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Updated 2026-02-07 17:45
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.
Japanese gov celebrates demise of the floppy disk — 1,000+ regulations requiring their use have been scrapped
Japan's Digital Minister, Taro Kono, is celebrating the demise of the floppy disk. 'We have won the war on floppy disks on June 28,' Kono told Reuters news agency earlier today.
RISC-V chips will support replacing RAM sticks without powering off the system — hot plugging functionality arriving in newer flavors of Linux
RISC-V gets Hot Plugging support through version 6.11 of the Linux kernel.
US government relies on outdated manual processes to enforce restrictions on Chinese tech companies
A surprise report from the U.S. Bureau of Industry and Safety has revealed its process to enforce the Entity List of export licensing controls is outdated and mostly done by hand.
$335 billion in exceptions granted for sanctioned Chinese companies in the last five years — U.S. gov't revoked eight export licenses for Huawei this year
Biden administration reportedly tightening high-tech shipments to Huawei.
Newer Intel CPUs vulnerable to new "Indirector" attack — Spectre-style attacks risk stealing sensitive data; Intel says no new mitigations required
Raptor Lake and Alder Lake Intel CPUs are vulnerable to new "Indirector" attacks. These attacks exploit flaws in the chips' hardware components to access indirect branches and steal data.
Much maligned Google Flu Trends service gets an AI reboot — new AI-infused approach appears in research paper
Google may be considering rebooting its much-maligned Google Flu Trends (GFT) service, which died of embarrassment in 2015.
Underground network smuggles Nvidia's AI GPUs into China despite US sanctions — some smugglers even sell entire servers
Chinese companies still have access to Nvidia's A100 and H100 GPUs due to smuggling.
Born in the USA: Prusa is Now Making 3D Printers and Filament In Delaware
MK4 3D printers and Prusament filament will now be made in the USA.
I use the Mountain Everest 60 keyboard as my daily driver and it's now on sale for a ridiculous $19
One of our favorite reviewed mechanical keyboards and my daily driver, the Mountain Everest 60 keyboards is on sale for a must-have price.
U.S. government addresses critical workforce shortages for the semiconductor industry with new program
The NSTC intends to allocate grants between $500,000 and $2 million to 10 workforce development projects.
Intel's Arrow Lake LGA1851 CPU socket detailed
I/O connectivity has been revealed for Intel's upcoming Arrow Lake-S processors.
Dual-screen laptop enters pre-launch period with early bird discount — AceMagic X1 pricing and availability will be available later this month
AceMagic preps the X1 dual-screen laptop with full-sized screens and a keyboard.
Local Chinese firms rush to fill the AI void after OpenAI abandons China market — Tencent, Baidu, and Alibaba sweeten LLM offers
OpenAI announced that it China, including Hong Kong, will no longer have access to its API by next week. Home-grown LLMs are now taking steps to woo customers their way.
New AMD add-on for overclocking utility allows further performance fine-tuning —Curve Shaper enables 15 voltage offset points
AMD is introducing a new add-on to Curve Optimizer, dubbed Curve Shaper, in conjunction with the Ryzen 9000 series launch. This add-on adds 15 voltage offset points for enthusiasts to play with to extract maximum overclocking performance from their CPU.
Dev boots a PC from Google Drive cloud storage — a storage-less laptop becomes a truly cloud-native computer
A developer has successfully booted a Linux system from Google's cloud storage platform. After overcoming a multitude of hurdles, they managed to boot a storage-less laptop from Google Drive and thus create a Cloud-Native Computer.
Qualcomm splashes big money to promote Snapdragon PC chips on Manchester United's jerseys — logo reportedly costs company $75M per year
Qualcomm moves onto the football pitch to advertise its Snapdragon line and becomes the new front-of-shirt sponsor for Manchester United FC. All three kits will feature Snapdragon front and center.
Huawei reportedly facing bad AI chip yields for processors made at Chinese fab SMIC: Report
Huawei is encountering significant difficulties in expanding the production of its Ascend 910B AI processors due to insufficient yields at Semiconductor Manufacturing International Co. (SMIC), reports Chosun.biz, a Korean business daily.
Australian police arrest hacker who created 'Evil Twin' wireless network to steal data during flights
The Australian Federal Police were able to identify and arrest 42-year-old Michael Clapsis, who created fake wireless access points during domestic flights to steal data from unsuspecting users.
Experimental transistor survives in a nuclear reactor at 125 degrees Celsius temps — GaN semiconductor can survive up to five years in a reactor
Researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory made a GaN transistor that lasted three days at 125 degrees Celsius inside a nuclear core.
Amazon Web Services hints at 1000 Watt next-gen Trainium AI chip — AWS lays the groundwork for liquid-cooled data centers to house new AI chips
The AWS VP of Infrastructure has made comments suggesting its next-generation AI chip will use upwards of 1,000 watts of power, but has yet to specifically say so.
China plans standardized brain-computer tech similar to Elon Musk’s Neuralink
Facing growing restrictions on technology from the U.S. and others, China says it needs to ramp up its domestic tech innovation.
Microsoft's redesign of the Windows 11's Weather app shoves in yet more ads
Windows 11 advertisements now invade the Weather app, not just the Start menu and other locations.
MSI launches two 240Hz QD-OLED gaming monitors — new 34 and 27-inchers come with 1440p visuals and USB-C connectivity
MSI is adding a 240Hz 34-inch and a 27-inch 1440p QD-OLED monitor to its lineup.
GPUs can now use PCIe-attached memory or SSDs to boost VRAM capacity —Panmnesia's CXL IP claims double-digit nanosecond latency
Panmnesia develops custom low-latency CXL IP for GPUs and other processors that might take advantage of memory expanders.
Noctua's next-gen flagship CPU cooler finally arrives — Noctua NH-D15 G2 released at $150
Noctua has finally released its highly anticipated NH-D15 G2 CPU cooler. We saw the final design at Computex in early June, and today the Austrian PC cooling specialist has made the revamped NH-D15 available via its Amazon outlets.
Intel schedules the end of its 200-series Optane memory DIMMs — shipments to draw to an end in late 2025
Intel will ship the final Optane Persistent Memory 200-series DIMMs in late 2025.
Nvidia could receive French ban hammer — antitrust charges may follow government raids of Nvidia's offices in France
France's Autorite de la concurrence is set to launch antitrust charges against Nvidia for alleged anti-competitive practices, according to sources obtained by Reuters. Concern lies with Nvidia's proprietary software and partnership with CoreWeave.
Chinese competitor to Nvidia charged with financial fraud, loses spot on Shenzhen Stock Exchange
China-based DPU developer delisted from the Shenzhen Stock Exchange this month.
Micron says GDDR7 will provide a 30% improvement in gaming — both ray tracing and rasterization
In a press release, Micron revealed that its GDDR7 will provide 30% greater frame rates than its older GDDR6 memory in ray tracing and rasterized video games.
RISC-V CPU comes to a mini-ITX motherboard — Jupiter features a SpacemiT K1/M1 chip with 2 TOPS of AI performance
Milk-V, a system integrator known for its work with RISC-V, has released the Milk-V Jupiter, a mini-ITX motherboard with a RISC-V processor preinstalled. Orders will open next week.
Simplify your streaming setup and save with Logitech's G Yeti GX microphone — lowest-ever price, limited-time deal
Available on Amazon in a limited-time deal, Logitech's G Yeti GX USB microphone hits an all-time low price of $119.
Company offers unofficial security patches for Windows 10 until 2030 — free, $27 Pro, and $37 enterprise subscriptions
Windows 10 support can be kept alive using essential patches without Microsoft's help.
World's first Thunderbolt 5 cable launched, 120 Gbps and 240W charging for $23 — Cable Matters new cable available now
Cable Matters unleashes the world's first Thunderbolt 5 cable in 1 ft to 3.3 ft lengths. The new cable supports the new standard's features, including its blisteringly fast 120 Gbps bandwidth boost mode, aimed at high-resolution/high refresh rate displays.
Vaio releases the 'world’s lightest portable monitor' — Vision+ 14 screen weighs a mere 0.72 pounds
Vaio Corporation has announced that it has created the world's lightest portable monitor. The Japanese firm says the new Vaio Vision+ 14 weighs just 0.72 pounds (325g).
Missing CryptoQueen bounty hiked to $5 million — woman ran a $4.5 billion crypto-ponzi-scam, says FBI
The FBI has increased the bounty on missing CryptoQueen Dr Ruja Ignatova to $5 million. Bulgaria-born German national Ignatova went missing in 2017 after a federal warrant was issued for her arrest. She is accused of defrauding crypto-investors out of more than $4 billion.
What is GDDR7 memory — everything you need to know about the upcoming graphics VRAM technology
What is GDDR7 memory, and when will we see it? We dig into the details of the upcoming VRAM technology and cover what it is, along with the benefits it provides.
Engineer hacks his Sleep Number bed, reveals potential backdoor and security vulnerability
A skilled computer engineer has provided a tutorial that helps you root your Sleep Number bed and disable the company's backdoor into its controller hub.
Nvidia RTX 3050 vs AMD RX 6600 faceoff: Which GPU dominates the budget-friendly $200 market?
The AMD RX 6600 goes up against Nvidia's RTX 3050 in our budget GPU matchup, with both cards offering 8GB of VRAM on a 128-bit interface. We compare performance, price, features, power consumption, and more in this budget faceoff and declare the overall winner.
Leaked Intel Arrow Lake chipset diagram show more PCIe lanes, no support for DDR4 — new chipset boasts two M.2 SSD ports connected directly to CPU
A diagram reportedly for upcoming Intel events showcasing the Arrow Lake processors and motherboards confirms previous leaks but doesn't offer much new information.
China plans state ownership for all of its rare earth metal resources — regulation comes into effect on Oct 1
New regulation in China prohibits any organization or individual from encroaching upon or destroying rare-earth resources.
Samsung's 990 EVO 2TB SSD is now only $129 — one of its lowest prices to date
The Samsung 990 EVO 2TB SSD is currently available at Amazon for one of its lowest prices to date, according to price tracking data from CamelCamelCamel.
Bitcoin Mt. Gox creditors will soon benefit from $9 billion payback — their BTC is over 10,000% more valuable than when it went missing
Mt. Gox begins paying back users, ten years after it began collapsing in February 2014.
TSMC's overseas expansion will only contribute 10% of the foundry's production capacity: Report
TSMC's fabs in Germany, Japan, and the U.S. will contribute 10% of the company's capacity, so 90% of TSMC's output will remain in Taiwan.
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