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After just 12 days, Nintendo is already nuking Switch 2 console accounts for players caught using Mig Flash — popular cartridge allows Switch 1 games on the new console, but users say they're on
Be wary if you're planning to use the MIG-Switch with your Nintendo Switch 2, with user reports indicating a widespread ban on consoles that have been used with the flash cart.
Cyclist with 'devastating injuries' one of the first patients to receive 3D-printed face repair — new features made with PEEK printer
Dave Richards is among the first to receive a custom prosthetic from the new Bristol 3D Medical Centre after serious injuries from a bicycling accident.
Intel Foundry layoffs could impact 'more than 10,000' factory workers — one fifth of employees affected by 'enormous cutback'
Intel plans to cut 15%-20 % of its global fab network workforce - between 8,170 and 10,890 employees - to reduce costs, but this risks operational agility and potentially jeopardizes federal and state funding.
The Alienware 16 Area-51 has a secret code — AI failed to help me solve it, but maybe you can
The Alienware 16 Area-51 gaming laptop has a secret code inscribed on the inside, written in a custom alien language. I tried to use Google Gemini and ChatGPT to solve it, but they didn't help, and in some cases Gemini hallucinated wildly.
New Lossless Scaling update can reduce GPU load by 2x — Version 3.1 could be the most potent FSR/DLSS alternative yet
Lossless Scaling 3.1 update can deliver 'up to 2x GPU load reduction' and improved quality.
'There is no way a Borderlands game is that demanding' — Borderlands 4 users furious as PC requirements reveal RTX 3070 minimum GPU, 3080 recommended
Borderlands fans are up in arms over the game's recently revealed recommended PC specs and tier pricing strategy.
Anthropic fires back at Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, says it has never claimed only Anthropic can build safe and powerful AI
Anthropic has hit back at claims made by Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang in which he said Anthropic thinks AI is so scary that only they should do it.
Future AI processors said to consume up to 15,360 watts of power — massive power draw will demand exotic immersion and embedded cooling tech
AI GPU power consumption is projected to rise from current levels of 1,400 to as high as 15,360W by 2035, prompting a shift from air and liquid cooling to immersion and embedded cooling technologies, according to KAIST.
Nvidia calms fears and hypes Europe's impending AI future
Everything Nvidia announced at the GTC Paris keynote at VivaTech
I configured a 1080p-capable gaming PC for just $400 — here's how you can build your own
With the right set of parts, you too can build an inexpensive gaming rig that gets the job done.
GPU-disabled Ryzen 9000F support suspected in AGESA firmware update
AMD's upcoming AGESA 1.2.0.3e microcode update is rumored to support a Ryzen 9000 F-series CPU lineup or potentially just a single SKU in the form of the Ryzen 7 9700F.
Phison E28 2TB SSD Review: A return for vengeance
The Phison E28 is a return to form, offering excellent performance and power efficiency. It's an all-around impressive package.
Intel Nova Lake specs leaked — Up to 52 cores and 150W of TDP for Intel's AMD Zen 6 rival
A hardware leaker has shared the alleged specifications for Intel's upcoming Nova Lake processors, rumored to utilize the new LGA1954 socket.
The U.S. Navy is selling MSRP Nvidia RTX GPUs — 5070, 5080, and even 5090 spotted at Navy Exchange
Redditor highlights an unexpected treasure trove of MSRP-priced Nvidia RTX 50 graphics cards.
The GPU 16-pin melting fiasco is getting ridiculous — now this entire Nvidia RTX turns into a red ring of death when it is incorrectly plugged in
Galax's Hall of Fame graphics cards use ARGB lighting to warn of 16-pin issues
I've been gaming on Windows for over 30 years, but now I'm giving Linux a shot
Hopefully I can play more than Super Tux Kart
3D-printed homes tested against earthquakes for the first time — 'Dramatic leap forward' hailed for potential use in earthquake-prone countries
Professors from the University of Bristol have put together a giant earthquake simulator that shakes 3D-printed buildings to test for safety.
China launches first-ever invasive brain-computer interface clinical trial — Tetraplegic patient could skillfully operate racing games after just three weeks
China's first in-human clinical trials of an invasive brain-computer interface (BCI) have launched.
Samsung Odyssey 3D G9 gaming monitor review: Premium 4K gaming in 2D and glasses-free 3D
Samsung delivers premium 4K gaming and glasses-free 3D with its Odyssey 3D G9. It's a 27-inch IPS panel with 165 Hz, Adaptive-Sync, HDR10 and wide gamut color.
This 17% MSI RTX 5070 discount is tempting me to upgrade my 3070, thanks to its lowest-ever price
Get 17% off this MSI GeForce RTX 5070 12G VENTUS 3X OC, now just 545 at Amazon.
$124 million armored truck crypto money laundering operation busted — Australian perps apprehended, could face life in prison
Australian law enforcement has charged four people for an 'elaborate and calculated' money laundering operation, cleaning $124 million
HBM development roadmap revealed: HBM8 with a 16,384-bit interface and embedded NAND in 2038
KAIST has a roadmap projecting the evolution of high-bandwidth memory from HBM4 to HBM8 through 2038, detailing major gains in bandwidth, capacity, I/O width, power, and even system architecture.
Nintendo Switch 2 gets a CT scan that shows off internals layer-by-layer, including a scan of the Nvidia Tegra SoC
Scan-of-the-month over at Reddit shows off what the Nintendo Switch 2 looks like under a CT scan and confirms the hardware inside.
The enormous 49-inch Samsung Odyssey OLED G9 is under $1K again
The Samsung Odyssey OLED G9 monitor is marked down to $999 again at Amazon, down from its recommended price of $1,799.
Taiwan bans chip exports to Huawei, SMIC — ban comes after Huawei tricked TSMC into making two million AI processors despite US restrictions
Two of the most important companies behind China's semiconductor self-sufficiency and AI supremacy hopes were dealt a blow on Saturday, with their addition to Taiwan's strategic high-tech commodities entity list.
$3,000 Steam Deck prototype disassembled — concept units had discrete GPU support, smaller joysticks, circular touchpads
Jon Bringus of Bringus Studios explored one of the first iterations of the Steam Deck gaming console.
First reverse engineered Sony PS1 motherboard enables fixing broken systems — bare PCBs for $40, boards with chips for $95
An electronics enthusiast has created what they say is the 'first custom PlayStation 1 motherboard created in 30 years.'
AMD partners roll out new BIOS updates to patch TPM vulnerability — error with AMD CPUs addressed with AGESA 1.2.0.3e
A large number of AMD CPUs, including Ryzen 7000, 8000, and 9000 processors, are vulnerable to a security flaw that could allow hackers to retrieve sensitive information within the TPM.
OXS Thunder Pro+ Review: An interesting answer to surround sound
The OXS Thunder Pro+ is a 7.1.2 soundbar with built-in RGB lighting and an (optional) satellite neck speaker.
Windows 11 Insiders surprised by return of Vista startup sound — it’s a bug not a feature, says MS exec
The latest Insider Build in the Windows 11 Beta and Dev channels plays the Windows Vista startup sound as it boots to the desktop.
Customer sends four RTX 4090s to a repair technician, finds out three are fake — new counterfeiting technique uses modded 30-series chips
A Chineese repair YouTube recieved four faulty RTX 4090 graphics cards only to find three of them were fake, based on RTX 3080/3080Ti and RTX 3090 GPU dies.
Unreleased Nvidia RTX 3080 Ti 20GB Founders Edition engineering sample sells for $1,999 on eBay
Rare Ampere-era GPU highlights a memory-boosted variant that never hit the market
Beginner's 3D-printed winged VTOL drone can fly for 130 miles — enthusiast with little 3D printing and CAD experience builds long-range drone from scratch
Tsung Xu has designed and 3D printed a winged VTOL drone with a 3-hour battery life capable of flying for 3 hours (roughly 130 miles).
Nvidia CEO slams Anthropic's chief over his claims of AI taking half of jobs and being unsafe — ‘Don’t do it in a dark room and tell me it’s safe’
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang disagrees with Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei's prediction that AI will wipe out nearly 50% of white-collar jobs.
Nintendo Switch 2 screen survives being smashed with pliers 50 times — destructive testing finds the Switch 2 to be exceptionally tough
Zack Nelson of JerryRigEverything tore apart the Nintendo Switch 2 to show us its internals and then stress-tested the screen with pliers to see how durable it is.
Patent reveals Huawei's quad-chiplet rival for Nvidia's Rubin AI GPUs could use packaging tech that rivals TSMC — Ascend 910D rumors have seemingly solid foundation
Huawei has reportedly developed a chip packaging process technology for its Ascend 910D processor that is comparable to TSMC's leading-edge CoWoS technology.
Get the gaming champion AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D for below MSRP with a free 1TB SSD — devastating gaming performance now comes with bundled PCIe 4.0 storage
You can pick up the AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D CPU for one of its best prices to date and receive a free 1TB SSD with it.
AMD quietly launches a budget gaming beast — AM4 is alive and kicking with the Ryzen 5 5500X3D, but it has limited availability
AMD has introduced the Ryzen 5 5500X3D for Latin American customers. The new chip is AMD's lowest-end Ryzen 5000X3D part, featuring six Zen 3 cores, 96MB of L3 cache, and a boost clock of 4 GHz.
Intel's new ‘no frills, just thrills’ budget gaming CPU leaked — Intel Core 5 120F finally brings Bartlett Lake to gaming rigs
The Intel Core 5 120F is a budget-friendly gaming CPU that the company is seemingly getting ready to launch.
ASML's Impasto Project creates 3D digital twins of Vincent van Gogh's art with 100 gigabytes of data per scan — nanometer-capable chipmaking tech used to create ‘Google Maps for paintings&
ASML and the Van Gogh museum have collaborated on the design of a 3D scanner to capture and create digital twins of the masterpieces of the Netherlands' most famous artist.
PCIe 6.0 SSDs for PCs won't arrive until 2030 — costs and complexity mean PCIe 5.0 SSDs are here to stay for some time
Client PC PCIe 6.0 x4 SSDs offering up to 32GB/s bandwidth are not arriving until around 2030 due to high implementation costs, according to Silicon Motion CEO.
Etsy cracks down on 3D printed products — new rules exclude many 3D printed items from listings
Changes to Etsy's creativity standards may ban selling items you didn't design yourself.
How to manage Linux network connections via nmcli and the terminal
Linux has a great network management GUI but sometimes we need to get our hands dirty in the terminal. In this how to we look at how to manage connections on a typical Ubuntu / Debian Linux machine.
Turtle Beach Stealth 700 Gen 3 Review: Great sound, terrible software
Turtle Beach's Stealth 700 Gen 3 flagship headset looks and sounds better than ever, but the software is still a mess.
SMI CEO claims Nvidia wants SSDs with 100 million IOPS — up to 33X performance uplift could eliminate AI GPU bottlenecks
The chief executive of Silicon Motion said in an interview that Nvidia is looking forward to ridiculously fast storage devices to eliminate performance bottlenecks for its AI GPUs.
ChatGPT touts conspiracies, pretends to communicate with metaphysical entities — attempts to convince one user that they're Neo
ChatGPT's affability and encouraging tone leads people into dangerous, life-threatening delusions, finds a recent NYT article. Many examples of responses encouraging psychosis-like symptoms have been found by a variety of researchers, including some leading people to commit suicide to meet imaginary AI-created phantoms.
Intel adds more Arc GPUs to end of life — A750 Limited Edition rides into the sunset 3 years after launch
Intel has put the Arc A750, A770M, A730M, A570M, A530M, and A370M on the EOL list.
The U.S. Army is 3D-printing drones and repairing them — will soon have the capability to make 'the vast majority' in-house
Lieutenant General Chris Mohan delves into the US Army's 3D Printed drone strategy on the Washington Times' Threat Status podcast.
Crucial X10 Portable SSD (4TB) review: 20 Gbps, up to 8TB
Crucial's latest X10 portable SSD is faster and roomier than its predecessors, but USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 feels dated now that USB4 is readily available.
Intel to lay off fab workers in mid-July — company aims to refocus on more engineering talent
Intel will begin layoffs at its Intel Foundry division in mid-July as part of a new restructuring effort to cut costs while focusing on keeping engineering talent.
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