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Music industry physical revenues jumped by 25.9% in H1 2026, 'powered by 17.7% vinyl growth and a 58.6% increase in CDs,' reported the RIAA.

A spark was lit under the PS5 emulation scene a couple of months ago and instead of fading over time, it seems to be burning brighter than ever. GTA V now runs between 40-60 FPS for a few minutes before crashing, along with several other games being rendered smoothly.

A former Jagex employee stole over $400,000 worth of in-game items and virtual currency from OSRS players and sold them on the black market. He was eventually arrested and sentenced to a three-year prison sentence, with one investigator saying, "Just because it's virtual, doesn't mean he shouldn't face the full force of the law."

Kaleidescape, a maker of luxury home theater equipment, has revealed its latest media server, the "Compact Terra Prime 246TB SSD."

If you're looking for a capable machine for everyday tasks and media consumption without breaking the bank, there isn't a better deal out there than this one.

Project Zenith is a version of Windows 11 that lets developers work right out of the box. It comes pre-installed with developer tools like Visual Studio Code, GitHub Copilot, and WSL 2+ Ubuntu, among others, and includes features that make developing and running AI agents more secure.

Nvidia is offering its RTX 5090, RTX 5080, and RTX 5070 Founder's Edition models at MSRP at PAX West.

A new report suggests AMD is preparing a non-F version of the Ryzen 5 7500F with integrated graphics. It would cost 230 Euros, or $267, which would put it above even the 7600X3D in terms of pricing, despite sharing identical specs with the 7500F.

If you have an RX 9000 series GPU, you can try out DLSS 5 on your PC right now and absolutely destroy the stable performance you were getting before.

We tested Nvidia's DLSS 5 in NBA 2K27 across every RTX 50-series graphics card at 1080p, 1440p, and 4K to see just how much performance it costs to explore the frontiers of neural rendering.

The Trump administration has imposed tariffs of up to 100% on imported drones and key components, as Washington intensifies its push to reduce reliance on Chinese drone technology and rebuild a domestic supply chain.

Grab a new 3D printer in Creality's Labor Day flash sale, with discounts on printers and accessories available.

Minisforum unveiled the NAS N5 Max-P495 and MS-S1 Max-P945 at IFA 2026. The NAS and mini-PC are powered by the AMD Ryzen AI Max+ Pro 495, which can be configured with up to 192GB of unified memory and packs a Radeon 8065S integrated GPU.

There's a big Labor Day sale over at Best Buy right now, securing you huge discounts on tech, including gaming PCs, handhelds, laptops, and monitors.

As frontier AI developers push for cost savings as much as intelligence enhancements, new models push the boundaries of the pareto frontier, with even small advantages crowning new kings.

Snag an MSI RTX 5060 Ti 16G Shadow 2x OC Plus at Walmart for an awesome $200 less than anywhere else - $569 price is the best we've found by a longshot

An AI data center is reportedly watering its lawn despite the area suffering from a drought. One resident said that we can't water our lawns until next summer, but you better believe that they are watering their entire green with so many sprinklers.

AMD's Threadripper Halo Station packs a 96-core Zen 5 Threadripper, dual MI350P accelerators with support for four, and 2TB of DDR5.

Save 40% on this Hoto electric screwdriver with 25 hardened bits, now just $29.99 for a limited time only.

SpaceXAI Memphis said on its X account that more than 2,000 subscribers from the Memphis and Southaven area have already signed up for the discounted Starlink offer. Elon Musk is giving subscribers living near his data centers up to $65 off on their monthly internet bill.

Newegg's 32GB TeamGroup T-Force Vulcan Eco DDR5-6400 CL38 kit is down to $405 with code LDSF243, making it the least expensive DDR5-6400 kit around amid the RAMpocalypse - and it's even cheaper than most DDR5-6000 kits at the 'egg.

CXMT's alleged industrial espionage from Samsung had an actual roadmap - South Korean court says Project Hefei was responsible for CXMT's current position as major DRAM maker

Lexar's slimmest-ever Muse drive aims for a barely there design that magnetically attaches to your iPhone for recording directly on the drive. But to achieve its petite 80*48*3.8 mm dimensions, it uses a proprietary cable and a magnetic sleeve for mounting.

Lenovo is rolling out two new laptop concepts at IFA 2026: A 1.83-pound, 0.39-inch-thick AeroBlade using Frore System's AirJet solid-state cooling tech, and a compact 14-inch rollable-screen portable that expands to a 17-inch screen, dubbed Project Swan.

Nvidia's Personal AI Router (PAIR) clustering utility lets agentic AI workloads take advantage of every spare GPU cycle on a home network, potentially making for faster execution and more private inference.

The people of Independence, Missouri, voted to recall councilor John Perkins after he voted to give a Nebius data center tax breaks amounting to more than $6 billion. Perkins said that a single vote should not be enough grounds to overturn an election from two years ago.

Sam Altman says that a single almond uses up more water than 38,000 ChatGPT queries. He said that the concerns of people about data centers using up so much water are nothing but a "robust meme," and that the claim doesn't hold up to any scrutiny.