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Dutch government continues to grant ASML export license to ship litho tools to Chinese customers, but raises concerns about military and economic risks.

GlobalFoundries to upgrade U.S. fabs using $1.5 billion funding it gets under the CHIPS act and $600 million from the state of New York.

Wyze has reported a security breach of their system that allowed 13,000 customers to peek at the camera feeds of other customers.

Following reports of a Switch 2 delay to Q1 next year instead of later this year, Nintendo's JP stock sees a reported 5.84% drop. We also discuss likelihood of the Switch 2 delay rumors based on Nintendo's past behavior regarding delays for console, game releases, or both.

Japanese manufacturer NBROS releases stands for consumers to display their processors and M.2 SSDs.

Presidents' Day weekend is here. Stock up on tech without breaking the bank, thanks to some of our great deals.

According to a Bloomberg report, Reddit made a deal with an undisclosed major AI company to allow the use of its library of users' submitted content for training its AI model to the tune of $60 million every year.

James Brown is using a Raspberry Pi to operate his spinning, volumetric display that creates 3D animations using LEDs.

Razer has launched the new Razer Sneki Snek Wall Light. It offers four RGB lighting modes to look good on any wall. Purchases are claimed to help in an ambitious tree conservation project.

Elevate that Intel Celeron from 2007 from doorstop to functional PC with Damn Small Linux

Although AMD offers many products, at its core it's a CPU designer, and these are some of the best the company has ever made.

HP's Spectre x360 14 justifies its price with outstanding quality and the latest in technology.

Stores in Europe quietly begin to sell AMD's China-exclusive Radeon RX 7900 GRE graphics cards.

Legendary processor architecture designer criticizes CUDA and compares it to x86.

AI processor designer Graphcore could be acquired by Arm, OpenAI, or Softbank.

Australia's National Supercomputing and Quantum Computing Innovation Hub is set to use Nvidia Grace Hopper Superchips to push the boundaries of quantum computing.

A precision engineering and machining YouTuber noticed telltale shock diamonds' in the stream emitted by his Staples-branded canned air and felt compelled to investigate further. Using a Schlieren imaging setup the YouTuber confirmed that the air duster was pushing out a supersonic flow of gas.

The Acer Predator Triton 14 is currently available at Newegg for one of its lowest prices ever - just $799 instead of its usual rate of around $1,499.

Some retailers have prematurely put up the Core i9-14900KS, and it is clear the upcoming CPU will command a premium price.

Windows developer and tinkerer NTDev has optimized one of his tiny10 install disks so that it could install from zilch to the Windows 10 desktop in around 100 seconds.

Cooler Master has just introduced its GM2711S gaming monitor. It's a 27-inch IPS QHD flat panel with 180 Hz, Adaptive-Sync, HDR400 and a wide gamut. It's color accurate and offers premium video processing.

If your storage drive is full, there are many ways to your gigabytes back.

Softbank will allegedly set up an AI processor company to complement Arm.

A GPD blog post details numerous GPD G1 revisions and GPD Win 4 with the Ryuzen 7 8840U launching at the end of February.

Lian Li has announced a new series of PSUs dubbed the Edge series that re-locates the power connectors to a connecting interface at the bottom of the PSU to improve cable accessibility in vertical-mounted PSU cases.

Infamous for its rants about AMD and leaking early hardware samples, Userbenchmark will now be charging users to run its benchmark tool.

Right now at Newegg, the MSI Pro MP251 is available for $79, down from its going rate of around $104.

A leaked screenshot from a PC running an 8-core Lunar Lake CPU shows some interesting specifications.

In its price bracket, Nvidia's new entry-level RTX 3050 6GB was reviewed and benchmarked by TechPowerUp and found extremely lackluster performance compared to other GPUs. Cards like the RX 6600 and A750 cost just $20-$30 more yet are 60% quicker.

Two of the Q1 PC, which is the first-ever desktop PC made with a single-chip microprocessor, were found during routine waste clearing in London.

Kioxia proposes to make 3D NAND for SK Hynix to change its mind about its merger with Western Digital.

Intel is in talks with the U.S. government over a $10+ billion subsidies + loans package.

Tenstorrent's Jim Keller implies that architectural advancements of processors used for AI workloads are more important than making more AI processors.

Priced around $230, the ASRock PG Z790 Riptide provides users with everything the Z790 platform offers. This includes native 14th-gen support, capable power delivery, five M.2 sockets (one PCIe 5.0) and eight SATA ports, and an appearance (with RGBs) that fits most build themes.

The AGI AI818 is fairly underwhelming but could be useful as an ultra-cheap storage device for a secondary, gaming, or PS5 SSD. Its performance and efficiency however are lacking for laptop and primary desktop use.

Seagate reportedly second sources heating lasers for HAMR heads from Sony.

Elliot Coll shows off a cool tiny retrogaming handheld that features an RP2040 microprocessor with a design that resembles an original Game Boy.

ASML's revenues in calendar 2023 are by $3 billion dollars higher than Applied Materials's revenue in 2023.

Facing industry rumors of Xbox bowing out ahead of leaked exclusives being ported, Microsoft Xbox executives double down on the future of Xbox. Some questions remain on Xbox console hardware in the long-term, but the brand is here to stay.

A research paper has concluded that the slow pace of fab construction in the U.S. is largely down to suboptimal regulation.

Leading mobile chipmaker Qualcomm has announced that its Snapdragon brand has finally arrived in the audible realm. It hopes its new sonic logo will become as iconic as the sounds associated with NBC, Netflix, and McDonald's.

A very rare LaserDisc prototype has been sold on eBay for the eye-watering sum of $1,000. Yet there is no content description for the Philips-made HD Mac 12 Glass Plate N.66733 - Laserdisc Prototype, which looks old and possibly deteriorating.

A GRU botnet using Moobot was installed on unsecured routers (including those belonging to many homes and small businesses) with default admin passwords.

PopCnt is a CPU instruction that will be required to run Windows 11 starting with 24H2. But unlike TPM or Secure Boot, enthusiasts have found that the PopCnt requirement cannot be bypassed. Any attempts to bypass it lead to boot failure.

Artificial intelligence pioneer OpenAI announced a new generative tool dubbed Sora (the Japanese word for sky). It is OpenAI's most ambitious development to date, able to generate complex high-definition videos up to a minute long from a text or image prompt.

The Meteor Lake-equipped MSI Claw was trounced by the Phoenix-powered ROG Ally in an early review, especially at low TDPs.

Cooler Master makes Mini LED affordable with the Tempest GP2711. It's a 27-inch QHD VA panel with 576 dimming zones, 165 Hz, Adaptive-Sync, HDR 1000 and extended color. It also supports accurate color with selectable gamuts.