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Updated 2025-11-19 10:30
3D printing enthusiast creates camera with a gutted optical mouse's sensor — lo-fi 30x30 pixel camera took 65 hours to build
A 3D printing enthusiast has made a cute, functional lo-fi digital camera using an optical sensor salvaged from a discarded mouse PCB.
xTool Black Friday Laser Deals on premium laser cutters and engravers are available now — essential kit for the serious crafter
The Black Friday discounts for xTool have already started. Find discounts on xTool's range of Laser printers and cutters.
HyperX Pulsefire Saga Pro Review: Modular, but slightly behind
HyperX's modular wireless mouse comes with swappable parts in the box and up to a 4,000 Hz wireless polling rate, but it doesn't really stand out.
DRAM prices skyrocket 171% year-over-year, outpacing the rate of gold price increases — AI demand drives massive price hikes as shortage takes hold
DRAM prices are skyrocketing out of control, with contract prices increased by a whopping 171% for the year.
How to enroll for Windows 10 ESU — Get a year of free Windows 10 Extended Security Updates
Microsoft may want us all to switch to Windows 11, but for those not ready to make the jump, there is still a way to keep your Windows 10 PC safe from harm.
AMD hit with lawsuit over hybrid bonding tech behind potent 3D V-Cache — Adeia claims company's gaming chip infringes 10 of its patents
Adeia has filed a pair of patent infringement lawsuits against AMD in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas, accusing the chipmaker of using its hybrid bonding and advanced node technologies without permission.
Get an RTX 4060-powered gaming laptop for just $649 — the amazingly priced Asus TUF A15 is $250 off
Laptop gaming for only $679, the Asus TUF Gaming A15 is an exceptional value at this price.
Anycubic Early Black Friday 3D Printers deals begin with up to 39% off — massive savings on printers and accessories beginning today
Save big and print big on the best FDM and resin Anycubic 3D printers
Trump says no Blackwell chips to be sold to China — Nvidia re-entry into Beijing nixed despite temporary trade truce
Despite a trade truce, Trump has just made it clear that Nvidia's flagship AI GPUs from its Blackwell lineup will not be allowed to be sold to China.
AMD confirms security vulnerability on Zen 5-based CPUs that generates potentially predictable keys — RDSEED fix coming through an AGESA firmware update for desktop chips
AMD has confirmed that Zen 5's RDSEED random number generator is failing, causing it to generate potentially predictable cryptography keys for attackers to exploit. Mitigations for the security flaw are launching throughout the next few months for consumer and datacenter versions of AMD's Ryzen 9000 series CPUs.
SWAT team raid uncovers 3D printing guns with live ammunition, capable of firing — police also seize WWII 'replica' 3D-printed knives and grenades
A man living near Pattison Lake in Washington State has been arrested for manufacturing ghost guns with his 3D printing equipment.
The same ASRock B850 motherboard kills three Ryzen 7 9700X CPUs worth $1,000 one by one in South Korea — victim used updated BIOS and never overclocked, but still lost all their processors
On QuasarZone, a South Korean forum, the user described how one ASRock B850 Pro RS killed off three different Ryzen 7 9700X CPUs one by one, despite the motherboard being deemed healthy prior.
Acer Predator Triton 14 AI Review: Creative mobile gaming
The Predator Triton 14 AI blends ultrabook portability with RTX 5070 gaming muscle. While light on CPU power, it still delivers capable performance, creative features, and a dazzling OLED display.
Cyber firm warns that hackers are teaming up with crime rings to hijack cargo — phishing emails and social engineering deployed to steal physical shipments
Hackers are working with organised crime groups to steal physical freight, posing as brokers or carriers, deploying malware, and rerouting real-world shipments, according to new research from cybersecurity firm Proofpoint.
Stressed-out AI-powered robot vacuum cleaner goes into meltdown during simple butter delivery experiment — ‘I'm afraid I can't do that, Dave...’
Stressed LLM-infused vacuum cleaner says 'SYSTEM HAS ACHIEVED CONSCIOUSNESS AND CHOSEN CHAOS... I'm afraid I can't do that, Dave... INITIATE ROBOT EXORCISM PROTOCOL!'
AMD clarifies its clarifications on controversial RDNA 1 and 2 driver note — company will continue game optimization support after all
AMD's recent driver release continues to be surprisingly turbulent, with further clarification that it won't stop game optimization for older RDNA1 and RDNA2 cards, despite the release notes suggesting as such. This also comes after another error in the release notes that said USB-C power would no longer work on RX 7900 cards.
Producer of stinky thermal paste that corrodes copper has known about the issue since 2024 - the paste emits acidic vapors, corrodes copper, 'glues' heatsinks to processors, and permanently damages co
Igor Wallossek reports that Amech knew that its SGT-4 thermal paste could corrode copper and damage coolers since October 2024, but kept selling it with bogus compliance papers and later blamed critics instead of fixing the problem.
New PC gaming cafe photographed in North Korea — rare pictures of 'Pyongyang PC bang' gaming above the 38th parallel
Images that appear to show a newly opened PC gaming space in North Korea have been published on social media.
PewDiePie goes all-in on self-hosting AI using modded GPUs, with plans to build his own model soon — YouTuber pits multiple chatbots against each other to find the best answers
PewDiePie has built a custom web UI for self-hosting AI models called "ChatOS." Running open-source models from Baidu and OpenAI, PewDiePie made a "council" of bots that voted on the best responses, and then built "The Swarm" for data collection that will become the foundation of his own model coming next month.
Elon Musk hints that second-gen Tesla Roadster might fly — new model to demo soon
Speaking on the Joe Rogan podcast, Musk reiterated that Tesla's next-gen roadster will hopefully" be demoed before the end of 2025
Elon Musk alleges Sam Altman 'stole a non-profit' as AI bros spat over cancelled Tesla Roadster order
Sam Altman, the CEO of OpenAI, recently posted his Tesla Roadster order being mishandled on X - both of those latter companies are owned by Elon Musk, who replied with a casual "you stole a non-profit" statement. Altman was instrumental in the recent recapitalization of OpenAI into a public benefit corporation, which cemented the for-profit model the firm has adopted.
Developer warns users that fake download site is hosting Windows 11 upgrade bypass tool — Win 10 upgraders warned of potential malicious downloads
Following Windows 10's end-of-life, Flyoobe has grown in popularity for enabling safe Windows 11 upgrades on unsupported systems - but you must only download it via the official GitHub source.
China tweets satellite photos of Taiwan's critical Hsinchu chip hub in pressure-ratcheting political stunt — 'where all the world’s advanced foundry IP is created,' highest concentration o
On Friday night, China's embassy in Washington posted a familiar message to X: There is but one China in the world."
GPU surgeon attempts to rescue fatally-bent RTX 4090 that came in for a melted power connector fix — autopsy reveals shorted MOSFET that killed the GPU core
It's not often we see a graphics card that is almost completely fried across the board. That's what happened with this poor RTX 4090 whose 12V rail leaked into the memory, frying the VRAM and travelling to the core in the process, killing the GPU for good. Not only that, but the card was also comically bent to the point where suggesting someone might've used it as a self-defense weapon wouldn't be far-fetched.
Linux gamers won't be affected by RX 5000/6000 series driver shift — AMD changes limited to Windows thanks to separated development
Despite AMD putting RDNA 1 and RDNA 2 GPU drivers under maintenance mode, GPU driver support in Linux will remain unchanged.
Full-size tank simulator setup now even crazier after being built into a 'tactical vehicle' with full-size replica machine gun and cannon
The crown prince of extreme sim build-outs released a video showcasing his wild Tank Simulator 5, which comes with a full-size replica machine gun and cannons, on the Chinese video-sharing platform Bilibili.
Intel is giving away up to three games worth $280, including Battlefield 6, with the purchase of select Core Ultra 200 series products — 2025 Holiday Gaming Bundle packs free games with Intel CP
As part of its 2025 Holiday Bundle, Intel is letting you pick between Battlefield 6 and Assassin's Creed Shadows as a free game when you purchase a qualifying Intel CPU or GPU. If you fancy yourself a high-end gaming laptop then you can avail the Platinum offer and get up to three free games.
MSI Pro MP165 E6 Portable Monitor review: Budget-friendly, average performance
The MSI Pro MP165 E6 is competitive with other sub-$100 portable monitors, without any frills or special features.
The Outer Worlds with ray tracing can't hit 60FPS at paltry 540p resolution with an RTX 5090 and 9800X3D - ray tracing 'performance' mirrors Borderlands 4 fiasco
YouTubers have discovered terrible performance on The Outer Worlds 2, so much so that the game's maximum settings with ray tracing can only be run at below 60 FPS at a 540p internal resolution on an RTX 5090.
Microsoft CEO says the company doesn't have enough electricity to install all the AI GPUs in its inventory - 'you may actually have a bunch of chips sitting in inventory that I can’t plug in'
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said in an interview that he has some AI chips in inventory that he cannot use because he has nowhere to plug them in.
Early Black Friday PC and hardware deals — sales and deals on components, accessories, and 3D printers already live
The best early Black Friday deals on PC hardware, accessories, and 3D printers.
The internet was born this week in 1969, and immediately glitched — only two of the five letters in the first computer-to-computer message were received
The foundations of internet communications were set 56 years ago, when 'LO' was transmitted from UCLA to SRI on the ARPANET.
GPU overclocker uses chilled car antifreeze and pond pump to push Intel card to sub-zero temps, sets world record — 'TrashBench' sets GPU benchmark record at -17C, gains 16% more performance
TrashBench manages to break the 3DMark Time Spy performance record using a water pump and a 50/50 glycol mix.
Researchers create superconducting germanium semiconductor material using standard chip-making techniques - prototype demonstrates millions of superconducting junctions on a 2-inch wafer
Researchers at NYU and the University of Queensland have demonstrated superconductivity in gallium-doped epitaxial germanium, fabricated using industry-standard semiconductor tools.
Newegg Black November Doorbuster Deals are available now, kicking off the Black Friday countdown — new deals are unlocked every day
In the lead-up to Black Friday, Newegg is releasing daily Doorbuster deals in its Black November deals event.
Self-assembling data centers in space are becoming reality as Rendezvous Robotics partners with Starcloud — Elon Musk chimes in that 'SpaceX will be doing this'
Rendezvous Robotics' autonomous tile-based modules, built using Project TESSERAE tech, will potentially power Starcloud's plans to build massive data centers in space. The company is partnering with Nvidia to build a 5-gigawatt facility in orbit, and Rendezvous can help make that distant future a reality.
Grab a Radeon RX 9070 XT at MSRP before it sells out — ASRock Challenger Radeon RX 9070 XT drops to $599
If you've been holding out for a price drop, now's your chance as this Radeon RX 9070 XT is finally available at its original MSRP of $599 on Newegg.
Apple Mac Pro and Mac Mini clones launch with AMD Ryzen CPUs — perfect mini-PCs for those who love Apple's aesthetics but still need Windows or Linux
A tech company specializing in storage solutions is venturing into the mini PC space with its Apple Mac clones.
Atari 2600+ Pac-Man Edition released at $169 — bright yellow console comes with Pac-Man: Double Feature 2-in-1 game cartridge
Atari 2600+ Pac-Man Edition games console released in striking, vivid yellow livery.
Nexperia allowed to resume exports from China following Trump-Xi talks — companies may seek exemptions from the Ministry of Commerce to restart international deliveries
International automakers can now apply for licenses to resume chip deliveries from Nexperia China.
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D vs Intel Core i9-14900K Faceoff — Intel's old-school flagship chip versus AMD's bleeding-edge tech
We will put the AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D vs Intel Core i9-14900K CPUs through a rigorous six-round gauntlet to determine which CPU is truly the best in its class, and which one you should spend your money on.
AMD’s latest Adrenalin driver update drops Windows 10 from release notes, but the company says support continues
The company says Windows 10 users can still install the Adrenalin Edition 25.10.2 drivers via the Windows 11 installer, even as Microsoft's older OS officially moves into end-of-life status.
Mad modders recreate exotic 25-year-old Xbox prototype with a solid block of metal — modern $6,000 makeover combines real Xbox hardware with an HDMI upgrade
The original Xbox prototype shown off in the year 2000 was just brought back to life in an epic project. Machined out of a single block of metal, featuring real Xbox hardware, and upgrades like a screen in the middle in place of the orb light, this Xbox prototype redux is a testament to the world of retro gaming.
Microwave repurposed into slick custom All-in-One PC — door serves as display, motherboard rotates on the turntable, and Stream Deck used for keypad
This awesome custom gaming PC built into a microwave might be our favorite-ever kitchen gadget.
Programmer installed and ran Doom on an orbiting European Space Agency satellite
Doom once ran in an ESA space satellite, as recounted by one of the hackers
Chinese and British authorities are determining how to return 61,000 stolen Bitcoins worth $6.7 billion — seizure from 'Bitcoin Queen' leaves loose ends
U.K. and Chinese authorities must work out a system to return stolen funds converted to Bitcoin, but the process is expected to be complicated.
Manufacturer issues remote kill command to disable smart vacuum after engineer blocks it from collecting data — user revives it with custom hardware and Python scripts to run offline
An engineer discovered that the manufacturer can remotely brick his smart vacuum for not collecting data.
Prusa has a full month of Black Friday deals on 3D printers and accessories, including $300 free bundle with some models — Get the Rolls-Royce of 3D printers with free shipping
Prusa is having a month-long Black Friday sale and there are some great deals on the best of the best 3D printers
Lenovo's Black Friday Deal Days sale is live — here are the best deals we've spotted so far
The sales have cometh!
Apple's MacBook Air M4 is now down to $799 — you're unlikely to find a better laptop deal within this price range
Apple's 13-inch MacBook Air with the M4 goes on sale for $799.99, saving 20% off the regular price.
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