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AWS is in prime position to power the AI revolution, rather than win it. — Amazon's $8 billion Anthropic investment rumors suggest it would rather sell AI infrastructure than compete with ChatGPT and Gemini AWS is in prime position to power the AI revolution, rather than win it.

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Windows 7

Windows 7 runs natively on the Steam Deck

Mark Tyson published 14 July 25

Windows 7 can run natively on the Steam Deck, according to testing by operating systems enthusiast Bob Pony.

Jensen Huang Nvidia CEO on Stage in Paris

Jensen Huang says China's military will avoid U.S. AI tech — 'they don’t need Nvidia’s chips or American tech stacks in order to build their military'

Jowi Morales published 14 July 25

Jensen Huang said in an interview that we don't have to worry about the Chinese military using advanced American AI tech to develop its own capabilities.

Donkey Kong Bananza

Switch 2 devs are already bleating about performance issues

Mark Tyson published 14 July 25

Nintendo Switch 2 developers are already feeling the constraints of the new console’s hardware and are aware of performance drops in the new Donkey Kong Bananza.

Nvidia

New Rowhammer GPU exploit silently corrupts AI models on high-end Nvidia cards with GDDR6 VRAM

Hassam Nasir published 14 July 25

One bit flip is all it takes.

Asus ROG Xbox Ally X

Leaked ROG Xbox Ally and ROG Ally X prices hint at a similar price range to existing models

Kunal Khullar published 14 July 25

Alleged European prices place the Xbox Ally consoles in the same range as current ROG models.

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Google Gemini crumbles in the face of Atari Chess challenge

Mark Tyson published 14 July 25

Google Gemini decided to call off its chess match against the ancient 1.19 Mhz Atari 2600 console after a friendly pre-game reminder about what happened to ChatGPT and Microsoft’s Copilot.

A DIY CPU made from scratch

Enthusiast builds a fully functional CPU from old memory chips

Hassam Nasir published 14 July 25

We need this man on Intel 18A.

TensorWave's AI GPU supercluster featuring 8,192 MI325X accelerators

TensorWave just deployed 8,192 Instinct MI325X accelerators, forming the largest AMD training cluster in NA

Hassam Nasir published 14 July 25

Infinity Fabric, infinite confidence.

Bio-inspired capillary force-driven super-adhesive filters

Snot-filtering tech could be the answer to a dust-free PC

Mark Tyson published 14 July 25

A recent research paper, 'inspired by the natural filtration abilities of mucus-coated nasal hairs,' might have some answers for improved PC air filtration.

Amazon AWS datacenter from the sky.

Amazon's $8 billion Anthropic investment rumors suggest it would rather sell AI infrastructure than compete with ChatGPT and Gemini

Jon Martindale published 14 July 25

AWS is in prime position to power the AI revolution, rather than win it.

X68000 Z Super / Z XVI dedicated monitor

Faux-CRT monitor designed to pair up with retro mini PCs to recreate CRT feeling

Mark Tyson published 13 July 25

Japan’s Mizuki Co. is crowdfunding a monitor to match its attractive X68000 Z Super and X68000 Z XVI miniature retro reprint PCs.

Intel's headquarters in Santa Clara, Calif.

Intel axes thousands of technicians and engineers in sweeping U.S. layoffs

Anton Shilov published 13 July 25

Despite claims that layoffs target mostly mid-level managers.

3D printed mouse

Maker 3D prints left-handed Logitech MX Master 3S — fixes awkward button layout made for righties

Ash Hill published 13 July 25

Matthias Deblaiser has created a left-handed version of the Logitech MX Master 3S gaming mouse which is originally optimized for right-handed people.

Nvidia Smooth Motion is part of driver 590.26

Nvidia driver update finally brings Smooth Motion to RTX 40-series GPUs

Hassam Nasir published 13 July 25

Prepare for trouble, and make it double!

HoloMem hopes to oust magnetic tape with better optical alternative

Holographic ribbon aims to oust magnetic tape with 50-year life span and 200TB capacity per cartridge

Mark Tyson published 13 July 25

Further details about HoloMem’s holographic tape have come into view.

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McDonald's McHire bot exposed personal information of 64M people by using '123456' as a password in 2025

Nathaniel Mott published 13 July 25

Paradox's chatbot-powered service is reportedly used by 90% of McDonald's franchises in the U.S.

Jensen Huang at the Computex 2025 keynote address

Jensen Huang adds voice to those warning of AI-induced job losses - but only 'if the world runs out of ideas'

Anton Shilov published 13 July 25

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said that while AI could dramatically boost productivity, it may also cause job losses unless society continues to innovate and create new opportunities.

Freight Train

Security vulnerability on U.S. trains that let anyone activate the brakes on the rear car was known for 13 years — operators refused to fix the issue until now

Jowi Morales published 13 July 25

A security researcher discovered that the wireless RF communication between the first and last car of American trains isn't encrypted.

Alder Lake

Core Ultra 5 245HX blasts past desktop counterpart in PassMark

Aaron Klotz published 12 July 25

In a weird twist, Intel's Core Ultra 5 245HX is allegedly faster than the desktop Core Ultra 5 245 in PassMark, featuring better single-core and multi-core scores.

Daniil Kasatkin

Russian pro basketball player gets the cuffs for allegedly being a member of ransomware gang

Jowi Morales published 12 July 25

Russian basketball player Daniil Kasatkin is suspected of acting as a ransomware negotiator for the ransomware gang behind some of the attacks in the U.S. between 2020 and 2022.

AWS is in prime position to power the AI revolution, rather than win it. — Amazon's $8 billion Anthropic investment rumors suggest it would rather sell AI infrastructure than compete with ChatGPT and Gemini AWS is in prime position to power the AI revolution, rather than win it.

Someone just built a fully functional CPU from scratch using old memory chips and logic parts from the 8-bit era. Spanning four perfboards and over a kilometer of wire, it runs real code, handles interrupts, and even plays The Matrix—all using logic simulated entirely through EPROMs. — Enthusiast builds a fully functional CPU from old memory chips Someone just built a fully functional CPU from scratch using old memory chips and logic parts from the 8-bit era. Spanning four perfboards and over a kilometer of wire, it runs real code, handles interrupts, and even plays The Matrix—all using logic simulated entirely through EPROMs.

Google Gemini decided to call off its chess match against the ancient 1.19 Mhz Atari 2600 console after a friendly pre-game reminder about what happened to ChatGPT and Microsoft’s Copilot. — Google Gemini crumbles in the face of Atari Chess challenge Google Gemini decided to call off its chess match against the ancient 1.19 Mhz Atari 2600 console after a friendly pre-game reminder about what happened to ChatGPT and Microsoft’s Copilot.

TensorWave has built North America's largest AMD AI cluster with 8,192 liquid-cooled MI325X GPUs, delivering 21 exaFLOPS of FP8 throughput. It’s a bold move against NVIDIA’s dominance and marks ROCm’s first major public cloud-scale deployment for general-purpose AI training. — TensorWave just deployed 8,192 Instinct MI325X accelerators, forming the largest AMD training cluster in NA TensorWave has built North America's largest AMD AI cluster with 8,192 liquid-cooled MI325X GPUs, delivering 21 exaFLOPS of FP8 throughput. It’s a bold move against NVIDIA’s dominance and marks ROCm’s first major public cloud-scale deployment for general-purpose AI training.

A recent research paper, 'inspired by the natural filtration abilities of mucus-coated nasal hairs,' might have some answers for improved PC air filtration. — Snot-filtering tech could be the answer to a dust-free PC A recent research paper, 'inspired by the natural filtration abilities of mucus-coated nasal hairs,' might have some answers for improved PC air filtration.

Russian basketball player Daniil Kasatkin is suspected of acting as a ransomware negotiator for the ransomware gang behind some of the attacks in the U.S. between 2020 and 2022. — Russian pro basketball player gets the cuffs for allegedly being a member of ransomware gang Russian basketball player Daniil Kasatkin is suspected of acting as a ransomware negotiator for the ransomware gang behind some of the attacks in the U.S. between 2020 and 2022.

The Commodore 64 Ultimate will be the first new hardware released under the auspices of the new management, and pricing starts at $299. — The Commodore 64 Ultimate computer is the company's first hardware release in over 30 years The Commodore 64 Ultimate will be the first new hardware released under the auspices of the new management, and pricing starts at $299.

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Lenovo Yoga Book 9i Gen 10

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By Charles Jefferies published 14 July 25

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Crucial P510 2TB SSD

The Crucial P510 2TB SSD Review: A budget PCIe 5.0 SSD that's good but not great

By Shane Downing published 19 June 25

Filling the gap between the P310 and T710

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By Brandon Hill published 18 June 25

Xreal’s One Pro brings 6DoF tracking with the Eye accessory.

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Our tests show the best SSDs for games on the Steam Deck.

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Intel's headquarters in Santa Clara, Calif.

Intel axes thousands of technicians and engineers in sweeping U.S. layoffs

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Alder Lake

Core Ultra 5 245HX blasts past desktop counterpart in PassMark

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Upcoming iGame Ultra GPU adds two NVMe drives using PCIe bifurcation.

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Laptops

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