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Updated 2026-02-16 11:15
Western Digital is already sold out of hard drives for all of 2026 — chief says some long-term agreements for 2027 and 2028 already in place
Western Digital's production for 2026 is completely earmarked for its top seven customers, with a few long-term agreements already in place for the next couple of years.
Grab this gigantic, 1600W 80+ Platinum power supply for just 33 cents per watt — Seasonic's Prime TX 1600W is down to just $532
Seasonic makes some of the best power supplies on the market, and its Prime TX-1600 is a great option for high-end builds. Thanks to the native PCIe 5.0 and ATX 3.1 compatibilty, it can easily power any component out there. It's fully modular, rated 80+ Platinum by Cybernetics, and features quite operation all in one solid package.
OpenClaw-fueled ordering frenzy creates Apple Mac shortage — delivery for high Unified Memory units now ranges from 6 days to 6 weeks
The Unified Memory architecture used by Apple Macs and MacBooks make it the ideal device for locally run agentic AI, driving demand for high-memory models and increasing order lead times to more than a month.
Chinese scientists 3D print tiny items in half a second using holographic light fields — scientists precision fabricate complex millimeter-scale objects in record time
A team of scientists have revealed a new technique for the super-high-speed 3D printing of complex objects.
Netgear Nighthawk M7 5G Wi-Fi 7 mobile hotspot review – Global eSIM marketplace is a game-changer
With a price tag of $499, the Netgear Nighthawk M7 isn't cheap. However, it is unmatched in its ability to connect up to 32 devices and supports both physical SIM and eSIM.
You can now file your G.Skill class action claim to get a cut of the $2.4 million settlement — deceptive memory marketing class action now accepting payout submissions
Angeion Group is calling for eligible customers to file a claim for the G.Skill class action settlement. The portal is open until April 7, 2026, giving affected people less than two months to submit a claim form.
Microsoft’s AI boss says AI can replace every white-collar job in 18 months — ‘We’re going to have a human-level performance on most, if not all, professional tasks’
Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman claims that AI models will become powerful enough in the next 12 to 18 months that they would start replacing humans in white-collar jobs like lawyers, accountants, project managers, and marketers.
Advanced Pentagon laser weapon shot down party balloons instead of drone by mistake, says report — airport shut down after Customs and Border Protection mistakenly believed it was targeting Mexi
A frighteningly farcical series of events involving laser weaponry, the FAA, Customs and Border Protection (CBP), and the Pentagon has been retold by a trio of insiders talking to the WSJ.
M5Stack AI Pyramid charms with translucent, RGB infused tetrahedral shell and $199 price tag — but it is far more of an edge-AI appliance than a mini-PC
IoT specialist M5Stack has released an affordable, alluring, translucent, RGB-infused, tetrahederal mini-PC dubbed the AI Pyramid Computing Box.
DXRacer Martian Pro Red Triangle review: Built for the fans
The DXRacer Martian Pro is packed to the brim with features, and it comes with a price tag to match. But if you have the cash to burn, you'll come out the other side a happy customer.
Cloud storage company releases its 2025 hard drive reliability report — overall Annualized Failure Rate drops to 1.36%, 21 percentage points lower than last year
Backblaze just released its annual drive reliability report, with the company getting a 1.36% annualized failure rate for 2025. It says that this is its best result since 2022.
Living neurons integrated into modern AI processing, claims SF startup — biological computing power used to boost computer vision, generative video, and more
Startup raises $25m to boost its biological neuron-driven pathway to replace, or augment, silicon compute in AI.
MakerWorld launches Copyright Protection Program to help 3D designers fight stolen files being resold online — stamping out knockoffs is priority number one
The Bambu Lab MakerWorld Copyright Protection Program is a free service for MakerWorld Exclusive Designs and will fight IP infringement on any platform.
Weathr app turns the Linux terminal into a live weather display — background ASCII animated real-time weather show is powered by Open-Meteo
An open-source Rust-based app teleports real-time ASCII art-based weather animations into your terminal backdrop.
Notorious 'Archive Today' website allegedly leads bizarre DDoS campaign against security blogger — Wikipedia considers removing all links to the Archive
Wikipedia may remove links to Archive Today due to DDoS spat
Linux kernel 7.0 finally abandons the 28-year-old Intel 440BX chipset — driver removal marks goodbye to the legendary motherboard chipset
Linux kernel 7.0 does away with 440BX EDAC driver
Tiny Mac look-a-like alarm clock transformed to run real Mac software
A vintage technology enthusiast has turned a miniature Mac-a-like desk toy alarm clock into a real Mac software running computer.
Save $700 on this gaming laptop with an RTX 5070 Ti & Ryzen 9 8940HX CPU — Get MSI's Vector 16 featuring a 240Hz 1600p display for just $1,299 at President's Day sale
MSI has put its Vector 16 gaming laptop on sale for just $1,299 at Walmart, offering a 35% discount for a beastly hardware combo. You get a Ryzen 9 8940HX, an RTX 5070 Ti, 16 GB of RAM, and a 1 TB SSD, all backed up with a 90Wh battery. As far as RTX 5070 Ti laptops go, it has never gotten any cheaper.
Unbeatable Presidents Day deal slashes $580 off powerful OLED RTX 5080 Lenovo Pro 7i Gen 10 gaming laptop - comes armed with 64GB of memory and 1TB SSD
Lenovo's Legion 7i Pro Gen 10 is 18% off ahead of Presidents Day, dropping its price all the way down to just $2,619.99.
"Like new" Ryzen 9 9900X3D Amazon order turns into a shocking CPU bait-and-switch scandal — shopper duped in outrageous Ryzen 9 3900X scam
To save a few bucks, someone ordered a used Ryzen 9 9900X3D worth $530 from Amazon but received a $150 Ryzen 9 3900X instead. The CPU had been replaced inside the box to deceive any inspection and was likely resold to the unlucky buyer, who ended up getting much less valuable silicon than they paid for.
Acer and Asus halt PC and laptop sales in Germany amid H.264 codec patent dispute — Nokia wins patent ruling, forcing tech giants to license HEVC codec
Acer's and Asus's use of HEVC on their laptops and desktop PCs is allegedly infringing on Nokia's patent. Because of this, a German court ruled that they cannot sell their products in Germany until the matter is settled.
Sony-led program offers PS5 rentals starting at $13.50 a month in the UK across 12, 24, or 36-month leases — console has to be returned at the end of the contract
Sony is offering PlayStation 5 hardware for rent to customers in the UK. The selection includes PS5 consoles, controllers, PSVR 2, and even the PlayStation Portal. The cheapest offer starts from 9.50 per month for a base PS5 Slim, with leases for 12, 24, or 36 months. You can also pay a flat 19.50/month to get the console on a rolling basis with no commitments.
Enthusiast scores watercooled dual Nvidia GTX Titan X GPUs for $86 — $1,000 older flagship graphics card with custom water cooling for a bargain
These dual Nvidia GTX Titan X GPUs in SLI are a solid upgrade for the user's current GTX 1650 GPU, provided they can make it work.
Intel fined $3 million by India’s antitrust regulator over discriminatory CPU warranty policy — says Intel abused its dominant position in the boxed processor market.
Following a complaint filed in 2016, the Competition Commission of India concluded that Intel's India-only warranty rules were discriminatory compared to policies in other countries.
President's Day GPU bonanza brings RTX 5060 Ti 8GB back to $379 MSRP — score a Blackwell GPU at MSRP, and get a free 650W power supply
While the 8GB VRAM does impose limits at higher settings and resolutions, MSI's RTX 5060 Ti 8GB makes sense for 1080p gaming.
Ponzi schemer behind $201 million Bitcoin scam sentenced to 20 years in federal prison — promised 3% daily returns on Bitcoin investments, left investors reeling
BTC Ponzi scheme yields 20 years in prison for mastermind
7x increase in memory costs fueling price increases in ISP-provided routers, gateways, and set-top boxes — home fiber rollouts may slow, and installations could become more expensive
7x DRAM price jump affecting ISP routers, gateways, and STBs
Budget RGB Fan Roundup: Are cheap PC fans always this bad?
We pit five budget-friendly RGB fans against each other, in tests that don't quite lead us to a clear winner. The most complete isn't the best performing. There is, however, one clear loser that might be worth avoiding.
First PCIe 6.0 SSD enters mass production with 28GB/s speeds, 5.5 million IOPS, and liquid cooling — Micron 9650 Series SSDs support air and liquid cooling
Micron is the first SSD maker to introduce the world's first mass-produced PCIe 6.0 datacenter SSD. The Micron 9650 series is capable of speeds of up to 28 GB/s.
In a blind test, audiophiles couldn't tell the difference between audio signals sent through copper wire, a banana, or wet mud — 'The mud should sound perfectly awful, but it doesn't,' notes the
An experiment revealed that people cannot differentiate between audio signals sent through premium audio cables, wet mud, and a banana.
iFixIt calls BMW’s new anti-consumer security screws 'a logo-shaped middle finger to right to repair,' Adafruit 3D prints a solution — BMW's connector reverse engineered using patent filin
Automaker BMW has filed a patent for a new fastener which takes design cues from the its iconic segmented roundel logo. but it has been accused of creating this design for service and repair gatekeeping.
AMD Ryzen 7 9850X3D vs Ryzen 7 9800X3D faceoff — an extra $30 buys you very little performance
The Ryzen 7 9850X3D and Ryzen 7 9800X3D are the fastest gaming CPUs around, but which one is better? We tested both in a head-to-head gauntlet on in games, productivity apps, overclocked scenarios, and more to find out.
ENIAC, the world’s first general-purpose digital computer, turns 80 years old today — legendary hulking machine was 1,000x faster than its nearest rival
The Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer (ENIAC) was unveiled to the public today in 1946.
Newegg is about to drop 64GB of DDR5 for $499, 9850X3D for $399, and more — ridiculous Doorbuster deals are back for Presidents' Day, but you'll only have seconds to buy one
Newegg is hosting Doorbuster sales over Presidents' Day weekend.
Save up to $1,250 off an Alienware gaming computer in the President's Day weekend sale — laptop and desktop gaming PCs show massive discounts
Check out these great Presidents' Day deals on Alienware gaming Laptops and Desktop PCs.
Get a 4K upgrade for $200 with MSI's 144Hz gaming monitor — save $80 on dual-mode display in Newegg's Valentine's Day sale
The MSI MAG 275UPD E14 is one of the cheapest 4K gaming monitors around, and you can score it for $200 ($80 off) for Newegg's Love For Tech sale.
Save up to $1,635 on Lenovo's laptops, desktops, and monitors in the President's Day weekend sale
Save on Lenovo this Presidents' Day weekend.
The Steam Deck is sold out, but the SteamOS-powered Legion Go S is still available for $50 off — get Lenovo's handheld for $599
Lenovo's Legion Go S undercuts its original price with a limited-time deal, making it an appealing option for gamers who want better performance without Windows overhead.
Rapidus targets mass 2nm chip production in 2027, quadruples capacity ramp up — company plans to scale to 25,000 wafer starts per month in just one year
Japan's state-backed foundry Rapidus plans to begin production of 2nm-class semiconductors in the second half of its fiscal year 2027, with full-scale production expected in 2028.
Radeon RX 9060 XT 8GB defies the AI crunch and drops back to $299 MSRP — Navi 44 throws a lifeline for budget gamers
PowerColor's Reaper AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 8GB is currently selling at its $299 MSRP, a rare sight during these difficult times.
Wi-Fi 7 promises made, but not kept — the mysteries of MLO and AFC, and looking toward Wi-Fi 8
Wi-Fi 7 has been a mess of unfulfilled promises and fragmentation, and Wi-Fi 8 doesn't seem like it will bring any further clarity
U.S., Taiwan ink trade deal after months of talks — agreement cuts tariffs on Taiwanese goods to 15% in exchange for direct investments on U.S. tech sector, semiconductors still excluded
The U.S. and Taiwan finally signed a trade deal that saw the island get a lower 15% tariff on its goods compared to the previous 20%. In exchange for this, Taiwanese companies will invest $250 billion in the American tech industry, while Taipei will guarantee an additional $250 in loans, bringing the total invested amount to $500 billion.
Steam to add hardware specs to reviews — optional feature could help you dodge poorly optimized games
Steam revealed in its Client Beta patch notes that it will let users show the specifications of their hardware when leaving reviews. This should help other players considering a title see if the feedback was affected by the reviewer's hardware, although Valve says that this feature remains optional.
Framework's latest update brings more bad news about memory and storage pricing crisis — RAM costs increased to $12 to $16 per GB, recommends purchasing some models elsewhere for Framework Lapto
Framework said that it's releasing a monthly update to monitor the memory chip situation and also announced that it will try to keep its RAM pricing as close as possible to the weighted average of its costs.
Google reports that state hackers from China, Russia and Iran are using Gemini in 'all stages' of attacks — phishing lures, coding and vulnerability testing get AI underpinnings from hostile act
Hackers from Russian, China, India, North Korea, and elsewhere are using Google's Gemini AI to augment their attacks, Google says. From generating phishing lures, to translating text, coding, and vulnerability testing, Gemini is a core component of their hack attempts.
Asus ROG Crosshair X870E Dark Hero Motherboard Review
Asus' ROG Crosshair X870E Dark Hero swoops into the market as a high-end AMD motherboard with premium features, solid performance in our testing, and a fantastic all-black aesthetic.
Twitch streamer uses electrodes to manipulate balance using electricity — can be used to control a real-life human being with an Xbox controller or joystick, simulate racing game G-force
Perri Karyal shared her device used for GVS, which alters her balance and simulates G-forces, especially in racing games.
WD Green SN3000 1TB SSD Review: A diamond in the rough
The WD Green SN3000 repudiates the reputation of its drive line by delivering surprisingly good performance.
The best Presidents’ Day 2026 gaming PC, laptops, and component deals
Treat yourself to a tech upgrade during this year's Presidents' Day weekend sales event.
Save $438 on a Ryzen 7 9850X3D, Asus X870, and 32GB of DDR5 RAM — Newegg strikes with another blistering sub-$800 AM5 bundles
Get a new AMD Ryzen 9850X3D bundled with a motherboard and 32GB of RAM at Newegg.
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