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Alexa Plus is smarter — but it’s not yet smart enough

Alexa Plus is smarter — but it’s not yet smart enough

1 month ago 25

MSI Stealth A16 AI+ review: thin, light, and hot

MSI Stealth A16 AI+ review: thin, light, and hot

1 month ago 23

Data centers to account for 9% of electricity demand in the U.S by 2035 — Nuclear power could help sate AI demand

Data centers to account for 9% of electricity demand in the U.S by 2035 — Nuclear power could help s...

1 month ago 40

OpenAI President teases our 10-billion GPU future — says always-working AI future calls for 'every person to have their own dedicated GPU'

OpenAI President teases our 10-billion GPU future — says always-working AI future calls for 'every p...

1 month ago 40

Mobile RTX 2070 with shunt mod nearly eclipses desktop performance — 60W boost provides 15% performance uplift

Mobile RTX 2070 with shunt mod nearly eclipses desktop performance — 60W boost provides 15% performa...

1 month ago 26

EA acquired by Saudi Arabian investment fund and others for $55 billion — largest ever buyout of a public company

EA acquired by Saudi Arabian investment fund and others for $55 billion — largest ever buyout of a p...

1 month ago 30

Amazon and Google tip off Jensen Huang before announcing information about their AI chips, says report — companies tread carefully to avoid surprising Nvidia

Amazon and Google tip off Jensen Huang before announcing information about their AI chips, says repo...

1 month ago 25

Small but perfectly formed, the De'Longhi Dedica Duo is my new favorite entry-level espresso machine

Small but perfectly formed, the De'Longhi Dedica Duo is my new favorite entry-level espresso machine...

1 month ago 33

Qualcomm’s 18-core Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme dominates in first benchmarks – 18 cores and 48GB of on-package memory on a 192-bit bus look tough to beat

Qualcomm’s 18-core Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme dominates in first benchmarks – 18 cores and 48GB of ...

1 month ago 30

'Moscow military spy ship' tracked mapping and surveilling NATO undersea cables — 'She’s following cable lines and pipelines, making stops. We are monitoring her very closely

'Moscow military spy ship' tracked mapping and surveilling NATO undersea cables — 'She’s following c...

1 month ago 30

EU pushes for Chips Act 2.0 investment as it looks set to miss global silicon production targets by a wide margin — seeks quadrupling of semiconductor investment as $50 billion initiative flounders

EU pushes for Chips Act 2.0 investment as it looks set to miss global silicon production targets by ...

1 month ago 27

Legendary Sound Blaster 2.0 ISA card revived by hardware enthusiast — 1994 relic restored to former glory

Legendary Sound Blaster 2.0 ISA card revived by hardware enthusiast — 1994 relic restored to former ...

1 month ago 27

Famed gamer creates working 5 million parameter ChatGPT AI model in Minecraft, made with 439 million blocks — AI trained to hold conversations, working model runs inference in the game

Famed gamer creates working 5 million parameter ChatGPT AI model in Minecraft, made with 439 million...

1 month ago 29

I tested Google Calendar, and found it excels at helping manage day-to-day schedules

I tested Google Calendar, and found it excels at helping manage day-to-day schedules

1 month ago 31

Squarespace Acuity review 2025

Squarespace Acuity review 2025

1 month ago 66

TSMC says Intel didn’t ask for investments — denies existence of talks for partnership, joint venture

TSMC says Intel didn’t ask for investments — denies existence of talks for partnership, joint ventur...

1 month ago 51

The Nutribullet Triple Prep System is a blender and food processor combo that handled almost every recipe I could throw at it

The Nutribullet Triple Prep System is a blender and food processor combo that handled almost every r...

1 month ago 71

Jensen Huang says China is ‘nanoseconds behind’ the US in chipmaking, calls for reducing US export restrictions on Nvidia's AI chips

Jensen Huang says China is ‘nanoseconds behind’ the US in chipmaking, calls for reducing US export r...

1 month ago 44

China's premier memory-maker YMTC struggles amid chokehold of US sanctions — outdated chipmaking tools and lack of new tools have hampered production and development of new tech

China's premier memory-maker YMTC struggles amid chokehold of US sanctions — outdated chipmaking too...

1 month ago 41

The cheapest RTX 5060 laptop is just $999 right now at Best Buy — Get $300 off Lenovo's LOQ 15.6" gaming laptop with a Core i7 processor, 16GB RAM, and an RTX 5060

The cheapest RTX 5060 laptop is just $999 right now at Best Buy — Get $300 off Lenovo's LOQ 15.6" ga...

1 month ago 39

High-power microwave system downs 49 drones in one shot – weaponized electromagnetic interference erases drone swarms en masse

High-power microwave system downs 49 drones in one shot – weaponized electromagnetic interference er...

1 month ago 31

US Commerce head notes China 'isn't even shy' about its goal to 'take' Taiwan, says US-Taiwan tariff deal coming soon — goal is to have 40% of chips made in America

US Commerce head notes China 'isn't even shy' about its goal to 'take' Taiwan, says US-Taiwan tariff...

1 month ago 45

U.S. gov't mulls tariffing devices based on the number of chips used and their estimated value — policy would impact nearly every type of electronic device

U.S. gov't mulls tariffing devices based on the number of chips used and their estimated value — pol...

1 month ago 72

Judge rules that drone maker DJI is affiliated with China’s defense industry — company to stay on Pentagon’s list of Chinese military companies

Judge rules that drone maker DJI is affiliated with China’s defense industry — company to stay on Pe...

1 month ago 56

I spent three months with Telly, the free TV that’s always showing ads

I spent three months with Telly, the free TV that’s always showing ads

1 month ago 27

First AirPods-controlled game uses undocumented Apple sensor for motion control — reverse-engineered spatial audio hardware enables 'RidePods - Race with Head' motorbike racing game

First AirPods-controlled game uses undocumented Apple sensor for motion control — reverse-engineered...

1 month ago 34

$300 GeForce vs. $300 Radeon GPU: Four Generations, Head to Head

$300 GeForce vs. $300 Radeon GPU: Four Generations, Head to Head

1 month ago 28

Acer Predator XB273K V5 27-inch 4K gaming monitor review: Vivid color and dual refresh rate capable

Acer Predator XB273K V5 27-inch 4K gaming monitor review: Vivid color and dual refresh rate capable

1 month ago 32

Xiaomi's shiny new open earbuds fix one massive problem with this kind of headphone design

Xiaomi's shiny new open earbuds fix one massive problem with this kind of headphone design

1 month ago 56

Nvidia RTX 5070 Ti Super and RTX 5070 Super TDP leaked — long-rumored RTX 50 Super series GPUs appear in power supply calculator

Nvidia RTX 5070 Ti Super and RTX 5070 Super TDP leaked — long-rumored RTX 50 Super series GPUs appea...

1 month ago 89

The Nutribullet SmartSense is an excellent, powerful blender, though its 'smart' mode feels unnecessary

The Nutribullet SmartSense is an excellent, powerful blender, though its 'smart' mode feels unnecess...

1 month ago 41

Asus addresses stuttering issues plaguing its gaming laptops — beta patch released for ROG laptops, final fix due in October

Asus addresses stuttering issues plaguing its gaming laptops — beta patch released for ROG laptops, ...

1 month ago 57

Get massive, speedy HDD storage with Western Digital's 22TB WD Red Pro at just $400 — enjoy 11% off a comparatively fast CMR hard drive

Get massive, speedy HDD storage with Western Digital's 22TB WD Red Pro at just $400 — enjoy 11% off ...

1 month ago 37

Scalpers sell ROG Xbox Ally X preorders for as much as $2,500 even though they are still in stock — stay away from eBay and buy from retailers

Scalpers sell ROG Xbox Ally X preorders for as much as $2,500 even though they are still in stock — ...

1 month ago 41

Russia outlines EUV litho chipmaking tool roadmap through 2037 — country eyes replacing DUV with EUV, but plans appear unrealistic

Russia outlines EUV litho chipmaking tool roadmap through 2037 — country eyes replacing DUV with EUV...

1 month ago 38

Nvidia CEO bets $100 billion on OpenAI becoming a multi-trillion-dollar company — Jensen outlines his view on OpenAI's path to becoming one of the biggest companies in the world

Nvidia CEO bets $100 billion on OpenAI becoming a multi-trillion-dollar company — Jensen outlines hi...

1 month ago 30

Enthusiasts bond twelve 56K dial-up modems together to set dial-up broadband records — a dozen screeching boxes achieve record 668 kbps download speeds

Enthusiasts bond twelve 56K dial-up modems together to set dial-up broadband records — a dozen scree...

1 month ago 25

Apple's iPhone 17 chip becomes the fastest single-core CPU in the world on PassMark, beating PC chips and Apple's own M3 Ultra — passively-cooled A19 CPU catapults past power-hungry competitors

Apple's iPhone 17 chip becomes the fastest single-core CPU in the world on PassMark, beating PC chip...

1 month ago 26

Large-scale simulated 10-year torture test confirms burn-in haunts all OLED monitors — Testing also reveals edge-lit TVs are insanely failure-prone

Large-scale simulated 10-year torture test confirms burn-in haunts all OLED monitors — Testing also ...

1 month ago 23

AMD's memory patent outlining a 'new, improved RAM' made from DDR5 memory isn't a new development — HB-DIMMs already superseded, probably won't come to market

AMD's memory patent outlining a 'new, improved RAM' made from DDR5 memory isn't a new development — ...

1 month ago 30

Acer FA200 4TB SSD Review: A Capacious Retread

Acer FA200 4TB SSD Review: A Capacious Retread

1 month ago 36

Two of the best 2TB SSDs for the ROG Xbox Ally and Steam Deck are at record low prices — surprise SSD price cuts come as shortages and price hikes loom due to the AI server boom

Two of the best 2TB SSDs for the ROG Xbox Ally and Steam Deck are at record low prices — surprise SS...

1 month ago 38

Modder takes hacksaw and hot glue to original Xbox to create a gaming handheld — ‘portable monstrosity’ has exposed spinning DVD in the center and plenty of duct tape, but works as intended

Modder takes hacksaw and hot glue to original Xbox to create a gaming handheld — ‘portable monstrosi...

1 month ago 36

OneXPlayer unveils OneXFly Apex with Ryzen AI Max+ 395 and up to 128 GB RAM — Flagship PC gaming handheld pushes 120W TDP with 'silent liquid cooling' and 85Wh removable battery

OneXPlayer unveils OneXFly Apex with Ryzen AI Max+ 395 and up to 128 GB RAM — Flagship PC gaming han...

1 month ago 27

I tested one of the most popular laptops cooling pads, and it’s the first ever to outright flunk our chilling test

I tested one of the most popular laptops cooling pads, and it’s the first ever to outright flunk our...

1 month ago 40

I spent weeks testing the Klipsch Flexus Core 300 soundbar, and its built-in Dirac Live room correction is a game-changer

I spent weeks testing the Klipsch Flexus Core 300 soundbar, and its built-in Dirac Live room correct...

1 month ago 37

3Dfx Voodoo modded with 12 MB of RAM and two texture mappers — reveals how revolutionary GPU was way ahead of its time

3Dfx Voodoo modded with 12 MB of RAM and two texture mappers — reveals how revolutionary GPU was way...

1 month ago 28

Forget AirPods Pro 3, these premium buds sound fantastic and look so much classier

Forget AirPods Pro 3, these premium buds sound fantastic and look so much classier

1 month ago 37

Raleigh One e-bike review: redemption tour

Raleigh One e-bike review: redemption tour

1 month ago 30

One of our favorite ever 3D printers the Prusa MK4S has dropped to an all-time low of $929 — accurate, fast, and quiet quality prints

One of our favorite ever 3D printers the Prusa MK4S has dropped to an all-time low of $929 — accurat...

1 month ago 42