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ShaderBeam provides CRT-like motion clarity on high refresh rate LCD and OLED monitors — open-source project offers BFI emulation in any game

ShaderBeam provides CRT-like motion clarity on high refresh rate LCD and OLED monitors — open-source...

3 hours ago 6

The Worst GPUs of 2025

The Worst GPUs of 2025

3 hours ago 6

I love these active speakers' stacked feature-set, but they lag a little in one key area

I love these active speakers' stacked feature-set, but they lag a little in one key area

3 hours ago 6

This vibrating light-therapy wand is the best part of my skincare routine — and it’s already helping my acne

This vibrating light-therapy wand is the best part of my skincare routine — and it’s already helping...

3 hours ago 8

Builder customizes 3D-printed PC case with worthwhile upgrades — premium 3D printing template with magnetically attached panels boasts ease of use, customizability, and design flair

Builder customizes 3D-printed PC case with worthwhile upgrades — premium 3D printing template with m...

4 hours ago 6

D7VK reaches version 1.1 and adds new frontend and experimental Direct3D 6 support — Direct3D 7-to-Vulkan translation layer runs old games with native performance

D7VK reaches version 1.1 and adds new frontend and experimental Direct3D 6 support — Direct3D 7-to-V...

19 hours ago 21

Asus teaser video outs upcoming 'Neo' motherboards for AM5 — updates could include new AIO connector, M.2 upgrades, and NitroPath DRAM for ultra-fast DDR5

Asus teaser video outs upcoming 'Neo' motherboards for AM5 — updates could include new AIO connector...

20 hours ago 16

Philips Hue Essential lights are spectacular value, but the originals outshine them in one key way

Philips Hue Essential lights are spectacular value, but the originals outshine them in one key way

20 hours ago 13

Cinebench 2026 out and ready to hammer CPUs and graphics cards six times as hard — updated benchmark includes an SMT core test

Cinebench 2026 out and ready to hammer CPUs and graphics cards six times as hard — updated benchmark...

20 hours ago 27

Lisuan's G100 series has reportedly begun shipping out to customers in first batch of deliveries — China's first homegrown 6nm GPUs are no longer a show-floor exclusive

Lisuan's G100 series has reportedly begun shipping out to customers in first batch of deliveries — C...

20 hours ago 26

TSMC begins quietly volume production of 2nm-class chips — first GAA transistor for TSMC claims up to 15% improvement at ISO power

TSMC begins quietly volume production of 2nm-class chips — first GAA transistor for TSMC claims up t...

21 hours ago 28

Rainbow Six Siege X servers are back online after a hack completely shut down the game — Ubisoft rolling back free ultra-rare skins and billions of credits

Rainbow Six Siege X servers are back online after a hack completely shut down the game — Ubisoft rol...

21 hours ago 15

TSMC's average wafer prices increased by over 15% each year since 2019, report suggests — gross profit margins increase by 3.3x in 2025 alone, facing no real challengers

TSMC's average wafer prices increased by over 15% each year since 2019, report suggests — gross prof...

22 hours ago 18

Nvidia gives Intel a lifeline with $5 billion common stock deal — September deal gets FTC approval for more than 217.4 million Intel shares at $23.28 per share

Nvidia gives Intel a lifeline with $5 billion common stock deal — September deal gets FTC approval f...

22 hours ago 20

Former Samsung engineer accused of giving 10nm DRAM data to China's CXMT, handwritten notes detailed over 600 process steps — gas flow ratios, photoresist settings and more critical stages detailed

Former Samsung engineer accused of giving 10nm DRAM data to China's CXMT, handwritten notes detailed...

23 hours ago 15

Nvidia's $20 billion Groq IP deal bolsters AI market domination — hardware stack and key engineer behind Google TPUs included in bombshell agreement

Nvidia's $20 billion Groq IP deal bolsters AI market domination — hardware stack and key engineer be...

23 hours ago 20

IDC warns PC market could shrink up to 9% in 2026 due to skyrocketing RAM pricing — even moderate forecast hits 5% drop as AI-driven shortages slam into PC market

IDC warns PC market could shrink up to 9% in 2026 due to skyrocketing RAM pricing — even moderate fo...

1 day ago 13

Corsair MP700 Micro 4TB SSD Review: A monster in the tiny M.2 2242 form factor

Corsair MP700 Micro 4TB SSD Review: A monster in the tiny M.2 2242 form factor

1 day ago 15

Fujifilm to begin shipping 40TB Ultrium tape cartridges in January 2026 — updated LTO Ultrium 10 archival storage can hold 100TB of compressed data in 0.8-inch thick cartridge

Fujifilm to begin shipping 40TB Ultrium tape cartridges in January 2026 — updated LTO Ultrium 10 arc...

1 day ago 16

Grab this RTX 4050 HP Victus gaming laptop for just $599.99 — save $300 on budget-friendly 15.6-inch laptop featuring AMD Ryzen CPU and 16GB of RAM

Grab this RTX 4050 HP Victus gaming laptop for just $599.99 — save $300 on budget-friendly 15.6-inch...

1 day ago 15

FBI issues wanted notice for alleged North Korean remote IT workers accused of $900,000 crypto theft — $5 million reward up for grabs for information on DPRK-linked suspects

FBI issues wanted notice for alleged North Korean remote IT workers accused of $900,000 crypto theft...

1 day ago 22

Thermaltake's new AIO cooler requires paid OpenAI subscription to generate custom backgrounds for $0.04 per prompt — "AI Forge" feature taps into OpenAI's platform and JiMeng

Thermaltake's new AIO cooler requires paid OpenAI subscription to generate custom backgrounds for $0...

1 day ago 13

Micro Center puts up 8TB WD_Black SSD at $2,419 MSRP, real price tag up 50% since October — pricing surges on high-capacity SSDs in response to AI demand

Micro Center puts up 8TB WD_Black SSD at $2,419 MSRP, real price tag up 50% since October — pricing ...

1 day ago 31

Motorized aim assist system uses a moving mousepad for laser-accurate headshots — a cannibalized GRBL drawing system and computer vision software deliver perfect shots

Motorized aim assist system uses a moving mousepad for laser-accurate headshots — a cannibalized GRB...

1 day ago 20

Louis Gerstner, the man who saved IBM, dies at 83 — industry mourns the passing of transformative CEO

Louis Gerstner, the man who saved IBM, dies at 83 — industry mourns the passing of transformative CE...

1 day ago 19

Anycubic promises its Kobra X high-speed multi-filament printer can print over twice as fast and with half the material for $259 — redesigned head keeps the cutter close to the nozzle

Anycubic promises its Kobra X high-speed multi-filament printer can print over twice as fast and wit...

1 day ago 19

Save $125 on the high-end, direct-drive Thrustmaster T598 with new all-time low price — grab Thrustmaster racing wheels up to 40% off at Amazon

Save $125 on the high-end, direct-drive Thrustmaster T598 with new all-time low price — grab Thrustm...

1 day ago 15

Save over $500 on the cheapest RTX 5070 gaming laptop we've seen with an OLED screen — Grab Lenovo's Legion 5 with a Ryzen 7 350 CPU for as low as $1,137 with discount code

Save over $500 on the cheapest RTX 5070 gaming laptop we've seen with an OLED screen — Grab Lenovo's...

1 day ago 15

TSMC chipmaking factories rocked by magnitude 7.0 earthquake that was the strongest in 27 years, but facilities escaped unharmed — company's earthquake protection measures pay off

TSMC chipmaking factories rocked by magnitude 7.0 earthquake that was the strongest in 27 years, but...

1 day ago 14

World’s smallest autonomous robots are 'smaller than a grain of salt,' cost one penny apiece — researchers expect new micron-scale fully-programmable robots to be used in medicine, microscale manufacturing, and other areas

World’s smallest autonomous robots are 'smaller than a grain of salt,' cost one penny apiece — resea...

1 day ago 13

Cyberpunk 2077 transformed into a stunning VHS visual experience using new ReShade preset — so 1980s real you start watching for mullets, another enthusiast benchmarks preset's visuals using an actual VHS recording

Cyberpunk 2077 transformed into a stunning VHS visual experience using new ReShade preset — so 1980s...

1 day ago 11

'World's first' 1,080 Hertz gaming monitor with dual-mode support announced — HKC's super speedy panel hits peak speeds at 720p, steps down to 540Hz at 1440p, reportedly features DP 2.1 UHBR20

'World's first' 1,080 Hertz gaming monitor with dual-mode support announced — HKC's super speedy pan...

1 day ago 13

Nexperia China seeks new wafer suppliers amid legal standoff with Dutch parent, could take 6 months for qualification — chip shortages have suspended some automotive production lines as Nexperia faces wafer shortage

Nexperia China seeks new wafer suppliers amid legal standoff with Dutch parent, could take 6 months ...

1 day ago 16

Razer laptop motherboard repair video showcases superhuman hand-soldering skills — PCB damage appears to be the result of a misplaced screw hole on a motherboard that one repairer says has 'a fatal design flaw'

Razer laptop motherboard repair video showcases superhuman hand-soldering skills — PCB damage appear...

2 days ago 22

Rainbow Six Siege is under siege by hackers, Ubisoft forced to take all servers offline — players randomly received billions of credits, ultra-exclusive skins, and bans or unbans

Rainbow Six Siege is under siege by hackers, Ubisoft forced to take all servers offline — players ra...

2 days ago 16

You can now buy 2 terabytes of DDR5 server RAM for the low price of just $39,000, and 4 TB for $77,000 — Nemix offers chart-topping capacities amidst an industry shortage

You can now buy 2 terabytes of DDR5 server RAM for the low price of just $39,000, and 4 TB for $77,0...

2 days ago 26

Intel Core i7-14700K vs Intel Core Ultra 7 265K Faceoff

Intel Core i7-14700K vs Intel Core Ultra 7 265K Faceoff

2 days ago 16

Chinese GPU manufacturer Zephyr confirms dead RDNA 2 GPU chips due to cracking, bulging, or shorting — Company says it has replaced several dead Navi 21 cores under warranty

Chinese GPU manufacturer Zephyr confirms dead RDNA 2 GPU chips due to cracking, bulging, or shorting...

2 days ago 22

Modders are slapping 32GB of VRAM on Nvidia's RTX 5080 GPUs, but that isn't good for gamers — modded variants designed for AI workstations and servers

Modders are slapping 32GB of VRAM on Nvidia's RTX 5080 GPUs, but that isn't good for gamers — modded...

2 days ago 19

110-pound cast-iron Victorian radiator upcycled into a gaming PC — massive radiator used for cooling the bottom-mounted PC components

110-pound cast-iron Victorian radiator upcycled into a gaming PC — massive radiator used for cooling...

2 days ago 19

Extremely rare East German games console from the late 1970s tested — only such device produced by communist GDR, bought for $1,000 at auction

Extremely rare East German games console from the late 1970s tested — only such device produced by c...

2 days ago 27

Amiga A500 Mini user builds working scale-sized Commodore 1084 monitor with 3D printed components — 3D printer project details shared for all

Amiga A500 Mini user builds working scale-sized Commodore 1084 monitor with 3D printed components — ...

2 days ago 19

GameStop trolls Valve's Gabe Newell for his 'inability to count to three' — playful jab for never releasing a third installment for blockbuster game franchises like Half-Life, Dota, or Counter-Strike

GameStop trolls Valve's Gabe Newell for his 'inability to count to three' — playful jab for never re...

2 days ago 17

ChatGPT could prioritize sponsored content as part of ad strategy — sponsored content could allegedly be given preferential treatment in LLM’s responses, OpenAI to use chat data to deliver highly personalized results

ChatGPT could prioritize sponsored content as part of ad strategy — sponsored content could allegedl...

2 days ago 17

Xbox Full-Screen Experience support come to Lenovo Legion Go devices in latest update, with native FSE toggle — Legion Space now available as a widget in Xbox Game Bar

Xbox Full-Screen Experience support come to Lenovo Legion Go devices in latest update, with native F...

2 days ago 15

Some Japanese shops start rationing GPUs — graphics cards with 16GB VRAM and up are becoming harder to find, says one store

Some Japanese shops start rationing GPUs — graphics cards with 16GB VRAM and up are becoming harder ...

2 days ago 23

This RTX 5070 Ti gaming laptop is the cheapest we've seen at $700 off — Get MSI's Vector 16 with a Ryzen 9 8940HX CPU, 16 GB DDR5 RAM, and a 240Hz screen for just $1,299

This RTX 5070 Ti gaming laptop is the cheapest we've seen at $700 off — Get MSI's Vector 16 with a R...

3 days ago 23

Amiga motherboard project to add NVMe SSD boot support and a driver for the onboard Ethernet — Mirari project hopes to ‘breathe new life into the next-gen Amiga platform’

Amiga motherboard project to add NVMe SSD boot support and a driver for the onboard Ethernet — Mirar...

3 days ago 32

Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 power wire reportedly caught fire despite using the original cable — CPU cooler's tubing was also caught in the blaze

Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 power wire reportedly caught fire despite using the original cable — CPU coo...

3 days ago 35

Harlan Coben's Run Away is the New Year's Day Netflix binge that will break your brain — especially the final mind-boggling twist

Harlan Coben's Run Away is the New Year's Day Netflix binge that will break your brain — especially ...

3 days ago 20