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Updated 2026-09-09 21:00
Apple A20 Pro powers iPhone Duo, 18 Pro — the company's first 2-nanometer smartphone chip
Apple's new A20 Pro SOC will power the iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone Duo as its first 2 nm smartphone chip.
Switch 2 Zelda 40th Anniversary Edition preorders hit $1,000 on eBay — Amazon and Walmart are your last shot at $520 MSRP
Scalpers have started selling preorders of the Nintendo Switch 2 The Legend of Zelda 40th Anniversary Edition on eBay, starting at $700.
Intel-backed auto-overclocking tool Hypertune optimizes individual systems, not test profiles — tool claims FPS improvement of up to 60% on Intel-based systems
Hypertune is an automated overclocking tool built on top of Intel's Extreme Tuning Utility (XTU) SDK and built in collaboration with engineers at Intel.
Framework cuts 32GB and 64GB memory prices for new Laptop 13 Pro, issues retroactive refunds — modular laptop maker secures 'limited quantity' of LPCAMM2 RAM at lower cost
Modular laptop maker Framework is dropping some of its memory pricing, including for some already-shipped orders, in a piece of good news for consumers.
Microsoft reportedly gives secret Xbox Game Pass discounts to churned subscribers to reel them back in — targeted offers slash up to 30% off the regular price
Microsoft appears to be using dynamic pricing to push select users to commit to Xbox Game Pass.
OpenAI says its next-generation processors could be made at Samsung — double-sourcing with TSMC hints at massive volume requirements
OpenAI deepens chip cooperation with Samsung, possibly prepares to Double source AI ASICs from two foundries in a bid to get more in-house silicon to its data centers.
Save 40% on Autodesk’s Media and Entertainment Collection — thousands of dollars worth of software in a single bundle
Autodesk is offering a 40% discount on its Media and Entertainment Collection for a limited time.
Goodram PX700 2TB SSD Review: High-end punch on a budget core
The Goodram PX700 matches good all-around performance with high power-efficiency in a cool-running package. It performs mostly like a premium drive, although pricing remains a concern.
OpenAI's breakthrough solution for the elusive Navier-Stokes problem overshadowed by plagiarism controversy — researcher says OpenAI scraped Codex session and issued career threats
OpenAI announced that a team using one of its internal frontier models has solved the Navier-Stokes problem. However, the announcement has been mired in controversy.
LG strongly denies TV spying claims, says tracking and snooping concerns 'not true' — online investigation claims 216,000,000 TVs spy and record audio
LG has strongly denied recent security and privacy concerns raised regarding its smart TVs.
Nintendo unveils The Legend of Zelda 40th Anniversary Switch 2 for $520 — First-ever special-edition Switch 2 drops October 19, alongside $100 Pro Controller, pre-orders live
Nintendo is releasing its first-ever limited-edition Switch 2 to commemorate Zelda's 40th anniversary and it will cost $520. It does not come with Ocarina of Time, but you can purchase a similarly-themed Pro Controller for $100.
OpenAI claims GPT-6 Astra is an ethereal 'Alien Mind' with AGI-like qualities — company warns of alignment challenges as new frontier leader emerges
OpenAI has made bold claims with its new GPT-6 Astra AI model, and it's certainly capable, but benchmarks suggest it has many of the usual weaknesses alongside the strengths, while cost and accessibility are still the biggest factors in widespread usage.
This $502 4TB Crucial T705 is the cheapest Gen 5 SSD you can buy right now for just 12.5 cents per GB — ultra-fast storage upgrade with unreal 14,500 MB/s speeds is $181 less than a month ago, h
Save 10% on this 4TB Crucial T705 SSD, the cheapest Gen 5 4TB SSD on the market by some distance at the moment, now just $502.51.
Phanteks AMP GH 750W power supply review: Great buy at sub-$90 street pricing, but comes with a 450W cap on its 12V-2x6 connector
Phanteks' mainstream ATX 3.1 line, with Japanese capacitors, an 8-year warranty, and street pricing under $90, but with a 450W cap on its 12V-2x6 connector.
Nvidia's unreleased RTX 3070 Ti 16GB comes to life thanks to a modder's crazy GDDR6 swap — Frankenstein card combines RTX 3070 PCB and new VRAM with RTX 3070 Ti GPU
A modder has recreated the never-released RTX 3070 Ti with 16GB of VRAM using GDDR6 chips instead of the GDDR6X the retail 3070 Ti actually shipped with.
Researcher reverse-engineers infamous Stuxnet malware source code, publishes it on Github for all — attack targeted Iranian nuclear facilities and was the first software of its type to cause phy
An anonymous security researcher has reconstructed the source code of the infamous Stuxnet worm, which was built to subtly interfere with Iranian uranium enrichment during the Bush and Obama administrations.
Big Tech eyes glacier-strewn Patagonia for building mega AI data centers — region offers 17,300 glaciers, coldness, and cheap energy, but fiber lines are scarce
Patagonia, a region of Argentina with 17,300 glaciers has the potential to turn into a data center hotspot.
More than 10% chance AI 'could kill all humans' in the next 10 years, Anthropic safety researcher says — departing employee says AI companies are 'gambling with our lives'
Anthropic AI safety researcher has warned there's a more than 10% chance AI could kill all humans.
TSMC to start using High-NA EUV lithography in 2030 — A10 or A11 technology prime candidates for use
TSMC discloses plans to use High-NA EUV lithography in 2030, 6*12-inch photomasks with new scanners in 2033.
Intel reportedly set to hike CPU prices by 10% ahead of 'major annual product' launch in March 2027 — report says AMD will follow up between June and July
Intel is reportedly set to raise CPU prices by 10%, following two other price increases, as it prepares for a major product launch in March 2027.
Benchmarking Qwen 3.8 27B on RTX 5090 and beyond — VRAM capacity alone can't overcome severe software and inference engine bottlenecks
Following the release of Qwen 3.8 27B, we put our trusty hardware to the test to see which hardware might be best suited for running this open-weight AI model.
Super Smash Bros Melee gets fully decompiled after over six years of effort — ambitious and technically impressive project delivers GameCube classic as C code
A Super Smash Bros Melee decompilation project hit its key long-standing goal a few hours ago.
Sony threatens to cut off customer support and pursue legal action over harassment as backlash to PlayStation’s physical-disc phaseout intensifies — company to move forward with no disc de
Sony Japan has introduced a customer-harassment policy as anger continues over PlayStation's plan to phase out physical game discs by 2028.
All-in-one 'DLSS Unlocked' mod brings DLSS 5 and multi-frame gen to RTX 20, 30, and 40 series — hybrid tool taps AMD FSR 3.1 to boost frame rates up to 6X
Performance for the mod remains untested but just the sheer utility of DLSS Unlocked easily puts it at the top of the RTX GPUs mod list. It combines OptiScaler_DLSSNR with DLSS Enabled to bring neural rendering and multi-frame gen to all RTX GPUs.
NEC has quietly quit quantum computing hardware development, report claims — company says it will continue to evaluate practical applications and industrialization of quantum technologies
NEC reportedly quits development of quantum computers, but plans to explore practical applications for such systems.
Vintage Emulator Studio recreates 44 legendary synths down to the chip level — free MAME-powered component-level emulation should offer exceedingly accurate sound
Vintage Emulator Studio brings iconic vintage synths and samplers to life - MAME-powered component-level emulation should offer exceedingly accurate sound
Hackers drain $320 million in Bitcoin from Liquid Network, emptying roughly 95% of federation wallet — attackers claim they’re the ‘good guys’ and will return funds after the v
Hackers claiming to be white hats drained about $320 million in Bitcoin from Liquid Network's federation wallet, promising to return the funds after the platform fixes the underlying bug
Google maps entire brain and central nervous system of adult male fruit fly, software engineers immediately make it run Doom — AI-powered 3D model of over 166,000 neurons can also play Super Mar
Scientists mapped the complete brain and central nervous system of an adult male fruit fly for the first time. Days later the full MaleCNS v1.0 fruit fly connectome was being trained to play Doom and Mario 64.
Get a 32GB DDR5 gaming PC for just $1,379 at Newegg — $420 discount includes 20-core Intel CPU and RTX 5060
Save over $400 on this DDR5 gaming PC with RTX 5060 and Core i7-14700F.
This $389 32GB DDR5 RAM kit is the cheapest on sale right now for a gaming PC upgrade — higher-spec RAM for $415 gives PC builders rare choice as the AI boom continues to force memory prices hig
These DDR5 32GB memory kits are the cheapest you'll find on sale right now, starting at $389.
Thailand asks data center operators to suspend 49 buildouts until legal framework is complete — new legislation is supposed to create 'airtight' requirements for large-scale data centers
Thailand asks datacenter operators to suspend buildouts until legal framework is complete - new legislation is supposed to create "airtight" requirements for large-scale datacenters
One-slot, low-profile Nvidia RTX 3060 12 GB with two monitor outputs breaks cover at Newegg for $496 — bus-powered model looking for a use case in local LLM work
Small-form-factor, low-profile Nvidia RTX 3060 12 GB with two monitor outputs breaks cover at Newegg for $496 - bus-powered model looking for a use case in local LLM work
Tech enthusiast finds $12,000 stack of RAM in their garage — work let them keep an old server stuffed with 1,920GB of DDR4
A computing enthusiast found a fat stack of DDR4 RAM sticks that might be worth $10,000 in their garage.
Belgian-Chinese semiconductor researcher arrested over alleged GaN trade-secret theft — prosecutors suspect BelGaN insiders transferred chip IP to China before the company collapsed
Belgian authorities have arrested a former BelGaN researcher on suspicion of industrial espionage, alleging that proprietary gallium nitride semiconductor technology was transferred to a Chinese rival as the Belgian chipmaker headed toward bankruptcy.
Intel surpasses one million High-NA EUV wafers processed, outpaces the rest of the industry combined — company also trailblazing giant 6×12 photomasks to speed production and lower costs
Intel is leading the semiconductor industry with High-NA fleet and process-maturity milestone as it reaches 1 million wafers processed using High-NA tools, moves forward with 6*12 photomask effort.
Arm debuts next-gen semi-custom Neoverse CSS N4 ‘Ranger’ platform — compute subsystem packs up to 128 cores per die on TSMC N3P
Arm's new Neoverse CSS N4 platform can pack up to 128 cores per die and 256 MB of L3 cache, representing a large increase in support over the previous Neoverse CSS N2 platform.
Save up to 38% on a new gaming PC before the Labor Day sales end and beat the price rises — lock down last-minute savings on new pre-built rigs from Best Buy, Newegg, and Walmart
Labor Day is nearly over, but there's still an opportunity to save hundreds on a new gaming PC before the prices rise again.
xTool reveals its next generation of lasers — modular X1 supports CO2, Diode, UV, Fiber, and MOPA lasers
The X1 will combine gantry and galvo technology in one machine.
OpenAI’s GPT-6 Astra model autonomously completes Portal in 24 hours — feat cost just $571 in tokens
An AI enthusiast has conducted an experiment where OpenAI's new GPT-6 Astra played through the entirety of Valve's Portal 3D puzzler game on its own.
Astonishing mod runs DLSS 5 on a second GPU to boost neural-rendered FPS up to 127% — game renders on one card, neural post-processing runs on the other, much like dedicated PhysX GPUs
A modder has created a ReShade add-on that runs Nvidia's DLSS 5 Neural Rendering on a second GPU, rendering the game on the first GPU to share the performance load.
Montech Century II Gold 850W power supply review: Excellent budget-friendly Gold-tier ATX 3.1 unit with Cybenetics Platinum efficiency
At $90, the Montech Century II Gold 850W ATX 3.1 is a low-cost Gold-tier ATX 3.1 unit with a native 12V-2x6 connector, Cybenetics Platinum efficiency at both 115V and 230V input, and a matte silver chassis.
GTA Vice City and GTA III return to web browsers after a DMCA takedown — Open-source reverse engineering brings the classics to the web with over 100 FPS performance
You can play GTA: Vice City and GTA III in your browser right now across pretty much any modern device. The projects are compiled from source codes of the original games and are available on either DOS Zone, where you're required to upload or torrent a few assets, or Quenq.
Anycubic Photon P1 MAX review: bigger, better, and tech-packed
Anycubic's Photon P1 MAX is the latest large resin printer, with new tech alongside its little brother, the P1. It sports a heated vat, Wave Release Technology, and a large, locking build plate and vat.
This 10-inch 4:3 television hides your retro consoles in a secret rear compartment — Unico's Traveller ULW10 trades composite video for RGB SCART and HDMI
The ULW10 Traveller offers retro gamers a compact alternative to modern widescreen TVs, complete with a 4:3 display and CRT-style visuals
Start your 3D printing journey for just $169 with these Elegoo printers before Labor Day ends — lock in up to 35% off the easy-to-use Neptune 3 Pro or go large with the Neptune 4 Plus for massiv
Grab a huge discount on two of Elegoo's most popular 3D printers right now, with a price drop of up to 35%. Both the Elegoo Neptune 3 Pro and Neptune 4 Plus offer features that both beginners and enthusiasts will love.
RPCS3 emulator can now run PS3 games on PC directly from a disc drive in landmark development — unlocks 20 years of physical titles on Windows, Linux, and macOS
The developers of the Sony PlayStation 3 emulator RPCS3 have told their social media followers that it is now possible to play games straight from discs.
Flea market shopper uncovers $1,500 worth of Samsung SSDs inside a $30 expansion card — Three 2TB 980 Pro drives were hidden beneath an Asus Hyper M.2 heatsink
An extremely fortunate bargain hunter in Kuwait found three Samsung 980 Pro 2TB SSDs slotted inside a $30 PCIe expansion card. Each of those drives is worth between $400 and $500, so it's clear to say the thrifter struck gold during an AI rush.
This price-hike-busting RTX 5080 gaming PC is cheaper than it was in April — save $500 on a 9800X3D beast with 32GB of DDR5, 2TB SSD
Get an RTX 5080 gaming PC with a 9800X3D CPU for less than $3,000.
Enthusiast says DLSS 5 pushed RTX 5090 past 600W and melted the 16-pin connector — Nvidia's neural rendering tech adds up to 50% more power draw in testing
Another RTX 5090 has gone down but this time it has something else to blame other than its own 16-pin connector. The connector is still what melted but potentially because of DLSS 5 pulling way too much power at the back end.
Single-slot low-profile 75W RTX 3060 with no power connectors disappoints in tests — GPU runs entirely off the PCIe slot, but offers severely crippled performance and frightening thermals
If you want to cut your 12GB RTX 3060's performance in half while worsening its thermals, this might be the perfect product for you.
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