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ASML's planned Low-NA EUV machine price hikes reportedly frustrate TSMC — lithography machine maker comes knocking to make bank on TSMC's profitable fabs, potentially costing the Taiwanese chipm
ASML says that the increased productivity of its Low-NA EUV tools gives it an option to increase the prices of these scanners in the future. The move may have a drastic effect on TSMC's future expansion plans, as the foundry made a big bet on existing lithography systems.
TSMC confirms significant yield and performance improvements in A14 update — strong interest from AI/HPC and smartphone customers
TSMC's A14 process technology progresses faster than N2 at this stage of development as developers of both client and AI/HPC plan to use it.
Florida man arrested after allegedly stealing $220,000 in crypto using malware hidden in Steam Games — 8,000 devices infected
Federal agents arrested 21-year-old Zyaire Dontaevious Zamarion Wilkins of North Lauderdale, Florida, on Tuesday.
Best Back to School tech deals on laptops and essential tech — save on new semester essentials now
Grab savings on the best back-to-school tech deals.
GameStop CEO says Sony's decision to go disc-less is 'totally irrelevant' — claims software, including physical discs, accounts for only 12% of the company's business
GameStop CEO Ryan Cohen says Sony's physical game exit is irrelevant to the company's business, amid a $56 billion eBay takeover, as collectibles now drive growth.
Lawmakers want US government to ban memory chips from China, even in allied supply chains — citing 'unacceptable risk' to national, economic, and supply chain security
U.S. lawmakers demand Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick to ban imports of memory chips from China to the U.S., ask allies to do the same.
AI data centers must produce as much power as they use, Australia PM says — new national AI framework will also ensure water efficiency and protect intellectual property rights
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced the "Australian Standards for A.I.," which will serve as a national framework for data center developments related to AI. The government plans to set this legislative agenda as more AI hyperscalers are setting their sights on the country for its vast land and abundant renewable energy sources.
Intel Nova Lake leak points to Core Ultra Series 400 branding, staggered release next year — hotly anticipated flagship 52-core desktop CPU might not arrive until late 2027
Intel's upcoming Nova Lake desktop processors continue to gather momentum, with fresh reports hinting at Core Ultra Series 400 branding and a phased launch timeline.
China's 2.8-trillion-parameter Kimi K3 beats Claude Fable 5 in Frontend Code Arena benchmark— Moonshot AI delivers largest open-weight AI model ever, as China works around U.S. compute limits
Beijing-based Moonshot AI has released Kimi K3, a 2.8 trillion parameter model that the company describes in its technical blog as the world's first open 3T-class system.
Score $1,100 off this OLED gaming laptop with RTX 5070 Ti, the ultimate Back to School powerhouse — also features a 24-core Ultra 9 290HX, 32GB of RAM, and a 1TB SSD
Get $1,100 off this HP Omen Max laptop with OLED display, Ultra 9 290HX, 32GB of RAM, and RTX 5070 Ti.
Get AMD’s new Ryzen 7 7700X3D with 16GB of RAM and a motherboard for just $450 — save 31% on a B650M Micro ATX and G.Skill DDR5 for an epic small build
Save over 31% on the price of this Newegg 7700X3D bundle. CPU, motherboard, and RAM combo is just $450 after discounts.
MSI MAG Z890 Tomahawk Wifi II motherboard review: Loses features from the original, but shaves a few dollars off the price
SI's Z890 Tomahawk Wifi II trims a couple of connectivity features, but at its sub-$200 price, it's still a reasonably equipped budget Z890 board.
ASML looks to increase prices of its Low-NA EUV tools beyond existing productivity-based model — company wants to capture the value of all the advantages its tools offer, not just wafer throughp
ASML's comments point to intentions to increase prices, though the company is expected to maintain its value-based approach to price setting. Yet, TSMC is reportedly unhappy about the potential plan.
Mario Kart Wii recompiled for PC using AI, with 4K potential and uncapped frame rates — 'first static recompilation of a Wii game' supports over 200 tracks thanks to Retro Rewind compatibility
Mario Kart Wiicompiled, a claimed 'first static recompilation of a Wii game,' is scheduled to be released in August.
Robot vacuum flaw lets one stolen certificate run root commands on other Shark robovacs in the same AWS region — unpatched flaw exposes live camera feeds, stored home maps, and Wi-Fi credentials
The problem is an over-permissive AWS IoT policy.
Linus Torvalds rebukes anti-AI stances in the Linux kernel code review process, says 'Linux is not one of those anti-AI projects' — creator embraces AI as just a tool and 'clearly a useful one'
Linus Torvalds, Linux's creator and kernel manager, has seemingly taken an accepting stance of AI-assisted tooling.
Neural atom quantum computing roadmap — how laser-cooled trapped atoms could pave the path beyond physical qubit counts
Neural Atom Quantum Computing is a rapidly accelerating part of the Quantum puzzle. Featuring software-defined configurable arrays, qubits can be physically moved mid-computation, and this roadmap highlights three leading companies, QuEra, Atom Computing, and Pasqal, who operate within the space.
AMD Ryzen 7 7700X3D is exclusive to Newegg in North America — $329 CPU won't be available at other vendors until at least Q4
AMD's newest CPU, the Ryzen 7 7700X3D, costs $329 and is available exclusively at Newegg in Canada and the United States till the end of Q3 2026. It's a great gaming performer but there are better options if you want a good all-rounder chip for professional tasks as well.
Tower Semiconductor revives shuttered Panasonic-era fab in $3 billion Japan photonics expansion — METI-backed plan targets $3.6 billion revenue by 2028
Tower Semiconductor has announced a dual-track expansion of its 300mm silicon photonics, silicon germanium, and advanced packaging operations in Japan
Lenovo announces world's first laptop with inkjet-printed OLED — the Legion R9000P is equipped with a 240 Hz IJP panel from TCL CSOT
The Lenovo Legion R9000P is the first laptop to be equipped with an IJP OLED from TCL CSOT. This display promises a 240 Hz refresh rate and 99% DCI-P3 coverage for a fraction of the price of traditionally manufactured OLEDs.
Nvidia and Japan unveil world's first national AI infrastructure — Noetra consortium to build a 140MW Rubin AI factory with 27,500 GPUs
Nvidia today announced that it's working with Japan's Noetra Corp. to build a 140-megawatt AI factory packing 27,500 Rubin GPUs and 13,750 Vera CPUs.
TSMC commits another $100 billion to Arizona for at least four more 2nm fabs — 2026 capex could hit $64 billion following another record quarterly earnings
TSMC will invest an additional $100 billion in the U.S. to build at least four more chipmaking plants and advanced packaging facilities in Arizona.
Asus ROG Xreal R1 Review: Gaming-focused AR glasses deliver 240 Hz performance and RGB style
Asus throws in everything but the kitchen sink with the ROG Xreal R1, including a 240 Hz refresh rate and a breakout box for connecting to a PC or console.
Prusa Research Founder Edition INDX launches — limited 1,000-unit run of revolutionary toolchanger mod now shipping
One thousand Prusa CORE One INDX Founder's Editions have shipped, giving a lucky few first access to Bondtech's revolutionary toolchanger mod. The Founders Edition is a special limited run, intended for early adopters and Prusa fanatics.
Save $300 on the Bambu Lab P1S right now, in stock and back to a record-low $399 — score a huge discount on this fully enclosed, easy-to-use CoreXY 3D printer with automatic bed leveling and a b
The Bambu Lab P1S 3D printer is on sale for $399.99 right now, back at its record low price.
OpenAI's first hardware device is an RGB macropod — 'Codex Micro' features 13 low-profile keys and a joystick for controlling AI coding agents
OpenAI has launched the "Codex Micro" marcopad in collaboration with Work Louder. It uses RGB to provide feedback about your coding agents in Codex, and features various customizable inputs to maximize your vibecoding potential.
Get an RTX 5080 gaming laptop for just $2,199 thanks to this HP Omen Max deal — save $1,500 on AMD Ryzen 9 beast with 32GB of RAM
Get $1,500 off this HP Omen Max gaming laptop with AMD Ryzen 9, RTX 5080, and 32GB of RAM.
Scientists synchronize 105,000 nano-oscillators in just 45 nanoseconds — paving the way for a highly efficient and fast alternative to transistors
Scientists synchronize 105,000 nano-oscillators in just 45 nanoseconds - paving way for highly efficient and fast alternative to transistors
Ex-Sega engineer creates 'super realistic' CRT monitor emulator — incredible retro offering even includes TV screen tapping to fix picture
A CRT emulation project has implemented percussive maintenance support. Just hit it for a chance to improve the picture.
75% of all PS3 games reportedly now run on PC via open-source emulator RPCS3 — announcement comes weeks after Sony's plan to shutter the PlayStation Store for PS3 and PS Vita by
The RPCS3 team has successfully ensured that more than 2,600 PS3 titles are now compatible with the emulator. This means that 75.33% of all PS3 games can now be played on Windows, Linux, macOS, and FreeBSD using either x86 or arm64 processors.
Nvidia's Huang vows to deliver 'giant amounts' of Vera Rubin — company says that 'our roadmap is intact'
Chief executive of Nvidia says the company is on track to produce 'giant amounts' of Vera Rubin-based machines, but fails to address rumored delays of Kyber NVL144 racks from 2027 to 2028.
CXMT's DDR5 RAM isn't as performant or as consistent as SK hynix dies, early testing shows — reveals resistance to voltage scaling and inferior manual overclocking capabilities
Asus is claiming that CXMT-made DDR5 RAM performs worse than SK Hynix-made DDR5 at the same clock speeds, while being harder to manually overclock as well. It also allegedly doesn't scale with voltage or allow the subtimings to be tuned properly.
ASRock Phantom Gaming and Steel Legend 360 LCD review: An impressive cooling debut
ASRock has entered the cooling market with the Phantom Gaming 360 LCD and Steel Legend 360 LCD AIOs. We've tested both liquid coolers with AMD's Ryzen 9 9950X3D to benchmark their thermal proficiency.
Intel becomes the first company to ship high-volume logic chips made with ASML's High NA EUV — select Panther Lake layers on 18A are now dual-qualified for 0.55 NA scanners
Intel is using ASML's High-NA EUV tools to pattern select Panther Lake layers, marking the technology's first use in high-volume logic production
Grab a DJI Osmo camera at some of lowest US prices ever
An exclusive sale on AliExpress slashes prices on DJI's Osmo ultra-compact handheld cameras, bringing them to some of the lowest prices in the U.S.
Intel's EMIB packaging gains traction as chip designers look to skirt TSMC's CoWoS constraints — Google's reported decision for 9th-gen TPUs highlights Intel's attractive alternative
Google has reportedly chosen Intel's EMIB-T over TSMC's CoWoS-L for its next-generation TPU, codenamed Humufish. But will Google be alone in its alleged decision?
'PCIe Gen7 development has already started,' says Silicon Motion's Alex Chou — Nvidia's Storage Next initiative is becoming a focal point
Silicon Motion is a relatively new entrant to the data center storage market, which has quickly landed orders from various customers and is now ramping up shipments of its high-end PCIe 5.0 SSD controllers both to CSPs and hyperscalers. Being a new player, the company has a unique view on the market, which it shared with Tom's Hardware.
Save $400 on a 27-inch LG Ultragear OLED Monitor — limited-time discount nets you an awesome OLED monitor with fast 240Hz refresh rate for your gaming PC
Save $400 on LG's 27-inch UltraGear 27GS93QE OLED gaming monitor, now $499.99 - with QHD 240 Hz OLED panel, true blacks, and FreeSync/G-Sync support, this deal is worth grabbing.
PC gamer turns Steam games into cartridges with ingenious 2.5-inch SSD system — games are stored on 128GB drives alongside a script to auto-start the title once plugged in
A PC gamer has created and demonstrated a handy Steam Game Cartridge system.
Palit officially announces RTX 3060 return with 'new' Infinity 2 OC launch — 2021 GPU with 12GB of VRAM is an AI crisis stopgap
Nvidia has rebooted its five-year-old RTX 3060 graphics card, as is, for the modern AI era, bringing back the GPU officially at its original $329 price. It still features 12GB of VRAM, which serves as its main selling point during a memory crisis, but don't let the capacity fool you.
Elon Musk's Starlink releases smaller and lighter V5 residential kit — offers speeds of up to 375 Mbps and almost half the power consumption of V4
Starlink just released a new generation of its Starlink terminal, which reduces its weight by more than 50% and is significantly smaller, too. This should make it easier to install, especially for DIY-ers, but comes with a tiny speed penalty.
Score 16GB of DDR5 RAM for just $61.99 in this Newegg parts bundle with the 7800X3D — epic kit deal for a gaming PC build nets you $189 in savings and ships with a Gigabyte motherboard and free
This 7800X3D bundle from Newegg saves you $188 and ships with a Gigabyte motherboard and 16GB of DDR5 RAM for just $636.99 overall.
Best Buy has slashed $900 off this Asus 64GB 2-in-1 touchscreen gaming laptop — $2,099 RoG Flow Z13 is great for both gaming and AI use
Gaming laptop or touchscreen tablet, you choose. Save $900 on the Asus RoG Flow Z13 at Best Buy.
Nvidia and Sega team up to deliver RTX Spark support for future games — partnership kicks off next year with upcoming Virtua Fighter Crossroads
Nvidia and Sega announced today that the upcoming Virtua Fighter Crossroads will support the RTX Spark platform when the game launches in 2027. Sega is also promising Spark support in its future titles.
Intel's big $5 billion bet on Ireland aims to right the wrongs of the cancelled Magdeburg, Germany complex — Fab 34's proven pipeline and Intel 3 node should help the company meet insatiable HPC
The announcement comes just shy of a year after CEO Lip-Bu Tan cancelled Intel's planned 30 billion fab complex in Germany and a 4.6 billion assembly and test plant in Poland.
Developer successfully ports Linux to 1994 Sega 32X — Genesis and MegaDrive expansion runs open-source OS on paltry 23MHz processors and 256KB of RAM
The adventurous developer who recently ported Linux to the Atari Jaguar (1993) has brewed up a version of the open source OS for the Sega 32X (1994).
Legendary Gravis Ultrasound sound card gets new open-source clone — Beavis Ultrasound remake includes complete KiCad schematics, PCB layout, sample ROM, and more
There's a new remake of the legendary Gravis Ultrasound ISA soundcard on the block with the arrival of the open source Beavis Ultrasound project.
CXMT close to matching Micron's memory capacity in 2026, research claims — would put China on track to become world's second-largest DRAM producer
As CXMT's DRAM capacity set to match Micron's, China's DRAM industry could become world's second largest after South Korea.
Ukraine conducts record drone strike of 2,500km after 12-hour flight — $55,000 unit made of plywood halts operations at Russia's largest gasoline producer
Ukrainian FP-1 drones struck the Gazprom Neft oil refinery in Omsk, Siberia, on July 6 after flying roughly 2,500 km over more than 12 hours.
PS5 emulation ramps up in response to Sony killing physical games — PS5 titles now booting across different emulators with rapid community development for both 2D and 3D games
SharpEmu and KytyPS5 are two emulators that have exploded in terms of development milestones in the past two weeks, receiving several high-profile updates that have now made it possible to run a handful of 2D and even 3D PS5 games on PC.
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