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Updated 2025-08-09 02:30
Blacklisted Chinese GPU makers line up to file for IPOs as US sanctions and trade war take toll on AI hardware market
Amid rising demand for AI hardware in China and U.S. sanctions, China's GPU industry is rapidly expanding, with companies like Biren, Moore Threads, MetaX, and Zhaoxin pursuing IPOs to secure funding and strengthen their position.
Western Digital's $500 million penalty for patent infringement reduced to a mere $1 — court says recipient failed to 'adequately tie a dollar amount' to damages
A California court reduced the damages awarded to SPEX Technologies after the testimony of its expert has been excluded from the case.
HDMI 2.2 is here with new 'Ultra96' Cables — up to 16K resolution, higher maximum 96 Gbps bandwidth than DisplayPort, backwards compatibility & more
The full spec for HDMI 2.2 has been released and it confirms 96 GB/s data transfer rates, which edge DisplayPort, and allow for uncompressed 4K 240 Hz video support.
Massive $40 quad-fan JF15K Diamond CPU cooler wields dual-heatsinks for up to 280W TDP cooling capacity — Jiushark's latest spans the entire width of a standard motherboard
The Jiushark JF15K Diamond features a wide dual-tower design with quad-fans, and support for up to 280W cooling
How to add non-Steam games to your Steam Deck with Heroic Games Launcher
Valve's Steam Deck typically stores my neglected Steam games library, but with Heroic Games Launcher, I can now keep my Amazon, GoG, and Epic games close at hand and ready to play.
AMD researchers reduce graphics card VRAM capacity of 3D-rendered trees from 38GB to just 52 KB with work graphs and mesh nodes — shifting CPU work to the GPU yields tremendous results
AMD researchers have developed a new 3D tree rendering technology that can reduce video memory demands
27-year-old Easter egg found in the Apple Power Mac G3's ROM— creating a RAM disk with the name 'secret ROM image' unveils a hidden file
The activation method for an Easter egg, hidden deep within the ROMs of ancient beige Apple Power Mac G3 computers, has been uncovered.
Asus ROG Azoth X Review: A very different aesthetic
Asus' new flagship ROG Azoth X keyboard looks very different from its predecessor - white, colorful, and with semi-translucent keycaps for better backlighting. The new Azoth X also comes with a wrist rest and support for Asus' new web-based armoury crate software.
How to use Steam’s in-game performance monitor to display real FPS with DLSS or FSR frame generation active
Valve's new in-game performance monitor can report real and DLSS / FSR-generated frames at the same time.
Microsoft fixes Windows Vista boot sound bug in latest Windows 11 Insider Build — adds Recall Homepage and customizable system indicators
Build 26200.5661 also adds Recall Homepage, customizable system indicators, and key stability fixes
Mini PC 'violently' smashed with a sledgehammer, dragged behind a motorbike, and spun in a washing machine - Geekom PC still works after the company's extreme torture testing
Geekom has shared a video which shows its latest IT15 Mini-PC being subjected to unnatural levels of violence.
Bambu Lab slices the price of its high-speed P1P 3D printer by 43% — $399 deal marks its 3rd Anniversary Sale
Bambu Lab is celebrating its 3rd anniversary with superb deals on some of its best products
Nvidia launches $249 RTX 5050, putting Blackwell within reach of more gamers — entry-level 50-series arrives in late July
Nvidia finally unveils the RTX 5050, sporting 2,560 Blackwell CUDA cores, 8GB of GDDR6, and a 130W TGP. The new GPU represents Nvidia's first new xx50-class desktop card since the RTX 3050
Rare Franken-GPU has both AMD and Nvidia branding — AMD Radeon GeForce RTX 9070 XT is the new ultimate midrange gaming champ
Redditor receives an Asus graphics card with both AMD and Nvidia branding.
Mosquito-sized drone is designed for Chinese spy missions — military robotics lab reveals incredibly tiny bionic flying robots
This tiny mosquito-sized drone was created by a team from the Hunan Province in China and is able to help in information reconnaissance missions.
Noctua’s highly anticipated second-gen NF-A12x25 G2 120mm fans hit retail at $34.90 — redesigned fan blades and hub boost cooling performance
The NF-A12x25 G2 is Noctua's latest addition to its 120 mm fan lineup, aimed at improving airflow efficiency without increasing noise levels
Sony faces class action over expensive digital game and DLC prices — ‘Sony tax’ means digital games cost ‘an average of 47% more’ than those on disc, group alleges
Dutch PlayStation gamers are up in arms about what they call the unfair 'Sony tax,' and have decided to take the corporation to court.
Microsoft tests Xbox app with Battle.net integration — updated app brings third-party game library aggregation
Microsoft has announced a new aggregated gaming library for Xbox app on PC that will see installed games from third party storefronts show up in the Xbox app.
Asus RTX 5090 BTF 2.5 GPU successfully pulls over 1,900W in extreme test — proprietary metal power connector kept its cool, unlike plastic 16-pin alternative
Tony Yu, the General Manager of Asus China, explained how the ROG Astral GeForce RTX 5090 BTF GPU's power connectors work.
RTX 5070 Ti falls below MSRP in the UK — grab one for less than £700 for the first time
The Nvidia RTX 5070 Ti has fallen below MSRP for the first time in the UK.
Disabling Intel Graphics Security Mitigations boosts compute performance — 20% uplift from setting change that even Intel employs, despite unknown security risk
Disabling security mitigations for Intel GPUs in Intel's GPU compute stack for OpenCL and Level Zero can allegedly boost performance by up to 20%.
Intel's laptop version of its Nova Lake processors will use Panther Lake-HX BGA2540 packaging — will smooth over transition for notebook makers moving to the next generation
Intel's upcoming Nova Lake-HX processors will share the same BGA2540 packaging as Panther Lake-HX, simplifying platform transitions for notebook makers.
Someone turned a Steam Deck shell into a DIY PC controller using 3D-printed connectors — features dual touchpads and Nintendo Switch 2-esque split design
Bored waiting for an official Steam Controller 2, an engineer has taken things into his own hands, and shared the resources so you can do it too.
Rubin telescope to collect up to 500,000 TB of data from 3,200-megapixel camera over ten years — each image is 6.4 GB, facility has its own data center for data storage
The Vera C. Rubin Observatory is collecting so much data it might end up with 500 million billion bytes worth of image data over the course of a decade.
PC gaming figures fall again in Germany, down to just 13.1 million — marking a 20% decline since 2019
The latest figures out of Germany suggest that the popularity of PC gaming has declined by a fifth since 2019.
Chinese AI firm DeepSeek reportedly using shell companies to try and evade U.S. chip restrictions — allegedly procured unknown number of H100 AI GPUs after ban, but Nvidia denies the claim
Nvidia says DeepSeek lawfully acquired H800 chips, not H100
Power utility built $95 million 500-megawatt power substation for Intel's $100 billion Ohio fab, but six-year delay leaves substation capable of powering 500,000 homes idle
Intel has once again postponed the launch of its Ohio chip plant, which is now expected in 2031, leaving utility AEP Ohio with an idle $95 million substation.
Amazon Prime Day is just around the corner, but Samsung's 2TB 990 Pro SSD is already selling for $149
Amazon Prime Day is on the near horizon, but you don't need to wait to get a great price on Samsung's 2TB 990 Pro SSD.
Gigabyte's latest RGB firmware upgrade is bricking some motherboards, including Z790 series — dynamic lighting and RGB failures, rogue CPU fan usages, and more reported
Users report widespread failures after installing the IT5701/5702 RGB controller update, with some motherboards refusing to boot.
Nvidia RTX 5090 beats RTX Pro 6000 in tests after shunt mod to a staggering 800W — consumer flagship barely scrapes past the $10,000 Pro despite eye-watering power modification
An Asus ROG Astral LC RTX 5090 has been shunt modded, resulting in its performance eclipsing the $10,000 RTX Pro 6000
Intel details 18A process technology — takes on TSMC 2nm with 30% density gain and 25% faster generational performance
Intel has fully detailed its 18A (1.8nm-class) process at VLSI 2025, highlighting major performance, power, and density improvements enabled by RibbonFET transistors and PowerVia backside power delivery.
Iconic Nvidia GeForce 7800 GTX hits 20 years old today — PS3 GPU forbearer was 'graphics champion' of performance and efficiency in its day
The Nvidia GeForce 7800 GTX launched 20 years ago, today, and it marked a ground-breaking achievement at the time for the green team.
MIT researchers repair bridges by 3D printing steel onto corroded beams — Tech uses compressed gas to heat and accelerate powdered steel particles
The University of Massachusetts at Amherst worked with MIT researchers to create a cost-effective way to repair bridges and extend their lives until they can be replaced.
New US restrictions could prevent leading chip manufacturers from installing chipmaking tools in their China fabs — TSMC, Samsung, and SK hynix potentially impacted
The U.S. government may cancel a program for multinational chipmakers, with impacts to firms like Samsung, SK hynix, and TSMC which operate in China.
Long-time rivals Bill Gates and Linus Torvalds meet for the first time, have dinner — 'No major kernel decisions were made, but maybe next dinner'
Photo shows the first meeting between two legends of the tech world, Bill Gates and Linus Torvalds, standing together after a dinner.
Unreal Engine 5.6 up to 30% faster than the infamously bad version it succeeds -- better graphics fidelity promised, too
Unreal Engine 5.6 has been benchmarked, revealing up to a 30% performance improvement over version 5.4 of the same engine while boasting improved visual fidelity.
Authorities saw open Bitcoin ATM to recover scammed money — almost $32,000 seized from machine
A Jasper County citizen was scammed out of $25,000, and the authorities used a power saw to seize the money from a Bitcoin ATM.
User says access to ’30 years of photos and work’ in OneDrive denied by Microsoft, can't get a response after filing form 18 times — 'Microsoft suspended my account without warning,
A OneDrive subscriber is in despair after Microsoft suspended their account without reason, and won't respond to inquiries. It was stuffed with 30 years of precious data, deposited as a relocation stop-gap.
Nvidia GPU owners may be losing performance because of a simple setting that's disabled by default — enabling Resizable Bar with Profile Inspector can enhance GPU performance by up to 10% in 3DM
YouTuber JayzTwoCents discovered that manually enabling ReBAR in 3DMark can provide a 10% boost in performance, particularly on Intel Raptor Lake-based machines.
Engineer creates ad-block for the real world with augmented reality glasses — no more products or branding in your everyday life
A software engineer on X has built an augmented reality app for Snap's Spectacles, using Google's Gemini AI to identify advertisements and brands in the real world.
China's first 6nm gaming GPU matches 13-year-old GTX 660 Ti in first Geekbench tests — Lisuan G100 surfaces with 32 CUs, 256MB VRAM, and 300 MHz clock speed
The Lisuan G100 has been spotted on Geekbench (OpenCL), where it outputs performance similar to the GTX 660 Ti. That's largely due to early drivers and silicon.
TP-Link releases $250 Wi-Fi 7 access point that can be submerged in 1.5 meters of water without issue — the heavy-duty wireless router boasts an IP68 rating, six antennas, and PoE
The EAP772-Outdoor Wi-Fi 7 access point can withstand the elements, allowing you to not worry about it after installation.
Greek man gets 5 years in prison for running a now-defunct torrenting site 10 years ago — Greece goes tough on torrenting
A Greek man appealing his judgment in a case involving a 10-plus-year-old torrenting site was handed down an immediate 5-year jail sentence and 11,800 in fines in court this week.
3D-printed drill press can drill through metal — costs around $45 to create your own drill press
DC Sets' YouTube channel shows off its 3D printable drill press, which it created to drill holes in brass PCB M2 standoffs.
Truly ‘iconic’ WinRAR Messenger bags are available — at $150, they cost more than five WinRAR licenses
WinRAR and Tern are restocking their truly iconic' handbag design after initial sales success.
MSI announces beautiful Toy Story 30th anniversary PC — plastered in branding from the GPU down to the CMOS battery
MSI has announced a new collection of PC parts themed around the Toy Story films, purchasable only as a boxed set limited to 500 units. The parts, sold with the parts to build a complete PC, will only be available for sale in Taiwan.
Massive DDoS attack delivered 37.4TB in 45 seconds, equivalent to 10,000 HD movies, to one victim IP address — Cloudflare blocks largest cyber assault ever recorded
Cloudflare says that it blocked the 7.3 Tbps of junk traffic in mid-May - the largest DDoS attack to happen in recorded history.
Nintendo Switch 2 motherboards with chips are already available for $124 in China — PCBs sourced directly from the production line
A user on the Chinese online marketplace Goofish is offering what appears to be the Nintendo Switch 2's motherboard for just $124.
Acer Predator GM9000 2TB SSD Review: The Bargain High-End PCIe 5.0 SSD
The Acer Predator GM9000 is a high-end PCIe 5.0 drive positioned as a budget entry in an enthusiast market segment.
Legendary Sound Blaster ISA sound card gets a driver update 30 years later — patch squashes first bug report after 25 years
Creative Sound Blaster AWE32 fixes arrive for the Linux 6.16-rc3 kernel.
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