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Updated 2025-06-28 05:30
Insider says Nvidia almost sold itself to AMD, but Jensen Huang wanted to be CEO of the merged company
A fresh account of AMD's failed attempt to merge with Nvidia offers insights not only into the GPU war, but also AMD's rise, fall, and rise again as a CPU and GPU manufacturer.
Elon Musk's liquid-cooled 'Gigafactory' AI data centers get a plug from Supermicro CEO — Tesla and xAI's new supercomputers will have 350,000 Nvidia GPUs, both will be online within months
Elon Musk and Charles Liang of Supermicro are teaming up to make Elon's Tesla and X supercomputers greener machines. Supermicro's DLC liquid cooling is supposed to help heavily reduce the power draw of the AI-heavy Tesla Gigafactory and xAI supercomputers.
Asus launches the first-ever ROG NUC with up to Core Ultra 9 and RTX 4070, prices start at $1,629
The Asus ROG NUC with an Intel Core Ultra 7 155H/RTX 4060 or Intel Core Ultra 9 185H/RTX 4070 is now available from $1,629 to $2,199.
AI industry needs to earn $600 billion per year to pay for massive hardware spend — fears of an AI bubble intensify in wake of Sequoia report
As AI companies increase their investments in infrastructure, their revenues are not growing that fast, financial analysts note, implying that AI could become a bubble.
Logitech's G Pro hits its lowest-ever price of $54
Grab yourself a Logitech G Pro wireless gaming mouse for just $54 and look forward to some accurate and smooth gaming mouse action.
Hostinger Review: VPS, Cloud, and Shared Hosting
One of the most popular web hosting services, Hostinger offers a variety of plans at great values and with good performance. But how do they stack up to the competition?
Per-core thermal throttle reportedly coming to next-gen Intel CPUs — Arrow Lake leverages Fast Throttle for enhanced overclocking
Fast Throttle, a per-core thermal throttling mechanism, is reported to be coming to Arrow Lake processors in the future.
The most-delayed video game ever is finally out — Kien releases after 22 years for Game Boy Advance
Kien, an Italian video game from AgeOfGames has finally released 22 years after development began on the Game Boy Advance. The delay came not from production troubles, but capitalistic misfortune.
Nvidia to make $12 billion selling AI GPUs to China — firm to sell over one million sanctions-compliant HGX H20 in 2024
According to experts, Nvidia's HGX H20 and other processors outperform Huawei's Ascend 910 series and can be shipped without a license to China.
Ryzen AI 7 Pro 160 bests previous-gen Ryzen 9 — chip hits Geekbench with three Zen 5 and five Zen 5c cores
A new Ryzen 7 Pro-series Zen 5 mobile CPU has been spotted on the Geekbench browser, boasting performance better than AMD's previous generation Ryzen 9 CPUs.
New Microsoft ads tout unavailable Recall feature, don't mention it was indefinitely delayed due to privacy concerns
Microsoft has been running new ads exclusively about Recall functionality since July 1st. The new ads directly from the Windows X account raise questions about the future of Recall, which has been indefinitely cancelled for weeks.
China beat the U.S. in generative AI patents by 6-to-1 for the past ten years — almost 10,000 Chinese patents filed last year alone
China has more patents than the six top nations in generative AI research.
Pentagon says it's impossible to ditch Huawei telecom gear — officials beg Congress for waiver from Chinese sanctions
As Congress readies the 2025 National Defense Authorization Act, the Pentagon is reminding lawmakers it needs a waiver from provisions included in the 2019 version of the act.
Huawei says China's AI progress will not be stopped by US sanctions on GPUs and chipmaking tech
A high-ranking Huawei executive asserts that the lack of Nvidia GPUs and limited access to advanced process technologies will not stop China's AI progress.
China's new laws encourage chipmakers to merge instead of going public — policy shift comes after tens of thousands of Chinese semiconductor firms went out of business
Chinese semiconductor companies shift focus from IPOs to mergers and acquisitions as Chinese authorities are looking forward to building strong companies rather than a huge number of weak companies.
Microsoft is inexplicably running ads for Copilot+ PCs featuring its canceled Recall feature — the indefinitely delayed AI feature fueled an intense backlash
Microsoft has been running new ads exclusively about Recall functionality since July 1st. The new ads directly from the Windows X account raise questions about the future of Recall, which has been indefinitely cancelled for weeks.
OpenAI was hacked, revealing internal secrets and raising national security concerns — year-old breach wasn't reported to the public
As hacker gains access to OpenAI's secrets, concerns rise that Chinese spies can do it too, leading to threats to national security.
Sony Playstation 4 chip helped AMD avoid bankruptcy — exec recounts how 'Jaguar' chips fueled company's historic turnaround
AMD exec Renato Fragale recalls 'helping AMD avoid bankruptcy' when he managed the team that developed the PlayStation 4 processor.
Stripped-down Windows 11 'Enterprise G' ISO investigated — made for the Chinese government, associated organizations
Youtuber 'Some Ordinary Gamers' explores an alleged Windows 11 Enterprise G ISO that it is made exclusively for the government while warning it is illegal to operate.
Teardown finally reveals the secretive Huawei chip powering Raspberry Pi competitor — Orange Pi Kunpeng Pro SBC tested
Orange Pi's Kunpeng Pro has made its way out of China and into the hands of a techtuber who explores the physical layout of the SBC and its capabilities.
Custom Linux-powered Smart TV breaks free from ads and tracking, enables ultimate customizability — EarlGreyTV straps a laptop to the back to unlock unlimited control
Software engineer Carl Riis has announced his first hardware project, dubbed EarlGreyTV. This is a Smart TV project that differentiates itself from the usual idiot box' dominating your living room by leveraging the wonders of Linux and Firefox, plus an old laptop.
Nvidia's RTX Remix goes open source —chipmaker adds Rest API to interface with ComfyUI for AI remastering or generating new graphics in real time
RTX Remix goes open source and gets yet more ambitious with AI features.
Snapdragon X Elite with liquid metal thermal paste yields disappointing results
A notebook reviewer swapped the thermal paste application on his X Elite laptop to liquid metal to improve thermals. Sadly, the liquid metal application did little to enhance thermals, only lowering max temps by two degrees Celsius.
Only $1,199 for this 15.6-inch MSI Katana gaming laptop with RTX 4070 GPU.
The MSI Katana 15 comes from a range of reasonably priced gaming laptops. This model with the powerful RTX 4070 graphics card is on sale for $1,199.
Intel's next-gen Arc Battlemage GPU lineup shipping starts — manifests point to BMG X2 and BMG X3 GPUs
Intel may take a page from its Arc 'Alchemist' product family to form its next-generation Arc 'Battlemage' lineup.
Throwback workstation emulated on a business-card-sized board you can (almost) carry in your wallet — DECstation emulation using RP2040
A maker has developed a DECstation emulation built into a credit card-sized single-board computer.
You can now use the Game Boy Camera as a webcam for your PC — 26-year-old camera gets new life with the sleek GB Operator dock
The Playback software will soon receive an update that allows it to read image data from the Game Boy Camera cartridge.
FTC warns Gigabyte, ASRock, and Zotac about warranty stickers
The FTC is telling ASRock, Gigabyte, and Zotac that customers opening their products should not void warranty coverage.
How to Make a Bootable Windows USB Install / Recovery Drive
If you need to fix Windows 11 or start fresh, a bootable USB install and recovery drive may be necessary.
Indonesia gov ransomware chaos may be over after hack group apologizes and says it has shared decrypt keys
Brain Cipher group, which was behind the massive ransomware attack on the Indonesian government, released the decrypt keys and apologized publicly for its actions.
Kingston Fury Beast DDR5-6000 C40 2x32GB Review: Competent Performance
The Fury Beast series is one of Kingston's more flexible lineups. Can its DDR5-6000 C40 memory kit surpass the current competition?
Researchers grow sub-nanometer size transistors — new 1D MTB transistors jump ahead of the IEEE 2037 roadmap
Korean researchers have developed a method to grow sub-nanometer semiconductor logic circuits. The team from the Institute for Basic Science (IBS) claims that they grew 1D metallic materials with a width of less than 1nm and developed them into 2D circuits.
PWM vs DC fans: Which should you buy for PC cooling
With DC and PWM fans available, and DC fans sometimes being cheaper, which should you opt for, 3-pin DC or 4-pin PWM?
Nintendo president rejects the use of generative AI in upcoming games — issues of pedigree and copyright cited
Breaking from other big names in the gaming industry, Nintendo stands by game development without any use of generative AI.
Samsung quietly launches 61.44TB SSD, talks about a 122.88TB model
Samsung unveils high-capacity PCIe 3D QLC-based BM1743 SSD for datacenter-grade read-intensive storage applications.
The best Fourth of July deals that we've spotted so far
It's that time of year again, 4th of July celebrations and the start of deals season. We've put together a selection of our favorite deals so far.
Ukraine war fuels rise of killer AI robots — report details rapid evolution using consumer drones and Raspberry Pi
The era of killer AI robots may be closer than we think, thanks to autonomous weapons being developed in Ukraine.
AMD's revolutionary exascale APU under the microscope — MI300A processor gets deep dive paper from AMD engineers
The AMD Instinct MI300A APU is AMD's most powerful processor to date, and AMD's researchers have published their latest paper describing the journey of bringing "exascale heterogeneous processing" to life.
The new MultiPi console sports a Raspberry Pi CM4 and GPIO cartridge slot
Heber Ltd. is releasing a new Raspberry Pi CM4-powered console called the MultiPi and plans to open preorders this month.
16TB M.2 SSDs will soon grace the market — Kioxia unveils 2Tb 3D QLC NAND to build bigger SSDs
Kioxia's latest 2Tb 3D QLC NAND enables the company and its partners to build ultra-fast SSDs with extremely high capacities in miniature form factors.
Gamers using game controllers for PC gaming has tripled since 2018 — Steam survey shows Xbox controllers make up 59%
Valve announces controller support milestone and launches a dedicated Steam Deck Top Played page.
Chinese AI firms mixing different GPUs inside individual AI servers to combat GPU shortages from US sanctions
Chinese tech companies are finding ways to combine GPUs from different vendors to help alleviate the AI GPU shortage caused by American sanctions.
Intel's new CPU socket may not need custom contact frames to improve chip temperatures anymore — the LGA1851 socket allegedly features optional "Reduced Load ILM" to improve temps
Intel is reportedly implementing a new ILM strategy with LGA1851 that will see the adoption of two ILMs for the socket: one aimed at default operation and one designed for overclockers.
Lenovo knocks $1,058 off RTX 4080 Super-powered gaming PC — Grab this Legion desktop for $2,091
Lenovo is offering a rather generous 33% off a range of their PC products, with a huge $1,058 discount on its Lenovo Legion Tower 7i Gen 8 (RTX 4080 Super) desktop PC.
Asus ROG Strix XG27ACS QHD 180 Hz gaming monitor review: Exceptional accuracy and flexible performance
Asus' ROG Strix XG27ACS boasts precise color accuracy in a 27-inch QHD IPS flat panel gaming monitor. With 180 Hz, Adaptive-Sync, flexible blur reduction options, DisplayHDR 400 and wide gamut color, it delivers high performance and good value.
Asus will showcase Ryzen AI 300 laptops on July 17 — Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 and Ryzen AI 9 365 to power TUF Gaming, ROG Zephyrus, Zenbook, and ProArt series
Asus is ready to showcase its first Ryzen AI 300-powered notebooks, the Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 and the AI 9 365, on July 17.
World's first 'RTX 4090 Super' scores up to 16% higher than standard 4090 — Custom liquid cooled GPU has 3090 Ti PCB and faster GDDR6X
RTX 4090 gets a fan-made Super version.
Indonesia, suffering from a ransomware attack, discovers it has no backups — 'That's stupidity,' remarks astute government official
The devastation from a June cyberattack against Indonesia has been made much worse by a complete lack of data backups from one of the compromised data centers.
Sony kills off Blu-ray and optical disks for consumer market — business-to-business production to continue until unprofitable
Sony will stop making recordable Blu-ray for consumers, but retains production for corporate customers and Hollywood.
Google reveals 48% increase in greenhouse gas emissions from 2019, largely driven by data center energy demands
The 48% jump is largely driven by data centers coming online in places with fewer clean energy sources.
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