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Poland lost $230 million in cryptocurrency trying to buy Venezuelan oil in 2023 — USB drives with crypto handed directly to scammers

Poland lost $230 million in cryptocurrency trying ...

2 weeks ago 46

UK research agency backs drone-based internet service experiment with lasers, microwaves, and gravity waves used for wireless power — Britain invests $94 million into Starlink alternative

UK research agency backs drone-based internet serv...

2 weeks ago 57

Developer vibe codes a tool to let NVIDIA RTX 50-series laptop owners crank up their power limits — can juice RTX 5090 mobile GPU to 225W

Developer vibe codes a tool to let NVIDIA RTX 50-s...

2 weeks ago 62

Piecemakers bets edge AI devices will diverge from reliance on HBM — custom-designed memory fuses DRAM stack directly to the processor using hybrid bonding

Piecemakers bets edge AI devices will diverge from...

2 weeks ago 67

Denuvo sues anonymous game cracker ‘voices38’ over alleged DRM circumvention — seeks damages after Anti-Tamper protections bypassed in 26 games

Denuvo sues anonymous game cracker ‘voices38’ over...

2 weeks ago 65

Micron announces 512GB DDR5-9200 memory modules with 16W power draw — up to 12TB per server, claims 60% less energy-intensive than four 128GB modules

Micron announces 512GB DDR5-9200 memory modules wi...

2 weeks ago 50

AI-induced Memory shortage is changing how devices are built, Fairphone says memory now 60% of materials cost — smaller laptop and phone makers are redesigning products and have to test for fake chips

AI-induced Memory shortage is changing how devices...

2 weeks ago 33

Chinese state media counters Anthropic's call to put brakes on AI development — paper says move is ‘a response to Chinese competition’

Chinese state media counters Anthropic's call to p...

2 weeks ago 25

The iPhone 18 Pro’s big camera update is all about the small gains

The iPhone 18 Pro’s big camera update is all about...

2 weeks ago 29

200 hours in, Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave is my favorite Nintendo Switch 2 game ever — here’s why

200 hours in, Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave is my f...

2 weeks ago 42

I spent a week with the iPhone 18 Pro and 18 Pro Max — and they’re better in all the right places

I spent a week with the iPhone 18 Pro and 18 Pro M...

2 weeks ago 63

Pick up a giant 18-inch RTX 5080-powered Asus gaming laptop from Best Buy and save $600 — the ROG Strix G18 also comes with 32GB of memory and a 2TB SSD

Pick up a giant 18-inch RTX 5080-powered Asus gami...

2 weeks ago 23

Jensen Huang thinks China will develop its own advanced lithography chipmaking tools by 2030 — Nvidia CEO says achievement of that capability 'is just a matter of time'

Jensen Huang thinks China will develop its own adv...

2 weeks ago 32

SK hynix reportedly discussing US memory chip manufacturing with Intel — options include leasing Ohio plant or forming joint venture with other AI hyperscalers

SK hynix reportedly discussing US memory chip manu...

2 weeks ago 23

'Defeated' GPT-6 Astra model spent several hours just farming potatoes after being blown up by a Creeper in Minecraft — OpenAI offering gets further than any other AI system in 141-hour test

'Defeated' GPT-6 Astra model spent several hours j...

2 weeks ago 41

AWS tells clients to abandon Middle East data centers six months after Iranian drone strikes — Amazon offers no recovery timeline as UAE mulls underground data centers

AWS tells clients to abandon Middle East data cent...

2 weeks ago 27

Nvidia reportedly denies RTX 5090 warranty over faded serial number — $6,500 GPU blemish not an isolated incident, according to customers

Nvidia reportedly denies RTX 5090 warranty over fa...

2 weeks ago 36

Save $270 on this solid 1080p gaming PC with an RTX 5060 from MSI, now under $1,430 — Codex R2 rig packs 32GB DDR5 RAM, a 2TB SSD, and a 10-core Intel CPU

Save $270 on this solid 1080p gaming PC with an RT...

2 weeks ago 41

Original Sony PlayStation 2 security chip ‘broken wide open’ after 26 years — chemical decapping and four years of reverse engineering unlocks MechaCon secrets

Original Sony PlayStation 2 security chip ‘broken ...

2 weeks ago 42

China's open-weight AI models are now just 4 months behind frontier US offerings, Mozilla report claims — models still lag in some benchmarks but are drastically cheaper to use

China's open-weight AI models are now just 4 month...

2 weeks ago 44

Devastated father says his 9-year-old son spent $118,000 on YouTube ad campaigns for his Minecraft channel using a company credit card — bill racked up in just three weeks was supposed to be one $20 promotion

Devastated father says his 9-year-old son spent $1...

2 weeks ago 43

AI enthusiast builds GPT-6 Astra-powered bot to take on Balatro's Gold Stake Black Deck — bot leverages Python for numerical tools, beats hardest difficulty repeatedly

AI enthusiast builds GPT-6 Astra-powered bot to ta...

2 weeks ago 42

I've watched the first 4 episodes of MobLand season 2, and the 'explosive' Guy Ritchie series makes a mind-blowingly perfect return to Paramount+

I've watched the first 4 episodes of MobLand seaso...

2 weeks ago 57

I tried Canon's new-look EOS R8 Mark II — it's a solid upgrade of the EOS R8, but the competition from Nikon is fierce

I tried Canon's new-look EOS R8 Mark II — it's a s...

2 weeks ago 65

AI leaders clash over safety fears after Anthropic whistleblower says AI could 'kill us all' by 2030 — OpenAI, Anthropic and xAI figureheads call for external governance, while Jensen Huang says worries are 'made up'

AI leaders clash over safety fears after Anthropic...

2 weeks ago 77

I've watched all 8 episodes of Reacher spinoff Neagley an longtime fans will love it — mostly because they feel like the exact same show

I've watched all 8 episodes of Reacher spinoff Nea...

2 weeks ago 57

Asus' ludicrous 20th anniversary bundle is now the cheapest way to buy an RTX 5090 — Nvidia's flagship GPU stock is so limited that this $10,850 bundle with a 3000W PSU, X870E board, and open-frame case is actually cheaper than some scalper listings

Asus' ludicrous 20th anniversary bundle is now the...

2 weeks ago 51

Intel reportedly cans 12Xe option for Nova Lake-S desktop — gaming APU design said to resurface with Razor Lake

Intel reportedly cans 12Xe option for Nova Lake-S ...

2 weeks ago 52

Sony’s new 400mm and 600mm super-telephoto primes make light work of a heavy hobby — here are my favorite wildlife photos I shot with the pair

Sony’s new 400mm and 600mm super-telephoto primes ...

2 weeks ago 55

US AI data centers projected to become the fifth-largest natural gas consumer in the world by 2035 — consumption to grow by 15 billion cubic feet per day as demand for compute increases

US AI data centers projected to become the fifth-l...

2 weeks ago 42

Bill Gates compares AI to alien intelligence in movies where ‘magically the US and China’ solve the problem together — warns world governments that they’re not ready for AI

Bill Gates compares AI to alien intelligence in mo...

2 weeks ago 39

I tested the spec-heavy Poco F9 Ultra and found a phone with top-tier performance and zero deal-breaker flaws for hundreds less than the competition

I tested the spec-heavy Poco F9 Ultra and found a ...

2 weeks ago 54

ChatGPT transcripts are reportedly read by humans to improve responses, including those with personal information — 'Project Lilly' has seen OpenAI hire hundreds of contractors to manually review logs

ChatGPT transcripts are reportedly read by humans ...

2 weeks ago 38

Microsoft rolls out emergency update for Windows 11's latest patch — recent update causes crashes on AMD graphics, Explorer hang-ups, and broken third-party integrations

Microsoft rolls out emergency update for Windows 1...

2 weeks ago 52

Grab a $560 saving on this 1440p-ready gaming PC with a 9800X3D and RTX 5060 Ti 16GB, now $1,859 — all-white CyberPowerPC desktop ships with one of AMD's best X3D chips, along with 32GB DDR5 and a 2TB SSD

Grab a $560 saving on this 1440p-ready gaming PC w...

2 weeks ago 40

Minecraft Legacy gets rewritten in C++ for PS2 and Wii ports — code is tuned so it works well even on the PS2’s meager 32MB of RAM

Minecraft Legacy gets rewritten in C++ for PS2 and...

2 weeks ago 40

Cost Per Frame: Nvidia Stops Offering Good Value GPUs to Gamers

Cost Per Frame: Nvidia Stops Offering Good Value G...

2 weeks ago 34

Developer builds viral 3D source code visualizer that consumes 21GB of RAM — flies around 2.5 million lines of code at over 120 frames per second

Developer builds viral 3D source code visualizer t...

2 weeks ago 42

AMD's Radeon RX 9070 GRE graphics card returns to its lowest-ever price of $499 — rare deal places this current-generation 12GB GPU below its MSRP launch price

AMD's Radeon RX 9070 GRE graphics card returns to ...

2 weeks ago 50

Perplexity’s local AI agent comes to Windows, but only for RTX GPUs with at least 24GB of VRAM — Portable Computer brings AI for multistep tasks to compatible PCs

Perplexity’s local AI agent comes to Windows, but ...

2 weeks ago 47

Anthropic says AI can boost U.S. GDP by 32%, up to $44.4 trillion in four years — economics model predicts that displaced employees 'may have to switch to jobs like electrician and nurse'

Anthropic says AI can boost U.S. GDP by 32%, up to...

3 weeks ago 35

Nvidia's RTX 5090 vanishes from online retail in the US — third-party sellers now demand as much as $9,500 for Nvidia's fastest GPU

Nvidia's RTX 5090 vanishes from online retail in t...

3 weeks ago 36

Gaming takes a backseat as Nvidia overhauls the RTX 5090 for maximum AI margins — RTX Pro 5500 delivers 2.6X VRAM at matching specs

Gaming takes a backseat as Nvidia overhauls the RT...

3 weeks ago 43

Valve engineers discuss the duality of the Steam Frame and pricing — Valve's newest VR headset pivots SteamOS to Arm

Valve engineers discuss the duality of the Steam F...

3 weeks ago 35

Valve Steam Frame interview — why it costs up to $1,300, Snapdragon power, and 10x foveated streaming

Valve Steam Frame interview — why it costs up to $...

3 weeks ago 17

The Dell XPS 13 is the first real competitor to the MacBook Neo

The Dell XPS 13 is the first real competitor to th...

3 weeks ago 23

The Steam Frame is made for irresponsible hardware nerds like me

The Steam Frame is made for irresponsible hardware...

3 weeks ago 21

Valve Steam Frame 3 Review: Competent as a standalone VR, but wireless streaming remains the focus

Valve Steam Frame 3 Review: Competent as a standal...

3 weeks ago 36

Nvidia, Palantir, and others restrict advanced AI model usage over privacy concerns, report claims — 'paranoia' rising over customer intellectual property

Nvidia, Palantir, and others restrict advanced AI ...

3 weeks ago 35

Solo dev enables running CUDA on AMD hardware in Windows, getting multiple CUDA libraries running on a gaming Radeon RX 9060 XT GPU in Windows — CUDA-exclusive workloads on AMD hardware in Windows possible without virtualization or dual-booting

Solo dev enables running CUDA on AMD hardware in W...

3 weeks ago 36