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- December 31
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- Steam game mod delivered malware on Christmas Day - Epsilon Information Stealer was hidden in a Slay the Spire expansion
- TSMC to open Japan's most advanced semiconductor production facility in February - chip production begins in H2
- Researchers train AI chatbots to 'jailbreak' rival chatbots - and automate the process
- Chinese spy balloons ‘used a U.S. internet provider’ – as well as American hardware
- December 30
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- Lightweight Windows 11 OS for Arm64 gets more compact — Tiny11 Core arrives with smaller footprint and emulation performance enhancements
- Sapphire rolls out powered-up AMD GPU that's a lot faster than the RTX 4060 — RX 6750 GRE Black Diamond is up to 49% faster than RX 4060 in vendor-provided benchmark
- Retro Gaming Watch flips open at Kickstarter — tiny gaming device features 1.5MB of RAM and Arm Cortex M33 CPU
- AMD motherboard BIOS update enables support for new CPUs — AGESA 1.1.0.1 microcode embraces upcoming Ryzen 8000G APUs
- AMD budget GPU listed with twice the memory of RX 7600 and RTX 4060 — RX 7600 XT with 16GB GDDR6
- Chinese gamers can now game on the U.S. sanction-proof GPU — RTX 4090D gets first GeForce Game Ready driver
- 9 Peripherals and Accessories Your New Laptop or Desktop Needs to Fly
- China's x86 chipmaker adopts sophisticated boost tech — Zhaoxin enables preferred core support to target the fastest cores
- Intel Meteor Lake CPUs' Integrated Graphics are 33 Percent Faster Than Prior Gen, Linux Benchmarks Show
- December 29
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- Raptor Lake Refresh non-K CPUs are seemingly more expensive than prior-gen models — overseas retailer lists non-K CPUs ahead of launch
- SSD prices predicted to skyrocket throughout 2024 — TrendForce market report projects a 50% price hike
- Nvidia Super refresh confirmed for CES 2024 — Gigabyte teases GeForce RTX 40-series Super GPUs
- Nvidia could be going all out to rival AMD's RX 7800 XT — retailer lists RTX 4070 Super in 12GB and 16GB variants
- Linux is the only OS to support diagonal PC monitor mode — dev champions the case for 22-degree-rotation computing
- This AMD-branded finger skateboard flash drive slides into your USB port — 128GB pen drive delivers 400 MB/s speeds via USB Type-A and Type-C connectors
- Mobile Raptor Lake Refresh Core i5-14450HX CPU packs a punch — Core i5-14450HX performs like a desktop Core i5-13400 in Geekbench 5 benchmark
- Raspberry Pi FarmGuard uses AI to detect troublesome wildlife and alert farmers
- SilverStone's compact power supply comes with a revised, safer 16-pin power connector for Nvidia GPUs — SFX-L unit with Platinum certification delivering 1,200W of power
- LG Gram refresh features Intel Meteor Lake Arc iGPUs, RTX 3050, and a 2-In-1 Pro model
- December 28
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- GeForce RTX 40-Series Super memory configs confirmed by listings at regulatory authorities
- AMD's 'new' Ryzen 7 8840U will power GPD's 2024 handheld lineup
- Nvidia launches China-specific RTX 4090D Dragon GPU, sanctions-compliant model has fewer cores and lower power draw
- Minsiforum enters the mini server market - laptop processor packing box bristles with network connectivity starting at $549
- AI’s Dreadful December: Lawsuits, plagiarism and child abuse images show the perils of training on data taken without consent.
- OpenAI and Microsoft being sued by The New York Times over Copilot and ChatGPT copyright infringement
- Recycled plastic utensils make surprisingly good 3D printer filament
- PCIe 6.0 moves closer to arriving in the market in 2024: Alphawave demonstrates interoperability
- Nvidia reportedly races to secure memory supply for next-gen H200 AI GPUs — pre-purchases $1.54 billion in HBM3E memory
- Tesla reportedly taps TSMC to produce new CPU for autonomous driving — 3nm next-gen CPU may feature N3P process node
- December 27
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- Seasonic asks you to gamble your $1,000+ GPU that its new 16-pin connector won't melt — company gives out a free 16-pin power cable for beta testing
- Ampere's 128-core CPU works with a motherboard the size of a dinner plate — ASRock's deep micro-ATX is also available with bundled 64-core CPU for $1,500
- AMD starts prep work for Zen 5 CPUs — multiple Linux patches signal Zen 5's upcoming arrival
- Steam Deck's custom AMD processor exposed — Van Gogh die shots reveal CPU, GPU core designs, and unused hardware
- TSMC's second 2nm fab could be ready earlier than expected — the company could deploy two leading-edge fabs at once
- Power supply maker yanks hair dryer advice for melting-prone 16-pin GPU connectors — Seasonic quietly deletes suggestion that PC builders use a hair dryer to bend power cables
- New AMD RDNA 3 GPUs could rival Nvidia at lower price points — RX 7800, RX 7700, RX 7600 XT may be in the works
- Chinese automaker Nio develops 5nm chip, claims a 4x advantage over Nvidia's Drive Orin X processors
- Nvidia CEO Jensen says, 'Our life goal is not to build CUDA GPUs' — notes the company changed its mission but never changed the name
- $6 million crypto mine is owned by an NYU student — mine was bought with crypto to mask source funds from China
- TSMC charts a course to trillion-transistor chips, eyes 1nm monolithic chips with 200 billion transistors
- December 26
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- Intel secures $3.25B Israeli gov't grant to build $25B chip fab in Israel amid ongoing tensions
- Purported GTA 5 source code distributed on Telegram - data spill comes a year after the Lapsus$ Rockstar smash and grab
- US Govt's sluggish Chips Act payouts slam the brakes on Samsung's fab — company delays mass production at Texas fab to await further CHIPS funding
- Raspberry Pi Zero W Drives Animatronic Fox Companion
- Nvidia CEO Jensen dishes out career tips for the fast-changing AI era, suggests not wearing a wristwatch
- Microsoft tests a Windows 11 reinstallation method via Windows Update - faster than the current 'in-place upgrade' option
- Nvidia's Super GPUs arrive soon — leaked images of Asus' GeForce RTX 4070 Super 12GB show a 16-pin power connector
- Nvidia's H100 GPUs will consume more power than some countries — each GPU consumes 700W of power, 3.5 million are expected to be sold in the coming year
- The 12VO power standard appears to be gaining steam — new standard will reduce PC cabling and costs
- China's chipmaking tool purchases increase 1,050% in November: Report
- December 25
- December 24
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- Sony sticks its foot into VR — patent reveals trackball foot controller that boosts immersion for players in smaller rooms
- Intel's CEO says Moore's Law is slowing to a three-year cadence, but it's not dead yet
- Intel's mysterious new LGA 4710 Socket pictured
- Rumors swirl that TSMC chairman Mark Liu was forced to retire over Arizona fab debacle
- New MSI case combines fish tank style design and back plug compatibility — MAG Pano M100R PZ will retail for around $100
- SeaSonic officially recommends using a hair dryer to bend your RTX 4090 power cables before installing
- 'Twas The Night Before Tom's Christmas 2023
- December 23
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- Raspberry Pi ZeroWriter eInk typewriter lets you take notes on the go
- Intel Meteor Lake BIOS update delivers double-digit performance boost - Core Ultra laptops now more efficient
- OpenAI engineers can earn up to $800K per year — among the highest rates in the industry
- RISC-V hardware ecosystem gets strong industry support - Qualcomm joins with four other industry players to form Quintauris
- Specs for Intel's unreleased low-power 14th Gen T-series CPUs leak out - 35 watts and up to 5.5GHz
- Raspberry Pi 5 FrankenPi 5 cobbled together by social media team
- Skin-integrated haptics research - scientists propose the most immersive tactile feedback experience yet
- I tried 3D printing a gun: It’s not as easy as you think
- Streacom's new $1,300 ultra high-end passively cooled PC case cools up to 600W of power
- Expert likens U.S.–China sanctions to 'a pillow fight, not a chip war' — contends regulations are merely a 'licensing regime' with holes chipmakers are 'driving cars through'
- AMD to begin disclosing Ryzen Zen 4c clock speeds and list the missing core counts on official spec pages — much-needed change will bring the company in line with standard industry practices
- December 22
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- China's GPU sales fell 8 percent from October to November due to shortages but are still up 11 percent YoY
- Good Raspberry Pi Pico boards are hard to 'crumb' by, but you will soon knead a Raspberry Breadstick
- ASRock launches Meteor Lake NUCs supporting up to a Core Ultra 7 155H and 96GB of RAM
- ASRock enables Windows 11 native RGB controls on Intel and AMD motherboards — the beta feature is designed to eliminate confusing tangle of proprietary RGB software
- Microsoft's draconian Windows 11 restrictions will send an estimated 240 million PCs to the landfill when Windows 10 hits end of life in 2025
- U.S. Govt and researchers seemingly discover new type of superconductivity in an exotic, crystal-like material — controllable variation breaks temperature records
- Intel's comeback appears on track: Gelsinger says 18A process node performance is 'a little bit ahead' of TSMC's N2, but Intel's process arrives a year earlier
- Nvidia's problems with melting GPU connectors intensify — CableMod issues safety recall of 16-pin power adapters for Nvidia GPUs due to overheating and melting, advises disconnecting them immediately
- Raspberry Pi mailbox brings in the mail like the old days
- Firm predicts it will cost $28 billion to build a 2nm fab and $30,000 per wafer, a 50 percent increase in chipmaking costs as complexity rises
- U.S. mulls tariffs on legacy chips as Chinese companies prepare to flood the market with the simple but vital chips, undercutting Western rivals to deprive them of R&D funding
- Blacklisted Chinese chipmaker SMIC is working on 3nm process technology despite US sanctions that limit access to advanced tools: Report
- ChatGPT designed a processor, and it has been successfully fabricated — demo video shows it powering a Christmas light show
- First look at a reference design of the fastest SSDs we're likely to see in 2024 — Phison’s E26 'Max14um' will hit 14 GB/s, and we'll test performance early next year
- December 21
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- New CPU from China's sole x86 chipmaker grapples with AMD's Bulldozer in Geekbench results — lower-end model isn't the fastest, but it gives Zhaoxin a full roster of CPUs for use in the country [Updated]
- Microsoft is deprecating Windows Mixed Reality — it will be removed from a future version of Windows
- ASML ships groundbreaking new chipmaking tool to Intel — High-NA lithography tool needed for next-gen process nodes could cost ~$400 million
- Toshiba exec claims hard drives are 7X cheaper than SSDs and will continually evolve for large datacenters
- Intel Core Ultra 7 155H and AMD Ryzen 7 7840U have an iGPU-bound benchmarking rematch in Linux
- Pricing leaks for three AMD Ryzen 8000G desktop AM5 APUs, ranging from $190 to $400 — new AM4 CPUs, too
- Raspberry Pi cinewhoop drone swoops in with a Zero 2 W to run the live video feed
- Unreleased Intel Core i3-14100 teased at $150 price point by early listing
- LG's new gaming monitor lets you switch monitor refresh rates up to 480 Hz on the fly — Ultragear flips between 1080p at 480 Hz and 4K at 240 Hz with the press of a button
- Intel CEO says Nvidia’s AI dominance is pure luck — Nvidia VP fires back, says Intel lacked vision and execution
- Sony's PlayStation 5 sales hit 50 million despite price hikes — more than twice the sales of Xbox X|S
- Transparent processor found in vintage HP computer – exotic silicon-on-sapphire chip discovered on a humble floppy drive PCB
- Samsung claims its new AI chip is 8x more power efficient than Nvidia's H100
- Intel lays off over 300 in California, over 700 layoffs in the state this year
- December 20
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- Chinese province sets up $1.5 billion chip fund to boost local semiconductor industry
- Intel is buying leading-edge lithography tools — report says Intel will acquire 6 of 10 High-NA EUV tools produced by ASML next year
- Meteor Lake die shots show off inner workings of SoC and GPU tiles
- HWInfo adds preliminary support for Panther Lake and Nova Lake CPUs, Battlemage and Celestial GPUs
- I tested Meteor Lake CPUs on Intel's optimized AI tools: AMD's chips often beat them
- AMD's Ryzen mobile chips beat Intel's new Meteor Lake in Linux benchmarks — Ryzen 7 7840U and Intel Core Ultra 7 155H go head-to-head
- Intel adds support for new Xe-HPCVG and Ponte Vecchio VG variants with disabled AI features
- Maker creates remote control Christmas tree ornament robot to spy on Santa and sneaky gift bandits
- 1-bit CPU for ‘super low-performance computer’ launched – sells out promptly
- Chinese company claims chipmaking tool breakthrough — announces 28nm-capable litho tool
- World's first RISC-V handheld gaming system announced — retro gaming platform uses Linux
- NASA streamed 8K cat video over 18 million miles with a laser at 267 Mb/s — next transmission will come after traveling 2.2 billion miles
- December 19
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- AMD FSR 3 Frame Generation gets modded into games that support DLSS 3
- New AMD Ryzen 7840U handheld gaming device to compete with ROG Ally and Steam Deck
- Intel's China-optimized AI processors purportedly move closer to launch — mysterious Gaudi2C chips show up in new Linux drivers
- Raspberry Pi 5 Industrial PC brings the heat with Integrated NVMe SSD
- Nvidia's biggest Chinese competitor unveils cutting-edge new AI GPUs — Moore Threads S4000 AI GPU and Intelligent Computing Center server clusters using 1,000 of the new AI GPUs
- Attacks on Red Sea shipping likely to impact PC and electronics shipments to Europe — expect delays and more costly products
- Huawei's sanctions-evading Kirin 9000S processor tested: significantly behind its Kirin 9000 predecessor that used TSMC tech
- Multiple Raspberry Pi control and live stream this interactive Christmas village
- MSI heralds ‘revolutionary’ Spatium M570 Pro Frozr PCIe 5.0 SSD — claims towering cooler delivers 20C temperature reduction
- IBM demonstrates useful Quantum computing within 133-qubit Heron, announces entry into Quantum-centric supercomputing era
- December 18
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- This USB Type-C dongle uses heat to relieve mosquito bites
- Chinese chip designer repacks Intel 5th Gen Xeon Emerald Rapids CPUs for the domestic market — 5th Gen Jintide chips feature China-specific security algorithm tech
- Security patch breaks Wi-Fi on Windows 11 PCs with Qualcomm 802.11r Wi-Fi module
- Microsoft's fix for issue that renamed printers and installed extra utilities requires downloading another utility
- Nvidia Tegra Xavier rides into the sunset as support for ARM- and Volta-based chip is pulled
- BenQ introduces its first 540 Hz TN monitor, a month after Asus introduced its own 540 Hz model
- Raspberry Pi project is well done, uses AI to cook meat to perfection
- Pat Gelsinger's initials are etched into every 386 processor ever made — Intel CEO literally made his mark as a key CPU designer
- FSP reveals its 2024 PC power supply roadmap: ATX 3.1 and 12v-2x6 standards arrive, alongside a new, simpler naming scheme
- Nvidia's cut-down model of its fastest gaming GPU launches Dec 28 - Sanctions-compliant Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090D is significantly slower than standard version, for impacted countries like China
- Intel allegedly experimented with dual CPU chiplet configuration on Meteor Lake engineering sample, but shipping models only have one CPU chiplet
- Ex-Samsung employees arrested for selling memory secrets to China’s CXMT fab — prosecutors say the theft is worth $1.8 billion in damages
- December 17
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- Raspberry Pi Debuggy Ducky Uses Chat GPT to Help Troubleshoot Code
- AMD's next-gen server chips appear with 192 Zen 5c cores — EPYC Turin can also have up to 128 standard Zen 5 cores, new chips pictured and detailed in leak
- Wealthy Nvidia employees are taking it easy in ‘semi-retirement mode' — even middle managers make $1 million a year or more: Report
- Today's heavy GPUs continue to be plagued with cracking around PCIe slots — 19 damaged Nvidia RTX 4090s, most with cracked PCBs, arrive at NorthridgeFix repair
- Intel details game-boosting frame generation tech that applies a different technique — ExtraSS uses extrapolation instead of AMD and Nvidia's approach that uses interpolation
- Intel Meteor Lake mini PCs on the way – MechRevo reveals its Core Ultra 5 125H packing iMini Pro
- December 16
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- Ryzen 7 7840U Pro gaming handheld performs like a ROG Ally but costs almost 2X as much
- AMD strikes back at Nvidia with new MI300X benchmarks — MI300X shows 30% higher performance than H100, even with an optimized software stack
- AMD FSR is the building block for Apple's MetalFX upscaling tech — the app's legal info references the usage of AMD FSR
- OneXplayer teases Intel Meteor Lake-powered handheld gaming tablet — Core Ultra 7 155H or Core Ultra 7 165H with up to 64GB LPDDR5x-7500
- PS5 APU-powered mining GPU hits eBay for $500 — a PS5 chip with two less CPU cores and half the memory that consumes around 90W
- TSMC will start equipping the 2nm fab in April 2024
- Intel may have finally caught up to AMD in iGPU performance — Meteor Lake's Arc iGPU edges out AMD Phoenix's RDNA 3 iGPU in gaming and synthetic benchmarks
- RTX 4070 Super, RTX 4070 Ti Super, and RTX 4080 Ti schedule reportedly leaked — New Ada Lovelace GPUs rumored to launch in January 2024
- Liquid-cooled laptop features AMD EPYC 64-Core Zen 4 CPU and RTX 4080 desktop GPU — vendor promises RTX 4080 Super upgrade down the line
- Asus says it will work with Lian Li, Jonsbo, and XPG on its 'Back to Future' minimalist design projects
- December 15
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- Kingston and Lexar parent company teams up to address Chinese memory market amidst US sanctions
- AMD releases FSR 3 source code for DirectX 12 and Unreal Engine 5 game developers, aiming to increase interest and adoption
- Intel shows Gaudi3 AI accelerator, promising quadruple BF16 performance in 2024
- New desktop PC chips now support an incredible 256GB of memory — ASRock and MSI update DDR5 support on Intel Z790 and AMD X670E motherboards
- MSI Cyclone graphics cards returns after a twelve year absence as an Nvidia RTX 4060
- Nvidia rushes to deliver modified AI GPU chips to China customers, allegedly places 'Super Hot Run' priority order with TSMC
- December 14
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- Samsung's Galaxy Book 4 pairs Meteor Lake with AMOLED screens, and up to RTX 4070 graphics
- Intel CEO attacks Nvidia on AI: 'The entire industry is motivated to eliminate the CUDA market'
- The future of enterprise IT – Supermicro and the 5th Gen Intel® Xeon® Processors
- Alleged Nvidia RTX 40-series Super GPU specs and launch dates leaked
- Zalman i6 mid-tower ATX case launches with GPU support bracket as standard
- Intel shows integrated Arc GPU for Meteor Lake is 10% faster than AMD Radeon 780M, across 33 games tested
- Asus’ new ZenBook 14 OLED embraces Intel Core Ultra and promises over 15 hours of battery life
- MSI's Prestige 16 AI Evo and 13 AI Evo are its first Intel Meteor Lake laptops
- Acer's Meteor Lake lineup includes a new 16-inch gaming laptop and 14-inch ultraportable
- Meet the Intel Core Ultra processor lineup, with built-in NPUs for AI, and Arc graphics
- Lenovo's New ThinkPad X1 Carbon is Smaller, Lighter, and AI-Ready
- Billions in German subsidies secured for Intel and TSMC Fabs
- Nvidia is firing back at AMD, claims Nvidia H100 Is 2X faster than AMD's MI300X
- December 13
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- Chinese chip-related companies shutting down with record speed — 10,900, or around 30 per day, shut down in 2023
- Starfield to get support for AMD FSR3, Intel XeSS in early 2023 – new ways of travelling promised, too
- US officials doubt China's SMIC foundry can produce enough 7nm chips to satisfy Huawei's demand
- Samsung's new monitor sets OLED refresh rate record of 360 Hz — thanks to AI-driven algorithm
- I try all the latest tech as editor-in-chief of Tom's Hardware -- here's what's on my holiday wish list
- TSMC mentions 1.4nm process tech for the first time, says 2nm remains on track
- Valve recommends users not huff Steam Deck exhaust vents for TikTok views
- Redditor creates RTX 4090: Noctua Edition with 3D-printed shroud and Noctua NF-A9 fans
- Linux patch drops support for 17-year-old Intel 'Carillo Ranch' motherboards because they don't seem to exist
- Enthusiast builds PC with 1200 watts of RGB lighting, includes dual 360mm liquid coolers just for the LED lights — pumps out eye-searing 100,000 lumens
- Oil leaks and fan bearing noise force voluntary product recall for Enermax Revolution D.F. 2 and D.F. X power supplies
- Tachyum, long on wild performance claims and short on actual silicon, delays the Prodigy Universal processor yet again to the second half of 2024 — meme chip reeks of vaporware
- Researchers demo 'Thought-to-Text' AI system that doesn't use invasive, permanent, and surgically-implanted devices like Elon's Neuralink
- AMD says overclocking blows a hidden fuse on Ryzen Threadripper 7000 to show if you've overclocked the chip, but it doesn't automatically void your CPU's warranty
- The only Chinese chipmaker with an x86 license releases surprisingly modern new chips made with a mystery process node — Zhaoxin KX-7000 CPU launches with eight cores, 3.7GHz clocks, PCIe 4.0, DDR5 memory support, and chiplet-based design
- Chinese SpinQ ships "undisclosed" superconducting Quantum Processing Units (QPUs) to the Middle East market, units are fully domestically manufactured
- December 12
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- Chinese memory manufacturer seeks to raise $19.5 billion valuation in funding, postpones IPO to a later date
- E3 is dead, again — troubled trade show stuttered at end of 28 year run
- The Z790 motherboards and AIO coolers to build your next dream PC around
- YouTube uses lower quality options on browsers running on Arm-based systems — misreporting as an x86 CPU appears to be a widespread browser fix
- Nvidia releases Game Ready driver for The Finals, a new game made by ex-Battlefield devs that has exploded in popularity
- US government doles out paltry $35 million of the $52 billion CHIPS Act, warns of possible delays in Intel and TSMC fab buildouts
- New third-party OC panel allows on-the-fly tweaking, monitoring and diagnostics for OC-capable Asus ROG motherboards
- Steam Deck OLED now supports HDR Remote Play from PS5, unlike PlayStation Portal
- Google Fiber's $250 a month ultra-fast 20 Gbps internet tier hits early access, includes Wi-Fi 7 router
- US Govt softens stance on Nvidia selling AI GPUs to China, working with company to better define sanctions limits
- Evidence mounts that China has sanctions-defying 5nm tech — Huawei reportedly preps new AI processor built with Chinese fabs' N+2 node
- China uses mysterious homegrown chips for new Exaflop-class supercomputer — Tianhe Xingyi promises doubled performance over previous record holder
- December 11
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- Gigabyte's Wi-Fi 7 PCIe card preps your desktop for a faster wireless future
- Aurga Viewer is a $79 wireless dongle that can remote control any device, even a headless PC with no OS installed.
- Dubious $4,349 audiophile network switch runs at slow 100 Mbps for 'lower operating noise' — Innuos Phoenix switch ignores reality
- Leaker says Sony expects PS5 Pro specs to surface this month, as dev kits make their way to game studios
- TCL intros dome-shaped monitors for simulator gaming, teases new X-Intelligence AI model for displays that 'exceeds ChatGPT 4'
- First AirJet-equipped mini PC tested, Zotac's new ZBox has an incredibly thin chassis with N300 CPU
- ChatGPT-4V user remade Google’s deceptive Gemini AI demo without editing cheats — ChatGPT outperforms Gemini AI in real-time work
- Nvidia CEO Jensen is worth $42 billion but still eats street food at street markets and visits LAN parties during overseas trips, sheds signature leather jacket
- Microsoft Outlook power users unable to send emails if they have more than 500 subfolders in their primary email account
- Wi-Fi 7 to get the final seal of approval early next year, new standard is up to 4.8 times faster than Wi-Fi 6
- December 10
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- AI comes to massive gaming monitor to solve burn-in problems - Aorus CO49DQ 49-inch super ultrawide QD-OLED gaming screen
- South Korean chipmaking tool firms increase their sales into China, capitalizing on U.S. sanctions against the PRC
- New space-saving RAM sticks that jam up to 128GB of memory in a laptop get industry's stamp of approval - CAMM2 standard ratified by JEDEC
- Company under CIA investigation for possibly allowing China access to U.S.-designed supercomputer decides to drop Huawei support, focus on U.S. tech only
- Acer's liquid cooled GPU loser - custom GeForce RTX 4090 hotter and louder than air-cooled rivals
- Cheap exotic AliXpress SSD coolers tested, some to destruction — fake heatpipes and sketchy 'graphene' deliver subpar results
- December 9
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- Google launches AI-powered notebook with in-house developed Gemini Pro and PaLM 2
- Meteor Lake laptop chip performs like Ryzen 7 desktop PC chip in leaked benchmark — next-gen 16-core Ultra 9 185H flaunts 5.1 GHz at 45W
- Phanteks 5.5-inch 1440p display lets you show whatever you want inside your PC case — the display features an IPS panel with a 60 Hz refresh rate and 450 nits of brightness
- Raspberry Pi Detects Ghost Aircraft Using SDR
- MSI says some of its popular coolers are faulty, issues refunds and replacements for MAG Coreliquid E coolers with bad pumps — impeller impacts the cavity at speeds over 1,600 RPM
- Core i5-14600 is only 5% slower than the Core i5-14600K in leaked benchmark — cheaper chip is only slightly slower but a lot more power-efficient
- Nvidia reportedly eyeing Vietnam for future chip production as chipmakers look for China alternatives
- Product manager stole $250,000 worth of PC hardware, jailed for three years — perps sold pilfered gear on eBay
- December 8
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- Phison reveals specs for new USB 4, PCIe Gen 5 SSD hardware — more details at CES 2024
- Intel releases new Arc drivers optimized for Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora, several DX11 games
- Intel Core Ultra 7 155H delivers mixed performance in leaked tests: fast integrated graphics, slow CPU results
- HP ad campaign claims its printers are ‘made to be less hated’ following years of anti-consumer behavior
- AMD claims all Radeon RX 7000 RDNA 3 GPUs deliver 100+ FPS with FSR 3 in Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora
- Google admits the Gemini AI demo hands-on video was staged
- Bambu Lab A1, Speedy 'Bed Slinger' 3D Printer Coming December 14th
- New attack SLAMs into existing and future AMD, Intel and Arm CPUs
- Lenovo sneaked out a mysterious Radeon RX 6600 LE GPU in GeekPro 2023 desktop
- China poised to break 5nm barrier — Huawei lists 5nm processor presumably built with SMIC tech, defying U.S. sanctions
- December 7
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- ZOTAC GAMING GeForce RTX 40 Series graphics cards are on sale on Newegg
- Redditor finds heavy block of iron shavings inside cheap PSU, also appears to lack safety protections
- Nvidia lists RTX 5880 Ada GPU, presumably a downgraded replacement for the RTX 6000 Ada in China
- TSMC and Arizona labor unions come to agreement, fab construction back on track
- Walletripper: $1,300 Threadripper 7000 motherboard costs almost as much as the cheapest 12-core Pro chip
- Intel 144-core Sierra Forest CPU benchmark shows strong performance, but still falls behind AMD's Bergamo
- Linux gets its own Blue Screen of Death, and it seems more helpful than the one on Windows
- TSMC leads healthy growth in foundry industry for Q3 2023
- Leaks suggest Nvidia's RTX 4090D will lack overclocking and be TDP-Capped
- Minisforum announces $559 AR900i Mini ITX motherboard with Intel Core 13900HX and four M.2 2280 slots
- This Raspberry Pi Pico umbrella puts on a light show while keeping you dry
- December 6
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- Researchers store multiple bits of data in diamond defects by encoding across different light frequencies, achieving a data density of 25GB per square inch
- LogoFAIL exploit bypasses hardware and software security measures and is nearly impossible to detect or remove
- Nvidia reportedly releasing a new and weaker RTX 3050 6GB to replace the already anemic 8GB variant
- Acer announces Nitro V 16, first AMD Ryzen 8040 series gaming laptop, just ahead of Intel’s Meteor Lake Launch
- The refresh that wasn’t — AMD announces ‘Hawk Point’ Ryzen 8040 Series, teases Strix Point
- AMD unveils Instinct MI300X GPU and MI300A APU, claims up to 1.6X lead over Nvidia’s competing GPUs
- Lenovo's new PCIe 5 SSD hits 12.4 GB/s speeds, starts at $210 for 1TB
- AMD RX 7000-series' high idle power draw finally appears to be fixed with the latest 23.12.1 drivers (Updated)
- Google launches Gemini, its 'newest and most capable AI model' — and a full-frontal assault on OpenAI's GPT-4
- AMD Advancing AI Event Live Blog: Instinct MI300 Launch, Ryzen 8000 "Hawk Point" Expected
- AMD finally adds hardware accelerated GPU scheduling support to some of its GPUs — three years after the feature first debuted in Windows
- Nvidia CEO sees Intel and Huawei as 'formidable competitors' in AI chipmaking race
- This Raspberry Pi robot dog waters thirsty plants using AI
- China's 'Big Fund' is investing $1 billion in another domestic foundry, to advance sub-10nm chip manufacturing
- Microsoft to offer Windows 10 subscription plan for customers who want to keep getting updates after October 2025 — for both businesses and individuals
- December 5
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- Round out your gaming rig with ASUS ROG mice, keyboards, headphones and more
- Intel 5th Gen Xeon 'Emerald Rapids' pushes up to 64 cores, 320MB L3 cache — new CPUs claim up to 1.4X higher performance than Sapphire Rapids
- NAND flash market halts year-long decline at last with Q3 revenue increase, Q4 expected to see 20% increase in revenue — goodbye cheap SSDs
- MaxSun launches MegaGamer Nvidia RTX 4070 with five fans
- Survey finds 40% of university students in Japan don’t know the copy-and-paste shortcut keys
- Japanese Institute breaks optical fiber speed record with 22.9 petabits per second — 1,000 times faster than existing cables
- Linux kernel support is being improved for PowKiddy X55, a cheap ARM gaming handheld
- Intel calls AMD's chips 'Snake Oil' for putting antiquated Zen 2 architecture in modern Ryzen 7000 mobile CPUs, but Intel also uses similar marketing tactics
- First Grand Theft Auto 6 trailer drops early — arrives in 2025 for PS5 and Xbox, no mention of PC version
- December 4
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- Ryzen 7 7800X3D gets a $100 price cut — beats pricier 7950X3D and 14900K in gaming, now just $349
- Asus lists RTX 4070 GPU with a blower design, making it possible to build a budget multi-GPU machine for AI and deep learning
- GPU market sees impressive recovery as desktop graphics cards sales rocket up 37% — JPR says 'the post-Covid black death is over'
- Raspberry Pi Pico W captains toy boat via Wi-Fi, with Wukong2040
- Windows update renames every installed printer HP LaserJet Ultra M106, changes icons, and forces install of HP Smart app
- Bitcoin comes roaring back as it hits 2023 high, but AI remains the largest threat to GPU pricing - gaming GPUs are safe from miners for now
- US govt warns that sanctions swerving GPUs will fall under their 'control the very next day'
- Nvidia reaches an RTX milestone, with over 500 games and applications that use DLSS, ray tracing, and AI features
- December 3
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- Makers Build Underwater 3D Printer That Runs in Aquarium, Public Pool
- CPU Monitor Uses Physical Dials and LEDs to Show Usage
- Overclocker hits 1000+ fps in Counter Strike 2 - Intel 14900k CPU, RTX 4090 GPU, and liquid nitrogen deliver frame-ripping performance
- Samsung to be among first with Meteor Lake laptop - tipped to launch Galaxy Book 4 on Dec 15
- Apple reveals the labs that produced the Apple Silicon line of custom CPUs
- Each Bitcoin transaction uses 4,200 gallons of water — enough to fill a swimming pool — and could potentially cause freshwater shortages
- December 2
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- Orange Pi teams up with Huawei to create a SBC for AI development — Huawei Ascend chip delivers 8/20 TOPS of AI performance
- Modder creates an awesome modular kinetic PC case — 3D-printed gears, wood, and acrylic combine to generate mesmerizing continual movements
- AMD makes CPU and GPU comeback in latest Steam Hardware Survey — Red Team regains lost ground from Nvidia and Intel
- Meteor Lake laptop retailer listings show competitive pricing — Intel’s next-gen CPUs compete with AMD Zen 4 at all price points
- Nvidia RTX 4090 pricing is too damn high, while most other GPUs have held steady or declined in past 6 months — market analysis
- December 1
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- Mod doubles the ROG Ally's RAM from 16GB to 32GB, increases speed from 6400 to 7500 MTs
- 10 Gigabit Ethernet slots into your M.2 port, costs only $86
- AMD RX 7000 GPU scams persist at Amazon, and it's not just Sapphire — be sure to double-check the seller
- Three gaming-focused Linux operating systems beat Windows 11 in gaming benchmarks
- Alphacool's new APEX RAM X4 puts addressable RGBs on a custom cooling memory block
- Windows 12 will launch in June 2024 with a slew of AI PCs, according to Taiwan’s Commercial Times
- 32-bit Mac holdouts will find games like 'Half-Life 2' and 'Metro 2033' unplayable soon, as Valve ceases Steam support for older versions of macOS
- Faster, cheaper storage is heading to the Raspberry Pi 5 with Pimoroni's NVMe Base
- Rockstar Games 'Grand Theft Auto 6' tease says trailer will arrive December 5th
- The PC market is finally growing again, with 2024 projected to see an 8% uptick in shipments
- Cyberpunk 2077 gets triple the framerate using an unholy combination of Nvidia and AMD tech — Nvidia DLSS Frame Generation plus AMD Fluid Motion Frames delivers impressive benchmark results, but less than ideal real-world utility
- Blacklisted Chinese GPU developer secures $280 million in funding - Biren gets cash infusion from Guangzhou government-backed investors
- Does thermal paste expire? 20-year-old TIM tested - no degradation seen, but poor compared to modern products
- New Chinese GPU arrives to challenge Nvidia's AI dominance but falls woefully short - Loongson unveils LG200 GPGPU, up to 1 Tflops of performance per node