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Angeion Group is calling for eligible customers to file a claim for the G.Skill class action settlement. The portal is open until April 7, 2026, giving affected people less than two months to submit a claim form.

Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman claims that AI models will become powerful enough in the next 12 to 18 months that they would start replacing humans in white-collar jobs like lawyers, accountants, project managers, and marketers.

A frighteningly farcical series of events involving laser weaponry, the FAA, Customs and Border Protection (CBP), and the Pentagon has been retold by a trio of insiders talking to the WSJ.

Backblaze just released its annual drive reliability report, with the company getting a 1.36% annualized failure rate for 2025. It says that this is its best result since 2022.

Startup raises $25m to boost its biological neuron-driven pathway to replace, or augment, silicon compute in AI.

MSI has put its Vector 16 gaming laptop on sale for just $1,299 at Walmart, offering a 35% discount for a beastly hardware combo. You get a Ryzen 9 8940HX, an RTX 5070 Ti, 16 GB of RAM, and a 1 TB SSD, all backed up with a 90Wh battery. As far as RTX 5070 Ti laptops go, it has never gotten any cheaper.

Lenovo's Legion 7i Pro Gen 10 is 18% off ahead of Presidents Day, dropping its price all the way down to just $2,619.99.

Sony is offering PlayStation 5 hardware for rent to customers in the UK. The selection includes PS5 consoles, controllers, PSVR 2, and even the PlayStation Portal. The cheapest offer starts from 9.50 per month for a base PS5 Slim, with leases for 12, 24, or 36 months. You can also pay a flat 19.50/month to get the console on a rolling basis with no commitments.

Following a complaint filed in 2016, the Competition Commission of India concluded that Intel's India-only warranty rules were discriminatory compared to policies in other countries.

BTC Ponzi scheme yields 20 years in prison for mastermind

7x DRAM price jump affecting ISP routers, gateways, and STBs

An experiment revealed that people cannot differentiate between audio signals sent through premium audio cables, wet mud, and a banana.

Automaker BMW has filed a patent for a new fastener which takes design cues from the its iconic segmented roundel logo. but it has been accused of creating this design for service and repair gatekeeping.

Newegg is hosting Doorbuster sales over Presidents' Day weekend.

The U.S. and Taiwan finally signed a trade deal that saw the island get a lower 15% tariff on its goods compared to the previous 20%. In exchange for this, Taiwanese companies will invest $250 billion in the American tech industry, while Taipei will guarantee an additional $250 in loans, bringing the total invested amount to $500 billion.

Framework said that it's releasing a monthly update to monitor the memory chip situation and also announced that it will try to keep its RAM pricing as close as possible to the weighted average of its costs.

Hackers from Russian, China, India, North Korea, and elsewhere are using Google's Gemini AI to augment their attacks, Google says. From generating phishing lures, to translating text, coding, and vulnerability testing, Gemini is a core component of their hack attempts.

Perri Karyal shared her device used for GVS, which alters her balance and simulates G-forces, especially in racing games.

Tachyum forced to vacate R&D office due to unpaid rent, wages, and taxes

The latest software update for Nvidia's DGX Spark reduces idle power by 32% or more, thanks to better power management on its 200 Gbps ConnectX NIC.