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Updated 2025-10-16 14:00
Bill Gates’ 48-year-old Microsoft 6502 BASIC goes open source
Microsoft BASIC for 6502 Microprocessor - Version 1.1 source code is now available on Github, under the MIT license.
Nvidia's next-gen AI chip could double the price of H20 if China export is approved — Chinese firms still consider Nvidia's B30A a good deal
Chinese companies are hungry for more computing power and are willing to pay for it.
Samsung's massive 49-inch ultrawide OLED gaming monitor is back down to its lowest ever price at Amazon
The Samsung Odyssey OLED G9 curved ultrawide gaming monitor originally launched at $1,599.
Seagate IronWolf Pro 30TB HDD Review: Seagate Drops the HAMR with the Biggest NAS Drive on the Market
The Seagate IronWolf Pro is a massive drive with a good warranty at an okay price.
Noctua's first AIO liquid cooler delayed to Q2 2026, company reveals new roadmap — cooler was originally slated for a Q1 2026 release
Noctua announced its first-ever mainstream AIO liquid cooler back at Computex earlier this year, where it said it would launch sometime in the first quarter of 2026. Now, thanks to an updated roadmap, we know that it's planned for Q2 2026. Noctua's AIO will be based on Asetek's G8 V2 pump design.
'Doomer science fiction': Nvidia blasts proposed US bill that would force it to give American buyers 'first option' in AI GPU purchases before selling chips to other countries, including allies &mdash
U.S. lawmakers have proposed the GAIN AI Act, a bill that would block exports of cutting-edge AI chips - like Nvidia's H100 and B300 - and require developers to prioritize American buyers before fulfilling foreign orders, even to allied nations.
New 3D-stacked memory tech seeks to dethrone HBM for AI inference — d-Matrix claims 3DIMC will be 10x faster and 10x more efficient
Santa Clara-based startup d-Matrix looks to replace HBM in AI inference with 3DIMC, or 3D digital in-memory-compute. The company's goals for the tech are to create a memory chip that is 10x more efficient and 10x faster than HBM in AI inference tasks.
Acer unveils Project Digits supercomputer featuring Nvidia's GB10 superchip with 128GB of LPDDR5x
Acer announces its own version of Project Digits, named the Veriton GN100 AI Mini Workstation, that comes with Nvidia's GB10 superchip, 128GB of LPDDR5x memory, and supports up to 4TB of NVMe storage. The system is designed for AI developers who want an AI accelerator that is fast and compact for local use.
Microsoft-backed research team builds hollow-core cable with lowest signal loss recorded in optical fiber
Researchers from Southampton spinout Lumenisity have built a hollow-core cable with what they claim is the lowest signal loss ever in any optical fiber.
New 3D printing process could improve superconductors — scientists use 3D-printed ink and heat to create record-breaking surface area
Scientists at Cornell have created a 3D printing process that can help improve superconductor performance with record-breaking surface area on compound superconductors.
Anycubic Kobra 3 V2 Review: Kobra Gets an Upgrade
Anycubic gives much needed tweaks to its color bedslinger.
Intel Panther Lake breaks cover in Acer Swift 16 AI — company also touts world's largest trackpad with stylus support
The Acer Swift 16 AI debuted at IFA with support for Intel's upcoming Panther Lake processors.
Despite whispers of a bubble, OpenAI is planning a gigawatt-scale data center in India
OpenAI is looking to ink closer ties with its second-largest customer market, India, with rumors that it is courting local officials in a bid to build one of the country's largest data centers for AI development and use.
Nvidia says its H100/H200 GPUs are not sold out, despite Jensen alluding otherwise during earnings call — company clarifies it has plenty of GPU supply
Nvidia has released a statement clarifying that its H100 and H200 GPUs are not sold out, saying that it can meet demand for every order. China-exclusive H20 GPUs also have no impact on existing production lines for Hopper AI accelerators. That's all fine and dandy, but Nvidia's own CEO said otherwise last week.
German motorists facing ‘plague’ of electric car charger cable thefts – 70 charging points a day being gutted to sell for copper scrap
Electric car charging businesses in Germany are scrambling to combat a 'plague' of cable thefts.
After locking out the U.S., China offers rare earth development assistance to Malaysia — country has estimated 16.2 million metric tons of elements worth $175 billion
Chinese President Xi Jinping offered to develop Malaysia's rare-earth processing capability, but will only work with state-owned companies.
Nvidia dominates GPU shipments with 94% share — 27% surge in shipments likely caused by customers getting ahead of tariffs
Research shows that GPU sales increased by 27% in 2Q25 over the last quarter.
TSMC swats away rumors that Jensen Huang visited to pressure company into revenue-sharing plan with Trump administration
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang recently visited TSMC where he had dinner with executives, gave an internal speech to the workers, and checked on the progress of his Rubin Vera GPUs. What he was not there for was to deliver a message about profit sharing from President Trump, as TSMC has just clarified.
China subsidizes AI computing for small domestic companies — 'computing power vouchers' spread across multiple Chinese cities
China is expanding its small and medium businesses' access to AI compute resources through the use of 'compute power vouchers' that subsidize the cost of training AI models.
Crucial T710 2TB SSD Review: A Subdued Lion
The Crucial T710 is the successor to the flagship T705, offering only minor gains outside of outstanding power efficiency improvements.
Making a 3D-printed custom GPU fan shroud with a DDR5 slot doesn't let you add extra VRAM, but at least it looks cool
Modder builds a completely custom 3D-printed shroud for their RTX GPU, sacrificing one cooling fan for the installation of a single DDR5 RAM slot.
Cloudflare blocks record-setting 11.5Tbps DDoS attack two months after the previous record-setting DDoS attack
Cloudflare said it blocked a record-setting 11.5Tbps DDoS attack that appeared to originate from Google Cloud's infrastructure.
ASML and SK hynix assemble industry-first 'commercial' High-NA EUV system at fab in South Korea
SK hynix is the first memory maker to assemble ASML's High-NA EUV lithography system NXE:5200B at its M16 fab in Icheon to use it for R&D of next-generation process technologies before transitioning to full High-NA-based production later this decade.
Acer's new Predator gaming monitor boasts a 720 Hz OLED panel, if you like gaming at 720p — 27-inch panel can also do native 1440p at a swift 540 Hz
Acer's Nitro family hits the mainstream segment with IPS and VA panels, while the new Predator X27U F8 is an OLED that goes after the premium sector.
Acer hedges its hardware bets, puts vPro and ECC memory in new high-end gaming laptop
The Acer Predator Helios 18P AI straddles the line between gaming laptop and AI workstation, with an RTX 5090 and up to 192GB of ECC memory.
YMTC and CXMT team up to accelerate Chinese domestic HBM production — partnership brings hybrid bonding and DRAM expertise together
YMTC is reportedly preparing an entry into DRAM fabrication and exploring a partnership with CXMT to target high-bandwidth memory.
U.S. gov't revokes TSMC's authorization to ship tools to its fabs in China — special export license to be pulled by end of 2025
The U.S. will revoke TSMC's special export license for its Nanjing Fab 16 by the end of 2025, potentially disrupting its 16nm and 28nm-class operations and shifting Chinese customer demand toward rivals like SMIC and HuaHong. However, SMIC vows to ensure uninterrupted operations of its Chinese fabs.
The Asus Prime RTX 5070 12GB is the absolute cheapest RTX 5070 available to buy, now only $523
Now's the time to pick up a new GPU with Asus's Prime RTX 5070 GPU on sale for an all-time low price.
Samsung bulks the 9100 Pro up to 8TB for $999 — heatsink costs an extra $20
Samsung has launched the 9100 Pro 8TB with an eye-watering $999.99 price tag, and the heatsink version is priced at $1,019.99.
Alienware AW2725D QD-OLED QHD 280 Hz gaming monitor review: Rich color, high performance and excellent value
Alienware breaks price barriers with its AW2725D 27-inch QD-OLED gaming monitor. It's a 280 Hz panel with QHD resolution, Adaptive-Sync, HDR10, wide gamut color and very attractive price.
TSMC to reportedly raise quotes on advanced process nodes by up to 10% next year to pay for new fabs
TSMC will raise 3nm-5nm chip prices by up to 10% in 2026 to fund new fabs and sustain margins as it expands 2nm production.
Amkor’s Arizona mega-plant could plug the holes in America’s chip ambitions — advanced packaging plant would reduce need to send US-produced chips to foreign shores for packaging and
Amkor Technology has confirmed it will build a $2 billion advanced packaging and test facility on a 104-acre site in Peoria, Arizona, with construction beginning imminently.
Planetary Minecraft-inspired demo uses a spherical planet — game has the same blocky mechanics, but converts flat earth surface into a sphere
Software developer Bowerbyte built a game that had similar mechanics to Minecraft but relied on a spherical planet instead of a flat surface.
32GB of RAM on track to become the new majority for gamers — Steam survey indicates shift could occur before the end of the year
32GB of system RAM looks set to become the most popular configuration among Steam gamers later this year.
Remaking a Commodore 64 Datasette from 1982 using 1993 microcassette tech — TechTuber touts 1MB per tape, a 5x improvement over the original
Recreating the Commodore 64's famous 1982 datasette using 1993 tech and 2025 know-how
Chinese social media firms comply with strict AI labelling law, making it clear to users and bots what's real and what's not
Major Chinese social media firms have begun introducing labels for AI generated content that are both explicitly visible to users, and include a digital watermark that bots and algorithms can read when crawling through content.
Hurry! Back-to-school memory and storage deals now at Corsair
Corsair has slashed its prices and is offering a range of high-capacity DRAM deals, including a range of storage solutions.
TSMC’s foundry dominance hits new heights as global revenues smash records — 14.6% QoQ jump sees growth for Samsung, but TSMC's market share climbs to 70.2%
The second quarter of 2025 was a windfall for the world's chipmakers, with global foundry revenue climbing 14.6% to an unprecedented $41.7 billion.
China plans to outpace Neuralink with a state-backed brain chip blitz — seven ministries, a 17-point roadmap, and clinical trials where patients play chess
China has just drawn its battle lines in a new frontier of computing, with a sweeping new policy document laying out its ambition to build an internationally competitive BCI industry within five years.
Corsair's stylish Frame 4000D RS ARGB falls to $109 for Labor Day — a budget-friendly box to build in at a great price
Customize your case and build with Corsair's 4000D Frame RS ARGB mid-tower PC case - only $104.99 this Labor Day.
Labor Day sale marks down the only mainstream 40 inch ultrawide gaming monitor on the market by $90
Save $90 on this 40 inch ultrawide gaming monitor for Labor Day
AMD Ryzen 9000 iGPU-less CPUs listed for under $300 — unreleased Pro chips start at $350
U.S. retailers list AMD's Ryzen 7 9700F and Ryzen 5 9500F, as well as the Ryzen 9 Pro 9945, Ryzen 7 Pro 9745, and Ryzen 5 Pro 9645.
Noctua's 3D printable side panel quiets Framework's Desktop — drop 5-7 decibels using this freely available mod
The Framework Desktop is plenty quiet already, but with a Noctua 3D printed side panel, duct, and fan, it can run even quieter.
Samsung’s 4TB 990 Pro drops to less than 7 cents per GB on Labor Day — enjoy this great 4TB SSD for $270
Samsung's 4TB 990 Pro drops to less than 7 cents per GB on Labor Day, making this great 4TB drive only $270.
Gaming consoles are becoming more expensive as they age for the first time in history — gamers blame tariffs for PlayStation, Xbox, and Switch price increases
Gamers are frustrated by the high prices of current generation consoles which haven't seen the usual mid-generation price drops. Indeed, they're actually much higher than they were at launch as much as five years ago.
3D printing's tool changer wars heat up as Prusa re-enters the ring
Hot on the heels of Snapmaker's U1 launch, Bambu and Prusa chime in with new machine teasers.
DDR4 costs soar as manufacturers pull the plug — panic buying and stockpiling impact DDR4 spot pricing as supply dwindles
According to recent findings by Digitimes, DDR4 spot prices have stabilized after a frenzied second quarter, yet contract pricing continues to rise as supply remains tight.
Linux gaming OS Kazeta promises ‘console gaming experience of the 1990s’ for PC users — supports almost any DRM-free game, past or present
Kazeta promises to 'bring the console gaming experience of the '90s to modern PC hardware'
Intel files patent for 'Software Defined Supercore' — increases single-thread performance and IPC by mimicking ultra-wide execution using multiple cores
Intel's Software Defined Supercore (SDC) lets multiple CPU cores fuse into a virtual high-performance core to boost single-thread speed without building wider physical cores.
Shuttle intros semi-ruggedized barebone Intel Arrow Lake-S mini PC — support for 65W Intel Core Ultra 200 CPUs
Small form factor (SFF) PC specialist Shuttle has rolled out a semi-rugged compact PC system dubbed the XPC slim DH810.
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