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Updated 2026-06-08 21:45
Levelplay shows off magnetically attached fans that are reversible, connect via pogo pins and USB-C – plus an AIO that trades a screen for a big knob
Levelplay took to Computex with some interesting cooling concepts, like magnetic fans that can be reversed in seconds, and an AIO that puts a big tactile knob for fan control on top of your CPU.
Chinese startup claims photonic chip production without DUV lithography, says nanoimprint process cuts costs by 90% — 8-inch wafers produced without conventional optical lithography
Chinese startup Prinano claims it produced 8-inch photonic chip wafers without DUV lithography, using nanoimprint technology that cuts costs by 90%.
Apple demonstrates cross-platform Siri upgrades in macOS 27 Golden Gate at WWDC — update brings Liquid Glass improvements and unifies AI strategy
At WWDC, Apple revealed its upcoming macOS update, macOS 27 Golden Gate, with a more refined Liquid Glass design and cross-platform Siri and Apple Intelligence features.
Intel expands new game-boosting iBOT software with seven more games, up to a 27% improvement — Team Blue claims 12% average jump in newly-supported titles
Intel is expanding its performance-boosting iBOT feature with seven new games.
Most new U.S. AI data centers are being built in drought zones — two-thirds of 809 planned projects set for areas with water shortages
About two-thirds of the 809 data centers planned across the U.S. are slated for land that has been in drought over the past year.
Farmer donates land for a park, city sells it for data center development — $10 gift became $10M for city government, with $30M tax expected over next decade
Texas farmland originally donated in 1999 to be used only as a public park has been sold to a data center developer for $10 million.
Demand for data center CPUs has surged, and AI agents are responsible – why the CPU to GPU ratio is more important than ever for hyperscalers
The massive AI gold rush has a new bottleneck set in its sights, CPUs. But what's driving the demand? We interview industry experts to find out.
Disgruntled ASML employees threaten to boycott Elon Musk conference appearance — staff express ire at political involvement and 'Nazi sympathies'
ASML has confirmed that a group of disgruntled workers is pushing back hard against an invitation for Elon Musk to address the equipment maker's closed annual tech conference.
Travlfi JourneyGo 5G mobile hotspot review – Affordably priced, but lacking in performance and features
The Travlfi JourneyGo 5G makes a good first impression with its $299 price and lightweight design, but that shine wears off quickly.
Four suspects identified in Finland undersea cable damage investigation — criminal case referred to prosecutors for consideration of charges
Finland's National Bureau of Investigation has concluded its criminal investigation into the damage to two undersea telecommunications cables in the Gulf of Finland on December 31st.
Bag a huge $308 saving on a two-year ExpressVPN Advanced sub and get four bonus months on top for free — 78% discount gets you this fast no-logs VPN service with support for 12 simultaneous conn
Save over $300 on this two-year ExpressVPN Advanced subscription, with support for 12 simultaneous devices, advanced web protection, and a bunch of other tools for just $83.72, with four months extra for free.
Nvidia and SK hynix ink multi-year memory co-development and supply agreement — seeks to address extended development cycles
Nvidia and SK hynix have inked a multi-year collaboration agreement under which the companies will co-develop next-generation memory technologies for Nvidia's upcoming platforms and SK hynix will supply them to Nvidia.
Intel introduced ‘the first processor in the x86 series and the first 8086 microprocessor’ on this day in 1978 — CPU was designed as a temporary substitute for the delayed iAPX 432 p
June 8, 1978, marked the birth of the x86 architecture with the arrival of the 16-bit Intel 8086 CPU.
Executives are cutting jobs for an AI future that hasn't fully arrived yet, even as productivity gains remain difficult to prove — data neither confirms nor refutes an AI unemployment apocalypse
A growing number of CEOs expect AI-driven layoffs, but economic data paints a more complex picture as companies cut junior roles before proving AI delivers meaningful productivity gains.
Amazon is offering a $324 Nvidia RTX 5060 GPU deal in a lightning sale, making it the cheapest model available — 1080p gaming on a budget
Grab an RTX 5060 GPU deal while you still can. The $324 deal is selling out fast in Amazon's limited-time sale.
Anycubic Photon Mono 4 dips below $190 saving you 21% off its retail price — Amazon deal saves $50 on this entry-level resin 3D printer
The Anycubic Photon Mono 4 is on-sale at $189.99, giving you a $50 discount and saving you 21% off its retail price.
MSI, Gigabyte debut new 5K 27-inch Mini-LED monitors with 2,304 dimming zones and glossy panel — both models double the native 180 Hz refresh rate to 330 Hz at 1440p
New Mini-LED monitors from MSI and Gigabyte featuring 5K panels with 2,304 dimming zones and glossy coatings have just been announced. These feature dual- and even triple-mode support, along with full-fat DP 2.1 80 Gbps ports and high peak brightness numbers for HDR. They're also color-accurate enough for professional work.
Ukraine’s birds adapt to battlefield environment, weaving nests out of drone fiber-optic cables — resourceful wildlife adapts to miles of littered drone fibers
Birds in Donbas have been discovered feathering their nests with optical fiber.
AMD's RDNA 5 gaming GPUs are coming late next year, according to AIBs at Computex — manufacturers expect new Team Red cards in the second half of 2027 alongside Nvidia
AIB partners for AMD at the Computex 2026 show floor have said they expect next-gen RDNA 5 gaming GPUs to land sometime in the second half of 2027, or maybe even in early 2028. That launch schedule lines up closely with Nvidia's RTX 60 series, which is also expected in late 2027 based on current rumors.
ASML becomes Europe's most valuable company ever as analysts bet on higher EUV output — its market cap hit $674 billion this week
ASML closed Wednesday, June 3rd, as the most valuable company in European history, reaching a market cap of $668 billion.
Google signs $920M monthly compute deal with SpaceX — company’s projected annual data center revenue to exceed its combined proceeds from Starlink, launch services, and AI in 2025
Google's $920-million-a-month deal with SpaceX will let it secure 110,000 Nvidia GPUs starting October 2026. This is the second data center deal that SpaceX has secured in a matter of weeks, especially as it's quickly approaching its IPO on June 12, 2026.
RetroPad is a ‘full-feature-parity version of Notepad from XP’ in just 2,749 bytes — x86 assembly coded apps comes from Windows legend Dave W Plummer
A 'full-feature-parity version of Notepad' has been written in x86 assembly and it weighs in at under 3KB.
Russia’s new ‘Starlink‑Style’ Rassvet fleet loses its first satellite after weeks — Object 4 drops out of orbit but 15 others remain
Object 4, one of 16 satellites in the first operational batch of Russia's Rassvet broadband network, re-entered Earth's atmosphere on approximately June 6th.
Developer gets Half-Life running at 30 FPS on a Nokia N95 — proves 2007 phones can just about match 1998 PCs
Argentine developer Dante Leoncini has gotten the original Half-Life running at 30 FPS on a Nokia N95, the Symbian slider phone that launched in 2007.
Elegoo Jupiter 2 Resin 3D Printer review: The giant returns for round two
Elegoo's Jupiter 2 is a resin powerhouse with a large print area and 16K high-quality 3D printing at a reasonable price.
AMD reaches almost 45% CPU share in the latest Steam Hardware Survey for Windows gaming PCs — Ryzen is steadily gaining ground against Intel's legacy domination
The latest Steam Hardware Survey is out and it's showing positive signs of growth for AMD, while Intel is unfortunately on a decline. The Red Team posted its best-ever CPU market share numbers in May 2026 with 45% of all CPUs on Windows being from AMD, while Intel is down to 55%, which is still more for now.
Ludicrous overclock slams 1.7 volts into 6700K in an attempt to stop CPU from bottlenecking an RTX 3080 — 5.2 GHz on aging four-core pushes GPU utilization from 60% to 74%
YouTuber challenges himself to alleviate a CPU bottleneck with a Core i7-6700K paired with an RTX 3080 through overclocking.
Intel adds iGPU-less mobile chips to Core 200H lineup — Raptor Lake-based Core 7 230H and Core 5 205H sport disabled graphics for small form factor desktop boards
Intel introduces two new Raptor Lake CPUs in its Core 200H series lineup featuring disabled integrated graphics chips. The new CPUs are likely geared towards SFF desktops rather than laptops and 2-in-1 devices.
AMD B650 expansion cards hit retail starting at $199 — add four M.2 PCIe 4.0 slots and 11 USB ports to any PC with a PCIe slot
A couple of new add-in cards exemplify the trend of slapping AMD's Promontory 21 chipset onto a card for extra I/O expansion.
Gaming soundbar can be hijacked from over 16 yards away without touch or pairing — the company allegedly refuses to label the blatant security flaw a cybersecurity risk
Security researcher Rasmus Moorats has demonstrated that Creative's Sound Blaster Katana V2X gaming soundbar can be hijacked over Bluetooth from up to 16 yards away.
Upgrade your PC with a 2TB PCIe 4.0 SSD, 750W power supply, and 240mm AIO for $300 — hardware bundle saves you nearly $200
Even though power supplies and CPU coolers have remained unaffected by the AI boom, storage costs have skyrocketed, which makes this deal even more lucrative. You're getting a blazing-fast 2TB SSD, a genuinely solid power supply, and a decent AIO that can help you stop worrying about the small things and focus on sourcing cheaper memory and GPUs.
$6000 semi-truck gaming rig just got a massive upgrade — cabin overhaul includes new racing bucket seat, pedals, and other accessories to level up their truck
The trucker worked with Conspit to install a new seat, pedals, and other parts and accessories to level up their already insane semi-truck sim rig.
The Floppy Disk patent was granted today in 1972 — when 80KB took up 8 inches and were really floppy
The patent application for the floppy disk was granted to two IBM engineers on this day in 1972.
Prusa Research goes full spectrum in anticipation of INDX
Prusa Research has announced a new open-source ColorMix engine for both PrusaSlicer and its web-based EasyPrint slicer.
Gigabyte Z890 Aorus Elite Wifi7 Plus Motherboard Review: Cost-conscious refresh board delivers (almost) all the fixens
At under $270, the Gigabyte Z890 Aorus Elite Wifi7 Plus is a worthwhile mainstream motherboard. Fast networking and ample storage options are just two of the highlights of this refreshed Z890 offering.
Lexar regional manager says that RAM prices are expected to double by the end of the year — 'discounts' and stabilized prices result from distributors getting rid of old stock or sourcing produc
Industry insiders say that RAM prices will continue to go up in the next eight to nine months, as the memory chip crisis goes from bad to worse. While retailers make moves to temporarily reduce prices, these will eventually run out, so if you need to buy RAM, you should buy it now.
Taiwanese startup FormulaV Line wants to break into US market with two new unique cases — company expects products to become available on Newegg later this year
Taiwanese startup FormulaV Line wants to break into the U.S. market with these two new and unique cases. It also showed off a plethora of other components, including PSUs, cooling solutions, and even a gaming chair on the showfloor at Computex 2026.
G.Skill explains how AMD EXPO ULL unlocks additional performance — expanded profiles allow memory makers to include subtiming tweaks for the first time
AMD's EXPO Ultra Low Latency program, announced at Computex 2026, aims to give users a one-click route to lower memory latencies than its existing EXPO profiles
Huawei-led team claims it post-trained DeepSeek's 1.6-trillion-parameter model — 1,000 Ascend 910C chips used in training
A research group that includes Huawei Technologies says it completed full-parameter post-training of DeepSeek's V4-Pro, a 1.6-trillion-parameter model.
Unreleased RTX 3050 Ti engineering sample appears in photos and benchmarks — the RTX 3060 alternative that never happened
Hardware leaker shares photographs and benchmarks for Nvidia's GeForce RTX 3050 Ti desktop graphics card that was never released.
Finland deploys new system to detect threats to undersea cables — distributed acoustic sensors measure vibrations from the seabed and informs the authorities and operators of suspicious activiti
Finnish companies and academic institutions, alongside the Finnish Navy and Border Guards, worked together to develop a system that used existing undersea cables to detect potential disturbances on the seabed. This system would allow the authorities to respond to any detected anomaly, potentially preventing critical undersea infrastructure from getting damaged.
Retro gaming enthusiast attempts loading games to Sega Genesis from a vinyl record player, recording game data as sound — Mega EverDrive Pro and Pi Pico 2 board not enough to overcome limitation
A quirky tech enthusiast attempted to load Sega Genesis console games through a vinyl record player.
NSA using Claude Mythos for 'offensive cyber operations,' report claims — says 'half-a-dozen' Anthropic engineers embedded inside the agency
US National Security Agency reportedly using Mythos for conducting cyber-attacks - report reveals Anthropic engineers inside the NSA
Aoostar mini-PCs bring elite Ryzen power in a tiny footprint for under $400
Aoostar's Maco, G-Flip, and Gem12 Max mini-PCs go on sale for a limited time on AliExpress with free shipping from a local U.S. warehouse.
Intel will reportedly upgrade its Wildcat Lake refresh to an 8-core config next year, leak claims — top-end silicon tipped to feature 4 P-cores and 4 LP-E cores as part of 'Core 400' series
Intel's Wildcat Lake refresh that's supposedly debuting next year will shift focus to a more upmarket audience, only refreshing its Core 5 and Core 7 tiers. The new silicon at the top-end would feature 8 cores, up from 6 cores on Wildcat Lake right now, with the 4 P-cores and 4 LP-E cores. The Core 3 parts are claimed to remain unchanged.
Acer MA200 1TB SSD Review: Good enough, and that’s the point
The Acer MA200 is a competent M.2 2230 NVMe SSD with reasonably good performance and power-efficiency, even if it's not the fastest drive out there.
Seattle to pass one-year AI data center moratorium next week — will use window to study community impact of AI buildouts
Two Seattle city council committees have passed a one-year moratorium and a resolution on data centers. The measures are still up for a vote in the full council, but many consider that simply as a formality.
Nvidia is reportedly still planning fabled RTX 50 Super series for 2026, leak claims — lineup could now include a potential 'RTX 5060 Super' with 12GB of VRAM
For almost a year, the RTX 50 Super series has been part of the rumor mill, but with the AI boom snatching production lines, causing memory prices to skyrocket, hype for the lineup had died down. Now, a potential RTX 5060 Super with 12GB of VRAM is apparently in the works, with the 50 Super series as a whole allegedly getting "back on track."
Valve says Steam Machine and Steam Frame 'shipping this summer' — company confirms release window as it expands Verified program
Valve Steam Machine summer release is now set in stone - company launch window and expands Verified program
Industry coalition urges Trump administration to take urgent action as AI data centers' extreme memory consumption threatens other industries — AI-driven memory chip shortage could raise prices
A coalition of nine U.S. trade associations has urged the Trump administration to address an AI-driven memory chip shortage, warning that soaring DRAM prices and constrained supply could raise costs for consumer electronics, automobiles, medical devices, and broadband infrastructure while disrupting supply chains through at least 2027.
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