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New Commerce Department AI export rules could be seismic change for CSPs and data center operators — buying American GPUs at scale means committing to building American infrastructure
The Trump administration is considering new export controls for high-end AI chips, with the suggestion that it may start requiring investment in U.S.
Why AMD motherboards now come with bigger BIOS chips—and why it matters to you
We take a quick look at the evolution of BIOS chip capacities on AMD motherboards over the years.
Oracle hits back at Stargate data center cancellation reports — claims 4.5GW Oracle-OpenAI agreement still on track
In a statement posted to X today, Oracle said it and developer Crusoe are operating in lockstep" to deliver one of the world's largest AI data centers at the Abilene campus.
Sony takes aim at Steam with dynamic discounts on the PlayStation Store — new report claims over 150 games in 50+ regions are showing varying lower prices for some users
A new report from PSprices claims that Sony has been experimenting with cheaper prices on a variety of titles for certain users. Since November 2025, gamers in at least 68 regions have been getting personalized, discounted prices across 150+ games, including Sony's first-party exclusives.
Grab a Creality 3D printer for as little as $199 in this discount-heavy Spring sale — limited-time deals include Creality K1C down to just $399, with filament spools slashed in price by nearly 5
It's time for a new 3D printer, with Creality's Spring Sale offering a discount of up to 40% on its range of printers, with the K1C, K2 Plus, and Ender 3 V3 all on sale at reduced prices.
First solar-powered rugged laptop announced — features a solar panel on the back of the display and a backup battery with 5,200mAh of capacity
A Chinese laptop manufacturer has announced the world's first rugged industrial laptop with a solar panel. The device is geared towards professionals who need a device that can work for long periods of time away from a power outlet.
Intel keeps socket LGA 1700 alive with new P-core-only CPUs — 'Bartlett Lake' is official, but targets embedded applications with up to 12 cores
Intel's heavily-rumored Bartlett Lake 12P CPUs are finally official, with a P-core-only design that is compatible with LGA 1700 motherboards. However, they're targeting embedded and edge applications, not a broad consumer release.
'Borderline scam' 1.1TB HP laptop deal on Amazon draws consumer ire, laptop has 128GB SSD and 1TB of OneDrive cloud storage — 'generous' $499 third-party laptop deal sounds too good to be true,
A number of third-party sellers are selling laptops with descriptions that claim over 1TB of storage, despite only physically containing a 128GB SSD, despite public disapproval over the practice.
Shortages of crucial chip packaging material threatens AI accelerator supply chains — Nittobo's Fukushima plant is tripling capacity, but it'll take years before market
One Japanese company called Nittobo controls roughly 90% of the global supply of specialist glass-fiber cloth (T-glass), which sits inside every advanced AI chip package - and demand is now so high and supply so squeezed that it's causing issues.
Thermal Grizzly scammed out of $46,000 by Alibaba metals suppliers — company spread the risk across two copper and aluminum suppliers, only for both to send cheaper, fake materials
Thermal Grizzly (TG) has been stung by fake materials sellers based in China, with nearly $50,000 down the drain.
3D printer that can mine Bitcoin uses excess heat for temperature control — throttled ASICs use printing bed as a heatsink
The creator of a 3D printer that mines Bitcoin took part in an interview on the Home Mining Podcast at the weekend.
Save $484 on a Ryzen 7 9850X3D, 32GB of Kingston DDR5 RAM, and an Asus X870 motherboard — start your AM5 build on the right foot with this $949 bundle
Get an awesome deal on this Newegg combo - $949.99 gets you the fastest gaming processor around, a Ryzen 7 9850X3D, 32GB of dual-channel DDR5 Kingston RAM, and a solid Asus X870 AYW Gaming Wifi motherboard
The best Amazon UK Spring Deals Days tech sales 2026 — featuring the best prices on the latest gaming PCs, GPUs, laptops, monitors, peripherals, and more
The best Amazon Spring Deals Day UK deals on gaming PCs, laptops, tools, and accessories. Also featuring deals from Argos, Currys, Overclocker, Scan, and more.
Save an incredible $620 on this Newegg combo with an RTX 5070, 64GB DDR5 RAM and a PC case — $1,299.99 deal secures you dual-channel Corsair memory and a 3500X case alongside an Nvidia GPU for 1
Another great Newegg deal nets you 64GB (2x32GB) of Corsair Vengeance ARGB RAM, alongside a Gigabyte RTX 5070 graphics card and a Corsair 3500X PC case, all for only $1,299.99, saving you a massive $619.98.
Researchers build atom-thin 2D thermometers that can be embedded directly in processors — can detect temperature changes in 100 nanoseconds, millions of times faster than the blink of an eye
Processors currently rely on temperature sensors positioned outside the chip die itself, which limits both the speed and precision of thermal monitoring.
Amazon's Rufus AI shopping assistant can be easily jailbroken and tricked into answering other questions — specific prompts break the chatbot's guidelines and reach underlying AI engine
Rufus, the AI assistant meant to make shopping on Amazon easier, can actually just answer any question you throw at it as long as it's prompted right. It allegedly runs Claude under the hood, and people have been able to get it to answer complex mathematical questions, and we almost got it to say whether the AI bubble will burst this year.
China warns of fresh chip shortage as Nexperia dispute escalates again - Dutch headquarters allegedly locked Chinese staff out of IT systems
China's commerce ministry warned on Saturday of a renewed global semiconductor supply chain crisis, after Nexperia's Netherlands disabled IT accounts for all employees at its Chinese operations.
Grab an excellent 60% keyboard with Bluetooth & silent Topre switches for 25% off — HHKB Professional Hybrid Type-S is down to just $219 right now
If you've been looking for a keyboard upgrade but didn't want to go with the typical options on the market, the HHKB Professional Hybrid Type-S might just be the top pick for you. Featuring silent Topre switches and wireless Bluetooth connectivity that lasts three months on a single "charge," this flagship HHKB keyboard is one great deal right now.
Classic tiny LEGO computer brick design from 1979 made into full-scale working computer — Mac Mini implanted into this 10:1 scale inflated reimagining
A Dutch designer has crafted a 10:1 scale working model of the classic wedge-shaped LEGO computer brick Part 3039p23 with a Mac Mini M4 inside.
OpenAI's massive Stargate data center canceled as firm can't reach terms with Oracle, operator struggles with reliability issues — Meta said to be interested in snatching excess capacity
Financing terms and swinging OpenAI capacity forecast collapse a major expansion of a Stargate data center. Yet, Meta could take the yet-to-be-expanded space.
Car powered by 500 disposable vape batteries boasts 18-mile range, 35mph top speed, USB-C charging port — early 2000s Reva G.Wiz gets a makeover
A TechTuber has successfully built and tested a vape battery-powered car.
NASA successfully deflected a small asteroid with its DART rocket, kinetic strike ejected a significant amount of debris from the asteroid — impact nudges the orbit of the small astronomical bod
The U.S. space agency measured the impact of its DART mission, revealing that the impact changed the orbit of two cosmic bodies.
Palmer Luckey’s retro gaming venture seeks $1 billion valuation as FPGA-based Nintendo 64 clone launch nears — ModRetro's M64 console plays original N64 cartridges, supports 4K resolution
Palmer Luckey is said to be in talks with investors to raise funds for ModRetro at a $1 billion valuation as the retro gaming company prepares to ship its second product.
Chinese SSD maker YMTC lists first commercial PCIe 5.0 SSD as worldwide shortage intensifies — Xtacking 4.0 NAND powers speeds of up to 10,500 MB/s
The newly listed PC550 SSD targets AI PCs and commercial systems and features PCIe 5.0 x4 connectivity, NVMe 2.0 support, and a four-channel design.
US startup plans to build data centers inside ocean-based wind turbines, servers water cooled via chilly North Sea — each leg houses a data center, firm set to launch three-legged prototype in N
Offshore wind turbines could house up to a 12-megawatt data center, drawing power directly from the winds blowing on the sea while using the cold ocean water for cooling.
Norwegian gov't consumer watchdog calls out ‘enshittification’ of video games, connected devices, and others — claims hardware deliberately degraded after purchase
Companies can degrade the functionality of your car or effectively destroy your connected washing machine with a software update," says the report.
Jensen Huang set to receive $4 million bonus from Nvidia, 0.002% of his $164 billion net worth — a small incentive for one of the richest people on earth
The Nvidia compensation committee set a $4 million cash bonus for Jensen Huang if he hits the company's fiscal targets by January 31, 2027.
Seagate FireCuda X1070 SSD spotted at retailers — listed at $829.99 before any official announcement
Seagate's unannounced FireCuda X1070 NVMe SSD appeared on Amazon and Best Buy listings this week before its product page went offline.
California sues websites hosting 3D printed gun files — online platforms allegedly violate multiple civil codes regarding unlawful distribution and manufacturing of firearms
California's civil suit alleges that these websites and their operators are willfully distributing 3D printed gun files and instructions that could allow anyone to print a gun from scratch in as little as eight hours.
Memory bit flips cause up to 15% of Firefox crashes, asserts Mozilla engineer — figure inferred from 470,000 auto-submitted crash reports
A Mozilla engineer has shared survey data and calculations suggesting that up to 15% of Firefox crashes are due to a bit flip.
Linux hacked onto a PS5 to turn Sony's console into a Steam Machine — GTA V Enhanced Edition runs at 60 FPS on 1440pwith ray tracing
If Sony's allegedly going to take away the ability to play its PlayStation exclusives on PC, you can rebel by converting the PS5 into a straight-up PC. That's what Andy Nguyen, a security engineer, did by porting Linux over to the console and running GTA V on it via Steam. The best part? It actually plays really well, without any issues.
Lock in the RTX 5070 for $599 before prices skyrocket even further — custom overclocked model is only $50 above MSRP
The RTX 5070 offers strong 1440p performance, 12GB of GDDR7 memory, and support for Nvidia's latest features like DLSS 4 and Reflex 2.
Valve changes Steam Machine release date to this 'year,' second change as AI-fueled memory and shortage crisis deepens — official announcements went from "early 2026" to "first half of 2026" to
Valve's latest announcement puts the Steam Machine release for "this year," after changing the console's expected arrival date from the first quarter to the first half of 2026.
Nintendo sues the US government over tariffs — Japanese videogame giant seeks 200 billion refund with interest
Nintendo of America filed a lawsuit against the U.S. government on March 6 in the U.S. Court of International Trade, seeking a refund of tariffs it paid under President Donald Trump's executive orders.
AMD VP uses AI to create Radeon Linux userland driver in Python — senior AI engineer says he "didn't open the editor once"
AMD's VP of AI software vibe coded the driver entirely using Claude Code, but it's meant for testing, not for deployment to users.
Engineer receives $30,000 for exposing a vulnerability affecting 7,000 robot vacuum cleaners — tinkerer just wanted to drive his robot vacuum with a PS5 controller
A software engineer gets access to 7,000 DJI Romo robot vacuum cleaners while tinkering with an idea to use a gamepad to control his robotic hoover. Gets $30,000 from DJI for an undisclosed discovery.
Oracle reportedly set to axe thousands of jobs and freeze hiring as AI data center bets ignite financial perfect storm — cuts in cloud division to be backfilled with AI
Oracle reportedly set to axe thousands of jobs, could freeze hiring for cloud division
Scientists attempt to link 3D printed ghost guns to specific filament brands with chemical fingerprinting — major filament makers often white-label products, complicating efforts
A new study investigates whether science can trace 3D printed ghost guns" through chemical analysis of the filament used for printing.
Claude Code deletes developers' production setup, including its database and snapshots — 2.5 years of records were nuked in an instant
Over-eager developer has Claude Code Terraform his production setup, including database and its snapshots
Nvidia dominates gaming GPU market with 95 percent share as sales of AMD Radeon graphics plummet to a historical low of 5 percent
Nvidia strengthens its position on the market of discrete GPUs as AMD's market share continues to dive, whereas Intel fails to gain traction.
Nvidia CEO Huang declares ‘I love constraints’ amid ongoing component shortage — claims lack of options forces AI clients to only choose the very best
In a scarce market, clients don't take risks and go with the biggest, most reliable option, which ultimately benefits Nvidia as it sits at the top of the AI boom. Unfortunately, these data center escapades hurt regular human beings, too, but that's not the trillion-dollar corporation's concern.
This shark PC case will take a $5,499 megabyte out of your pocket — Cooler Master Shark X finally migrates to U.S. waters
Cooler Master's Shark X mini-ITX case is finally available at U.S. retailers for $5,499.99.
Iranian drone strikes hit three AWS data centers in the UAE and Bahrain — Iran confirms it targeted Amazon cloud infrastructure
Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps stated it targeted the Bahrain facility specifically because AWS hosts U.S. military workloads there.
Apple's 18-core M5 Max destroys 96-core Ryzen Threadripper Pro 9995WX in Geekbench — GPU performance is much less impressive
Apple's M5 Max processor shows unexpectedly high results in multi-thread workloads: an 18-core CPU beats a 96-core Ryzen Threadripper Pro 9995WX in Geekbench, but the built-in GPU fails to beat the GeForce RTX 5090.
PC processors entered the Gigahertz era today in the year 2000 with AMD's Athlon — AMD hit marketing gold with its 1 GHz Athlon, beat Intel by a nose
Today in the year 2000, AMD shipped an undisputable milestone processor, its 1 GHz Athlon CPU. Thus, the Gigahertz PC era was born on Monday, March 6, 2000.
DDR5 RAM kits skyrocket to an astonishing $4,000 on Newegg with wild price listings on multiple G.Skill and Corsair products — various speeds and capacities all listed at the same eye-watering p
Newegg has raised the price of some Corsair Vengeance DDR5 memory kits to $3,980; however, it's unclear whether this is a pricing blunder.
Motherboard buying advice for the PC building apocalypse — Our benchmarks, and years of testing, show you where to save and when to spend
Match your board to your build, use case, and future plans to avoid bottlenecks and wasted upgrades. Spend smart now to prevent paying out more later, even with a budget motherboard.
Apple pulls $4,000 512GB Mac Studio upgrade option as AI RAM squeeze continues, raises 256GB upgrade price — M3 256GB upgrade now costs $2,000
The 512GB option, which was exclusive to the M3 Ultra chip and previously cost $4,000, no longer appears on Apple's configuration page.
AI creates jobs, data from bank survey shows — companies with wide AI deployments and investments are more likely to be hiring than those that don't
The fears over AI job market decimation may be overblown, according to economists working at the European Central Bank. A new report suggests that firms that make the most use of AI in Europe are also the largest job creators, hiring more people as productivity increases.
Sovol SV08 Max review: Monster printer
Sovol's super-sized SV08 Max is an enthusiast's printer with a few quirks that may make it tough for newbies.
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