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Updated 2025-12-09 10:30
Get RAM cheap, or even as a free gift, with these Newegg Black Friday component bundles — retailer entices PC builders with RAM-focused savings, despite eye-watering memory prices
Newegg is hosting a series of great bundles that will help you find affordable RAM this Black Friday.
Shopping for RAM? You may want to get a prebuilt or a laptop instead.
RAM prices are skyrocketing, but that doesn't seem to have been factored into prebuilt gaming PCs and laptops just yet. That might be a better way to spend your money right now.
China simulated a Starlink blockade over Taiwan that uses around 2,000 drones with jammers to create an 'electromagnetic shield' — CCP scientists devise potential plan to cut off satellite inter
A Chinese study has outlined how the PLA could jam Starlink access across the entirety of the island of Taiwan.
Foxconn to expand U.S. operations at Wisconsin site with $549 million investment —Taiwanese company gets approval for more AI data center industry in Racine County
Foxconn has announced a $549 million expansion for its Racine County, Wisconsin, factory to build more AI data servers.
Intel Arrow Lake Refresh CPUs arrive with native DDR5-7200 CUDIMM support — 12.5% higher speeds than initial Arrow Lake chips
Intel document confirms that the chipmaker's upcoming Arrow Lake Refresh processors will support DDR5-7200 CUDIMMs natively.
The U.S. patent for MP3 audio was granted on this day in 1996 — laid the foundations for peer-to-peer music sharing, iTunes, and today's streaming services
On this day in 1996, a freshly inked U.S. patent quietly laid the cornerstone of the digital music revolution.
China's banned memory-maker CXMT unveils surprising new chipmaking capabilities despite crushing US export restrictions — DDR5-8000 and LPDDR5X-10667 displayed
Despite sanctions and a lack of leading-edge fab tools, CXMT keeps developing new DDR5 and LPDDR5X memory chips that offer higher capacity and performance than their predecessors. However, the big question is whether it can produce DDR5-8000 and LPDDR5X-10667 in high volumes.
EUV laser-maker Trumpf explores quantum computing to improve laser tech
Can quantum computing help with simulating quantum mechanics?
These are the best Black Friday deals on budget Wi-Fi 7 routers — dual-band as low as $81, tri-band from $170
There are loads of Wi-Fi 7 routers out there at affordable prices, with some available for under $90.
Nvidia RTX Pro 6000D squeaks ahead of RTX 5090D in Geekbench OpenCL—China-tailored AI card still performs well despite regulatory woes
Nvidia's harried China-specific RTX Pro 6000D graphics card has been tested in Geekbench's OpenCL benchmark, delivering performance similar to the server edition of the RTX Pro 6000.
TSMC confirms September power outage at Fab 21 in Arizona — loss of wafers and financial impact unclear
A supplier power fault briefly stopped TSMC's Fab 21 in Arizona and led to some wafer losses. But TSMC has learnt from the occurrence, says the company.
Trump administration touts Genesis Mission to try and win the AI race—White House compares scope of its initiative to the Manhattan Project
On the heels of its AI Action Plan announced earlier this year, the US government is now
Newegg is literally giving away free DDR5 RAM with B850 motherboards for Black Friday — Get $150 worth of 16GB memory for nothing when you buy a discounted Asus mobo, from just $159
An AM5 motherboard and 16GB of DDR5 RAM for less than $170, given current market conditions, is one of the best Black Friday deals so far.
Get a leg up on the competition with Razer's Huntsman V3 Pro TKL keyboard, now on sale for just $148 — score a 33% discount on one of the best analog gaming keyboards around
One of Razer's best keyboards is on sale right now, offering superior gaming performance with features like Rapid Trigger, Snap Tap, and adjustable actuation points, all for less than $150. The Huntsman V3 Pro is a well-built, sleek keyboard, with lots of RGB and creature comforts like pre-lubed switches that will last you for years to come.
Staples Black Friday Sale! Save up to 55% on laptops, monitors, and more
Upgrade your home-working setup with these huge discounts
Newegg bundle puts a bow on a Core Ultra 7 265K, 32GB of DDR5, and more for $610 — get most of a PC build for the price of 64GB of RAM
The cost of DDR5 is out of control, but this Newegg bundle basically gives you a 32GB kit for free.
Steam Deck and Lenovo Legion Go S see sales for Black Friday — SteamOS handhelds get holiday price cuts
Valve's Steam Deck and the Lenovo Legion Go S are both on sale for Black Friday, making it cheaper than ever to try SteamOS.
This RTX 5090 is the cheapest you can get this Black Friday season — Zotac's $2,549 Solid OC card delivers exotic performance with minimal fuss [Update: sold out]
At $2549, Zotac's Solid OC RTX 5090 is the cheapest we've seen during the 2025 Black Friday season.
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050 vs Intel Arc B580 Face Off: $249 graphics cards duke it out for budget gaming supremacy
We put the Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050 vs Intel Arc B580 through an eight-round face-off to declare a winner.
Newegg's Black Friday sale is on — new deals are unlocked every day
Newegg is releasing daily Doorbuster deals in its Black November deals event.
Taiwan's $3.2 billion plan for 'AI island' with data centers, quantum hubs, and AI robotics labs faces risks — power and geopolitical headwinds may threaten country's ambition
Taiwan has confirmed it will allocate over NT$100 billion - around US$3.2 billion - for a multi-year national AI infrastructure plan, to become a global leader in AI compute and hardware by 2040.
Grab these vital 3D printer maintenance tools in these Back Friday 2025 deals — up to 40% off HOTO, Creality, Wera
3D printers need maintenance and with these great tools you'll be producing great prints all day long.
TSMC's CoWoS packaging capacity reportedly stretched due to AI demand — Intel's EMIB and Foveros eyed as potential solution to bottleneck
As TSMC hits a supply-side wall with CoWoS, Intel may be positioned to provide reprive with EMIB and Foveros.
These are the top tools we use to build and maintain our precious tech, and they're on sale for Black Friday 2025
You really do need all of these tools to keep your electronics in good order, and luckily they are all on offer for Black Friday.
Amazon unveils Starlink rival capable of up to 1 Gbps satellite internet — Leo Ultra is an enterprise-grade terminal with 400 Mbps upload speeds
Amazon has unveiled Leo Ultra, a high-throughput phased-array terminal for its upcoming satellite internet service, now rebranded from Project Kuiper to Amazon Leo.
Best Black Friday Gaming Chair Deals 2025 — deals for Secretlab, Steelcase, Herman Miller, and more
The best Black Friday deals on gaming chairs for every budget, style, and comfort level. Upgrade your gaming chair with something high-quality and on sale, now!
Framework stops selling standalone RAM to ward off scalpers — warns it will have to increase memory pricing soon as AI crunch bites
The memory crisis has hit Framework, the company behind highly customizable laptops that users can upgrade on their own. Framework sells SO-DIMM modules on its website that are now all out of stock, with only two DDR4 models still remaining. These can be purchased separately, while the company still has some DDR5 inventory left that it'll be bundling with its DIY Edition laptops.
Billion-dollar AI chip deal between Google and Meta could be on the cards — would involve renting Google Cloud TPUs next year, outright purchases in 2027
Rumors of a deal brewing between Google and Meta could be worth billions. The social-media giant is said to be keen to rent and buy Google's AI chips starting as soon as 2026, and could help Google expand its share of the AI chip business considerably.
Rapidus to start construction on 1.4nm fab in 2027 — research and development on node to begin next year
Japanese startup Rapidus announced plans to build a 1.4-nm fab in Hokkaido, with construction expected to start in 2027.
Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney says RAM pricing crisis isn't going away anytime soon — Fortnite boss says crunch 'will be a real problem for high-end gaming for several years'
Epic Games boss Tim Sweeney's long-term RAM pricing prediction might make you wince.
This Black Friday desktop deal on the MSI Aegis ZS2 gaming PC saves you a whopping $750 — prebuilt PC packs an RTX 5070 and Ryzen 9 9900X
Save $750 on this prebuilt PC from MSI, the Aegis ZS2 comes with an RTX 5070 and Ryzen 9900X for smooth gaming.
This £799 Acer V16 gaming laptop just hit a record low price for Black Friday — an RTX 5060, 10-core Intel CPU, and 16GB RAM for the lowest price we've seen
This 16-inch Acer V16 gaming laptop is a Black Friday bargain with an RTX 5060 for just 799.99.
TSMC sues former executive over defection to Intel, says it's highly likely he stole trade secrets — chipmaker claims Wei-Jen Lo broke non-disclosure and non-compete agreements
TSMC initiates legal action against Wei-Jen Lo, who retired from TSMC this summer, signed a non-compete agreement, but subsequently joined Intel as Executive Vice President.
Huawei claims new software can 'create an analogue AI chip 1000 times faster than Nvidia’s chips' — open source Flex:ai software designed to boost AI-chip utilization
Huawei has introduced Flex:ai, an open-source orchestration tool designed to raise the utilization rate of AI chips in large-scale compute clusters.
TSMC says advanced‑node capacity falls ‘about three times short’ of AI demand — company's wafer capacity is 'still not enough' as demand continues to rise
TSMC Chairman-CEO C. C. Wei says capacity is roughly three times short of what its major customers plan to consume.
Elon Musk claims he will 'build chips at higher volumes ultimately than all other AI chips combined' — Tesla AI engineering team has AI5 chip ready to go and is setting its sights on AI6
Hopefully the goal isn't as far away as Tesla's Full Self Driving.
Newegg combo deal pairs AMD's Ryzen 9600X, MSI B850 motherboard, Montech Mesh case, and AIO for $338 — $95 off deal includes an $89 AIO
Newegg AMD Ryzen 9000 series Combo deal stacks discounts on top of discounts, with a motherboard, cooler, and case.
Asus' new $4,000 RTX 5090 is already sold out — ROG Matrix Platinum's exorbitant price tag is no deterrent for well-heeled enthusiasts
$4,000 Asus ROG Matrix Platinum 5090 already sold out
Memory MSRPs and fixed price tags disappear at Micro Center as some stores shift to spot pricing — Shopping for RAM just got a whole lot harder in 2025
Micro Center reportedly stops publishing pricing for memory kits at some of its brick and mortar stores.
AOC's 15-inch 1080p portable monitor dips below $50 — budget offering includes speakers, HDMI connectivity, and a smart cover
It's hard to beat the AOC 16T20's bargain-basement price of $49.99 during the lead-up to Black Friday
Major insurers move to avoid liability for AI lawsuits as multi-billion dollar risks emerge — Recent public incidents have lead to costly repercussions
Major insurers are moving to ring-fence their exposure to artificial intelligence failures, after a run of costly and highly public incidents pushed concerns about systemic, correlated losses.
Amazon has exceptional Black Friday soldering iron deals
I've scoured Amazon for the best soldering deals, and I've found all the kit you need, while saving you $$$
AMD to allegedly raise graphics card prices by at least 10% in 2026 — price surge attributed to ongoing AI-related DRAM supply crisis
AMD has informed its board partners that it will have to raise prices on its graphics cards for 2026 following the recent sky-rocketing memory prices put a supply squeeze on a range of electronics industries.
Lenovo stockpiles RAM as prices skyrocket, reportedly has enough inventory to last through 2026 — memory stock claimed to be 50% higher than usual to fight pricing shock
Lenovo is preparing for the RAM pricing apocalypse and has already stockpiled loads of DRAM memory for its products. The company has so much inventory, in fact, that it has enough memory to last all through 2026.
IBM and Cisco agree to lay the foundations for a quantum internet — companies announce plans to build a distributed quantum computing network, linking fault-tolerant systems over long distances
IBM and Cisco have announced plans to jointly build a distributed quantum computing network capable of linking fault-tolerant systems over long distances.
In wake of Windows 10 retirement, over 780,000 Windows users skip Win 11 for Linux, says Zorin OS developers — distro hits unprecedented 1 million downloads in five weeks
The Windows-like Linux distribution claims over a million downloads in the past month for its latest build, most of which came from Windows users.
Congressional report details China's new deep-sea cable cutter that can sever armored cables in 13,000 feet of water — report warns of rising Chinese undersea cable cutting capabilities
A new annual report from the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission delivered to Congress states that China is actively developing technologies to sever undersea cables.
An entire PS5 now costs less than 64GB of DDR5 memory, even after a discount — simple memory kit jumps to $600 due to DRAM shortage, and it's expected to get worse into 2026
If you've been eyeying a memory upgrade, forget about it. You can literally get an entire console for the price of a high-end 64 GB DDR5 kit, and the best part is that experts speculate this inflated pricing to only go up in the coming months.
AMD's Radeon RX 9070 XT is back down to its lowest price ever at $599 — PowerColor's Reaper is a good choice for an upgrade or new build this Black Friday
PowerColor's Reaper AMD RX 9070 XT is just $599.99, equalling its all-time low price with this Black Friday discount
The Black Friday 3D Printer Sales Bonanza has kicked off — these are the best deals we found so far!
There are some great 3D printer deals happening right now, and we've found the best and put them all into one page for you.
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