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Razer Basilisk V4 Pro Review: Tried and true and now with AI
Razer's Basilisk V4 Pro gaming mouse features an ergonomic shape, a lighter weight, and a couple of extra buttons, plus Razer's Focus Pro 50K optical sensor.
Micron's next-generation 3D NAND to double bit density with over 400 layers, offering extreme performance
Micron's G11 3D NAND promises 42 Gb/mm2 and 5,400 MT/s interface speed, enabling SSDs with extreme capacity and performance.
Solidigm confirms plans to build a fab in the US, abandons IPO plans
SK hynix abandons IPO plans for Solidigm, confirms plans to build a Solidigm 3D NAND fab in the U.S.
Gigabyte Z890M Aorus Elite WiFi7 Motherboard Review: Icy-white SFF board offers full-size features for Intel
The $209 Gigabyte Z890M Aorus Elite Wifi 7 Ice is one of the better-looking Micro ATX boards, with an icy-white aesthetic and full heatsink coverage that give it a premium vibe for white-themed Intel builds.
OLED on a budget, save $50 now on the Acer Predator XB27OU at Best Buy
Upgrade your gaming monitor with this fantastic $329 deal on the Acer XB27OU 27-inch QD-OLED gaming monitor at Best Buy. Save $50 instantly.
Amazon bows to local backlash over AI data centers, scraps plans to build four new facilities in Northern Virginia
Amazon has ditched its plans to build four new data centers in Loudoun County, Northern Virginia, following an outcry from local residents and officials. The land will now be repurposed for mixed and residential use.
China can make advanced chips without EUV, but the bill keeps growing
China has stretched older DUV lithography far further than expected, using multiple patterning to approach 5nm-class without EUV. But experts say the trade-offs in cost, yield, and die size mean further advancements are unlikely to be economically viable.
Bambu Lab teases its mysterious H3C tool changer 3D printer
Bambu Lab's long-awaited tool changer H3C launches Nov. 3, 2026.
Illegal Nvidia Blackwell Ultra B300 GPUs found inside state-owned China Telecom's network
A security firm has been able to identify 32 Nvidia Blackwell Ultra B300 AI chips running inside a China Telecom network, but it's unclear where the export-barred components are physically located.
FCC issues first bans under new chip-level rule
FCC bans a dashcam and wireless video transmitter produced by HiSilicon, a subsidiary of Huawei for containing an AI chip that advertises face detection algorithms.
Deepseek's latest AI model is smarter than ever, but its low running costs come at a price
Deepseek 4.1 Flash 1017 drives cost-per-task further down still - open-weight model is fit for agentic workloads and exceedingly cheap to run
UK proposes 14-year prison sentences for undersea cable saboteurs amid Russian trawler threats
The UK government has outlined plans for new powers and criminal offenses to help protect undersea cables in UK waters amid fears of Russian interference.
US banks scramble to restrict AI agent activity
Several U.S. banks are blocking AI agents from making transactions on their platforms. They fear that those agents could go rogue and there's no way to tell if the moves they make are legitimate or not.
An unidentified user who accidentally broke the PHP news embargo, sparking worldwide panic, comes clean
The user said that they only wanted to alert others about the importance of the upcoming CVE releases and weren't told about the embargo.
Claude and Grok among AI agents used to automate attacks on Latin American institutions
Claude and Grok are among the AI agents that are being used to automate attacks on Latin American institutions, including banks and payment apps, by a group calling themselves CyberCartel.
China-aligned hackers deploy AI agents in massive ConnectWise supply chain attack
Microsoft says China-aligned Storm-0940 used the ARTEX AI agent framework in the ConnectWise Cloud Backup supply chain attack.
Save $450 on this 4K gaming PC with an RTX 5070 Ti and 9800X3D, now $2,549.99
You can save $450 on this 4K-capable gaming machine from Newegg's ABS brand, featuring the powerful RTX 5070 Ti, AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D, 32GB DDR5, and a 2TB SSD for $2,549.99.
Wolves roam into Finnish villages after Google destroys 1,300 acres of forest for AI data centers
Wolves, who used to live in the forests recently cleared for Google data center development, are now roaming into Finnish villages nearby.
Extremely rare and 'previously undocumented' Pokémon Red prototype cartridge surfaces at auction, starting at $25,000
A rare prototype cartridge of Pokemon Red for the Nintendo Game Boy is on sale, with one $25,000 bid so far.
The original Apple iPod debuted 25 years ago today
On this day in 2001, Apple CEO Steve Jobs unveiled the original iPod. He began the presentation by teasing 'a breakthrough digital device that's not a Mac.'
GPUs from stolen $470,000 Nvidia RTX 5090 shipment at Brazil airport appear for sale online, identified by serial numbers
One of the GPUs from a stolen shipment of RTX 5090 graphics cards has appeared for sale online. Police have identified three employees at an airport who stole the goods.
Sony Japan marks last standalone 4K Blu-ray player as ‘Discontinued’
Sony is following the footsteps of LG in ending Blu-ray player production.
TSMC is seeking chipmaking equipment that doesn't contain Chinese rare-earth magnets
TSMC is reportedly asking equipment suppliers for factory machinery that doesn't use rare-earth components, as the chipmaker seeks to reduce exposure to China's dominance of critical minerals and permanent magnets.
One easy change makes Microsoft's Surface Laptop Ultra with RTX Spark a better gaming system
Microsoft's Surface Laptop Ultra with RTX Spark might not be a gaming laptop first and foremost, but it certainly wants to game. We found that creating a custom 1920x1080-equivalent resolution for its 3:2 screen, missing from its out-of-the-box config, makes for a better experience.
Leaked private keys for eight CA certificates let any attacker impersonate any domain
Leaked private keys for eight CA certificates let any attacker impersonate any domain - billions of older devices and software installations may be vulnerable after round of fixes, patch yours immediately
LTO roadmap extends to 365 TB per cartridge as tape storage refuses to die
Despite all odds, the AI boom is increasing relevance of tape storage as technology enables cheap storage with zero power consumption in idle and ultimate security with air gap.
Best Buy has slashed $950 off this gorgeous Alienware 16X Aurora gaming laptop with OLED display
Save 33% on a new Alienware 16X Aurora gaming laptop at Best Buy. RTX 5070 graphics and a sharp OLED panel are highlights of this laptop build.
Save $238 on this 9800X3D combo deal with 32GB DDR5 that lets you start a 4K gaming PC build for just over $1,000
This Newegg combo deal combines the AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D, 32GB of fast DDR5 RAM, and a Gigabyte AM5 X870E motherboard for $1,029.99, saving you over $238 in total.
OpenAI says ChatGPT Sol helped uncover critical PHP flaws that could affect 70% of websites
OpenAI says researchers using GPT-5.6 Sol uncovered two critical PHP vulnerabilities with severity scores of 9.2 and demonstrated working exploits, after which the company coordinated fixes.
Google’s TPUs for AI workloads now run in Meta's data centers
Google's TPUs now serve AI in production at Meta, through new open-source engines that run PyTorch models natively on the chips.
480,000 phishing emails sent from a PC hidden behind a fridge in a Japanese hotel room
Almost 500,000 phishing emails were sent from a PC hidden behind a fridge in a Kobe, Japan, hotel room.
Intel installs production tools at Fab 62 in Arizona, provides updates on Ohio chip fab
Intel makes progress on its manufacturing expansion in Arizona and Ohio as it continues to expand advanced semiconductor manufacturing capacity in the U.S.
4TB Samsung 990 Pro M.2 SSD falls 27%, hits 20 cents per gigabyte
The 4TB Samsung 990 Pro has its astronomical AI-driven high price slashed by 27%.
ASML and other critical semiconductor equipment suppliers expedite shipments to Musk's Terafab
Elon Musk says ASML and other semiconductor equipment suppliers are expediting deliveries for Terafab, as Tesla and SpaceX target volume chip production in Texas by late 2028 alongside a massive expansion in AI compute capacity.
AMD brings official Ryzen overclocking to Linux with AOD driver support
New driver enablement work from AMD brings full platform-level tuning control to Ryzen systems running Linux, finally.
Trump announces mandate forcing AI data centers to pay energy dividends to the local community
Trump's latest post on Truth Social announces his plans to make data centers more popular among local communities.
Qualcomm to cut jobs globally in "performance-based" layoffs, as company pivots to AI data center and edge computing markets
Qualcomm will begin performance-based layoffs worldwide in November as the chipmaker reallocates resources toward AI infrastructure, data centers, automotive, PCs, and edge computing, amid weaker consumer electronics demand.
FADU puts the filesystem inside the SSD's flash to bypass host CPUs
FADU's FS-SSD carries NFSv3 file operations inside NVMe commands, letting GPUs, DPUs, and NICs read files without a host file system.
AMD and Intel will work together to create a single PyTorch code path for AI inference on CPUs
AMD and Intel are working together to bring CPU inference optimizations for PyTorch under the unified oneDNN library.
Iran threatens to attack undersea cables in the Strait of Hormuz, calls them 'legitimate new targets' in future conflict
Iran could attack seven undersea cables that run through the Strait of Hormuz, describing them as "legitimate new targets" in a potential "third phase" of further conflict with the United States.
Samsung and SK Hynix are upgrading Chinese factories to produce advanced RAM chips as AI data center competition ramps up
Samsung and SK Hynix are reportedly upgrading their factories to produce more advanced RAM chips designed for AI data centers in an attempt to fend off competition from Chinese companies.
Why you don't need an audiophile headset for gaming — comfort, convenience, and a good mic win over pure audio fidelity
Headsets are mainly about audio, but that doesn't mean that the "objectively" best-sounding headset by audiophile standards translates to the best-sounding headset by gaming standards.
Micron's Taiwan union will launch a one-day strike this week, threatening memory production
Micron's Taiwan union is set to conduct a one-day strike at the company's Taoyuan DRAM facility as workers demand bonuses for this year and transparent terms of bonuses for upcoming years.
Save a massive $850 on Lenovo's Legion 5i gaming laptop with this 32% Best Buy discount
Save $850 on a new Lenovo gaming laptop from Best Buy. Pick up the Legion 5i with RTX 5070 graphics and save 32%.
Score a 1440p-ready gaming PC with an RTX 5060 Ti 16GB for under $1,500 right now, saving you $200
You can pick up this ABS Cyclone Aqua gaming PC with an RTX 5060 Ti 16GB, Intel Core i7-14700F, 16GB DDR5, and a 1TB SS with a $200 discount, now $1,499.99.
HPE says it will run the first supercomputer benchmarks on the Moon
HPE's Spaceborne Computer-4 will ride Astrolab's FLIP rover to the Moon's south pole to run HPL, HPCG, and AI tests.
Three workers killed, one in intensive care after fall at TSMC’s 2nm fab construction site
Three contract workers died, and one is in intensive care after a fall at TSMC's Fab 22 construction site in Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
Jensen Huang Nvidia GTC keynote disrupted by Greenpeace protest over chips in Russian drones
Jensen Huang's Nvidia GTC keynote speech in Berlin was disrupted by a Greenpeace protest on Wednesday.
AMD's FSR 4.1 now works on Radeon RX 6000 cards, Xbox Series X and S, and Ryzen AI Max, AI 9, and Z2 SoCs
AMD has released a version of its cutting-edge FSR 4.1 upscaler that now works on Radeon RX 6000 GPUs, Xbox Series X and Series S consoles, and Ryzen AI Max, AI 9, and Z2 chips.
TP-Link proposes $1 billion US Wi-Fi router manufacturing alliance with Key Tronic
TP-Link is at the mercy of the FCC regarding its ready-to-go Wi-Fi 8 routers, so it has a sweetener in mind to move things along.
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