Ukraine to become first European country with Starlink direct to cell service — messaging by year end, with mobile satellite broadband expected mid-2026 By Jon Martindale published 10 July 25 To be joined by mobile high-speed satellite internet in 2026.
This Alienware X16 R2 gaming laptop just hit its lowest-ever price — save nearly $300 and score an Intel Ultra 7 with RTX 4070 in the Amazon Prime Day sale By Jon Martindale published 9 July 25 Deals The Alienware X16 R2 is a great gaming laptop, and though its hardware is last-gen, that helps make it all the more affordable this Prime Day, with a sizeable discount.
AI is eating up Pennsylvania's power, governor threatens to pull state from the grid — new plants aren't being built fast enough to keep up with demand By Jon Martindale published 9 July 25 Spiking demand is sending energy bills skyrocketing, while the governor threatens to pull the state from the grid.
Nvidia AI challenger Groq announces European expansion — Helsinki data center targets burgeoning AI market By Jon Martindale published 9 July 25 Premium Positioning itself as leaner and faster at inference workloads, Groq is hoping to outcompete Nvidia at its own game.
Grab 5TB for cheap with this WD Elements Portable and more — here are some of the best external storage savings this Prime Day By Jon Martindale published 8 July 25 Deals External storage is ultra affordable this Amazon Prime Day. You can grab multi-terabyte external SSDs and hard drives for close to half price.
Nvidia's nerfed China-edition RTX 5090D overclocked to 3.6GHz — supercooled HOF edition breaks 3DMark and overclock records By Jon Martindale published 7 July 25 Overclocking team OGS has managed to break a number of 3DMark and GPU overclocking records using a supercooled HOF edition of the 5090D, pushing the core clock to over 3.6 GHz.
Lack of PCIe bandwidth can nerf RTX 5090 by up to 25% in content creation workloads — Puget data confirms performance hit when using older generations and fewer lanes By Jon Martindale published 4 July 25 Puget Systems has tested a range of PCIe configurations for its GPU in different professional applications and found that lane generation and width can make a real difference.
After another review-less launch, the first RTX 5050 benchmarks are here — Nvidia's budget card loses to B580 and RTX 4060, with only multi frame generation to give it a boost By Jon Martindale published 3 July 25 The first independent review of Nvidia's new RTX 5050 suggests it's faster than the RTX 3060, and has impressive performance with multi-frame gen, but falls behind the RTX 4060 and B580 at native.
Ford CEO latest to claim AI will wipe out half of white collar jobs in the U.S. — 'AI will leave a lot of white-collar people behind' By Jon Martindale published 3 July 25 Ford CEO Jim Farley has joined the chorus of CEOs who believe AI could wipe out 50% of white collar jobs.
Oculus founder Palmer Luckey leads group of tech billionaires launching new crypto-bank — aims to fill the void left by Silicon Valley Bank's 2023 collapse By Jon Martindale published 2 July 25 It's looking to fortify its coffers with stablecoins.
How AMD’s partnership with Microsoft could help Team Red stay competitive against Nvidia By Jon Martindale published 20 June 25 AMD gets gaming deal boon after gaming revenues fall
Nvidia calms fears and hypes Europe's impending AI future By Jon Martindale published 17 June 25 Everything Nvidia announced at the GTC Paris keynote at VivaTech
TSMC slows down global plans due to soft demand, but accelerates Arizona fab plans by six months for A16 / N2 production By Jon Martindale published 10 June 25 TSMC's $165 billion U.S. investment gets speed boost
Nvidia is building 100 AI Factories: Jensen's 50-year gambit begins By Jon Martindale published 6 June 25 Nvidia says its customers have 100 'AI factories' under construction around the world.
