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Updated 2026-02-26 11:45
HP says memory costs doubled in one quarter, now account for 35% of PC build materials
Interim CEO Bruce Broussard told investors the company has responded by securing long-term supply agreements for the year and has "qualified new suppliers".
MSI's $80 AMD motherboards with DDR4 support swoop in to rescue gamers amid the global RAM crisis — AM4 emerges as the unexpected hero with RAM prices skyrocketing
MSI launches the Pro B550M-B and B550M-A Pro motherboards for previous-generation Ryzen processors that reside on the AM4 socket.
Testing CPU scaling in Resident Evil Requiem — and why we weren’t able to finish the job
We tested CPU scaling in Capcom's Resident Evil Requiem with some fascinating results. However, we weren't able to get through a full suite of CPUs due to Capcom's use of Denuvo Anti-Tamper in Resident Evil 9.
LLMs used tactical nuclear weapons in 95% of AI war games, launched strategic strikes three times — researcher pitted GPT-5.2, Claude Sonnet 4, and Gemini 3 Flash against each other, with at lea
A researcher made three different AI LLMs the heads of state of nuclear-powered nations and made them face off with each other using historical scenarios. Out of the total of 21 matches, 20 ended with a tactical nuke detonation while three resulted in a full-on strategic nuclear exchange, essentially ending the world.
Lucky PC builder orders 32GB Corsair RAM kit for $300, gets a box of 10 worth $3,000 instead — plans to sell all the extra units to the community at pre-AI crunch prices
A Reddit user's order for a pack of 32GB Corsair DDR5 RAM turns into a box of 10, totalling 320GB of memory.
Nvidia posts record $215 billion annual revenue in latest quarterly earnings report — gaming GPUs now only 11.45% of revenue
As sales of gaming GPUs drop quarter-over-quarter, Nvidia enjoys record results amid massive AI craze and lack of rivals for the Blackwell platform.
Valve says it misreported VRAM capacity on some graphics cards in Steam Hardware Surveys — latest data depicting 30% adoption of 8GB GPUs now foggy
In January's Steam Hardware Survey, adoption of 8 GB GPUs was at almost 30% despite marking a 3.11% decline, while 16 GB GPUs were up an impressive 5.85%. Unfortunately, it seems like Valve misreported those numbers as the latest Steam Client Beta update includes a patch node admitting so.
Nvidia delivers first Vera Rubin AI GPU samples to customers — 88-core Vera CPU paired with Rubin GPUs with 288 GB of HBM4 memory apiece
Nvidia begins to ship samples of its Vera Rubin platforms for AI to partners, on track for revenue shipments in the second half of the year.
Micron joins the 3GB GDDR7 party, introduces 36 Gbps modules for GPUs — lags behind speeds of Samsung and SK Hynix
Micron officially introduces its own 3GB GDDR7 memory module, with an official bandwidth rating of 36 Gbps.
Inside Meta and AMD's $100 billion deal, and why AMD is giving up a slice of the company in return for GPU orders — Meta stays platform-agnostic as it develops AI compute strategy
AMD and Meta's blockbuster deal could see the company signing away 10% of shares in the business to Meta. We examine why AMD is keen to secure AI hardware orders, and explore Meta's AI compute strategy.
Microsoft clarifies Windows 11 printer driver policy — support for legacy printers is not ending
Microsoft confirmed today that Windows 11 is not ending support for legacy V3 and V4 printer drivers despite previous reports
China to increase leading-edge chip output by 5x in two years, report claims — aims to lift 7nm and 5nm production to 100,000 wafers per month, targeting half a million monthly by 2030
Chinese foundries looking to increase 7nm and below capacity to 100,000 wafer starts per month in one or two years, says Nikkei.
Newegg’s 25th anniversary sale is here, unlocking huge discounts on gaming PCs, laptops, RAM, SSDs, and more — jaw-dropping Doorbuster deals include a rare RTX 5070 at MSRP and an iFixit t
To celebrate Newegg's 25th anniversary, the retailer is releasing some epic Doorbuster deals at 9 am PT, with huge discounts on a range of tech.
Nvidia still hasn’t sold a single H200 to China nearly three months after getting the green light from the White House — U.S. Commerce official says department hasn’t approved any sa
U.S. Department of Commerce Assistant Secretary for export enforcement David Peters said that his agency has not approved a single H200 export license since President Donald Trump allowed Nvidia to sell them to China.
Razer Iskur V2 NewGen gaming chair review: A much-needed ‘cooler’ update to an already solid chair
The Razer Iskur V2 NewGen replaces the Iskur V2 in the lineup, and upgrades materials to make you cooler.
Choose an Intel or AMD CPU and save up to $1200 on an RTX 5080-powered Omen Max 16 laptop — high-end gaming just got cheaper
Save up to $1200 on a new HP Omen Max 16 RTX 5080-powered gaming laptop.
Trump administration to use Pentagon AI to set mineral reference prices — gallium and germanium among first four targets
The Trump administration wants to use DARPA's Open Price Exploration for National Security (OPEN), an AI tool launched in 2023, to calculate what supplies of strategically important rare earths should cost once labor, processing, and other inputs are factored in and the effects of alleged Chinese market manipulation are removed.
Save $349 on a 9850X3D, bundled with 32GB of RAM and a motherboard at Newegg — RAM effectively $150 when paired with X870E Aorus and AMD's fastest gaming chip
Get an AMD Ryzen 9850X3D CPU, 32GB of DDR5, and an X870E Aorus motherboard at Newegg.
LG opens pre-orders for massive 52-inch 5K2K curved monitor — $1,999 monster is built for both gaming and productivity, with 240Hz refresh rate
LG's UltraGear evo G9 aims to serve both gamers and productivity professionals by pairing a high-resolution 5K2K panel with a fast 240Hz refresh rate in an ultra-wide 52-inch form factor.
Modder pushes rare 20GB RTX 3080 Ti past 550W with risky power shunts and liquid metal cooling — project reveals full performance potential of the unreleased GPU sample
A Reddit user, after acquiring an engineering sample of an unreleased 20GB Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti, has modded it to bypass its power limits and take it to its maximum performance to make it behave "much more like the 3080 Ti class GPU it should have been," according to the modder.
Lian Li SP1000P SFX power supply review: Exceptional power density in compact form
The Lian Li SP1000P SFX offers outstanding power density in compact form, though thermal management warrants attention at sustained maximum loads.
Sambanova introduces new AI accelerator, partners with Intel to deploy Xeon CPUs for inferencing and agentic workloads — Sambanova claims SN50 chip is three times more efficient than Nvidia B200
SambaNova says its SN50 AI accelerator platform is about five times faster and three times more efficient than Nvidia's B200. In addition, the company signs a pact with Intel to offer Xeon-based AI systems to enterprises and governments.
Tinkerer builds VR headset with CRTs repurposed from Sony Watchman — makeshift VR rig isn't the sharpest, but eliminates screen-door effect
A YouTuber has taken two old Sony Watchman devices, pulled out their 2.7-inch black-and-white CRT displays, and put them into a Google Cardboard contraption for the ages.
Enterprising developer somehow writes an x86 CPU emulator in plain CSS — no Javascript, no WASM, just stylesheet computing
Enterprising developer somehow writes an x86 CPU emulator in plain CSS
The world’s first transatlantic fiber-optic cable is being ripped up after 37 years on the sea floor — TAT-8 to be removed after entering service in 1988, broke in 2002
Subsea Environmental Services is currently hauling TAT-8 off the seabed near Portugal, more than two decades after it was decommissioned.
DJI sues the FCC over its prohibition on importing new foreign-made drones into the US — Chinese firm contests its placement on the regulator's 'covered list'
Following the FCC's decision last year to put DJI on its "Covered List' of blacklisted companies, the drone firm has just sued the agency. It argues that the import ban undermines the principles of a fair market, while denying Americans access to the latest technology.
Nvidia's N1/N1X chips leak once again, this time tipped for release in first half of 2026 — hotly-anticipated chips to reportedly debut on Dell and Lenovo laptops
After years of rumors and leaks, something feels different in the air as multiple reports are now pointing toward an actual, official launch for Nvidia's N1/N1X SoCs. These highly elusive chips have been in the works for years, have faced multiple delays, but the excitement for their release never died down.
US gov't warned Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, Tim Cook, and Lisa Su that China could invade Taiwan by 2027 — Apple CEO reportedly said he sleeps 'with one eye open'
A new investigative report from The New York Times reveals that, in July 2023, senior US intelligence officials privately briefed some of the tech industry's most powerful executives on classified assessments regarding China and Taiwan.
Qualcomm's 2019-vintage AI100 chip finally scores a major deployment — Saudi Arabia's Humain takes delivery of 1,024 systems
Qualcomm's 2019-vintage AI100 chip finally scores a major deployment
AI boosted US economy by 'basically zero' in 2025, says Goldman Sachs chief economist — 'We think there's been a lot of misreporting of the impact that AI investment had on GDP growth'
The U.S. economy isn't being propped up by AI investment, despite the common narrative. According to Goldman Sachs, despite hundreds of billions in investment announcements, AI has done little to uplift American financial interests.
ATAboy bridges old IDE drives to the 21st century with Open Source USB host bridge — powered by a Raspberry Pi RP2350 and with custom "Award" BIOS menu
Using the power of the Raspberry Pi Pico 2's RP2350, ATAboy bridges the hard drives of old, with the computers of today.
Save over $400 on this awesome Newegg combo with an AMD Ryzen 7 9850X3D — just $849.99 for high-spec haul that comes with an MSI X870 Tomahawk and 32GB of fast DDR5 RAM
Save $408 on this AM5 combo featuring the Ryzen 7 9850X3D, 32GB DDR5-6400, and MSI X870 Tomahawk motherboard-yours for only $849.99 at Newegg while the deal lasts.
Ambitious developer showcases slick triple-level Quake-like game stored in tiny 64KB executable — every game asset tucked inside what could be a ‘rounding error’ in modern app payloa
Developer Daivuk has released QUOD, a 64KB boomer shooter' with an uncanny resemblance to id Software's seminal FPS title, Quake.
Apple to produce Mac Minis in Houston for the first time — US chip sourcing tops 20 billion units
Apple announced that it will begin producing the Mac Mini in Houston, Texas later this year, marking the first time that the compact desktop has ever been manufactured in the United States.
AMD and Meta strike $100 billion AI deal that includes 10% stock deal — 6 gigawatt agreement includes up to 160 million AMD shares
AMD and Meta have announced an AI chips deal thought to be worth more than $100 billion.
Save $649 by buying 64GB of DDR5-6000 G.Skill RAM with an Nvidia RTX 5070 GPU — Newegg will even throw in a free Cooler Master CPU cooler to sweeten the deal
Pair an MSI Shadow RTX 5070 graphics card with 64GB of G.Skill Trident Z5 Neo DDR5-6000 Memory for $1,049.99 - Newegg combo deal strikes again.
AI tool OpenClaw wipes the inbox of Meta's AI Alignment director despite repeated commands to stop — executive had to manually terminate the AI to stop the bot from continuing to erase data
Meta's AI Director of Alignment asked OpenClaw to clean up her inbox, only for the AI agent to nuke everything inside.
Score a massive $350 saving on an AMD Ryzen 7 9850X3D with 32GB of DDR5 RAM, now just $650 — epic Newegg combo matches the world’s fastest gaming CPU with high-speed memory for your next g
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.
ASML makes breakthrough in EUV chipmaking tech, plans to increase speed by 50% by 2030 — new 1,000-watt light source fires three lasers at 100,000 tin droplets every second
ASML to use a new CO2 laser system and tin droplet generator to increase EUV light source performance to 1000W and lithography tool productivity to 330 wafers per hour in 2030 and beyond.
Anthropic's new AI tool can write 67-year-old COBOL code, which sends 115-year-old IBM's stock tumbling by 13% — IBM stock has worst day in 26 years, down 25% MoM and counting
IBM stock takes a 13% whiplash after Anthropic announces COBOL AI tooling
Optical device beams data at speeds up to 25 Gbps via light, up to 25 kilometer range with ultra-low latency — Taara Beam uses silicon photonics technology, device about as big as a shoebox
The Taara Beam offers a fiber-like connection without the hassle of acquiring right-of-way and laying cable. It delivers up 25 Gbps of throughput with ultra-low latency at a range of up to 10 km.
218-pound PC built inside a cast-iron Victorian radiator — cooling an RTX 5090 'probably out of the question'
Cast-iron Victorian radiator gaming PC build finalized and tested by Billet Labs.
OpenAI couldn’t finance its data centers, so it took control of the hardware instead — company's chip design aspirations lag behind Google and Amazon
OpenAI spent much of 2025 trying to build its own AI data centers, only to find that it couldn't secure financing on competitive terms.
Amateur burglar steals three GPUs worth $11,000 from computer shop in Korea — thief broke in using a drill hammer and walked out with only 3 cards
A thief in South Korea fled with two RTX 5090s and an RTX 5080 when he broke into a local computer shop. Instead of going for maximum potential gains and picking up RAM, he valued high-ticket items that would sell quickly. The police are already looking for the suspect, but the shop owner promises to show leniency if the items are simply returned.
NASA engineers reprogrammed Mars helicopter's Snapdragon chip to run the rover instead, reconfiguring system from 140 million miles away — repurposes its 'ancient' unused Qualcomm 801 SoC, accur
The Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 chip was used to communicate with the Ingenuity Mars helicopter. But now that it's been retired from service, NASA engineers found another use for this relatively powerful chip.
Asus and Acer back online in Germany after patent dispute took them out — laptops and desktops still not available following injunction
Following a temporary injunction on sales, Asus and Acer have restored their German websites for sales and support. However, some products are still unavailable.
Anthropic accuses DeepSeek, other Chinese AI developers of 'industrial-scale' copying — Claims 'distillation' included 24,000 fraudulent accounts and 16 million exchanges to train smaller models
Anthropic claims DeepSeek, Moonshot, and MiniMax made 16 million exchanges using 24,000 fraudulent accounts to advance their models using Claude.
Portable USB DVD writer with 2.5-inch SATA and SD card dock slashed by 30% to $21 — optical drive can read and write CDs at 24X, and DVDs at 8X
Optical drives can still be handy in 2026, though desktop and PC laptop makers very rarely offer them. Here's a USB-attached device that is also a SATA dock, and more, for under $21.
Intel preps CPUs with 'Unified Core' architecture — job listing hints at evolution beyond Intel's hybrid design
Intel's confirms 'Unified Cores' project in a job listing, but actual CPUs with these unified cores could be years away.
German data center giant hikes prices up to 37% starting April 1 — Hetzner cites rising hardware costs for price increases
German data center operator Hetzner announced today that it's raising prices across its cloud, dedicated server, storage, and load balancer products starting April 1.
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