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Clippy, Microsoft’s hapless Office assistant, was retired 25 years ago today — its irritating spirit lives on in 100+ Copilots
Microsoft's Clippy was put out to pasture a quarter century ago. This hapless, and some would add irritating,' productivity assistant would no longer be enabled by default in Office, starting April 11, 2001.
Save $680 instantly on this massive Corsair 96GB DDR5-6000 RAM kit — 57% discount slashes price tag to $499
If you've been looking to score a high-capacity kit of RAM but the AI boom has destroyed any chance of that happening, Newegg might have just the deal for you. The 96GB Corsair Vengeance DDR5-6000 RAM kit usually costs over $1,100, but you can get it for less than half if you act quickly.
Two manufacturers commit to keep Blu-ray alive after others quit manufacturing — Verbatim and I-O Data extend Blu-ray supply pledge as manufacturers exit the market
Verbatim Japan and I-O Data have widened their joint commitment to keep recordable Blu-ray products on shelves in Japan, this time covering drive hardware as well as media.
MacBook user explains why he files the sharp metal edges off his Apple laptops — unibody design facilitates a surprisingly deep roundover
Tech DIYer Kent Walters has used a metalworking file to round over the corners of his MacBook. Apparently, some people freak out about this.
Best Laptops 2026: Our benchmarked picks for productivity, portability, and battery life
We test dozens of laptops a year for their performance, screen quality, and battery life, to find the best laptops right now across Windows, macOS, Intel, AMD, and Qualcomm notebooks.
Denuvo properly cracked in Resident Evil: Requiem, bypasses become plug-and-play — cracked version runs faster, smoother, and uses way less VRAM and RAM
Denuvo properly cracked in Resident Evil: Requiem, while HV bypasses become plug-and-play
Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus vs Ryzen 7 9700X faceoff — a new midrange CPU champ emerges
Intel's new Core Ultra 7 270K Plus is going after the Ryzen 7 9700X with its $300 price point. We put the two head-to-head in a series of rounds based on our own testing to see which comes out on top.
HyperX Eve 1800 Review: Not worth $50
The HyperX Eve 1800 is not a good keyboard, even for $50, as it's lacking in features and not pleasant to use.
Chinese Nvidia Cloud Partner procured 300 servers with banned AI GPUs worth $92 million — shares of data center supplier Sharetronic plummet following Super Micro smuggling arrest
Publicly available documents reveal that a Chinese AI data center company sold servers that were designed for Nvidia H100 chips despite the U.S. export ban.
Original Apollo 11 code open-sourced by NASA — original Command Module and Lunar Module code repos are now public domain resources
The historic computer software code that took Apollo 11 to the moon has been open-sourced and is available to anyone to read, download, and tinker with.
Garage sale haul finds 2013 'trash can' Mac Pro nestled inside 2010 Mac Pro enclosure — Mac Pro inception still needs some work to get running
A lucky buyer on Reddit found a 2010 Mac Pro in a garage sale and it had a whole 'nother 2013 Mac Pro sitting inside. The tower didn't have any internals, which implies that the owner was likely using it as a sort of DIY enclosure for the trash-can Mac Pro, to perhaps mount extra stuff since the 2013 Mac Pro has no expansion slots.
Benchmarking Nvidia's RTX Neural Texture Compression tech that can reduce VRAM usage by over 80%
We put RTX Neural Texture Compression to the test with multiple GPUs and on a laptop.
FAA courts gamers to become air traffic controllers — boasts $155k average annual salary after three years as the agency prepares for 8,000 applicants
The FAA's latest YouTube video is encouraging gamers to apply to become an air traffic controller, telling them that they've been training for this challenge. The agency is tapping on the younger demographic to help expand its numbers as the ATC shortage is hampering safety and airport operations.
Tests show $30,000 AI GPUs are terrible password crackers — RTX 5090 gaming GPU outperforms Nvidia H200 and AMD MI300X
A research team at Specops benchmarked an RTX 5090, against two AI datacenter GPUs with Hashcat to see which GPU is the better password cracker. Spoiler alert, the RTX 5090 was the winner.
Microsoft simplifies Windows Insider program — fewer channels, and switching without wiping your device
Microsoft is simplifying the Windows Insider program with fewer channels, making it easier to switch between them and enable the latest features.
HWMonitor and CPU-Z developer CPUID breached by unknown attackers — cyberattack forced users to download malware instead of valid apps for six hours
Unknown attackers compromised the CPUID website, redirecting users to malware laden versions of popular tools.
Framework founder says that ‘personal computing as we know it is dead’ — vows to keep building ‘computers that you can own at the deepest level’
Framework founder Nirav Patel said that the personal computing industry is facing a massive change as big companies are forcing it to move towards a subscription-based model. Still, he vows to continue making hardware that will enable the personal ownership of computation.
French government says it's ditching Windows for Linux — country accelerates plans to ditch US-based software in digital sovereignty push
France is accelerating its digital sovereignty plans. In an official press release this week, the country's DINUM announced its exit from Windows in favor of workstations running on the Linux operating system."
Anthropic's Claude Mythos isn't a sentient super-hacker, it's a sales pitch — claims of 'thousands' of severe zero-days rely on just 198 manual reviews
Anthropic has convened America's big tech companies and the U.S. government to deal with the many bugs and vulnerabilities its new AI found, but this may be just the latest attempt by Anthropic to scare people into thinking its AI is the solution to its own discovered problems.
Vdura hikes its enterprise SSD pricing, now costs 22.6x more than hard drives — the price of a 30TB SSD has climbed 472%
Vdura has materially revised the enterprise SSD pricing figures in its Flash Volatility Index, telling customers in an April 8 update that the cost of a 30TB TLC enterprise drive climbed 472%.
Score the AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D with 32GB of fast DDR5 RAM and an Asus X870E gaming motherboard for under $990 in this epic Newegg bundle — $200 saving brings the RAM cost down to just $196, with
This seriously good Newegg combo deal combines the AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D, 32GB of fast DDR5 RAM, and an Asus TUF Gaming X870E motherboard for just $989.98, bringing the cost of the RAM down to a just $196 and saving you over $200 as a result.
Get 32GB of Corsair DDR5 RAM for $101 - Newegg combo bundle also contains MSI's flagship X870E Godlike motherboard and AMD Ryzen 9800X3D for only $1,624.98
Score a high-end AM5 bundle at Newegg: Ryzen 7 9800X3D, MSI X870E Godlike, and 32GB DDR5-6400 for $1,624.98-nearly $300 off. Includes a free MSI 240mm AIO and Crimson Desert, making this a top-tier premium PC deal.
30 years of Lexar: What a look inside its R&D labs and factory reveals about its plans for an AI-ready future
Lexar toured us around its R&D labs and production facilities to see how it's building storage solutions for today and tomorrow.
Cooler Master MWE Bronze V2 230V 650W power supply review: A competent entry-level choice
The Cooler Master MWE Bronze V2 230V 650W is a budget unit that punches above its class topologically, though compromised active components and an 85C bulk capacitor keep it from being anything more than a competent entry-level choice.
Beef up your gaming rig with this 16GB Radeon RX 9060 XT for just $419 — save $50 on this 1440p champion
PowerColor's AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB graphics cards receive a hefty $50 discount at both Newegg and Amazon.
Embattled streamer goes viral after playing Red Dead Redemption 2 at 4 FPS — ‘i5-8300H and a 1050ti with 4GB’ setup takes 12 hours to play through the first chapter, would make the g
Prolific Danish YouTuber Mongo TV recently went viral, with his video series showing him enjoying' RDR2 at a glacial 4 FPS.
Silverstone IceMyst Pro 360 Pro Review: Designed for RAM overclocking
Silverstone's IceMyst Pro 360 is a unique AIO that's designed for RAM overclocking. This review is tested with AMD's Ryzen 9 9950X3D CPU.
After jumping 2,200% over the last twelve months, DDR4 spot prices fall 5%, the first decline in nearly a year — DDR5 pricing sees some relief in China channel market
DDR4 16Gb spot prices fell about 5% over the past month to roughly $74.10, ending nearly a year of consecutive monthly gains.
US cybersecurity agency issues an urgent alert as Iranian hackers attack critical infrastructure — CISA guidance warns organizations to immediately shield certain programmable logic controllers
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, in conjunction with the FBI and NSA, have issued an alert that Iranian-affiliated cyber attacks are threatening critical infrastructure, exploiting programmable logic controllers made by Rockwell Automation and Allen-Bradley to gain access.
Newbie overclocker destroys $5,000 RTX 5090 Lightning Z GPU they used 'to learn how to solder' — practicing newfound hobby goes wrong in the most expensive way imaginable
An MSI GeForce RTX 5090 Lightning Z owner sent their $5,000 GPU for repair after damaging it while "practicing" soldering a resistor on the board.
Engineer installs 3.5-inch floppy drive in a Tesla — modern EV recognizes and runs ancient storage device, even plays an MP3 file from diskette
An engineer and software developer was able to make a 3.5-inch floppy drive work seamlessly with the Tesla with just a USB-to-FDD converter.
Ambitious hacker reduces worst-case memory latency by up to 93%, but with severe downsides — 1960s bottleneck overcome by hedging memory accesses to avoid running into DRAM refresh stalls
The clever software trick works on both x86 and Arm to radically reduce worst-case memory latency, but it has severe limitations, too.
Intel Arc GPUs can finally boot up and play 'Crimson Desert' — but you'll probably want to wait for official support
Intel's latest GPU driver is capable of booting Crimson Desert and can reportedly run at nearly 60 FPS at ultra settings on an Arc B580. But the game suffers from occasional crashing and visual artifacts.
Fueled by Musk's TeraFab tie-in, Intel's market cap hits highest level in 25 years — tops $300 billion on CPU, AI, and foundry momentum
Intel tops $300 billion, its highest market capitalization in 25 years on AI, CPU, and foundry announcements momentum.
Geekbench 6.7 adds Intel BOT detection to spoof out 'unrealistic' CPU scores — Benchmark runs with BOT enabled will be marked as invalid
Geekbench 6.7 comes with Intel BOT detection to ensure any runs using it are flagged. The developer argues BOT gives unrealistic performance bumps to select workloads that don't represent real-world performance.
Alleged images of the long-awaited Nvidia N1/N1X SoC surface on laptop motherboard — board features 128 GB of LPDDR5X memory alongside 8+6+2 phase VRM
Nvidia's N1 SoC leaks yet again, but this time in the flesh, with potentially a laptop motherboard featuring the long-rumored chip. It was spotted on sale on a Chinese marketplace for roughly $1,400. The pictures show the PCB rocking 128 GB of LPDDR5X-8533 RAM, robust power delivery, and a decent I/O selection.
Intel and Google announce multi-year chip deal — Google will deploy Intel Xeon with custom IPUs for next-gen AI, cloud infrastructure
Although Google now has its own Arm-based Axion CPUs, Intel's Xeon processors with custom IPUs will continue to be used for AI and other demanding workloads in Google's data centers for years.
Intel's EMIB-T packaging technology set for fab rollout this year — as TSMC CoWoS capacity remains limited,EMIB-T is preparing for advanced AI accelerator designs
If these billions per year" in deals close, it'd mark quite the turnaround for Intel Foundry, which generated just $307 million in external revenue last year.
Bryson DeChambeau to use 3D-printed 5-iron at 2026 Masters in golfing first — club he fabricated himself 'finally ready' to face Augusta
Bryson DeChambeau will use a 3D-printed 5-iron at the Masters this weekend.
UK navy tracked three Russian submarines near undersea cables, damage would 'have serious consequences,' Putin warned — US and allies expand seabed protection efforts
A Royal Navy warship and P8 maritime patrol aircraft have tracked three Russian submarines, including two Gugi-class deep-sea vessels, attempting to survey undersea cables and pipelines.
Build a $5,000 AM5 gaming PC for just $2,771 with this Newegg combo deal — 9800X3D and RTX 5070 also come with 128GB of DDR5 RAM, 4TB SSD, X870E motherboard, and AIO cooler
Build a gaming PC worth $5,019 for just $2,771.98 in this epic Newegg combo deal with a 9800X3D, a whopping 128GB of DDR5 RAM, an MSI X870E motherboard, and a RTX 5070, along with a free 4TB SSD, MSI MAG liquid cooler, and three free games, saving you over $2,247 in total.
Intel developing two-lever retention mechanism for LGA 1954 socket, according to new leak — Premium Nova Lake-S motherboards will feature 2L-ILM sockets
Some high-end motherboards for Intel's upcoming Nova Lake processors have been tipped to include a dual-lever retention mechanism called "2L-ILM." We've seen something similar before with LGA 2011, but that a server platform. Boards with 2L-ILM will live alongside standard ILM (1L-ILM?) variants that are cheaper to produce.
Acer Predator X27 X1 27-inch 240 Hz OLED gaming monitor review: Blending performance and value
Acer delivers a solid value with the Predator X27 X1. It's a 27-inch QD-OLED gaming monitor with 4K resolution, 240 Hz, Adaptive-Sync, HDR400, and wide gamut color. It delivers high speed and saturated color in equal measure.
Under $30, GameSir's Super Nova wireless controller has an unbelievable 40% slashed off the price in this limited-time offer — includes stick drift eliminating Hall Effect thumbsticks and switch
A fully loaded wireless gaming controller from GameSir for under $30.
Korean government to take action over soaring DRAM costs, including monitoring markets and pricing — internet data plans to be restructured and recycled PCs to be distributed to vulnerable group
South Korea is taking government action to reduce the pressure of the DRAM and NAND crisis on its population.
Go maintainer joins collective klaxon about encryption-breaking quantum computers — developer urges immediate switch to post-quantum methods to prevent worldwide disaster
Go maintainer joins collective klaxon about encryption-breaking quantum computers and urges immediate switch to post-quantum methods to prevent disaster.
Steam files suggest Valve is developing internal'SteamGPT' AI bot — aimed at tackling customer support tickets and CS2 anti-cheat
Leaked Steam files show that Valve is developing a "SteamGPT" AI bot that will help its employees with customer support and anti-cheat in CS2.
$21 billion stolen from more than 1 million Americans due to cybercrime in 2025 — $11 billion come from stolen crypto, $8.6 billion taken from investment scams, while AI-related attacks cost $89
The FBI breaks down the $21 billion lost by over a million Americans through online scams, with more than half involving cryptocurrency.
10 petabytes of sensitive data stolen from China's National Supercomputing Center, hackers claim — daring heist would be largest ever China hack, covering 6,000 clients across science, defense,
Hacker or hacker group steals secret data concerning aerospace engineering, bioinformatics, fusion modeling from China's National Supercomputing Center.
Intel and SambaNova team up on heterogenous AI inference platform — different hardware performs different workloads
Intel and SambaNova announce heterogeneous inference platform that can take advantage of Intel Xeon 6 CPUs, SambaNova SN50 RDUs, and Nvidia GPUs.
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