007: First Light Drops Last-Minute Denuvo DRM Bombshell, Leaving Pre-Order Customers and Fans Furious — Bond Title Risks FPS Drops...
IO Interactive confirmed that the upcoming James Bond title 007: First Light will ship on PC with Denuvo Anti‑Tamper DRM. Pre‑order customers on Steam immediately expressed disappointment, fearing performance penalties and mandatory online check‑ins. The article notes that Denuovo has been cracked on launch day for many games, suggesting the protection may not stop piracy. It also highlights the broader industry debate over DRM’s cost to paying gamers versus its perceived value in deterring illegal copies.
$100 CPU Shootout: Comparing the Ryzen 5 5500, Core I3-14100F, and Core I3-12100F to Find the Top DDR4 CPU
Tom’s Hardware evaluated three sub‑$100 CPUs – AMD’s Ryzen 5 5500 ($80), Intel’s Core i3‑12100F ($90) and Core i3‑14100F ($100) – to determine the best value for modern DDR4‑based builds. Benchmarks with high‑end RTX 5090 and budget RTX 4060 GPUs showed the i3‑14100F leading in gaming...
Huawei Develops 122TB SSD with New Packaging Tech to Sidestep US Sanctions on 3D NAND Chips — Chinese Firm Develops...
Huawei unveiled the OceanDisk 1800 series, offering 61.44 TB, 122.88 TB and a future 245 TB SSD for AI inference and data‑center workloads. To sidestep U.S. export bans on advanced 3D NAND, the company adopted Die‑on‑Board (DoB) packaging, mounting YMTC’s 232‑layer NAND dies directly...
768GB of Cheap Intel Optane DIMM Memory Sticks Used to Run 1-Trillion-Parameter LLM on a System with a Single GPU...
A Reddit user built a Xeon workstation that leverages 768 GB of second‑hand Intel Optane Persistent Memory as system RAM to run the 1‑trillion‑parameter Kimi K2.5 large language model. The configuration combines Optane in memory mode with DDR4 cache and a single...
Analyst Says Nvidia Poised to Capture Two-Thirds of the X86 Server CPU Market From Intel and AMD with Expected $20...
Analyst Dean McCarron predicts Nvidia will capture roughly two‑thirds of the $30 billion x86 server CPU market, generating about $20 billion in revenue. The company aims to ship 4 million Vera CPUs—priced near $5,000 each—by fiscal year 2027, leveraging its vertically integrated Rubin...
AI Is Starting to Out-Design Chip Engineers in Narrow Areas as LLMs Accelerate Software Chip Design Tool Development — "There...
AI-driven tools are beginning to outperform human engineers in narrowly defined chip‑design tasks. Google DeepMind’s AlphaChip has generated superhuman layouts for multiple TPU generations, while Synopsys’ DSO.ai reports three‑fold productivity gains and up to 25% power reductions for customers. Berkeley...
Best Buy Shaves $700 Off the Amazing 49-Inch Samsung Odyssey OLED G9 — The Ultimate Gaming Monitor for Your Setup...
Best Buy has slashed the price of Samsung’s 49‑inch Odyssey OLED G9 from $1,699.99 to $999, a $700 discount that brings a premium QD‑OLED gaming monitor into sub‑$1,000 territory. The monitor features a 5,120 × 1,440 resolution, 0.03 ms response time, 240 Hz refresh...
AMD Ryzen AI Max 400 ‘Gorgon Halo’ Packs up to 192GB of Unified Memory — Refreshed APU Uses Zen 5...
AMD has refreshed its Ryzen AI Max line with the Gorgon Halo‑based Max 400 series, offering up to 192 GB of unified memory and Zen 5/ RDNA 3.5 cores. The top Max+ Pro 495 model clocks a 5.2 GHz boost, 16 CPU cores, and a 40‑CU Radeon 8065S iGPU. AMD positions...
Memory Makers Brace for Hydrogen Fluoride Pricing Shock as Hormuz Blockade Impacts Supply Chain — Key Etching and Cleaning Material...
The war in Iran and the resulting Hormuz blockade have disrupted the supply chain for anhydrous hydrogen fluoride, a key etchant used in memory‑chip fabrication. Prices in China have surged 130 % over early‑2026 levels as sulfuric‑acid costs jump 27 % and...
SMIC Founder and AMEC CEO Urge Chinese Fabs to Test Domestic Chipmaking Tools on Active Production Lines — Equipment Makers...
SMIC founder Richard Chang and AMEC CEO Gerald Yin used a CCTV interview to urge Chinese fabs to place home‑grown equipment on active production lines for real‑world testing. Chinese equipment makers posted record revenues in 2025—AMEC $1.74 bn, Naura $3.9 bn, Piotech...
Samsung 990 Pro Gets Discount of over $200 From Recent Highs — Grab the 2TB Model for $429.99
Samsung’s flagship 990 Pro SSD has seen a sharp price correction, with the 2 TB model now listed at $429.99 on Amazon—a $210 discount from its recent $639.99 peak. The 1 TB variant also fell to $249.99, down $90. Despite the price...
Jay Forrester Filed the First Practical Computer RAM Patent 75 Years Ago This Week — His Magnetic Core Memory Patent...
On May 11, 1951 MIT engineer Jay Forrester filed a patent for coincident‑current magnetic core memory, the first practical RAM technology. The invention, demonstrated in the Whirlwind computer in 1953, became the dominant form of random‑access storage for about twenty...
Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus Drops Below MSRP for the First Time — Grab the 24-Core Arrow Lake Refresh...
Intel has slashed the price of its Arrow Lake Refresh Core Ultra 7 270K Plus to $279, $20 under the $299 MSRP, making it the cheapest 24‑core processor on the market. The chip packs eight performance cores and sixteen efficiency cores, 76 MB of...
Alienware's Budget Gaming Laptop Starts at $1,299 — Last-Gen Parts and a Plastic Shell Bring the Premium Brand Into the...
Dell’s Alienware brand has launched a budget‑focused 15‑inch gaming laptop starting at $1,299, a stark price drop from its usual premium tier. The entry model pairs an AMD Ryzen 5 220 or Intel Core i5 210H CPU with an Nvidia RTX 4050 GPU, 16 GB DDR5...
AMD Reaches 46% of Server X86 CPU Revenue — Intel Still Controls 70% of the Consumer PC Market Share
AMD posted a record quarter in Q1 2026, lifting its overall x86 CPU revenue share to 38.1% and capturing 46.2% of server‑CPU revenue. The chipmaker’s client‑CPU unit share rose to 29.6% and notebook share hit 28.3%, while its desktop share slipped...
Standard 90-Day Vulnerability Disclosure Policy Is Likely Dead Thanks to AI, Expert Warns that AI Can Weaponize Patches in 30...
AI‑driven large language models are accelerating vulnerability discovery, allowing exploits to be weaponized in as little as 30 minutes. Security researcher Himanshu Anand argues that the industry‑standard 90‑day disclosure window is effectively obsolete, citing recent Linux kernel bugs and a...
NASA Partners with Microchip to Build Next-Generation Spaceflight Chips with 100x the Power of Current Offerings — Chip Designed to...
NASA has teamed up with Microchip Technology to create a next‑generation system‑on‑a‑chip (SoC) for spacecraft that promises 100 times the computing capacity of today’s spaceflight processors. The partnership will produce two variants: a radiation‑hardened chip for deep‑space, Moon and Mars missions,...
Google Finds First AI-Developed Zero-Day that Bypasses 2FA — Self-Morphing Malware and Gemini-Powered Backdoors Signal a New Era of Cybercrime
Google’s Threat Intelligence Group disclosed the first AI‑crafted zero‑day that sidesteps two‑factor authentication in a widely used open‑source system administration tool. The exploit, a Python script, demonstrates how large language models can parse source code and locate logical flaws faster...
China's Next-Gen CPUs and GPUs Prepare to Challenge Last-Gen Intel and AMD in 2027 — Loongson 3B6600 and 9A1000 Aim...
Loongson Technology announced its next‑generation 3B6600 CPU and 9A1000 GPU, slated for retail release in 2027. The 3B6600, built on a 12 nm process, aims to match the performance of Intel’s 12th‑Gen Alder Lake i5/i7 chips, while the 9A1000 targets parity with...
AMD's Excellent Radeon RX 9070 with 16 GB of VRAM Hits All-Time Low Pricing — PowerColor Hellhound Variant Is 23%...
AMD’s Radeon RX 9070 Hellhound edition has dropped to $554 on Amazon, a $165 discount that places it 23% below the typical MSRP. The card features 16 GB of GDDR6 VRAM on a 256‑bit bus, a 12‑layer PCB, and dual BIOS profiles...
MIT Researchers Revive 40-Year-Old Triangular Zipper Concept Now Made Possible by 3D Printing, Creates Shape-Shifting Robots and Deployable Structures —...
MIT's CSAIL team revived a 1985 triangular‑zipper idea, now 3D‑printed as the “Y‑Zipper,” which locks three flexible polymer arms into a rigid triangle in seconds. The mechanism instantly turns floppy tentacles into load‑bearing beams, demonstrated in a quadruped robot, a...
Tiny Credit Card Computer Includes eInk Screen and Is Just 1mm Thick — Muxcard Is Powered by the ESP32-C3 Microcontroller
The Muxcard is an open‑source, credit‑card‑sized computer that measures just 1 mm thick, matching ISO/IEC 7810 ID‑1 dimensions. It runs on an ESP32‑C3 RISC‑V microcontroller, features a 1.54‑inch ePaper display, NFC read/write, an accelerometer, and a 30 mAh rechargeable LiPo battery. The prototype,...
FCC Reverses Course, Allows Software Updates for Foreign-Made Drones and Routers Until 2029 — Agency Says Blocking Security Patches Could...
The Federal Communications Commission has extended temporary waivers that let foreign‑made drones, drone components, and consumer routers continue receiving software and firmware updates through January 1 2029. The original “Covered List” added in late 2025 barred post‑approval changes, risking security gaps for millions...
Maryland Citizens Slapped with $2 Billion Power Grid Upgrade Bill for Out-of-State AI Data Centers — State Complains to Federal...
Maryland’s Office of People’s Counsel has lodged a complaint with FERC demanding that PJM Interconnection stop charging the state $2 billion of its $22 billion grid‑upgrade bill, which would add $1.6 billion to Maryland ratepayers over the next decade. The upgrade is intended...
Nextorage NEM-PAC 2TB SSD Review: A Solid, PS5-Ready Workhorse
The Nextorage NEM‑PAC 2TB PCIe 4.0 SSD retails for $289.99 and delivers up to 7,400 MB/s reads and 6,400 MB/s writes, matching the performance of higher‑priced rivals. It uses a Silicon Motion SM2268XT2 controller paired with Samsung 236‑layer TLC NAND and includes a...
Best Budget Gaming Laptops of 2026: The Best Cheap Laptops We've Tested and Benchmarked
Tom's Hardware evaluated the current generation of budget gaming laptops, highlighting that the market under $1,500 now typically ships with Nvidia RTX 5050‑5070 GPUs and the latest Intel Core Ultra or AMD Ryzen 7 processors. The Acer Nitro V 16S AI emerged as the...
Supermicro-Tied Execs Used Thailand Government Entity to Ship Nvidia AI GPUs to China — Report Alleges Chinese Web Giant Alibaba...
A Bloomberg investigation links Supermicro executives to a $2.5 billion scheme that diverted restricted Nvidia AI GPUs to China using a Thailand‑based entity. The intermediary, identified as Obon Corp., is alleged to have routed H200‑based servers to Chinese internet giant Alibaba,...
Maingear MG-1 (2026) Review: Fast and Clean, for a Price
The 2026 Maingear MG‑1 review highlights a refreshed MK.II chassis that prioritizes clean cable management and robust airflow while supporting flagship components such as an Nvidia RTX 5090 and AMD Ryzen 9950X3D2. Base configurations start at $2,249, but a fully specced build...
The Middle East Had Everything Data Center Builders and Hyperscalers Could Wish for — Then the Iran War Happened
The Middle East has positioned itself as a data‑centre hub through AI strategies and sovereign wealth, attracting hyperscalers with cheap power and capital. However, Iran’s drone and missile attacks on AWS facilities in the UAE and Bahrain have exposed the...
Now 15% Off, Razer's Fantastic Basilisk V3 Pro Wireless Mouse with 30K DPI Sensor Is Reduced to Clear in This...
Razer’s Basilisk V3 Pro wireless gaming mouse is now 15% off, selling for $84.99 on Woot, a steep cut from its $159.99 list price. The mouse features Razer’s Focus Pro 30K optical sensor with up to 30,000 DPI, 750 IPS speed and...
Intel Core Ultra 5 225 Review: Arrow Lake’s Forgotten CPU Needs a Price Cut
Intel’s budget‑oriented Core Ultra 5 225 launches at roughly $180 but struggles to match the performance of AMD’s Ryzen 5 9600X and even its own newer 250K Plus variant. While it delivers solid single‑thread efficiency and stays cool with a 65 W TDP, it lacks Hyper‑Threading...
After a $16 Billion Stargate AI Data Center Was Built Despite Being Voted Down, Michigan Towns Rush to Block New...
OpenAI and Oracle are moving ahead with the $16 billion Stargate AI data center in Saline Township, Michigan, despite a 4‑1 township board vote rejecting the rezoning request. The facility will draw about 1.4 GW of electricity—enough to power ChatGPT at scale—and...
GameNative Unlocks up to 100 Fps Gameplay for PC Games on Android Devices by Adding Multi-Frame Generation — Vulkan Version...
GameNative’s latest Android update integrates Lossless Scaling’s multi‑frame generation, allowing certain PC titles to reach near‑100 fps on mobile hardware. The feature is activated per game through the app’s container settings and leverages the user’s Steam library for game downloads. While...
College Student Hacks Taiwan High-Speed Rail Line with Software Defined Radios, Stopping Four Trains — 19 Years without Crypto Key...
A 23‑year‑old Taiwanese student used software‑defined radios to broadcast a false General Alarm on the nation’s high‑speed rail, halting four trains for 48 minutes. The breach exploited a TETRA radio system that had not rotated its cryptographic keys in 19...
Google, Microsoft, and xAI Agree to Let US Government Test AI Models Before Public Release — OpenAI and Anthropic Also...
Google, Microsoft and Elon Musk’s xAI have agreed to give the U.S. Commerce Department’s Center for AI Standards and Innovation (CAISI) early access to their frontier AI models before they are released publicly. OpenAI and Anthropic, already partnered with CAISI,...
Huawei Braces for $12 Billion in AI Chip Revenue Driven by Homegrown AI Model Demand — Chinese Fabs Can Barely...
Huawei projects AI processor revenue of about $12 billion in 2026, up from $7.5 billion last year, driven by orders from Alibaba, ByteDance and Tencent. The surge follows the launch of DeepSeek’s V4 large‑language model, which was optimized for Huawei’s Ascend 950PR...
Lenovo Yoga Slim 7i Aura Edition (2026) Review: Vibrant Display, Lightweight Design, and an Endurance Champ
Lenovo’s 2026 Yoga Slim 7i Aura Edition refreshes the ultrabook line with a feather‑weight 2.15 lb magnesium‑alloy chassis, a 14‑inch 2.8K POLED OLED display and a 75 WHr battery that delivers more than 16 hours of mixed‑use runtime. The model is powered by...
JSR to Build First Taiwan Photoresist Plant to Co-Develop Advanced Resists with TSMC — Multi-Million Dollar Plant Could Come Online...
JSR, which holds about 20% of the global photoresist market, announced a joint‑venture to build its first production plant in Taiwan, targeting an operational date as early as 2028. The multi‑million‑dollar facility will co‑develop advanced photoresists directly with TSMC, closing...
Inland QN450 1TB SSD Review: Maximum Efficiency, Minimum Spend
Inland’s QN450 1 TB SSD delivers solid all‑around performance and class‑leading power efficiency at a budget‑friendly price of $194.99. The drive uses a Silicon Motion SM2268XT2 controller paired with Micron 232‑layer TLC flash, achieving up to 5,000 MB/s sequential reads and 4,000 MB/s...
Outstanding RTX 5080 Combo Bundle Saves You $1,385 on a Complete High-Spec PC Build — 64GB of RAM, 9850X3D, 2TB...
Newegg is offering a high‑end gaming PC bundle that includes an RTX 5080 GPU, Ryzen 7 9850X3D CPU, 64 GB DDR5‑6400 RAM, a 2 TB Samsung 9100 PRO SSD, a premium Corsair case and an 850 W PSU for $2,849.98. The package represents a $1,385.95 discount off...
Get a DDR5 Starter Build with a Ryzen 5 7600X and ASRock B650M Pro Motherboard for 23% Off — $430...
Newegg is offering a budget‑oriented DDR5 starter kit that pairs a Ryzen 5 7600X CPU, 16 GB TeamGroup T‑Force Delta RGB DDR5 memory, and an ASRock B650M Pro RS Wi‑Fi motherboard for $430. The bundle slashes the DDR5 kit’s price from $249 to...
AMD Ryzen AI 5 435G APU Breaks Cover in Early Benchmarks — Six-Core Zen 5 Chip Goes Head-to-Head with the...
AMD unveiled the Ryzen AI 5 435G, the entry‑level SKU of its new Ryzen AI 400 (Gorgon Point) series built on Zen 5 architecture. The six‑core, 12‑thread chip pairs two Zen 5 cores with four Zen 5c cores and adds a dedicated NPU delivering over three times the AI...
Nvidia's Exposure to Asian Supply Chains for Components Hits 90% of Its Production Costs — Marked Increase From 65% Could...
Nvidia’s component sourcing is now 90% Asian, up from 65% a year ago, according to Bloomberg data. The shift reflects the growing share of physical‑AI products like Jetson Thor and DRIVE AGX Thor, which compete for TSMC’s 3 nm wafers and LPDDR5X memory....
Save $1,100 on This Prebuilt Gaming Rig with Nvidia RTX 5070 Ti, Intel 14900KF, 32GB of RAM, and 2TB of...
Tom's Hardware highlights the ABS Kaze II Aqua pre‑built gaming PC, now listed on Newegg for $2,175 after a $1,120 promotional discount. The machine packs an Intel Core i9‑14900KF 24‑core CPU, an MSI Shadow RTX 5070 Ti 16 GB GPU, 32 GB DDR5‑6400 RAM, and a...
Anthropic in Early Talks to Buy DRAM-Less AI Inference Chips From UK Startup — Fractile's SRAM Architecture Reduces Need for...
Anthropic is in early talks with UK chip startup Fractile to add a fourth AI inference silicon supplier alongside Nvidia, Google and Amazon. Fractile’s SRAM‑based design eliminates the need for off‑chip DRAM, promising dramatically lower latency and cost. The chips...
Utah First State to Hold Websites Liable for Users Who Mask Their Location with VPNs — Law Goes Into Effect,...
Utah has enacted a pioneering law that makes websites liable when users employ VPNs or other location‑masking tools to bypass age‑verification checks. The legislation, which took effect this month, applies to any site accessible within the state and authorizes civil...
US Navy Signs Deal with AI Firm for Training Underwater Drones to Detect Mines in Strait of Hormuz — $100...
The U.S. Navy has awarded a $99.7 million contract to San Francisco‑based AI startup Domino Data Lab to equip its unmanned underwater vehicles with rapid‑learning detection software. The new system will fuse side‑scan sonar and visual data, allowing mine‑hunting algorithms to...
Tech Teardown Specialist Delids a Xeon with a Blowtorch and Hunting Knife — Wood Chopping Block Makes a Worthy Stage...
A YouTube channel called Hackinator posted a video showing an extreme delidding of an Intel Xeon Silver 4110 processor. The team used a hot‑air gun, a hunting knife, a flat‑edged screwdriver and even a blowtorch on a wood chopping block to strip...
Redditor Gambles $20 on a 4TB Temu External HDD — Receives a microSD Card Reader Hot-Glued Inside a Plastic Box
A Reddit user bought a $20 "4TB" external hard drive from Temu, only to discover it was a hollowed‑out microSD card reader. The genuine 4TB WD My Passport retails for roughly $720, underscoring the absurd price gap. Temu processed a...
Biwin M350 2TB SSD Review: A Better Budget Alternative?
Biwin’s M350 SSD positions itself as a budget‑friendly PCIe 4.0 drive, offering up to 5.2 GB/s sequential reads and strong random‑read performance while consuming modest power. The drive uses Micron’s 232‑layer QLC flash and a DRAM‑less SM2268XT2 controller, which limits sustained write...