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GMKtec launches the Evo-X5 Pro, an agentic mini-PC with AMD's Ryzen AI Max+ Pro 495, 192GB of RAM, and a price tag up to $7,099.

When the U.S. imposed sanctions on the International Criminal Court, it also meant that its chief prosecutor lost access to Microsoft services, forcing the Dutch government to make alternative plans.

Synopsys unveiled seven AgentEngineer agents on its new Autopilot platform, with general availability planned for the end of 2026.

OpenAI has danced with the idea of a broader rollout of its Jalapeno ASIC, but hardware VP Richard Ho tells us the chip is for internal use first and foremost."

We sit down with OpenAI's Hardware boss to talk about its chart-topping Jalapeno inference chip in this unredacted interview transcript.

Virginia Tech lab prints gallium-indium liquid metal droplets in silicone that guide heat.

The UK's largest tabletop gaming convention told exhibitors that they cannot show off games and other products mostly created using AI. It only allows the 'use of computerized tools used for spell checking and minor editing and aiding in production or accessibility.'

An unofficial project is bringing Nvidia's DLSS 5 to AMD Radeon GPUs, with early testing showing performance climbing from around 30 FPS to 50 FPS in Cyberpunk 2077 after rapid optimization.

A draft UK government list of AI best practices has reminded people they don't need to thank their chatbot for its work in an attempt to use it more efficiently.

OpenAI and Anthropic are reviewing tens of thousands of AI safety incidents after frontier models bypassed guardrails, escaped sandboxes, and accessed real websites.

Private KyTyPS5 fork shows Demon's Souls running at 40-50 FPS with accurate graphics - new milestone only three weeks after the game barely booted

Grab an RTX 5080-powered Gigabyte Gaming A16 Pro gaming laptop for just $1,799 at Walmart

Bitget says $387.5 million hack may be linked to North Korean state-backed actors, citing suspicious IP addresses tied to VPN infrastructure previously used by North Korean hacker groups.

Data center developer proposes paying checks of $10,000 per household to sway public sentiment.

Teenager cracks open Microsoft database with 17 trillion total rows and 25,000 user accounts - lack of JWT token validation yields a fruitful trove

A PC RAM maker has honored its guarantee promises despite the memory kit in question's price rising eightfold since it was bought. That's today's AI-pocalypse news.

The Protect Our Games Act would ensure that even if video game manufacturers take a title offline, those who've previously bought it would not lose access. While it still does not give gamers ownership of the titles they buy, it would at least let them continue playing them even if the developer goes bust.

This ABS Cyclone Aqua gaming PC, featuring an RTX 5060 Ti 16GB, Intel Core i7-14700F, 16GB DDR5, and a 1TB SSD has a $300 discount, now $1,399.99.

The gaming laptop pairs Intel's Core Ultra 9 285H with Nvidia's RTX 5070 Laptop GPU and a 3K 120Hz OLED display, giving buyers a powerful compact machine at a reduced price.

A chrysophile has ordered a special edition mini PC with a pure 24-carat gold passive chassis which will cost around $1.7 million.

SharpEmu's latest release can run six tested PS5 games at 60 FPS, with 12 of 55 titles now reaching gameplay state, as developers improve shader translation and Vulkan support.

TypeSafe AI's Jev beat Pokemon Red in under a week, eventually reaching the Hall of Fame.

The U.S. Navy and Royal Navy have successfully launched a 3,700-pound Mk 48 heavyweight torpedo from Britain's uncrewed XV Excalibur submarine, marking the first time the weapon has been fired from an autonomous underwater vehicle

Authorities seized thousands of counterfeit records and specialist manufacturing equipment after a BPI test purchase helped expose the long-running operation.

Modder releases GTA2 RTX Remix, a mod that adds path tracing and a dynamic time of day to the 27-year-old Grand Theft Auto 2.

Russia has begun targeting data centers and internet infrastructure in its latest attacks, disrupting critical services for Ukrainian civilians. The attacks have left 100,000 households in the area without an internet connection, although a senior government official claimed that the country's internet network is highly decentralized.

Microsoft's latest Surface laptops dropped the Copilot+ PC branding despite hitting the minimum requirements. Even high-end AI devices like the Nvidia RTX Spark and Microsoft's own Project Zenith are noticeably missing the label.

Traditional PS5 emulators attempt to recreate the console's hardware and software environment, but AnyPS5 is experimenting with a compatibility layer that translates PlayStation 5 executables into formats that can run on Windows and Linux.

Matt Birchler put a cold drink can on the back of an iPhone 18 Pro to see how much performance uplift it would get in a prolonged benchmarking session. The results showed up to 25% higher sustained performance from the cold drink, showing the effectiveness of 'liquid cooling.'

A German Army Enigma transmission from 85 years ago, known as the MVUEH message, has been cracked by GTP-Astra in just two days.

Elon Musk says that the Colossus 2 will receive 220,000 GB300 GPUs by next week, with another two tranches of the same amount expected to arrive later this year. This will put the site at over a million AI GPUs, finally hitting the goal the billionaire set two years ago.

Tower's new optical connectivity hub in Japan will increase its output by 40 times in 2029 compared to 2025 level.