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Intel’s newest B580 GPU underperforms last-gen Arc Alchemist card in Linux benchmarks – likely due to early teething pains

Intel’s newest B580 GPU underperforms last-gen Arc Alchemist card in Linux benchmarks – likely due t...

6 days ago 7

Alien: Rogue Incursion review: superb survival horror with monsters I wish were more terrifying

Alien: Rogue Incursion review: superb survival horror with monsters I wish were more terrifying

6 days ago 6

High demand for Intel's Arc B580 as retailers receive weekly restocks — demand outstrips supply for the new $249 GPU champion

High demand for Intel's Arc B580 as retailers receive weekly restocks — demand outstrips supply for ...

6 days ago 3

Get gaming with this $1,099 pre-built iBUYPOWER desktop PC

Get gaming with this $1,099 pre-built iBUYPOWER desktop PC

6 days ago 4

Brevo review 2024

Brevo review 2024

6 days ago 11

Hyte Keeb TKL Review: Unique aesthetic and ultra-smooth switches

Hyte Keeb TKL Review: Unique aesthetic and ultra-smooth switches

6 days ago 6

Russia plans EUV chipmaking tools that it says will be cheaper and easier to build than ASML's — country outlines new roadmap to smaller chips

Russia plans EUV chipmaking tools that it says will be cheaper and easier to build than ASML's — cou...

6 days ago 3

Qualcomm says its Oryon CPU cores have 1% or less of Arm's original technology — cores in Snapdragon X PC chips are almost entirely custom

Qualcomm says its Oryon CPU cores have 1% or less of Arm's original technology — cores in Snapdragon...

6 days ago 6

GlobalWafers inks $406 million CHIPS Act deal to make 300mm wafers in the U.S.

GlobalWafers inks $406 million CHIPS Act deal to make 300mm wafers in the U.S.

6 days ago 4

Arm vs. Qualcomm trial begins — Arm demands that the patent-infringing Nuvia designs be destroyed

Arm vs. Qualcomm trial begins — Arm demands that the patent-infringing Nuvia designs be destroyed

6 days ago 6

China developing critical chipmaking supply chains — photoresist ecosystem emerges for ArF and KrF lasers

China developing critical chipmaking supply chains — photoresist ecosystem emerges for ArF and KrF l...

1 week ago 3

Inno3D hints at Neural Rendering and Advanced DLSS technology for Nvidia's next-gen RTX 50-series GPUs — DLSS 4 may debut with Blackwell

Inno3D hints at Neural Rendering and Advanced DLSS technology for Nvidia's next-gen RTX 50-series GP...

1 week ago 6

China kicks off homegrown Bluetooth alternative — Star Flash is set to take over consumer electronics in the country

China kicks off homegrown Bluetooth alternative — Star Flash is set to take over consumer electronic...

1 week ago 3

Modretro Chromatic review: a great modern Game Boy

Modretro Chromatic review: a great modern Game Boy

1 week ago 6

Elon Musk prioritizing humanoid robot advances, says TSMC CEO — TSMC will supply the chips if the price is right

Elon Musk prioritizing humanoid robot advances, says TSMC CEO — TSMC will supply the chips if the pr...

1 week ago 2

Nest Learning Thermostat review: pretty smart

Nest Learning Thermostat review: pretty smart

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EDATec CM5 Active Cooler Review: A Cool Deal

EDATec CM5 Active Cooler Review: A Cool Deal

1 week ago 5

Kanto Ren review: a powered speaker system that’s as smart-looking as it is smart-sounding

Kanto Ren review: a powered speaker system that’s as smart-looking as it is smart-sounding

1 week ago 6

Wireless mouse receiver is a mini dock with HDMI output and USB Type-C

Wireless mouse receiver is a mini dock with HDMI output and USB Type-C

1 week ago 4

AMD Strix Halo-powered laptop appears at retailer — Asus ROG Flow Z13 2-in-1 laptop listed on Belarus website

AMD Strix Halo-powered laptop appears at retailer — Asus ROG Flow Z13 2-in-1 laptop listed on Belaru...

1 week ago 4

Seagate launches 32TB Exos M hard drive based on HAMR technology – Mozaic 3+ drives are the world’s first generally available HAMR HDDs

Seagate launches 32TB Exos M hard drive based on HAMR technology – Mozaic 3+ drives are the world’s ...

1 week ago 11

Russia certifies homegrown Raspberry Pi-like computers for critical applications — Elbrus ES3 already used in nuclear facilities

Russia certifies homegrown Raspberry Pi-like computers for critical applications — Elbrus ES3 alread...

1 week ago 3

Nvidia's new $249 AI development board promises 67 TOPS at half the price of the previous 40 TOPS model

Nvidia's new $249 AI development board promises 67 TOPS at half the price of the previous 40 TOPS mo...

1 week ago 10

Nvidia RTX 5080 allegedly adopts faster 30 Gbps GDDR7 modules, delivering 960 GB/s of bandwidth — The remaining Blackwell lineup is expected to stick with slower 28 Gbps memory

Nvidia RTX 5080 allegedly adopts faster 30 Gbps GDDR7 modules, delivering 960 GB/s of bandwidth — Th...

1 week ago 3

Nvidia has a fix for up to 15% gaming performance loss caused by the Nvidia App — disabling feature restores performance

Nvidia has a fix for up to 15% gaming performance loss caused by the Nvidia App — disabling feature ...

1 week ago 3

AOC Agon Pro Porsche Design PD49 49-inch OLED gaming monitor review: High style and even higher performance

AOC Agon Pro Porsche Design PD49 49-inch OLED gaming monitor review: High style and even higher perf...

1 week ago 11

Raspberry Pi powers sentry turret straight out of the 'Portal' franchise

Raspberry Pi powers sentry turret straight out of the 'Portal' franchise

1 week ago 3

Framework's new dual M.2 module boosts laptop max storage to 32TB — Framework Laptop 16 Expansion Bay is only $39

Framework's new dual M.2 module boosts laptop max storage to 32TB — Framework Laptop 16 Expansion Ba...

1 week ago 8

Arzopa Digital Picture Frame WiFi 15.6-inch review: a big photo frame that’s not quite bright or brilliant enough

Arzopa Digital Picture Frame WiFi 15.6-inch review: a big photo frame that’s not quite bright or bri...

1 week ago 8

The IBM PC: The Most Influential Non-Invention

The IBM PC: The Most Influential Non-Invention

1 week ago 3

China's dual 16-core Hygon CPU server rack barely outperforms a quad-core Skylake Core i7-6700HQ mobile CPU in Geekbench AI

China's dual 16-core Hygon CPU server rack barely outperforms a quad-core Skylake Core i7-6700HQ mob...

1 week ago 4

We tested the Nvidia App performance problems — games can run up to 15 percent slower with the app

We tested the Nvidia App performance problems — games can run up to 15 percent slower with the app

1 week ago 5

The Lenovo Yoga Slim 7x Snapdragon X Elite drops to $799 — get yourself a shiny new laptop for the holidays

The Lenovo Yoga Slim 7x Snapdragon X Elite drops to $799 — get yourself a shiny new laptop for the h...

1 week ago 10

Crucial discontinues the popular MX500 SSD to make way for next-gen drives — SATA III SSD retires after seven years

Crucial discontinues the popular MX500 SSD to make way for next-gen drives — SATA III SSD retires af...

1 week ago 3

Linux 6.13-rc3 fixes expensive CPUID handling on Sapphire Rapids CPUs — an issue resulting in Skylake CPUs being 4X faster for CPUID-related updates

Linux 6.13-rc3 fixes expensive CPUID handling on Sapphire Rapids CPUs — an issue resulting in Skylak...

1 week ago 4

Zotac accidentally lists RTX 5090, RTX 5080, and RTX 5070 family weeks before launch — accidental listing seemingly confirms the RTX 5090 with 32GB of GDDR7 VRAM

Zotac accidentally lists RTX 5090, RTX 5080, and RTX 5070 family weeks before launch — accidental li...

1 week ago 9

Pricing for key chipmaking material hits 13-year high following Chinese export restrictions — China's restrictions on Gallium exports hit hard

Pricing for key chipmaking material hits 13-year high following Chinese export restrictions — China'...

1 week ago 4

3dfx VoodooX custom project aims to modernize the classic GPU — latest update showcases a 'Christmas design' white PCB

3dfx VoodooX custom project aims to modernize the classic GPU — latest update showcases a 'Christmas...

1 week ago 4

UK's Wolfhound mobile laser weapon exhibits 100% drone zapping success in field trials

UK's Wolfhound mobile laser weapon exhibits 100% drone zapping success in field trials

1 week ago 6

SK hynix Beetle X31 (2TB) review: a solid, snazzy scarab

SK hynix Beetle X31 (2TB) review: a solid, snazzy scarab

1 week ago 8

PowerColor Radeon RX 8000 'Reaper' series rumored to debut at CES 2025 next month

PowerColor Radeon RX 8000 'Reaper' series rumored to debut at CES 2025 next month

1 week ago 3

Firsty review

Firsty review

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Raspberry Pi 500 keyboard PC has been modded with an NVMe M.2 slot leveraging the device's conspicuously empty PCB header

Raspberry Pi 500 keyboard PC has been modded with an NVMe M.2 slot leveraging the device's conspicuo...

1 week ago 3

The Samsung 990 Pro 4TB heatsink edition is now only $289 at Amazon

The Samsung 990 Pro 4TB heatsink edition is now only $289 at Amazon

1 week ago 6

Today is 3D graphics pioneer 3dfx's 24th death anniversary – platform still inspires gamers, enthusiasts, and makers long after Nvidia acquired the assets

Today is 3D graphics pioneer 3dfx's 24th death anniversary – platform still inspires gamers, enthusi...

1 week ago 6

A new PCB design can boost heat dissipation by 55x – copper coins placed under heat generating components drop temps drastically

A new PCB design can boost heat dissipation by 55x – copper coins placed under heat generating compo...

1 week ago 11

'Shockingly real' AI Santa is free to use, will put Mall Santas everywhere out of jobs

'Shockingly real' AI Santa is free to use, will put Mall Santas everywhere out of jobs

1 week ago 5

Oppo Find X8 review: admired from afar

Oppo Find X8 review: admired from afar

1 week ago 10

Ventiva's Ionic Cooling Engine has no fans but is quieter, higher performance, and more efficient than Frore AirJet according to TechTuber teaser

Ventiva's Ionic Cooling Engine has no fans but is quieter, higher performance, and more efficient th...

1 week ago 4

VTOMAN Flashspeed 1000 portable power station review

VTOMAN Flashspeed 1000 portable power station review

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