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Updated 2025-06-28 14:15
Acer Nitro 34-inch Curved WQHD Monitor Falls to $200 at Newegg
Newegg's Memorial Day sale sees a big discount on a big Acer widescreen gaming monitor.
US sanctions against China boost UMC's production — Taiwanese fab sees growth, but so does China
Taiwanese fab UMC has begun taking new orders from Texas Instruments, Realtek, and MediaTek. Recent US sanctions shift the global supply chain away from China, but Chinese indigenous demand keeps China in the lead.
Ayaneo launches motherboard upgrades for the majority of its older handhelds — refreshed new models are coming too
Ayaneo's latest refresh initiative has started.
On sale for just $30, Asus' tiny 65W ROG Charging Dock with a USB and HDMI hub is a great deal, even if you don't own an Ally
While it's nebulously named as a "dock," this compact Asus charger with HDMI and USB support is a steal at $30.
How to build an automated NASA wallpaper switcher
Using Python on Windows 10 or 11 we create an automated wallpaper switcher using NASA's free resources.
CHIPs Act throws its weight behind glass packaging for chips — Biden admin invests in SK hynix affiliate
The Biden administration is allocating $75 million of CHIPS Act funding to Absolics to build a plant for glass semiconductor substrates in Georgia. Glass substrates are the next major step forward in semiconductor fabrication.
Tape shipments increased to 152.9 exabytes in 2023 — not bad for a ’dead’ storage medium
Thanks in part to the storage needs of AI developers, digital tape storage rose to an all-time high in 2023 despite being considered obsolete by many.
Microsoft shot real lasers through a window to make Windows 10's wallpaper — surprisingly the iconic art wasn't computer generated
The Windows 10 desktop wallpaper scene above wasn't clinically and digitally spewed forth by some 3D rendering app. Rather this iconic floating window image, with mesmerizing light rays cutting through the haze, was physically set up and photographed by designer Bradley Munkowitz, also known as GMUNK.
ASRock Z790I Lightning Wi-Fi Review: Lightning in a (Little) Bottle
ASRock's Z790I Lightning is a decently-quipped and reasonably priced Mini-ITX option. If you're into memory overclocking, you've found one of the better for Intel's current platform. So long as you don't need a lot of USB ports or PCIe 5.0-capable M.2, it's a solid SFF option.
Corsair's Virtuoso RGB SE gaming headset drops to $129 for Memorial Day
This high-end wireless gaming headset from Corsair offers incredible audio reproduction and one of the best-sounding microphones on a headset - at $129 this headset should be on your shopping list.
AMD expected to release 800 series motherboard chipsets for Ryzen 9000 CPUs — chipset series numbers to run in parallel to Intel
Ahead of Computex 2024, rumors of the naming scheme for AMD's latest motherboard chipset hint that the company may skip straight from the 600 to 800 series.
Lenovo Legion Go Lite tipped to do battle with the refreshed Asus ROG Ally X
Lenovo Legion Go seems to be getting a smaller sibling.
Der8auer admits he 'messed up' with underperforming Thermal Grizzly Heatspreaders and Direct Die coolers
Der8auer addresses concerns around the latest Thermal Grizzly releases and details solutions.
Intel throws in the towel on the processors that killed the first Aurora supercomputer — Knights Mill and Knights Landing support removed from LLVM
The last and final play for Intel Xeon Phi: Intel drops support for its MIC x86 processors.
This 2024 Asus TUF Gaming A15 laptop is only $658 for Memorial Day
The Asus TUF Gaming A15 laptop is currently available at Amazon for $658, one of its lowest prices to date.
Windows 11 Copilot+ AI features like Recall can be enabled without an NPU
Windows 11's AI features may not actually need AI hardware, after all - at least, Recall certainly doesn't.
Samsung denies report citing HBM quality issues, asserts its HBM memory works just fine
Samsung states its HBM3E memory works with processors from various vendors.
Lenovo embraces MoDT in China — laptop CPUs are used in its new Legion 7000K gaming towers
Lenovo has launched a new series of gaming desktops powered by laptop CPUs. The new Legion 7000K desktops mix Raptor Lake Refresh mobile CPUs with RTX 40 series desktop GPUs.
The Dell S3222DGM 32-inch gaming monitor is just $279 for Memorial Day weekend
The Dell S3222DGM is available for one of the best prices we've seen for the display since it was released-$279 instead of its usual $349.
Chinese chip industry leader asks companies to focus on building innovations using mature nodes
Ye Tianchun of the China Semiconductor Industry Association and the China Integrated Circuit Innovation Alliance says that tech companies should forge their own path instead of following top tech companies in research and innovation.
AI accelerators market poised to grow by 250% this year, says TSMC
TSMC believes that AI accelerators will be the fastest-growing market for semiconductors in 2024.
World's first bioprocessor uses 16 human brain organoids for ‘a million times less power’ consumption than a digital chip
A Swiss biocomputing startup has launched an online platform that provides remote access to 16 human brain organoids. FinalSpark's Neuroplatform is claimed to be the world's first online platform delivering access to biological neurons in vitro.
These 10 under-$50 gadgets have improved my tech life, and they're all on sale for Memorial Day
You don't have to spend hundreds of dollars to get a great gadget that will improve your life or that of a friend or family member. Here are 10 great products (all which I own) that sell for under $50.
Elon Musk's xAI plans to build 'Gigafactory of Compute' by fall 2025 — using 100,000 Nvidia's H100 GPUs
xAI plans to build another massive supercomputer by late 2025, surprisingly based on Nvidia's H100 GPU.
Apple's never-released iPod Tetris game discovered on third-generation prototype
A YouTuber tests out Apple's scrapped Tetris clone for a prototype iPod 3rd Gen.
RTX 4060 vs RTX 3060 12GB GPU faceoff: New versus old mainstream GPUs compared
The RTX 4060 takes on the RTX 3060 12GB in this faceoff between current and previous generation Nvidia GPUs. The lowest tier 40-series card got a lot of flak for cutting the memory configuration, so let's see just how close these two GPUs are in performance and other areas.
Chinese PC maker spills AMD Radeon RX 7650M XT launch plans — GPU features in a dock it will reveal on Monday
The company says it will introduce the fresh GPU in a new eGPU product available from July. It will also release variants that feature other Radeon cards.
Crucial's speedy T500 2TB SSD is back down to $138 thanks to Memorial Day discounts
One of today's Memorial Day deals sees the Crucial T500 2TB SSD on sale for $138. It's onee of the fastest Gen4 drives on the market.
Windows 11 LTSC 2024 arrives making TPM and Secure Boot optional — lower storage requirements, too
Microsoft is rolling out Windows 11 LTSC 2024, so hardware designers making devices dependent on the OS can use these system requirements to guide their component choices.
Snag a 1TB Sabrent Rocket 5, fastest SSD, for just $179 at Amazon
Now is a great time to take home the new Sabrent Rocket 5 gaming SSD thanks to a discount at Amazon that takes the price down to $179.
5 Key Design Rules for 3D Printing
From intricate geometries to working with supports, every aspect of the design process plays a great role in ensuring the success of the final print.
U.S. continues to investigate Applied Materials for doing business with Chinese entities — company receives another subpoena, one of many over the past couple of years
The U.S. government sends more subpoenas to investigate Applied Material's business with Chinese entities.
Gigabyte's GS32Q 32-inch QHD 170 Hz gaming monitor is on sale for $199
Today at Newegg, the Gigabyte GS32Q gaming monitor is available for its lowest price to date when you use promo code GS32524 before checking out.
Microsoft's Automatic Super Resolution arrives to improve gaming performance — Auto SR serves as an upscaler similar to Nvidia DLSS and AMD FSR
Microsoft unveils an AI upscaling solution for Windows 11 on ARM gamers, albeit only for Qualcomm Snapdragon X processors.
90s instant messaging service shuts down after 28 years — ICQ will stop working from June 26
The once-popular messaging and VOIP platform ICQ is scheduled to shut down on June 26. It was introduced almost thirty years ago and gained an impressive userbase during the pre-social media era.
Snapdragon X Elite shows 2X higher multi-threaded performance than Apple M2 in new benchmarks — Apple M2 is faster in single-threaded performance, though
The Microsoft Surface Laptop 7 had more than double the performance of an Apple M2 device in a CPU-Z multi-threaded benchmark test.
AMD reportedly changes upcoming Ryzen CPU branding to one-up Intel — leak points to Ryzen AI 300 to leapfrog Intel's Core Ultra 200 series
AMD is reportedly ditching its outgoing Ryzen nomenclature in favor of Ryzen AI 300 to better emphasize its CPUs' AI features and outplay Intel's upcoming Core Ultra 200 series CPUs, which will come with an "inferior" numbering scheme.
Samsung HBM3E chips reportedly fail to meet Nvidia's heat and power requirements — Korean chipmaker continues to struggle for Nvidia HBM3E orders
Samsung's HBM3E reportedly consumes too much power and overheats, so Nvidia does not plan to use them for now.
Get this Roccat Pyro full-size mechanical keyboard for just $34 — Memorial Day Sale
Memorial Day Sales are here, and Best Buy has this excellent budget mechanical gaming keyboard on sale for only $34.
Nvidia Grace Hopper Superchips help three new supercomputers top the Green500 list — GH200 is more efficient than rival supercomputers with AMD's Instinct MI250X
JEDI, Isambard-AI phase 1, and Helios, all using Nvidia Grace Hopper super chips, beat the current crop of supercomputers to reach the top three positions in the Green500.
How to remap any key on your keyboard in Windows 11 or 10
Turn a key you don't use such as "insert" into one you really need. For example, if you don't have a print screen key, follow these instructions to get one.
TeamGroup T-Force Dark AirFlow I SSD Cooler Review: The strongest NVMe heatsink you can buy
The T-Force Dark AirFlow I SSD Cooler is an NVMe heatsink that packs an active fan, but does it really need active cooling?
Save $60 off Logitech's G Pro X Superlight, one of the best wireless gaming mice
One of the lightest and most accurate gaming mice on the market is now reduced to $99 at Best Buy.
17 cringe-worthy Google AI answers demonstrate the problem with training on the entire web
From wrongful medical advice to extremist views, Google's bot is often dangerously wrong.
'ShrinkLocker' ransomware uses BitLocker against you — encryption-craving malware has already been used against governments
The ShrinkLocker ransomware attack uses BitLocker to encrypt corporate systems and destroy all recovery methods. The new attack is more directed at destruction than extortion.
Sovol SV08 Review: A Speedy Voron Tribute
Sovol pays respect to Open Source with a Voron Tribute that's big, fast and quite good.
Save money on a new gaming PC in iBUYPOWER's Memorial Day sale
Check out these deals from iBUYPOWER on a range of their RDY prebuilt gaming PCs in their Memorial Day sales event.
Nvidia's AI chip sales in China hampered by U.S. sanctions, but gaming GPU shipments increase
Industry insiders reveal that Nvidia's Chinese AI market throne is beginning to shake, though GPU shipments have increased by more than 30%.
Asus ROG Strix Z790-I Gaming Wi-Fi Motherboard Review: ROG Features in Mini-ITX
Asus' Z790-I Gaming Wi-Fi is a premium Mini-ITX board sporting a PCIe 5.0-capable M.2 socket, cool Hive desktop peripheral, and Thunderbolt 4 ports. It's the most expensive option, but also the best-equipped in all but internal storage count.
Modder creates 'invisible' extreme gaming PC — hides 13900K, RTX 4090, and 45-inch OLED display inside a standing desk
Matt, who runs his popular Youtube channel DIY Perks, shows off a new desktop PC build using top of the link Intel Core i9-13900K CPU and an RTX 4090 with 48TB M.2 storage array for an 'End-Game' invisible PC hidden on a tabletop of a motorized desk.
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