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Tryx Panorama SE 360 ARGB Review: Elegant and quiet, with impressive software
The Tryx Panorama SE 360 catches the eye with a stunning 6.7-inch display. We've tested it against Thermalright's Wonder Vision UB to see how well it stacks up against the curved-screen cooler competition.
European think tank suggests punitive DUV machine export ban following China's latest round of rare earth export controls
A European think tank suggests retaliatory trade measures against China, and the trigger appears to be Beijing's threat to restrict exports of gallium and germanium, two raw materials used in everything from EVs to satellites.
Newegg has slashed $1,900 from this AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D PC with RX 9070 XT — score an excellent Windows 11 gaming PC for nearly half the price
Get a pre-built gaming PC with AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D and RX 9070XT for just $2,099.
Fujitsu defies convention with optical drives in new AMD Ryzen laptop — Blu-ray disk drive clings onto life in Japanese market
Optical disc devotees continue to find safe ports and harbors in Japan, with the release of the new FMV Note A laptop line from Fujitsu.
Trump considering China export ban on items made with or containing U.S. software — sweeping restriction to hit hard in response to Beijing’s rare earth embargo in major trade war escalati
Trump is considering blocking all U.S. software from China if it doesn't lift its rare earth restrictions.
Trump administration to follow up Intel stake with investment in quantum computing, report claims — tens of millions of CHIPS Act dollars could be paid out to leading companies in exchange for e
The U.S. government is in talks to take equity stakes in major quantum computing startups in exchange for at least $10 million each in funding from the Commerce Department.
Google's Quantum Echo algorithm shows world's first practical application of Quantum Computing — Willow 105-qubit chip runs algorithm 13,000x faster than a supercomputer
Google's Willow chip and Quantum Echo algorithm achieve world's first practical application of quantum computing.
China releases 'UBIOS' standard to replace UEFI — Huawei-backed BIOS firmware replacement charges China's domestic computing goals
Support for chiplets, heterogeneous computing, and a step away from U.S.-based standards are key features of China's BIOS replacement.
Secretlab Magnus Evo Hands-on — a trimmed-down version of its popular, premium sit-stand desk
Secretlab has unveiled a cheaper version of its sit-stand Magnus range, the Magnus Evo.
Cooler Master tells customer to dismantle 12v2x6 connector to fit Asus RTX 5070 Ti — customer service offers dubious advice that might not even fix issue
Cooler Master recommends RTX 5070 Ti customers to modify their Cooler Master power supply's 12V-2x6 power cable to fit their graphics card. Turns out, the modification wouldn't have worked anyway.
ROG Xbox Ally runs better on Linux than the Windows it ships with — new test shows up to 32% higher FPS, with more stable framerates and quicker sleep resume times
Running Bazzite on your ROG Xbox Ally X can net you some pretty big performance improvements, with some games running up to 32% better on Linux, versus the Windows-based Xbox FSE. Bazzite also reportedly offers better wake-up times from sleep and more stable frame rates all around.
Nvidia's H100 GPUs are going to space — Crusoe and Starcloud pioneer space-based solar-powered AI compute cloud data centers
The first Nvidia H100 GPUs are heading into space next month, in Starcloud satellites that will power the Crusoe Cloud.
Asus ROG Crosshair X870E Extreme Motherboard review: Flagship value, with minimal sacrifices
Priced with MSI's flagship, Asus' Crosshair X870E Extreme offers good premium value, while including high-end features and high-end good looks.
Intel's Arrow Lake Refresh emerges with Core Ultra 7 270K Plus — 24-core chip appears on Geekbench, 10% faster than Core Ultra 7 265K
A newly leaked Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus benchmark shows promising gains over its predecessor and faster DDR5 support.
China wants US semiconductor companies to submit sensitive data as part of probe — 'anti-dumping' investigation requests sales and profit data
China's Trade Remedy and Investigation Bureau under the Ministry of Commerce has published new questionnaires for US semiconductor businesses designed to find any discrepancies in their international pricing as part of an anti-dumping investigation.
Asus' 27-inch ROG Strix XG279CNS FHD gaming monitor hits its lowest-ever price of $249 — USB-C connectivity and a blazing fast 380Hz refresh rate
Save $100 on this 27-inch, 380Hz, FHD gaming monitor from Asus. The ROG Strix XG279CNS hits a $249 all-time low.
MSI MAG A850GLS PCIE5 power supply review
An aesthetically ambitious 850W PSU that balances mainstream pricing with premium aspirations, delivering competent performance wrapped in MSI's signature geometric styling.
Catastrophic Jaguar Land Rover cyberattack to cost UK economy at least $2.5 billion, according to estimates — 5,000 independent organizations decimated by supply chain fallout
The hack of British car manufacturer, Jaguar Land Rover, has cost the UK economy as much as $2.5 billion, affecting more than 5,000 organizations as the breach brought the company and its entire supply chain to their knees.
Next-gen Xbox will be 'very premium, high-end experience', says Xbox President — stoking PC-console hybrid speculation
Xbox President Sarah Bond has just hinted at what the next-gen Xbox console might be, and it's looking a lot like a PC hybrid that may run Windows to support multiple storefronts. Sarah says a premium, high-end experience is in the works, which suggests a costly price tag often associated only with PCs.
Nvidia's homegrown memory design is almost standardized and ready for everyone to use — JEDEC says SOCAMM2 compact DRAM module for AI servers boasts higher speeds and broader compatibility
JEDEC is finalizing the design of the SOCAMM2 physical interface, which boasts LPDDR5X support of up to 9600 MT/s. It also features an SPD profile, making it compatible with hardware manufacturers beyond Nvidia.
The Bambu Lab P2S is the best 3D Printer you can’t have — 'logistics delays' leave the printers locked out of the US, at least for now
Bambu Lab launches a printer without the US Market
OpenAI launches ChatGPT Atlas AI browser, LLM can browse the internet for you and even complete tasks — initial release for macOS, with Windows, iOS, and Android to follow soon after
OpenAI just released its ChatGPT-powered AI browser, letting the LLM take over users' browsers and so staff on their behalf.
China supercomputer breakthrough models complex quantum chemistry at molecular scale — 37 million processor cores fuse AI and quantum science
Chinese researchers used the Oceanlite supercomputer and a custom NNQS model to simulate molecular systems with 120 spin orbitals.
Chinese companies unveil a swathe of breakthrough chipmaking innovations at tradeshow — chipmaking lithography tools, software design tools, and resists all on display as the nation pursues self
At Shenzhen's WeSemiBay Expo, Huawei-backed SiCarrier and SMEE spinoff Amies Technologies unveiled new chipmaking tools, EDA software, and EUV-grade materials, as China doubles down on semiconductor self-sufficiency.
Data centers turn to commercial aircraft jet engines bolted onto trailers as AI power crunch bites — cast-off turbines generate up to 48 MW of electricity apiece
Faced with multi-year delays to secure grid power, US data center operators are deploying aeroderivative gas turbines to keep AI infrastructure online.
Western Digital Black SN8100 gets an 8TB capacity boost — fastest consumer SSD now comes with even more space to match its speed
The Western Digital Black SN8100 is already one of the fastest SSDs on the planet, and it now comes in an 8TB version to satisfy even the most storage-hungry enthusiast.
Hands-on with Secretlab's Magnus Evo — a trimmed-down version of its popular, premium sit-stand desk
Secretlab has unveiled a cheaper version of its sit-stand Magnus range, the Magnus Evo.
Apple MacBook Pro (14-inch, M5) review: Raising the performance bar with M5
Apple continues its yearly update cadence with the MacBook Pro, and the M5 is yet another home run for the company.
New Panther Lake Core Ultra X7 358H leaks in new benchmark - Geekbench 6 result shows off 12 Xe3 Core iGPU's chops
The first leak of near-final silicon gives a sneak peek at the integrated GPU performance of Intel's first 18A chips.
AMD planning monstrous dual-cache Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 with 192MB of game-boosting L3 cache, according to leak
AMD is preparing a refreshed Ryzen 9000-series Granite Ridge" lineup that boosts clock speeds, power limits, and 3D V-Cache capacity to deliver higher gaming and desktop performance.
ISP tricked customers about fiber optics being used in their internet service, German court rules — 'full fiber' customers found to have 'last mile' copper connections
German ISP 1&1 advertises its FTTC connections as fiber optic DSL, implying to the customers that they're getting a full fiber internet line despite using copper wiring for last-mile connectivity.
Microsoft rushes out emergency Windows 11 patch after botched update breaks Recovery — restores USB keyboard and mouse input inside WinRE for Windows 11 versions 24H2 and 25H2
Microsoft has issued a patch for Windows 11 after an update released on October 14 quietly broke the Windows Recovery Environment on some systems.
Nvidia continues to feed the AI monster with new RTX Pro 5000 Blackwell GPU with 72GB GDDR7 — 50% more VRAM than the regular version
Nvidia has expanded the company's RTX Pro Blackwell lineup by silently launching the RTX Pro 5000 72GB Blackwell AI GPU.
Telecom group to build new $116m undersea cable in the Black Sea, bypassing Russia — project set to connect Bulgaria, Georgia, Turkey, and Ukraine
The Vodafone Group and Vodafone Ukraine build a new undersea cable to connect Europe and Asia over the Black Sea.
Hyte X50 Case Review: rounded, colorful style meets excellent build quality
Hyte's X50 delivers excellent build quality paired with a unique choice of colors and aesthetics, plus a tool-free design.
New Deepseek model drastically reduces resource usage by converting text and documents into images — 'vision-text compression' uses up to 20 times fewer tokens
Developers of the Chinese Deepseek artificial intelligence have found a novel way to reduce the number of tokens it uses, particularly when accessing memories. By converting blocks of text into images and leveraging visual processing rather than text parsing, the AI can reduce the number of tokens required by between seven and 20 times.
Crucial Pro Overclocking DDR5-6400 C32 2x16GB Review: Performance Through Optimization
Crucial has optimized its Pro Overclocking DDR5-6400 2x16GB memory kit with tighter timings. Can it finally compete with the other DDR5-6400 rivals?
CPU collector stitches 216 micrographs to create high resolution die shot of the legendary i8008 — Intel’s 54-year-old milestone 8-bit CPU seen like never before
A CPU collector has shared some fantastically detailed new images of Intel's first 8-bit processor.
Chinese memory maker reportedly preparing for $42 billion IPO — CXMT plans to go public in early 2026
CXMT is reportedly planning to go public, hoping to raise $2.5 to $6 billion in fresh funds.
Cherry's XTRFY M50 wireless gaming mouse gets 71% price cut to $19.99 all-time low — a great choice for a budget gaming or backup mouse
Pick up a quality little wireless gaming mouse from Cherry for a staggeringly low $19.99. The XTRFY M50 enjoys a 71% price cut at Amazon.
Nvidia's China presence hits zero, says CEO Jensen Huang, and companies are already working around it — Alibaba reduces reliance on H20 as U.S. and China division deepens
Alibaba Cloud has revealed a new GPU pooling system that slashed the number of Nvidia accelerators needed for large-scale inference by more than 80%.
Asus ROG Strix XG27AQDPG 27-inch 500 Hz OLED gaming monitor review: Amazing speed and glorious color
Asus pushes the speed benchmark higher with its first 500 Hz OLED, the ROG Strix XG27AQDPG. It's a 27-inch QHD panel with Adaptive-Sync, ELMB, Quantum Dot color, HDR10 and over 500 nits of peak brightness.
Apple MacBook successfully runs an Nvidia GPU through USB4 using an external docking station - Tiny Corp's coding wizardry unlocks Mac+Nvidia magic
AI-startup TinyCorp has successfully created Nvidia drivers for ARM-powered MacBooks that make them compatible with RTX 30-50 series GPUs through USB4 docking stations.
Starlink and Muon fuse space lasers and satellites to deliver ‘industry-first’ persistent optical connectivity in orbit — will enable 25 Gbps data transfer at distances up to 4,000km
Muon Space has announced that it has worked with Starlink to establish an 'industry-first [of] persistent optical connectivity in orbit.'
AMD's Krackan Point APUs tipped to arrive for desktop soon as Ryzen 9000G series — New AGESA code adds support for Ryzen AI 300 series in BIOS update
AMD might be on the verge of refreshing its more-than-a-year-old desktop APU lineup, the Ryzen 8000G, with new Krackan Point SKUs lifted straight from mobile. These APUs are built on Zen 5 architecture, using RDNA 3.5 graphics, and will offer a big jump in performance, paired with a 65W TDP.
Zotac's newest mini-PC picks a fight with the Mac Studio, claims to be world's smallest - crams desktop 5060 Ti 16 GB into a mere 2.65 liters
The Zotac Zbox Magnus EN275060TC includes a desktop-class RTX 5060 Ti in its 2.65-liter chassis.
'Diamond blanket' transistor cooling method delivers incredible success in testing, drops temps by 70C — micrometer-scale diamond layer grown directly on transistors reduces heat by 90%
A team at Stanford University has developed a new method of printing a micrometer-thin diamond layer directly onto semiconductors, directly coating transistors with incredible thermal dissipation. The Stanford team expects the tech to reach the U.S. government and beyond.
Atari just resurrected its most potent foe in the console wars from 45 years ago, the Intellivision Spirit — $149 console comes with 45 games, was brought into the Atari fold through IP acquisit
Atari has taken retro gamers by surprise with its announcement of the Intellivision Sprint- a console celebrating 45 years of its old foe.
Trump says Intel has made a 'fortune' and America has made $40 billion after the US invested in ailing chipmaker — Intel has gained $73 billion in market cap since investment
The U.S. government's 10% stake in Intel, acquired in August, transformed a struggling chipmaker's fortunes into a $73 billion market share uptick while reinforcing America's national security and industrial sovereignty.
ASML launches revolutionary lithography scanner for advanced 3D chip packaging — Twinscan XT:360 machine quadruples throughput
ASML has introduced the Twinscan XT:260, the industry's first lithography scanner designed specifically for advanced 3D packaging, wedding front-end precision with back-end productivity to quadruple throughput, marking a new era of tools purpose-built for heterogeneous integration.
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