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New monitor standard incorporates 'dual-mode' refresh rates and overclocking certification — VESA introduces Adaptive-Sync 1.1a
VESA introduced a new Adaptive-Sync standard that is designed for the new emerging market of dual-mode monitors that feature two distinct resolution/refresh rate configurations.
Dell XPS 13, 14, and 16 get Intel Core Ultra, lose function rows and physical touchpads
The Dell XPS 13, XPS 14, and XPS 16 are getting Intel Core Ultra processors for CES 2024. The larger sizes are new and getting redesigns similar to the former XPS 13 Plus.
Kioxia reportedly kills off 30-year-old Plextor brand — icon of the optical drive days spins up its last SSD
Kioxia drops Plextor brand in favor of SSSTC.
Raspberry Pi project uses AI and a camera to detect fires and alert for help
Aneeshamol is using a Raspberry Pi to monitor for fires and send alert messages automatically when one is detected using AI.
AMD's Radeon 780M integrated graphics get close to GTX 1650 in Geekbench 6 — Ryzen 7 8700G iGPU benchmark leaked
AMD's upcoming Ryzen 7 8700G's Geekbench 6 shows scores well above those of the 8600G - close to the performance of the Nvidia GTX 1650.
All of Zotac's RTX 40-series Super cards use the 12VHPWR connector, with two or three fans — slated to launch this month
Zotac reportedly readies three GeForce RTX 4070 Super graphics cards.
New mid-range Radeon GPU may not be available in China at launch — AMD reportedly delaying RX 7600 XT in China because of the RX 6750 GRE
Rumors claim that AMD is reportedly delaying China's upcoming Radeon RX 7600 XT release.
Pick up a small discount on an RTX 4070 graphics card for your new gaming rig
If you're on the lookout for a GPU upgrade for your PC, this RTX 4070 deal could be the one for you.
U.S. government delays reinstating Chinese tariffs that would make graphics cards and other components more expensive
The tariffs haven't been applied to PC components since March of 2022, and they won't for at least another six months.
Toshiba NAND fab shuts down for checks amid rising SSD pricing – Japan’s earthquake affects PC component manufacturing
The New Year earthquake in Japan could have consequences for PC component supplies. Toshiba announced it had closed a NAND facility while safety assessments are being completed.
LaCie Rugged Mini SSD Review: Bulky but Speedy
LaCie's Rugged Mini SSD shrinks its iconic drive design and sticks a fast SSD inside. It's one of the fastest USB drives we've tested in most of our tests. But those who often dump massive files onto their drives may want to look elsewhere.
Tetris was finally beaten after 34 years, game kill screen pops up at Level 157 — hypertapping and rolling were key techniques
Willis, AKA Blue Scuti, has become the first human to play Tetris NES (NTSC) to its killscreen. He was also the first to reach Level 157, culminating in the 'biggest achievement in the 34-year history of the pro classic Tetris scene.'
Samsung plans to eliminate humans from its chip fabs by 2030 — push for full automation continues at full steam: Report
Samsung intends to make its chip fabs human-less by 2030, says report.
Intel to reveal its roadmap beyond the 18A (1.8nm) process node in a few weeks — the company will share its post-5N4Y plans during February event
Intel vows to disclose its post-5N4Y roadmap at its IFS Direct Connect event in February.
Mysterious 'Skinny' Joe' Nvidia GPU spotted with a 700W TDP rating — theories abound about the new beastly silicon
A mysterious new GPU was spotted on X, that we suspect might be a new Hopper variant. There's also a small chance this could be the RTX 4090 Ti/Super that was reportedly canceled.
China to lead semiconductor industry expansion with 18 new fabs in 2024 —global chipmaking capacity to reach record heights
The SEMI World Fab Forecast report predicts that China will lead the global semiconductor industry expansion in 2024.
Finally, a modern fanless GPU: Palit RTX 3050 6GB reportedly in the works
Palit is reportedly bringing back the KalmX sub-brand and will introduce a new fanless and passively cooled RTX 3050 6GB graphics card.
Intel's Meteor Lake CPUs are slower at single-core work than previous-gen models — new benchmarks show IPC regressions vs Raptor Lake
A recent test of Intel's Core Ultra 7 155H reveals that Meteor Lake may have regressed in IPC compared to Raptor Lake. It's a limited view of performance, but indicates Intel may have prioritized other aspects of the chip's design.
Steam survey suggests more people bought the RTX 4090 than the Steam Deck — along with millions of other RTX 40-series GPUs
The Steam Deck was projected to hit three million sales by the end of 2023, and based on the Steam Hardware Survey, the RTX 4090 somehow sold even more units - as did most other RTX 40-series desktop GPUs.
LG shows off audiophile vacuum tube DukeBox in CES teaser — combining 1950's tech with a modern transparent OLED
LG teased its vacuum tube 'DukeBox' speaker system, which combines a modern transparent OLED panel with old audiophile tech - no word on potential pricing, though we're sure Duke Nukem wants one.
This Raspberry Pi air hockey table also plays Doom
Downing from Downing's Basement has created an air hockey table from scratch that uses two Raspberry Pi boards to play air hockey and Doom!
Dutch government bans even simpler chipmaking tools from export to China — DUV lithography tools now get the axe
ASML can no longer sell its Twinscan NXT:2050i and NXT:2100i DUV lithography systems to Chinese clients. The impact isn't expected to be significant, given existing restrictions.
AMD's upcoming integrated graphics matches seven years old GTX 1060 in Geekbench 6 — Ryzen 5 8600G iGPU benchmarks leak
AMD's upcoming Ryzen 5 8600G APU was tested in two Geekbench 6 GPU benchmarks, showing similar performance to Nvidia's seven years old GTX 1060.
Steam stops supporting Windows 7, 8, and 8.1 — Microsoft and Google no longer provide security support for Valve's launcher
Due to a lack of security patches and support on these obsolete operating systems, Steam officially announced it no longer supports Windows 7, 8, and 8.1.
Alleged Intel Core i9-14900KS photo raises hopes of impending launch - but the image has inconsistencies
A purported photo of an Intel Core i9-14900KS processor has been shared online, but close study shows inconsistencies in the engraving typography.
Oldest known version of DOS unearthed – MS-DOS ancestor 86-DOS version 0.1 C is now available on the Internet Archive
An incredibly early release of 86-DOS has been found, imaged, and shared on the Internet Archive. This is an important find as it is a direct ancestor to PC DOS and MS-DOS.
Compact RTX 4060-Powered Asus ROG Strix G16 gaming laptop is on sale for $1,549
The 2023 version of the Asus ROG Strix G16 gaming laptop featuring the RTX 4060 GPU is now on sale for $1,549.
Geniatech XPI-3566-Zero Review: Zero Sum Game
An alternative to the Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W, the Geniatech XPI-3566-Zero offers more RAM, onboard storage and a faster CPU, so why do I feel like it missed the mark?
Unreleased Nvidia budget GPU to rival AMD and Intel emerges overseas — RTX 3050 6GB specifications shared through retailer listing
Russian retailer Citilink lists three unreleased GeForce RTX 3050 6GB graphics cards from Nvidia partner Palit.
Shipping records reveal potential existence of AMD RX 7800M, other unreleased Navi 32 GPUs
Examination of shipping records by a hardware investigator on Twitter reveal the existence of yet-unreleased "AMD Cuarzo Verde (Quartz Green)", or Navi 32 mobile GPUs.
Lenovo 27-Inch 144Hz IPS Monitor Drops Down to $129 at Newegg
The Lenovo G27-20 monitor is available at Newegg for $129, one of its lowest prices to date, down from its recommended price of $279.
Corsair MP600 Core Mini 2TB SSD Review: Big Storage Without The Footprint
The Corsair MP600 Core Mini provides good-enough performance with high power efficiency. This makes it a great upgrade for the Steam Deck, ASUS ROG Ally, and other portable devices that require shorter M.2 SSDs at high capacity.
Steam game mod delivered malware on Christmas Day - Epsilon Information Stealer was hidden in a Slay the Spire expansion
The Downfall developer's hacked Steam account was used to change the mod installation file and embed 'Epsilon Information Stealer' in an attempt to get passwords and cookies from unsuspecting gamers.
TSMC to open Japan's most advanced semiconductor production facility in February - chip production begins in H2
TSMC is set to formally open Japan's most advanced semiconductor production facility capable of making 28nm chips in late February.
Researchers train AI chatbots to 'jailbreak' rival chatbots - and automate the process
Researchers from Nanyang Technology University in Singapore were able to get AI chatbots to generate banned content by training other AI chatbots, with the ability to bypass any patches rolled out by respective AI developers.
Chinese spy balloons ‘used a U.S. internet provider’ – as well as American hardware
Chinese spy balloons made use of connectivity supplied by an American internet service provider, according to a new report shared by NBC News citing insider sources.
Glorious Model D 2 Pro 4K/8K Review: A Bit Boring for 'Pro'
Glorious' new Model D 2 Pro 4K/8K features the brand's new 26K sensor and polling rates of up to 8,000 Hz (wired).
Grab SK Hynix's Platinum P41 2TB SSD for Just $114 at Amazon
The SK hynix Platinum P41 2TB SSD is available at Amazon for one of its lowest prices to date when you use promo code SKLAST27 before checking out.
Lightweight Windows 11 OS for Arm64 gets more compact — Tiny11 Core arrives with smaller footprint and emulation performance enhancements
Tiny11 Core receives an update to its arm64 branch after ten months, bringing it in line with Windows 11 Version 23H2. The Core branch intended only for development purposes can be configured to run on highly low-spec devices.
Sapphire rolls out powered-up AMD GPU that's a lot faster than the RTX 4060 — RX 6750 GRE Black Diamond is up to 49% faster than RX 4060 in vendor-provided benchmark
Sapphire has unveiled a new RX 6750 GRE, the Black Diamond Edition, explicitly aimed at system integrators and the Chinese market.
Retro Gaming Watch flips open at Kickstarter — tiny gaming device features 1.5MB of RAM and Arm Cortex M33 CPU
Jason Rogers has launched a Kickstarter campaign for his retro gaming watch project, which has already reached its funding goal with plenty of time to spare.
AMD motherboard BIOS update enables support for new CPUs — AGESA 1.1.0.1 microcode embraces upcoming Ryzen 8000G APUs
Asus has launched a series of new beta BIOS updates, featuring support for AGESA update 1.1.0.1. The new AGESA update is expected to feature support for AMD's upcoming Ryzen 8000G APUs.
AMD budget GPU listed with twice the memory of RX 7600 and RTX 4060 — RX 7600 XT with 16GB GDDR6
An EEC listing from Gigabyte indicates that AMD's RX 7600 XT is coming and could have up to 16GB of memory.
Chinese gamers can now game on the U.S. sanction-proof GPU — RTX 4090D gets first GeForce Game Ready driver
Nvidia released its first WHQL driver to support RTX 4090D, specifically to comply with Sanctions imposed by the United States government, with game-ready support for two games.
9 Peripherals and Accessories Your New Laptop or Desktop Needs to Fly
From monitors to docking stations, these will make your desktop setup.
China's x86 chipmaker adopts sophisticated boost tech — Zhaoxin enables preferred core support to target the fastest cores
Zhaoxin aims to boost single-thread performance by enabling preferred cores support.
Argon Neo 5 Review: Updating the classic
Argon Forty's latest case is all about the Raspberry Pi 5 and it provides great active and passive cooling in a desirable form factor. But can it keep the Raspberry Pi 5 cool, even under the stress of an overclock?
Intel Meteor Lake CPUs' Integrated Graphics are 33 Percent Faster Than Prior Gen, Linux Benchmarks Show
Intel Meteor Lake Arc Graphics is pit against its predecessors in a benchmarking run from Phoronix, showing the gen-over-gen improvement in both iGPU performance and iGPU power efficiency from Intel.
Raptor Lake Refresh non-K CPUs are seemingly more expensive than prior-gen models — overseas retailer lists non-K CPUs ahead of launch
A Spanish retailer has published several listings of new Raptor Lake Refresh non-K CPUs, revealing pricing data of the new chips.
Micron 3500 SSD 1TB review: A high-performance NVMe client SSD
The Micron 3500 borrows technology from the retail Crucial T500 to provide high performance with good power efficiency in a client NVMe SSD. It still stumbles a bit with sustained performance, but on the whole it's a great PCIe 4.0 drive.
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