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A lifeless RTX 4090 with 48GB of VRAM landed on a repair bench, showing no display output. What followed was a deep dive into diagnostics, power rail checks, and trace hunting-only to reveal hidden PCB damage so severe that even expert fixes couldn't bring the GPU back from the dead.

A social media account linked to China state media says that users should avoid Nvidia chips.

Linux creator Linus Torvalds has publicly dismissed a RISC-V code contribution from a Google engineer as 'garbage.'

Natalie built the schematics and circuit herself, but ordered the clear PCB from a third-party supplier.

Core configs for Intel's Nova Lake mobile lineup has reportedly leaked, with the top HX variant featuring up to 28 CPU cores and 4 GPU cores. Nova Lake-H and Nova Lake-U families also detailed.

If success could be measured by numbers, Battlefield 6 would invent new math. The game, which is in its open beta right now, has just crossed the 500,000 player count on Steam, beating not only every other Battlefield before it, but also every COD title ever.

Dial-up connectivity stalwart AOL has set a date for cutting off the remainder of its old-tech internet holdouts.

Battlefield 6 has been receiving critical and fan acclaim over the past few days, and Mike Ybarro, Blizzard's former president, has shared a similar sentiment. He says Call of Duty has "gone downhill" and that Battlefield 6 will "boot stomp" COD this year for several reasons.

A Japanese company has started selling the My Key Keychain that accepts Cherry MX-compatible switches and keycaps, allowing you to bring your favorite keyboard feel wherever you go.

Samsung is reviving its Z-NAND memory technology with a next-generation version that could be up to 15x faster than today's PCIe 4.0 or 5.0 NVMe SSDs, aimed at AI applications.

LG has just launched its 540 Hz OLED gaming monitor featuring 4th Gen Tandem OLED technology that results in a brighter picture. As such, this monitor has a peak brightness of 1,500 nits, along with 99.5% coverage of the DCI-P3 color space. And did we mention it can actually go up to 720 Hz if ran at 720p?

Microsoft really wants you to sign up for an account.

gpt-oss-120b and 20b are the first open-model LMs since GPT-3

Doug MacDowell built a PC that's cooled by hot coffee.

Sandisk and SK hynix have announced they're collaborating on High Bandwidth Flash (HBF)-a potential alternative to traditional, DRAM-based HBM for AI GPUs. Instead of only relying on DRAM, HBF adds NAND to the memory stack, allowing for non-volatility that can cut energy (and thermal) costs, along with upping the storage capacity.

TSMC is probing an alleged leak of 2nm process integration images to Japan's Rapidus, though the data's content, impact, and Rapidus's involvement remain uncertain.