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UK gives data centers option to apply for 'national importance' status that overrides local regulations, cuts timeline by a year — eligible projects to bypass local councils, save more than a bi
The British government ruled that nationally significant infrastructure projects, which include data centers, can bypass local council approvals. This move is expected to speed up developments by up to a year and save more than a billion dollars.
Snag 32GB of DDR5 memory, Ryzen 7 9800X3D, and Gigabyte X870E motherboard for $233 off — deal includes 'free' AIO in a four-item combo from Newegg
Missed Prime Day? You can still soften the blow of buying PC parts with this three-item AM5 Newegg combo - 32GB of DDR5, 9800X3D, Gigabyte X870E motherboard, and a free AIO to take the sting out of buying
Hands-on with Corsair's 2800X RS-R ARGB Micro-ATX PC Case – smaller footprint, roomy internals, includes three fans
Corsair's 2800X RS-R ARGB brings a compact MicroATX design with room for full-size hardware, strong cooling support, and three pre-installed ARGB fans. Priced under $90, it offers solid value for a small-form-factor chassis.
Dev ports Linux to Atari's notorious Jaguar console from 1993 — the first 64-bit console features 2MB of RAM, 13.3 MHz CPU, and Tom and Jerry co-processors; the Jag was notoriously difficult to
A developer has ported Linux to the Atari Jaguar console. To succeed at the task, they had to overcome severe memory limits, the lack of an MMU, and face off against a handful of unusual hardware quirks.
Record-low price on this 10-port PoE+ switch with gigabit speeds and up to 60W of power, save 24% — $38 for Ugreen switch that unlocks an extra eight power-delivery ports for cameras and Wi-Fi e
This Ugreen 10-port unmanaged Ethernet switch is on sale for just $37.97 right now, delivering eight PoE+ ports for up to 60W of power delivery for cameras and WiFi extenders, along with two extra ports for Gigabit uplink to your existing network.
Kioxia and Sandisk sample world's densest 3D NAND — new 332-Layer beats Samsung’s 400-Layer NAND
Kioxia, Sandisk begin to sample BiCS10 3D NAND: 332 active layers and over 29 Gb/mm2 areal capacity.
Unix copyright code infringement lawsuit is back from the dead — IBM still under fire from Xinuos over 2003-era bytes
Unix copyright code infringement back from the dead - IBM is still under fire from Xinuos about 2003-era bytes, with a hearing as recent as June 22.
Modder builds 8,192-core GPU at home out of RISC-V microcontrollers — full "graphics card" draws over 2,000 watts of power, requires a 3D printer to program
Well-known engineer Matthias Balwierz (aka Bitluni) designed and created an 8,192-core RISC-V GPU at home.
Intel patent reveals new XBM memory architecture that ditches HBM's costly silicon interposer — backend-transistor DRAM stack uses UCIe links and built-in repair to ease AI's memory bottleneck
Intel's XBM patent proposes an HBM alternative that uses backend-transistor DRAM, UCIe chiplet links, and repair logic to reduce packaging costs and complexity.
Samsung chip division's single-year profits beat its past 40 years of profits, combined, due to increased memory and storage prices — Samsung passes Nvidia to become most profitable company in t
Brokerage consensus puts Samsung's full-year 2026 operating profit near 300 trillion won.
China-made CXMT memory now supports faster speeds on MSI's AMD motherboards — new BIOS adds DDR5-8200 validation on dual-DIMM, DDR5-7200 on quad-DIMM models
MSI has officially validated region-bound Chinese RAM using CXMT modules to run at up to 8,200 MT/s on its AM5 motherboards. Models with two RAM slots can handle these high frequencies a bit better than four-DIMM variants.
Microsoft 'resets' Xbox by cutting 3,200 jobs this year, divesting five game studios — firm cites 'margins that are 3-10x lower than comparable platform and publishing businesses'
Xbox CEO Asha Sharma announced that Microsoft's gaming division will cut 3,200 jobs throughout FY27 and is spinning out studios but not canceling any games.
Working prototype of open-source printer that promises user-repairability and no subscriptions appears in first video — DRM-free 'Open Printer' inkjet still has no announced price, ship date, or
Open Tools, a Paris-based startup, has announced that its Open Printer has been nominated for two French Design Awards.
AMD Ryzen AI Halo review: AMD builds a DGX Spark of its own
The Ryzen AI Halo is a turn-key AMD local AI box that's backed up with first-party software support, handy utilities, and plenty of documentation for local AI explorers. But the performance and application compatibility of the Ryzen AI Max+ 395 (aka Strix Halo) SoC still trails Nvidia's GB10, and it's pricey for what it offers.
You can now use your Sony headphones as a free real-time head tracker for race and flight simulators on PC, several hundred games already supported — enthusiast creates open-source app that tran
A new open-source app called Sony Head Tracker, developed by Nicholas Slattery, reads raw sensor data from Sony headphones and earbuds and converts them into something OpenTrack can understand. From there, it can be used for head tracking in over 200 PC games.
Nvidia's Kyber rack for Rubin Ultra reportedly delayed to 2028, stopgap solution also axed due to customer pushback — Analyst firm SemiAnalysis says PCB midplane problems led to the delay [Updat
Nvidia reportedly won't ship its Kyber NVL144 rack until 2028, a delay of more than 12 months.
Nvidia and Intel tout homegrown American chip supply chain prowess as country bolsters local production, but gaps remain — crucial Blackwell packaging steps remain offshore as projects grow in s
America's AI supply chain now starts and ends in the U.S., while its most valuable middle steps remain entirely offshore until at least 2028.
Electric drone breaks world air speed record at 434 mph, designed for anti-aircraft interceptor roles — German firm convincingly smashed the official 409 mph record, hopes to get stamp of approv
Quantum Systems Group reckons it has broken the flight speed record for an electric drone. During internal testing last month the Munich-based firm recorded its Apex Recordhunter drone hitting a top speed of 434 mph in straight and level flight.
China’s Huawei to enter South Korean AI chip market with new Atlas SuperPods, clusters pack 8,192 Ascend 950 accelerators per deployment — reportedly challenges Nvidia dominance with 'trip
Huawei is reportedly preparing to enter South Korea's AI accelerator market with its Ascend 950 chips and Atlas 950 SuperPod, challenging Nvidia through aggressive pricing, amid a broader push to expand its AI ecosystem beyond China
Score a massive $1,050 saving on this RTX 5090 gaming PC that's just 16% more than the GPU's standalone price right now — epic discount secures you a formidable 4K gaming rig with a 9800X3D, 32G
Save $1,050 on this epic ABS Kaze II Ruby gaming PC, fitted with a 9800X3D, RTX 5090, 32GB DDR5, and 2TB SSD for just $4,749.05 for a limited time only.
Steam Machine interview full transcript: Valve engineers discuss $1,049 pricing, compact design, component shortages, and Windows support
Valve's Pierre-Loup Griffais and Yazan Aldehayyat talked to Tom's Hardware about the Steam Machine, it's pricing, engineering, and even Windows support.
Wisconsin residents file class-action lawsuit against Microsoft's 'world's most powerful AI data center' due to data center noise — plaintiffs also mention construction noise and extreme light p
Wisconsin residents file class-action lawsuit against Microsoft due to data center noise - plaintiffs also mention construction noise and extreme light pollution
Bigme introduces a color e-ink monitor that could reportedly hit 60 FPS — 25.3-inch display will come with a 3200 x 1800 resolution and support for 4096 colors
This is the first e-ink monitor that can hit 60 FPS, making it useful in more tasks outside of just reading. While you likely won't be able to play fast-paced games on this display, it should still make other everyday tasks on it easier while reducing eye strain.
Get an RTX 3060 with 12 GB of VRAM for just $329.99 at Newegg — MSI Ventus 2X OC model back in stock with free shipping
Get an RTX 3060 with 12 GB of VRAM for just $329.99 at Newegg - MSI Ventus 2X OC model back in stock with free shipping
SpaceX vaporizes 260 Starlink satellites in six months using Earth's atmosphere — new environmental concerns emerge over burning 2,700-pound orbital data centers, FCC seeks to exempt satellites
SpaceX retired 260 Starlink satellites in six months, with hundreds more to follow, as debate grows over the atmospheric impact of satellite burn-ups.
RAMpocalyse pricing prompts maker to construct his own memory using ancient Apollo-era tech — USB drive resurrects hand-threaded magnetic core memory using salvaged Russian computer parts
DIYer shows how they made a handsome magnetic core memory USB drive using home CNC and 3D printing equipment. However, it isn't a homebrew answer to the AI-induced memory crisis with only 64 bits of data capacity
Germany's massive 60,000-game preservation project collapses after €1.5 million funding dries up — world's largest game archive was entirely publicly available, now abandoned just as Sony k
A German effort to assemble the world's largest publicly accessible video game archive is being wound down after roughly 1.5 million in public funding expired.
Reviewer tests 'RTX 4080M' desktop graphics card powered by salvaged laptop silicon — performs worse than slightly more expensive RX 9070 GRE but draws only 100W in games
Turns out, a modded RTX 4080M desktop GPU performs worse than similarly-priced official options. It currently costs roughly $400 in China and compared to the RX 9070 GRE, this custom card loses in every game tested except PUBG.
Hannah Montana Linux gets modern remaster after nearly two decades — ‘Sweet niblets,’ new v26 is built on Debian with a re-skin of KDE Plasma
Say whaaaat? Hannah Montana Linux is back. Basically abandonware since 2009, the distro has returned with a modern kernel and about 18 years worth of patches.
US Navy is flight-testing 3D printed fighter jet parts that cut repair times in half — forward-deployed 3D printers generate composite parts, flight testing to begin on operational F/A-18 Super
The US Navy is experimenting with 3D-printed patches for composite parts, allowing forward bases to repair F/A-18 Super Hornets without waiting for replacement parts coming from the tail end of a logistics supply chain thousands of miles long.
F1 25: 2026 Season Edition GPU benchmarks – From Pole Position to the Back of the Grid
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Jim Keller's startup is building a factory to mass-produce small semiconductor fabs —Atomic Semi rebrands as 'Fab2' underlining intended role as a 'fab fab'
Atomic Semi, the semiconductor tooling startup founded by chip architect Jim Keller and DIY fabrication pioneer Sam Zeloof, has rebranded as Fab2.
Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 14 Aura Edition review: A masterclass in mobility and usability
A sublime ultraportable with world-class quality and OLED visuals, the ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 14 excels at everything it does.
Windows 11 identifier code used to track Scattered Spider perp after Microsoft shared info with FBI — 19-year-old US-Estonian hacker arrested over alleged ties to infamous extortion group
Petet Stokes was arrested in Finland and extradited to the U.S. over alleged ties to the Scattered Spider group, with Microsoft helping in the investigation. He's in custody awaiting trial based on a criminal complaint for a May 2025 attack on a U.S.-based luxury jewelry retailer
Grab this RTX 5070 Ti OLED gaming laptop at $300 off — Acer Predator Helios Neo 16S AI drops to $1,899.99
The Acer Predator Helios Neo 16S AI combines an OLED 240 Hz display, Intel's Core Ultra 9 275HX, RTX 5070 Ti graphics, and 32GB of DDR5 memory, all while saving you $300 off its regular price.
Alibaba bans Anthropic's Claude Code after an alleged hidden China-detection backdoor is uncovered — employees told to switch to Qoder as the rift between the firms widens
Alibaba banned Claude Code after an alleged hidden China-detection code was found, prompting staff to switch to Qoder as its feud with Anthropic deepens.
Turtle Beach Command Series KB7 Review: A keyboard with a touchscreen and a lot of potential
Turtle Beach's new "Command Series" KB7 TKL keyboard features a 4.3-inch touchscreen instead of the typical navigation cluster - like a Stream Deck, but as a touchscreen. Unfortunately, it lacks the software to back it up.
PS5 Disc Drive purchase cap predates Sony's disc cutoff — 'high demand' order limit has been on the store page since at least March 2025
Meanwhile, the largest petition against the disc cutoff sat beyond 74,000 signatures on the morning of July 4th, closing in on its 75,000 goal.
You can now play Half-Life 2 right inside your browser at over 100 FPS with save states & console support — Ingenious port recreates the entire game campaign using WebGL 2
An unofficial browser port of Half-Life 2 has popped up online, allowing you to play the original campaign without downloading anything. Developed in just three months by Slqnt and 98006, it even features Source console integration for cheats.
Fill your Steam library without spending a single dime — scratch your shopping itch with the Steam Summer Sale Simulator
This website lets you "buy" all the Steam games you want without spending anything at all. It was primarily made for the dopamine hit, but the Achievements page is quite engaging, too.
DARPA plans 30-year endurance nuclear waste batteries to power next-gen drones, says report — project SYMPHONEE aims to harvest Strontium-90 to power persistent military drones
A report suggests that upcoming nuclear waste-powered radiovoltaic batteries could last as long as 30 years and power next-gen drones.
50-feet-long fiber optic HDMI cable and Steam Controller 2 is enthusiasts' answer to the Steam Machine — dismisses Valve's new console for a DIY Bazzite setup with a controller
An enthusiast is DIYing his own Steam Machine through ancient, lost methods known as cables that turn his existing PC into the perfect couch gaming setup. As expected, the Steam Controller 2 is also involved, alongside Bazzite.
Sony crammed an entire PS1 into a DualShock controller that connects to your TV, but killed the project — PlayStation Puga offered game studios a mere 10 cents per unit sold
Sony successfully built a PlayStation 1 console that fit inside a controller but had to cancel the project after game studios were unhappy with the royalties they would make from the project.
Chinese YMTC SSDs make their way into retail Lenovo laptops — media outlet slams YMTC PCIe 4.0 drive for 'below average for an SSD in an office laptop' in review
Lenovo has seemingly begun using YMTC SSDs in some of its laptop models, allowing the Chinese storage chip company to gain a foothold in the U.S. This is despite its inclusion on the U.S. Department of Commerce's Entity List and its branding by the Pentagon as a Chinese military company.
Get a premium 27-inch 1440p 240 Hz OLED gaming monitor for only $349 — OLED for the price of IPS
If you've been meaning to upgrade to an OLED monitor but budget options scare you off because of burn-in, Asus has the answer for you. Not only does this monitor feature great specs, but it also has a proximity sensor that automatically turns off the display when you step away.
Meta data center water discharges suspended after contaminating the city's reclamation water supply with bacterium — system offline for months for cleaning, closed-loop cooling system purge spre
Fill-and-flush is a commissioning step whereby crews fill a cooling loop's piping with water and flush it to clear debris before the system is run.
AOC U27G4XM 27-inch 4K 160 Hz Dual-Refresh Gaming Monitor Review: Speed, Flexibility And Value
AOC brings speed, flexibility, and value in its U27G4XM. It's a 27-inch dual-mode IPS panel with 4K resolution at 160 Hz, FHD resolution at 320 Hz and Adaptive-Sync. It also has a Mini LED backlight with 1,000 nits for HDR and wide gamut color.
Memory price surge begins to cool as consumers hit affordability limit — AI demand still keeps DRAM and NAND prices climbing through Q3 2026
TrendForce says DRAM and NAND prices will continue to rise through Q3 2026, but AI-driven gains are slowing as PC and smartphone makers reach their affordability limits.
The ultimate 4K RTX 5090 gaming titan plummets $2,580 — huge discount makes the Alienware Area-51 with 24-core CPU and 64GB RAM irresistible
Dell has slashed the price of the Alienware Area-51 with a Core Ultra 9 285K, GeForce RTX 5090, and 64GB of DDR5 RAM by $2,580.
Windows guru uses 19th-century Stirling Engine tech for auxiliary cooling on AMD Threadripper 3970X system — waste heat energy spins the $40 engine's flywheel
Windows development guru Dave W. Plummer shared a brief video demonstrating a novel Stirling Engine powered cooling solution for his AMD Threadripper chipset.
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