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DRAM shortage fuels fake GPU scams as China-based fraudsters exploit the supply crisis — RTX 4080 GPU sold at cut price was actually an RTX 3060 mobile chip with fake VRAM
Chinese GPU repair shop exposes massive fraud operation selling counterfeit GeForce RTX 40-series cards on the secondhand market.
Elon Musk restarts Dojo3 'space' supercomputer project as AI5 chip design gets in 'good shape' — will be first Tesla-built supercomputer to feature all-in-house hardware, with no help from Nvidi
Elon Musk confirms the restart of the Dojo3 supercomputer project. Success in AI5 chip design has enabled Tesla to start porting resources over to Musk's next-gen supercomputer aimed at "space AI".
Japanese city deploys anti-bear drones as 'human casualties at an all-time high' — non-lethal spray can be delivered with 10cm accuracy radius, 1km range
A Japanese city is rolling out an anti-bear drone system in response to 'record levels of bear casualties and sightings.' Over 12 people were killed by bears in Japan last year.
New York Stock Exchange building venue for 24/7 tokenized stock and ETF exchange — will leverage blockchain to work around the clock in a bid to modernize trading
New York Stock Exchange bullish on 24/7 tokenized stock exchange
Intel's Ohio One project shows healthy progress as new job listings pop up — construction seems to be well underway as contractor actively hiring for ambitious chip factory
Bechtel, the contractor behind Intel's ambitious Ohio One chip factory, has posted new job listings on its website with an overview mentioning Phase 1 of the project. These recruits will be responsible for accelerating construction to make the factory ready for its opening in 2030, after the last few months turned Intel's fate around.
Eric Demers leaves for Intel after 14 years at Qualcomm — father of Radeon and Adreno GPUs now sits at Lip-Bu Tan's table
Father of Radeon and Adreno GPUs leaves for Intel after 14 years at Qualcomm
TeamGroup GE Pro 2TB SSD Review: A makeshift high-end SSD
The GE Pro is a fast, PCIe 5.0 SSD that unfortunately has all the negative characteristics of an early high-end drive: high power consumption with inconsistent performance.
Acer Predator OLED 26.5-inch gaming monitor plummets to $429, hitting record-low price — $120 saving nets you 1440p QD-OLED panel, boasting a snappy 240Hz refresh rate
Grab this 26.5-inch Acer Predator X27U gaming monitor with a QD-OLED panel, 1440p resolution, and a 240Hz refresh rate, all for just $249.99, saving you 22%.
Washington state proposes new 3D-printed gun controls with 'blocking features' and blueprint detection algorithm — proposal would carry sentences of five years in prison, $15,000 fine for violat
Washington is the latest state to propose laws preventing the proliferation and manufacture of 3D-printed firearms.
Save $409 on a Herman Miller Embody gaming chair — 20% savings across the full range, including the Vantum, Aeron, and Sayl models
Treat your spine to an ergonomic posture-supporting gaming chair from Herman Miller and save 20% off the list price.
Hytale modder gets Windows 95 OS up and running inside the actual game — other projects include running Minecraft, and Hytale inside itself
Modders have run Windows 95 and Minecraft in Hytale, the hot new sandbox RPG that hit Early Access last Tuesday.
Robotics and world models are AI's next frontier, and China is already ahead of the West — research shows almost 13,000 robots deployed in 2025 alone
With the AI race showing no signs of stopping, the next great frontier is conquering the complex requirements that advanced robotics demands, and China is positioned to dominate.
Save over $300 on this powerful MacBook Pro with an M4 chip — Apple's laptop with upgraded 24GB RAM & 1TB storage is $300 off right now
If you've been looking to jump ship to the dark side, or just upgrade to a better laptop ready to fully cater to your professional needs, Apple has you covered. The AI boom has made even Apple's questionable upgrade pricing seem enticing, as you're getting a 14-inch M4 MacBook Pro with 24 GB of RAM for almost as much as the base model.
Elon Musk reveals roadmap with nine-month cadence for new AI processor releases, beating Nvidia and AMD's yearly cadence — Musk plans to have the highest-volume chips in the world
Elon Musk wants Tesla to iterate new AI accelerators faster than AMD and Nvidia. This can be done, but with caveats.
Developer patches Wine to make Photoshop 2021 & 2025 run on Linux — Adobe Creative Cloud installers finally work thanks to HTML, JavaScript and XML fixes
Linux can now handle Adobe Creative Cloud-era installers thanks to a series of patches built by PhialsBasement, an open-source developer who has fixed longstanding HTML and JavaScript rendering issues, alongside XML parsing errors in Wine. This enables Photoshop 2021 and even 2025 to run on the platform "butter smooth."
VHS Combo TVs debut with screen, old and new I/O, and a full videotape recorder in one — ‘Binge-watch like it's 1999’ says RetroBox
A new VHS Combo TV is on its way for folks who want to Binge-watch like it's 1999.'
Erroneously assembled 1974 Altair 8800 computer gets fixed and enjoys first run in 2026 — Intel 8080 powered machine ran its first program 52 years later
A computer historian has documented the moment a 1974 kit computer successfully ran its first ever program - in 2016. Altair 8800 kit needed a new PSU.
Gamer builds ‘hardcore’ first-person shooter simulator that actually shoots back — gaming PC also has real weather effects
The first-person shooter simulator returns fire to the player with pyrotechnics and zaps them with a jolt of electricity whenever they get shot in the game.
U.S. govt says Musk's gas turbine generators for xAI aren’t exempt from permits — EPA ruling closes local loophole that allowed Musk to get power from temporary on-site power generators
The U.S. EPA now requires permits to operate gas turbine generators, even temporary ones, closing loopholes in some local ordinances that waived this requirement for deployments that lasted for less than 364 days.
xTool F2 Ultra Fiber Laser review: Fast metal engraving in color
xTool's new F2 Ultra fiber laser cuts and engraves metal, in color.
Floppy disk drive converted into smart TV remote for kids — dev’s toddler inserts vividly labeled floppies to watch his favorite shows
Techy dad creates easy, tactile, Smart TV control system fed by colorfully labelled floppy disks.
Fear that quantum computing is on the cusp of cracking cryptocurrency's encryption spurs a global investment firm to remove Bitcoin from recommendations
Jefferies Global Head of Equity Strategy Christopher Wood said that quantum computing could break Bitcoin sooner rather than later, and that the debate between crypto developers and quantum computing will only be a "long-term positive for gold."
Modder builds all-in-one console with PS5, Xbox Series X, & Switch 2 in a single system — "Ningtendo PXBOX 5" powered by a shared 250W power supply mounted inside a lost-wax chassis
A modder in China has come up with an ingenious solution to combine all three consoles into one device that shares as much with modern tech as it does with ancient tradition.
Data centers will consume 70 percent of memory chips made in 2026 - supply shortfall will cause the chip shortage to spread to other segments
Memory chip shortage set to spread well beyond the confines of datacenters and computers
Cooler Master’s modular Stream Deck alternative gets massive 70% discount, drops from $399 to $116.99 — MasterHUB Creator Kit gets a deep price cut
If you've been curious about Stream Deck-style workflows, the discounted Cooler Master MasterHUB is an affordable entry point
Benchmarks of Performance-core only Bartlett Lake CPU emerge, 10-core offers 26% faster multithreaded performance than 14-core i5-14400 — 12-core version launch could be imminent
First sighting of a 10 P-core only Bartlett Lake CPU emerges, featuring 26% better multi-core performance than the Core i5-14400, which has four more cores. 10 P-cores beat six P-cores and four E-cores.
Intel's upcoming Core Ultra 9 mobile CPU outperforms most desktop counterparts in new benchmark — Core Ultra 9 290HX Plus nearly matches flagship Core Ultra 9 285K in single-threaded performance
Intel's mainstream Arrow Lake lineup is due for a refresh later this year, and while we've already seen a lot about the desktop parts, the first mobile SKU has just appeared on PassMark with some impressive scores to boot. It beats every x86 laptop processor and gives most desktop SKUs a run for their money as well.
OpenAI cofounder's journal seemingly outlines plot with Altman to oust Musk to establish a for-profit biz — ‘This is the only chance we have to get out from Elon,’ Brockman wrote
OpenAI co-founder Greg Brockman's personal notes reveal that they've been discussing turning the AI firm into a non-profit without Elon Musk.
Wikipedia is now 25 years old — world’s 7th most popular website now has over 7 million English articles and 7 billion monthly visitors
Wikipedia is 25. Founded on this day in 2001, this community contributor driven site has convincingly usurped what were once the default general reference works of choice, like Encyclopaedia Britannica and Microsoft Encarta.
KTC H27E6 27-inch 320 Hz QHD gaming monitor review: Super quick and a great value
KTC joins the highly competitive 27-inch QHD gaming monitor party with the H27E6. It sports an IPS panel with 320 Hz, Adaptive-Sync, HDR10 and wide gamut color. It's one of the quickest screens you can buy for less than $300.
OpenAI could reportedly run out of cash by mid-2027 — analyst paints grim picture after examining the company's finances
OpenAI might be running out of cash as soon as mid-2027
AMD vows to fight for gamers as DRAM shortage sends GPU prices skyrocketing — Radeon GPU prices have already surged over 10%
AMD will try to keep graphics card prices as low as possible for gamers during the DRAM shortage.
Chinese AI developers explore renting Nvidia’s Rubin GPU in the cloud — cost, complexity, and regulatory hurdles could limit deployments
Leading developers of AI models from China want Nvidia's Rubin and explore ways to rent the upcoming GPUs in the cloud.
Intrepid PC builder fights RAM crunch by building DDR3 system that runs Cyberpunk 2077 at 60 FPS — Core i7-4790K, RTX 2060 Super, and 32GB of DDR3 would cost just $300
Increasing DDR5 prices are leading buyers to buy "ancient" desktop platforms going as far back as the DDR3 era. YouTuber discovers 4790K powered system with an RTX 2060 Super and $40 worth of 32GB DDR3 memory can run games modern AAA games at 60FPS.
New York City is being recreated at 1:1 scale inside Minecraft — project is 5 years in and contains over 50,000 buildings so far
A team of builders is recreating New York City in Minecraft, with the group working on the project over five years and counting.
AMD FSR Redstone press roundtable CES 2026 transcript — company speaks out on why AI 400 lacks RDNA 4 GPU
We attend a roundtable interview with AMD to discuss their graphics technologies like FSR Redstone, and more at CES 2026.
Microsoft built a ‘Community-First AI Infrastructure’ framework for its data center projects — new policy may be the blueprint for U.S hyperscalers to follow
Microsoft argues against unchecked AI infrastructure expansion, noting that these buildouts must support the community surrounding it. The move may be a blueprint for other AI hyperscalers to follow.
Nvidia China market share to drastically decrease from 66% to 8%, analysts claim — export curbs and homegrown success to blame
A new report says Nvidia's presence is about to shrink drastically in China.
be quiet! Pure Power 13 M 650W power supply review: Balanced performance and reliability
The Be quiet! Pure Power 13 M 650W delivers exceptional efficiency, comprehensive ATX 3.1 compliance, and refined acoustic performance, making it a compelling choice for users seeking reliability with a 10-year warranty.
Newegg bucks the trend by offering a $50 discount on 16GB of DDR5-6000 RAM — limited time deal on the cheapest kit you can buy
Newegg is offering 16GB of TeamGroup DDR5-6000 RAM with a $50 discount code.
U.S. slashes Taiwan tariffs in new semiconductor trade deal — Washington to reduce tariffs to 15% in exchange for $500 billion stateside manufacturing investment
The U.S. and Taiwan trade deal will reduce tariffs to 15% from 20%. It will also pour $250 billion in direct investments in U.S. chip manufacturing, as well as another $250 billion in credit guarantees to Taiwanese tech companies
Hard drive prices have surged by an average of 46% since September — iconic 24TB Seagate BarraCuda now $500 as AI claims another victim
New research indicates that hard drive prices are now pushing an average increase of nearly 50% in the last four months.
At 30% off, this remarkable $14 USB-rechargeable flashlight is an indispensable PC building tool — Olight lights up the dark corners of any DIY project
Grab the best EDC flashlight that you never have to think about. It just works, no fancy buttons or proprietary chargers. Clip it on your keys and light up your path, then magnetically attach it to your PC case and light up those dark and dusty corners.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman raises $252 million for brain computer interface venture — but Merge Labs is still in an early research phase
OpenAI has signaled its intentions to become a major player in brain computer interfaces (BCIs) with a $252 million investment in Merge Labs.
Many high-capacity NVMe SSDs are now as expensive as gold by weight as shortage intensifies — we ran the numbers, here's what we found
High-capacity NVMe SSDs are quickly becoming pricier than their gold weight
Gigabyte CEO explains Nvidia's potential GPU supply strategy amid crushing memory shortages — gross revenue per gigabyte of GDDR7 memory could decide what products thrive
Gigabyte CEO Eddie Lin says the revenue contributed per gigabyte of GDDR7 on Nvidia graphics cards will be the key measure for which products thrive and which will be in short supply in 2026.
Glass cloth could be the next great AI shortage, as major manufacturers scramble to secure critical material — Japanese manufacturer courted by Apple, Nvidia, Google, and Amazon
One Japanese manufacturer has found itself at the center of a new AI-driven supply shortage. Glass cloth is a crucial component for many components, and with dwindling supplies, companies are looking for alternatives.
Asus denies RTX 5070 Ti and RTX 5060 Ti discontinuation after conflicting end-of-life claims — says it has no plans to stop selling these models, but confirms memory supply has impacted producti
Asus says the RTX 5070 Ti is still being sold, but inconsistent messaging and supply constraints suggest availability may remain uneven
Analyzing Washington's new AI accelerator export rules — smaller manufacturers suffer while Nvidia and AMD will reap the rewards
U.S. introduces new export rules for AI and HPC accelerators developed in America that allow shipments of AMD's MI325X and Nvidia's H200 GPUs to Chinese entities, but only if their developers meet demand of American customers and meet other requirements of the Department of Commerce.
Grab a Steelseries Apex 9 TKL with hot-swappable optical switches for $90.99 — lowest price in over a year for this quality aluminum-frame keyboard
Grab a Steelseries Apex 9 TKL with hot-swappable optical switches for $90.99
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