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TSMC is exploring panel-level packaging and is working on its CoPoS technology, but the company's Kevin Zhang says wafer-level packaging technologies is considerably more advanced than panel-level packaging.

Oracle's Project Jupiter is targeting a New Mexico desert already struggling with water consumption, but the company assures residents that the data center's water usage is "negligible."

A Reddit user has shown SteamOS running on an Intel Arc B580 desktop GPU, but the early proof of concept required a Radeon-assisted install workaround and Resizable BAR to recover performance.

Marvell shares its vision for optically connected data centers, connecting devices across hundreds of kilometers, and the company already has hardware to build them.

These Newegg bundles for Intel and AMD gaming PC builds feature 32GB of Corsair Vengeance DDR5 RAM from only $240, featuring Gigabyte motherboards.

Save 34% on Samsung's Odyssey G9 gaming monitor and pick up this massive 49-inch display for just $664.99. Its lowest-ever price.

A software architect determined that they could practically install anything they want on the infotainment system of their 2021 Honda Civic through the front USB port. While the head unit required a signed AOSP file to update itself, the AOSP test key is publicly known, meaning anyone with the knowledge could potentially build their own update file and load it with malware.

Intel's Raptor Lake family might be coming back for a third time and sit alongside Nova Lake on shelves as the budget-oriented offering from the company.

Amazon says that it uses 2.5 billion gallons of water annually for data center cooling but compares it to the 3.3 trillion gallons of water used for watering lawns and gardens in the U.S. every year.

The Computer History Museum recalls one of its biggest ever retro treasure troves. This astonishing' haul was rescued from an abandoned warehouse in the town of Castrop-Rauxel, Germany.

In the context of the recent tech export bans, we look back at the Apple PowerMac G4 export ban from 1999 and Steve Jobs making marketing gold from the situation.

A team of researchers from UC San Diego found that 'old' smartphones from 2023 could be combined to build a server capable of running apps locally, instead of relying on cloud servers located on a distant site.

Snapmaker celebrates 10 years in business by sponsoring open-source developers and you.

Microsoft is experimenting with Windows AI features on non-Copilot devices, finally allowing AI features to run on discrete GPUs. This move expands its user base and gives more users access to Windows 11 local AI capabilities.

State attorneys general have opened a broad investigation into OpenAI, subpoenaing documents on ads, user retention, data handling, minors, health data, model behavior, and safety policies.

AMD is reminding folks not to buy a MacBook, even if it's as good of a deal as the Neo, if you primarily want to game on it. Instead, AMD's own budget laptops can run all the modern titles you want, with a small caveat.

A preprint claims Pearl's AI mining network consumes 320,000 GPU-equivalents and 112 MW while producing no verified useful AI computation.

A grease smear-induced optical disc reading quirk can save speedrunners lots of time in SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom on Xbox.

A research firm says the number of blocked data centers in the first quarter of 2026 already matches the number of projects stopped in 2025. The opposition also comes from both sides of the aisle, despite President Trump's push for more AI development inside the U.S.

Powered by the Ryzen AI Max+ 395 processor and 128GB of unified memory, AMD's developer kit arrives as a direct competitor to Nvidia's DGX Spark, which recently saw a price increase to $4,699.

The name came up a few times during our conversations at Computex. Intel has declined to comment on it.

A watershed moment occurred on the battlefields of Ukraine in 2024 when 10 fully autonomous AI-controlled quadcopter drones were sent to the front lines against Russia with Terminator Mode' engaged.

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Rocking 16-bit precision, dual-rudder yaw, 5-axis control and a plug-and-play profile for Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024, the new T.Flight Hotas 5 is a solid entry point to flight sims. It works with PlayStation consoles and PC out of the box, with convenient features like a detachable throttle.

Wiwynn is among the first to demonstrate Nvidia SCADA server that promises to offer AI systems petabytes of ultra-fast storage thanks to GPU-accelerated storage acceleration.

Nightmare-Eclipse's vendetta against Microsoft and Windows continues apace - researcher publishes RoguePlanet and GreatXML local privilege escalation zero-day exploits