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Updated 2026-03-20 21:00
New Fortnite 'Rivalry' includes chance to win RTX 5080 — top five players will be awarded GPU hardware in Chapter 7 Season 2 competition
Fortnite's new season not only brings new content for the players but also gives them a chance to earn real-life rewards, such as an RTX 5080. If you're good enough at the game and win enough "rivalries" in matches every week and rank among the top five players in the world, Epic will give you a free RTX 5080.
Crimson Desert offers no support for Intel GPUs — developer Pearl Abyss says 'please refer to the refund policy'
Crimson Desert doesn't support Intel GPUs, and the game's developers is telling customers to simply ask for a refund.
AMD releases FSR 4.1 for RX 9000-series GPUs — new update delivers better Ray Regeneration, finer upscaled detail, and higher FPS
AMD has added Ray Regeneration 1.1 and FSR 4.1 upscaling to its RDNA 4 GPUs, bringing it to parity with Sony's PSSR 2 on the PS5 Pro. Games that support these features will have better ray tracing quality with more accurate shadow detail, while also getting a sharper-looking image through ML-based upscaling.
Planned 10-gigawatt Softbank data center in Ohio might be the largest in the world — will require a $33 billion natural gas plant, equivalent to nine nuclear reactors
SoftBank is looking forward to building a $60 billion - $70 billion AI data center spanning multiple phases in Ohio.
Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin reveals 51,600 satellite space data center plans — Project Sunrise will operate in sun-synchronous orbits between 500–1,800km in altitude
Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin has revealed its plans to launch up to 51,600 satellites for a data center constellation in space.
China develops new ultra-cold alloy that can reach -273°C without helium — could enable compact cooling for superconducting quantum chips, military equipment, and beyond
Chinese scientists develop europium, cobalt, and aluminum alloy that can be used to cool down quantum computers and military equipment.
The $599 MacBook Neo stunned the budget laptop market — but Windows laptops still have some advantages
The $599 MacBook Neo is an incredible budget laptop. But if you're all in on Windows, there are a few advantages that traditional PCs still offer if you shop the right sales.
Acer Predator XB273U F5 27-inch QHD 360 Hz gaming monitor review: Utilizing G-Sync Pulsar to deliver phenomenal blur reduction
G-Sync Pulsar blur reduction tech makes its debut in Acer's Predator XB273U F5. It's a 27-inch QHD IPS screen with 360 Hz, Adaptive-Sync, HDR500, and wide-gamut color. It brings the quickness and smoothness of OLED to the LCD realm.
Supermicro employees accused of smuggling $2.5 billion worth of Nvidia hardware to China — perps used a hairdryer to move serial numbers between real hardware and thousands of dummy servers
Three Super Micro employees have been charged with conspiring to unlawfully divert cutting edge U.S. artificial intelligence technology to China.
Save up to $129 on a new gaming chair or desk in the Secretlab Spring Sale — huge savings include an additional $100 discount for big bundles to upgrade your setup
You can save up to $129 on a new gaming chair or desk in this Secretlab Spring Sale, with huge discounts on accessories, too.
Save $130 on this Asus ROG Strix G16 gaming laptop — RTX 5060 gaming with easy upgradability for less than $1,300
RTX 5060 gaming with easy upgradability for less than $1,300. The Asus ROG Strix G16 (2025) is a great value gaming laptop deal.
Seller gets scammed as eBay customer returns $4,000 RTX 5090 with missing GPU core and memory modules — fully working Zotac stripped of most valuable components and sent back
Despite appearing intact, the GPU was missing critical components internally, making the scam difficult to detect without disassembly.
Arctic's $1,400 AMD Strix Point fanless mini-PC hides under your desk — Senza AI 370 features Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 CPU, 32GB RAM, and 1TB SSD
If you've been looking for a mini PC that goes beyond just decluttering your desk - one that basically doesn't even remind you of its existence, then Arctic has got just the thing for you. The new Senza AI 370 features a powerful AMD chip with a decent iGPU, 32 GB of fast RAM, a 1 TB SSD, and plenty of ports. It costs almost $1,400, though, but at least it's fanless.
Corsair's new 3200D mid-tower case redefines airflow and component compatibility — the case perfectly pairs with rear-connector motherboards
Corsair's new 3200D replaces the 3000D with a redesigned chassis, improved airflow, and broader hardware compatibility.
Walmart flooded with RTX 40-series GPUs as 50-series remains out of reach for most gamers — retailer slashes up to $480 off last-gen GPUs to offer sensible prices
Walmart stocks up on Nvidia's GeForce RTX 40-series (codenamed Ada Lovelace) graphics cards amid an AI-driven memory shortage.
Astro A50 X Review: For your battlestation
The Astro A50 X is a lightweight wireless headset that connects seamlessly to multiple devices at once - but requires its base station to work.
Optiscaler team fixes INT8 FSR 4 ghosting on RX 6000 series GPUs — adds support for the latest Adrenalin drivers
Optiscaler has provided a new update that helps remove ghosting on the INT8 version of FSR 4 for RX 6000 series graphics cards.
Save $350 on the cheapest RTX 5070 Ti laptop with an OLED display — Acer's excellent Predator Helios Neo 16S AI with 32GB of RAM is just $1,549 right now
Powerful laptops with impressive specs are often overpriced and only make sense when on sale. Thankfully, Acer has put its Helios Neo 16S AI with an RTX 5070 Ti, 32 GB of RAM, 240 Hz OLED display, and a Core Ultra 9 275HX processor on a steep discount. It's the best Windows laptop you can likely find at this price.
Tesla hiring semiconductor fabs construction manager — Elon Musk's ambitious Terafab project begins
Tesla begins to form a core team behind its Terafab project, which will define the fab and spearhead its construction and tamp.
US trade deficit hits a record $1.2 trillion as AI hardware imports surge under the Trump administration — massive demand for chips from Asia outpaces domestic production, fueling a 60% increase
AI-related imports across the computing and electronics sector have led to a big increase in the U.S. trade deficit, hitting a record $1.2 trillion in 2025, despite efforts from the Trump administration to reduce the gap.
How Nvidia's $20 billion Groq 3 LPU deal reshapes the Nvidia Vera Rubin Platform — Samsung 4nm process serves as bedrock for SRAM-based AI accelerator chip
Nvidia unveiled the Groq 3 language processing unit at GTC 2026 in San Jose on Monday, marking the first chip to emerge from its $20 billion licensing and talent deal with Groq.
MSI MPG X870E Carbon Max Wifi Review: Small tweaks, same Carbon DNA
The MSI X870E Carbon Max adds an OC Engine chip and a larger BIOS, though changes little else. But did it need to? See how the refresh fares against similarly equipped rivals in the crowded $500 space.
Opera GX finally arrives on Linux by popular demand — offers gamers and developers a highly customizable browser with advanced resource management
Opera brings its gaming browser to Linux users enabling better system control performance tuning and a highly personalized browsing experience.
Researchers reach superconductivity at ambient pressure, record high temperature — milestone of -122°C reached by using pressure quenching, still 140 degrees off room temperature target
Researchers from the University of Houston managed to increase the critical temperature for superconductivity by about 18 K at ambient pressure, but at -122C, they are still 140C away from the target.
Save $800 on this powerhouse Alienware 4K gaming PC with an RTX 5080 and 64GB DDR5 RAM — epic pre-built also includes a huge 4TB SSD and a 24-core Intel CPU for high-end performance
There's an unmissable deal on an top-end Alienware gaming PC, fitted with an RTX 5080, 24-core Intel Core Ultra 9 285K, 64GB of fast DDR5 RAM, and a whopping 4TB SSD, all with a $800 saving that brings it down to just $3,999.99.
Thermalright's impressive AIO cooler lets you add a panoramic screen to your PC for just $165 — bag a 20% saving on the Wonder Vision 360 and treat your CPU
Add an eye-catching AMOLED display to your PC and keep your processor cool at the same time with Thermalright's Wonder Vision 360 UB ARGB AIO cooler.
AMD and Samsung ink memory supply memorandum for EPYC and Instinct products — unprecedented deal also includes scope for foundry partnership
Samsung to remain primary HBM memory supplier for AMD's AI accelerators as the companies look into possible foundry relationship.
Kioxia announces new Super High IOPS SSD that helps accelerate AI workloads on Nvidia GPUs — 25.6TB drive provides more GPU-accessible memory for faster data access
Kioxia has developed a new AI SSD that is designed to provide a secondary cache for Nvidia AI GPUs. The new drive comes with the manufacturer's XL-Flash that is SLC based and performs at over 10 million IOPS.
8BitDo launches $40 Nintendo 64-inspired wireless controller with 2.4 GHz connection — dedicated wireless receiver even works with the original N64
8BitDo has released the 2.4 GHz version of its popular 8BitDo 64 controller; it ships with a Retro Receiver inside the box that can even be connected to an actual N64 console. The receiver can also be bought separately to work over a Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) connection with most 8BitDo first-party controllers, and other third-party ones, too.
North Korean fake IT army of 100,000 nets Kim Jong-Un a cool $500 million a year — NK-aligned workers infiltrated in IT companies worldwide, feeding the nation's revenue generation
North Korean army of IT workers infiltrates western companies to make money for the nation.
Intel's new feature can improve game loading times by up to 3x — Precompiled Shader Delivery comes to Arc Xe2 and Xe3 GPUs following DirectX SDK release
Following in Nvidia's footsteps, Intel has now officially adopted Microsoft's Advanced Shader Delivery to make shader compilation much faster in games. Intel is calling it Precompiled Shader Distribution and it's available on a bunch of Arc GPUs right away, supported in 11 games at launch, with more likely to follow. AMD is now the only company left who hasn't officially embraced this feature.
Australian researchers develop quantum battery proof-of-concept which uses lasers to charge near-instantly — breakthrough could pave the way for ultra-fast wireless charging for EVs and drones i
Australian researchers have reportedly created the world's first quantum battery prototype.
16TB M.2 SSD hits retail if you’re ready to drop $16,000 for the ultimate storage upgrade — price tag explodes 4X in just four months
The Exascend PE4 16TB, one of the first 16TB M.2 SSDs, has gone up for purchase on Amazon for a jaw-dropping $15,935.
Testing CPU scaling in Crimson Desert — X3D wins, but not by much, and Raptor Lake shines
We tested 20 CPUs in Crimson Desert to see how performance holds up with various gaming processors. The results are positive, showcasing Pearl Abyss' unique BlackSpace engine that's been in development for years.
Nvidia will only produce one 88-core Vera CPU model — Jensen says the company will make billions of dollars from a single SKU
Nvidia intends to build a multi-billion-dollar CPU business with its Vera processors, but only plans to offer one SKU.
With H200s set to flow into China, Groq is reportedly set to follow — Nvidia is allegedly preparing a custom version of inferencing chip to penetrate region
According to a new report, Nvidia's Groq inferencing chips are set to head to China for export, following approval of its H200 AI accelerators.
AMD claims it had no knowledge of fake Ryzen 5 7430U CPUs in Chuwi laptops — Chinese vendor announces recall of products and refunds, PCB manufacturer could be culprit
AMD has responded to the Chuwi scandal involving mislabeled Ryzen 5 7430U-equipped laptops. The CPU maker claims it had no knowledge of the issue, and warns that it does not condone mislabelling CPUs in any way.
Microsoft considering suing OpenAI over Altman's recent deal with Amazon, report claims — exclusivity dispute revolves around Frontier multi-agent service
Microsoft ruminating on suing OpenAI over Altman's recent deal with Amazon
Flash sale at Autodesk slashes up to 20% off the company's most popular products — just two days left to save
Save 20% on Autodesk's most popular software including AutoCAD, AutoCAD LT, Revit LT Suite, 3ds Max, Maya, and Flow Studio
AMD reportedly strikes back with Zen 5 refresh to counter Intel's latest Arrow Lake Refresh CPUs — 65W Ryzen supercharged with 400 MHz base clock uplift and almost double the TDP
Reputable leaker shares alleged specifications for the unannounced Ryzen 7 9750X and Ryzen 5 9650X processors from AMD.
Endgame: What’s it Like to build the Noctua-everything PC inside the Antec Flux Pro Noctua-Edition
Antec and Noctua just released the Flux Pro Noctua-Edition case. And with it, we finally have all the ingredients required to build a 100% Noctua-Edition PC with off-the-shelf components. The question is, does building a PC this way make sense?
Score a liquid-cooled Asus ROG 4K gaming PC with a 9800X3D and RX 9070 XT for under $1,900 right now — powerhouse rig comes equipped with 32GB of DDR5 RAM and a 1TB SSD
Don't miss out on this brilliant Asus ROG GM700 gaming PC from Newegg. This rig is powered by the powerhouse AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D CPU, AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT GPU, 32GB of DDR5 RAM, and a 1 TB SSD, all for only $1,899.99
Go retro with this Commodore 64 Mini console for $69 — revamped 80s home computing with 25 games now 42% off
Get that retro 80s gaming vibe with this 42% discount on the C64 Mini - Black Edition
Get 32GB of DDR5 RAM for an effective price of $101 thanks to this Newegg AM5 bundle — buy a 9850X3D, premium MSI X870E Max motherboard, and 32GB of V-Color RAM for $1,278.99
Find elite gaming performance and strong value in this 3-item Newegg combo - get nearly $400 off a 9850X3D, MSI X870E Ace Max, and 32GB of DDR5-6400 RAM and build your AM5 rig now.
SK Group chairman says memory chip shortage will last until 2030 — wafer supply trails demand by 20%
SK Group chairman Chey Tae-won told reporters at Nvidia's GTC conference in San Jose on Monday that the global memory chip shortage is likely to persist for another four to five years.
Tech hobbyist makes shoulder-mounted guided missile prototype with $96 in parts and a 3D printer — DIY MANPADS includes assisted targeting, ballistics calculations, optional camera for tracking
Hobbyist makes a Stinger-like missile with $96 in parts and a 3D printer
Bitcoin is so resilient it could survive as much as 90% of the world's undersea cables failing simultaneously — study reveals Bitcoin could still be very vulnerable to targeted attacks, however
Cambridge scientists have completed the first longitudinal study of Bitcoin's resilience to network infrastructure disruption, with a particular eye on submarine data cables.
Intel's new Core Ultra 200HX Plus mobile CPUs include 290HX, 270HX Plus flagships — 8% faster gaming claims fall short of 15% boost promised by desktop Arrow Lake Refresh
No performance metrics for the 270HX Plus yet.
Nvidia updates data center roadmap with Rosa CPU and stacked Feynman GPUs — optical NVLink, Groq LPUs with NVFP4, and NVLink also on deck
Nvidia publishes 2026 - 2028 data center roadmap with Rosa CPU, Feynman GPU, optical NVLinks and Groq LPUs with NVFP4 and NVLink.
Jensen says Nvidia has received orders from Chinese customers for H200 GPUs, licenses from US gov't — H200 manufacturing restarting
This marks the first time that Nvidia's China supply chain has been back in motion since export restrictions froze shipments over a year ago.
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