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$1,600 aluminum Icebreaker keyboard breaks the bank — sports metal chassis, keycaps with 800 micro-perforations, and VIA support

$1,600 aluminum Icebreaker keyboard breaks the bank — sports metal chassis, keycaps with 800 micro-p...

3 days ago 1

ModRetro Chromatic review: an arms dealer’s Game Boy is among the best ever made

ModRetro Chromatic review: an arms dealer’s Game Boy is among the best ever made

3 days ago 5

Intel Arc B580 GPU with two M.2 slots smiles for the camera — Maxsun GPU offers storage expansion for two PCIe 4.0 SSDs

Intel Arc B580 GPU with two M.2 slots smiles for the camera — Maxsun GPU offers storage expansion fo...

3 days ago 1

Lexar Play 4TB SSD review: Another good SSD for your PS5

Lexar Play 4TB SSD review: Another good SSD for your PS5

3 days ago 5

Qualcomm wins legal battle over Arm — chipmaker didn't violate Arm's chip licensing agreement

Qualcomm wins legal battle over Arm — chipmaker didn't violate Arm's chip licensing agreement

3 days ago 2

Sony LinkBuds Fit: The best fitness earbuds for people who don’t like earbuds

Sony LinkBuds Fit: The best fitness earbuds for people who don’t like earbuds

3 days ago 5

US gov't set to ban Huawei intermediary Sophgo over AI chip supplies — partnership skirted US chip sanctions

US gov't set to ban Huawei intermediary Sophgo over AI chip supplies — partnership skirted US chip s...

3 days ago 2

Newly Resurrected Shapeways Acquires Thangs in Surprising Announcement

Newly Resurrected Shapeways Acquires Thangs in Surprising Announcement

3 days ago 7

Micron's HBM4E heralds a new era of customized memory for AI GPUs and beyond

Micron's HBM4E heralds a new era of customized memory for AI GPUs and beyond

3 days ago 7

Cherry Xtrfy M64 Pro Wireless Mouse Review: Plug-and-play

Cherry Xtrfy M64 Pro Wireless Mouse Review: Plug-and-play

4 days ago 5

ASRock Challenger Arc B570 lands in the hands of user a month before launch — Reportedly sips just 10W of power at idle and runs a handful of games despite no official driver support

ASRock Challenger Arc B570 lands in the hands of user a month before launch — Reportedly sips just 1...

4 days ago 5

Core Ultra 9 285K is faster in Linux than in Windows – flagship Arrow Lake chip is 6 to 8% faster on average in Linux

Core Ultra 9 285K is faster in Linux than in Windows – flagship Arrow Lake chip is 6 to 8% faster on...

4 days ago 2

Grab two of SK hynix's superfast Tube T31 1TB Flash drives for just $109 - techy stocking fillers for the holidays

Grab two of SK hynix's superfast Tube T31 1TB Flash drives for just $109 - techy stocking fillers fo...

4 days ago 2

New AI accelerator slots into an M.2 SSD port — MemryX launches $149 MX3 AI Accelerator Module capable of 24 TOPS

New AI accelerator slots into an M.2 SSD port — MemryX launches $149 MX3 AI Accelerator Module capab...

4 days ago 5

Japanese company makes $16 USB-C cable that rotates 360 degrees — cable is approximately 3 feet long and offers 240W power delivery and USB 2.0 transfer speeds

Japanese company makes $16 USB-C cable that rotates 360 degrees — cable is approximately 3 feet long...

4 days ago 2

Underwater footage raises suspicions of undersea cable sabotage as European authorities board Chinese ship for investigation

Underwater footage raises suspicions of undersea cable sabotage as European authorities board Chines...

4 days ago 2

AI PC revolution appears dead on arrival — 'supercycle’ for AI PCs and smartphones is a bust, analyst says

AI PC revolution appears dead on arrival — 'supercycle’ for AI PCs and smartphones is a bust, analys...

4 days ago 1

China's CXMT begins producing DDR5 memory — first China-made DDR5 sticks reportedly aimed at consumer PCs

China's CXMT begins producing DDR5 memory — first China-made DDR5 sticks reportedly aimed at consume...

4 days ago 2

Intel ex-CEO Gelsinger and current co-CEO slapped with lawsuit over Intel Foundry disclosures — plaintiffs demand Gelsinger surrender salary earned

Intel ex-CEO Gelsinger and current co-CEO slapped with lawsuit over Intel Foundry disclosures — plai...

4 days ago 2

Intel Arc B580 review: A spectacular success for Intel and a gateway to 1440p for gamers on a budget

Intel Arc B580 review: A spectacular success for Intel and a gateway to 1440p for gamers on a budget...

4 days ago 4

PlayStation 5 Pro specifications thoroughly explained, 'FLOPflation' debunked by PS5 system architect Mark Cerny

PlayStation 5 Pro specifications thoroughly explained, 'FLOPflation' debunked by PS5 system architec...

4 days ago 2

Intel terminates x86S initiative — unilateral quest to de-bloat x86 instruction set comes to an end

Intel terminates x86S initiative — unilateral quest to de-bloat x86 instruction set comes to an end

5 days ago 2

A perfect holiday gift for the racing-sim enthusiast in your life - Thrustmaster's T248 racing wheel hits an all-time low

A perfect holiday gift for the racing-sim enthusiast in your life - Thrustmaster's T248 racing wheel...

5 days ago 2

Nvidia RTX 5090 and RTX 5080 gaming PCs listed prematurely for $7,539 and $4,399 at a retailer — Blackwell meets Arrow Lake to power upcoming Predator Orion 7000 PCs from Acer

Nvidia RTX 5090 and RTX 5080 gaming PCs listed prematurely for $7,539 and $4,399 at a retailer — Bla...

5 days ago 2

US Department of Commerce finalizes $458 million grant for SK Hynix to build Indiana packaging plant — plans to lend an additional $500 million for Lafayette project

US Department of Commerce finalizes $458 million grant for SK Hynix to build Indiana packaging plant...

5 days ago 2

AMD's 'Golden Rabbit' GPU reportedly hits 'end of life' status — Radeon RX 7900 GRE is no longer available at any retailer

AMD's 'Golden Rabbit' GPU reportedly hits 'end of life' status — Radeon RX 7900 GRE is no longer ava...

5 days ago 1

'World's first' open-source Armv9 motherboard surfaces — Radxa Orion O6's pricing starts at $200 for the 8GB RAM model

'World's first' open-source Armv9 motherboard surfaces — Radxa Orion O6's pricing starts at $200 for...

5 days ago 1

Intel Wildcat Lake CPU tooling surfaces in shipping manifests — reportedly adopts next-gen Cougar Cove and Darkmont cores, Intel 18A node

Intel Wildcat Lake CPU tooling surfaces in shipping manifests — reportedly adopts next-gen Cougar Co...

5 days ago 1

Mystery second hard drive maker gears up to start producing laser-powered HAMR HDDs — either WD or Toshiba preps to release new recording tech

Mystery second hard drive maker gears up to start producing laser-powered HAMR HDDs — either WD or T...

5 days ago 1

Asus ROG Zephyrus G16 (2024) review: an AMD upgrade

Asus ROG Zephyrus G16 (2024) review: an AMD upgrade

5 days ago 4

DJI narrowly escapes U.S. drone ban, for now — company has one year to demonstrate its products don’t pose a national security risk

DJI narrowly escapes U.S. drone ban, for now — company has one year to demonstrate its products don’...

5 days ago 1

Elon Musk hints at building stripped-down Gmail alternative — billionaire first revealed Xmail intentions back in February

Elon Musk hints at building stripped-down Gmail alternative — billionaire first revealed Xmail inten...

5 days ago 1

Tachyum releases a 1,600-page performance optimization manual despite continued tape-out delays and no actual silicon

Tachyum releases a 1,600-page performance optimization manual despite continued tape-out delays and ...

5 days ago 1

Rapidus is first Japanese company to install ASML's cutting-edge EUV machine — chipmaking tool for 2nm chips expected to be operational in early 2025

Rapidus is first Japanese company to install ASML's cutting-edge EUV machine — chipmaking tool for 2...

5 days ago 1

Nvidia may postpone volume ramp-up of Blackwell machines: TrendForce

Nvidia may postpone volume ramp-up of Blackwell machines: TrendForce

5 days ago 2

U.S. gov't removes China's chip toolmaker AMEC from the list of 'military companies'

U.S. gov't removes China's chip toolmaker AMEC from the list of 'military companies'

5 days ago 2

Asus ROG Strix Z890-A Gaming WiFi motherboard review: Snazzy snow owl

Asus ROG Strix Z890-A Gaming WiFi motherboard review: Snazzy snow owl

5 days ago 6

Qualcomm CEO expected to save $1.4 billion in Arm royalties by purchasing Nuvia, assumed Snapdragon X chips would be a massive hit

Qualcomm CEO expected to save $1.4 billion in Arm royalties by purchasing Nuvia, assumed Snapdragon ...

5 days ago 1

Chinese GPU designers received key technologies from British company Imagination Technology: Report

Chinese GPU designers received key technologies from British company Imagination Technology: Report

5 days ago 5

The Best Value Gaming CPUs

The Best Value Gaming CPUs

5 days ago 2

KTC A32Q8 Smart Monitor review

KTC A32Q8 Smart Monitor review

5 days ago 5

Tineco Floor One Switch S6 review: a five-in-one wet-dry vacuum for all kinds of floor

Tineco Floor One Switch S6 review: a five-in-one wet-dry vacuum for all kinds of floor

5 days ago 8

Roborock Qrevo Slim review

Roborock Qrevo Slim review

5 days ago 6

Intel announces Arrow Lake performance fix is now available — another update coming next month

Intel announces Arrow Lake performance fix is now available — another update coming next month

6 days ago 2

MSI opens its first laptop manufacturing facility in India — MSI bets big on India's explosive projected demand for high-performance laptop devices

MSI opens its first laptop manufacturing facility in India — MSI bets big on India's explosive proje...

6 days ago 2

Intel lists the Core 200H mobile CPU lineup based on an aging Raptor Lake design — Core 200H sports up to 14 cores and 5.8 GHz boost clocks

Intel lists the Core 200H mobile CPU lineup based on an aging Raptor Lake design — Core 200H sports ...

6 days ago 7

US could ban best-selling TP-Link routers over national security concerns — TP-Link routers tied to Chinese government-backed cyberattacks

US could ban best-selling TP-Link routers over national security concerns — TP-Link routers tied to ...

6 days ago 3

Indiana bakery still using Commodore 64s originally released in 1982 as cash registers — Hilligoss Bakery in Brownsburg sticks to the BASICs

Indiana bakery still using Commodore 64s originally released in 1982 as cash registers — Hilligoss B...

6 days ago 7

Add a super cheap 27-inch Samsung S3 S33GC productivity monitor to your setup for only $79

Add a super cheap 27-inch Samsung S3 S33GC productivity monitor to your setup for only $79

6 days ago 3

AMD 3D V-Cache teardown shows the majority of the Ryzen 7 9800X3D is dummy silicon

AMD 3D V-Cache teardown shows the majority of the Ryzen 7 9800X3D is dummy silicon

6 days ago 3