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Arm moves beyond IP with AGI CPU silicon — 136-core data center chip targets AI infrastructure with Meta as lead partner
Arm has announced its AGI CPU, an up-to 136-core data center processor that the company designed in-house and will sell as finished silicon.
Microsoft and Nvidia launch AI partnership to speed up nuclear power plant permitting and construction — simulation tools and generative models could hasten historically lengthy processes
Microsoft and Nvidia are joining forces to accelerate the construction of nuclear power plants for power-hungry AI data centers. The partnership combines generative AI, digital twin simulation, and Nvidia's Omniverse platform to streamline the nuclear lifecycle from permitting through operations.
AYANEO's upcoming Next 2 handheld gaming console shelved due to rising component prices — company stops preorders for the $1,999 Strix Halo device
Ayaneo has suspended sales of its next-gen premium gaming handheld as the procurement costs for storage have slipped out of control. When it was first announced, prices were already high, but following the CNY break, vendor quotes had shot up many times, making it unfeasible to build the device. It's a temporary suspension, however, and existing sales will be honored.
Nintendo reportedly plans to cut Switch 2 production by 33% after a lackluster holiday season — gaming giant slashes 2 million units from planned output
Nintendo is reportedly reducing the production of the Switch 2 by 33%, cutting output by 2 million units, due to lackluster sales during the holiday season of 2025.
SK hynix places record $8 billion order for ASML EUV lithography machines — should pay for up to 30 EUV machines over two years, serving HBM and advanced DRAM production
SK hynix disclosed in a regulatory filing on Tuesday that it will purchase 11.9 trillion won ($7.9 billion) worth of EUV lithography equipment from ASML.
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Huawei unveils new Atlas 350 AI accelerator with 1.56 PFLOPS of FP4 compute and up to 112GB of HBM — claims 2.8x more performance than Nvidia's H20
The Atlas 350 is using the Ascend 950PR chip, but it looks like a cut-down version with less compute. Translation overhead aside, previous reports and announcements have already revealed the full specs of this silicon, such as 128 GB of HBM and up to 2 PFLOPS of FP4 compute, but the Atlas 350 is being reported just a smidge below those numbers.
US senators want to suspend Nvidia AI chip export licenses to China and its intermediaries — bipartisan letter to Commerce Dept says that Huang’s claims of no chip diversion ‘were co
U.S. senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Jim Banks (R-Ind.) told Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick that he should suspend all active export licenses to China for Nvidia AI chips, saying that Nvidia's most advanced AI GPUs are being diverted into the country despite Jensen Huang's assurances.
Pentagon formalizes Palantir's Maven AI as a core military system with multi-year funding — platform's investment grows to $13 billion from $480 million in 2024
The Pentagon intends to designate Palantir's Maven Smart System as an official program of record, locking in multi-year funding for the AI-enabled targeting platform.
Unlock the ultimate PC maintenance combo with this electric screwdriver and air duster at a huge $60 saving right now — $99 Amazon bundle pairs Hoto's epic 25-bit precision driver set with its 4
Grab this impressive Hoto NEX O1 Pro mini electric screwdriver set with 25 bits with its AutoCare 4-in-1 air duster and vacuum cleaner in a combo Amazon deal for under $100.
Intel Core Ultra 5 250K Plus review: The new best $200 CPU
Intel's new Core Ultra 5 250K Plus establishes a new baseline for performance in the $200 CPU category. After running it through an extensive suite of benchmarks across games and applications, our testing shows it can match the competition, at worst, and far exceed other options at best.
Microsoft-backed start-up raises $40 million for helium atom beam lithography that could print chips at atomic resolution — 0.1nm beam is 135 times narrower than ASML's EUV light
Lace Lithography raised $40 million in Series A funding on Monday to develop a chipmaking tool that uses a helium atom beam instead of light to pattern silicon wafers.
Autonomous mobile drone swarm killer created in trilateral US defense company collab — the new Leonidas Autonomous Ground Vehicle (AGV) is a high-power microwave platform
A trio of US defense, autonomy, and directed energy industry leaders have created the Leonidas Autonomous Ground Vehicle (AGV) to address the threat of drone swarms.
China laptop vendor eats humble pie, apology says ‘production error’ was behind chip mix-up — full refunds offered to those affected by the fake Ryzen 5 7430U ‘scam’
Budget portable PCs specialist Chuwi has released an official apology to customers who received devices that didn't match up to expected specifications.
Get an entire RTX 5090 Alienware gaming PC for just 17% more than the GPU's standalone cost — 9800X3D beast with 32GB DDR5 and 1TB SSD drops below $4,450 at Dell, saving you a massive $1,200
This Alienware Area-51 gaming PC is one of the most powerful pre-built rigs you can buy. It's on sale with a $1,200 discount, fitted with an RTX 5090, AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D, 32GB of RAM, and a 1TB SSD, all for only $4,449.99, with an RTX 5080 variant even cheaper.
AWS Bahrain suffers major disruption due to the ongoing US-Iran conflict — drone activity blamed for service interruption
Amazon Web Services has confirmed that its Bahrain site has been disrupted due to the ongoing conflict. It's been said that drone activity is causing the service interruption, and that the company is requesting its clients to migrate their workloads to other regions.
Gigabyte X870 Aorus Stealth Motherboard Review: The gothy Goldilocks of rear-connect AM5 motherboards
Gigabyte's X870 Aorus Stealth flies under the radar to give us one of the best reasonably priced BTF boards for the AM5 platform
The best Amazon Big Spring Sale tech deals 2026 — featuring the best prices on the latest gaming PCs, GPUs, laptops, monitors, peripherals, and more
The best Amazon Big Spring Sale deals on gaming PCs, laptops, tools, and accessories.
FCC bans import of new consumer routers not made in the US over security threat — agency says foreign-made devices pose ‘unacceptable risk’ to US persons
The FCC says that it will no longer certify foreign-made routers, effectively making them illegal to sell in the U.S., unless the manufacturer can secure a "Conditional Approval" from the Department of War or the Department of Homeland Security.
Trump administration targets $4 trillion Pax Silica investment fund for semiconductors — the US will start with a $250 million investment for global consortium
The Trump administration is targeting $4 trillion Pax Silica investment for semiconductors. It's not currently clear how the Trump administration arrived at the $4 trillion figure, or how it will ultimately materialize.
Microsoft says, for once, Windows update isn't to blame for Galaxy Book4 laptops losing access to C: drive — the Galaxy Connect app was the culprit, and it's been taken down from Microsoft Store
Microsoft and Samsung investigated a widely reported issue with Galaxy Book 4 devices and said the Galaxy Connect app was the culprit. These laptops were losing access to the C: drive and, initially, people thought it had something to do with Windows Update. Microsoft has posted recovery steps for those that were affected.
Price of Nvidia's Vera Rubin NVL72 racks skyrockets to as much as $8.8 million apiece, but server makers' margins will be tight — Nvidia is moving closer to shipping entire full-scale systems
While quotes for NVL72 VR200 rack-scale system will increase to $5 million - $7 million, margins of ODMs will likely decline.
Thermal pads with in-built vapor-chambers claim 50 to 80 times better thermal conductivity than normal thermal pads — 1,200 W/m-K "Vapor-Pad" from Xerendipity designed to replace traditional TIM
A thermal pad with a vapor chamber on top might be the TIM your next phone's SoC will use. Xerendipity's new products are meant to keep your phone cooler without sacrificing thickness or cost.
Microsoft blocks registry trick that unlocked performance-boosting native NVMe driver on Windows 11 — workarounds still exist to enable support, however
Microsoft has blocked the registry trick that allowed Windows 11 users to enable a native NVMe driver on their PCs. However, third-party tools can still help with a workaround.
Nvidia CEO says he's 'empathetic' to DLSS 5 concerns — Jensen Huang doubles down on defense while decrying 'AI slop'
In a new podcast appearance, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang struck a more conciliatory tone concerning DLSS 5, saying he's 'empathetic" to concerns about the feature producing "AI slop."
AMD's Enterprise CPU and GPU roadmap: Venice, Verano, Zen 6, Helios, and CDNA
AMD has impressive plans in the data center realm for 2026 and 2027 that could further impress its position on the market for CPUs and AI GPUs with products like its Helios platform and Instinct MI500 AI accelerators.
GTC 2026: Ian Buck press Q&A transcript — VP of Hyperscale and HPC speaks out on shelving CPX and shipping LPU decode this year
Following Nvidia's GTC 2026 keynote, where CEO Jensen Huang laid out the company's Vera Rubin architecture and the Groq 3 LPU acquisition, Nvidia's Ian Buck sat down with press for a Q&A session.
LG produces the world's first mass-production LCD laptop display capable of 1 Hz to save power — OLED version arriving in 2027
LG introduces the world's first mass-produced LCD laptop display that can wind down to 1 Hz to save power, similar to high-end smartphone LTPO displays.
YouTuber upgrades 14-year-old ThinkPad laptop with a $25 DIY IPS display — simple panel swap breathes new life into 2012-era machine with 'visually noticeable' results
A YouTuber has given a 2012-era Lenovo ThinkPad X230 a "visually noticeable upgrade" by swapping out its TN panel for an IPS replacement that cost just $25.
Imagination Tech working on mainstream PC gaming with ‘ambitious graphics card and SoC design companies’ — shows off progress with DirectX 11 workloads
The UK's Imagination Technologies is teasing its roadmap to 'bring highperformance, scalable, PowerVR graphics to desktop, workstation, and cloud environments.'
Apple MacBook Air (13-inch, M5) review: Steady as it goes
The MacBook Air with M5 offers a strong variety of performance and premium materials to make it a strong computing value.
Crimson Desert devs apologize for ‘confusion’ over Intel GPU FAQ — backtracks over prior dismissive language regarding Arc graphics support
The Crimson Desert devs have apologized for prior dismissive language regarding Intel GPUs and confirmed that a support update is on the way.
The legendary AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D just hit its lowest-ever price on Amazon — grab our favorite gaming CPU with a $60 saving for undeniably brilliant performance
The AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D is down to an all-time low price of $419.95, making it a must-buy CPU option for gamers.
Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus review: Back from the brink
After testing the Core Ultra 7 270K Plus, we've seen fantastic application performance across our suite of benchmarks. Gaming performance still struggles, however, even with Intel's Arrow Lake Refresh changes and an interesting new Binary Optimization Tool.
Get the 9800X3D CPU, Asus TUF gaming X870, and 32GB of DDR5 RAM, plus a free 512GB Gen 4 SSD and Crimson Desert, all for $959.99 — Newegg's combo bundles strike again
Save $248 when you pick up this 9800X3D, X870 mobo, 32GB DDR5-6400 RAM, and 512GB SSD bundle for just $959.99 at Newegg.
Concerns raised over Shahed kamikaze drone listings on Alibaba — they featured AI guidance to lock onto ‘people, building, vehicles, ships, etc’
Chinese eTail giant Alibaba has removed listings and suspended the accounts of sellers that were found to be advertising 'cruise missiles' and 'suicide attack drones.'
Valve adds early Steam Machine support in SteamOS 3.8 — latest update brings performance gains, better controller support, and desktop improvements
SteamOS 3.8.0 preview introduces early Steam Machine support while delivering performance upgrades, improved VRR, and broader handheld compatibility
Intel's long-rumored Core Ultra 3 205 CPU finally appears for sale at French retailer — priced at $182, early listing confirms previously-known specs for the chip
The Core Ultra 3 205 is an 8-core chip with 4 performance cores and 4 efficiency cores, part of the Arrow Lake family, branded as the Core Ultra 200S series. It never officially launched despite being listed at several OEMs as a "tray" chip and even being mentioned in Intel's own documents. Its newest spotting is on a French retailer's website where it's only available on order.
Jensen Huang says Nvidia engineers should use AI tokens worth half their annual salary every year to be fully productive — compares not using AI to using paper and pencil for designing chips
The Nvidia chief said that he will be alarmed if his engineers did not use AI tokens amounting to about half their annual salary, saying that AI tools will 10x their productivity.
UV resin injection cures ancient, cataract-inflicted CRT monitor — repaired 20-inch Trinitron would have been an enviable display in the mid 1990s
A video documents attempts to fix a vintage 20-inch Trinitron CRT suffering from cataracts by injecting UV resin.
MacBook Neo costs more in Portugal due to copyright levy for piracy compensation taxes — storage costs extra in multiple countries, thanks to draconian laws that pre-punish buyers
Macbook Neo Portuguese copyright levy fee highlights draconian piracy compensation laws
Mad lad stores and loads Doom from within DNS — TXT record type abused to store game data
Madlad twists DNS into storing and loading Doom
RTX 5060 in a house fire suffers melted shroud and fans, but survives with PCB intact — scorched GPU just needed a cleanup and a new cooler for full restoration
This RTX 4060 survived with flames all around it.
Micron predicts that cars will need 300GB of RAM — memory-laden vehicles could exacerbate shortages but create 'robust long-term growth in automotive memory demand'
Micron CEO Sanjay Mehrotra predicts that self-driving vehicles would require at least 300GB of RAM, meaning increasing demand could drive another memory chip shortage as these cars are essentially AI supercomputers on wheels.
Elon Musk unveils $20 billion ‘TeraFab’ chip project to make chips, memory, and package processors all under one roof — targets a terawatt of annual compute
Tesla and SpaceX CEO, Elon Musk, announced Saturday night that his TeraFab semiconductor project will be built on the Tesla campus in eastern Travis County, Austin, Texas, as a joint venture.
GrapheneOS refuses to comply with new age verification laws for operating systems — group says it will never require personal information
GrapheneOS, the privacy-focused Android fork, said in a post on X on Friday that it will not comply with emerging laws requiring operating systems to collect user age data at setup.
California scientists 'FlyTrap attack' on DJI drones demonstrated — patterned umbrellas lure autonomous drones close enough to be captured or even induced to crash
Researchers at UC Irvine have demonstrated a pattered umbrella-based drone capture and crashing technique.
Grab the Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 9070 XT for $799.99 — comes bundled with 1000W PSU and free copy of Crimson Desert
AMD's Radeon RX 9070 XT based on the RDNA 4 architecture is currently the company's most powerful graphics card offering impressive 1440p and 4K gaming performance.
Two brothers convicted of running ghost gun factory that produced untraceable 3D printed firearms — used 3D printers to build gun frames while associates purchased other parts on eBay
Brothers Brandon and Justin Nudelman have been convicted of running a ghost gun factory, with the group using 3D printers to print gun frames while purchasing other parts online to build and sell untraceable weapons.
Intel released its first Pentium chip on this day 33 years ago, came packing 3.1 million transistors — fifth-gen x86 chip built on an 800nm process
33 years ago today, the Pentium lineage began, shaping decades of personal computing to come.
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