Articles by Jowi Morales, Contributing Writer

Jowi Morales is a writer and journalist covering the tech beat since 2021. However, he’s been interested in technology far earlier than that. He started discovering desktop computers when his father brought home a Windows 95 PC, but his first real experience working under the hood of the PC was when the old computer’s hard drive was filled to the brim in the year 2000. He deleted the Windows folder to attempt to rectify the situation, which led to his dad buying a new desktop PC. Since then, he learned a lot more about computers, and he’s always been the go-to tech expert for his family and friends.

Jowi primarily uses a Windows workstation and an Android phone, but he also bought into the Apple ecosystem with the 6th-gen iPad, iPhone 14 Pro Max, and the M1 MacBook Air. Today, Jowi covers hardware and software from Redmond and Cupertino, while also looking at the tech industry in general.

Aside from covering technology, Jowi is an avid photographer and writes about automobiles, aviation, and tanks. You can find his bylines at MakeUseOf, SlashGear, and, of course, Tom’s Hardware.

Articles by: Jowi Morales

Ben Biggs of Drone Pro Hub showing off their drone before beginning the second day test flight

Drone breaks world speed record with 453 mph in test run — exotic sawtooth carbon fiber propeller blades one of the key advances in the Blackbird design

By Jowi Morales published 24 May 26

Team achieves mind-blowing speeds with their custom propellers, with aggressive pitch and sawtooth leading edges.

Steam Machine appears in Vulkan’s conformant product database — upcoming Valve console is certified compliant with the graphics API

By Jowi Morales published 24 May 26

Hope is in the air.

Researcher develops 'spray-on' stealth coating for drones — volcanic rock formulation claims to reduce radar return signals by up to 43dB, compared to 20 to 30dB for typical radar absorbent material

By Jowi Morales published 24 May 26

Users can easily spray on this radar absorbent material on any drone to increase their survivability in contested skies.

Commercial satellite supplying intel to Ukraine is cornered by four Russian spacecraft — US Space Force can only watch as Russia threatens 'quasi-civilian' targets

By Jowi Morales published 24 May 26

Some military officials are concerned about Russia's intentions with these expensive moves.

AI cost crisis hits tech giants as employee 'tokenmaxxing' backfires, sparking corporate pullback at Microsoft, Meta, and Amazon — agentic AI eats up to 1000x more tokens than standard AI

By Jowi Morales published 23 May 26

Agentic AI is consuming so many tokens that it's draining AI budgets way faster than expected. Jevons Paradox rings true 161 years after it was coined.

Huawei develops 122TB SSD with new packaging tech to sidestep US sanctions on 3D NAND chips — Chinese firm develops proprietary tech to cram more NAND dies in a smaller footprint

By Jowi Morales published 23 May 26

Necessity is the mother of invention.

Meta data center allegedly muddies Georgia town's drinking water, investigation underway — EPA promises immediate investigation after congresswoman brings dirty jars of water to hearing

By Jowi Morales published 22 May 26

Morgan County residents are complaining about dirty water coming out of their faucets ever since Meta began constructing a data center near the area.

Open-source non-profit claims Bambu Lab violated license — SFC steps in after multi-billion dollar 3D printer giant threatened independent developer, issued cease-and-desist demand on OrcaSlicer fork that restored cloud printing features

By Jowi Morales last updated 21 May 26

The SFC says that including proprietary code alongside software under AGPLv3 breaks the open-source license, and that Bambu Lab has been doing this for years.

Lenovo G02 retro handheld allegedly comes preloaded with thousands of copyrighted games, including Nintendo ROMs — company confirms that it’s an officially white-labeled device meant for the Chinese market

By Jowi Morales published 21 May 26

What will Nintendo do?

Angry tiny Texas town council member proposes total ban on cellular and GPS devices in protest over AI dispute — says 'Let’s take Bandera back to 1880' after town votes to dump AI-powered license plate reader

By Jowi Morales published 21 May 26

A town councilor proposes banning all technology in a small Texas town after they lose vote on keeping Flock AI cameras running in the area.

China banned Nvidia 5090D V2 while CEO Jensen Huang was in town, report claims — move comes as Beijing pushes its AI tech companies to use homegrown chips

By Jowi Morales published 20 May 26

Beijing says no.

Physical attacks against crypto holders, including kidnap and assault, up 75% in 2025 — 72 confirmed incidents see $41 million lost, real number likely higher

By Jowi Morales published 19 May 26

Cryptocurrency's public blockchain feature is turning out to be one of its key weaknesses when it comes to physical protection.

Standard Chartered bank branch with a person walking in front of it

Standard Chartered plans to cut 7,000 jobs in AI push — lender wants to replace ‘lower-value human capital’ and focus on automation

By Jowi Morales published 19 May 26

Standard Chartered says that it will trim a huge number of positions from its back offices in a bid to increase automation.

US FTC reportedly launches antitrust probe into Arm following its launch of its own AGI CPU — regulators investigate if chip designer is restricting architecture access to rivals

By Jowi Morales published 17 May 26

The company's expansion from design to manufacturing has got some of its customers worried.

Jensen Huang at CS 153 Frontier Systems at Stanford

Jensen Huang slams 'stupid' analogy comparing GPUs to nuclear weapons — Nvidia CEO says government should allow selling GPUs to other countries

By Jowi Morales published 17 May 26

The Nvidia chief said that you cannot compare AI GPUs to nuclear weapons.

Texas county passes data center ban for rural areas for a year, move comes in wake of AI data centers moving to remote areas to skirt regulations — state senator says counties cannot legally impose these bans

By Jowi Morales published 16 May 26

Hill County is the first jurisdiction to pass a temporary ban on data center projects in Texas.

AI data centers trigger massive 'irreversible' 76% electricity price spike in largest US region — federal watchdog demands tech giants pay for their own power infrastructure

By Jowi Morales published 16 May 26

Industry watchdog Monitoring Analytics says that PJM Interconnection is not doing enough to prevent power prices from spiking due to massive data center demand.

Pennsylvania residents complain they are being 'bulldozed' over AI data center concerns — lambast Gov. Shapiro in two-hour town hall, say he is losing support base

By Jowi Morales published 15 May 26

People are blaming the governor for welcoming data centers into the state.

Bitcoin trader recovers $400,000 using Claude AI after getting 'stoned' and losing wallet password 11 years ago — bot tried 3.5 trillion passwords before decrypting an old wallet backup

By Jowi Morales last updated 14 May 26

An X user shared how they were able to recover the password on their old cryptocurrency wallet using Claude and some luck.

70% of Americans oppose data centers near their homes, now less popular than nuclear power plants — opposition towards nearby AI infrastructure heating up as tech companies ramp up projects to acquire more compute

By Jowi Morales published 14 May 26

People don't want data centers in their backyard.

SSD prices skyrocket by 300% in Japan, bringing 8TB Samsung 9100 drive to an eye-watering $3,500 — industry continues to reckon with the ongoing AI storage crunch

By Jowi Morales published 13 May 26

Samsung SSDs saw massive price hikes across multiple Japanese PC retailers, with prices going up to $3,500 for 8TB drives.

an icebreaker traversing a sea covered with ice

EU considers running undersea cable under the North Pole to link Europe to Asia — Polar Connect aims to bypass the Strait of Hormuz and Russia by 2030

By Jowi Morales published 13 May 26

Is going under the ice a safer alternative than going through unstable regions?

Jensen Huang snubbed by White House for President Trump’s China state visit — Nvidia CEO not on roster, which includes Apple's Tim Cook and Elon Musk

By Jowi Morales published 12 May 26

One expert says this is a sign that Beijing won't be getting advanced AI chips anytime soon.

NASA partners with Microchip to build next-generation spaceflight chips with 100x the power of current offerings — chip designed to withstand radiation for extended missions on the Moon and Mars

By Jowi Morales published 12 May 26

These chips are designed to power the next golden age of space exploration.

A rendering of Meta’s planned data center in Louisiana

AI data center developers target rural territory to bypass city construction bans and regulations — rural locations allow sites to bypass city council approvals, rezoning votes, land-use reviews, and reduce public scrutiny

By Jowi Morales published 11 May 26

Developers are looking for the path of least resistance to build their data center projects.

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