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Intel and TSMC have reportedly reached a tentative agreement to form a joint venture for operating Intel's U.S. fabs. View the full article

Boutique PC builders like Maingear and Falcon Northwest bear the brunt of the costs. View the full article

Dell has provided its Area-51 flagship gaming PC with an optional cable conversion kit that enables support for third party motherboards. View the full article

Microsoft has announced the official release of hotpatch updates for various Windows 11 Enterprise builds, allowing users to update their machines without needing to restart. View the full article

Build an AM5 system on the Asus Prime B650-Plus WiFi motherboard, now available for just $124. View the full article

An X poster has discovered yet another workaround to bypass Microsoft's Windows 11 online account requirement during installation. This latest workaround works in the CMD and doesn't require registry hacks. View the full article

Nvidia is promising its Nintendo Switch 2 chip offers 10x the peformance of the prior console. View the full article

A Vietnamese store has set up an AI rig for a customer, boasting seven RTX 5090s shelved in an open-air GPU frame, estimated to cost $30,000 or more. View the full article

China accelerates its shift from x86 and ARM with RiVAI’s high-performance RISC-V chip. View the full article

Before tariffs apply, bitcoin mining hardware manufacturers rush to move units into the U.S.. View the full article

Donald Trump's new tariff plan imposes sweeping import taxes on nearly all U.S. trading partners starting in April, but key exclusions, especially for semiconductors, offer relief to American tech firms even as high-tech goods from Asia face steep price hikes. View the full article

AMD is reportedly prepping an RX 9070 GRE (Great Radeon Edition) GPU as a budget RDNA 4 option, though availability might be limited to the Chinese market at launch. View the full article

The Nintendo Switch 2 uses a memory standard named MicroSD Express, and the pricing of the newly announced products is going to make your wallet sting. View the full article

At a roundtable with the Switch 2's developers, we learned more about the capabilities that Nvidia's custom chip delivers. View the full article

We went hands-on with the Nintendo Switch 2, trying its newest games, mouse mode, and improved Joy-Cons. View the full article

We tested Thermalright’s Hyper Vision 360 with Intel’s i7-14700K and Core Ultra 9 285K CPUs. View the full article

President Trump established the U.S. Investment Accelerator office to manage CHIPS Act awards and make it easier for investors to build businesses within the U.S. View the full article

Intel revives and redefines its iconic 'Intel Inside' campaign with the new slogan 'That's the power of Intel Inside. ' The company aims to reconnect its legacy brand with today's pervasive role of technology and highlight the impact of its products. View the full article

Apple today provided developers with the first beta of an upcoming iOS 18.5 update for testing purposes. Work on iOS 18 is starting to wind down with iOS 19 set to be introduced in a couple of months, so iOS 18.5 has just a handful of minor new features. We've rounded up what's new so far, but Apple could add additional features in upcoming betas. This article, "Everything New in the iOS 18.5 Beta" first appeared on MacRumors.com Discuss this article in our forums View the full article

Chinese tech giants continue to buy Nvidia AI GPUs despite DeepSeek impact, demand slowdown. View the full article

A Russian engineer is accused of leaking confidential technical data from ASML, NXP, TSMC, and GlobalFoundries to Russia, allegedly to support construction of a 28nm-capable fab. View the full article

A PowerColor RX 9070 XT Hellhound was found to have defective silicon out of the factory, resulting in unsustainable hotspot temperatures that caused the GPU to overheat and throttle. View the full article

The WD Blue SN5000 is a single-sided 4TB SSD that pairs well with a PC or the PS5 and is on sale at Amazon for just $209. View the full article

AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D issues on ASRock motherboards have been caused by a BIOS issue, which has since been rectified. View the full article

RTX 5080 laptop benchmark results show only an 8% to 15% difference from the top-end RTX 5090 laptop. View the full article

PC vendors initially believed the 25% tariff applied only to raw aluminum and steel, but the policy also extends to finished products View the full article

Club386 has reportedly discovered a selection of RTX 5070 and RTX 9070 XT graphics card listings over at Amazon reserved exclusively for Amazon Prime members. View the full article

Chinese memory maker CXMT is reportedly preparing to raise DDR4 prices after months of aggressive discounting, as demand stabilizes and major suppliers shift focus to newer memory types. View the full article

Nintendo has pulled the wraps off the Switch 2 in a Direct live stream. It will release on June 5. View the full article

Puget Systems expects graphics cards, network controllers, storage controllers, chassis, and coolers to see major price increases in the coming months. Eventually, it will have to pass on the cost to its customers, though in the near term it may absorb some of the added costs. View the full article

Lightmatter proposes to use photonic interconnect platform for ultra-high-performance multi-chiplet processors. View the full article

Arm Holdings aims to boost its data center CPU market share from 15% to 50% by the end of 2025, betting on AI-driven servers and growing support from major cloud service providers. View the full article

The above-MSRP "B-stock" RTX 5090 with missing ROPs that popped up on Alternate's web store a few days back was accidental and due to a system error. View the full article

Asus just dropped a teaser video, which seemingly reveals an Xbox gaming handheld. View the full article

Microsoft has announced that several Windows 11 Copilot+ AI features are graduating from Snapdragon X exclusivity to AMD Ryzen AI 300 series and Intel Core Ultra 200V PCs. View the full article

The PNY CS2150 follows in the footsteps of the Corsair MP700 Elite, bringing more PCIe 5.0 performance with excellent power efficiency to the “budget” SSD market. View the full article

GlobalFoundries is exploring an ambitious but challenging merger with rival UMC to create a dominant global player in mature-node semiconductor manufacturing, aiming to boost scale, diversify risk, and counter rising competition. View the full article

A tidy price drop makes the Geekom A8 Mini PC an easy pick for anyone after serious performance in a compact package. View the full article

A Redditor has compiled a list of all user-reported Ryzen 7 9800X3D failures on Reddit. View the full article

With demand surging across multiple sectors, the U.S. memory giant is adjusting prices to match the tightening supply. View the full article

Don't neglect your backup needs. Get a reliable HDD for your NAS or backup RAID config. Seagate's IronWolf Pro 24TB HDD is on sale for $399 at B&H Photo. View the full article

Acer launches two new QD-OLED gaming monitors priced from $599 View the full article

A PC overclocking enthusiast successfully delidded their AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D with a length of fishing line, a clothes iron, and nerves of steel. View the full article

Crystal Dew World has released a major update to CrystalMark Retro 2.0.0, with its scope extended to cover Windows 95/98/Me systems. View the full article

Gigabyte delivers serious value with the GS27QXA. It’s a 27-inch QHD IPS gaming monitor with 240 Hz, a 260 Hz overclock, Adaptive-Sync, HDR and wide gamut color. And performance that truly punches above its weight class. View the full article

Nvidia RTX 40-series owners face more woes as game devs warn against new drivers to avoid stability issues. View the full article

Monday, March 31st, 2025, is World Backup Day, a reminder to think about how your precious data is stored and protected. We also look at some of the biggest storage manufacturers' deals on SSDs and other storage products. View the full article

After Myanmar’s 7.7 quake, Taiwanese tech firms in Thailand checked for damage, found none, and quickly resumed operations. View the full article

A Reddit user found 50GB of anime girl pictures in their temp folder that were traced back to XPG Prime, a software intended to customize and synchronize RGB. View the full article

The Sandisk 1TB Extreme SSD Is currently available at Amazon for just $59 — one of its best prices since launching. View the full article

Spacerower is using a Raspberry Pi Zero to power this custom 3D-printed camera that instantly prints out photos using thermal paper. View the full article

Linus Torvalds is back at his explosively scatological best in a recent rant about a Linux 6.15-rc1 pull request. View the full article

Asus' flagship ROG Crosshair X870E Extreme motherboard has been pictured thanks to leaker momomo_us and might be announced shortly. View the full article

Crucial is one of the first to release a DDR5-6400 CUDIMM memory kit, but can it compete against faster rivals? View the full article

UNIS, a Chinese manufacturer, has unveiled its S5 lineup of SSDs. It claims to hit 14.9 GB/s in sequential reads despite its DRAM-less design and old 12nm controller. View the full article

Microsoft pushes harder to ‘ensure that all users exit setup with internet connectivity and a Microsoft Account.’ View the full article

The Acer Nitro XV272U F3bmiiprx is currently available at Amazon for $219, its lowest price. View the full article

Hardware leaker HXL suggests that AMD's next-gen APU family on the AM5 platform is expected to launch in the fourth quarter of this year. It will likely be armed with Zen 5 cores and an RDNA 3.5 iGPU. View the full article

Warp is an AI enabled terminal that does more than just run commands, it can interpret natural language and generate code, perform OS level tasks and much more. View the full article

Russia's ZNTC and Belarus's Planar have completed the development of a 350nm-class lithography system, but despite its symbolic value, the machine lags far behind global standards. View the full article

Dell hits all the fundamentals with a colorful IPS paneland integrated stand, but its rivals are more attractively priced. View the full article

The only Nvidia-brand product of 2025 that is readily available, sold at the expected price, and affordable, is a Denny's breakfast View the full article

German retailer Alternate is selling Zotac branded RTX 5090 GPUs with missing ROPs priced over $3,000. View the full article

SK hynix's Solidigm can now work more closely with the parent company now that SK hynix finally obtains Intel's SSD IP and R&D capabilities after making final $1.9 billion payment. View the full article

SMIC is reportedly trying to poach engineers to get Taiwanese semiconductor know how. View the full article

Corsair's newest flagship headset in its Virtuoso line sounds fantastic in games, delivering detail you didn't even know existed. Unfortunately, the headset is stiff and uncomfortable, and yes, you still have to use iCue. View the full article

Nvidia's RTX 50-series "Blackwell" GPU launch for laptops has been rocky, with delays and driver issues. View the full article

Micro Center has several ROG Astral LC GeForce RTX 5090 for $3,700 that have reportedly sold out. View the full article

The Razer Blade 16 is a thin RTX 5090 laptop with a bright screen and tons of ports, but it's extremely pricey and the drivers felt unfinished on our test unit. View the full article

NeverCode has created a Raspberry Pi Pico smart clock and shared lots of details on how you can recreate it for yourself at home. View the full article

AMD claimed that it released 200,000 units for the initial release of its RX 9070-series GPUs. View the full article

Intel's struggles with AI were a result of the failed Larrabee project in 2009 – 2010. View the full article

A Reddit user's RTX 5080 narrowly avoided connector damage, with the 8-pin to 16-pin adapter absorbing the brunt of a meltdown. View the full article

Save big on one of the fastest SSDs on the planet, with Crucial's 2TB T705 now only $239. View the full article

Qualcomm launches the Snapdragon G3 Gen 3, Snapdragon G2 Gen 2, and Snapdragon G1 Gen 2 for handheld gaming devices. View the full article

China set to inject $55 billion in research and development of fundamental technologies and innovating enterprises. View the full article

Bambu Lab’s new printer will go on sale on March 25th, 2025. View the full article

ClockworkPi has released a cool Raspberry Pi Pico kit that lets you create a calculator suitable for handling your math homework or playing games. View the full article

Wall Street analysts see Lip-Bu Tan's appointment as Intel's CEO as good news, but Intel employees are preparing for a major overhaul. View the full article

The WD Black SN7100 is the successor to the popular SN770 in the budget SSD market segment. It’s power efficient and generally competent, but it's otherwise unimpressive compared to the rest of the PCIe 4.0 market. View the full article

Congatec's latest acetone-filled heat pipe cooling solution targets COMs in extreme environments as a suitable alternative to water. View the full article

UserBenchmark claims that AMD's Radeon GPUs fail to deliver real-world performance and are backed by an army of influencers it blames for duping customers. View the full article

Maker 3megabytesofhotram is using a Raspberry Pi to power a voice-activated paper towel dispenser that makes it easier than ever to dry your hands. View the full article

Scalpers are selling RX 9070 XT GPUs starting at $700 all the way to over $2,000. View the full article

A team of Google researchers has discovered an exploit allowing users to write and insert their own microcode on AMD chips and is now distributing the instructions for free. View the full article

MSI has refuted accusations of an RTX 5090 recall, assuring customers its GPUs are free from the reported "fire-hazard". View the full article

Arnov Sharma built a Raspberry Pi Pico studio light from scratch that can be controlled using push buttons to adjust the LEDs with precision. View the full article

Lenovo announced that it will move 100% of its laptop manufacturing capacity to India in the next three years. View the full article

When RDNA 4 GPUs arrive, AMD will not offer official support for them with the ROCm software stack. This follows AMD's trend of imperfect ROCm support for its consumer graphics cards. View the full article

Arriving via crowdfunding some time in 2025. View the full article

The Logitech PowerPlay 2 has a (slightly) larger charging area, is (slightly) thinner, cuts all of the original's non-charging features, and still costs $99. View the full article

Virtual Private Servers provide the best balance between price, performance and flexibility of any type of web hosting. We tested the leading VPS providers to help you find the right one for your needs and budget. View the full article

Alleged preliminary specs of Intel's Panther Lake-H CPUs show efficiency gains for the upcoming architecture. View the full article

Moddiy has warned users against using its older 12VHPWR-rated power cables with RTX 50-series products. It recommends only using its cables manufactured in 2025. View the full article

Leaker MEGAsizeGPU claims that Nvidia's mid-range $549 RTX 5070 has been pushed back to early next month. View the full article

Three weeks after building, a Redditor's Ryzen 7 9800X3D has seemingly burned out. View the full article

Der8auer has created the world's first RTX 5090 water block compatible with the Founders Edition version of the GPU. The prototype block reduced GPU temperatures by 30 degrees Celsius compared to the stock cooler. View the full article

5TB of storage is readily available with WD's portable Elements HDD for an all-time low price. View the full article

GlobalFoundries's Thomas Caulfield rumored to be joining Intel as next CEO as he gets abruptly promoted to executive chairman position at GF. View the full article

The time crunch for the launch of the RTX 5090 and 5080 cards meant we weren't able to fully investigate MFG, DLSS4, and full RT the way we'd like. We'll be updating those sections of the reviews, but here's the deeper dive into how the new technologies impact the gaming experience. It's not all sunshine and roses and doubled performance. View the full article