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Updated 2025-10-06 21:15
3DPrintopia 2025: filament, folding printers, and fun at the East Coast's largest 3D printing event
The weeklong festival showcased 3D printers, both old and new, plus new filaments.
ASRock Challenger RX 9070 16GB drops to $549 – get more VRAM than an RTX 5070 for the same amount of green
ASRock's RX 9070 XT Challenger 16GB is on a 8% discount, making it just as cheap as the cheapest RTX 5070's on the market while delivering more VRAM.
Three Steam Deck-ready 2230 SSD upgrades are at record low prices — Crucial P310 2TB at lowest-ever 49% off, WD and Kingston 1TB models dip as low as $65
Three gaming handheld-friendly M.2-2230 SSD upgrades are on sale, some for their lowest-ever prices, with the Crucial P310 2TB sitting at $121.99 for the first time ever.
MSI gaming bundle lets you snag AMD's Ryzen 7 9800X3D for $400 when paired with an MSI X870 Tomahawk WiFi motherboard for Prime Day — $639 for the pair, or $738 with a 2TB SSD
Amazing value on some of the best components from MSI for a powerful PC gaming rig.
Nintendo asks for $4.5 million default judgment against ex-Reddit mod accused of pirating thousands of games — "Archbox" allegedly asked for donations for faster access to his stolen library
Nintendo is suing a Reddit mod for $4.5 million over Switch piracy, arguing that he sold "thousands, if not hundreds of thousands" of illegally-acquired games online. James "Archbox" Williams never responded to Nintendo's cease-and-desist last year, which has now spiralled into a default judgment.
Amazon Prime Big Deals Day has exceptional soldering iron deals
I've scoured Amazon for the best soldering deals, and I've found all the kit you need, while saving you $$$
Grab vital 3D printer maintenance tools for less this Amazon Prime Day — up to 37% off HOTO, Creality, Wera
3D printers need maintenance and with these great tools you'll be producing great prints all day long.
These are the tools we use to build and maintain our precious tech, and they're on sale for Amazon Prime Day
You really do need all of these tools to keep your electronics in good order, and luckily they are all on offer for Amazon Prime Day.
Microsoft says Xbox hardware isn't going anywhere — company reaffirms commitment to AMD-powered next-gen console
Xbox Game Pass' painful price hikes aren't tied to a desire by Microsoft to softly exit the gaming hardware market.
One of the best 8TB SSDs is now also the cheapest at just 6 cents per GB — save up to 14% on the 8TB WD Black SN850X and solve your storage needs for good
The WD_Black SN850X 8TB is now available for $539.99, down from $599.99; however, we've found a way to further reduce the price to $515.98.
Best Prime Day Hard Drive deals 2025 — HDD deals you can still get from WD, Seagate, and Toshiba
These are the best HDD deals, guaranteed to expand your PC's storage without emptying your wallet.
Intel's upcoming Panther Lake family will reportedly feature new "Core Ultra X" branding for fully-spec'd iGPU configs — Core Ultra 7 and 9 processors tipped to feature 12 Xe3 GPU cores
The Panther Lake lineup of mobile CPUs is reportedly set to debut Intel's Xe3 graphics IP, with the top-end SKUs featuring up to 12 Xe3 GPU cores, being dubbed "Core Ultra X," according to the latest leaks. Initially, only Core Ultra 7 and 9 were thought to feature the "X" branding, but Core Ultra 5, with its 10 Xe3 cores, is also rumored to be part of this exclusive club now.
Intel's flagship Core Ultra 9 285K is down to its lowest price ever, at just $489 — score the 24-core processor for $110 off this Prime Day
Intel's Core Ultra 9 285K is often overlooked when it comes to a flagship CPU purchase because of its poor value proposition, but you can now get it for much cheaper than its closest competition, the Ryzen 9 9950X. This 24-core CPU performs neck-in-neck across the board, while consuming less power in idle states.
Acer chief says Nvidia’s Intel investment will complicate PC supply chains — says Lutnick's 50/50 proposal could take 50 years to realize
Acer CEO Jason Chen says that the Nvidia-Intel partnership could potentially complicate product planning and placement for PC makers.
Developer recreates classic shoot 'em up Zaxxon as a UEFI firmware — isometric arcade game coded in x86 assembly for no-OS represents 'total freedom from big tech'
A Zaxxon remake, coded in x86-64 Assembly language, is now available as a UEFI application.
Logitech’s new MX Master 4 is already $30 off on Best Buy and cheaper than its predecessor — Prime Day alternative yields unexpected discount just 7 days after launch
Logitech's latest productivity mouse has barely hit store shelves, but Best Buy is already offering a $30 discount.
Grab a 4TB SSD for 5 cents per gigabyte during Prime Day sales – 8TB models start as low as 7 cents per GB
Roomy 4TB SSDs have dropped precipitously in price in recent years, and even some 8TB models are inching closer to affordability.
Cyberattacks hit 91% of universities and 43% of businesses in last 12 months in the UK — survey suggests more than 600,000 businesses, 61,000 charities affected
UK businesses, universities, and secondary schools have come under unprecedented hacking attacks over the past year, with 9/10 of polled universities claiming to have suffered at least one breach attempt in the past 12 months.
Swiss lab where researchers are working to create computers powered by mini human brains revealed in new report — mini brain organoids revealed, developers say 'we shouldn't be scared of them'
A new report details a tour of a Swiss lab, where researchers are working to develop computers powered by mini human brains.
Best Amazon Prime Day Tech Deals Live Blog — The Best Tech & PC Hardware Deals on GPUs, CPUs, SSDs, and more
Here is live coverage of the best Amazon Prime Big Deals Day deals across tech, PC hardware, laptops, SSDs, peripherals, accessories, and more.
The best cheap tech you can grab this Amazon Prime Day — 13 bargains under $13 to improve your tech life
We've scoured Amazon Prime Day sales pages and found these 13 products that won't hurt your wallet too much
OpenAI and AMD announce multibillion-dollar partnership — AMD to supply 6 gigawatts in chips, OpenAI could get up to 10% of AMD shares in return
AMD and OpenAI have announced a multibillion-dollar partnership to collaborate on AI data centers powered by AMD chips.
Incessant gamer reaches fabled edge of Minecraft map after more than 14 years — has been walking towards mythical 'Far Lands' at the edge of the map since 2011, covering 12,500km in-game
A YouTuber and Twitch streamer finally reached Far Lands, the mythical 'edge' of early builds of Minecraft, after more than 14 years of in-game walking.
Japanese tech giant deploys laser drones to protect chickens — drones are hoped to prevent the spread of avian flu
NTT has designed a laser drone system to protect poultry farms from potential spreaders of avian flu.
Save over $1,200 on a RTX 4060 gaming laptop during Prime Day — pay less than half the normal price for the MSI Raider GE68HX
Last year's MSI Raider GE68HX combines solid performance and premium features, and at this price, it's a steal.
Ukraine’s rotating barbed wire drone barriers discovered by Russians — motorized barriers tear and slice the fiber-optic lines that jam-proof drones leave in their trail
Remote controlled fiber optic-tethered drones may have met their match with a new Ukrainian innovation.
Nintendo Switch 2 supports two different types of Nvidia DLSS — A second, 'light' version for upscaling beyond 1080p, along with the standard, PC-like CNN model
Nintendo apparently includes two different versions of DLSS on the Switch 2, corroborating long-standing rumors of a custom DLSS present on the console. Digital Foundry's latest testing reveals that the second, 'light' version of DLSS can upscale beyond 1080p at the cost of an inferior image while in motion.
Bitcoin rockets to all-time high of over $125,000 — rise fueled by increase in U.S. equities and interest in Bitcoin ETFs
Bitcoin just hit an all-time high of $125,000 due to a combination of investors seeking alternative assets and MegaWhales moving holdings to long-term storage.
Intel’s Core Ultra 5 225F is at an all-time low $170, making Arrow Lake more affordable ahead of Amazon's Prime Day sale
Intel's entry-level Core Ultra 5 225F processor is now available for under $170, offering 10-core performance, PCIe 5.0 support, and an onboard NPU at a wallet-friendly price.
The transistor was patented 75 years ago today — the age of silicon and software began with a three-electrode circuit element using semiconductor materials
75 years ago, the three Bell Labs scientists behind the invention of the transistor would, at last, have the U.S. Patent in their hands.
OCuLink outpaces Thunderbolt 5 in Nvidia RTX 5070 Ti tests — latter up to 14% slower on average in gaming benchmarks
Independent tests confirm that while Thunderbolt 5 improves eGPU performance over Thunderbolt 4, OCuLink's direct PCIe connection delivers superior gaming and bandwidth results, although it remains impractical for most users.
Award-winning gaming keyboard reaches a historic low of $17 just before Prime Day — get 66% off on the Apex 3 TKL for a limited time
The SteelSeries Apex 3 TKL gaming keyboard is on sale for just $16.99 - a 66% discount from its $49.99 original price.
Microsoft reportedly mulls ad-infested free Xbox Cloud Gaming plan — Game Pass Ultimate subscriber allegedly catches ad during game loading
Microsoft is reportedly preparing to launch a new, ad-supported free tier of Xbox Cloud Gaming very soon. You'll have to watch two-minute ads before each session, which will be limited to one hour in duration. You get a total of five hours each month, and only a limited number of games will be available in this tier.
Hyper 212 Pro CPU air cooler drops to an all-time low of $18 just before Prime Day — save big with a 49% discount
Cooler Master's Hyper 212 Pro aRGB air cooler is on sale for half off, just before Amazon's Prime Big Deals Day, making it one of the most affordable tower-style CPU coolers available right now.
UK cops busted for faking productivity while working from home by holding down keys on keyboard — 26 officers and staff reportedly caught trying to trick keylogging software
Officers and staff are finding creative ways to trick the system.
One of the fastest 2TB PCIe 5.0 SSDs is down to its lowest price ever, 8 cents per gigabyte this Prime Day — Enjoy blazing-fast PCIe 5.0 storage for only $159
Crucial is offering its flagship 2TB T705 PCIe 5.0 SSD for just $160, this Prime Day. Utilizing Phison's E26 controller and 232-layer Micron TLC, the T705 achieves read and write speeds of 14.5 GB/s and 12.7 GB/s, respectively, backed by 1,200 TBW of endurance. It earned the Editor's Choice award in our review.
Discord data hacked in latest customer service breach to expose user information — hackers gained access via third-party support systems but didn't steal passwords
Discord's support systems were recently compromised in a data breach, where hackers gained access to some user information via third-party service providers. The hackers intended to extort money from Discord by holding the data, but the company has already begun an investigation and severed the affected provider's access to its ticketing system.
Samsung’s QD-OLED 4K 240 Hz gaming monitors are now at their lowest-ever price for Prime Day — $879 for the 27-inch, $999 for the 32-inch
The new Odyssey G8 QD-OLEDs from Samsung bring flagship-grade visuals, 240 Hz smoothness, and advanced burn-in protection.
Ultra-rare unreleased Pentium 4 with 4.0 GHz clock speed discovered — CPU-Z confirms it is an Intel Pentium Extreme Edition 980
A rare Intel engineering sample from the twilight of the Pentium 4 era has surfaced on social media.
AOL's dial-up internet service killed with a final modem screech after 34 years — America Online goes offline this week, but other dial-up services still exist
AOL's 34-year established dial-up service was finally shuttered this week.
Classic Snake game now playable in your browser URL address bar — JavaScript remake uses Unicode Braille characters to render the game
A new version of Snake, coded to run in your browser's URL address bar, makes playing it on your old Nokia brick feel luxuriously high-res and futuristic.
Crazy Google Japan keyboard design switches keys for dials — the Gboard Dial Edition shows why the software team isn't allowed to design hardware
Google Japan's Gboard team have designed and open-sourced a revolutionary new physical keyboard that boldly eschews keys in favor of dials.
Best MicroSD Express Cards for Nintendo Switch 2 in 2025 — the best cards on the market, benchmarked and ranked
We've carefully chosen the best microSD Express cards to meet the needs and budgets of all Switch 2 owners, based on our detailed lab testing.
Jeff Bezos envisions space-based data centers in 10 to 20 years — could allow for natural cooling and more effective solar power
Jeff Bezos envisions gigawatt-scale orbital data centers within 10-20 years, powered by continuous solar energy and space-based cooling, but the concept remains commercially unviable today due to the immense cost and complexity of deploying thousands of tons of hardware, solar panels, and radiators into orbit.
China to launch commercial underwater data center — facility expected to consume 90% less power for cooling
Chinese company Highlander will be the first to run a commercial underwater data center, serving state-owned companies off the coast of Shanghai.
Crucial's 20Gb/s X10 Pro 2TB external SSD is only $149 in this early Amazon Prime Day deal — rugged and portable USB-C storage for tech lovers
Crucial's X10 Pro 2TB puts large-capacity storage in the palm of your hand. Save $59 in this early Prime Day deal.
AI data centers are swallowing the world's memory and storage supply, setting the stage for a pricing apocalypse that could last a decade
As flash demand climbs and legacy DRAM supply lags, memory prices are rising across the board. Meanwhile, nearline HDD shortages are forcing hyperscalers to accelerate the adoption of QLC SSDs for roles once gated by cost, tightening both ends of the storage market.
BlackRock subsidiary buys up 78 data centers totaling 5 gigawatts in $40 billion deal — AI vendor Aligned added to company's portfolio
BlackRock subsidiary Global Infrastructure Partners set to buy out Aligned Data Centers for $40 billion.
Nvidia details efficiency of the NVFP4 format for LLM training — new paper reveals how NVFP4 offers benefits over FP8 and BF16
Nvidia has demonstrated that its NVFP4 4-bit floating point format - originally intended for inference - can be used for stable, large-scale training of LLMs with minimal accuracy loss, offering significant gains in compute and memory efficiency over both FP8 and BF16.
Samsung's 49-inch OLED gaming monitor drops to lowest-ever price — max out your GPU, not your credit card, for just $879
Amazon is offering the Samsung Odyssey G9 G93SC at a price of $879.99, representing a new all-time low. The gaming monitor typically retails for $1,599.99.
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