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Updated 2026-09-24 14:45
Japanese used bookstores see 5x sales surge as books are being bought by the ton, one 50-ton order sent to the US for AI scanning and destruction
Investigators reckon Japan's used bookstore boom is likely due to the written-word harvesting of foreign AI giants.
Logitech refreshes legendary Blue Yeti microphone with 3D voice tracking and AI denoising
After years without a major successor, Logitech's Yeti 2 arrives with new features designed to simplify microphone setup and audio adjustments.
The three-pronged future of custom PC building — from repurposing forgotten parts to ultra-premium works of gaming art
This is probably the worst time ever for PC building. Here's how and why I think the hobby (and the market) still have a future to look forward to.
Leading semiconductor analyst says AMD should be investigated for 'treason' over availability of restricted chips in China, AMD blames diversion of export-controlled RFSoC
Top semiconductor analysis firm accuses AMD of treason, AMD says it could have been 'diversion' of an export-controlled adaptable radio platform.
GMKtec Evo-X3 review: Strix Halo in a brand new suit
GMKtec has radically remodeled its AMD Strix Halo flagship AI mini PC. The statuesque redesign looks more premium and stays cool and quiet, but the Evo-X3 is around twice the price of the Evo-X2, with the same chip, which we reviewed back in February.
Save $149 on this 3-item gaming combo from Newegg
Fight back against the RAMpocolypse with this 3-item Newegg combo that features the Ryzen 7 9800X3D, 32GB Corsair Vengeance RAM, and Asus TUF X870E motherboard for only $1,050, a $149 savings
Micron discontinues 2GB GDDR7 chips for gaming GPUs as it pivots toward higher-density memory for AI
Micron is reportedly ending production of its 2GB GDDR7 chips, shifting attention toward higher-density 3GB parts used in more lucrative professional and AI-focused GPUs.
ASML says it sold 'absolutely nothing' in Europe in 2026
ASML calls EU authorities to help create demand for European chips as Europe's share in its revenue drops to 0% in 2026.
Lucky 3D artist scores Jensen Huang-signed RTX 5090 from used marketplace that's worth up to $15,000
A 3D artist looking to build a new workstation bought this RTX 5090 off of a used marketplace expecting a unit autographed by an Asus executive. But when they opened the box of the GPU, they were surprised to find that it was actually autographed by Jensen Huang himself.
China swiped classified F-35 stealth fighter parts that were diverted through Hong Kong
Components from the one of the free world's most advanced fighter jets are now in the possession of the Chinese, say reports.
New wireless Wi-Fi 7 external GPU box comes with a built-in 4TB SSD for local AI
WiCi wireless external GPU with onboard storage puts AI workloads reach of local machines via WiFi 7.
China’s ultimate gaming GPU hits a performance wall
The latest review of the Lisuan Tech LX 7G100 shows performance comparable to AMD's Radeon RX 580 but trails the GeForce RTX 2060.
British Columbia sues OpenAI and Sam Altman for 'aiding and abetting' school shooter
B.C. is demanding compensation after it says OpenAI's reviewers wanted to call police about the Tumbler Ridge shooter before the attack.
Save big on this vivid 27-inch OLED monitor with fast 240Hz refresh rate
Get this MSI 27-inch 4K QD-OLED monitor for just $359. Enjoy vibrant colors, true blacks, a 240Hz refresh rate, and ultra-fast response time -perfect for gaming and productivity, and one of the best deals around for the specs
Samsung's disastrous firmware update bricks refrigerators ahead of South Korean holiday
A broken Samsung update left many refrigerators stuck and non-functional. The incident, which happened right before a major holiday, has many users complaining of spoiled food and a ruined holiday.
CyberPowerPC lands rare RTX 50-series Founders Edition cards in discounted Walmart rigs
CyberPowerPC is offering five different pre-built gaming PCs with either an RTX 5070, 5080, or 5090 Founders Edition GPUs paired with either an Intel or AMD X3D CPU. They also come with 32GB of DDR5 RAM and 1TB of NVMe SSD, all for reasonable prices.
Microsoft brings Snapdragon X2 Plus to 13-inch Surface Laptop, 12-inch Surface Pro
Microsoft's lowest-end systems are getting upgrades to Qualcomm's latest Snapdragon X2 Plus processors.
China's YMTC wins patent battle against Micron in ongoing 3-year legal war over memory patents
A Munich court has granted YMTC two injunctions against Micron over 3D NAND patents, the latest development in a years-long cross-border legal battle between the memory rivals.
Alibaba claims new Qwen Image 2.1 AI model beats Google Nano Banana 2.0 with minuscule 7B parameter model
Alibaba Group's AI division has released Qwen 2.1 Image, an ultra-lightweight image generation model with just 7B parameters, able to run on local hardware like the RTX 3090.
$14,000 gaming PC features 70 handcrafted titanium cherry blossoms which unfurl as temperatures rise
The Aftershock PC Cherry Bloom includes 70 hand-crafted cherry blossoms made of titanium alloy that open and close with the heat generated by the PC.
Sony INZONE M10S II 27-inch 540 Hz QHD OLED gaming monitor review: A major player in a crowded field
Sony brings saturated color and speedy gameplay to the OLED genre with its INZONE M10S II 27-inch QHD monitor. It boasts a 540 Hz refresh rate, 720 Hz at HD resolution, Adaptive-Sync, HDR, and wide-gamut color.
China's ByteDance gained access to over 2,000 Nvidia B200 chips through Norway data center
UK-based Nscale signed a deal with Spring (SG) Pte Ltd, which is a subsidiary of Chinese tech giant ByteDance. The company did not make any direct mention of the TikTok parent in its filings for a U.S. IPO, while a supporting document only labeled Spring as a significant customer.
Alibaba unveils Zhenwu V900 AI accelerator, claims it's 'the most powerful AI chip in China'
Alibaba's T-Head Zhenwu V900 claims three times the M890's performance with 216GB of memory as Alibaba targets 10T-parameter Qwen
Upgrade your gaming experience with this 27-inch Acer 1440p 270Hz panel that’s an incredible 45% off
Jump into high-refresh-rate 1440p gaming without breaking the bank: Acer's 27-inch 1440p 270Hz IPS gaming monitor is just $179, a whopping 45% off
AMD begins to add GDDR7 support to its Linux GPU drivers
Recent changes to AMD's Linux drivers to enable GDDR7 memory and other graphics IP blocks could indicate that that enablement work on its RDNA 5 GPUs is under way.
Meta's new transoceanic undersea cable boasts a whopping petabit of bandwidth
Meta has announced Petal, a new subsea cable that will carry a petabit of raw bandwidth across the 4,300 miles between the USA and France.
This 32GB Corsair Vengeance DDR5-6000 memory is the cheapest kit available
Get a great deal on 32GB Corsair Vengeance DDR5-6000 RAM. Just $439 after promo code SSF73844 yields one of the lowest priced 32GB kits available today
China launches 'Supercomputing-1' AI satellite as orbital data centers gather momentum
But it's a far cry from an orbital data center.
Airbus turned the Steam Deck into a controller for a prototype Mars rover
Airbus engineers have employed Valve's Steam Deck handheld as a fancy remote control for the firm's new ExoMars
Beat the Switch 2 storage crisis with this $99 512GB microSD Express card
Amazon has slashed 33% off the price of the Samsung P9 microSD Express card for the Nintendo Switch 2, bringing it down to $99.99.
Durabook Z14I-DX3 rugged mobile workstation folds three screens into a 9.8 kg chassis
Built for military, emergency services and industrial applications, the Z14I-DX3 packs three sunlight-readable 14-inch touchscreens and up to RTX 5000 Ada graphics into one exceptionally rugged mobile workstation.
Get this spiffy, stealthy MSI Gaming Trio RTX 5090 for just $4,299
Walmart has MSI's GeForce RTX 5090 Gaming Trio for just $4299 as part of its GeForce Week event, a rare deal on the most powerful graphics card around as the AI boom drives prices ever higher.
Bambu Lab R1 Review: This one stands alone
Bambu Lab leverages its mastery of motion systems and UI to create a nearly perfect stand-alone laser.
Glorious GMMK Eternal Review: Fits anywhere, sounds great
Glorious' new GMMK Eternal is a compact 96-percent wired keyboard with hot-swappable mechanical switches and three layers of sound-dampening in the case.
‘We’ll be the first to mine Bitcoin in space’ says Nvidia-backed startup
An Nvidia-backed startup plans to establish a Bitcoin mining operation in space before the year is out.
US and China propose hotline to de-escalate AI threats ahead of Washington summit
The U.S. and China have proposed implementing AI red lines that will not be crossed, as well as a hotline between the two countries to provide rapid communication and opportunities for joint responses to rogue AI actions.
Gaming PC with RTX 5060, 32GB of RAM, and 1TB of storage gets $500 discount
Newegg's ABS Cyclone Aqua prebuilt combines Intel's 20-core Core i7-14700F with Nvidia's RTX 5060 8GB, and 32GB of DDR4 memory for less than the cost of building a comparable system
Memory chips are now more expensive than compute chips on a per-area basis
DRAM makers may potentially get more money for their wafers than TSMC gets for its N3 wafers.
Raspberry Pi locks boards to factory RAM capacities in firmware
Raspberry Pi users are being firmware blocked from swapping the RAM chips on their SBCs for repairs or upgrades.
This $299 2TB MSI SSD is one of the least expensive PCIe 4.0 SSDs you can buy right now
Get a solid deal on the 2TB MSI Spatium M461 SSD. Just $299 after promo code nets one of the least expensive Gen 4x4 SSDs available today.
New DapuStor SSD pairs high-capacity QLC with a permanent pSLC region — trades 6% to 20% of its QLC capacity for more than 7x faster random writes
DapuStor's dual-mode J5060 QLC SSD runs part of its NAND as pSLC, trading 4TB of a 30.72TB drive for 800GB of fast flash.
China's CXMT hits 12nm-class DRAM milestone — new 5th-gen DRAM tech uses quadruple-patterning to boost die capacity by 50%
China's DRAM champion CXMT has begun mass production using its 5th Geb DRAM process technology
OpenAI and Anthropic scramble for smaller data centers as massive gigawatt projects lag — 20-30 MW facilities to provide capacity as mega structures undergo construction
OpenAI and Anthropic are seeking to secure immediate capacity, through smaller data center deals, to meet current demand, despite spending billions on massive deals elsewhere.
iPhone 18 Pro Max storage can drop lower than a hard drive at 1.1 MB/s during heavy writes — QLC NAND offers higher capacity but reportedly suffers 38% drop compared to TLC-based Pro
Apple's use of QLC NAND allows the iPhone 18 Pro Max to offer higher storage capacity, but Homolab's testing highlights the potential performance trade-off under sustained writes.
Get the world’s fastest gaming CPU and a DLSS 5-capable GPU in a gaming PC for $2,299 — fully loaded powerhouse sports Ryzen 7 9800X3D, RTX 5080 Founders Edition, 32GB RAM, and 1TB SSD [Up
Walmart is selling a CyberPowerPC gaming PC with a Ryzen 7 9800X3D, GeForce RTX 5080 Founders Edition, 32GB of DDR5-6000 memory, and a 1TB PCIe 4.0 SSD for $2,299.
Local opposition blocked 45 data center projects worth $68 billion in the second quarter of 2026 — data center investments reportedly still on track to hit $32 trillion by 2050
Local opposition to data center buildouts has blocked $68 billion worth of data center projects in the second quarter of 2026, despite investments still rising.
AMD beats Intel to the trillion-dollar club as stock price soars — firm joins Nvidia, Broadcom, and SK hynix for companies worth over $1 trillion
AMD has crossed the $1 trillion market cap mark, joining an exclusive list of less than two dozen companies around the world.
AMD Ryzen 5 5500F and 7500 show up at retail with pricing above MSRP — budget CPUs are $20 more expensive than list price, even from first-party sellers
Nearly two weeks after they were announced, AMD's Ryzen 5 5500F and 7500 (non-F) are available for sale, though prices are slightly above MSRP.
Huawei shelves global AI chip rollout as China's own demand outstrips supply — 15,488-chip Atlas clusters leverage optical networking to counter Nvidia, scales to 120 EFLOPS
Huawei says it will not offer its latest AI hardware outside of China citing lack of capacity to serve domestic demand.
New RTX 5070 Autumn Limited Edition gaming GPU doubles as an air freshener with built-in 'e-sports aromatherapy' — AX Gaming's white and purple card also features an anime character and floral g
AX Gaming has revealed its latest seasonal anime-themed limited edition graphics card which, this time, is designed to please your nose as much as your eyes.
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