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FCC reverses course, allows software updates for foreign-made drones and routers until 2029 — agency says blocking security patches could create cybersecurity risks
The FCC has extended waivers allowing certain covered foreign-produced drones, drone components, and routers to continue receiving software and firmware updates until at least 2029, citing cybersecurity and consumer protection concerns.
Maryland citizens slapped with $2 billion power grid upgrade bill for out-of-state AI data centers — state complains to federal energy regulators, says additional cost breaks ‘ratepayer pr
Maryland is complaining to the federal energy regulator about PJM's plan to charge it $2 billion for grid upgrades that will mostly benefit data centers, especially as the state claims that the majority of these developments are being built in neighboring regions.
Cloudflare cuts 20% of its jobs due to AI, and its stock takes a 19% spill — 1,100 jobs disappearing as company increased usage of AI sixfold over past months
Cloudflare cuts 20% of its jobs due to AI, and its stock takes a 19% spill. The company announced it will be cutting 1,100 jobs and has increased its usage of AI sixfold over the past few months.
Save $290 on this Ryzen 7 9800X3D, 32GB DDR5, Samsung 9100 Pro 1TB combo from Newegg — $949.99 bundle includes free 750W power supply and one-year VPN subscription
Newegg's latest AM5 combo pairs the Ryzen 7 9800X3D with 32GB DDR5 memory, a Samsung Gen 5 SSD, a free Corsair PSU, and a NordVPN subscription.
Nextorage NEM-PAC 2TB SSD Review: A solid, PS5-ready workhorse
The Nextorage NEM-PAC is a quiet contender with good performance and a PS5-compliant heatsink. It's a competent Gen 4 SSD but is otherwise unexciting.
Best budget gaming laptops of 2026: The best cheap laptops we've tested and benchmarked
Gaming laptops are expensive, and only getting pricier as AI-driven shortages increase. Here are the best options for budget gaming laptops on the cheap, comprised of laptop models that we have tested throughout our full, stringent gaming test suite that measures performance in demanding graphical conditions.
Fears grow that age verification coming to VPNs as a British research firm labels them a 'loophole' — one app developer saw downloads surge by 1,800% in just the first month after the UK's Onlin
The paper noted that VPN downloads spiked after enforcement began in the UK and several U.S. states.
Testing Nvidia's RTX Mega Geometry tech — VRAM-reducing tech a leap forward for path-traced rendering
We took Nvidia's RTX Mega Geometry technology through a series of tests in Alan Wake 2 and the RTX Bonsai Diorama Demo to see how this tech reduces VRAM consumption and eliminates visual artifacts, thus helping pave the way to photorealistic real-time graphics.
Commodore Amiga-emulating TheA1200 retro computer delayed nearly half a year by ‘global chip shortages’ — Retro Games Ltd says it will use the extra time to finesse the software
The A1200 has been delayed nearly half a year due to 'global chip shortages' and is now scheduled for release on December 4.
Supermicro-tied execs used Thailand government entity to ship Nvidia AI GPUs to China — report alleges Chinese web giant Alibaba received restricted servers
A network to smuggle restricted Nvidia AI hardware has been found: it shipped to Alibaba, among other destinations.
Chinese grey market sells Claude API access at 90% off by using stolen credentials, model substitution, and harvesting users' prompts and outputs for resale as AI training data — 'transfer stati
A grey-market economy of API proxy services in China is reselling access to Anthropic's Claude models at as little as 10% of the official price.
Linux mascot Tux the penguin hits 30 years old — Linus Torvalds outlined the design of the 'slightly overweight penguin' on May 9, 1996
Linux mascot Tux the penguin was first conceptualized by Linus Torvalds on this day in 1996.
Apple reportedly strikes deal for Intel to make some of its chips — two tech giants reached a preliminary agreement for Intel to make processors for Cupertino
Intel and Apple have reportedly reached a deal in which the former will manufacture chips for the latter.
Nintendo is raising the price of the Switch 2 by $50 starting in September — Console will soon cost $499, but you can avoid the price hike if you buy now
The price hikes have come for the last remaining current-gen console, as Nintendo has just announced that it'll make the Switch 2 more expensive in various regions around the world. America is getting a $50 bump this September, while Japan will see similar increases by the end of this month. Even Switch Online subscriptions will become costlier.
North Korean fake remote worker scam lands two Americans 18-month prison sentences for hosting laptops — US firms unknowingly shipped laptops to “employees” who secretly worked from
Two Americans have been sentenced to prison for helping North Korean operatives infiltrate nearly 70 US companies through fraudulent remote IT jobs, enabling overseas access to company laptops via RDP and generating over $1.2 million for the regime.
Maingear MG-1 (2026) review: Fast and clean, for a price
The Maingear MG-1 offers a super-clean build in case with personalization options, but the front panel could use some more ports.
Microsoft CTO confesses that 30-year-old code from the mid-90s still forms the bedrock of Windows 11 — ancient Win32 API still the backbone, but CTO says it's 'more relevant than ever in 2026'
A top Microsoft exec has admitted that Windows 11 still relies on a bunch of old code from the 1990s.
AI data center bans are rapidly multiplying across the US — 69 jurisdictions block new builds, with four moves noted as permanent
More jurisdictions across the United States have been enacting a data center ban, with the total number of active bans reaching 50 as of April 2026.
Testing the top Thunderbolt 5 docks with up to 140W Power Delivery, 10 GbE, and even internal M.2 SSD slots — Razer, CalDigit, Hyper, Ivanky, and WAVLINK go head-to-head
We've tested the top Thunderbolt 5 docks on the market, combining six into one battle for the crown.
Save $444 on this top-tier gaming PC combo with Asus Prime RTX 5070, Ryzen 9850X3D, X870E motherboard, and 32GB of RAM — world's fastest gaming CPU meets copious amount of RAM
Newegg's latest combo deal packs AMD's Ryzen 7 9850X3D, an Asus X870E motherboard, RTX 5070 graphics card, and 32GB of DDR5 RAM into a nearly complete AM5 gaming PC for just $1,494.99 - a massive $444 off
The Middle East had everything data center builders and hyperscalers could wish for — then the Iran war happened
The Middle East has been a hotspot for investment into data centers, with multiple large projects in planning, attracting wide global investment. But that belief has been shaken by the disruption within the region after Israel and the United States launched their first attempt to decapitate the Iranian regime.
Save $575 off this stellar gaming PC armed with a 16GB RTX 5060 Ti and 32GB of DDR5 memory — $1424.99 ABS Flux II Aqua Gaming PC prebuilt costs less than some of its parts
A 16GB RTX 5060 Ti and 32GB of DDR5-6400 RAM are highlights of this great value ABS Flux II Aqua prebuilt gaming PC.
Senator at center of Utah AI data center debate gets physical, slaps phone out of reporter’s hand — reporter covering cases of harassment against his business
Utah State Sen. Jerry Stevenson (R.-Layton) got into a physical confrontation with an ABC4 reporter as they tried to cover the harassment being made against his employees by people against the proposed Box Elder County data center.
SK hynix customers offer to buy its EUV machines and fund new fabs as memory capacity hits zero amid crushing AI-driven shortages — worsening global shortages pry open wallets to the tune of hun
The offers go well beyond standard long-term supply agreements.
Internet archival sites struggling to preserve the internet because of skyrocketing hard drive prices due to the AI boom — Wayback Machine and Wikimedia punished by stratospheric storage pricing
Hard drives are so expensive now that archival efforts are being hurt as a result of the AI boom snatching all production lines. Organizations like Wikimedia and the Internet Archive are just about keeping up with the rising costs, but individual preservationists have given up for the time being. This is all on top of websites blocking scraping bots because of AI.
Google's DeepMind to train AI on player actions in quarter-million-player MMORPG Eve Online — Google bought in by purchasing a minority stake in the newly independent Fenris Creations
Google will leverage data from one of the most complex and multi-layered sci-fi RPGs to train its AI, as DeepMind begins training in Eve Online.
Valve opens Steam Controller reservations today at 10 AM PT after record-breaking sell-out — reservation queue puts real fans ahead of automated bots
Valve will open Steam Controller reservations on May 8 at 10 AM PT, with a limit of one controller per user.
Lenovo joins retro gaming handheld race with new G02 system — handheld for sale on AliExpress, listed on Lenovo's official China site
AliExpress has started selling the Lenovo G02, a retro handheld gaming device that the company has not announced.
Devastating 'Dirty Frag' exploit leaks out, gives immediate root access on most Linux machines since 2017, no patches available, no warning given — Copy Fail-like vulnerability had its embargo b
Dirty Frag exploit gets root on most Linux machines since 2017, no patches available
AMD announces MI350P PCIe AI accelerator card with 144GB of HBM3E — roughly 40% faster in FP16 and FP8 theoretical compute compared to Nvidia's H200 NVL competitor
AMD launches a new MI350P PCIe AI-accelerator card with half the cores and memory of its flagship Instinct MI355X GPU. The new card provides customers with a drop-in upgrade solution for existing air-cooled servers.
White House reportedly considers mandatory government vetting of AI models before release — executive order under discussion
The Trump administration is in early discussions about an executive order that would create a government review process for AI models before public release.
Lian Li’s new DK07 Wood motorized standing desk doubles as a dual-PC chassis with support for E-ATX systems and massive cooling setups — five new wood-finished models are available now
The updated version adds a dark walnut finish while retaining support for dual systems, large GPUs, and extensive cooling setups.
Motherboard sales 'collapse' by more than 25% as chipmakers strangle enthusiast PC market to build more AI chips — Asus projected to sell 5 million fewer boards in 2025, Gigabyte, MSI, and ASRoc
The combined sales of the four biggest motherboard manufacturers are expected to fall by at least 28% in 2026, with the entire industry selling 11.7 million less units due to increasing PC component costs.
Now 15% off, Razer's fantastic Basilisk V3 Pro wireless mouse with 30K DPI sensor is reduced to clear in this limited deal — 30K DPI sensor, optical switches, and long battery life for only $84
Grab 15% off the fantastic Razer Bailisk V3 Pro wireless gaming mouse at Woot in this limited clearance sale.
Intel Core Ultra 5 225 review: Arrow Lake’s forgotten CPU needs a price cut
Intel's Core Ultra 5 225 has been swept under the rug, given the disappointing debut of Arrow Lake, but with a slight price adjustment, it could be a compelling CPU.
Musk's SpaceX has rented out access to its supercomputer's 220,000 Nvidia GPUs and 300 megawatts of AI compute power to rival Anthropic — Musk says “No one set off my evil detector,”
Anthropic has signed a deal with SpaceX to access the latter's massive data center, which has over 220,000 Nvidia GPUs and 300 megawatts of computing power.
Save $1,100 on this powerful gaming rig with Nvidia RTX 5070 Ti, Intel 14900KF, 32GB of RAM, and 2TB of storage — ABS Stratos Aqua on deep discount
Score the potent ABS Stratos Aqua ready-to-game prebuilt with i9-14900KF and RTX 5070 Ti for just $2,175.
Nvidia’s ISP piracy defense backfires as judge refuses to dismiss copyright lawsuit over more than 197,000 pirated books — scripts in NeMo Framework allegedly ‘have no other purpose&
Nvidia said that its NeMo Megatron Framework has non-infringing uses and that it's not liable for any piracy that its users might do.
After a $16 billion Stargate AI data center was built despite being voted down, Michigan towns rush to block new buildouts — massive facility will suck 1.4 Gigawatts of energy to power ChatGPT
Backlash now covers county resolutions, bipartisan state legislation, and a regional water authority refusing to serve proposed facilities.
High-capacity HDD roadmap: the race to 100TB and zettabyte-scale storage — Toshiba, Seagate and WD outline three distinct strategies
As data center demand surges toward zettabyte scale, Seagate, Toshiba, and Western Digital are pursuing sharply different technology strategies in their pursuit towards 100TB and beyond.
GameNative unlocks up to 100 fps gameplay for PC games on Android devices by adding multi-frame generation — Vulkan version of Lossless Scaling boosts performance
GameNative's latest update brings Lossless Scaling's multi-frame generation technology to Android devices. Enabling a triple-digit FPS experience from a 30 FPS base frame rate.
College student hacks Taiwan high-speed rail line with software defined radios, stopping four trains — 19 years without crypto key rotation ends in predictable result as hacker sails through 7 l
College student hacks Taiwan high-speed rail line, stopping four trains
Samsung chip workers reject $340,000 one-time bonus, demand annual payouts like SK hynix's $900,000 — workers want share of AI windfall, impending 18-day strike could cost Samsung up to $11.7 bi
Negotiations between the National Samsung Electronics Union, which represents workers in the company's chipmaking division, and management have seemingly broken down over a single issue.
Save nearly $300 on AMD Ryzen 7 9850X3D and Asus Prime RTX 5070 bundle, plus an 850W PSU — score the core components to a new gaming rig for only $940
Pick up a 9850X3D, RTX 5070, 850W PSU, and a copy of Capcom's Pragmata game for just $940
3D-printed rocket fuel successfully tested, could enable lighter missiles and faster production rates — new additive manufacturing process tested at 1,800 PSI
Chromatic 3D Materials has successfully tested 3D-printed rocket propellant capable of withstanding 1,800 PSI combustion pressures, potentially paving the way for faster rocket production, more advanced thrust geometries, and resilient distributed defense manufacturing.
PCIe 8.0 spec hits 1 TB/s of bandwidth and has new connector technology — spec hits 0.5V milestone, final ratification expected in 2028
PCI-SIG announces availability of the first PCIe Gen8 draft, reassures 256 GT/s data transfer rate, maintains backwards compatibility, evaluates new connector technology.
Xbox CEO Asha Sharma kills Copilot for Gaming — overhauls leadership with CoreAI veterans
Sharma took over as Xbox CEO in February after Phil Spencer retired following 38 years at Microsoft.
Nvidia invests $300 million in Corning to build three new US-based optical fiber plants — AI infrastructure deal would boost fiber production capacity by over 50%
Nvidia invests $300 million in Corning to help partners that deploy its hardware in the U.S. to get enough of optical fiber, grant Nvidia control over a significant chunk of domestic fiber production.
Survey shows that nearly half of Americans don't want new data centers built near their homes — 47% oppose the construction of new AI data centers in their neighborhood
According to a new survey conducted by Ipsos at the end of last year, almost half of all queried Americans said they would oppose an AI data center being built near their community.
Steam Controller and Puck CAD files officially released under a Creative Commons license — Valve encourages users to create accessories for the device
Valve just released the 3D CAD files for the Steam Controller and Puck under a CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 International license, allowing gamers and enthusiasts to design and 3D print their own accessories for these gadgets. The company even encouraged everyone to share their creations.
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