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Updated 2025-11-19 17:15
ChatGPT chief Sam Altman says AI could eliminate jobs that aren’t ‘real work’ — comments come among mounting evidence of jobs being replaced by AI
Sam Altman isn't known for understatement, but even by his own standards, what he said on stage at OpenAI's DevDay conference earlier this month was pretty problematic.
Gigabyte drops 2TB SSD to all-time low around $0.10 per GB — Aorus Gen5 14000 SSD now at $208.68
The 2TB Gigabyte Aorus Gen5 14000 SSD drops to just $208.68, saving you over $45 from its original MSRP.
‘Never in your life buy a 5090 Founders Edition’ — repair tech slams Nvidia’s flagship GPU design for train wreck melting 16-pin power connector
The GeForce RTX 5090 Founders Edition is Nvidia's flagship GPU, but one repair technician says it comes with a hidden flaw that makes it one of the worst designs he's seen.
Kingston Fury Renegade G5 2TB SSD Review: The Renegade is Back
The Kingston Fury Renegade G5 is efficient and performs well with no real downsides. It's fast and hides no unpleasant surprises.
Microsoft's decision to axe Windows 10 is driving Apple PC sales growth — users buy Macs instead of AI PCs despite Microsoft’s push for Copilot+ PCs
Counterpoint Research data shows a massive jump in Mac sales in the same quarter that support for Microsoft Windows 10 ended.
8-bit PC Hercules Graphics Card from 1984 gets revisited — Hercules GPU from the IBM era shaped the modern graphics we know today
The Hercules Graphics Card, released in 1982, was revolutionary for its time because it combined two popular video modes used in IBM PCs across the corporate world. It could display both sharp text and graphics quickly, thanks to its 32KB frame buffer, offering the best of both worlds in an era when compromise led the conversation.
Cooler Master apologizes for telling users to pry apart melting-prone 16-pin connectors to fix them, instructs customer support teams to stop recommending modifications — company also discontinu
Cooler Master has provided an update stating it is no longer producing its problematic right-angle 12V-2x6 power plug. The company also corrected its customer support staff to stop recommending power connector modifications to its customers.
Creator makes Wi-Fi sound like dial-up Internet — uses Raspberry Pi and 2-watt speaker to convert digital data into analog signals
This Raspberry Pi project captures Wi-Fi data and then blasts it out as sound to make it feel like you're connecting via a dial-up modem.
Nexperia's China parent Wingtech declares cash-flow risk despite massive 280% profit surge - car production shutdowns loom as Dutch state tightens grip
Wingtech, the Chinese parent company of Dutch chipmaker Nexperia, has warned investors of a potential cash flow squeeze if it fails to regain operational control of its European subsidiary.
Get nearly $600 off on this RTX 5090 gaming PC blowout sale — a high-end gaming setup featuring a Core Ultra 9 285K CPU, 64GB RAM, and a 2TB SSD
Thanks to a discount code, a Legion RTX 5090 desktop is available for a massive $590 discount off the list price.
Over-the-top Warhammer 40K edition gaming chair on sale, flagship gaming chair for under $600
Secretlab's excellent Titan Evo, adorned in Ultramarine colors to form the Warhammer 40K special edition, is now on sale for less than $600. Discounted $70 from its original price and backed by a 3-year warranty, this chair is an unrequited celebration of the game, while offering a comfortable place for your butt to rest.
New stablecoin connects crypto investors to real-world Nvidia AI GPUs that earn money by renting out compute power to AI devs — USD.AI lets crypto investors make bank off AI compute rentals
USD.AI is a new DeFi protocol that lets you invest your stablecoin in an AI data center, with each investment tied to a real Nvidia AI GPU.
This RGB PC in a plastic jug is uncomfortably beguiling — $150 build armed with an Xeon chip is literally bottlenecked
A full $150 RGB gaming PC' build in a translucent plastic jug has been showcased on social media.
Skyrocketing costs for memory will jack up smartphone prices — Chinese manufacturer Xiaomi warns of higher prices for new devices
Xiaomi President Lu Weibing stated in a social media post that the rising costs of memory chips are far beyond expectations and could intensify further.
Asus ROG Strix XG248QSG Ace 610 Hz gaming monitor review: A new frame rate frontier
Asus explores a new frame rate frontier with its 610 Hz ROG Strix XG248QSG Ace. It's a 24-inch TN FHD panel with Adaptive-Sync, two kinds of ELMB blur reduction, HDR and wide gamut color.
AMD first entered the CPU market with reverse-engineered Intel 8080 clone 50 years ago — the Am9080 cost 50 cents apiece to make, but sold for $700
The chip which paved the way for AMD's illustrious future in the CPU business entered mass production 50 years ago.
Microsoft for Startups exec says ‘my whole job is begging for GPUs,it's been that way since 2020’ — says that AI bubble doomsters are deluded
Technical Business Development for Startups lead at Microsoft complains 'my whole job is begging for GPUs.'
Power up your PC like a fighter jet — enthusiast demos 'an unnecessary complicated way of starting your PC'
A Redditor has developed a nifty device you can 3D print and set up to power a PC uniquely.
Microsoft responds to Gaming Copilot controversy, says it uses screenshots to understand in-game events, not for training AI models — optional feature can be turned off, but not easily uninstall
Microsoft said that the Gaming Copilot in the Game Bar only uses screenshots of your game to understand what's going on, not for training itself.
Ludicrous $6 billion Counter Strike 2 skins market crashes, loses $3 billion overnight — game update destroys inventories, collapses market
Counter-Strike 2 received an update yesterday that prompted the worst market crash in the game's history. Cosmetics worth over $6 billion fell to almost $3 billion after Valve made it easier to acquire them. Less scarcity means lower barrier of entry, but it also means less desirability for traders who'd invested everything into the game.
Saying goodbye to Nvidia's retired GeForce GTX 1080 Ti — we benchmark 2017's hottest graphics card against some modern GPUs as it rides into the sunset
We check in on Nvidia's most famous graphics card ever as support ends.
Internet ads firm’s CEO posts wild job description for 'A-players,' draws internet ire
A tech services firm's Careers page has startled netizens around the globe with a beyond parody brutalist business buzzword bingo values' statement.
IBM's boffins run a nifty quantum error-correction algorithm on standard AMD FPGAs, and it is' 10 times faster than what is needed' — research propels IBM's Starling quantum computer project for
IBM's Starling project gets a boost from quantum error-correction algorithms running on conventional AMD FPGAs
Enjoy next-level gaming with this Ryzen 7 9800X3D, RTX 5070 Ti gaming PC for under $1,900 — save $400 off the list price
CyberPowerPC Gamer Supreme gaming PC with an AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D and Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 Ti goes on sale for $1,899, saving you $400.
OCCT version 15 adds coil whine detection that doesn't require a microphone — popular stress tester gets genius new feature to silence your PC
The latest iteration of OCCT introduces a coil whine detection tool that allows users to detect if their system is producing coil whine in an audibly harsh environment.
Apple's Houston-built AI servers are now shipping, according to CEO Tim Cook — custom silicon to power Private Cloud Compute
Apple CEO Tim Cook took to X yesterday, October 23, to announce that Apple's American-made advanced servers" have begun shipping from a new Houston facility to Apple's own data centers.
CyberPowerPC Gamer Xtreme review: High style, affordable price, but loud
The CyberPowerPC Gamer Xtreme offers a lot of bang for the buck thanks to its $1,100 price tag.
Nexperia China snubs Dutch HQ amid spat that threatens automotive production — says order to dismiss executive violates labor laws
Nexperia's China subsidiary refuses to follow its HQ's order to vacate the position of John Chang, its VP for global sales and marketing, citing conflict with Chinese law.
This Amazon Basics Thunderbolt 4/USB 4 docking station is going for just $34 (61% off) — save $55 on speedy expansion
Amazon's Basics Thunderbolt 4 docking station is on a crazy discount right now, priced at just $34.99 from $89.99.
Intel Core Ultra 5 338H appears in Geekbench listing, confirming new "Arc B370" Xe3 iGPU — No "X" branding in sight as Panther Lake's naming scheme becomes clear
A new Geekbench listing for a midrange Panther Lake CPU, Core Ultra 5 338H, shows a modest bump in performance, but confirms more important details like the exact GPU being utilized under the hood, while clearing up the naming scheme confusion that previously made it part of the flagship "X" branding reserved only for SKUs with 12-core GPUs.
Elegoo jumps in early with a huge Black Friday and Cyber Monday sale on 3D printers, and it's not even November yet — 12 stunning printer deals you can grab right now
It's a month away, but you can already pick up a 3D printer deal in Elegoo's early Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales event.
Intel has cut 35,500 jobs in less than two years — more than 20,000 let go in in recent months as Lip-Bu Tan continues drastic recovery journey
Intel cut 20,500 jobs under new CEO Lip-Bu Tan - totaling 35,500 in two years - and reduced R&D spending by over $800 million per quarter as it streamlines operations, cancels lower-priority projects, and concentrates investment on strategic projects.
Anthropic signs deal with Google Cloud to expand TPU chip capacity — AI company expects to have over 1GW of processing power in 2026
Anthropic and Google Cloud just signed a deal that will bring the AI company's compute capacity to over 1GW.
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Gigabyte P650G 650W power supply review
A no-frills, budget-conscious power supply that delivers solid fundamentals with 80 Plus Gold efficiency, though it makes compromises in modern connectivity.
TSMC says China's rare-earth export restrictions will have limited short-term impact on company — concern lies in transitioning away from China supply
TSMC says that it has about a year or two of rare-earth supplies, but transitioning to other non-China sources will take time.
Full-size Amiga A1200 retro gaming system comes armed with modern HDMI port, 25 classic games — pre-orders and launch date announced
Retro Games Ltd has lifted the curtain on the upcoming A1200 remake, and pre-orders will be open from November 10. Units will be launching from June 2026
Intel hamstrung by supply shortages across its business, including production capacity — says it will prioritize data center CPUs over consumer chips, warns of price hikes
Intel's third-quarter results were constrained by production and substrate shortages, forcing the company to prioritize data center CPUs over client chips, which will likely make Raptor Lake CPUs more expensive going forward.
AMD reportedly establishes $280 million silicon photonics hub in Taiwan — new R&D center could accelerate company's co-packaged optics roadmap
AMD is investing over $280 million to establish two new R&D centers in Taiwan dedicated to silicon photonics and heterogeneous integration to further boost its data center roadmap.
Intrepid modder builds Frame Warp demo from Nvidia Reflex 2 binaries — tech remains mysteriously shelved despite greatly reducing latency
Nvidia's Reflex 2 tech has been showcased in the real world.
Intel's pivotal 18A process is making steady progress, but still lags behind — yields only set to reach industry standard levels in 2027
Intel said that its 18A process is advancing on schedule with usable yields to begin Panther Lake volume production, but low marings will slow the ramp and capacity expansion until yields reach 'industry standard' levels in 2026 - 2027.
AWS outage post-mortem fingers DNS as the culprit that took out a chunk of the internet and services for days — automation systems race and crash
Massive Amazon Web Service outage that took out a chunk of the internet and services for days was due to DNS.
Intel posts return to growth and profitability in Q3 2025, but significant challenges remain — achieves $13.7 billion revenue with $4.1 billion operating profit
Intel returned to profitability in Q3 2025 with $13.7 billion in revenue and $4.1 billion profit, driven mainly by one-time gains, as client and data-center sales improved despite ongoing capacity shortages.
Virtualized Windows 11 test shows Apple's M5 destroying Intel and AMD's best in single-core benchmark — Chinese enthusiast pits Ryzen 9 9950X3D and Core i9 14900KS against Apple's latest SoC
A Chinese enthusiast's benchmark suggests Apple's new M5 chip delivers record-breaking single-thread performance in CPU-Z, outperforming top AMD and Intel CPUs even while running Windows 11 in virtualization mode. But its multi-thread performance should be better.
MSI’s X870 Gaming Plus Wifi Motherboard drops to $210 – save $60 and start your new AMD AM5 PC today
Save $50 (24% off MSRP) on a capable X870-based AMD motherboard with this Newegg deal
TP-Link launches budget Archer GE400 Wi-Fi 7 gaming router — Dual-band router hits more affordable price point, includes 2.5 GbE ports and RGB lighting
The Archer GE400 carries an MSRP of $219, but is currently discounted to $169 at Amazon
Cheaper than DIY: AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D gaming PC with RX 9070 XT GPU is $670 off — this pre-built deal is a steal on Newegg
The iBUYPOWER Slate 7 puts a 7800X3D, an RX 9070 XT, 32GB of RAM, 1TB storage, and an AIO in a pre-built for just $1,529.
Elon Musk claims Tesla's new AI5 chip is 40x more performant than previous-gen AI5 — Next-gen custom silicon for vehicle AI to now be built by Samsung & TSMC
Tesla's next-gen AI5 chips is going to be manufactured by both TSMC and, now, Samsung in America. Musk claims that it's 40x faster than the outgoing AI4 silicon, mostly because of a radical design approach that ditches legacy hardware blocks to focus on what's needed right now.
Nexperia fallout threatens automobile production as Japanese carmakers warn of supply disruptions while European companies prep assembly line shut-downs — mature-node chip market in crisis as su
Japan's Automobile Manufacturers Association warned that Nexperia's disrupted chip supply could halt vehicle production across Japan, as Volkswagen is reportedly preparing to suspend assembly of Golf and Tiguan models as early as next week.
Elon Musk's Starlink reportedly tasks Samsung to build AI-powered modem — space-based 6G service could revolutionize satellite-to-device connectivity
Samsung is developing an AI-boosted modem chip to enable Earthbound devices to connect directly with Elon Musk's Starlink service, according to Korean insider sources.
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