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Updated 2026-08-26 19:30
Hot Chips 2026: Nvidia presents Groq 3 LPX architecture and unveils its first third-party inference benchmark — LP30-based rack already in production, company says
Igor Arsovski, now Nvidia's VP of hardware, presented the Groq 3 LPX rack's architecture and published the first third-party benchmark of the hardware.
US Justice Department seizes domains it says Chinese state-sponsored hackers used to infiltrate systems at NASA, Senate, Federal Reserve, and more — FBI moves forward with domain seizures
The U.S. Department of Justice and FBI announced domain seizures related to state-sponsored hacking activities that have impacted NASA, the Senate, and more.
Xbox announces new disc-to-digital feature for physical media — lets players claim digital versions of their games, with support for Play Anywhere and Cloud Gaming
Xbox announces new disc-to-digital feature for physical media
Kansas town drops charges against teacher arrested for clapping during public hearings on data centers — says that ‘case has been dismissed without prejudice’
The disorderly conduct case against Lux Claridge has been dropped by the city in municipal court, making the teacher breathe a little bit easier. However, it was done "without prejudice," and the city's attorneys have passed the case on to the county for review.
Hot Chips 2026: Nvidia touts benefits of its DSX MaxLPS site power management approach — tech allows for more compute from fixed data center power budgets
During Nvidia's Hot Chips presentation on the Rubin GPU, the company emphasized power as a hard limit on data center capacity and touted the amount of compute that Vera Rubin NVL72 systems can deliver within an example fixed facility power budget of 100MW.
Save $260 on this high-end AM5 gaming combo from Newegg — just $1,345.99 buys a Ryzen 9 9950X3D, 32GB Corsair DDR5 RAM, MSI X870E Carbon Wifi motherboard, along with a free 240mm AIO and AMD gam
Newegg bundles the Ryzen 9 9950X3D, MSI X870E Carbon Wifi, and 32GB Corsair Vengeance DDR5-6000 for only $1,345.99 - a solid $259.99 off, plus a free 240mm AIO and AMD game bundle. A wicked deal for gamers and creators alike
Hot Chips 2026: Fujitsu's Monaka CPU stacks its entire cache on a separate 5nm die and narrows to 256-bit SVE2 — 350W and 500W SKUs due in 2027
Fujitsu gave us a detailed look at its 144-core Monaka server CPU at Hot Chips 2026 on August 24, confirming for the first time that the Arm chip runs dual 256-bit SVE2 vector units, down from the 512-bit SVE in its A64FX predecessor.
Crypto bro faces 280 years in prison for defrauding investors with promises of an 'AI supercomputer' for mining — jury convicts businessman of running $24-million Ponzi scheme, claimed up to 30%
A man claiming to give massive returns to investors has been found guilty of wire fraud, mail fraud, and money laundering by a Nevada court. Brent Kovar now faces up to 280 years behind bars for his crimes, although sentencing will still be held on November 30.
Xbox marks 25 years with eye-catching translucent green PC accessories — Razer mouse, keyboard, and earbuds available to pre-order now
Microsoft has opened preorders for the Designed for Xbox 25th Anniversary Collection.
Chuwi UniBook Review: A budget rival to the MacBook Neo and Dell XPS 13
A budget-friendly ultraportable with premium aspirations, the Chuwi UniBook packs modern Intel hardware, excellent connectivity, and impressive battery life into a sleek metal chassis.
Hot Chips 2026: High Bandwidth Flash promises massive bandwidth and capacity, but its usability is extremely limited — new memory format strikes a balance between HBM and NAND flash
OXMIQ presented its High Bandwidth Flash (HBF) use-case scenarios at Hot Chips 2026, which dramatically narrow the circumstances under which HBF makes sense.
Rockstar releases statement after a week of GTA VI leaks, avoids mentioning leaker's demands — says that gameplay leaks have been ‘heartbreaking for our team’
The statement comes a day before GTA VI extended look drops on Netflix and about a week after leaks of gameplay clips and the entire map of Leonidas appeared on the internet.
Crucial SSD owner offered $200 refund for 4TB drive now selling for over $500 — company finally caves to warranty demands after protracted back-and-forth
Micron initially told a customer that no replacement Crucial X9 4TB SSDs were available and offered a refund based on last year's purchase price, but a firm pushback ultimately resulted in a replacement.
Hot Chips 2026: d-Matrix stacks AI accelerator directly on custom DRAM for 100 TB/s per card — TSMC 4nm compute die bonded face-to-face at a 36-micron pitch on top of a custom-designed die
d-Matrix presented Raptor, which it calls the first 3D DRAM accelerator for generative inference, showing a TSMC 4nm compute die bonded face-to-face at a 36-micron pitch on top of a custom-designed DRAM die.
Bill Gates calls for some jobs to be ‘Human Reserved,’ suggests taxing AI tokens and robots — billionaire says that ‘AI era will be one of the most turbulent times in human his
The billionaire philanthropist penned a 6,000-word essay raising the societal risks that AI bring and his proposed solutions to protect the average person.
Montech Titan PLA 750W power supply review: A powerful and stunning all-white Seasonic-built Platinum unit
The Montech Titan PLA 750W is a Seasonic-built Platinum unit with extraordinary power quality, a rare full-bridge LLC topology at this wattage, and a white aesthetic that genuinely sets it apart.
Hot Chips 2026: Arm details AGI server CPU with two 70-core N3P chiplets — touts 2 TB/s UCIe fabric link and 12-channel memory controller
Arm reveals more details about its AGI processors with up to 136 cores, but fails to disclose performance.
Mad scientist makes LEDs in his backyard — semiconductor wizard who made his own RAM turns his attention to using bathroom eBay laser to etch sapphire wafers
Mad scientist makes LEDs in his backyard - semiconductor wizard who made his own RAM turns his attention to blinkenlights
Get an RTX 5080 gaming PC for just $2,349 — $750 Best Buy discount is a great way to beat inflated component prices
Get an RTX 5080 PC with 32GB of RAM and a 1TB SSD for just $2,349.
Microsoft Paint and Photos apps add invisible watermark to AI-generated content — developer reverse engineers GUID embedding
A developer has uncovered some previously unknown GUID watermarking functionality deep within Microsoft's Paint and Photos apps.
U.S. gov't moves to suppress pushback on data centers by removing requirements for public input on pollution — EPA change would allow air pollution permits without publicizing them
A proposed change to the EPA's regulations would remove the requirement for states to seek public input on air pollution permits, particularly around AI data centers.
$50k worth of retro Nintendo NES games stolen in devastating home robbery — crooks took 850 games spanning 40 years from family
Thieves broke into a home in Washington and stole 850 retro NES games thought to be worth more than $50k.
OpenAI bans Russian ChatGPT accounts posing as a fake Israeli think tank — used VPNs to push pro-Kremlin narratives and steal academic papers for its website
Instead of using ChatGPT to write the articles, the operators used the chatbot to strip any wording that might mark them as Russian speakers.
Enthusiast turns a Lenovo Yoga laptop, an M.2 slot, and AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT into 'the world's stupidest' desktop for local AI chatbots — M.2 franken-rig crippled by laptop DRAM swap
Enthusiast turns a Lenovo Yoga laptop and an AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT into "the world's stupidest" desktop for local LLMs
Commodore unveils striking Cyberpunk 2077 version of its C64U made in partnership with CD Projekt Red — Commodore 77 special edition uses more powerful AMD Artix XC7A100T processor
A special edition of the Commodore 64 Ultimate made in collaboration with CD Projekt Red has been announced today. The new Commodore 77 takes its stylish inspiration from Cyberpunk 77, and is skillfully melded into the game's universe.
Hot Chips 2026: Samsung makes LPDDR5X smart with logic unit in memory — LPDDR5X-PIM is 3.01x faster than LPDDR5X in AI inference with 8x the bandwidth
Samsung detailed the industry's first LPDDR5X-PIM at Hot Chips 2026, adding logic directly to memory to speed up data-intensive workloads like AI inference.
OpenAI’s 700W Jalapeño ASIC outpaces 1,400W Nvidia flagship GPU — claims up to 1.9x throughput per kilowatt and 3.6x lower latency, co-developed with Broadcom
OpenAI arrived at Hot Chips on Tuesday with benchmarks claiming its first in-house chip beats Nvidia's GB300.
Hands-on with Hyte’s Y50 RGB case: Premium looks at an affordable price
Hyte's Y50 RGB is an affordable option for anyone looking to get a glass chassis with included ARGB fans.
Get 16GB of DDR5 RAM for $70 and start your AM5 gaming rig with this bundle — $568 for Ryzen 7 7700X3D, 16GB G.Skill DDR5 RAM, Asus TUF B650-E motherboard, and free AIO
568.99 ($200/26% off) gets you a 3-item Newegg combo: a Ryzen 7 7700X3D, Asus B650 board, 16GB of G.Skill DDR5-6000, and a free 240mm AIO thrown in - a inexpensive avenue into AM5.
Hot Chips 2026: Intel details cutting-edge tech in entry-level Wildcat Lake — value-focused 18A chips necessitated UCIe integration
Intel's Wildcat Lake is competing in the budget laptop market, but it takes a very different approach, leveraging a UCIe interconnect and Intel's latest 18A node.
Best RAM deals 2026 — discounts on DDR5 and DDR4 to beat the memory price crunch
We're rounding up the best RAM deals from retailers across the U.S here.
Hot Chips 2026: Intel dives deep on Crescent Island AI accelerator — larger caches and deeper XMX engines target maximum AI FLOPS per watt
At Hot Chips 2026, Intel detailed more about its Crescent Island AI accelerator, which uses the Xe3P architecture. The accelerator will use liquid-cooled chips and HBM4 memory to serve inference workloads in data centers.
Apple price hikes continue as Mac mini with 16GB RAM and 256GB is now $899 — 1TB storage option adds $500 to entry-level headless system
Apple's Mac mini and Mac Studio see price hikes, while memory and storage upgrades get even more expensive
Apple launches new M6 and M5 Ultra Apple silicon chips — debuting in new Mac Mini and Mac Studio
Apple has announced new M6 and M5 Ultra chips, a new Mac mini, and a new Mac Studio.
China strategically slows exports of critical materials used in semiconductor fabrication to Taiwan — germanium and quartz exports to the region also threaten optical and robotics supply chain
China slows exports of germanium, quartz-based materials, and magnets. The move potentially disrupts the optical connectivity, semiconductor, and robotics industries.
Nvidia Jetson Orin-guided Russian AI drone killed three civilians in Ukraine, forensic teams say — first documented case of civilian deaths caused by a Russian drone using fully autonomous targe
A Russian Molniya drone carrying an Nvidia Jetson Orin module killed three civilians at a gas station in Zaporizhzhia last month.
Asus ROG Xbox Ally X20 with OLED screen available October 15, pre-orders start now — standalone system for $1,299.99, or an AR bundle for $2,499.99
At gamescom, Asus finally announced the pricing for the Asus ROG Xbox Ally X20, either as a standalone handheld or a bundle with AR glasses.
Linux was announced by Linus Torvalds 35 years ago today — humble OS started with 10,000 lines of code but has now grown to 40 million, dominates global infrastructure
The development of Linux, a free hobby' operating system, was announced by Linus Torvalds 35 years ago today.
Hot Chips 2026: Micron warns HBM wafer penalty is widening with every generation — AI memory uses 3x more silicon than DDR5, company says memory wall is 'getting worse' as prices rise
Micron Fellow Raghu Sreeramaneni told the Hot Chips 2026 conference that the silicon penalty HBM carries against DDR5 is growing with every generation.
Hot Chips 2026: Nvidia breaks down 88-core Vera CPU — spatial multithreading benchmarked, 1.2 TB/s SOCAMM2 memory, agentic workloads detailed, and more
Nvidia has provided more color on its Vera CPU for agentic data centers at Hot Chips 2026, showcasing the benefits of spatial multithreading and the power benefits of the LPDDR5X memory system.
Stock up on Seagate hard drives with $30 off the 8TB Barracuda HDD — Its lowest price at Best Buy since April
Save $30 on an 8TB Seagate Barracuda HDD at Best Buy. The lowest price since April.
AI coder gets Doom running on a custom CPU designed by GPT-5.6 Sol — game viewport is overlaid on a pulsing schematic of the CPU in Turing Complete's sandbox environment
An AI computing enthusiast has demonstrated Doom running on a custom CPU designed by GPT-5.6 Sol.
Asus ROG Strix B850-F Gaming Wifi Neo motherboard review: Pricey proposition for B850, but packed with features
Maxsun's Terminator B850M Pro II is a decent budget option in the Micro ATX form factor, but only if you can find it for the $199.99 MSRP.
One gigabyte of RAM cost as much as a house back in 1995 — $64,000 price tag resurfaced in 31-year-old press release, equivalent to $140,000 today
One gigabyte of RAM could cost you a house back in 1995 - PCs were brutally expensive were back then, and we're heading back in that direction
Save $500 on this 1440p-ready gaming PC with an Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 right now — MSI Codex R2 pre-built drops below $1,500 with a 20-core Intel CPU, 16GB DDR5, and a 1TB SSD
This $1,499 MSI Codex R2 gaming PC comes with a $500 saving for a PC with an Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070, 16GB of DDR5 RAM, and a 1TB SSD.
SpaceXAI will deploy standalone Nvidia Vera CPUs for Grok's agentic workloads — will use optimized Vera Rubin NVL72 in space with Starmind satellite
Nvidia claims the chip completes agentic, reinforcement learning, and data processing tasks up to 1.8 times faster than x86 processors.
Windows veteran's vibe-coded Task Manager now also runs on Mac and Linux — downloadable app is the result of a 107-page spec fed to Claude Code
Legendary Windows developer Dave Plummer has been busy finessing his revamped Task Manager, now dubbed TMOG.
Decades-long Linux ownership dispute effectively dead after Xinuos appeal rejected — US Court of Appeals halts the legal wrangling over IBM’s and Red Hat’s use of Project Monterey UN
A decades-long dispute over the ownership of Linux looks like it is over. Earlier this month the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit rejected Xinuos' continued claims that IBM and Red Hat improperly contributed jointlydeveloped Project Monterey UNIX code to Linux.
AliExpress allegedly uses your browser's audio system to fingerprint your PC — hidden code runs even when no sound is playing
A developer's investigation into a Bluetooth headphone issue uncovered hidden Web Audio processing on AliExpress that allegedly fingerprints browsers and collects detailed device information.
Hot Chips 2026: Intel Xeon 7 'Diamond Rapids' comes with up to 256 P-cores, 1.28 GB of last-level cache — next-gen 18A-P CPU also brings AVX 10.2 and uses UCIe-S instead of EMIB
Intel has pulled back the curtain on its next-gen Diamond Rapids Xeon CPUs, packing up to 256 P-cores and 1.28 TB of last-level cache.
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