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The ROG Strix G16 (2024) has hit its lowest ever price for Amazon's October Prime Day. The step-up SKU of the G16 holds our award for Best Thin-and-Light Laptop, and it's now $300 cheaper than before. View the full article

Microsoft Azure showed off its first cabinet with presumably 32 Blackwell B200 GPUs and a liquid cooling system. It's the first non-Nvidia customized server rack, and will be the first of likely many, many such racks that will be installed in MS Azure data centers. View the full article

Nintendo shuts down Ryujinx, effectively halting most Nintendo Switch emulation efforts. View the full article

AI Playground is a local app designed to help everyday users take advantage of Intel’s AI chips. View the full article

The Windows 11 24H2 rollout formally removes support for Wordpad as Microsoft formally adds in its deprecated feature, ending its 28 years of product lifespan. View the full article

The GAMDIAS Kratos M1-750W offers flashy RGB lighting and bold aesthetics but falls short in performance and efficiency, making it a visually appealing yet underwhelming option for budget-conscious gamers. View the full article

This 15.6-inch gaming laptop features an AMD processor and Radeon GPU for only $449. View the full article

Some AMD X670E motherboards are downgrading PCIe 5.0 SSDs to PCIe 1.0 speeds — but why? View the full article

A bracket for the unreleased Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090 Ti GPU, priced around $14, appears on Taobao. View the full article

The Asus Zenbook S14, the first laptop we’ve tested with Intel’s Lunar Lake. It has longer battery life than last year, but lesser performance in multi-core workloads. View the full article

The Insta360 Link 2 and 2C offer vibrant 4K imaging and the ability to follow your head and respond to gestures. View the full article

Amazon is currently selling the Intel Core i5-12600KF at an all-time low price. View the full article

The Beelink SER9 mini-PC arrives, leveraging one of AMD's latest Zen 5-powered Ryzen AI 300-series CPUs. View the full article

God of War Ragnarok's PC port has been tainted by a PSN account requirement, at least according to the backlash it's getting on Steam. View the full article

An entrepreneurial 3D printer user is selling a piggy bank styled like an Nvidia GeForce RTX Founders Edition graphics card. OLX user Angelalov, based in Bulgaria, reckons the high-tech piggy bank is sound 'to collect money for the upcoming RTX 50xx.' View the full article

The PC port of Final Fantasy XVI delivers very poor performance, even on the fastest GPUs. You basically need upscaling and framegen just to break 60 fps with most graphics cards, with a 30 fps cap in all the in-engine cutscenes. View the full article

The Maxsun iCraft B760M Cross is a well-rounded, unique white motherboard, but performance is limited on heavily threaded activities due to BIOS constraints. It’s sub-$200 price is fair, but other options with similar hardware sport better features. View the full article

The Fluance Ai41 Powered 5-inch Stereo Bookshelf Speakers don't break new ground, but they're an attractive, good-sounding value, with a remote that's more versatile than most. View the full article

While China-based YMTC increases share of domestic tools, it still cannot reject equipment made in Europe and the U.S. View the full article

Microsoft deprecates legacy DRM services, crippling Windows Media Player and Silverlight. View the full article

The newest G4-series monitors from Agon by AOC offer curved gaming experiences in 1080p or 1440p and 180 Hz or 280 Hz refresh rates. The wave is available for retail now, except for the highest-end model. View the full article

Lexar launched an SD 8.0 card with incredible read/ write speeds rivaling larger CFexpress 4.0 cards for cameras, but the company's hope for full backward compatibility is on hold as no devices can take advantage of these speeds, resulting in a performance downgrade to the UHS-I standard. View the full article

Overclocker pushes the EPYC 4124P to 6.6 GHz with LN2 on a Gigabyte's B650E Aorus Tachyon motherboard. View the full article

Analysts and media contend that AMD is losing the confidence of laptop OEMs because of its focus on AI and data center GPUs. View the full article

The Samsung 990 Pro 1TB SSD is available at Amazon for just $99, its lowest price since June. View the full article

Alienware’s AW2725QF packs two screens into a single 27-inch IPS display with 4K resolution at 180 Hz and FHD resolution at 360 Hz. You can switch modes on the fly with a single button. It also has Adaptive-Sync, HDR600 and wide gamut color. View the full article

As Samsung Foundry struggles with yields at below 3nm nodes, it decides to cut personnel at Taylor, Texas fab. View the full article

Ifixit takes the plunge into the world of soldering irons with a smart portable soldering station that brings the heat but at a cost. View the full article

AMD is preparing mainstream Zen 5 mobile CPUs, codenamed Krackan Point, that will power notebooks cheaper than $800 by early 2025. View the full article

Hong Kong media outlet HKEPC claims that Intel's Core Ultra 200-series desktop CPUs will be delayed until late October. View the full article

Chinese chipmaker Loongson has a new GPU in development that blows its entry-level 9A1000 out of the water. According to a senior company executive speaking today, the upcoming Loongson 9A2000 will deliver performance that is '8-10 times that of 9A1000,' according to reports. View the full article

Acer launches Predator GX850, an 850W ATX 3.0 SFX power supply with 80 Plus Gold certification. View the full article

Namecheap offers reliable shared and VPS plans, with good online support resources – but it might not be as cheap expected. View the full article

AMD revealed that it is working on a new UDNA graphics architecture that melds the consumer RDNA and data center CDNA architectures. The intent is to better compete with Nvidia's CUDA ecosystem, though an exact release date hasn't been determined. View the full article

MSI Modern MD342CQP Series available in black and white comes with certain feature sets and pricing that would appeal to those who are looking for an ultrawide monitor with better viewing angles and some bells and whistles. View the full article

Asus redefines gaming performance with its ROG Swift PG27AQDP OLED gaming monitor. It delivers QHD resolution with a max refresh rate of 480 Hz plus Adaptive-Sync, ELMB, HDR and wide gamut color. The bar has been raised; let the shock and awe begin. View the full article

Intel reportedly runs out of replacements for its range-topping Core i9-13900K/14900K 'Raptor Lake' CPUs. View the full article

Intel discloses defect density of 18A process technology for the first time, says clients are inclined to use it. View the full article

If you're on the lookout for a powerful gaming laptop that's within budget, check out this RTX 4070-powered beast from Acer for only $1,099. View the full article

High-performance cooling specialist Thermal Grizzly has launched the Intel Mycro Direct-Die Pro RGB V1. This is a direct-die (delidded) CPU cooling block for liquid-cooled setups. Compared to its predecessor, this ‘Pro’ model, with the added sparkle of RGB lighting, delivers ‘up to 6 degrees Celsius lower temperatures.’ View the full article

Both Palit Group-owned brands Palit and Gainward have released new RTX 40 series graphics cards to comply with Nvidia's SFF-ready standard, while both brands use the same design with triple fan cooling. View the full article

A tool discussed at two recent cybersecurity conferences that can silently downgrade Windows security patches has been released to the public to further research. View the full article

The DC-ROMA RISC-V Pad II tablet uses the same SoC as the DC-ROMA RISC-V Laptop II and could be upgraded with an Android 15 OS. View the full article

Dominic LeBoeuf is using a Raspberry Pi to power his card-playing robot which features a 3D-printed body and RFID reader. View the full article

The Raspberry Pi Pico 2 introduced the RP2350 to the world, but did you know that there are multiple variants of this new board? We dug into the details. View the full article

Chinese entities continue to use Nvidia's A100 and H100 GPUs for their AI projects though cloud access. View the full article

AMD penned a blog post today to clarify Zen 5's gaming performance after withering criticism in the wake of its turbulent Ryzen 9000 launch. View the full article

By going to a more integrated solution, there’s the potential to pass cost savings to customers. View the full article

If you spend more than 30 minutes trying to fix a problem in Windows, this could save you a lot of time. View the full article

1TB of fast storage in your pocket with SK hynix's Tube T31 drive for just $69. View the full article

Two flagship AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme PC gaming handhelds, the Asus ROG Ally and Lenovo Legion Go, have been spotted at their lowest price points ever. View the full article

MSI benchmarked Kingston's DDR5-7200 C38 CAMM with CKD on the brand's Z790 Project Zero Plus motherboard to evaluate its performance against standard DDR5 modules. View the full article

Indian company Ola Electric, known for its electric scooters and motorcycles, is planning to enter the AI processor market by launching three chips designed for LLMs, Edge AI applications, and data centers. View the full article

There are few things more frustrating than receiving Windows 10 or 11's Blue Screen of Death or BSOD. Fortunately, there are a few steps you can take to diagnose and resolve the problem. View the full article

The MSI Katana is available at Amazon for one of its lowest prices—just $1,199 instead of its usual $1,399. View the full article

It has been discovered that Windows 11 Insider Build 27686 (Dilithium) has a patch that disables the '/product server' command line used by those without a TPM 2.0-supported CPU, permanently skipping the hardware verification process. View the full article

One-Netbook launched the OneXGPU 2 eGPU, incorporating AMD's Radeon RX 7800M with 12GB of GDDR6 and 60 compute units. View the full article

HighPoint's SSD7749M2 can house 16 properly cooled M.2 drives for ultimate storage performance and up to 128 TB capacity. View the full article

Here are the top back-to-school tech deals for 2024 we've found. View the full article

Samsung will be about a year behind Intel in installing ASML's Twinscan EXE:5000 High-NA litho tool for development purposes. View the full article

An avid retro games collector has claimed a Guinness World Record after creating a system that allows his collection of 444 consoles to be simultaneously connected to a single TV. Ibrahim Al-Nasser from Saudi Arabia rigged the machines using a complex multiple KVM switch system. View the full article

AMD now controls near a quarter of server CPU shipments, but Intel maintains undisputed lead in both client and datacenter processors. View the full article

Developer of ZLUDA translation layer vows to rebuild the CUDA translation layer as AMD demands to take down open source code developed with its funding. View the full article

A new report reveals that Arrow Lake will not have stability issues and consume far less power than Raptor Lake, Battlemage will arrive this year, and overclocking will not be affected on Raptor Lake CPUs using the mid-August update. View the full article

Researchers from Germany recently outlined a hardware flaw in two popular RISC-V CPUs that could grant attackers root access in less than a second. View the full article

An internal Dell memo says the company is "getting leaner" and "streamlining layers of management," reportedly planning to lay off 10% of its workforce or around 12,500 jobs. View the full article

Today's deal has a tasty $200 knocked off of the MSRP price of the Alienware AW3225QF, 4K OLED crispness for less. View the full article

Samsung's new LPDDR5X uses 12nm technology to free up space in mobile devices. View the full article

NZXT has spun up a new subscription service centered around rentable gaming PCs. Users who can't afford a system can rent one of three NZXT pre-builts for a monthly rate. View the full article

Another Windows-based gaming handheld - this time from Lenovo. Sharing the same AMD Z1 Extreme processor as the Asus ROG Ally X but $200 cheaper. View the full article

Sabrent introduces its first Thunderbolt 5 external SSD in a 7-minute YouTube video. View the full article

The Acemagic X1 has an Intel Core i7-1255U, 16GB of RAM, 2TB storage, and two 14-inch Full HD displays. View the full article

Microsoft fixes an issue that was effectively soft-bricking a number of original Xbox One models out in the wild. View the full article

Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon says that Snapdragon X PCs priced at $700 are set to arrive next year, allowing more people to get their hands on Windows on Arm. View the full article

AMD has confirmed that its Ryzen 5000 XT CPUs didn't suffer any delays, unlike its Ryzen 9000 series processors. The 5900XT and 5800XT will arrive this month. View the full article

Suitable for both coursework and some medium gaming, grab a new gaming laptop for under $1K ahead of the new school year. View the full article

AMD's latest iteration of its Ryzen AI Software, version 1.2, adds hardware support for five new chips, including Strix Halo and Kraken Point. View the full article

Seeing the need to improve the energy-efficiency of AI applications, one research team from Minnesota may have cracked the code to lowering energy consumption by a huge amount. View the full article

A Spytech breach disclosed to TechCrunch prompts an exposé. View the full article

Despite the loud color scheme, the disco floppy cleaner does seem quite effective View the full article

An AMD Ryzen 9 9950X has been demonstrated breaking the Cinebench R23 (16 core) world record score. Bilibili tech influencer Ordinary Uncle Tony showcased his liquid nitrogen-fuelled feat, reaching a multi-threaded score of 55,327 points at a live event in China. View the full article

Amuse 2.0.0 Beta is a program meant to enable users generate high-quality images with AI models on modern AMD hardware-based PCs. View the full article

Nvidia is reportedly preparing a China-focused variant of its Blackwell B200 AI GPU, dubbed the B20. This will inevitably require some serious alterations and modifications to comply with U.S. export restrictions, which effectively cap performance at around 600 TFLOPS FP8 — the standard B200 is about 7.5 times that fast. View the full article

Accurate and affordable, Logitech's G502 Hero gaming mouse is a steal at only $35. View the full article

Hyperspace Pirate on YouTube walks through his process of making liquid nitrogen with his homemade cryocooler View the full article

CEO of Tenstorrent believes that although Nvidia dominates the market of AI processors, there is still a place for Tenstorrent. View the full article

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. View the full article

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. View the full article

Tokyo Electron unveils the Acrevia tool, which can improve patterning with gas cluster beam technology. View the full article

Industry experts expect China's over 100 publicly-available LLMs to be pared down to just five in the next few years. View the full article

The Asus TUF Gaming VG34VQEL1A 34-inch curved gaming monitor is currently available for one of its lowest prices to date. View the full article

Philips expands its Evnia line of gaming monitors with the 49M2C8900. It’s a 49-inch 32:9 curved OLED with DQHD resolution, 240 Hz, Adaptive-Sync, HDR400. It also covers 114% of DCI-P3 color and delivers superlative game performance. View the full article

Because of an apparent server misconfiguration, a massive data leak of customer information was readily available through a simple Google search. View the full article

Asus is testing a BIOS update for its latest motherboards, including those with the AMD Z970 chipset, that will allow you to control your motherboard's RGB lighting in sync with other compatible devices. View the full article

Chinese PC maker Linglong has just introduced a tiny PC that fits into a foldable keyboard. The company shared its live presentation, where the presenter pulled out the actual device from his back pocket. View the full article

If Dominic Toretto used Raspberry Pi, this would be the cooler that he would buy. View the full article

The era of killer AI robots may be closer than we think, thanks to autonomous weapons being developed in Ukraine. View the full article

The AMD Instinct MI300A APU is AMD's most powerful processor to date, and AMD's researchers have published their latest paper describing the journey of bringing "exascale heterogeneous processing" to life. View the full article

Kioxia's latest 2Tb 3D QLC NAND enables the company and its partners to build ultra-fast SSDs with extremely high capacities in miniature form factors. View the full article

Valve announces controller support milestone and launches a dedicated Steam Deck Top Played page. View the full article