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Mighty Mike Plays Minecraft main menu
Father loses job over 9-year-old spending $118,000 on Minecraft YouTube ads using his company's credit card

By Jowi Morales Published

“I’m going to be working until I’m like 94.”

Video Games
Devastated father says his 9-year-old son spent $118,000 on YouTube ad campaigns for his Minecraft channel using a company credit card

By Shane Downing Published

A father says his 9-year-old son spent $118,000 of his employer's money on YouTube ads for Minecraft and Roblox videos in three weeks.

Video Games
Modder pumps liquid directly over bare GPU silicon via 3D-printed block

By Mark Tyson Published

The fearless TrashBench has been testing direct die water cooling of graphics cards and suffered most of the leaky nightmares you might expect.

Liquid Cooling
Youtube error
Suspected YouTube interface bug spikes RAM usage above 7 gigabytes, users report lag, frozen tabs

By Etiido Uko Published

YouTube bug reportedly maxing out CPUs.

Software
Nvidia DLSS 5
Nvidia's own DLSS 5 announcement video gets taken down by YouTube in Italy due to a copyright strike

By Jowi Morales Published

YouTube's AI moderator acted on an errant DMCA takedown, affecting nearly every video that contained clips of the DLSS 5 trailer, including Nvidia's own YouTube video.

Big Tech
Running a desktop PC on 64 AA batteries
Enthusiast rebuilds AA-battery-powered PC, sextuples run time to 30 minutes with 64 batteries

By Jowi Morales Published

YouTube creator ScuffedBits re-did their experiment and was able to eke out 30 minutes of game time (and a benchmarking session!) while running their desktop PC on 64 AA batteries.

PC Building
56 AA batteries powering an old desktop PC
Enthusiast runs desktop PC off 56 AA batteries

By Jowi Morales Published

YouTube creator ScuffedBits experimented with a desktop PC and AA batteries just to see how many they needed to run and for how long will a desktop PC last on AA battery power alone.

Desktops
Floppy disk drive converted into smart TV remote for kids

By Mark Tyson Published

Techy dad creates easy, tactile, Smart TV control system fed by colorfully labelled floppy disks.

Maker and STEM
Ongoing YouTube, Google outage reported — outage spikes across popular services

By Stephen Warwick Last updated

Multiple reports indicate that YouTube, YouTube TV, and Google are all down.

Tech Industry
M4 iMac G3
Intrepid modder builds an M4-powered iMac G3

By Jowi Morales Published

YouTuber Zac Builds used an M4 Mac mini to upgrade an old iMac G3 into a modern all-in-one computer.

Maker and STEM
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