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Updated 2025-06-26 09:15
This Raspberry Pi Nerf blaster is insanely over-engineered
JustFPV1 has put together an extremely complex custom Nerf blaster using one of our favorite microprocessors, the RP2040.
Linus Torvalds kicked the Russians out of Linux, now they're creating a sovereign Linux community in Russia — Ministry of Digital Development steps in
The Russian Ministry of Digital Development has sprung into action with plans to create its own Linux community.
Microsoft claims timber-built datacenters can reduce its carbon footprint by up to 65%
Microsoft is trying to use wood material instead of concrete for its Northern Virgina data centers in an effort to reduce its carbon footprint.
Intel reportedly scaling back R&D teams in Israel — several hundred talented staff will be laid off
Intel is reportedly laying off and letting go Israeli R&D personnel responsible for some of its most successful microarchitectures.
Valve Engineer's AMD Linux RADV Vulkan driver fix boosted an FSR2 demo sample app by 228% on RDNA 2 GPUs
A Linux performance issue with an AMD FSR 2 sample on RDNA 2 GPUs has been fixed.
AMD's RX 6600 is the most popular Red Team GPU among Steam gamers, by a whisker — but no Radeon card makes the top 30 list
The RX 6600 overtakes the RX 580 as the most popular gaming GPU on Steam but fails to mark Radeon's entry into the top 30 list.
This MSI 27-Inch curved gaming monitor has dropped to its lowest price ever at Newegg
The MSI G27CQ4 E2 27-inch curved gaming monitor is available at Newegg for $144, its lowest price ever, as part of a limited offer.
TSMC rumored to receive High NA EUV machines from ASML this year
TSMC is set to receive its first shipment of ASML's High NA EUV machine later this year.
Gigabyte G6 review: A swing and a miss
The Gigabyte G6's $999 price tag is initially enticing, but its performance and battery life are lacking.
AWS CEO estimates large city scale power consumption of future AI model training tasks — 'an individual model may require somewhere between one to 5GW of power'
AWS CEO Matt Garman estimates that future LLM training would require up to five gigawatts, and AWS is investing in alternative renewable sources to ensure it would have power available when needed.
How to unlock the new Labwc Wayland Compositor in Raspberry Pi OS
Raspberry Pi has released a new OS with an improved Wayland window compositor, and you'll get a free boost of speed from just a few commands.
Windows Server 2025 supports CPUs packing two to 192 cores — CPU support list spans Pentium chips to Xeon and EPYC parts
Microsoft has revealed its CPU support list for Windows Server 2025 that includes the surprising entry of the Pentium G7400 and G7400T.
Intel might be too big to fail — Washington policymakers are already discussing potential solutions if the chipmaker cannot recover
American lawmakers are setting up backup plans to support Intel if it fails.
Apple's M4 Max is the single-core performance king in Geekbench 6 — M4 Max beats the Core Ultra 9 285K and Ryzen 9 9950X
Apple retains its performance crown, beating the M3 Max by 30% in single-core performance making it the fastest chip in Geekbench 6.
Make spruces up Agetec arcade stick with two Raspberry Pi Picos
Zeroshifter has fixed up his old Agetec arcade stick with not just one but two Raspberry Pis to make it compatible with various systems.
Cooler Master has so many leftover Shark X cases that it's selling them at $4,300 a piece in Japan — the case is admittedly cheaper than the $7,000 pre-built PC that Cooler Master was offering
Cooler Master is now selling the case of its Shark X pre-built as an independent product. Giving builders an opportunity to build their own unique system inside of Cooler Master's shark-themed PC case.
Ryzen 9000 CPU prices plummet in anticipation of the holiday season — Zen 5 discounts range from 10% to 23% off
You will save a lot of money if you get a Ryzen 9000 series processor right now.
Sealed AMD Athlon XP 2000+ CPU stands the test of time — 22-year-old single-core "Thoroughbred" relic has never been turned on outside the factory
A user at X has got their hands on an untouched, box-packed, and brand-new AMD Athlon XP 2000+ dating back to 2002.
Nvidia to replace Intel in Dow Jones Industrial Average — Intel's 25-year reign has come to an end
Intel will lose its place on the Dow Jones Industrial Average on November 8, where it will be replaced by AI giant Nvidia.
The best early Black Friday 2024 deals
We're scouring the internet for all the best early Black Friday deals.
GlobalFoundries fined $500,000 for restricted chip exports to Chinese firm on U.S. entity list — chipmaker shipped $17 million worth of silicon wafers to China’s SJ Semiconductor
GlobalFoundries is said to have shipped 74 orders, totaling $17.1 million, to SJ Semiconductor, a SMIC affiliate, without obtaining the required license.
Ryzen 9 9900X has dropped to an all-time low price at Amazon
The AMD Ryzen 9 9900X processor has dropped to a new all-time low price at Amazon-just $382 instead of its usual $499.
Dr. Jensen Huang — Nvidia CEO to receive an Honorary PhD in engineering from a Hong Kong university
A university in Hong Kong has announced to award Nvidia's CEO, Jensen Huang with an Honorary Doctorate of Engineering.
Enthusiast builds a 3D printer that uses a hot glue gun — heavily modified Dremel glue gun surprisingly good at printing objects
Maker Jon Schone recently showcased a slick new design that bridges the chasm between his first love of 3D printing - and hot glue guns.
AI-powered Minecraft runs without a game engine — game rendered in real-time at a continuous 20 FPS
DecartAI demonstrates the Oasis model, which in this stage imitates Minecraft but with some obvious issues and severe tech limitations.
Turtle Beach Kone II Review: Big but surprisingly comfortable
The Turtle Beach Kone II is a wired gaming mouse with a 4-way tilt wheel, attractive RGB lighting, and a large, comfortable design. It looks and feels pretty good if you have bigger hands, but it's kind of the opposite of the current trend of speedy, stripped-down ultra-lightweight mice.
Be Quiet Dark Power Pro 13 1300W Power Supply Review
The Be Quiet Dark Power Pro 13 delivers premium power and efficiency, with 80 Plus Titanium certification, a modular design, and top-tier build quality, but its price may deter budget-conscious builders.
Lunar Lake's integrated memory is an expensive one-off — Intel rejects the approach for future CPUs due to margin impact
Panther Lake, Lunar Lake, and their successors will not have on-package memory.
Arrow Lake CPUs can still get bendy despite revamped socket — specialized contact frame flattens chip, claims to lower temperatures by up to 6C
Thermal Grizzly has debuted an all-new LGA1851 contact frame designed with Arrow Lake CPUs in mind. The new contact frame purportedly reduces CPU temps by up to six degrees Celsius.
TeamGroup DDR5-7200 C32 CAMM2 promises performance speeds over 100 GB/s — memory manufacturer aims for DDR5-9000
Teamgroup has revealed its first CAMM2 offerings - boasting speeds of DDR5-7200 CL32 and expected to launch in Q1 2025.
Intel outlines plan to break free from TSMC manufacturing — 70% of Panther Lake at Intel fabs, Nova Lake almost entirely in-house
Intel is set to bring back in-house CPU production with Panther Lake and Nova Lake, but some products will still be made at TSMC.
Super-lightweight operating system boots off a 1.44MB floppy disk — KolibriOS lets you do simple tasks and even play games on your legacy PC
KolibriOS is an ultra-lightweight floppy disk OS still getting regular updates.
ChatGPT-5 won't be coming this year — OpenAI CEO reveals company is focusing on existing models
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman confirmed that ChatGPT-5 won't be coming this year, due to development and resource limitations. Instead it will be arriving early next year.
Chinese researchers build military AI using Meta’s open-source Llama model — ChatBIT allegedly performs at around 90% of the performance of OpenAI GPT-4 LLM
Chinese researchers built the ChatBIT AI that focuses on intelligence gathering and processing using Meta's Llama 13B model.
AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 375 outperforms Intel's Core Ultra 7 258V in LLM performance — Team Red provided benchmarks show a strong lead of up to 27% in LM Studio
AMD's Strix Point APUs lead Intel's Lunar Lake chips in local LLM workloads by up to 27%.
Intel says it will miss its AI goals with Gaudi 3 due to unbaked software — Intel's $500 million AI goal unachievable as competitors rake in billions
Software issues slowed the sales ramp of Intel's Gaudi 3 accelerator for AI.
Cadence says its AI-driven chip design tools provide a process node's worth of performance gain, but without moving forward to a new node
Cadence says that using its AI-assisted design tools can enable 5% to 20% performance, power, and area improvements, akin to adopting a next-generation process technology.
This Raspberry Pi Pico 2 Groovebox is ready to jam
Rheslip20 has created a Raspberry Pi Pico 2-powered groovebox that can play up to 16 samples for a cool Pi-powered concert experience.
The humungous 8TB WD Black SN850X SSD crashes to a new all-time low price
Western Digital's massive 8TB WD_Black SN850X SSD drops dramatically to a new all-time low.
Corsair RM750x (2024) PSU review
The Corsair RM750x (2024) brings modern connectivity with ATX 3.1 compliance, excellent voltage regulation, and efficient performance.
Minisforum launches $559 RX 7600M XT OCuLink eGPU docking station for mini-PCs
Minisforum is launched an RX 7600M eGPU with an OCuLink port.
Intel lost $16.6 billion in Q3, reports $13.3 billion in revenue
Restructuring charges and new products ramp deepen Intel losses to $16.6 billion as products group remain profitable.
Microsoft again delays Recall feature, says it will arrive for Windows Insiders on Copilot Plus PCs in December
Microsoft says Recall will be available for Windows Insiders in December.
Diabatix and Asus hit new overclocking records with LN2-optimized heatsink – Intel Core Ultra 9 285K hits 7.448 GHz
Diabatix creates an LN2-optimized heatsink enabling Asus ROG to set new overclocking records on Intel Core Ultra 9 285K.
Nintendo launches Nintendo Music, an Android/iOS streaming app for paid Switch Online members
Nintendo Music arrives for smart devices, though a Nintendo Switch Online membership is required to use it.
Microsoft will charge Windows 10 users $30 per year for security updates
Microsoft offers consumers an option to keep using Windows 10 with security updates after support expires: an Extended Security Updates subscription for $30 per year.
It’s been 30 years since Intel’s infamous Pentium FDIV bug reared its ugly head – a math bug caused Intel’s first CPU recall
2024 marks the 30th anniversary since Intel announced a math glitch on some of its Pentium CPUs.
Meta is using more than 100,000 Nvidia H100 AI GPUs to train Llama-4 — Mark Zuckerberg says that Llama 4 is being trained on a cluster “bigger than anything that I’ve seen”
Mark Zuckerberg says that Meta is training its Llama-4 models on a cluster with over 100,000 Nvidia H100 AI GPUs.
Elon Musk spent roughly $10 billion on AI training hardware in 2024
xAI and Tesla spend billions on AI training hardware.
Raspberry Pi drives daily Calvin and Hobbes comic fun via E-ink display
Doctr_sbaitso has created a Raspberry Pi-powered display that shows a new Calvin and Hobbes comic every day using a Waveshare E-Ink display.
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