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Updated 2026-02-17 11:00
MSI's RTX 5060-equipped Cyborg 15 gaming laptop is down to just $899 on Walmart — Featuring an Intel Core 7 240H CPU, 16GB of RAM and a 144Hz display
Unlike most cheap gaming laptops that cut major corners to cram in beefy hardware, the MSI Cyborg 15 gets rid of all the bells and whistles to focus on what's necessary. Its powerful hardware combo, mixed with that 144Hz screen, makes it one of the best budget machines around that can play any game you throw at it.
Samsung’s 27-inch Odyssey OLED G5 G50SF goes on sale at Amazon — 1440p resolution, 180 Hz refresh rate, 0.03ms response time for under $400
This 27-inch QD-OLED gaming monitor pairs a 2560*1440 resolution with up to a 180 Hz refresh rate and a 0.03ms response time for fast and fluid gameplay.
Save up to $40 on Samsung’s 800MB/s P9 Express microSD card this Presidents' Day — super-speedy storage for your Nintendo Switch 2
Samsung's P9 Express microSD card delivers up to 800MB/s speeds using PCIe and NVMe, and it's now significantly cheaper on Amazon.
Rufus devs blame Microsoft for blocking latest Windows 11 ISOs, resulting in IP bans — Windows Insiders can't download latest Insider ISOs and are met with IP bans
Multiple Windows Insider users and one of Rufus' developers reveal that they can't download any of Microsoft's latest Insider Preview ISOs. Users who try to are met with an IP block.
Save $100 Asus ROG Azoth X gaming keyboard, now down to $199 at Best Buy — Featuring a 75% hot swap PCB, tri-mode connectivity & OLED screen
If you've been looking for a high-end gaming keyboard but didn't want to overspend, Best Buy has discounted the ROG Azoth X by $100. You can grab this 75% mechanical keyboard with a hot swap PCB, five-layer sound dampening, tri-mode connectivity, multi-function knob, and customizable OLED display for just $200!
SoftBank’s $4.2bn OpenAI gain lifts quarterly profits as AI exposure deepens — company swings back to profitability in Q3 results
SoftBank swung back to profitability in its fiscal third quarter, reporting net income of 248.6 billion yuan - roughly $1.6 billion - for the three months ending December.
Elegoo sale pairs colored PLA filament with its Centauri Carbon 2 3D printer for just $475 — Presidents' Day printing bonanza
Elegoo's Presidents' Day 3D printer bundle deal comes with 4KG of PLA for just $475.
This external disc drive can play 4K 3D Blu-rays, along with all your old CDs and DVDs, now for 43% off — TROPRO's media player is just $79.99
If you've been looking for a way to access your Blu-ray collection on PC without breaking the bank, TROPRO's external disc drive has got you covered. With up to 6X Blu-ray, 8X DVD, and 24X CD read/write speeds, it can play essentially any disc on your computer thanks to its USB 3.0 connection with both Type-A and Type-C plugs.
Grab the HP Omen 35L prebuilt gaming PC for $360 off with 64GB RAM, Intel Core Ultra 9 and RTX 5080 — Presidents' Day deal sees price drop to under $3,000
HP's flagship Omen 35L gaming desktop packs Intel's Core Ultra 9 285K, an RTX 5080, and 64GB of DDR5 memory.
Become the predator with an RTX 5070 Ti gaming laptop with $740 off the MSRP — revolutionary laptop deal during the President's Day sale
The Acer Predator Helios Neo 16 AI, featuring the Core Ultra 9 275HX and GeForce RTX 5070 Ti, goes on sale for $1,359.99, $740 off its regular price.
TSMC considers an additional $100 billion investment into Arizona fabs to bolster American chipmaking efforts — move would help TSMC's chips avoid tariffs due to local production
TSMC, other companies to invest $250 billion in the U.S. as part of trade deal, TSMC reportedly mulls additional $100 billion investment and four more fab modules.
The ‘Father of Sega Hardware' has passed away, designed all of Sega's consoles — Hideki Sato worked his way up from engineer to become Sega’s acting president, spending 33 years at t
Hideki Sato, the Father of Sega Hardware,' passed away just ahead of the weekend.
The future of Quantum computing — the tech, companies, and roadmaps that map out a coherent quantum future
In this roadmap, we analyze what the future of Quantum Computing might look like over the next decade, including the future of qubit scaling, trapped ions, and superconducting chips.
Corsair AI Workstation 300 review: Strix Halo sets sail in a compact and classy (but pricey) package
Corsair's AI Workstation 300 wraps up AMD's popular Strix Halo platform in a compact and classy chassis that delivers all of that chip's performance potential, along with plenty of connectivity options for general PC use. But a recent price hike and stiff competition in the local AI market from Nvidia GB10 systems make it a tougher sell than it once was.
IBM triples entry-level hires for 2026 despite AI adoption, bucking industry trends — Chief HR officer says that AI can do most entry-level jobs, but work still requires a human touch
IBM is tripling its entry-level hiring in the U.S. in 2026, according to a new report. This stands in stark contrast to many of the country's largest firms, especially in the tech world, which have conducted large-scale layoffs.
BenQ Mobiuz EX271UZ 27-inch 240 Hz 4K OLED gaming monitor review: BenQ shines with its first gaming OLED monitor
BenQ rocks out its first-ever OLED gaming monitor with the Mobiuz EX271UZ. It's a 27-inch 4K panel with Quantum Dot color, 240 Hz, Adaptive-Sync, HDR400 and a few unique features.
Seagate's enormous 20TB IronWolf HDDs are just $419, or $21 per-terabyte — large-capacity storage deal from Newegg is perfect for your NAS
Newegg's Presidents' Day dealon storage lists the 20TB Seagate IronWolf Pro for just $419
LaserPecker LX2 review: Large scale dual laser cutter
Excellent cutting with the 40W diode and engraving with the 2W IR laser, let down by inconsistent positioning and measuring probe.
Turkish wedding party receives Nvidia RTX 5090, RAM necklaces, and Intel CPU for elaborate wedding gifts — A Turkish tech delight for the age of PC shortages
A video from a Turkish wedding reveals a delighted bride and groom being showered with opulent PC tech gifts.
$5,000 RTX 5090 Lightning Z gets killed in extreme overclocking attempt, thermal shock cracks the GPU core — MSI's 2,500-Watt XOC BIOS pushed too high a voltage to the core
In a sudden moment of thermal shock, a $5,000 RTX 5090 ended up cracking under pressure when too much voltage was pushed to the core at once. The dead card aided in achieving a world record in Geekbench 5 GPU Compute before, with the help of liquid nitrogen.
Western Digital is already sold out of hard drives for all of 2026 — chief says some long-term agreements for 2027 and 2028 already in place
Western Digital's production for 2026 is completely earmarked for its top seven customers, with a few long-term agreements already in place for the next couple of years.
Grab this gigantic, 1600W 80+ Platinum power supply for just 33 cents per watt — Seasonic's Prime TX 1600W is down to just $532
Seasonic makes some of the best power supplies on the market, and its Prime TX-1600 is a great option for high-end builds. Thanks to the native PCIe 5.0 and ATX 3.1 compatibilty, it can easily power any component out there. It's fully modular, rated 80+ Platinum by Cybernetics, and features quite operation all in one solid package.
OpenClaw-fueled ordering frenzy creates Apple Mac shortage — delivery for high Unified Memory units now ranges from 6 days to 6 weeks
The Unified Memory architecture used by Apple Macs and MacBooks make it the ideal device for locally run agentic AI, driving demand for high-memory models and increasing order lead times to more than a month.
Chinese scientists 3D print tiny items in half a second using holographic light fields — scientists precision fabricate complex millimeter-scale objects in record time
A team of scientists have revealed a new technique for the super-high-speed 3D printing of complex objects.
Netgear Nighthawk M7 5G Wi-Fi 7 mobile hotspot review – Global eSIM marketplace is a game-changer
With a price tag of $499, the Netgear Nighthawk M7 isn't cheap. However, it is unmatched in its ability to connect up to 32 devices and supports both physical SIM and eSIM.
You can now file your G.Skill class action claim to get a cut of the $2.4 million settlement — deceptive memory marketing class action now accepting payout submissions
Angeion Group is calling for eligible customers to file a claim for the G.Skill class action settlement. The portal is open until April 7, 2026, giving affected people less than two months to submit a claim form.
Microsoft’s AI boss says AI can replace every white-collar job in 18 months — ‘We’re going to have a human-level performance on most, if not all, professional tasks’
Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman claims that AI models will become powerful enough in the next 12 to 18 months that they would start replacing humans in white-collar jobs like lawyers, accountants, project managers, and marketers.
Advanced Pentagon laser weapon shot down party balloons instead of drone by mistake, says report — airport shut down after Customs and Border Protection mistakenly believed it was targeting Mexi
A frighteningly farcical series of events involving laser weaponry, the FAA, Customs and Border Protection (CBP), and the Pentagon has been retold by a trio of insiders talking to the WSJ.
M5Stack AI Pyramid charms with translucent, RGB infused tetrahedral shell and $199 price tag — but it is far more of an edge-AI appliance than a mini-PC
IoT specialist M5Stack has released an affordable, alluring, translucent, RGB-infused, tetrahederal mini-PC dubbed the AI Pyramid Computing Box.
DXRacer Martian Pro Red Triangle review: Built for the fans
The DXRacer Martian Pro is packed to the brim with features, and it comes with a price tag to match. But if you have the cash to burn, you'll come out the other side a happy customer.
Cloud storage company releases its 2025 hard drive reliability report — overall Annualized Failure Rate drops to 1.36%, 21 percentage points lower than last year
Backblaze just released its annual drive reliability report, with the company getting a 1.36% annualized failure rate for 2025. It says that this is its best result since 2022.
Living neurons integrated into modern AI processing, claims SF startup — biological computing power used to boost computer vision, generative video, and more
Startup raises $25m to boost its biological neuron-driven pathway to replace, or augment, silicon compute in AI.
MakerWorld launches Copyright Protection Program to help 3D designers fight stolen files being resold online — stamping out knockoffs is priority number one
The Bambu Lab MakerWorld Copyright Protection Program is a free service for MakerWorld Exclusive Designs and will fight IP infringement on any platform.
Weathr app turns the Linux terminal into a live weather display — background ASCII animated real-time weather show is powered by Open-Meteo
An open-source Rust-based app teleports real-time ASCII art-based weather animations into your terminal backdrop.
Notorious 'Archive Today' website allegedly leads bizarre DDoS campaign against security blogger — Wikipedia considers removing all links to the Archive
Wikipedia may remove links to Archive Today due to DDoS spat
Linux kernel 7.0 finally abandons the 28-year-old Intel 440BX chipset — driver removal marks goodbye to the legendary motherboard chipset
Linux kernel 7.0 does away with 440BX EDAC driver
Tiny Mac look-a-like alarm clock transformed to run real Mac software
A vintage technology enthusiast has turned a miniature Mac-a-like desk toy alarm clock into a real Mac software running computer.
Save $700 on this gaming laptop with an RTX 5070 Ti & Ryzen 9 8940HX CPU — Get MSI's Vector 16 featuring a 240Hz 1600p display for just $1,299 at President's Day sale
MSI has put its Vector 16 gaming laptop on sale for just $1,299 at Walmart, offering a 35% discount for a beastly hardware combo. You get a Ryzen 9 8940HX, an RTX 5070 Ti, 16 GB of RAM, and a 1 TB SSD, all backed up with a 90Wh battery. As far as RTX 5070 Ti laptops go, it has never gotten any cheaper.
Unbeatable Presidents Day deal slashes $580 off powerful OLED RTX 5080 Lenovo Pro 7i Gen 10 gaming laptop - comes armed with 64GB of memory and 1TB SSD
Lenovo's Legion 7i Pro Gen 10 is 18% off ahead of Presidents Day, dropping its price all the way down to just $2,619.99.
"Like new" Ryzen 9 9900X3D Amazon order turns into a shocking CPU bait-and-switch scandal — shopper duped in outrageous Ryzen 9 3900X scam
To save a few bucks, someone ordered a used Ryzen 9 9900X3D worth $530 from Amazon but received a $150 Ryzen 9 3900X instead. The CPU had been replaced inside the box to deceive any inspection and was likely resold to the unlucky buyer, who ended up getting much less valuable silicon than they paid for.
Acer and Asus halt PC and laptop sales in Germany amid H.264 codec patent dispute — Nokia wins patent ruling, forcing tech giants to license HEVC codec
Acer's and Asus's use of HEVC on their laptops and desktop PCs is allegedly infringing on Nokia's patent. Because of this, a German court ruled that they cannot sell their products in Germany until the matter is settled.
Sony-led program offers PS5 rentals starting at $13.50 a month in the UK across 12, 24, or 36-month leases — console has to be returned at the end of the contract
Sony is offering PlayStation 5 hardware for rent to customers in the UK. The selection includes PS5 consoles, controllers, PSVR 2, and even the PlayStation Portal. The cheapest offer starts from 9.50 per month for a base PS5 Slim, with leases for 12, 24, or 36 months. You can also pay a flat 19.50/month to get the console on a rolling basis with no commitments.
Enthusiast scores watercooled dual Nvidia GTX Titan X GPUs for $86 — $1,000 older flagship graphics card with custom water cooling for a bargain
These dual Nvidia GTX Titan X GPUs in SLI are a solid upgrade for the user's current GTX 1650 GPU, provided they can make it work.
Intel fined $3 million by India’s antitrust regulator over discriminatory CPU warranty policy — says Intel abused its dominant position in the boxed processor market.
Following a complaint filed in 2016, the Competition Commission of India concluded that Intel's India-only warranty rules were discriminatory compared to policies in other countries.
President's Day GPU bonanza brings RTX 5060 Ti 8GB back to $379 MSRP — score a Blackwell GPU at MSRP, and get a free 650W power supply
While the 8GB VRAM does impose limits at higher settings and resolutions, MSI's RTX 5060 Ti 8GB makes sense for 1080p gaming.
Ponzi schemer behind $201 million Bitcoin scam sentenced to 20 years in federal prison — promised 3% daily returns on Bitcoin investments, left investors reeling
BTC Ponzi scheme yields 20 years in prison for mastermind
7x increase in memory costs fueling price increases in ISP-provided routers, gateways, and set-top boxes — home fiber rollouts may slow, and installations could become more expensive
7x DRAM price jump affecting ISP routers, gateways, and STBs
Budget RGB Fan Roundup: Are cheap PC fans always this bad?
We pit five budget-friendly RGB fans against each other, in tests that don't quite lead us to a clear winner. The most complete isn't the best performing. There is, however, one clear loser that might be worth avoiding.
First PCIe 6.0 SSD enters mass production with 28GB/s speeds, 5.5 million IOPS, and liquid cooling — Micron 9650 Series SSDs support air and liquid cooling
Micron is the first SSD maker to introduce the world's first mass-produced PCIe 6.0 datacenter SSD. The Micron 9650 series is capable of speeds of up to 28 GB/s.
In a blind test, audiophiles couldn't tell the difference between audio signals sent through copper wire, a banana, or wet mud — 'The mud should sound perfectly awful, but it doesn't,' notes the
An experiment revealed that people cannot differentiate between audio signals sent through premium audio cables, wet mud, and a banana.
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