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Updated 2025-04-22 22:30
Asus showcases its first Intel Lunar Lake laptop — ExpertBook P5 (P5405) detailed
Asus has published a detailed overview of an upcoming Intel Lunar Lake laptop. The new Asus ExpertBook P5's key attractions are laid bare in this pre-launch expose.
HP's OmniBook Ultra 14 gets AMD Ryzen AI 300 chips and Thunderbolt 4
HP's new OmniBook Ultra uses AMD's Ryzen AI 300 chips for 55 TOPS of AI power. It also has Thunderbolt 4.
First PC emulator arrives on iOS App Store, delivers i486 or PowerPC fun on your iPhone, iPad or Vision Pro
Despite Apple's initial rejection of the emulator app and the developers' initial decision to give up, UTM SE was approved and released on the App Store Sunday. The 'retro PC emulator' allows you to run classic operating systems, software, and games on the iPhone, iPad, and Vision Pro.
BlueAnt Soundblade Review: Pretty and loud
The BlueAnt Soundblade is an under-monitor soundbar.
Laptop fire caused American Airlines jet to be evacuated
A laptop fire on a passenger jet precipitated a dramatic emergency evacuation on Friday. American Airlines Flight 2045 was getting ready to fly from San Franciso to Miami when the cabin started to fill with smoke - it was coming from the rear of the plane, from a laptop bag.
AMD's new Zen 5 flagship gets benchmarked — Ryzen 9 9950X Engineering Sample isn't as impressive in Blender at maximum power settings
An AMD Ryzen 9 9950X ES gets a full suite of Blender benchmarks at different PPT/TDP targets.
Ryzen 9 7950X3D, AMD's top gaming CPU, hits all-time low price
This 16-core, 32-thread behemoth is now just $469.
Asus revises its entry-level Nvidia gaming GPU again — Dual RTX 4060 V3 becomes even more compact
Asus gave the Dual RTX a cleaner, sleeker look and smaller fans in its third iteration.
Asus ROG Zephyrus G14 RTX 4060 gaming laptop is now $1099 at Best Buy
Over at Best Buy, you can find the Asus ROG Zephyrus G14 gaming laptop over at Best Buy for just $1099 instead of its going rate of around $1599.
Google and Microsoft consume more power than some countries
And yet, these two high-tech giants also lead the industry in terms of green energy adoption.
Google's Gemini AI caught scanning Google Drive hosted PDF files without permission — user complains feature can't be disabled
Google Gemini AI is malfunctioning or lying to Google Drive users about privacy controls, and it hasn't gone unnoticed.
Nvidia RTX 50 graphics card family TDPs 'leaked' by Seasonic
Seasonic's PSU wattage calculator has suddenly become surprisingly interesting. Specifically, Seasonic's data appears to show the TDPs of the upcoming Blackwell architecture gaming cards from the RTX 5090 at the top, all the way down to an RTX 5050.
Valkyrie AL125 CPU air cooler delivers IPS screen and RGB lighting frills for under $20
Valkyrie has just released its AL125 CPU air cooler to retailers in China, where it is now on pre-sale. The new tower-style cooler packs in many frills for its sub-$20 pricing, featuring a built-in IPS display and an RGB fan.
Print your own ITX desktop PC case — enthusiast shares free download for 3D model SFF case
User WhoIsLudwig shared the 3D files, allowing nearly anyone to download, print, and build their retro-inspired SFF PC case.
Huawei officially opens its 2,600-acre R&D center in Shanghai, will accommodate over 35,000 scientists and engineers
The Huawei Lianqiu Lake R&D Center opened early July 2024 to host over 35,000 Huawei scientists, engineers, and other personnel.
Research team working on building a DNA hard drive within three years — aims to build a working DNA micro-factory for data archiving
The DINAMIC project aims to build a DNA microfactory that can store data reliably, sustainably, and affordably.
Ryzen 9 7900X3D drops to $309, an all-time low, but quantities could be limited
Antonline via eBay is selling the chip for $85 less than other vendors.
China's telco companies are gradually shifting to Chinese CPUs — telecom giants switch hundreds of thousands of their servers to homegrown CPU platforms
China's telco giants are increasing their procurement of G-series servers, which are based on CPUs carrying a Chinese badge yet are based on American and U.K. ISAs or even developed in the U.S.
Developer ports Windows NT to Power Macintosh systems — firmware and boot loader now available
You can use the newly released firmware and loader to test running Windows NT on your Power Macintosh.
Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 delivers Intel-beating single-core performance — Zen 5 chip jumps ahead of the Core Ultra 7 268V and Ryzen 9 7945HX3D
The Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 hit 2,879 points in single-core Geekbench 6 benchmarks, making it a top-performing laptop chip in single-core performance.
Best PC Builds for Gaming 2024: From $500 Budgets to $4,000+
Whether you're spending $500 or $4,000 on components, we've picked out the perfect parts for your next PC build.
Warframe devs report 80% of game crashes happen on Intel's overclockable Core i9 chips — Core i7 K-series CPUs also have high crash rates
Warframe developers sound off on Intel's ongoing 13th Gen and 14th Generation CPU instability issues.
Goldman Sachs says AI is too expensive and unreliable — firm asks if 'overhyped' AI processing will ever pay off massive investments
Goldman Sachs interviewed several experts to offer contrarian views on the future of AI, plus they looked at the challenges the technology faces if it wants to grow indefinitely in the future.
US government announces first CHIPS Act research and development beneficiaries — $300 million awarded to three R&D facilities
The U.S. CHIPS and Science Act budgets up to $11 billion for R&D and will soon award the first $300 million for three facilities.
Former Tesla AI Director reproduces GPT-2 in 24 hours for only $672 — GPT-4 costs $100 million to train
The project started as an educational video, but the developer got stuck on a few things, so 'raged-quit' and decided to rebuild GPT-2 from scratch.
Apple's renewed push for Mac gaming relies on its whole ecosystem to attract users
Apple doesn't have the library that PC gaming offers, but with an ecosystem and a chip architecture shared across platforms, being in the ecosystem can have some benefits.
How to write code for your Raspberry Pi Pico in your web browser with ViperIDE
Volodymyr Shymanskyy's ViperIDE is a great tool to write MicroPython and CircuitPython in the browser. It works with many different machines, including the Raspberry Pi Pico.
Pineboards HatDrive! Nano Review: Low-cost, high-speed storage for your Raspberry Pi 5
Pineboards latest PCIe add-on board for the Raspberry Pi 5 is a low-cost NVMe storage option that pulls no punches. We get all of the features and speed of NVMe, for the cost of a coffee and sandwich!
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X Engineering Sample gets a full suite of Blender benchmarks at various TDPs, showcasing major efficiency improvements
An AMD Ryzen 9 9950X engineering sample gets thoroughly benchmarked in Blender.
Preliminary HBM4 specs point to major performance uplift for GPUs — transfer speeds up to 6.4 GT/s across a 2048-bit interface
JEDEC publishes initial specifications for HBM4: up to 1.64 TB/s per stack, loads of configurations.
Enthusiast claims to have obtained an early Ryzen 7 9700X — warehouses stock AMD’s latest Zen 5 CPUs in preparation for distribution to brick-and-mortar retail stores
Reddit user ElectricalEmployer22 posted on r/pcmasterrace that they just got the AMD Ryzen 7 9000-series processors in store.
Arduino starts selling a new Plug and Make kit for electronics beginners
Arduino has released an easy-to-use kit that helps you build 7 different projects to give budding electronics makers another option to start learning the craft.
Game publisher claims 100% crash rate with Intel CPUs – Alderon Games says company sells defective 13th and 14th gen chips
Frustrations are running at an all-time high regarding Raptor Lake stability issues. Game studio Alderon Games reports that nearly all of its Raptor Lake machines are either crashing or suffering from stability issues.
Software engineer achieved free plane Wi-Fi at a terrible cost — PySkyWiFi bypasses firewall but is limited to plain text endeavors
Software engineer Robert Heaton develops and shares PySkyWiFi, a solution for achieving free plane Wi-Fi with horrible but amusing caveats.
You can use a Raspberry Pi to control this flip display
Makers and developers Kelly and Kathy have assembled a flip display with a camera that tracks your body for an interactive experience.
Nvidia's latest RTX 4070 Ti Super AD102 GPUs are in stores now — custom models start at $819
Newegg has the Zotac GeForce RTX 4070 Ti Super Solid OC and Gigabyte GeForce RTX 4070 Ti Super WindForce Max OC in stock.
Backup your data for only 1 cent per GB with Seagate's 14TB external HDD
If you want a lot of storage, for a reasonable amount of money, and it doesn't have to be lightning-fast, then there's still a place for older HDD backup drives in your inventory.
Linus Torvalds says RISC-V will make the same mistakes as Arm and x86
Linus says RISC-V development will likely make the same mistakes that the x86 and Arm chips made during their development cycles.
Softbank takes over AI processor designer Graphcore
Softbank acquires Graphcore, an AI processor developer, as it preps a push into AI datacenters.
King Charles III packs 'fifty millionth Raspberry Pi' during visit to Sony factory
His Majesty King Charles III visited Sony's Technology Center in Pencoed, Wales, and during a tour of the factory packed the 50 millionth Raspberry Pi. But it may not have been the latest flagship board.
HP OmniBook X review: 16-hour Snapdragon X power
HP's OmniBook impresses with its epic battery life and premium design. But at $1,199, is this Snapdragon X-powered laptop better than its x86 competition?
Intel's Arrow Lake-S rumored for December launch
Intel's Arrow Lake-S may show up later than expected, if a rumor is accurate, though it is more likely that we are talking about non-K SKUs.
Months after completing a major project, leading Chinese chip development software firm cuts half of workforce: Report
X-Epic fires 200 employees just months after hitting major milestone with chip design tools.
David vs Goliath: Desktop SLS Kickstarter Ends with Acquisition
Formlabs acquires startup Micronics and its Kickstarter SLS printer.
Dual-core CPUs aren't dead yet — Intel Processor 310 rocking two P-cores debuts on Geekbench
Intel is still making dual-core desktop processors, with a new Geekbench listing revealing the Intel Processor 310, which boasts two P-cores and four threads.
China's homegrown OS fires back at AI PCs — openKylin gets AI assistant, text-to-image generation, and local LLM support
Newest version of homegrown Chinese OS openKylin is "deeply" integrated with AI, but it's not clear if there are any performance requirements for CPUs/NPUs.
Microsoft has fixed the nasty update bug causing Windows 11 boot loops
Microsoft has fixed a devastating bug in the Windows 11 23H2 update that forced many PCs into an endless reboot loop.
Lunar Lake iGPU benchmarks leaked on Geekbench 6 — comparable performance to Radeon 780M and Arc A380
Leaked Lunar Lake Geekbench 6 Vulkan benchmark results numbers show performance close to GTX 1650, RX 6400, and A380.
150 Nvidia RTX A6000 GPUs power the Vegas Sphere — Nvidia fuels 1.2 million LED exterior pucks and multi-layered 16K interior screens
The Vegas Sphere, the controversial new Vegas landmark erected in 2023, is powered inside and out by an army of Nvidia workstations with RTX A6000s inside. Nvidia released an article that dives into the technical specs of the massive glowing Minion face.
Attempt to upgrade Raspberry Pi 5 with 16GB of RAM results in a bricked Pi
Although the Raspberry Pi 5 was released almost a year ago, we're just now seeing attempts to increase the RAM on the SBC.
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