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Updated 2026-03-01 15:15
German data center giant hikes prices up to 37% starting April 1 — Hetzner cites rising hardware costs for price increases
German data center operator Hetzner announced today that it's raising prices across its cloud, dedicated server, storage, and load balancer products starting April 1.
Linux 7.0 launches with enablement for Intel Nova Lake, AMD Zen 6 — major kernel update expected in Ubuntu 26.04 LTS and Fedora 44 first
A major kernel update, Linux 7.0, has been officially released. Although it'll take some time to show up in various Linux distros, the kernel comes with preliminary support for AMD's upcoming Zen 6 and Intel's Nova Lake.
DDR5 RAM gets another fleeting discount, lowest price in months — Corsair's 32GB Vengeance kit is $329 at Woot
A 23% discount on Corsair Vengeance DDR5.
Lenovo and Asus handheld owners warned as Ryzen Z1 Extreme driver support reportedly ends — lack of official updates threatens longevity for Legion Go, Go S, and ROG Ally X devices on Windows 11
AMD has reportedly stopped delivering new driver updates to handheld gaming PCs with the AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme APU, including Asus ROG Ally X and Lenovo Legion Go S.
Trump tariff turbulence risks handing TSMC a win over American chip manufacturers — prior exemptions for onshoring manufacturing may hinder the likes of Intel
The Trump Administrations' new sweeping tariffs for all American imports could end up hurting American companies and benefitting their international competition at the same time, thanks to existing tariff carve-outs and rising material costs for U.S. producers.
Asus ROG Swift PG32UCDM3 240 Hz QD-OLED gaming monitor review: Asus delivers a true flagship OLED
Asus delivers a flagship 32-inch OLED with the ROG Swift PG32UCDM3. It sports 4K resolution, 240 Hz, Adaptive-Sync, Quantum Dot wide gamut color, DisplayHDR 500, and HDR10, and is one of the few monitors to support Dolby Vision.
MSI RTX 5090 Lightning Z GPUs listed on eBay for almost $27,000 — limited edition graphics card demands 500% premium from resellers
Resellers are now putting up MSI RTX 5090 Lightning Zs on eBay, pricing it from $6,700 all the way to nearly $27,000.
Stargate AI data centers for OpenAI reportedly delayed by squabbles between partners — sources say OpenAI, Oracle, and SoftBank disagreed on who would have ultimate control of the planned data c
OpenAI, Oracle, and SoftBank have reportedly spent several months negotiating over who would have ultimate control of the data centers planned for Stargate.
Newegg slashes $176 off this potent AMD gaming bundle, which includes $437.99 of RAM - Ryzen 7 9800X3D CPU, 32GB of Corsair Vengeance, and X870E Aorus Elite Wifi 7 motherboard for $1,020
Score a powerful AM5 bundle with the AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D, 32GB Corsair DDR5-6400 RAM, and Gigabyte X870E Aorus Elite WiFi 7 motherboard for $1,020- an ideal foundation for a high-end gaming PC.
US exports from Taiwan now exceed exports from China for the first time in decades — AI gold rush fuels 93.5% jump in advanced system exports
Recent trade statistics indicate that Taiwan now supplies more goods to the U.S. than China does, but this is only a part of the picture, as Taiwan is rapidly increasing its exports to everywhere in the world.
Get 20TB of Seagate external storage for just $11 per terabyte — rare discount lands during the AI-driven storage crunch
This 20TB Seagate expansion drive is a great external storage solution that defies the AI price crunch.
Save $558 on a Ryzen 7 9850X3D and X870 motherboard bundle at Newegg — $1,339 includes RAM priced at $1,129, free 2TB portable SSD, and AMD's latest gaming chip
RAM, CPU, and Mobo are all included in Newegg's latest bundle deal. Save $177 on 64GB of Corsair Vengeance memory.
Nintendo's Game & Watch hacked and turned into retro emulation beast — Solder job unlocks device from its Zelda-only cage thanks to a custom SD card slot
Macho Nacho Productions has modded an original Zelda-edition Game & Watch to run Retro-Go, a custom firmware that unlocks the hardware's full potential. This hacked Game & Watch can now emulate various consoles, includes support for save states, and even has a microSD card slot. But getting here wasn't easy.
User accidentally gains control of over 6,700 robot vacuums while tinkering with their own device to enable control with a PlayStation controller — security flaw reveals floor plans and live vid
An AI strategist used Claude Code to reverse engineer his robot vacuum and control it with a PlayStation controller, but it accidentally gave him control of thousands of similar devices spread all across the world.
Grab this $8.99 TP-Link gigabit Ethernet switch before it sells out — compact 5-port unmanaged switch offers instant wired LAN expansion and silent operation for 4K streaming and gaming
There's a nearly half-price discount on this TP-Link 5-port unmanaged ethernet switch, down to just $8.98 in this limited-time Amazon deal, unlocking five extra ports for your network at a brilliantly low price.
Hard drive pricing in the UK is so high someone flew to the US to buy drives, saving money despite flight and hotel costs — HDD deal seeker saved more than $2,000 by taking a trip
The $370 price difference between the U.S. and the U.K. on 28TB hard drives meant that it's more cost effective to pay for a round-trip ticket and a hotel stay than to just purchase 10 drives locally.
55 years ago, the first computer search warrant was issued — in February 1971, a Santa Clara judge authorized police to seize punch cards and a 'computer memory bank'
In February 1971, an order authorized Oakland Police to enter offices in Palo Alto and homes in Menlo Park to look not just for papers but also for data stored on machines.
Hands-on: G’AIM’E 30th Anniversary Time Crisis Light Gun Game
Peripheral maker G'AIM'E brings the lightgun back to the living room, with a bang. Celebrating 30 years since Time Crisis was out in the arcades, Richard Miller is back and ready to mow down hordes of bad guys in this officially licensed release.
MIT-developed 3D printer can output a fully functional electric motor in a single process — team only needed to magnetize the linear motor after printing, motors cost just 50 cents each
A team of researchers from MIT built a 3D printer that can economically print a fully functioning linear motor, with magnetization of the magnetic parts the only required step after printing.
Be quiet! Silent Loop 3 420 review: Performance cooling with minimal noise
Be Quiet's Silent Loop 3 420 outperforms most 360mm AIOs while running quieter than the competition. This review is tested with AMD's Ryzen 9 9950X CPU and includes noise-normalized benchmarks.
Sam Altman fires back at Elon Musk's proposal for space-based data centers, says orbiting data centers 'ridiculous' for now — cites high failure rates and cost as primary limiters
Contrary to what Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos say, orbital data centers will not make sense any time soon, believes Sam Altman.
Akasa launches its latest-generation fanless Mini-ITX case — Euler CMX supports modern Intel Core Ultra processors up to 35W TDP and standard mini-ITX mobos
The Akasa Euler CMX fanless Mini-ITX PC case supports up to an Intel Core Ultra 9 285T with up to 35 watts TDP without relying on thin Mini-ITX motherboards.
Lenovo's excellent Legion 5i gaming laptop with an RTX 5060 and 32GB of memory is $400 off — features a Core Ultra 7 255HX CPU & 2.5K 165Hz OLED display
Lenovo has its Legion 5i gaming laptop with an RTX 5060 & Core Ultra 7 255HX CPU on sale for just $1,299, discounted $400 at B&H right now. With that you're getting a stunning 15.1-inch OLED display, 32GB of RAM, a 1TB SSD that's expandable, and a stealthy design with solid build quality.
AI energy efficiency comparisons ‘unfair’ bleats Sam Altman, citing amount of energy needed to evolve, then train a human — one ‘takes like 20 years of life and all of the food
AI energy efficiency comparisons unfair' bleats Sam Altman, citing amount of energy needed to evolve, then train a human
Computer History Museum unveils comically large-scale rendition of the 1986 Apple Macintosh Plus — 'Big Mac' celebrates 50th Apple anniversary towering all-in-one's keyboard looks disproportiona
Museum teases a 'Big Mac' that will be part of its Apple at 50 celebrations next month.
Dell's new prebuilt PC has special custom power connector for Nvidia GPU — even large OEMs apparently fear the 16-pin power connector meltdowns
Dell's solution to the 16-pin connector overheating issues seems to bea custom connector to lock it into place. At least, that's what the OEM has done in a new prebuilt featuring the RTX 5070 Ti. The 12V-2x6 connector is forcibly fixed using genuine Amphenol brackets.
Intel shifts customer support to AI-powered assistant after scaling back phone support — “Ask Intel” system built on Microsoft Copilot Studio
Intel has launched what it's calling Ask Intel," a new AI-powered support assistant built with Microsoft Copilot Studio.
You can log into 28 vintage computer systems in your browser for free, thanks to the Interim Computer Museum — Experience legendary OSes, architectures, programming languages, and games
Experience legendary OSes, architectures, programming languages, and games via a new online portal.
Retail DDR5 memory prices slowly drop in Europe despite ongoing shortages — overdue pricing correction could be beginning in some regions
Prices of some 32 GB DDR5 memory kits in Europe are dropping.
Nvidia's Chinese competitor Moore Threads beats it to launching a laptop featuring custom 12-core Arm chip — "MTT AI Book" can run Windows, seems to have adopted Arm before Nvidia's N1X
Moore Threads seems to have done what Nvidia couldn't... well, at least, at first glance. The company's new MTT AI Book laptop is powered by a custom ARM-based SoC that features 12 CPU cores, an unknown GPU based on in-house "MUSA" architecture, and a 50 TOPS-delivering NPU. The device can even run Windows, but not natively.
Colorado could ban 3D printers not under its surveillance to prevent creating gun parts — fourth state to propose new bans is expanding firearms laws to regulate digital files
Colorado is joining the growing list of states attempting to crack down on the manufacture of 3D printed ghost guns," joining New York, Washington, and California on a quest to expand firearms laws to regulate digital files and potentially ban 3D printers that are not under its surveillance.
27-inch 1440p curved gaming beast is now 40% off — Samsung Odyssey G55C falls $9 short of historic low
Samsung's Odyssey G55C features a 165 Hz refresh rate, 1000R curvature, and FreeSync support, making it a solid budget-friendly option for 1440p gamers at its current Amazon discount.
Steam Deck shortage goes global — Valve's handheld console now out of stock in Europe, Canada, the US, and Japan
The handheld console is still available in Australia, the U.K., Hong Kong, South Korea, and Taiwan. But will they run out of stock in the near future, too?
AMD Zen 6 and Intel Nova Lake CPUs reportedly arriving late, delayed to CES 2027 — next-gen chips rocked by industry turmoil
AMD and Intel are both preparing next-gen desktop CPUs with major architectural improvements that now seem to be delayed. This includes Nova Lake, which has been confirmed for a 2026 year-end release time and again, and Zen 6, which has been on AMD's roadmap as a 2026 product for a while.
Intel Bartlett Lake-S CPUs reportedly wield 12 blazing P-cores and 5.8 GHz boost — turbocharged chips that will not make it to retail
Intel's Core 200E-series 'Bartlett Lake' CPUs to offer up to 12 cores at a 125W TDP, according to a leak.
Lenovo alerts partners to looming price hikes on consumer and server products — soaring memory costs drive the surge
Lenovo warns partners of price hikes on client and server devices, advising them to place orders early to order at current prices.
Corsair Makr Pro 75 Review: Not DIY-priced (or DIY)
Corsair's Makr Pro 75 is a pre-built magnetic switch version of its DIY Makr 75 series. It's a nicely-built board, and feels and sounds pretty good out of the box, but it's hard to justify the price.
Data center developers building private natural gas 'Shadow Grid' power plants to sidestep strained grids — off-grid GW Ranch project in Texas will reportedly use as much power as Chicago
Data centers using natural gas plants to sidestep power grids at the cost of carbon emissions
India joins America-led Pax Silica supply chain effort to build semiconductor talent and reduce reliance on China — agreement spans from rare earths to chipmaking tools
With new fabs under development and a growing focus on skilled talent, India's inclusion in Pax Silica points to a long-term effort by the U.S. and its partners to accelerate capacity building.
Creator of Window's Task Manager shows off 'probably what Task Manager would look like if I were still around' — Tempest AI's retro-futuristic dashboard code shared to Github
Dave Plummer created Tempest AI to play the classic Atari game, but he also built a dashboard which imagines what Task Manager should look like if he were still in charge of it.
Wikipedia officially blacklists all links to Archive Today over bizarre DDOS attack and manipulated archives — website operator caught tweaking their own archive
Wikipedia officially blacklists all links to Archive Today
Hands-on with Cooler Master’s Cosmos Alpha full-tower chassis – sliding, configurable interior makes for lots of possibilities
The Cosmos Alpha is an excellent update over the previous 2022-era model. The large internal spaces offer tons of configuration possibilities, all inside a modern, good-looking, premium full-tower chassis.
‘Mad scientist’ visualizes Atari 2600 fetching data from ROM for mesmerizing light show — signal propagation through the 8-bit circuits animated
A spectacular new CMOS FET level visualization of an Atari 2600 loading data has been shared by a 'mad scientist.'
Several PC games run on Snapdragon 8 Elite Android device with 16GB RAM and emulation — The Witcher 3, Spider-Man: Miles Morales, and Cyberpunk 2077 playable at 720p
YouTuber tests several PC games on Android with high-end Snapdragon-powered devices, showing how good PC emulation is on Android. Cyberpunk 2077 runs at over 60 FPS on liquid-cooled Red Magic 11 Pro.
27 years after launch, Apple's decades-old iBook lineup can still get legacy updates from the company's servers — 21-year-old iBook G4 seamlessly connects to Wi-Fi, downloads updates with no mod
A Redditor has passionately shown off their 21-year-old iBook G4 on the r/MacOS subreddit, arguing that Apple's extensive software support goes against the planned obsolescence accusations they get. In the post, OP's vintage iBook can be seen ready to download updates after connecting to the internet, even today.
AI craze leaves only one Nvidia RTX 50-series GPU at MSRP — RTX 5060 Ti 8GB makes the final stand, as even the RTX 5050 falls
The MSI GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 8G Ventus 2X OC Plus and the Gigabyte GeForce RTX 5060 Ti WindForce 8G are the only Blackwell-based graphics cards still at their MSRPs.
The great Bench GPU retest begins — how we're testing for our GPU Hierarchy in 2026, and why upscaling and framegen are still out
Here's how we're updating our GPU Hierarchy and Bench database for 2026, with a breakdown of our setup, the current state of play, and our test suite, which includes many new games-but no upscaling or framegen.
U.S. Supreme Court shoots down President Trump’s tariffs — Consumer Technology Association hails 'victory for all Americans,' calls for swift refunds to retailers (update)
The Supreme Court told the Trump administration that the term "regulate" in the IEEPA does not give White House authority to impose tariffs on imports.
Microsoft's Project Silica write-once storage could store terabytes of data for over 10,000 years — company explores two physical glass storage methods, so the glass-clad future of storage isn't
Microsoft's Project Silica now explores two different methods to store data on glass medium, but neither is close enough for commercialization.
Acer and Asus shut down support for PC and laptops in wake of patent dispute ruling, drivers and updates inaccessible to existing customers — German website finds a workaround (Update)
Asus and Acer bring German websites down, leaving users without support or downloads due to the companies' recent spat with Nokia over the HEVC codec.
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