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This MSI gaming laptop is fit for 1080p gaming, thanks to an RTX 5060, with $250 off knocking the price down to just $1049.99.

Valve starts enforcing Australian age verification law, but its privacy-minded choice of bank card as the only verification method is causing issues with many consumers.

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.

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 appears to be using dynamic pricing to push select users to commit to Xbox Game Pass.

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.

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 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.

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.

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.

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.

Patagonia, a region of Argentina with 17,300 glaciers has the potential to turn into a data center hotspot.

Anthropic AI safety researcher has warned there's a more than 10% chance AI could kill all humans.

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.

A Super Smash Bros Melee decompilation project hit its key long-standing goal a few hours ago.

Sony Japan has introduced a customer-harassment policy as anger continues over PlayStation's plan to phase out physical game discs by 2028.

NEC reportedly quits development of quantum computers, but plans to explore practical applications for such systems.

Vintage Emulator Studio brings iconic vintage synths and samplers to life - MAME-powered component-level emulation should offer exceedingly accurate sound

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

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.

These DDR5 32GB memory kits are the cheapest you'll find on sale right now, starting at $389.

Thailand asks datacenter operators to suspend buildouts until legal framework is complete - new legislation is supposed to create "airtight" requirements for large-scale datacenters

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

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 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.

Labor Day is nearly over, but there's still an opportunity to save hundreds on a new gaming PC before the prices rise again.

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.

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.

The ULW10 Traveller offers retro gamers a compact alternative to modern widescreen TVs, complete with a 4:3 display and CRT-style visuals

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.

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.

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.