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China is considering export controls on AI technologies, including banning local companies from using TSMC, report claims — restrictions would also cover advanced AI models, training data, and o
China's Ministry of Commerce (MofCom) considers to restrict exports of advanced AI models, training data, and overseas acquisitions of strategically important technology companies; prohibit usage of foreign semiconductor manufacturing services.
Amazon data center in Bahrain struck and destroyed by Iranian cruise missiles, state media claims — attacks launched against AWS site in response to alleged US strikes on an under-construction n
The Amazon site has suffered multiple hits since the start of the U.S. bombing campaign in Iran. The IRGC claims to have 'destroyed' AWB Bahrain, but the company has moved operations off the facility since early April.
Behind the scenes at Nvidia's Engineering SuperLab — Vera Rubin NVL72 running OpenAI workloads, 800VDC demonstrated, and more
Nvidia gave Tom's Hardware an exclusive look inside its previously undisclosed Engineering SuperLab near Nvidia HQ, where we saw Vera Rubin NVL72 in action.
Nvidia details Rubin architectural optimizations for inference – improvements target better performance and efficiency from the GPU to the rack
Nvidia has detailed new features of its Rubin architecture.
Nvidia deep dives Vera CPU for AI data centers — SPEC CPU 2026 benchmarks revealed, Olympus architecture specifics, and more
Nvidia reveals all of the details about its Vera data center CPU, including an architectural breakdown of the Olympus core and the first (unofficial) SPEC CPU 2026 results.
Nvidia has shipped 'hundreds of thousands of Grace standalone servers’ — GPU firm pivots messaging as CPUs take center stage in agentic data centers
As Nvidia continues to roll out Vera, its first custom CPU for agentic AI, it revealed that its last-gen Grace design has seen mass deployments, even as a standalone CPU for non-agentic workloads.
Kimi K3 rocks the AI industry as Moonshot AI undercuts closed-source American competitors on price — but the huge 2.8T open-weight model still needs serious hardware to deploy at scale
The trend towards larger AI models continues, with China's new Kimi K3 model. With its trillions of parameters, it's just as capable as the best the West has to offer, and it's cheaper. But it's not as fast, giving rise to a new battle to balance performance, efficiency, and cost, alongside sovereign control.
Local AI clustering with Dell's Pro Max GB10 — connecting two Nvidia Grace Blackwell to scale out AI compute at home
We paired up and tested a pair of Dell's Pro Max with GB10, to see what a small cluster of Nvidia's Spark silicon can do. At $6332 each, as of writing, it's still an expensive prospect, but far cheaper and more desk-friendly than a big server box full of GPUs and the other necessary high-end hardware.
Anthropic hit with largest-ever $1.5 billion penalty in copyright lawsuit — court says training AI on published material is fair use, but startup’s pirated library infringes on authors&rsq
The settlement was finally approved by a U.S. federal judge, with a majority of the plaintiffs accepting the amount. A few members of the group refused, citing the small amount compared to the number of infringed titles, and are pursuing a separate lawsuit of their own.
Intel to co-develop and manufacture Fortinet's next-gen firewall ASIC on Intel 4 — node gets its first named external customer
SP6 will draw on what the companies described as Intel's expertise in disaggregated semiconductor design and advanced packaging.
Z.ai powers up a 1-gigawatt AI data center built entirely on Chinese chips, report claims — GLM developer now runs multiple 10,000-chip clusters with zero Nvidia silicon
Chinese AI developer Z.ai (formerly Zhipu) has finished building a 1GW data center stocked exclusively with domestically made chips and has switched part of it on.
TSMC eyes price hikes of up to 25% on chip production services in 2027, report claims — plans to raise baseline prices by 5% to 10% on advanced nodes
TSMC reportedly intends to increase prices of wafers it processes citing demand, rising costs, and increased investments in new capacity.
Intel layoffs to hit Data Center group — division focused on server CPUs, AI chips, and data center architecture to be hit by an unknown number of cuts
Intel plans to cut the employee numbers of its Data Center group, months after announcing record growth since its disastrous announcement in 2024.
Get 16GB of DDR5 RAM for $12 in this Newegg AM5 combo — score AMD's new Ryzen 7700X3D, 16GB of RAM, and Asus B850 motherboard for only $491
Build an AMD AM5 gaming PC for less with this Newegg combo deal. Snag a Ryzen 7700X3D, MSI B850 motherboard, and 16GB DDR5-6000 RAM while saving $194 versus buying separately
Save $400 on a new 14-inch MacBook Pro M5 — 48GB of RAM, a 1TB SSD, and a 16-core processor for $2,699
Save a whopping $400 on a brand-new Apple MacBook Pro at B&H Photo. This 14-inch beast uses the latest 16-core M5 chip and 48GB of RAM.
1994 Sega 32X gets first-person Backrooms game with raycasting engine — retro hardware tour de force includes yellow rooms, buzzing fluorescents, endless procedurally generated levels
Developer PaisleyBoxers has released Backrooms 32X, with the strap line 'welcome to the cutting edge of 1994.' This is a Sega 32X game set in the Backrooms, the internet phenomenon given a huge boost with the release of the psychological horror indie film earlier this year.
SMIC's third-gen 7nm node shows smaller metal pitch than Intel 18A, higher transistor density than TSMC N6 without EUV — analysis of N+3 shows significant advancement for Chinese semi manufactur
SMIC's N+3 process technology can achieve transistor density comparable to TSMC's N6 without using EUV lithography, but it fails to deliver performance or efficiency of modern production nodes.
Google reportedly developing 'Frozen v2' chip with Gemini's architecture etched into the silicon — engineers project 6 to 10 times more tokens per watt than latest TPUs
Google is developing a server chip, informally dubbed "Frozen v2," that would etch part of its Gemini model's architecture directly into the silicon.
PC modder bolts 5.5-pound aluminum heatsink to RTX 4060 — convection-only cooling seems to work fine in a testbench-style installation
A PC gamer has DIYed a passive Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 graphics card system incorporating a 5.5-pound aluminum heatsink.
$399 Nintendo Switch 2 back in stock Woot for new customers, $427 for returning customers with code — get $100 off the most recent price hikes
Get a brand new Nintendo Switch 2 for less.
Nvidia's new Synthetic Video Detector can identify fake AI videos with up to 92% accuracy — microservice based on cutting-edge research looks to combat misinformation in broadcasts with just 22m
Nvidia has just created an antidote to the virus that is AI misinformation. The company's new Synthetic Video Detector can help broadcasters assess 1080p footage at scale with processing times of just 22ms and up 92% accuracy for uncompressed videos.
The enduring paradox of the AI economy — models get better and more efficient, yet costs can still easily spiral out of control
Token amplification creates a paradox in the AI economy, as more capable models beget more complicated tasks.
Taiwan indicts ex-TSMC manager for allegedly stealing chip secrets for China — first case of its kind links managers to Chinese semiconductor materials analysis company
Taiwanese prosecutors indicted a former TSMC deputy manager on Monday for allegedly copying 21 confidential documents.
New plugin unlocks granular VRAM temperature tracking on Nvidia RTX 50-series GPUs — community cracks open Blackwell's forbidden telemetry sensors
Modders have discovered a method to monitor every single memory module on Nvidia's GeForce RTX 50-series (codenamed Blackwell) graphics cards.
Trump administration reportedly reviving push to ban Chinese AI models following Kimi K3 launch, citing cybersecurity concerns — downloadable open weights could make an outright U.S. ban nearly
The U.S. may be reigniting efforts to push companies away from Chinese open-weight AI models such as Kimi and DeepSeek.
Shrink your PC setup with up to 25% off on Kamrui mini-PCs — big savings on the H1 for gamers and the Hyper H2 for pros
Kamrui's H1 and Hyper H2 mini-PCs go on sale at Amazon with discounts up to 25%.
Dutch chip sector at very high risk of Chinese interference, government-funded study warns — calls for stricter vetting at sites like ASML
The Hague Centre for Strategic Studies has rated the Dutch semiconductor industry as being at very high risk of Chinese foreign interference.
Microsoft will deploy AMD’s Helios rack-scale AI accelerator ‘at scale’ on Azure – Radeon Instinct MI455X and Epyc Venice power will be available through Redmond’s cloud
Microsoft and AMD are teaming up to get Redmond more AI FLOPS for both internal and external use.
Government can seize private land to make way for new AI data center transmission lines, report says — takeovers could be implemented using eminent domain law when private citizens refuse to sel
Utilities can use eminent domain to seize private land for new transmission lines needed to power data centers, though public-use and state-law limits still apply.
Samsung now supplying new VESA DisplayHDR True Black 1400 laptop displays — Lenovo, Asus, Dell, and MSI set to launch portables with the first 1,600 nits tandem OLED panels
Samsung Display has announced that it is now supplying its first mass-produced VESA DisplayHDR True Black 1400 monitor panels to laptop makers including Lenovo, Asus, Dell, and MSI.
3D printing enthusiast resurrects cancelled dbrand Steam Machine Companion Cube as DIY project — project shelved due to copyright can now be made and assembled at home
A 3D printing enthusiast has resurrected dbrand's cancelled Steam Machine Companion Cube as a DIY project.
Save $148 on an AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D bundle with 32GB of RAM, motherboard, and liquid AIO — start your AM5 gaming build for just $1,039
Grab an AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D, Gigabyte B850 motherboard, 32GB of Corsair Vengeance DDR5, and a CPU cooler for $1,039.
Logitech's G Pro X2 Superstrike gaming mouse is $125.99 after getting a massive $54 discount — hall-effect haptic switches, 8K polling, and 30 ms faster clicks for peak gaming performance
The first big discount on Logitech's new G Pro X2 Superstrike haptic gaming mouse. Save $54 at Amazon, and grab this high-tech mouse at its lowest-ever price.
Creality K2 SE 3D printer price slashed by 17%, now under $250 — grab a competitive entry-level high-speed multicolor device at a bargain price
The Creality K2 SE drops to $248.99 in this limited-time deal, making it a great option for anyone looking to start 3D printing but want to have access to some advanced features.
AMD's next-gen 10-core 'Medusa Point' APU shows up on Geekbench again, with its best score yet — leaked SKU outpaces every other x86 mobile chip in the single-core test
AMD's next 10-core mobile part from the Medusa Point family is looking a lot faster than its previous two Gorgon Point and Strix Point SKUs, respectively. Early leaks keep highlighting an ever-improving part that has just benched its best score yet.
Zilog Z80 turns 50 as an open-source replacement heads to drop-in DIP40 silicon — iconic 8-bit CPU launched in July 1976 and was discontinued in 2024
The original Z80 packed 8,500 transistors on a 4m process and typically ran at 2.5 MHz.
Memory chip boss admits RAM prices are 'abnormally high' — SK Group chairman considering building a semiconductor plant in the US to expand supply, calm ‘chipflation’
SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won said that prices for memory chips are "abnormally high" and that the industry must take steps to increase production and reduce prices. If it fails to do that, new entrants could challenge the incumbent leaders and make the market much more competitive, especially once demand falls back down to more manageable levels.
‘Phantom Twist’ drone spins so fast that it is nearly invisible — flying device adds motion blur to the real world
Researchers from Northwestern University in Illinois have built a drone that rotates so fast it is cloaked by motion blur.
Samsung cuts hundreds of US consumer electronics jobs ahead of Texas HQ move — 739 roles affected in New Jersey as chip division posts record profit
Samsung told Reuters that a majority of the affected New Jersey employees received relocation offers, while others were let go.
Russian drones spotted using screwed-on magnetic compasses as navigation aids — the on-board camera can occasionally tilt down to check bearings if satellite comms are lost
Russian drone troops are adding cheap magnetic compasses to help find their bearings. Crude add-on helps them find their bearings and locate their targets even without GPS.
Coil whine can be musical, demonstrates engineering student — this usually hated noise can make some people happy
Video shows that electronic noise pollution can become music.
Clever hacker fits 537,000 domains in a tiny $5 ESP32 ad-blocking dongle — firmware uses only around 50KB of RAM and can answer blocked lookups in 10 milliseconds
This project uses a clever hashing trick to fit over half a million blocked domains into just 4MB of flash memory.
Crazed enthusiast runs PC on 192 AA batteries, successfully boots into Hannah Montana Linux — System is stable during stress testing and even plays FreeDoom
A creator by the name of "Uwoslab" just jerry-rigged three battery banks together, each made up of 64 AA Alkaline cells, to form a giant 192-cell array that's enough to power an AM4 system.
GTA 3 and Vice City are now playable inside San Andreas — a mod lets you revisit Liberty City and Vice City without leaving San Andreas
A GTA modder has embedded GTA 3 and Vice City within San Andreas, even nesting Vice City within GTA 3, with all three games continuing to run simultaneously.
AMD’s new Ryzen 7 7700X3D plummets to $279 days after launch — the X3D chip rules the mid-range at its discounted price
The Ryzen 7 7700X3D has suddenly become a solid value thanks to a $50 promo code, knocking its price down from $329 to just $279 on Newegg.
Strapping 11 fans and a 360mm AIO to an RTX 3080 sounds crazy until you see the 30°C temp drop — modded GPU delivered less than 5 FPS uplift at turbojet noise levels
TrashBench recently decided to test whether adding more and more fans to a powerful GPU would improve its performance.
Jurassic Park packed $4 million of legit 1993 computer hardware — a software engineer detailed every single piece of hardware in the film
Google software engineer Fabien Sanglard meticulously listed the computer hardware and software used in the first Jurassic Park film. He even added details for each device, turning the film into something of a computer museum.
Grab AMD’s Ryzen 7 5800X3D 10th Anniversary CPU with motherboard and 16GB RAM for just $529 — save over $100 on this epic AMD gaming bundle
Newegg has a great combo bundle on sale with over $100 in savings for the fastest DDR4 gaming system you can build today. It pairs a Ryzen 7 5800X3D with 16GB of CL16 DDR4-3200 RAM and an Asus TUF Gaming B550-Plus WiFi II motherboard.
Nvidia RTX 50 Super GPUs are reportedly ready, but stuck in limbo due to excessive GDDR7 pricing — 3GB GDDR7 module costs triple the price of 2GB
The 3GB GDDR7 chips that the RTX 50 Super GPUs will use reportedly cost twice to thrice as much as the 2GB chips found on vanilla RTX 50-series graphics cards. This would likely push the retail price of these GPUs way beyond Nvidia's target MSRP.
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang’s trademark leather jacket raises nearly $1 Million at charity auction — bidding makes $60,000 valuation look like pocket change
The Jensen Jacket' achieved a hammer price of $960,000 this weekend.
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