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Massive VRAM pools on AMD Instinct accelerators drown Linux's hibernation process — 1.5 TB of memory per server creates headaches
AMD AI Linux-powered servers are failing to hibernate due to excessive VRAM and a high number of AMD Instinct accelerators per system.
New 3D printing tech fuses hard and soft structures in a single print — novel resin can create both with different light sources
Researchers from the University of Texas at Austin have developed a 3D printing technique that lets you print hard and soft materials with the same resin.
Steam and Linux gaming is safe: Fedora will not drop 32-bit support after all — dev says proposal was 'not some conspiracy to break the gaming use case'
The developers behind Fedora have withdrawn their proposal to drop 32-bit support from the OS. Fedora 44 will maintain 32-bit support, allowing Steam to keep functioning on the Linux distribution.
AI boom drives explosive demand for leading-edge process nodes — 7nm and below nodes set to expand by 69% in three years
Surging adoption of AI, next-generation technologies is driving semiconductor makers to expand 7nm and more advanced production capacity by 69% through 2028.
Windows 95 on a PlayStation 2 kind of works — but this modded PS2 couldn’t play Doom
'Silly tech' channel MetraByte has shared a video of their attempts to get Windows 95 and Doom95 up and running on the PlayStation 2.
Apple reportedly working on a cheaper MacBook with iPhone chip — analyst says to expect A18 Pro in a 13-inch laptop
Apple is working on a MacBook with the A18 Pro chip that powers the iPhone 16 Pro, according to supply chain analyst Ming-Chi Kuo.
Save up to 41% on a new RTX 5080 gaming laptop, HP's Omen Max drops to under $1,500
Get the latest high-end gaming graphics card and laptop combo for an amazing price.
Nvidia is giving away free Adobe Creative Cloud subscriptions with access to all software — one month for RTX 30 and 40 series owners, two months for RTX 50 series owners
NVIDIA is giving away GeForce RTX 40/30 owners one month of free Adobe Creative Cloud, while RTX 50 gets two months.
Nintendo reportedly pulled products, including Switch 2, from Amazon U.S. because of alleged sales dispute — both companies deny claims
A new report claims Nintendo began pulling its products from Amazon last year because of a disagreement over unauthorized sales.
Desperate PC DIYer appeals for help after spending $20,000 on a build that doesn't work despite returning multiple parts – misfortune began with a failed BIOS update attempt
A 3D graphics pro has been having great difficulty with a pricey PC build and seems to be running out of options.
China could be the world's top semiconductor foundry hub by 2030 — despite US curbs, nation to hold 30% of global installed capacity, surpassing Taiwan
China is projected to become the biggest manufacturer of semiconductors by 2030, but how advanced will these chips be?
$650 buys lucky eBay shopper two Nvidia RTX 3090 GPUs instead of the 3080s they ordered — scoops Dell OEM cards worth thousands for a fraction of the price
This PC builder bought two RTX 3080 GPUs on eBay, but ended up receiving two RTX 3090 cards instead.
Anthropic’s AI utterly fails at running a business — 'Claudius' hallucinates profusely as it struggles with vending drinks
Anthropic and Andon Labs assigned Claude to run a business, and this is what happened.
New portable cassette player comes loaded with modern features like Bluetooth, USB-C, and a rechargeable battery
Maxell Japan has launched a portable Walkman' cassette player, but its retro audio tech is boosted by modern convenience.
Here’s a behind the scenes look at how a CPU air cooler is made — DeepCool gives a start-to-finish tour of its main production facility
A tour of DeepCool's main production facility in China, showcasing how premium air coolers are made from start to finish.
Bambu Lab P1S 3D printer price slashed by 23%, now just $699 at Best Buy
The Bambu Lab P1S 3D printer is available at Best Buy for $699, down from its recommended price of $899.
AI-powered Catlog smart collar now notifies you if your cat feels stressed
Feline accessories specialist Rabo of Japan has updated its monitoring app with AI smarts. Now you can get alerted if your cat gets stressed.
Windows seemingly lost 400 million users in the past three years — official Microsoft statements show hints of a shrinking user base
Windows lost its crown to Android eight years ago, and it seems that it's still bleeding users.
Windows 12 release is pushed back at least another year as Microsoft announces Windows 11 version 25H2
The next version of Windows is now confirmed to be Windows 11 25H2, and since it's built on the same codebase as its predecessors, it will install much faster on 24H2 systems.
FLSun launches delta-style T1 Max 3D printer for affordable $479 — specialized model geared for print farms
FLSun's new Delta printer variation claims to be fast, reliable, and easy to maintain.
Bitcoin firm says police shouldn't saw open Bitcoin ATMs to seize cash for scammed customers, will seek damages for destroyed machines — firm claims seizures are criminal and victimize the compa
Bitcoin Depot Legal Chief says that police should not break open its ATMs to get scam victims' money back.
These are the peripherals I'm still using, months and years later
There are plenty of keyboard, mice, headsets, and microphones that impress me when I test them, but these are the ones I keep using long after I'm done testing.
Commodore acquired for a ‘low seven figure’ price — new (acting) CEO comes from the retro community
YouTube's Christian Peri Fratic' Simpson claims to be 'the acting CEO of Commodore Corporation.' But there's still a financial hurdle to cross for a successful acquisition.
Nvidia’s RTX 50 Super lineup leak hints at increased VRAM of up to 24GB and 415W TGP
Leaked specs suggest 18GB to 24GB of GDDR7 memory and performance gains, although official confirmation still pending.
Nvidia's latest DLSS revision reduces VRAM usage by 20% for upscaling — optimizations reduce overhead of more powerful transformer model
Nvidia's latest version of the DLSS SDK provides VRAM optimizations to the transformer model, reducing its memory footprint by 20%.
Safer, faster, and cheaper way to extract gold at 99% purity from electronic waste detailed — new method for recovering gold from PCBs uses a sanitizing reagent and a novel polymer
A Flinders University research team has developed a new way of recovering gold from ore and e-waste that's safer and more cost-efficient.
Microsoft’s sketchy Win 10 vs Win 11 performance claims pit a 9-year-old PC against a modern machine to claim 2.3X gain
Microsoft claims that Windows 11 is 2.3 times faster than Windows 10, but fails to mention that the comparison is based entirely on new hardware versus old.
Ex-Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger gives Japan's new leading-edge chipmaker advice, says Rapidus needs unique tech to compete with TSMC
Rapidus plans to produce 2nm chip production with integrated packaging by 2027, but ex-Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger cautions that it needs unique technology to compete with TSMC.
Ryzen 9 9950X3D bundle at Amazon includes a free 360mm AIO liquid cooler, or save $30 at Newegg
The AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D is available for $669 at Amazon and comes with a free cooler at Newegg, although it is listed there at MSRP.
Asus makes branded burgers with KFC China, meal deal includes free limited-edition keycaps — ‘Fortress of Faith’ collaboration with fast food chain launches with $5.60 combo
Asus ROG teams up with KFC China to create ROG-branded burgers and KFC-themed keycaps.
Even upscalers can't resuscitate a $10 GPU—13-year-old GTX 660 is so slow that FSR can't give it a boost
Nvidia's ancient GTX 660 was tested in a few modern titles to see whether or not FSR/XeSS upscaling could make the GPU output playable frame rates. Unfortunately, the GPU is so old that upscaling provided no FPS improvements at all in games that are still capable of running on the Kepler GPU.
Latest 3D printing tech and combat robotics showcased at the OG 3D printing festival, MRRF 2025
The Midwest RepRap Festival drew 3D printing fanatics from around the globe.
$28 hard drive from Amazon turns out to be legit despite the price — questions about the 500GB HDD's longevity remain, though
The UnionSine DataPocket 500GB external drive interestingly works as expected, despite its low price.
Fortnite cheater fined $175,000 for using cheats to win $6,850 in competitive tournaments — Epic bans player forever
Epic has won a legal lawsuit against a Fortnite player who consistently cheated in competitive tournaments and now owes the company $175,000 after ignoring a lawsuit filed last year.
SpaceX launches UK satellite to create semiconductors in low Earth orbit — sub-zero temps and vacuum of space could advance AI data centers and quantum computing
A satellite designed to produce semiconductors in space has reached low-Earth orbit, launching on a SpaceX rideshare mission. ForgeStar-1 from Space Forge seeks to be a proof of concept to prove that fabrication in space is possible and scalable.
Asus's new BTF GPUs can now be used in standard systems courtesy of a detachable 1000W power connector — New 5090 and RTX 5070 Ti models have a dual personality
Asus lists the TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 5070 Ti 16GB GDDR7 BTF White Edition and ROG Astral GeForce RTX 5090 32GB GDDR7 BTF Edition on its website.
689 different Brother printer models all use the serial number to create default password — ridiculous security flaw baked in from manufacturing, can't be fully remediated with firmware
689 Brother printer models, along with some from a handful of other manufacturers, are vulnerable to a critical security vulnerability. The printer's default password is determined algorithmically at manufacturing and is reverse-engineerable, and is unfixable via firmware updates.
Anker's 3D texture printer raises $45 million in most successful Kickstarter campaign ever — world's first UV printer for personal use to begin shipping in August
Anker is behind the eufyMake E1 3D texture printer campaign on Kickstarter which has raised over $45 million-the most of any Kickstarter campaign ever.
Bambu Lab's A1 Mini is perfect for beginners and super attractive in this limited 3rd anniversary sale, now 26% off and just $219
Bambu Lab is celebrating its 3rd anniversary with 3D printer and accessory deals across the board.
Cooler Master NR200P V3 Mini-ITX case can house an RTX 5090 — $150 chassis features cutout for optimized GPU airflow, and PCIe 5.0 support
The NR200P V3 is now available on Amazon, ready to take on your RTX 5090 SFF builds.
RTX 5090 Founders Edition is now in stock in the UK — flagship GPU returns at MSRP
The Nvidia RTX 5090 Founder's Edition is back in stock in the UK at MSRP.
PNG has been updated for the first time in 22 years — new spec supports HDR and animation
The W3C updated PNG to make it work with HDR content, and it expects to receive a couple more updates in the near future.
Gigabyte says its 'revolutionary' Ultra Turbo Mode can boost frame rates by 35% — BIOS level enhancement exclusive to Intel Z890 motherboards
The new BIOS feature offers three levels of performance tuning, surpassing Intel's standard 200S Boost profile in both CPU and memory optimization
China to pivot $50 billion chip fund to fighting U.S. squeeze as trade war escalates — country to back local companies and projects to overcome export controls
China's Big Fund III is refocusing on building local lithography equipment and chip design software after U.S. export bans blocked access to advanced tools, pushing managers to prioritize filling these critical gaps over supporting already strong areas.
Microsoft's own AI chip delayed six months in major setback — in-house chip now reportedly expected in 2026, but won't hold a candle to Nvidia Blackwell
A new report says Microsoft's in-house AI chip is delayed and won't be as good as Nvidia Blackwell when it finally does launch.
2,000-GPU data center launches powered exclusively by reusable batteries — 12-megawatt storage system built on hundreds of repurposed EV batteries
Redwood Materials repurposed old EV batteries as power storage for a 2,000-GPU data center running solely off renewable energy.
Windows Blue screen of death axed after 40 years, but BSOD still remains — will be replaced by new black Windows 11 'unexpected restart screen'
After 40 years, Microsoft is replacing its iconic blue screen of death with a simpler black screen that displays the stop code and faulty driver error message.
I swapped out my laptop's Wi-Fi 6E card for Wi-Fi 7 in minutes and gained 50% more performance for just $54 — here's how you can, too
I saw up to a 50 percent performance uplift going from the default Wi-Fi 6E card to a Wi-Fi 7 transplant.
Lenovo's hot-swappable batteries made my colleagues nostalgic — but today's USB-C solutions are better
Lenovo's hot swappable batteries were a great way to keep working when you ran out of charge. Now, there are many ways to do that.
Top semiconductor toolmaker launches talent competition in China — ASML is looking for 16 skilled lithography engineers
ASML launches an online competition in China to boost lithography awareness and recruit talented engineers for its operations in the country.
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