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Micron is preparing to exit China’s data center memory market completely, report claims — Beijing banned company's chips from 'critical information infrastructure' in 2023
Micron is reportedly preparing to halt sales of server memory chips to data centers in mainland China, after its business there failed to recover from a 2023 cybersecurity ban.
Get a 27-inch 180Hz FHD display for just $95 at Newegg — Asrock gaming monitor price slashed by 40%
The ASRock Phantom Gaming PG27FFT1B is a great budget gaming monitor, and it's even greater now that its price is below $100.
TP-Link Deco BE65-Outdoor review: Blanketing your outdoor areas with high-speed Wi-Fi 7 coverage
The Deco BE65-Outdoor offers excellent outdoor performance to blanket a yard or outdoor shed with internet connectivity.
Massive AI data center buildouts are squeezing energy supplies — New energy methods are being explored as power demands are set to skyrocket
A perfect storm of massive data centre buildout and new innovations in energy could materially change what our supplies look like in the future.
Apple M5 chip smashes Snapdragon X2 Elite in early single-thread benchmarks — single core scores rival Intel's Core Ultra 9 285K and beat AMD's 9950X3D, teasing multi-core potential of future va
The M5 chip in the new iPad Pro and MacBook Pro refreshes performs slightly differently, as revealed by Geekbench results. This makes sense considering how one is a thin-and-light tablet, while the other is a thick, pro laptop designed to sustain performance for longer with active cooling.
TSMC moves up 2nm production plans in Arizona — CEO also hints at further site expansion beyond $165 billion commitment
TSMC is ramping up its construction to unlock N2 production in Arizona, while also mentioning that it's purchasing another plot of land to expand the fab.
Amazon reveals 960 megawatt nuclear power plans to cope with AI demand — Richland, Washington site tapped for deployment of Xe-100 small modular reactors
Amazon has revealed plans to help build one of the United States' first modular nuclear power campuses in a move designed to supply carbon-free electricity for its growing AI and cloud workloads.
Give your mouse the finger with this wild cursor control ring — Prolo Ring hits Kickstarter, hoping to transform your finger into the ultimate macro and gesture device
Prolo Ring is the latest in the line of Kickstarters trying to computer inputs. Still, it's pretty cool to see a smart ring that has a trackpad, a modifier button, and a motion sensor - all built into one, aided with customizable software that should make interacting with your PC more fun, if not more seamless.
New $1 US coins to feature Steve Jobs and Cray-1 supercomputer — US Mint's 2026 American Innovation Program to memorialize computing history
Steve Jobs and the Cray-1 supercomputer are joining the heads of former presidents and the Statue of Liberty as icons on United States coinage.
Razer Phantom White collection launches — translucent gaming peripherals include Basilisk V3 Pro 35K mouse, BlackWidow V4 75% keyboard
Razer just released a new translucent colorway with the Phantom White option for a $10 to $20 premium.
Multiple generations of Intel's modern chips see price hikes up to 20% overseas — foreign markets are feeling the pinch on 12th, 13th, and 14th-gen chips
International reports indicate that Intel's 12th, 13th, and 14th Generation processors are selling for up to 20% more in markets like Korea and Japan.
Here's where to buy the ROG Xbox Ally and Ally X — Microsoft and Asus' new gaming handhelds hit store shelves
The ROG Xbox Ally and Ally X are now available. Here's where you can buy them.
China's latest round of rare-earth export controls gives the country dominion over precious resources — regulations have far-reaching implications for the semiconductor industry
China has expanded its rare-earth export controls to cover not only raw materials but also to mining equipment, and foreign-made products containing Chinese-origin rare earths, effectively globalizing its licensing regime.
Two Nvidia DGX Spark systems fused with M3 Ultra Mac Studio to deliver 2.8x gain in AI benchmarks — EXO Labs demonstrates disaggregated AI inference serving
Using its EXO software, the company was able to split an AI inference workload and run it on three systems simultaneously.
PC gaming smashes consoles in Battlefield 6 sales, report claims — blockbuster shooter sells 7m units, generating an estimated $350 million in revenue
Battlefield's triumphant return to form has been met with an equally impressive launch record, with the latest title in the series moving over 7 million copies at its launch, across PC and console. EA has reportedly generated $350M+ in revenue, with 56.7% of that coming from PC, followed by PlayStation and Xbox.
TSMC posts record quarter results as skyrocketing AI and HPC demand drives two-thirds of revenue — company pulls in $33.1 billion
TSMC posted a record $33.1 billion in quarterly revenue driven by surging demand for AI and HPC processors, the ramp of Apple's latest SoCs, and the continued strength of advanced nodes.
PayPal crypto partner accidentally mints stablecoins worth double the world’s total GDP — Paxos undersells $300 trillion incident as an ‘internal technical error’
PayPal's crypto partner, Paxos, accidentally minted $300 trillion PYUSD on Wednesday. Firm admits 'internal technical error.'
Tragic OceanGate Titan submersible’s $62 SanDisk memory card found undamaged at wreckage site — 12 stills and nine videos have been recovered, but none from the fateful implosion
Recovery teams working on the Titan submersible have found the vessel's specialist stills and video camera intact.
Nvidia’s RTX 5070 breaks the $500 barrier — MSI RTX 5070 Shadow 2X OC available for $499 on Amazon
Nvidia's RTX 5070 just broke the $500 barrier, offering a sweet spot of performance and efficiency for 1440p gamers.
Microsoft wants you to talk to Windows 11 PCs again — Copilot gets 'conversational' input to complement your mouse and keyboard
Microsoft is going deep on AI with Windows 11, making voice a third input aside the keyboard and mouse with new wake words and additional features.
Lian Li Lancool 207 Digital review: The best on the market, now with a six-inch screen
Lian Li has refreshed the classic Lancool 207 PC case with a 6-inch front display. We've benchmarked this case using Intel's i9-14900K for thermal testing.
Fantikk T1 Max Soldering Iron Review: Simplicity to the Max
Fantikk's T1 Max soldering iron drops the OLED display from smart soldering irons, but it doesn't drop the ball when it comes to simplicity.
Microsoft Surface and data center production to be moved out of China by 2026, claims report — components, parts, and assembly of laptops and servers moving to counter trade war uncertainty
Sources say that Microsoft is telling its suppliers to find non-China alternatives for its Surface and data center production.
Dutch Nexperia takeover saga partly driven by CEO misappropriating $200 million to rescue failing private interests, court records show — U.S. diplomatic pressure may also have played a role
The Dutch government's decision to take over control of Dutch chip manufacturer, Nexperia, wasn't just driven by its desire to retain the company's technology within the bounds of the EU and the Netherlands. The CEO is alleged to have tried to use company funds to make purchase orders at his private, unaffiliated companies.
Tachyum's 'general-purpose' Prodigy chip delayed again — now with 256 cores per chiplet and a $500 million purchase order from EU investor
Tachyum upgrades its Prodigy to 256 cores and announced and fresh funding for its AI and HPC processor, but admitted the chip has not yet been taped out or finalized, so the project remains far from production despite years of delays.
Mint Mobile launches 5G home internet service — 415 Mbps MINTernet plans start as low as $30 per month for unlimited data
MINTernet runs on T-Mobile's nationwide 5G wireless network
Apple launches new 14-inch MacBook Pro with M5 chip — boasts 2x SSD speeds and increased GPU performance for AI over M4
Apple's MacBook Pro lineup is getting a refresh, with the 14-inch model now equipped with the company's new M5 chip. Most of the specs remain unchanged, but so does the price, and the main focus is on AI improvements under the hood with M5. It's up to 3.5x more powerful in AI workflows, while still carrying a 24-hour battery.
Apple unveils M5 chip with 10-core CPU and 10-core GPU — company says 3nm chip offers 4x peak GPU performance over M4 for AI, 45% graphics uplift
Apple just announced the arrival of the 5th-generation Apple Silicon, with the 14-inch MacBook Pro, iPad Pro, and Apple Vision Pro among the first devices to get it.
ASML is prepared for China's rare-earth export controls — finance head says company has stock thanks to long lead times
ASML's finance head, Roger Dassen, said the company has sufficient rare-earth reserves to keep production running despite China's new export-control regime that kicks in on December 1 and can halt shipments of rare earth materials across the world.
Groups including BlackRock, Microsoft, Nvidia, and xAI join forces to acquire Aligned Data Centers — $40B deal delivers 5GW of operational and planned data center capacity
Microsoft, Nvidia, and xAI partner with asset management firm BlackRock under AIP to make massive investments in data center infrastructure.
SpaceX shows off massive new V3 Starlink satellites — expanded technology will deliver gigabit internet to customers for the first time and enable 60 Tera-bits-per-second downlink capacity
Much larger and heavier V3 satellites set to boost Starlink connectivity to gigabit speeds. Deployment begins early next year.
Asus ROG Xbox Ally X review: Getting a grip on Windows gaming
The Asus ROG Xbox Ally X excels in ergonomics and has a full-screen Xbox UI that is easy to use with a controller.
MSI fervently denies RTX 5090 sales in China after pallets of illicit GPUs spotted in the country — company says it has identified 'unauthorized distribution unrelated to our sales policy'
Pallets of RTX 5090 GPUs from MSI had been spotted on Reddit a few days ago, sparking concern and curiosity over export controls. The White House has barred China from receiving most high-end GPUs, so these cards arrived via illegal channels, as MSI clarifies and denies any involvement in a press release.
S&P 500 companies totalling $20 trillion in market cap have medium-to-high AI exposure — concerns of an impending bubble collapse extend to almost half of the index
Investors are keeping a close eye on potential signs of the AI industry reaching the point of bursting its inflated bubble, as it's revealed that almost half of all the largest companies on the S&P 500 have medium-to-high exposure to AI. The risks associated with the industry collapsing under its own weight are greater than ever.
Samsung M9 M90SF 32-inch OLED Smart Monitor review: A dual-mission monitor for gaming and TV
The Samsung M9 M90SF is a 4K TV and gaming monitor in one. With 165 Hz and Adaptive-Sync, it offers TV Plus Streaming apps featuring HDR10, HDR10+, and a wide gamut of colors, making it a great personal TV for small spaces.
Asus' accomplished ROG Azoth is just $155 thanks to this 44% Amazon discount — get your hands on this 'almost perfect' wireless gaming keyboard for less
Cheaper than ever before, get an Asus ROG Azoth keyboard for just $155 with this 44% Amazon discount.
Commodore needles Microsoft over end of Windows 10, tries to lure disgruntled users to its Linux-based OS Vision 3.0 — 'Microsoft may be leaving you behind. We Won't.'
Hesitating about the move to Windows 11? Part of you wants to upgrade to Commodore OS Vision 3.0.
Samsung joins Nvidia's NVLink Fusion program to produce custom AI chips — additional Spectrum-X platform to be deployed by Meta and Oracle for data center use
The partnership brings Samsung Foundry into Nvidia's high-speed interconnect ecosystem, expanding NVLink's reach beyond TSMC and deepening Nvidia's control over AI system design.
Frore's new LiquidJet coldplates are designed to handle up to 4,400W of power from Nvidia's Feynman AI GPUs — new design uses semiconductor manufacturing techniques to create 3D jet-channel micr
Frore Systems's LiquidJet coldplate uses semiconductor-style metal wafer fabrication and 3D short-loop jet microstructures to double cooling density and cut pressure loss fourfold, setting the stage for multi-kilowatt AI GPUs.
Der8auer rigs up exotic spray cooling for Ryzen 7 9800X3D, but don't get excited just yet — supercomputer cooling method underperforms due to partial IHS coverage
Famous German overclocker Der8auer tests spray cooling, a cooling solution used in supercomputers, on a Ryzen 7 9800X3D with decent results. The chip was able to run through Cinebench R23 successfully without overheating.
DoJ seizes $15 billion in Bitcoin from Cambodian fraudster who ran 'pig butchering' scam using forced labor — accused could face 40 years in prison following department's biggest ever crypto con
The DoJ has seized $15 billion in Bitcoin, thought to be proceeds from a 'pig butchering' scam run from forced-labor compounds in Cambodia.
Adata chairman says AI datacenters are gobbling up hard drives, SSDs, and DRAM alike — insatiable upstream demand could soon lead to consumer shortages
Adata chairman says AI datacenters are gobbling up all memory and storage.
This 'gaming PC' is actually a Bluetooth speaker — replica pumps out the jams with faux dual GPUs, liquid cooling, and RGB
Edifier launches the Huazai New Cyber speaker, which looks like a compact gaming PC, for $210.
Report: Arm developing custom CPU for OpenAI's in-house accelerator — core IP would underpin 10GW of installed AI capacity
OpenAI is reportedly working with SoftBank-owned Arm on a new CPU to complement the custom AI accelerator it is co-developing with Broadcom.
Intel unveils Crescent Island, an inference-only GPU with Xe3P architecture and 160GB of memory
Intel has unveiled its Crescent Island data center GPU for inference, built on the Xe3P architecture and equipped with 160 GB of LPDDR5X memory.
AMD debuts Helios rack-scale AI hardware platform at OCP Global Summit 2025 — promises easier serviceability and 50% more memory than Nvidia's Vera Rubin
AMD has showcased its new Helios rack-scale AI hardware platform based on the Open Rack Wide standard developed by Meta. Combining AMD's next-generation CPUs and GPUs on a single platform, this is AMD's pitch to AI infrastructure developers that it has a product that can compete directly with the likes of Nvidia's GB300 NVL72 systems.
AMD and Oracle partner to deploy 50,000 MI450 Instinct GPUs in new AI superclusters — massive capacity expansion powered by AMD's Helios rack architecture set for 2026
AMD is set to provide 50,000 of its next-generation MI450 Instinct GPUs for a new Oracle supercluster that will power next-generation AI inference and training. This joins the many other high-profile hardware and infrastructure deals that many of the top tech companies have made with one another over the past year.
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Goodbye, Windows 10 — how a decade of 'progress' eroded users' command over their own machines
As Windows 10 fades into obsolescence, the argument it leaves behind is more philosophical than technical.
Nvidia's DGX Spark AI mini-PC goes up for sale October 15 — 1 petaFLOP developer platform was originally slated for May
Nvidia's DGX Spark AI developer platform goes up for sale on October 15. This AI mini-PC is slated to deliver 1 PFLOP of AI inferencing performance in a tiny footprint for AI developers, but it's arriving five months late and with a $1000 price hike compared to what was promised when it first broke cover at CES 2025.
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