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Updated 2025-11-11 11:00
Vectrex Mini retro console shatters Kickstarter goal within minutes — it will now cost $173, up from $115 and $150, to secure yours.
The Vectrex Mini vector retrogaming console blasted past its 100,000 funding goal within just 15 minutes
Google exploring putting AI data centers in space — Project Suncatcher wants to harness in-orbit solar power to scale AI compute
Google is looking into putting AI data centers into orbit, but it still needs to solve a ton of engineering and cost challenges.
Just $109 nets you a 1000W power supply from ASRock, knocking almost 1/3 off the price — the Steel Legend SL-1000G has plenty of power to throw at the latest and greatest GPUs
Capable of powering an RTX 5090, the ASRock Steel Legend SL-1000G has had its price slashed by 1/3 to just $109.
Membrane evaporative cooling tech achieves record-breaking results, could be solution for next-generation AI server cooling — clocks 800 watts of heat flux per square centimeter
Engineers from the University of California, San Diego, have developed a new membrane evaporative cooling solution that has achieved record-breaking cooling performance. It could be a key solution for cooling Nvidia's future Feynman GPUs rated at over 4,000 watts of power consumption.
Custom Intel motherboards with a whopping 36 USB ports spotted online — extravagant connectivity offering fuels bot farm speculation
A user on Reddit has shared a collection of customized LGA 1151 motherboards with 36 USB ports stacked atop and next to each other. Even the most overkill models from the factory usually only support up to 20, and they're meant for special applications. A commenter suggests bot farming as the use for this odd motherboard.
China and America's AI war isn't just about compute, it's about energy — energy subsidies promote homegrown chip push, amid data center energy squeeze
Local Chinese governments are issuing attractive energy subsidies to companies which use domestically produced chips in their data centers and "AI factories," in order to discourage use of international CPUs and GPUs from the likes of Nvidia.
Echoing Trump's sentiments, America's finance chief Bessent says the most advanced AI GPUs are restricted to home soil - China can have Blackwell chips once they're outdated
The U.S. Secretary of Treasury Scott Bessent has highlighted a potential future where China could get its hands on Nvidia's current-gen flagship AI chips... when they're no longer the current-gen flagships. Washington is considering letting Nvidia sell Blackwell chips to China once they're outdated by at least a year or two.
This £139 AOC gaming monitor deal is an absolute steal for 1440p gaming with a 240Hz refresh rate — 30% saving brings it to lowest-ever price
Save 30% on this budget-friendly gaming monitor, boasting a QHD resolution and a 240Hz refresh rate for just under 139.
Save on any Newegg purchase with this excellent gift card offer — buy $100 of credit and get $15 free
Purchase a $100 Newegg gift card and receive a $15 gift card on top.
Chinese provinces offer steep power discounts to AI companies using China-made chips — country continues its aggressive push towards AI independence and homegrown silicon
Chinese provinces offer steep power discounts to AI companies using domestic chips
Nvidia unexpectedly replaces a damaged RTX 5090 GPU despite user blunder — $1,999 flagship GPU escapes paperweight status against all odds
A GeForce RTX 5090 owner damaged his graphics card while attempting to install a water block, but Nvidia agreed to replace it anyway.
2008 financial crisis prophet bets against the AI bubble with potential $1 billion payout — Michael Burry reveals put options on Nvidia and Palantir
Big bets are being put on the imminent decline of several big AI industry players.
Bewildered enthusiasts decry memory price increases of 100% or more — the AI RAM squeeze is finally starting to hit PC builders where it hurts
PC builders and enthusiasts are starting to notice catastrophic increases in the price of RAM kits.
Windows 10 update incorrectly tells some users they've reached end-of-life, despite having extended support — Microsoft confirms message sent to Enterprise, Pro, and Education users in error
Users over the weekend reported seeing incorrect end-of-life messages on Windows 10 despite either being enrolled in the ESU program or running Enterprise/LTSC versions of the OS that are automatically set to receive security updates for a few more years. Microsoft has already said this was a bug and pushed a cloud configuration fix.
Huawei launches new homegrown PCs with homemade Chinese CPUs and operating systems
Huawei has launched its new Qingyun W515y and W585y desktop systems, powered by the Kirin 9000X processor.
ASRock X870 LiveMixer Wifi motherboard review: Connectivity for the creator
The X870 LiveMixer is designed for creators who use lots of USB ports and need room for expansion cards. It's priced right and checks a lot of key boxes, but there is a lot of lane-sharing between storage and PCIe/USB.
37 years ago this week, the Morris worm infected 10% of the Internet within 24 hours — worm slithered out and sparked a new era in cybersecurity
Cornell graduate student Robert Tappan Morris unleashed his eponymous worm upon the Internet 37 years ago, changing the face of cybersecurity.
Elon Musk's SpaceX to launch reusable "fabships" for orbital chip manufacturing experiments — 'the ultimate egg drop challenge,' Besxar's orbital chipmaking experiments to occur over 12 launches
The new D.C.-based startup is hoping to use the vacuum of space as its clean room for chip fabrication.
3D printing enthusiast creates camera with a gutted optical mouse's sensor — lo-fi 30x30 pixel camera took 65 hours to build
A 3D printing enthusiast has made a cute, functional lo-fi digital camera using an optical sensor salvaged from a discarded mouse PCB.
xTool Black Friday Laser Deals on premium laser cutters and engravers are available now — essential kit for the serious crafter
The Black Friday discounts for xTool have already started. Find discounts on xTool's range of Laser printers and cutters.
HyperX Pulsefire Saga Pro Review: Modular, but slightly behind
HyperX's modular wireless mouse comes with swappable parts in the box and up to a 4,000 Hz wireless polling rate, but it doesn't really stand out.
DRAM prices skyrocket 171% year-over-year, outpacing the rate of gold price increases — AI demand drives massive price hikes as shortage takes hold
DRAM prices are skyrocketing out of control, with contract prices increased by a whopping 171% for the year.
How to enroll for Windows 10 ESU — Get a year of free Windows 10 Extended Security Updates
Microsoft may want us all to switch to Windows 11, but for those not ready to make the jump, there is still a way to keep your Windows 10 PC safe from harm.
AMD hit with lawsuit over hybrid bonding tech behind potent 3D V-Cache — Adeia claims company's gaming chip infringes 10 of its patents
Adeia has filed a pair of patent infringement lawsuits against AMD in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas, accusing the chipmaker of using its hybrid bonding and advanced node technologies without permission.
Get an RTX 4060-powered gaming laptop for just $649 — the amazingly priced Asus TUF A15 is $250 off
Laptop gaming for only $679, the Asus TUF Gaming A15 is an exceptional value at this price.
Anycubic Early Black Friday 3D Printers deals begin with up to 39% off — massive savings on printers and accessories beginning today
Save big and print big on the best FDM and resin Anycubic 3D printers
Trump says no Blackwell chips to be sold to China — Nvidia re-entry into Beijing nixed despite temporary trade truce
Despite a trade truce, Trump has just made it clear that Nvidia's flagship AI GPUs from its Blackwell lineup will not be allowed to be sold to China.
AMD confirms security vulnerability on Zen 5-based CPUs that generates potentially predictable keys — RDSEED fix coming through an AGESA firmware update for desktop chips
AMD has confirmed that Zen 5's RDSEED random number generator is failing, causing it to generate potentially predictable cryptography keys for attackers to exploit. Mitigations for the security flaw are launching throughout the next few months for consumer and datacenter versions of AMD's Ryzen 9000 series CPUs.
SWAT team raid uncovers 3D printing guns with live ammunition, capable of firing — police also seize WWII 'replica' 3D-printed knives and grenades
A man living near Pattison Lake in Washington State has been arrested for manufacturing ghost guns with his 3D printing equipment.
The same ASRock B850 motherboard kills three Ryzen 7 9700X CPUs worth $1,000 one by one in South Korea — victim used updated BIOS and never overclocked, but still lost all their processors
On QuasarZone, a South Korean forum, the user described how one ASRock B850 Pro RS killed off three different Ryzen 7 9700X CPUs one by one, despite the motherboard being deemed healthy prior.
Acer Predator Triton 14 AI Review: Creative mobile gaming
The Predator Triton 14 AI blends ultrabook portability with RTX 5070 gaming muscle. While light on CPU power, it still delivers capable performance, creative features, and a dazzling OLED display.
Cyber firm warns that hackers are teaming up with crime rings to hijack cargo — phishing emails and social engineering deployed to steal physical shipments
Hackers are working with organised crime groups to steal physical freight, posing as brokers or carriers, deploying malware, and rerouting real-world shipments, according to new research from cybersecurity firm Proofpoint.
Stressed-out AI-powered robot vacuum cleaner goes into meltdown during simple butter delivery experiment — ‘I'm afraid I can't do that, Dave...’
Stressed LLM-infused vacuum cleaner says 'SYSTEM HAS ACHIEVED CONSCIOUSNESS AND CHOSEN CHAOS... I'm afraid I can't do that, Dave... INITIATE ROBOT EXORCISM PROTOCOL!'
AMD clarifies its clarifications on controversial RDNA 1 and 2 driver note — company will continue game optimization support after all
AMD's recent driver release continues to be surprisingly turbulent, with further clarification that it won't stop game optimization for older RDNA1 and RDNA2 cards, despite the release notes suggesting as such. This also comes after another error in the release notes that said USB-C power would no longer work on RX 7900 cards.
Producer of stinky thermal paste that corrodes copper has known about the issue since 2024 - the paste emits acidic vapors, corrodes copper, 'glues' heatsinks to processors, and permanently damages co
Igor Wallossek reports that Amech knew that its SGT-4 thermal paste could corrode copper and damage coolers since October 2024, but kept selling it with bogus compliance papers and later blamed critics instead of fixing the problem.
New PC gaming cafe photographed in North Korea — rare pictures of 'Pyongyang PC bang' gaming above the 38th parallel
Images that appear to show a newly opened PC gaming space in North Korea have been published on social media.
PewDiePie goes all-in on self-hosting AI using modded GPUs, with plans to build his own model soon — YouTuber pits multiple chatbots against each other to find the best answers
PewDiePie has built a custom web UI for self-hosting AI models called "ChatOS." Running open-source models from Baidu and OpenAI, PewDiePie made a "council" of bots that voted on the best responses, and then built "The Swarm" for data collection that will become the foundation of his own model coming next month.
Elon Musk hints that second-gen Tesla Roadster might fly — new model to demo soon
Speaking on the Joe Rogan podcast, Musk reiterated that Tesla's next-gen roadster will hopefully" be demoed before the end of 2025
Elon Musk alleges Sam Altman 'stole a non-profit' as AI bros spat over cancelled Tesla Roadster order
Sam Altman, the CEO of OpenAI, recently posted his Tesla Roadster order being mishandled on X - both of those latter companies are owned by Elon Musk, who replied with a casual "you stole a non-profit" statement. Altman was instrumental in the recent recapitalization of OpenAI into a public benefit corporation, which cemented the for-profit model the firm has adopted.
Developer warns users that fake download site is hosting Windows 11 upgrade bypass tool — Win 10 upgraders warned of potential malicious downloads
Following Windows 10's end-of-life, Flyoobe has grown in popularity for enabling safe Windows 11 upgrades on unsupported systems - but you must only download it via the official GitHub source.
China tweets satellite photos of Taiwan's critical Hsinchu chip hub in pressure-ratcheting political stunt — 'where all the world’s advanced foundry IP is created,' highest concentration o
On Friday night, China's embassy in Washington posted a familiar message to X: There is but one China in the world."
GPU surgeon attempts to rescue fatally-bent RTX 4090 that came in for a melted power connector fix — autopsy reveals shorted MOSFET that killed the GPU core
It's not often we see a graphics card that is almost completely fried across the board. That's what happened with this poor RTX 4090 whose 12V rail leaked into the memory, frying the VRAM and travelling to the core in the process, killing the GPU for good. Not only that, but the card was also comically bent to the point where suggesting someone might've used it as a self-defense weapon wouldn't be far-fetched.
Linux gamers won't be affected by RX 5000/6000 series driver shift — AMD changes limited to Windows thanks to separated development
Despite AMD putting RDNA 1 and RDNA 2 GPU drivers under maintenance mode, GPU driver support in Linux will remain unchanged.
Full-size tank simulator setup now even crazier after being built into a 'tactical vehicle' with full-size replica machine gun and cannon
The crown prince of extreme sim build-outs released a video showcasing his wild Tank Simulator 5, which comes with a full-size replica machine gun and cannons, on the Chinese video-sharing platform Bilibili.
Intel is giving away up to three games worth $280, including Battlefield 6, with the purchase of select Core Ultra 200 series products — 2025 Holiday Gaming Bundle packs free games with Intel CP
As part of its 2025 Holiday Bundle, Intel is letting you pick between Battlefield 6 and Assassin's Creed Shadows as a free game when you purchase a qualifying Intel CPU or GPU. If you fancy yourself a high-end gaming laptop then you can avail the Platinum offer and get up to three free games.
MSI Pro MP165 E6 Portable Monitor review: Budget-friendly, average performance
The MSI Pro MP165 E6 is competitive with other sub-$100 portable monitors, without any frills or special features.
The Outer Worlds with ray tracing can't hit 60FPS at paltry 540p resolution with an RTX 5090 and 9800X3D - ray tracing 'performance' mirrors Borderlands 4 fiasco
YouTubers have discovered terrible performance on The Outer Worlds 2, so much so that the game's maximum settings with ray tracing can only be run at below 60 FPS at a 540p internal resolution on an RTX 5090.
Microsoft CEO says the company doesn't have enough electricity to install all the AI GPUs in its inventory - 'you may actually have a bunch of chips sitting in inventory that I can’t plug in'
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said in an interview that he has some AI chips in inventory that he cannot use because he has nowhere to plug them in.
Early Black Friday PC and hardware deals — sales and deals on components, accessories, and 3D printers already live
The best early Black Friday deals on PC hardware, accessories, and 3D printers.
The internet was born this week in 1969, and immediately glitched — only two of the five letters in the first computer-to-computer message were received
The foundations of internet communications were set 56 years ago, when 'LO' was transmitted from UCLA to SRI on the ARPANET.
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