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Updated 2026-03-04 03:45
Intel Chairman Frank Yeary retires, Craig Barrat to become the new chairman of the Board of Directors
The man who tried to split Intel retires from the board of directors.
Seagate begins shipping 44TB hard drives with HAMR tech to data centers — Mozaic 4+ platform expands to 10 platters
Seagate has begun shipping its 44TB Exos HDDs based on its HAMR technology to two hyperscale customers as others qualify the all-new Mozaic 4+ hard drive platform.
AI memory crunch forces DRAM market into 'hourly pricing' model, report claims — small and medium-sized businesses fighting for survival
According to DigiTimes, these companies began struggling to absorb soaring memory costs in the second half of 2025.
Intel's make-or-break 18A process node debuts for data center with 288-core Xeon 6+ CPU — multi-chip monster sports 12 channels of DDR5-8000, Foveros Direct 3D packaging tech
Intel formally announces Xeon 6+ CPUs with up to 288 cores that are made on 18A process technology.
Nvidia RTX 5070 mobile GPU looks set to get more VRAM despite global memory crisis — 8GB could be boosted to 12GB, according to new listings
Multiple manufacturer listings show a new Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 Mobile graphics card with 12GB of GDDR7 memory.
2026 will bring sharpest PC declines in over a decade — PC shipments to fall 10.4%
The forecast puts 2026 on track for the steepest device shipment contraction in over a decade, according to Ranjit Atwal, senior director analyst at Gartner.
Apple's new MacBook Air gets M5 and doubles starting storage — base price increases to $1,099
Apple today announced updates to its best-selling laptop, the MacBook Air.
Drones attack several AWS Middle East region data centers amid Iran war, leading to outages — service health been disrupted after power cut due to fire risk
Amazon's data center business in the Middle East has been adversely impacted amid the 2026 Iran Conflict.
Apple launches new MacBook Pros powered by M5 Pro, M5 Max, and 2x faster SSDs — new 'Super Cores' help deliver up to 30 percent performance boost
Apple's MacBook Pros get a healthy uplift in performance for CPU, graphics, and storage, but prices also increase across the board.
Nvidia-backed trial shows AI data centers can flexibly adjust power use in near real time, with global implications for energy consumption — suggests hyperscalers can reduce consumption as neces
A U.K. study suggests that AI data centers can reduce their power demands during peak hours instead of running at maximum capacity at all times.
Biwin Black Opal X570 Pro SSD Review: An 8TB unobtanium monster
The Biwin Black Opal X570 Pro is a monster of a drive and a compelling alternative to the 8TB Samsung 9100 Pro.
South Korean authorities lose over $4.8 million in crypto after posting mnemonic recovery phrase online — stolen PRTG tokens part of funds seized by National Tax Service from high-value tax evad
South Korea's National Tax Agency added a photo of a hardware wallet in a press release, which also listed its mnemonic seed phrase. This led to an unknown user using the code to recover the wallet and steal over US$4.8 million in crypto seized by the government.
New DNA HDD can be ‘erased and overwritten repeatedly’ — University of Missouri researchers aiming for next-gen thumb-drive-sized storage
The University of Missouri (Mizzou) is developing a 'DNA hard drive,' which 'moves the field closer to a practical, rewritable system.'
DRAM bots reportedly being deployed to hoover up memory chips and components — one operation ran 10 million web scraping requests, hitting DDR5 RAM product pages every 6.5 seconds
Online security firm DataDome just reported that it has stopped a massive scalping effort to buy memory modules and resell them at inflated prices, turning the memory situation from bad to worse.
Save $650 with this Newegg GPU and RAM combo deal — get a $1,349.99 64GB Kingston DDR5-6000 RAM kit for just $700 when you bundle it with an MSI Ventus RTX 5070 Ti graphics card
Grab Newegg's GPU and RAM bundle to make savings on a new gaming PC build.
Pocket $219 in savings when you buy this blistering 9800X3D, motherboard, and 32GB RAM bundle — start your AM5 4K gaming rig for less than $1,000
Get AMD's 9800X3D processor along with a B850 motherboard and 32GB of RAM for less than $1,000.
Microsoft adds Shader Execution Reordering (SER) in latest DirectX SDK for more efficient ray tracing — Intel Arc B-series GPUs show 90% performance uplift
Microsoft has officially brought Shader Execution Reordering (SER) and Opacity Micromaps (OMMs) out of preview with the latest DXR 1.2 update, as part of DirectX Agility SDK 1.619. With SER and OMM now standardized, more game developers and GPU makers will be able to adopt it to make ray/path-traced scenes run much faster.
Phison is now demanding customers pre-pay with shorter timelines — NAND squeeze affecting everyone in the SSD supply chain
Phison is now demanding customers pre-pay with shorter timelines
Nvidia’s RTX 5070 seemingly crushes memory shortages to reign supreme as Steam’s number one GPU — but there are questions about why
The latest Steam Hardware & Software Survey for February 2026 has shown that the GeForce RTX 5070 has become the platform's most popular gaming graphics card, but there are some doubts about the survey methodology.
Nvidia releases new GeForce 595.71 driver to fix serious fan control bug — new update resolves issues for RTX 30, 40, and 50-series GPUs that reportedly stopped some fans from working
A new Nvidia GPU driver, 595.71, has been released which resolves issues in its since-recalled 595.59 driver which reportedly caused some graphics card fans to stop working.
Transcend 260S 2TB SSD Review: A Dependable Alternative PCIe 5.0 Contender
The Transcend 260S is not a record-setter but it does deliver consistent performance in what should be a reliable package.
Exploring the future of Artificial Intelligence — today's models, tomorrow's agents, and the big privacy problem
The world of AI is getting more complex, and we assess the current state of LLMs, what makes them tick, and explore the risks and features that companies are looking to integrate in the future.
ISSCC 2026: Rebellions details industry's first quad-chiplet AI solution with UCIe interconnects — claims Rebel100 AI accelerator equals the power of Nvidia H200 with lower power envelope
Rebellions details how it developed one of the world's first quad-chiplet AI accelerator with UCIe interconnects and how it did not use all of the technologies that the UCIe 1.0 specifications includes.
Entry-level PC market to ‘disappear’ by 2028 — rising memory prices pile more strain on consumer PC market
A 130% surge in combined DRAM and SSD prices by the end of 2026 will push PC prices up 17% compared to 2025 levels and wipe out the sub-$500 PC market.
Starlink Mobile teases ‘5G speeds from space with 100x the data density’ — V2 satellites are being sent into orbit to power the upgrade
Starlink's official social media channels are boasting about an incredible performance update on the way to mobile customers.
Grab this awesome 4K-ready gaming PC with a 7800X3D and RX 9070 XT for under $1,750 — $150 saving on powerful all-AMD rig with 32GB of DDR RAM and a spacious 2TB SSD
Save $150 on this powerful CyberPowerPC gaming rig, powered by the AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D and our favorite gaming GPU right now, the AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT, alongside a 2TB SSD and 32GB of DDR5 RAM, all for just $1,749.99.
Cave-inspired 3D printed Japanese home touted as earthquake resistant — two-story house first of its kind to be granted seismic compliance certificate
Construction of the first government approved two-story 3D printed home has been completed in Japan. The design is 'cave-inspired.'
Save $190 when you bundle AMD's new 9850X3D CPU, Gigabyte X870 motherboard, and fast 1TB SN850X SSD for $839 — Newegg's new SSD bundles get you an SSD priced at $319 for just $129
Newegg's latest combo bundle slaps a 1TB WD Black SN850X SSD in with a Gigabyte X870 motherboard and Ryzen 7 9850XD processor.
AMD details Ryzen AI 400 desktop with up to 8 cores, Radeon 860M graphics — APUs won’t be available as boxed units, only in OEM systems
After announcing Ryzen AI 400 APUs earlier this year, AMD has finally revealed the specifications for the chips. However, they're targeting OEM systems, and they top out lower than AMD's Ryzen AI 400 mobile lineup.
Lenovo's Legion Go Fold-able gaming handheld concept has four screen modes, also works as a small laptop — POLED display unfolds from 7.7 to 11.6 inches
Lenovo's Legion Go Fold handheld concept has four screen modes ranging from 7.7 to 11.6 inches, and doubles as a small laptop. It uses Intel Core Ultra Series 2 and detachable controllers, but this early prototype needs some work to make it more stable.
Lenovo's Framework-like Modular AI PC concept lets you put a screen just about anywhere — detachable keyboard and ports make the machine customizable
Lenovo's ThinkBook Modular AI PC Concept debuted at IFA, with a detachable display and keyboard to personalize the device to the way you want to use it.
Lenovo brings a blue ThinkPad T14 to Mobile World Congress — slew of new devices includes a Legion 7a with Strix Halo
Lenovo is updating its ThinkPad, Yoga, and Legion laptop lines at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.
Gigabyte's huge 55-inch 4K 120Hz gaming monitor is now half price — grab this Android-powered display with HDMI 2.1 for just $9 per inch
If you've been looking for a big gaming monitor to satisfy your needs, then Gigabyte's S55U has you covered with its 4K 55-inch 120Hz panel.
Windows 11 continues gaining traction, nears 75% market share — Windows 10 finally on the way out, some five months after Microsoft axes support
Windows 11 finally breaks 70% market share, five months after Microsoft ended support for Windows 10.
Amiga Workbench Simulator helps you pick your ultimate retro desktop — TAWS recently updated with refinements to OS 3.2, AmiBench presets
TAWS - The Amiga Workbench Simulation has been updated with refinements to Workbench 3.2, AmiBench, and more.
‘200,000 living human neurons’ on a microchip demonstrated playing Doom — Cortical Labs CL1 video shows the gameplay and explains how the neurons learn the game
Australia's Cortical Labs has demonstrated its 'body in a box' CL1 biological computer playing Doom.
Orico BookDrive P10Plus (512GB) review: Magnetic back and 100W passthrough charging
Orico's BookDrive P10Plus feels solid and has a magnetic back for snapping onto smartphones, as well as a 100w passthrough charging port. But its performance is lacking in one key area - especially for professional users.
Enthusiast runs desktop PC off 56 AA batteries — Intel computer lasts less than 5 minutes while playing Minesweeper
YouTube creator ScuffedBits experimented with a desktop PC and AA batteries just to see how many they needed to run and for how long will a desktop PC last on AA battery power alone.
The Nvidia GeForce3 launched 25 years ago — underappreciated at launch, its impact shaped the industry
Technological evolution rarely looks important in the moment. In fact, sometimes it even looks like a regression.
California introduces age verification law for all operating systems, including Linux and SteamOS — user age verified during OS account setup
The law's broad definition of an "operating system provider" pulls in not just Windows, macOS, Android, and iOS, but Linux distributions and Valve's SteamOS.
AMD’s K6-III ‘Sharptooth’ debuted this week in 1999 with on-die L2 cache to savage the Intel Pentium II — it also held the line against the Pentium III
AMD launched its first processors with on-die L2 cache this week in 1999, heralding the beginning of the Super Socket 7 era.
Grab a mobile workstation with a jaw-dropping $1,200 discount and 96GB of DDR5 memory — Lenovo's robust & powerful ThinkPad P14s is on sale for just $1,539
The P-series in Lenovo's ThinkPad lineup is aimed at professionals looking for a lot of CPU power, and this unit in particular pairs that with an insane 96 GB of RAM. The processor under the hood is the Strix Point flagship Ryzen AI 9 HX PRO 370, featuring 12 cores and Radeon 890M integrated graphics for light 1080p gaming.
US military uses a laser to blast a drone out of the sky on the US-Mexico border — the target belonged to Customs and Border Protection in the friendly fire incident
The U.S. military accidentally shoots down a CBP drone flying near the U.S.-Mexico border with a laser system after mistaking it for a cartel drone.
OpenAI strikes deal with Pentagon following Claude blacklisting — Anthropic to challenge supply chain risk designation in court
Altman's announcement came not long after President Trump ordered" every federal agency to immediately stop using Anthropic's technology.
390TB video game archive being taken offline due to skyrocketing RAM, SSD, and hard drive prices — AI-driven supply squeeze results in closure of one of the largest online video game archives
Myrient, which hosts more than 390TB of preserved video games, is set to go offline at the end of March 2026 due to rising storage and memory costs. The founder says they're spending more than $6,000 out of pocket per month to keep the project going.
Memory vendor under fire for imposing hefty 15% depreciation fee on returns despite skyrocketing RAM value — user expected RMA replacement but gets hit with a loss instead
Silicon Power reportedly charged a 15% depreciation fee while refunding a user their 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4-3200 RAM, meaning they'll only receive $46.72, which isn't even enough to buy a single 8GB DDR4-3200 RAM stick at current prices.
OpenAI raises $110 billion in largest-ever private tech funding round, Nvidia throws in $30 billion — AI startup now valued at $730 billion
$50 billion from Amazon, $30 billion from Nvidia, and $30 billion from SoftBank, with additional investors expected to join as the round progresses.
Industry murmurs suggest Sony will no longer release PS5 exclusives on PC — New leadership might be willing to forgo PC revenue to fortify console platform
Reports from around the gaming world are heavily pointing toward the end of Sony's first-party AAA games being available on PC. Single-player PlayStation Studios titles are apparently now going to be assess on a game-by-game basis for launch on PC, with the general strategy pivoting to keeping them on console indefinitely.
AMD Ryzen 7 9850X3D vs Intel Core i9-14900K faceoff — Intel’s Raptor Lake platform continues to be relevant in 2026
The Ryzen 7 9850X3D now leads AMD's gaming lineup, but Intel's Core i9-14900K remains a powerful choice for productivity-focused users. We tested both in a head-to-head battle to see which CPU comes out on top.
Developer's 1994 Linux desktop recreation runs in your browser as a modern web app — open-source project brings old-school CDE interface back from the dead and features classic 90s web browser,
A new GitHub project has resurrected the 1994 Linux experience with this Debian clone in your browser, a pixel-for-pixel recreation of the original Common Desktop Environment that early Unix system users will be familiar with.
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