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Jensen Huang now accused of affair with Nvidia executive who reported to him, alleged cover-up attempt — new indiscretion comes in wake of admitted affair with alleged Chinese spy
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang reportedly had an extramarital affair with a direct report, following a separate affair with a woman suspected of being a Chinese spy.
AMD’s Venice-X maxes out family at 5.3 GHz, returning 3D V-Cache to data center after four years
AMD's Venice-X CPUs launch in the second half of 2027, bringing 3D V-Cache back to the data center after four years on the sidelines.
Prusa launches new carbon-fiber and carbon-nanotube-filled 3D printing filament for electronics manufacturing
Prusament PETG ESD is the cheapest ESD filament on the market, while being carbon-fiber reinforced, something the competition doesn't have.
OpenAI and Georgia county leaders hit with Mafia-style RICO racketeering lawsuit over $30 billion AI data center
The plaintiffs alleged that the parties committed fraud and concealment through NDAs and misleading public statements.
PC peripheral maker Logitech giving all of its 7,000 employees the day off to play GTA 6
Accessory maker Logitech has a new "Logi Game Day" initiative that allows employees to take a day off from now until this time next year to play a game of their choice - including the one everyone is talking about.
SpaceX develops its own ‘Kessel’ rack-scale system featuring 72 Nvidia Rubin GPUs for data centers in space, report claims
SpaceX is reportedly developing a 'Kessel' rack-scale system design with 72 Nvidia Rubin GPUs that relies on a massive 84-layer PCB midplane.
Softbank loses $3.7 billion on canceled AI data center gas turbine orders days after denying Elon Musk’s claim it was defaulting
SoftBank might not have defaulted on a raft of gas turbine orders, but it has pulled out of deals for unwanted power units after overestimating how many it could use amid the AI data center buildout boom.
ASRock quietly rolls out new firmware after disastrous previous update killed Radeon RX 7900-series GPUs
Asrock's VBIOS 1.0.6 update follows reports of Radeon RX 7900 XT and XTX graphics cards failing to boot after installing the previous firmware.
Montech King 95 3D Pro case review: The King has returned
The new Montech King 95 3D case offers 3-panel panoramic views of the inside, loads of interior space for components and cooling, and the Pro version comes with seven RGB fan
Nintendo unleashes DMCA takedown wave against open-source Switch modchip firmware, 144 tools disabled
Nintendo is going after the open-source firmware behind hardware modchips on Nintendo Switch
Cognichip reveals how its new AI-assisted program can slash chip design times from months to days — automating labor-intensive tasks cuts design time down, Chief Product Officer explains
Cognichip claims its AI can slash chip design time from months to days, only that that design must be very simplistic.
Congress could issue subpoena to Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang if he doesn’t respond by today to request for a ‘joint, closed-door briefing’
Three committee chairpersons want to grill Jensen Huang about his company's 'security protocols against foreign adversary espionage,' as a former CIA agent says that he had a target on his back as the leader of a trillion-dollar company.
Cyanogen co-founder unveils Kora, a Linux OS that splits AI models across the CPU, GPU, and NPU
Kora, a Linux desktop OS with built-in AI models and agents for local agentic work, is coming to PCs in 2027, including Snapdragon X2 Elite machines.
Linux kernel reviewer steps down from memory management duties due to influx of AI slop patches
Linux kernel memory-management code reviewer steps down due to influx of AI slop patches - volume of submissions coupled with low manpower forces the step back
AMD shares how it can retain 95% of server performance with just half the DRAM, sidestepping memory shortages with MEXT
Following AMD's acquisition of MEXT earlier this year, the company has revealed its own IT infrastructure is using the technology to run servers at 50% DRAM capacity while achieving 95% of the performance of a full-DRAM system in certain applications.
Save 36% on this Hoto cordless rotary 3D printing toolkit for makers, now under $32
Grab a 36% saving on Hoto's cordless rotary toolkit, with a 25,000 RPM motor, 35 accessories and a built-in LED ring light.
Elon Musk wants to build a s $24 billion gas-powered AI supercomputer in Texas company town
The city of Starbase, Texas, is set to vote on a proposed $24 billion data center to be built within its limits, but the SpaceX company town may not provide the friendly regulatory environment that owner Elon Musk might have hoped for.
Ukrainian drone operations squeezed by fiber optic cable shortage triggered by AI data center buildouts
Ukrainian drone manufacturer BlueBird Tech says that limited fiber optic supplies are making it harder to build jam-proof fiber optic drones.
Grab 32GB DDR5 for $351 with this Newegg bundle with the 9800X3D, $87 less than the next cheapest memory
Another brilliant Newegg combo deal has combined the eight-core AMD Ryzen 7 9850X3D with 32GB of V-Color DDR5-6400 RAM, all for just $650, saving you a whopping $348.99 in the process.
Modder routes PC water cooling loop to radiator outside to beat the winter heat
A Reddit PC builder didn't want to bother opening a window in the winter when their system made their legs too hot, so they created an automated split cooling system to dump heat outside.
3,500 laser-armed AI submarine drones patrol Norwegian salmon farms, killing sea lice and protecting 112 million fish
3,500 Stingray AI laser robots deployed around salmon pens along the Norwegian coast 24/7 protect over 112 million fish from sea lice.
Microsoft lobbies against potential ban on Chinese optical networking gear for AI data centers as FCC mulls restricting imports
The ITI is lobbying against the ban of these optical transceivers needed by data centers to convert electrical signals into optical signals.
AMD VP and chief Zen architect rebuke claims that Nvidia and Arm made CPUs for agentic AI — ‘We didn’t magically know four years ago that agentic was going to be a thing’
Nvidia and Arm have new agentic CPUs," a title that high-ranking AMD employees are pushing back against with the launch of Zen 6 EPYC Venice CPUs.
AMD Zen 6 EPYC ‘Venice’ deep dive and benchmarking
AMD has pulled back the curtain on its Zen 6 microarchitecture. We deep-dive into the differences between Zen 5 and 6, as well as detail our first benchmarks of AMD's Venice CPUs.
Alice Huang reportedly instrumental in securing over $7.5 billion of Nvidia AI GPU imports during three-year relationship with Jensen Huang
Alice Huang is reportedly connected to a web of Chinese companies, which then leveraged her closeness to Jensen Huang to gain access to billions of dollars' worth of Nvidia GPUs.
Secretlab debuts monitor light bar add-on to reduce glare and eye strain
Popular desk and chair maker Secretlab has released a new monitor light bar.
New framework grades AI jailbreaks across capability gains, scope, and how easy they are to deploy
Frontier Model Forum releases its Jailbreak Rating Framework to estimate how easy it is for models to escape their cages and how much damage they can do.
Going deep on local AI performance benchmarking with Apple’s Mac Studio with M5 Ultra taking on Nvidia DGX Spark
But if you're thinking about dropping over $10K for the purpose of building a local AI inference setup, is a Mac Studio right for you?
Elon Musk’s Terafab targets 1 million wafers a month after 2032
Tesla and SpaceX's Terafab reportedly plans 1 million wafers per month after 2032, with about 700,000 for memory.
Linus Torvalds says that AI fixes drove most of the progress in latest Linux kernel
Linus Torvalds thinks that AI fixes drove most of the progress in Linux kernel 7.4rc2 - BPF saw more AI-written fixes than bug reports, possibly indicating a tidal shift
President Trump says the FBI is investigating Jensen Huang’s affair
The FBI is probably concerned about the implication of a Chinese agent having influence over the leader of the U.S.'s leading AI chip manufacturer.
$10 programmer saves BIOS-locked Lenovo ThinkPads from the dump
Many cheap company ThinkPads come with supervisor passwords and often end up as e-waste. Ukrainian YouTuber Hileeq shows how easy it is to bypass the password with a $10 programmer.
Software engineer Rickrolls his Prusa 3D printer via remote code execution exploit
A software engineer demonstrated the ability to Rickroll a 3D printer via remote code execution (RCE). This security flaw has been fixed in the latest Prusa software.
Upgrade your PS5's storage for GTA 6's digital pre-load with these SSD storage options from $174
With GTA 6's digital pre-loads beginning on November 10, you'll need enough storage on your PS5 to match. Here are some of the top PS5 SSD options to help you.
Steam Store adds average FPS data so you can see game performance before making a purchase
Valve is adding a new feature to the Steam store that tracks performance data and then displays it anonymously to users who match the hardware.
Grab 32GB DDR5 for $371 in this Newegg RAM bundle with the 9800X3D, $70 less than buying it separately
This Newegg bundle brings together the AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D, 32GB of DDR5-6000 RAM, a Gigabyte X870 Aorus Elite Wi-Fi 7 motherboard, and a free ATX case for $1,090.98.
Seagate resurrects hybrid storage: Hands-on with the FireCuda Forge – 8 or 20TB external hard drive requires you to bring your own NVMe SSD
Seagate takes on high SSD storage prices with the Firecuda Force, a 8TB or 20TB hard drive that requires you to bring your own M.2 2280 SSD (ideally 1TB, with DRAM). It's a throwback to the days of hybrid drives, and the experience is pretty seamless once you install your SSD. But if you don't already own an SSD that you can drop in, it's still quite expensive.
All net-connected vehicles from two major automakers allowed hackers to remotely unlock doors and start the engine
Any net-connected vehicle from two automakers could be remotely opened and started - now-patched failures with API backend security showcase a lack of 101-level best practices
Orbiting ESA satellite plays Doom after receiving voice commands from amateur radio operators on Earth
Radio amateurs in Oslo spoke a command to ESA's OPS-SAT PRETTY satellite, which recognized it on board and launched Doom.
Law firm files class-action lawsuit against Nvidia after CEO Jensen Huang confirms affair with alleged Chinese spy
Class-action lawsuit and legal investigations against Nvidia over securities fraud start flying
Ethereum Foundation sued after firing employee over mandatory 'Source Seppuku' suicide pact
A former employee of The Ethereum Foundation is suing the nonprofit after being fired for refusing to sign its 'Source Seppuku License.'
Nvidia cracks down on overseas cloud AI GPU rentals for China
Nvidia may cap cloud partners' Chinese business at 49% as Chinese firms buy up more than 1 million gaming and workstation GPUs.
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang summoned to Congress over affair with alleged Chinese spy
Jensen Huang has been summoned to appear before Congress's Select Committee on the CCP.
Bizarre AI chip demo uses butter to highlight how new chip runs 40 degrees cooler than the competition
DEEPX demonstrated its DX-M1 processor's cool running capabilities in a bizarre dairy-based thermal benchmark.
Acer Predator Helios Neo 16S AI Review: Slim OLED gaming that doesn't last long
The Acer Predator Helios Neo 16S AI pairs strong gaming performance, a 240 Hz OLED display, and good upgradeability but compromises the package with relatively short battery life.
Nvidia RTX PRO 6000 user’s cables almost melted, even when limited to 500W
The 12V-2x6 connector nearly took out two RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Workstation GPUs; luckily, the owner spotted the damaged cables before they melted the GPU connectors.
Anthropic skips six-year waitlist with massive $3.4 billion gas turbine generator deal
Anthropic has committed $3.4 billion to secure 1.7GW of gas-fired generators from OnePWR Solutions, taking over existing Caterpillar orders as lengthy equipment lead times push AI companies to build their own power infrastructure
Memory shortage spurs smartphone makers to melt used memory off old devices, then re-solder it onto new products
Reballed memory currently accounts for a small share of smartphone components, but adoption could nearly double by 2027 as manufacturers look for alternatives to increasingly expensive DRAM.
Lawyer builds private AI server with eight used Nvidia V100 GPUs
A lawyer runs DeepSeek V4.1 Flash on eight used 2018-era Nvidia V100 GPUs at up to 215 tokens/s, keeping case files in the office.
China builds massive 800-megawatt AI data center campus to rival US Stargate project
Envision has delivered the first 120MW of its Galaxy AI datacenter in less than a year, combining wind farms, battery storage and an unconventional cooling system to cut costs and keep power-hungry servers running
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