming laptop is $300 off at Best Buy — RTX 5070 Ti, 32GB RAM, and 240Hz OLED screen can be yours for $1,600
- Synopsys adds generative AI for chip development with Synopsys.ai Copilot design software
- Expansion card lets you insert 512GB of extra DDR5 memory into your PCIe slot — CXL 2.0 AIC designed for TRX50 and W790 workstation motherboards
- Intel’s bitcoin-mining Blockscale chips return from the dead, being given away for free — 256,000 Intel Bonanza Mine ASICs donated by Jack Dorsey’s Block, will be distributed to DIYers and open-hardware projects
- Anker brings beastly 14-port dock, plus new compact chargers and portable batteries to IFA
- Jaguar Land Rover production stopped for four days and counting due to ransomware attack, company has now officially shut down — teenaged hackers from Scattered Lapsus$ Hunters take responsibility
- Wi-Fi signals used to measure heart rate accurately — signal variations caused by a beating heart enable determining beats per minute
- Google quietly removes net-zero carbon goal from website amid rapid power-hungry AI data center buildout — industry-first sustainability pledge moved to background amidst AI energy crisis
- Nvidia signs $1.5 billion deal with cloud startup Lambda to rent back its own AI chips — 18,000 GPUs will be leased over 4 years, as Lambda gears up for its IPO
- Trump warns that he will soon announce ‘fairly substantial’ chip tariffs — chip companies investing in the US will be spared the brunt of the tariffs
- AI-powered PromptLocker ransomware is just an NYU research project — the code worked as a typical ransomware, selecting targets, exfiltrating selected data and encrypting volumes
- Newegg's Ryzen 7 9800X3D, motherboard, and RAM combo deal is still available for $678 — jump start your next PC build
- Silksong crashes Steam, Nintendo eShop on release day — highly anticipated indie video game took six years to arrive and is already one of the most played games ever on Steam
- TeamGroup MP44Q 2TB SSD Review: Another Budget Winner
- DIYer creates the PC gaming handheld of your widest dreams – 32:9 AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme device showcased in driving games
- Portable 3D-printed device claimed to produce enough drinking water from thin air for a family of four every day - Water from Air project says it can capture 1.6 gallons of drinking water per day
- Lenovo shows off ThinkBook VertiFlex laptop and Smart Motion dock concepts at IFA – rotating displays and AI-powered docks that follow your every move
- Lenovo’s Legion Go 2 packs Ryzen Z2 Extreme and an OLED display — thick gaming handheld starts at $1,049
- Lenovo's IFA launches include 4K 240 Hz OLED gaming monitors — Legion Pro 7 laptops features Ryzen 9 9955HX3D with an RTX 5080
September 4
- US offers $10M reward for snitching on trio of Russians that hacked critical infrastructure
- Windows 11 August 2025 security update is causing unintended UAC prompts to appear for non-admin users — some apps are crashing
- Solar-powered Logitech keyboard appears on Amazon Mexico — MX Keys S look-alike promises up to 10 years of power
- Linux Mint 22.2 ‘Zara’ released with native fingerprint support – also has a new syncing sticky note system
- Grab this $179 Mini LED gaming monitor before it's gone — Woot puts 4.5-star, 165 Hz, quantum dot Cooler Master screen on clearance for $270 off its 2024 list price
- China injects tens of billions of dollars in chipmaking tools, but it's easily more than a decade behind the market leaders — Here's why
- Report says North Korea is also posting fake jobs to steal crypto — because using AI to get fake employees real jobs at US tech firms wasn't enough
- Intel’s old NAND plant in China is now officially registered as SK hynix after US imposes new sanctions that limit fab upgrades in China
- AMD preps Mega Pod with 256 Instinct MI500 AI GPUs, Verano CPUs — Leak suggests platform with better scalability than Nvidia will arrive in 2027
- Bill Gates’ 48-year-old Microsoft 6502 BASIC goes open source
- Nvidia's next-gen AI chip could double the price of H20 if China export is approved — Chinese firms still consider Nvidia's B30A a good deal
- Samsung's massive 49-inch ultrawide OLED gaming monitor is back down to its lowest ever price at Amazon
- Seagate IronWolf Pro 30TB HDD Review: Seagate Drops the HAMR with the Biggest NAS Drive on the Market
- Noctua's first AIO liquid cooler delayed to Q2 2026, company reveals new roadmap — cooler was originally slated for a Q1 2026 release
- 'Doomer science fiction': Nvidia criticizes proposed US bill designed to give American buyers 'first option' in AI GPU purchases before selling chips to other countries — GAIN AI Act debuts in defense spending bill
- New 3D-stacked memory tech seeks to dethrone HBM for AI inference — d-Matrix claims 3DIMC will be 10x faster and 10x more efficient
September 3
- Acer unveils Project Digits supercomputer featuring Nvidia's GB10 superchip with 128GB of LPDDR5x
- Microsoft-backed research team builds hollow-core cable with lowest signal loss recorded in optical fiber
- New 3D printing process could improve superconductors — scientists use 3D-printed ink and heat to create record-breaking surface area
- Anycubic Kobra 3 V2 Review: Kobra Gets an Upgrade
- Intel Panther Lake breaks cover in Acer Swift 16 AI — company also touts world's largest trackpad with stylus support
- Despite whispers of a bubble, OpenAI is planning a gigawatt-scale data center in India
- Nvidia says its H100/H200 GPUs are not sold out, despite Jensen alluding otherwise during earnings call — company clarifies it has plenty of GPU supply
- German motorists facing ‘plague’ of electric car charger cable thefts – 70 charging points a day being gutted to sell for copper scrap
- After locking out the U.S., China offers rare earth development assistance to Malaysia — country has estimated 16.2 million metric tons of elements worth $175 billion
- Nvidia dominates GPU shipments with 94% share — 27% surge in shipments likely caused by customers getting ahead of tariffs
- TSMC swats away rumors that Jensen Huang visited to pressure company into revenue-sharing plan with Trump administration
- China subsidizes AI computing for small domestic companies — 'computing power vouchers' spread across multiple Chinese cities
- Crucial T710 2TB SSD Review: A Subdued Lion
- Making a 3D-printed custom GPU fan shroud with a DDR5 slot doesn't let you add extra VRAM, but at least it looks cool
- Cloudflare blocks record-setting 11.5Tbps DDoS attack two months after the previous record-setting DDoS attack
- ASML and SK hynix assemble industry-first 'commercial' High-NA EUV system at fab in South Korea
- Acer hedges its hardware bets, puts vPro and ECC memory in new high-end gaming laptop
- Acer's new Predator gaming monitor boasts a 720 Hz OLED panel, if you like gaming at 720p — 27-inch panel can also do native 1440p at a swift 540 Hz
September 2
- YMTC and CXMT team up to accelerate Chinese domestic HBM production — partnership brings hybrid bonding and DRAM expertise together
- U.S. gov't revokes TSMC's authorization to ship tools to its fabs in China — special export license to be pulled by end of 2025
- The Asus Prime RTX 5070 12GB is the absolute cheapest RTX 5070 available to buy, now only $523
- Samsung bulks the 9100 Pro up to 8TB for $999 — heatsink costs an extra $20
- Alienware AW2725D QD-OLED QHD 280 Hz gaming monitor review: Rich color, high performance and excellent value
- TSMC to reportedly raise quotes on advanced process nodes by up to 10% next year to pay for new fabs
- Amkor’s Arizona mega-plant could plug the holes in America’s chip ambitions — advanced packaging plant would reduce need to send US-produced chips to foreign shores for packaging and test
- Planetary Minecraft-inspired demo uses a spherical planet — game has the same blocky mechanics, but converts flat earth surface into a sphere
- 32GB of RAM on track to become the new majority for gamers — Steam survey indicates shift could occur before the end of the year
- Remaking a Commodore 64 Datasette from 1982 using 1993 microcassette tech — TechTuber touts 1MB per tape, a 5x improvement over the original
- Chinese social media firms comply with strict AI labelling law, making it clear to users and bots what's real and what's not
September 1
- Hurry! Back-to-school memory and storage deals now at Corsair
- TSMC’s foundry dominance hits new heights as global revenues smash records — 14.6% QoQ jump sees growth for Samsung, but TSMC's market share climbs to 70.2%
- China plans to outpace Neuralink with a state-backed brain chip blitz — seven ministries, a 17-point roadmap, and clinical trials where patients play chess
- Corsair's stylish Frame 4000D RS ARGB falls to $109 for Labor Day — a budget-friendly box to build in at a great price
- Labor Day sale marks down the only mainstream 40 inch ultrawide gaming monitor on the market by $90
- AMD Ryzen 9000 iGPU-less CPUs listed for under $300 — unreleased Pro chips start at $350
- Noctua's 3D printable side panel quiets Framework's Desktop — drop 5-7 decibels using this freely available mod
- Samsung’s 4TB 990 Pro drops to less than 7 cents per GB on Labor Day — enjoy this great 4TB SSD for $270
- Gaming consoles are becoming more expensive as they age for the first time in history — gamers blame tariffs for PlayStation, Xbox, and Switch price increases
- 3D printing's tool changer wars heat up as Prusa re-enters the ring
- DDR4 costs soar as manufacturers pull the plug — panic buying and stockpiling impact DDR4 spot pricing as supply dwindles
- Linux gaming OS Kazeta promises ‘console gaming experience of the 1990s’ for PC users — supports almost any DRM-free game, past or present
- Intel files patent for 'Software Defined Supercore' — increases single-thread performance and IPC by mimicking ultra-wide execution using multiple cores
- Shuttle intros semi-ruggedized barebone Intel Arrow Lake-S mini PC — support for 65W Intel Core Ultra 200 CPUs