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Valve funding port of Linux RADV Radeon Vulkan driver to Windows — cross-platform effort already runs 'Counter-Strike 2'

Valve funding port of Linux RADV Radeon Vulkan dri...

2 weeks ago 28

Setting up OpenClaw isn’t as straightforward as the internet wants you to think – running local AI on humble hardware

Setting up OpenClaw isn’t as straightforward as th...

2 weeks ago 26

This tattoo is permanent, pain-free, and might soon come in the mail

This tattoo is permanent, pain-free, and might soo...

2 weeks ago 22

New open source printer has 7 toolheads that swap in 5 seconds for fast, zero-waste multi-color 3D printing — Sovol M1D 3D printer is the first open-source IDEX design with an integrated tool-changer

New open source printer has 7 toolheads that swap ...

2 weeks ago 26

Single-DIMM DDR5 gaming works better than you probably think — AMD's 3D V-Cache chips drop less than 3%, one DDR5 DIMM beats dual-channel DDR4 RAM

Single-DIMM DDR5 gaming works better than you prob...

2 weeks ago 25

PS5 emulation hits new milestone in record time, multiple 3D games now playable in Kyty — Performance and support steadily improving with 30 FPS gameplay possible today

PS5 emulation hits new milestone in record time, m...

2 weeks ago 24

AMD's new Radeon RX 9050 is roughly 30% slower than the RTX 5050 in games, early testing shows — the cheapest 8GB RDNA 4 GPU comfortably handles 1080p gaming but doesn't impress

AMD's new Radeon RX 9050 is roughly 30% slower tha...

2 weeks ago 23

MSI promises an EXPO ULL-like boost for your existing DDR5 memory — High-Efficiency Mode brings low-latency tuning to older RAM

MSI promises an EXPO ULL-like boost for your exist...

2 weeks ago 24

Save $900 on this RTX 5070 gaming PC from MSI in this limited-time Woot deal, now $1,399 — grab a huge saving on this Codex R2 rig with a 10-core Intel CPU, 32GB DDR5, and a 1TB SSD

Save $900 on this RTX 5070 gaming PC from MSI in t...

2 weeks ago 20

Samsung's fastest SSD is back to Prime Day pricing — only $30 difference between the much faster Gen 5 9100 Pro and Gen 4 990

Samsung's fastest SSD is back to Prime Day pricing...

2 weeks ago 21

Modder der8auer builds 110cm 3D-printed chimney to passively cool Ryzen 7 9800X3D without fans, cuts temps by 19C — radically simple PC mod uses the 'stack effect'

Modder der8auer builds 110cm 3D-printed chimney to...

2 weeks ago 26

Qualcomm-powered robot collapses spectacularly on stage during company's keynote — prepared stagehands rush to cloak and then carry off stricken humanoid

Qualcomm-powered robot collapses spectacularly on ...

2 weeks ago 30

Absurd GPU Pricing Update: Mid-2026 Edition

Absurd GPU Pricing Update: Mid-2026 Edition

2 weeks ago 19

Keyboard giant Keychron launches Nape Pro wireless trackball mouse — rectangular form factor designed to sit under spacebar gives users six customizable buttons and a control dial

Keyboard giant Keychron launches Nape Pro wireless...

2 weeks ago 20

If You Own a 3D Printer, You Absolutely Need to Try Hi3D

If You Own a 3D Printer, You Absolutely Need to Tr...

2 weeks ago 29

Ambitious gamer turns fanless Subway menu PCs into gaming rigs — passive Intel Core i3 units manage just 15 fps in GTA V and 25 fps in Minecraft

Ambitious gamer turns fanless Subway menu PCs into...

2 weeks ago 22

Startup plans to put nuclear-powered data centers in the sea — modular units could be much faster to deploy, but questions about reliability and longevity remain

Startup plans to put nuclear-powered data centers ...

2 weeks ago 18

Windows NT 4.0 brought the Win95 UI to servers 30 years ago today — milestone unifying modern Windows OS hit RTM in the Pentium era

Windows NT 4.0 brought the Win95 UI to servers 30 ...

2 weeks ago 24

I tried Desky’s CoilFlex Ergonomic office chair and its puzzling design choices overshadow an otherwise solid mid-range option

I tried Desky’s CoilFlex Ergonomic office chair an...

2 weeks ago 25

Shanghai Aishengna named as the maker of China's first domestic immersion DUV chipmaking tools — first viable domestic 7nm-capable scanner to be completed by 2038

Shanghai Aishengna named as the maker of China's f...

2 weeks ago 52

Amazon accidentally spent $1.8 million using Claude for menial coding task, went 860% over budget —'catastrophically expensive' coding blunders discovered in internal Amazon AI usage metrics

Amazon accidentally spent $1.8 million using Claud...

2 weeks ago 34

PSA: Your watch band may be messing with your laptop – magnetic clasps can cause lid sensors to lock your PC

PSA: Your watch band may be messing with your lapt...

2 weeks ago 33

Razer’s new keyboards drop the price on powerful gaming features

Razer’s new keyboards drop the price on powerful g...

2 weeks ago 22

Exploring Apple Silicon’s local AI performance with the Mac Studio and M4 Max — M4 Max beats GB10 and Strix Halo in decode throughput, but memory bandwidth isn't everything

Exploring Apple Silicon’s local AI performance wit...

2 weeks ago 25

Google could build more AI accelerators than Nvidia sells in 2028, analyst claims — could push the company to use Intel Foundry to meet its goals

Google could build more AI accelerators than Nvidi...

2 weeks ago 15

Nvidia's fastest graphics cards get US price increase at Best Buy, Amazon — Astral RTX 5080 now costs more than 5090's MSRP, flagship card now commands more than $4,300

Nvidia's fastest graphics cards get US price incre...

2 weeks ago 29

Examining the best options for PCIe SSDs during the RAMpocalypse — capacity trumps raw speed for most tasks

Examining the best options for PCIe SSDs during th...

2 weeks ago 15

Intel licenses Atom-class x86 cores to startup — firm reportedly sharing RTL, enabling customer to build its own custom processors based on x86 general-purpose cores

Intel licenses Atom-class x86 cores to startup — f...

2 weeks ago 23

Foreign-made robot vacuums caught up in FCC robot ban — covers any ground robot over 4.4 pounds with a 200 kbps connection

Foreign-made robot vacuums caught up in FCC robot ...

2 weeks ago 26

Why you need a macro pad, even if you have a mouse with 19 buttons — from $10 mechanical numpads to multi-screen window management

Why you need a macro pad, even if you have a mouse...

2 weeks ago 22

A second lens makes DJI’s Osmo Pocket 4P my new favorite video camera

A second lens makes DJI’s Osmo Pocket 4P my new fa...

2 weeks ago 24

I tested the DJI Osmo Pocket 4P for a whole month — here’s why adding a second portrait lens to a vlogging camera is as big of a game changer as it was for phones

I tested the DJI Osmo Pocket 4P for a whole month ...

2 weeks ago 25

A Mac Mini server is running headless in my closet — it manages my photo library and handles my backups

A Mac Mini server is running headless in my closet...

2 weeks ago 18

Shipping container-launched cargo rocket promises 550-pound deliveries 750 km away in 15 minutes — $1.25M Air Force contract backs 'Rook' cargo rocket that flies into space to speed deliveries

Shipping container-launched cargo rocket promises ...

2 weeks ago 19

$21 Nintendo Wii U upgrade lets you add TBs of storage to your console with an M.2 or SATA SSD — upgrade makes console slightly faster, but requires Homebrew and custom firmware

$21 Nintendo Wii U upgrade lets you add TBs of sto...

2 weeks ago 13

Are your motherboard's M.2 heatsinks making good contact with your SSD? We tested 20 modern Intel and AMD motherboards to verify

Are your motherboard's M.2 heatsinks making good c...

2 weeks ago 16

30 Georgia homes are being acquired via sale or eminent domain to expand power grid — one affected family member says it’s ‘for the data centers’

30 Georgia homes are being acquired via sale or em...

2 weeks ago 13

32GB Corsair Vengeance DDR5 is $369 in this Woot sale — the lowest standalone RAM price right now, thanks to a $132 discount

32GB Corsair Vengeance DDR5 is $369 in this Woot s...

2 weeks ago 16

Grab a great-value gaming laptop with a generous amount of memory for only $1,199 — save $100 on Gigabyte's Aero X16 gaming laptop with 32GB of DDR5 and RTX 5060 graphics

Grab a great-value gaming laptop with a generous a...

2 weeks ago 14

Legendary Windows developer codes Task Manager for the Mac, says Apple’s ‘Activity Monitor blows’ — Microsoft gave original Windows Task Manager dev permission to reference Windows XP source code

Legendary Windows developer codes Task Manager for...

2 weeks ago 13

Save 33% on this 27-inch LG OLED 1440p gaming monitor with an ultra-fast 280Hz refresh rate, now just $399 — limited-time deal nets you a big discount on this high-spec panel with Nvidia G-Sync and AMD FreeSync support

Save 33% on this 27-inch LG OLED 1440p gaming moni...

2 weeks ago 12

Gamers compress 80TB map of Minecraft's oldest anarchy server down to a 15TB download — custom .zvcr compression format and 28 bots map 1 million blocks on infamous 2b2t server

Gamers compress 80TB map of Minecraft's oldest ana...

2 weeks ago 27

Firm that uses AI to locate ancient lost shipwrecks is hiring a literal pirate to salvage sunken treasure, paying up to $500,000 a year — AI mines 500 years of Spanish colonial records spanning 80 million pages to find undiscovered wrecks and lost cargo

Firm that uses AI to locate ancient lost shipwreck...

2 weeks ago 19

Pennsylvania town lists 43 specific demands to approve new AI data center project — developer calls local demands 'too difficult' as council slams response as 'approval by tantrum'

Pennsylvania town lists 43 specific demands to app...

2 weeks ago 39

‘Exceptional espresso every time’: The KitchenAid KF3 is a gorgeous fully automatic coffee machine ideal for smaller kitchens

‘Exceptional espresso every time’: The KitchenAid ...

2 weeks ago 26

Microsoft says physical discs should not have stopped working during the Xbox outage — clarifies issue with entitlement checks that failed to read licenses correctly, update on the way

Microsoft says physical discs should not have stop...

2 weeks ago 25

Seagate to start qualifying record-setting 50TB HDDs in 2027 — most drives are sold out through 2028

Seagate to start qualifying record-setting 50TB HD...

2 weeks ago 36

Nvidia employee implicated in escalating Supermicro smuggling scandal, but demand only intensifies for Nvidia hardware

Nvidia employee implicated in escalating Supermicr...

2 weeks ago 19

Valve says that Steam Machine reservations won't be fulfilled until ‘the end of this year’ — company also releases CAD files for the PC console’s external shell under Creative Commons

Valve says that Steam Machine reservations won't b...

2 weeks ago 50

Spider-Man: Brand New Day review — Tom Holland and...

2 weeks ago 33