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Pre-orders for the Atari-licensed THE 800XL began today. This is a modernized yet claimed to be faithful recreation of the classic 8-bit home computer, popular in the early 1980s.

Wolfspeed has secured a conditional $1.5 billion, 30-year loan commitment from the U.S. Department of War to expand GaN epitaxy and radiation-hardened SiC and GaN technologies for U.S. national security applications

Finnish authorities say they cannot conduct a proper environmental assessment after the site has already been changed.

The industry is spending billions on more efficient chips, cooling, and grid connections. But what about making computers do less work - or doing it at a better time?

AMD is pursuing a 'broader partnership' with Samsung as memory company wants to tie advanced memory supply to its orders at its foundry unit.

The first-ever criminal case involving AI-assisted music streaming fraud has concluded, with an American citizen facing 18 months behind bars and an $8M fine.

u/Magga_ built a method that identified players by looking at how they use their mouse and keyboard. They can then use this to ensure that bans follow cheaters, even if they make new accounts from another device.

Spotifast lets you enjoy Spotify tracks while lowering RAM usage by 5x or more - alternative client also packs Winamp skins and Milkdrop visualizations.

Two former Groq engineers sued Groq's board in Delaware over the Nvidia licensing deal behind the Groq 3 LPU.

SpaceX reportedly intends to borrow $40 billion to procure 360,000 Nvidia Rubin AI accelerators, infrastructure.

Two gaming PCs capable of 1080p gameplay have dropped below $1,000, a price that's hard to beat in the current market, thanks to sales at Best Buy and Walmart.

Taiwanese prosecutors indicted 10 company heads over Texas Instruments and Analog Devices chips allegedly resold to China.

Multiple Adobe creative tools were recreated using Claude and made open-source by one person.

A Keurig K-Supreme SMART coffee maker sent about 1TB over a family's home Wi-Fi in 10 days, saturating an access point.

You really do need all of these tools to keep your electronics in good order, and luckily they are all on offer.

Pre-orders are live on Nvidia RTX Spark laptops, including the Microsoft Surface Laptop Ultra and devices from HP, Lenovo, Asus, and Dell.

The MSI Claw A1M is on a clearance sale at Best Buy right now, knocking $187 off list price for a $562 handheld with 1TB of storage.

Designed for detailed DIY work, sanding, polishing, cutting, and 3D printing, Hoto's cordless rotary toolkit combines a 25,000 RPM motor with 35 accessories and a built-in LED ring light.

Some of the best PC speakers we've tested are on sale as part of Amazon's Prime Big Deal Days, including options from Edifier, Creative, and Onkyo.

Upgrade your local network with this $7.99 TP-Link gigabit Ethernet switch with five ports, back down to its lowest ever price.

Radium Wang experiments with camera firmware and shares some of their findings on GitHub. You might want to be careful when trying this, though, as you probably don't want to brick your expensive camera.

Seagate and Toshiba both looking forward to acquiring HDD heads business from TDK, the only remaining independent supplier of magnetic heads.

Qualcomm will license patents behind Huawei's LogicFolding, according to one report, as a teardown shows off the Kirin 9050 Pro's two dies.