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Elgato Facecam Neo Review: Versatile and cheap
Elgato's Facecam Neo is a budget-friendly plug-and-play webcam that performs well in low-light scenarios and works on just about any device with a USB-C port (including non-traditional devices, such as iPads). It cost $99.99 when it first launched, but the price has since been permanently cut to $59.99, which might be an unbeatable deal.
Chinese scientists discover method to cut defects by 99% with DUV chipmaking equipment, but it destroys EUV pattern fidelity — analyzing photoresist clustering with cryo-ET at 105°C
Chinese researchers have visualized how photoresist polymers cluster during development using cryogenic electron tomography and found that slightly raising post-exposure bake temperature could reduce defect density, but the finding has limited practical impact since this temperature is already typical for DUV processes and unsuitable for EUV lithography, where it would harm resolution and yield.
Musk confirms Tesla AI5 and AI6 will be made at both Samsung and TSMC, reinforcing dual-foundry strategy
Elon Musk has confirmed that Tesla's AI6 chip will be manufactured at both Samsung's Taylor facility and TSMC's Arizona fab. The update from the company's CEO follows earlier comments in which he described Samsung's site as technically superior.
Minisforum launches its first ARM-based Mini PC with a full x16 PCIe slot for discrete GPUs — The MS-R1 packs a 12-core Cixin P1 SoC with up to 64 GB of RAM and generous IO, starting at $500
Popular Mini PC manufacturer Minisforum has just stepped into the ARM market with the MS-R1. It's a 1.7-liter compact system with the CIX CD8180 SoC, consisting of 12-cores clocked at up 2.6 GHz, with a 28W TDP. There's a full-size dedicated GPU slot and support for UEFI built-in, allowing you to easily boot into mainstream operating systems.
Early UK Black Friday PC and hardware deals — PCs, laptops, SSDs, and monitors already on sale
The best early UK Black Friday deals on PC hardware, accessories, and 3D printers.
T-Mobile refreshes 5G Home Internet service with new tiers and Wi-Fi 7 gateways — new $70 plan includes Hulu and Paramount+ subscriptions
T-Mobile's new 5G Home Internet plans go into effect on November 13
New 2 GB/s external SSD has a tiny screen for real-time updates on SSD health and performance — Nextorage's NX-PFS1PRO includes hardware encryption and an auto-erase security feature
Nextorage launches the NX-PFS1PROB external SSD with capacities ranging from 1TB to 8TB, featuring added security features.
China suspends ban on rare earth exports to the U.S., but licensing controls remain — vital semiconductor manufacturing materials get one-year reprieve
China has lifted its ban on exports of gallium, germanium, and antimony to the United States, temporarily halting restrictions that had reshaped global materials markets over the past year.
Phison CEO confirms NAND prices have more than doubled and will continue to rise, all 2026 production already sold out — SSDs facing pricing apocalypse throughout 2027
Khein-Seng Pua, the CEO of Phison, speaking to Digitimes, has painted a damning picture of the storage market to come. With NAND prices already on the rise, the CEO believes there's no alleviation in sight and the landscape will remain rough for the following years. Data centers are rapidly shifting to SSDs to avoid already scarce HDDs, which will only exacerbate the situation.
Chinese camera company gives out gold keycaps worth up to $45,000 to top employees — more than 50 prizes given out by Insta360
Webcam brand Insta360 has gifted real gold keycaps, worth up to $45,000 each, to its most valued employees.
Hardware hacker installs Minecraft server on a cheap smart lightbulb — single 192 MHz RISC-V core with 276KB of RAM, enough to run tiny 90K byte world
A hardware hacker has installed a Minecraft server on a cheap smart lightbulb.
Biwin NV7200 2TB SSD Review: The Budget Winner
The Biwin NV7200 is a compelling new budget SSD that fits the bill for many users.
Micron delays New York chipmaking fabs by five years, but accelerates second fab in Idaho and reallocates CHIPS Act funding
Micron has reportedly postponed its New York fab project near Clay by several more years: Fab 1 is not expected is now expected to be completed in 2030 and full campus build-out is now projected to be fully ramped in 2045. At the same time, the company reallocates CHIPS Act funding toward its Idaho fabs.
Hoto's epic mini electric screwdriver set with 12 bits drops to less than £30 — this half-price kit is perfect for PC building and DIY
Save 50% on this impressive Hoto NEX O1 Pro mini electric screwdriver set with 12 bits
Silicon Valley data centers totalling nearly 100MW could 'sit empty for years' due to lack of power — huge installations are idle because Santa Clara can't cope with surging electricity demands
In the heart of Silicon Valley, two freshly built data centers designed for the world's most power-hungry computing workloads are standing empty.
Only $399 for the Bambu Lab P1S 3D printer — an all-time low price in its early Black Friday sales blowout
Only $399 for one of our favorite 3D printers. The Bambu Lab P1S hits an all-time low price.
Nvidia's Jensen Huang upstaged at TSMC annual Sports Day by TSMC-branded sneakers — CEO's 'Made In Taiwan' footwear is the talk of the town
TSMC-branded sneakers were 'the focus of the audience' at the firm's annual Sports Day event this weekend.
Seasonic G12 GC-750 750W power supply review
A premium-engineered power supply masquerading as a budget option, delivering exceptional electrical performance in a conservative package, though its high retail price and dated connectivity undermine its value proposition.
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 with Wraith Stealth Cooler drops to all-time low $67 on Amazon
AMD's Ryzen 5 3600 processor has hit its lowest ever price on Amazon, according to popular price tracking websites, and it comes with a boxed cooler.
Microsoft announces first test build for Windows 11 26H1, aimed at 'specific silicon' — Rumor mill suggests first "H1" release in Windows 11's history might be reserved for upcoming Arm PCs
Windows 11 26H1 has just been made official by Microsoft, with its first build released in the Canary channel for Insiders. Unlike what the name might suggest, this is not a feature update, rather a special update meant to roll in support for ARM-based devices, with lots of juicy rumors floating around.
AMD’s rare PlayStation 5 APU-based BC-250 mining board resurfaces for $120 and can actually run Cyberpunk 2077
An AMD BC-250 mining board powered by the PS5's custom APU has reappeared in China for around $120.
The 'Phantom' claims to be world's first transparent computer monitor, touts 5,000 nits of HDR brightness — 24-inch 4K panel from Virtual Instruments launches Q4
The Phantom employs beam-splitting technology similar to what's used in aviation HUDs, or teleprompters, to reflect a screen onto a half-glass, half-mirror surface, giving it that transparent look. It also claims to have adjustable transparency, meaning you can have a completely opaque monitor if you wanted.
Bank of America sued over not paying workers for PC boot up time in proposed class action lawsuit
Bank of America is facing a proposed class and collective action lawsuit that accuses the company of failing to pay hundreds of hourly workers for time spent booting their computers.
Computer tech refurbs GPU clogged with tar and nicotine from 17 years of use by a smoker — 'I am not blowing on that; I’m getting cancer from this' says repair technician
This is what 17 years of smoking could do to your graphics card.
25 years ago today, Microsoft released DirectX 8 and changed PC graphics forever — How programmable shaders laid the groundwork for the future of modern GPU rendering
The games we enjoy today would be unimaginably different without the improvements ushered in by DirectX 8 and its programmable shaders. Shader Model 1.0 introduced per-pixel programmable lighting, letting developers write custom code to control how light interacted with objects, rather than relying solely on the GPU's built-in fixed-function logic.
Clean-sheet open source 8-bit gaming console surprisingly preparing for launch in 2025 — the GameTank uses twin 6502 processors instead of FPGAs or microcontrollers
There's a new open source contender being prepared for the 8-bit console arena.
Corsair Sabre v2 Pro review: 36g but maybe too lightweight on features
The Corsair Sabre v2 Pro is an incredibly lightweight (36g) mouse that feels good and glides like a dream. But the software is web-based - and that's a problem when your mouse has no profile or DPI switch buttons.
The world's ‘tiniest GPU’ heads to production — 200,000-transistor TinyGPU v2.0 can render gamepad-manipulated 3D images with up to 1K triangles in real-time
The tiniest GPU' has gotten a big update with the new TinyGPU v2.0 offering interactive 3D rasterization, with transformation & lighting tech.
Hard drives on backorder for two years as AI data centers trigger HDD shortage — delays forcing rapid transition to QLC SSDs
Artificial intelligence has taken yet another victim. After GPUs and memory, storage is now facing a shortage as well, at least in the enterprise space. Production capacity for nearline storage, fueled by high-capacity server HDDs, is booked for the next two years. Cloud providers are switching to QLC NAND to avoid the lead times.
No Longer Evil Thermostat hack strips Google from Nest thermostat to heat your home better — open source project revives sunsetted hardware, gives more precise control
Google's sunsetted Nest Gen 1 and Gen 2 thermostats have been given a new breath of life by a frustrated developer's No Longer Evil Thermostat firmware.
Laid-off Intel employee allegedly steals 'Top Secret' files, then disappears — ex-engineer downloaded 18,000 files before vanishing
A former Intel software engineer who spent over a decade with the company allegedly stole several thousand documents, including confidential ones, after he was laid off.
DIY Amiga sound sampler circuit mystery solved 32 years later — Magazine instructions had key component spec typos
A three-decade old 'Amiga mystery' has been solved by an intrepid electronics-focused TechTuber.
500 disposable vapes recycled into a powerwall to power a house and workshop — enough juice for up to eight hours of home usage or three days of work
By salvaging rechargeable batteries from thousands of used disposable vapes, UK-based YouTuber Chris Doel built a 50V power system that can run his workshop and home.
This week in 1982, Compaq announced the first true IBM PC clone — it was portable, too, as long as you were comfortable lugging 28 pounds
Compaq took the wraps off its first product in November 1982, revealing the computing world's first true IBM PC clone, and an all-in-one portable model at that. It would take a year for IBM to respond.
Corsair's premium SFF case sees a massive 70% price drop to $59 — iCUE Link 2500X hits a new historic low
Featuring support for m-ATX and mini-ITX boards, up to 11 fans, and massive GPU clearance, Corsair's dual-chamber iCUE Link 2500X is finally priced to match its appeal.
OpenAI asks U.S. to expand CHIPS Act tax credit to cover AI infrastructure despite firm's denial wanting a government 'backstop' for its massive loans
OpenAI has asked the Trump administration to expand a major CHIPS Act tax credit to support the build-out of AI infrastructure, including servers, data centers, and power systems.
Chipmaking industry pushes back on U.S. Patent Office considering imposing annual fee based on assessed value — “tax on innovation” draws strong opposition from Semiconductor Industr
A proposal to change the USPTO's fee structure from fixed rates to a percentage basis is facing resistance from the semiconductor industry.
Japanese PC shops limit SSD, HDD, and RAM purchases to prevent hoarding as storage and memory shortage takes hold — buying a full PC unlocks higher purchase limits
The impact of the massive AI demand for storage and memory is now hitting retail stores in Japan.
New DirectX7 emulation tool brings more games to Steam Deck, SteamOS, and other Linux distros through Vulkan, with caveats
An independent developer has taken on the job of creating a spin-off version of DXVK that works with DirectX 7 games, bringing DX7 to Linux through emulation with Vulkan.
Investigators recover black boxes from UPS plane crash, detail data recovery process — NTSB successfully extracts cockpit audio from charred remains
The NTSB has successfully recovered the cockpit audio from the ill-fated UPS 2967.
Modern motherboard features explained: Connectors, headers, ports, and chipsets decoded
Here is a diagram of major ports, headers, and slots common on today's motherboards, plus a guide to expansion slots, RAM and form factors.
Retro PC Gaming the Easy Way with DOSBox Pure Unleashed
Retro gaming is part hobby and part historical preservation, and DOSBox Pure Unleashed is here to help keep those old games alive, despite our aging reflexes being incapable of beating Tomb Raider 2's Venice level.
Gigabyte Aorus FO27Q5P 27-inch 500 Hz QD-OLED gaming monitor review: Superb in every respect
Gigabyte's Aorus line begets a stunning new OLED, the 27-inch FO27Q5P. With extra-wide gamut Quantum Dot color, QHD resolution, 500 Hz, Adaptive-Sync and HDR500, it delivers maximum performance and image quality.
SanDisk reportedly jacks up flash prices by 50% as memory makers cash in on AI-fueled demand
As AI datacenters scoop up limited wafer supply, both DRAM and flash prices skyrocket.
Samsung teases radical new modular SSD design with swappable NAND and SSD controller that can be detached independently — tiny 4TB PCIe 5.0 M.2 drive is also ready
Samsung teases the AM9C1 E1.A Detachable AutoSSD and PM9E1 M.2 22x42 SSDs that will be revealed at CES 2026.
AMD warns the Intel and Nvidia partnership is a risk to its business — quarterly report outlines risk from 'increased competition and pricing pressure'
AMD lists the Nvidia's $5 billion investment in Intel as a specific risk in its quarterly report.
CPU collector peels the lid off a Soviet-era ‘fish can’ chip to peer inside with multiple microscopes — K565RU3 was a Cold War-era clone of Western chips that powered Apple II, Commo
A fascinating Soviet-era retro electronics artifact has been dissected and micrographed by a CPU collector.
Radical gamer repurposes $1,700 ROG Atral RTX 5080 into a working DIY skateboard — rides graphics card down the street while walking dog
A user on the PC Master Race subreddit has turned a ROG Astral RTX 5080, one of the most expensive variants out there, into a real skateboard. The video shows the RTX 5080's cooler being used as a deck, with the user ripping through the streets, accompanied by their dog.
Nvidia's RTX 5000 Super could be cancelled or get pricier due to AI-induced GDDR7 woes — rumor claims 3 GB memory chips are now too valuable for consumer GPUs
Nvidia RTX 5000 Super series might be canceled due to AI-induced GDDR7 shortage, as rumors suggest that 3GB GDDR7 chips will be hard to come by.
AMD’s record quarter shows strength in client and AI, as Ryzen leads the charge — but data center dominance could be out of reach
AMD has posted its highest quarterly revenue to date, booking $9.2 billion for Q3 2025. The company broke records in both its client and data center segments, with the Ryzen 7 9800X3D powering a rebound in laptop and desktop sales.
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