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Updated 2025-11-18 18:45
Nvidia’s latest RTX Remix update brings path-traced particles to classic games — major overhaul promises 'tens of thousands' of particles without significant performance reduction
Nvidia's modding platform for retrofitting classic games with ray tracing has just had a huge overhaul, with updates including an "advanced path-traced particle system."
Slot an 8TB WD Black SN850X into your PC now that it's at one of its lowest-ever prices of $539 — Install all your favorite games on one drive
Pop a massive 8TB drive into your PC and not worry about storage space on your M.2 SSD. The SN850X 8TB is now only $539.
Nvidia claims software and hardware upgrades allow Blackwell Ultra GB300 to dominate MLPerf benchmarks — touts 45% DeepSeek R-1 inference throughput increase over GB200
Nvidia is claiming the top spot in GPU performance in a range of AI benchmarks for open-source models, claiming its new Blackwell Ultra GB300 platform is the best choice for data centers seeking to maximize profitability for AI inference in the future.
How to make graphical Python apps the EasyGUI way
Amidst a forest of GUI framework choices, EasyGUI takes its name to heart and provides an exceptionally straightforward means to create your own graphical Python applications.
Intel confirms Arrow Lake refresh set for 2026, Nova Lake later that year — company admits there are 'holes to fill on the desktop front,' says it is 'confident in the roadmap'
Intel has confirmed it will launch a refresh of its Arrow Lake, Core Ultra 200 CPUs in 2026, followed by the debut of its next-generation Nova Lake designs towards the end of the year, going into 2027.
Nvidia Rubin CPX forms one half of new, "disaggregated" AI inference architecture — approach splits work between compute- and bandwidth-optimized chips for best performance
Nvidia's Rubin CPX GPU will be Nvidia's complement to the upcoming Vera Rubin AI rack, a wholly inference-focused GPU to work in tandem with high-end Rubin products. The cut-down GPU is paired with onboard GDDR7 memory rather than HBM and will be available as an optional upgrade from the base Vera Rubin.
Microsoft key resale fight heads to court in the UK — case potentially puts cheap Windows keys at risk
The legality of second-hand Microsoft Windows and Office licenses is back under the microscope as the company's battle with a UK-based reseller returns to court this week.
3D Pinball bug allowed the game to run at 5,000 FPS in Windows NT when faster CPUs arrived— former Microsoft programmer didn't add a rev limiter when porting game from Windows 95 to NT
Dave Plummer, the Microsoft programmer who ported Pinball from Windows 95 to NT, didn't add a frame limiter to the game, which made it go into overdrive on more modern systems.
Apple debuts A19 and A19 Pro processors for iPhone 17, iPhone Air, and iPhone 17 Pro
Apple introduced its A19 and A19 Pro processors to power its new line of iPhones, including the iPhone 17, iPhone Air, iPhone 17 Pro, and iPhone 17 Pro Max.
Atari Gamestation Go handheld goes up for pre-order — retro deck boasts 200+ classic games and unique physical controls
Atari has put up its Gamestation Go retro handheld up for pre-order, priced at $179 and with shipping scheduled to begin next month.
Lucky gamer scores Nvidia's RTX 3060 12GB for $4.99 — one of the most popular graphics cards ever found for less than a Big Mac at a thrift shop
A fortunate Redditor has found and bought a used GeForce RTX 3060 graphics card for $4.99.
JavaScript packages with billions of downloads were injected with malicious code in world's largest supply chain hack, geared to steal crypto — a phishing email is all it took to undermine npm p
JavaScript packages with billions of downloads were compromised by an unknown threat actor looking to steal cryptocurrency.
Star Wars Outlaws developer explains that Nintendo Switch 2 game cards are too slow for a physical game release — Snowdrop game engine uses disk data streaming to render the game world
Ubisoft wasn't being cheap' by opting to deliver Star Wars Outlaws for Nintendo Switch 2 via Game-Key Card, according to a developer who worked on the title.
Red Sea undersea cable cuts that slowed internet over the weekend blamed on commercial shipping — sabotage seems unlikely, but repairs could take weeks
A few days after signs of cable disruptions surfaced in the Red Sea, experts are pointing to a more prosaic explanation than initial fears of targeted sabotage.
Dell reportedly cutting staff from China operations — affected employees have until October 10 to apply for internal transfer
Dell's latest layoff impacts its EMC storage division and Client Solution Group and comes roughly a year after it let go of 12,000 employees.
The Aero X16 gaming laptop has the Nvidia RTX 5060 and latest AMD hardware plus a lenient price point — Gigabyte's laptop is on sale for just $1049
Save $450 on Gigabyte's Aero X16 gaming/AI laptop. Available at Best Buy for only $1049 while this sale price lasts.
World's first laser communication link between a plane and satellite ran at 1 Gbps — 10-watt laser which has a 3,417 mile range and 2.5 Gbps max data rate
General Atomics and Kepler Communications have demonstrated plane to satellite optical communications for the first time, transmitting data at up to 1 Gbps while maintaining a steady connection, despite both transmitter and receiver being in constant motion.
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D vs AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D faceoff — the battle of AMD's fastest gaming chips
We put the Ryzen 9 9950X3D and Ryzen 7 9800X3D through a six-round faceoff to determine the winner.
Intel ousts CEO of Products as part of the latest executive shake-up, ending 30-year career — company also establishes new custom chip design unit
Intel has ousted its CEO of Products, Michelle Johnston Holthaus, a 30-year veteran of the company, as part of a shakeup of executive structure. CEO, Lip-Bu Tan wants more people answering directly to him as he looks to steer the ship back towards profitability and relevance.
Corsair HX1500i (2025) ATX 3.1 power supply review
The Corsair HX1500i (2025) ATX 3.1 PSU offers premium power delivery with digital monitoring capabilities, outstanding performance, and impressive thermal design.
Alterego demoes ‘world’s first near-telepathic wearable' that enables 'typing at the speed of thought' other abilities — device said to enable silent communication with others, contr
Watch a demonstration of what is claimed to be 'the world's first near-telepathic wearable that enables people to communicate silently, seamlessly, and at the speed of thought'
AMD expands FSR 4 with drop-in support for 85 games with latest Radeon driver update - but you still need an RDNA 4 GPU
Support for FSR 4 officially expands to a total of 85 games
ASML makes $1.5 billion investment in Mistral AI — ASML becomes the largest shareholder for the French AI start-up
ASML has invested 1.3 billion in s Mistral AI allegedly in a strategic move to deepen its use of AI across lithography and chipmaking software.
Pro Counter-Strike 2 gamer says game runs like 'a**' on anything other than AMD's Ryzen 9800X3D — custom demo of the game runs at under 200 FPS even on on AMD's best gaming CPUs
A renowned CS2 esports player claims the game only runs well on AMD's Ryzen 7 9800X3D.
Intel could sell up to 49% of its foundry business to external investors, but a full IPO or spin-off is unlikely
Intel CFO David Zinsner confirmed that Intel could theoretically sell up to 49% of Intel Foundry without violating U.S. government agreements. However, the company is unlikely to do so due to ownership restrictions, partial fab control, and limited investor interest in the money-bleeding unit, which makes a full spin-off or IPO financially unattractive for now.
Nintendo secures $2 million settlement against Switch modder — Modded Hardware creator agreed to stop selling backup devices, but continued to, prompting lawsuit
Permanent injunction bans modder Ryan Daly from selling or possessing devices that defeat Switch protection mechanisms.
Early Windows 11 25H2 benchmarks confirm the update provides no performance improvements over 24H2
Phoronix tests Windows 11 25H2 against 24H2, Ubuntu 25.10, and Ubuntu 24.0.3 LTS. But testing shows that 25H2 has no additional optimizations under the hood, matching 24H2 in performance.
AI adoption rate is declining among large companies — US Census Bureau claims fewer businesses are using AI tools
Despite continuing hype around AI, and companies scrambling to keep up with manufacturing, a recent survey says that large companies have started to use AI less. The latest U.S. Census Bureau BTOS reveals that AI use among firms with more than 250 employees has a declined since June.
This amazing Logitech deal chucks in a free gear shift and racing gloves along with the TrueForce sim-racing wheel — and that's not even counting the hefty 56% discount on the DE9 shifter and G9
Bag a Logitech G923 TrueForce racing wheel, DE9 gear shifter, and racing gloves for just $214 in this amazing racing sim deal
Sapphire launches a pair of AMD B850 motherboards for Ryzen CPUs — white offerings for budget builds
Sapphire expands its motherboard lineup with the Pure B850A WiFi and Pure B850M WiFi motherboards.
‘USB 5.0’ connection touted on new slim eGPU with RX 7600M XT — Compact OneXGPU Lite unveiled, likely using USB4 v2
Appearance of the OneXGPU Lite with 'USB 5.0' surprises at the One-Netbook Fall Launch 2025 Event
U.S. government considers annual permits for Samsung and SK hynix to supply equipment to their Chinese fabs
The U.S. plans to replace Samsung and SK hynix's indefinite export permissions for chipmaking tools with annual site-specific licenses, a move that adds regulatory complexity but avoids disrupting memory fab operations in China and the global DRAM and NAND supply chain.
Lenovo ThinkBook Plus Gen 6 Rollable review: Rolling in screen real estate
The Lenovo ThinkBook Plus Gen 6's rollable OLED screen adds more vertical space using folding display technology, but it's very expensive.
The Decisioninator ‘saved my marriage,’ says software engineer — device automates restaurant, chore, date night, and movie night choices
The Decisioninator was designed and produced to 'optimize and automate' navigating the minefield with a gate signposted 'What do you want for dinner tonight?'
Upgraded Nvidia RTX 5090 gets 128GB VRAM and $13,000 price tag — 'super limited' GPU is described as a 'prototype'
A factory in China has modded an RTX 5090 to sport an insane 128 GB of VRAM, quadruple the amount found in a regular 5090. They've achived so by using a custom PCB and prototype GDDR7 memory that currently no one makes. The card reportedly costs around 13,000 with expectedly limited availability.
Best of IFA 2025: New laptops, monitors, gaming handhelds, and more
The most innovative and interesting products that debuted at Berlin's big tech show.
TSMC increases Arizona internships to feed its Phoenix fabs — CHIPS-fueled supply chain begins to take shape
TSMC has more than doubled its Arizona internship program, pulling in over 200 students from around 60 colleges this summer as it races to staff its advanced-node fabs outside Phoenix.
Intel CFO confirms that 14A will be more expensive to use than 18A — Intel expects 14A fabrication process to offer 15-20% better performance-per-watt or 25-35% lower power consumption compared
Intel's 14A process, designed for both internal and foundry use, will be significantly more expensive than 18A due to its reliance on ASML's $380 million High-NA EUV tools.
Apple MacBooks have a sensor that measures the angle of the screen —Engineer taps into hidden ‘LidAngleSensor’ API to create a creaky door simulator
An engineer has tapped into Apple's LidAngleSensor MacBook API, adding a creaky door sound effect to his lid angle measurement app.
HP's Omen 16 Slim gaming laptop with an RTX 5050 and 2K 165Hz display is $550 off right now — all-time low pricing and a free copy of Battlefield 6
HP's Omen 16 Slim is a solid gaming laptop that allows you to jump the barrier into entry-level RTX gaming at a low cost. With a sleek design, beautiful 16-inch screen, fast refresh rate, capable cooling, it's great at games and can double as a daily machine for most.
Used RTX 4090 from eBay shows up with no GPU chip or video memory — stripped Asus TUF RTX 4090 points to increasing number of scams in the used GPU market
Someone bought an Asus TUF RTX 4090 from eBay, and it wouldn't post. It is easy to see the problem with the cooler removed.
Malware found hidden in image files, can dodge antivirus detection entirely — VirusTotal discovers undetected SVG phishing campaign
A new report from VirusTotal shows that more than 44 compromised SVG files went completely undetected by antivirus systems.
AMD lists mystery Radeon 9060 XL model in ROCm documents, but it is more likely to be a typo than a new SKU
AMD's ROCm 6.4.2 software stack lists a non-existent Radeon RX 9060 XL GPU, likely a typo confusing internal 'Navi 44 XL' die naming with official product branding. But who knows?
Tokyo’s Tech shopper paradise Akihabara Electric Town was just a 'Town' on Friday, due to the first power outage in 30 years – all the RGBs went out
Tokyo's renowned electronics shopping district was plunged into darkness on Friday due to a very rare power outage.
Creality Hi Combo review: Catching up with color
Creality plays catch-up with a color bedslinger.
Custom Windows 11 builder axes Microsoft's AI features, whack-a-moling Copilot, Outlook, and Teams — new Tiny11 Builder release should be Windows 11 25H2 ready
Windows bloat hater NTDEV has released an updated version of Tiny11 Builder ready for Windows 11 25H2.
Nvidia RTX 5090 reset bug prompts $1,000 reward for a fix — cards become completely unresponsive and require a reboot after virtualization reset bug, also impacts RTX PRO 6000
Nvidia's new RTX 5090 and PRO 6000 GPUs are reportedly being plagued by a reproducible virtualization reset bug that can leave the cards completely unresponsive until the host system is physically rebooted.
TP-Link Deco BE68 Wi-Fi 7 mesh router review: Class-leading 6 GHz performance and competitive pricing
With premium performance at a mid-range price point, the Deco BE68 is a superstar mesh router.
New report blames Phison's pre-release firmware for SSD failures — not Microsoft’s August patch for Windows
The curious case of failing SSDs, following Microsoft's August security patch for Windows, has once again taken an unexpected turn.
Multiple undersea cable cuts in the Red Sea, hampering internet performance — international cables connecting Europe, Asia, and the Middle East are compromised
Microsoft was forced to reroute Azure traffic on Saturday, September 6, after two major submarine cable systems were severed in the Red Sea, triggering latency spikes and degraded performance for cloud users across South Asia and the Gulf.
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