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Updated 2025-09-18 14:30
Bug prevents M4 Macs virtualizing pre-Ventura macOS releases — user diagnosis difficult due to lack of error codes
macOS versions older than 13.4 Ventura refuses to load in VMs on M4 Apple Silicon.
GPD announces official pricing for its Pocket 4 mini-laptops — The $1,466 unit packs 12-core Ryzen AI HX 370, 64GB of RAM, 2TB SSD, and 144Hz 2.5K display
GPD has revealed official pricing for its Pocket 4 mini-laptops.
Console repairer discovers groovy PS5 Pro heatsink structure — machined grooves thought to help prevent solder paste from leaking from the socket
Popular console repair YouTube channel TronicsFix has discovered that the PS5 Pro heatsink isn't glossy-smooth - it features a rectangular spiral surface detail.
Ayaneo Pocket DMG classic GameBoy-styled handheld hits crowdfunding starting from $339
Ayaneo launches the Ayaneo Pocket DMG handheld on IndieGoGo, which flaunts an OLED screen in a GameBoy-styled form factor powered by a Snapdragon G3X Gen 2 chipset.
Acer Predator X34 OLED Curved gaming monitor review: Extreme curve and performance
Acer's Predator line welcomes another OLED gaming monitor, the X34. It's a 34-inch 21:9 panel with WQHD 3440x1440 resolution, 240 Hz, Adaptive-Sync, HDR400, wide gamut color and a super tight 800R curvature.
World's second-largest GPU maker flees China on cusp of RTX 5090 launch to avoid US sanctions — Zotac, Inno3D, and Manli's GPU maker bails amid looming US GPU export controls
According to reports, the Hong Kong-based PC partner will relocate the company and headquarters to Singapore while shifting its production facilities to Indonesia.
Half-Life 2 gets a major 20th Anniversary Update and bundles Lost Coast with episodes —the game is now free on Steam until November 18
Half-Life 2 gets a 20th Anniversary update that bundles the Episodes and Lost Coast into the main game while making several across-the-board additions and improvements to in-game visuals, though not to the level of a full port to a new engine.
Intel Arrow Lake T-Series CPUs show tiny improvement over prior-gen — 65W and 35W Core Ultra 7 265 and Ultra 7 265T CPUs are only 5% faster than Raptor Lake in CrossMark
Intel's upcoming Core Ultra 265 (65W) and 265T (35W) reveal a disappointing 5% uplift compared to last-gen per leaked benchmarks.
Gemini AI tells the user to die — the answer appeared out of nowhere when the user asked Google's Gemini for help with his homework
Google's Gemini AI just threatened a user asking for help with their homework.
Bitcoin launderer hands over $400 million as he heads to prison — offender sentenced to three years in prison for laundering money for drug dealers
The U.S. District Court awarded an Ohio resident, Larry Dean Harmon, a three-year prison sentence with additional three-year supervised releases and ordered the surrender of over $400 million in assets for laundering money for drug dealers using a darknet-based Bitcoin mixer called 'Helix.'
Asus dual-screen laptop with Arrow Lake-H CPU listed for close to $3,800 — new Zenbook Duo features Intel Ultra 9 285H, 32GB RAM, and 2TB SSD
An Asus Zenbook Duo packed with an Intel Core Ultra 9 285H has been spotted in an online retailer.
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 could be banned in Russia, and players could face criminal charges — Russian government will evaluate whether the game contains anti-Russian sentiments or terrorism justificatio
According to RBC-Ukraine News, the Russian government is considering banning Stalker 2.
MSI X870E Godlike motherboard drops at an eyewatering $1,099 — AM5 motherboard unleashes DDR5 9000+ RAM, five M.2 slots, 10 GbE, and Wi-Fi 7 alongside two USB 4.0 40 Gbps ports
The MEG X870E Godlike motherboard from MSI is now available for $1,099, making it one of the most expensive AM5 boards on the market.
Garbage truck driver finds a working 32-core Threadripper, RTX 2080 Ti gaming PC in the trash — the PC powered on after a good cleaning and a few days to dry
Redditor found a functioning gaming PC with an AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X, 32GB DDR4 RAM, and an Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Ti GPU.
GPU cooling supplier claims Nvidia RTX 50-series GPUs will "seize the whole market starting in December" — Auras says key components like cold plates and manifolds already adopted by Nvidia and
GPU cooling supplier Auras Technology Co., Ltd. says that the RTX 50 series is ready to "seize the whole market starting in December," signifying that we'll soon have Nvidia's next-generation GPUs.
Raspberry Pi 5 teams up with Radeon GPU to run Doom Eternal with RTX on at 4K — the combo also tackles Crysis Remastered, Red Dead Redemption 2, and Forza Horizon 4
A leading Raspberry Pi torchbearer has demonstrated games like Doom Eternal, Crysis Remastered, Red Dead Redemption 2, and Forza Horizon 4, running at 4K on the humble $50 SBC.
Samsung 990 EVO 1TB SSD hits all-time low ahead of Black Friday
The Samsung 990 EVO 1TB SSD is currently available for $69 at Amazon and the official Samsung store, its lowest price to date.
Gigabyte Z890 Aorus Master Motherboard Review: ATX with 14 USB ports, incredibly fast memory support
Gigabyte's Z890 Aorus Master ($599.99) bridges the gap between Extreme and enthusiast offering ample connectivity including 14 USB ports (2x 40 Gbps), Wi-Fi 7 and 10 GbE, plus several AI/EZ DIY features. It also has one of the highest supported memory speeds.
Wi-Fi 8 won't improve transfer speeds — but the new standard will enhance reliability and user experience
Wi-Fi 8, aka IEEE's 802.11bn Ultra High Reliability (UHR) specification, is focused on the reliability of connections.
Summit supercomputer gets virtual farewell on Zoom — supercomputer going full tilt until last possible moment
ORNL celebrated the Summit supercomputer's years of service with a virtual farewell on Zoom.
Intel won't bring 3D V-Cache-like tech to consumer CPUs for now — next-gen Clearwater Forest Xeon CPUs will feature "Local Cache" in the base tile akin to AMD's 3D V-Cache
Intel confirms that its Clearwater Forest CPUs will separate the CPU cores and cache into separate tiles, mirroring AMD's X3D design. However, this tech won't be coming to the desktop anytime soon.
HighPoint launches a 492TB external NVMe RAID storage solution smaller than a shoebox — five-inch devices come with eight Solidigm SSDs and 28 GB/s transfer speeds
HighPoint launched a storage drive smaller than a shoebox but has a capacity of 492TB.
Maker builds Raspberry Pi-powered Rick and Morty watch to remotely control smart home
Donutsorelse has created a wearable wrist control device for operating his smart home with a little help from AI-all themed to Rick and Morty for his Halloween costume.
U.S Department of Commerce finalizes $6.6 billion CHIPS Act funding for TSMC Fab 21 Arizona site
TSMC and the U.S. Department of Commerce finalized a deal Friday, granting TSMC $6.6 billion in funding and $5 billion in loan guarantees under the CHIPS Act to build its Fab 21 site in Arizona.
Up your sound game with this amazing early Black Friday deal on Audioengine's A1-MR 60W desktop speakers — $99 for a limited time
Grab an early Black Friday deal with 57% off Audioengine's A1-MR desktop speakers. Now only $99.
TSMC discovers unexploded bomb at Kaohsiung chip fab construction site — bomb has since been safely removed
TSMC discovers an old, unexploded bomb on one of its fab construction sites.
Corsair expects Nvidia's RTX 50 series will retain the 12V-2x6 power connector — Next-Gen GPUs could consume well over 450W of power
Corsair says that high-end GPUs next-generation will likely retain the 16-pin power connector and could consume more power than the current generation.
HP OmniBook Ultra Flip 14 review: Convertible Copilot+
HP's OmniBook Ultra Flip is basically a tweaked and rebranded Spectre x360 with Intel's latest silicon. The hardware is mostly compelling but the bloatware and missing Copilot+ features make its price hard to live with - especially if it isn't on sale.
Chinese GPU unicorn Moore Threads inches closer to IPO: Report
Moore Threads turns into a joint stock company ahead of a possible IPO.
Raspberry Pi Compute Module 5 spotted at exhibition ahead of official launch
The Raspberry Pi Compute Module 5 (CM5) has been spotted in the wild. This unannounced space-optimized version of the Pi 5 is apparently on show at the Electronica 2024 show in Munich.
GOG launches "Preservation Program" for porting and maintaining "Good Old Games" to modern PCs with 92 classic games
GOG launches a dedicated "Preservation Program" to keep PC classics playable and accessible on modern hardware.
TSMC reportedly delays Fab 21 opening ceremony in Arizona until January
TSMC's Fab 21 opening ceremony in Arizona is rumored to be delayed to January and unlikely to be attended by two U.S. presidents.
Intel Arrow Lake loses DLVR bypass "Power Gate" profile in latest 0x112 microcode — chipmaker says the change will prevent "accidental misuse"
Intel has quietly removed the DLVR bypass "Power Gate" mode for Arrow Lake CPUs in its latest 0x112 microcode.
Updated: Two Ryzen 7 9800X3D CPUs burned out on X870 motherboards — vendor investigates the Ryzen burnout issues
Two user reports show burned Ryzen 7 9800X3D CPUs on MSI MAG X870 Tomahawk motherboards.
Corsair's H100i RGB 240mm AIO liquid CPU cooler with iCUE link is only $74 ahead of Black Friday — new all-time low price
Corsair's H100i RGB 240mm AIO liquid CPU cooler with iCUE link is at its lowest-ever price ahead of Black Friday.
Intel’s postponement of the Magdeburg fab was made in “close coordination” with the German state — the company will reevaluate the project in two years to decide its final fate
Intel still keeps close ties with the German government despite putting its Magdeburg fab on hold.
Apple M4 revitalizes decades-old iMac G4 — out with the PowerPC chip, in with the new Apple Silicon
A retro tech enthusiast has revitalized a classic Apple iMac G4 lampshade' computer with a state-of-the-art M4 injection.
AI accelerator tinybox pro goes up for preorder for $40,000 — the device features eight RTX 4090s and two AMD Genoa EPYC processors
tinygrad just launched a more powerful AI accelerator with the tinybox pro, featuring eight RTX 4090 GPUs at $40,000.
RISC-V motherboard for Framework 13 laptops and mini-PCs starts at $199 – quad-core RISC-V CPU and 8GB of RAM included
RISC-V company DeepComputing launches a $199 motherboard that's ready out-of-the-box for the Framework 13 laptop and mini PCs.
Chinese company trained GPT-4 rival with just 2,000 GPUs — 01.ai spent $3M compared to OpenAI's $80M to $100M
According to the founder, 01.ai has trained its high-performing AI model with just $3 million.
Diamond-cooled GPUs are coming soon — startup claims 20C temp reduction, 25% more overclocking headroom as it seeks US govt funding for diamond-encrusted chip cooling solutions
Akash System signed a preliminary memorandum of terms with the U.S. Department of Commerce to secure $68.2 million to help it ramp-up operations for producing diamond-cooled semiconductors.
Intel takes down AMD in our integrated graphics battle royale — still nowhere near dedicated GPU levels, but uses much less power
We've tested 24 games on Intel's latest Lunar Lake laptop, to show how it stacks up against the previous generation Meteor Lake as well as AMD's Ryzen AI 'Strix Point' processors when it comes to graphics performance. We also included results from an RTX 3050 Ti gaming laptop as a point of reference. Integrated graphics solutions continue to improve, and for the first time we can recall, Intel comes out with the win - barely.
AMD claims the Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 is 75% faster than Intel's Core Ultra 7 258V in gaming
A blog post from AMD is advertising a 75% performance advantage in gaming benchmarks of its Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 against Intel's Core Ultra 7 258V.
Microsoft releases official Windows 11 ISO for Arm devices — Extending support for Qualcomm's Snapdragon X Elite processors
Microsoft has released a Windows 11 ISO build for Arm based PCs after many months of waiting.
Montech Sky Two GX Case Review: Hinged-door design for just $80
We tested Montech's King 65 Pro with Intel's i9-14900K and AMD's Radeon RX 7900 GRE to check its thermal and acoustic performance.
Phison intros 'world's fastest' high-capacity 128TB SSD — Pascari D205V hits 3 million IOPS and 14,600 MB/s with PCIe 5.0
Phison develops 128TB reference PCIe 5.0 SSD in U.2 and E3.L form-factors.
NEC supercomputer combines Intel Xeon and AMD Instinct accelerators to nearly triple performance
NEC to build 40 PetaFLOPS supercomputer featuring Intel CPUs and AMD GPUs for fusion science research.
Softbank plans to build first Nvidia Blackwell-based AI supercomputer using x86 DGX B200 servers
Softbank's telecom arm to build AI supercomputer based on Nvidia's DGX B200 servers.
AMD is laying off 4 percent of its global workforce as it sharpens focus on AI
AMD is laying off 4% of its workforce as it chases AI chips and datacenters.
Handy Raspberry Pi battery charger doubles as attractive desk clock
Max K is using a Raspberry Pi RP2040 to power his custom automated battery charger that doubles as a beautiful desk clock.
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