Hardware

The FTC is concerned about Big Tech-AI startup partnerships — Microsoft-Open AI raises alarms
The FTC warns that multi-billion-dollar partnerships between Big Tech and AI startups could lead to the monopolization of the AI and cloud computing sectors.
2025-01-18 15:00
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OrangePi 4A Review: Coming for the king
OrangePi’s alternative to the mighty Raspberry Pi makes a commendable claim for the throne, but it falls far short of the gold standard.
2025-01-18 15:00
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Thunderbolt 5 dock comes with built-in PCIe 4.0 SSD and four TB5 ports — pricing starts at $399
Sonnet will be the first to ship a Thunderbolt 5 dock with a built-in PCIe 4.0 SSD, which delivers 6,100 MB/s transfers and offers many connectivity options.
2025-01-18 14:39
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AMD Ryzen 5 7400F sells for $115 in China — US availability and pricing remains a mystery
The AMD Ryzen 5 7400F is now available in China for $115, but there's still no word on U.S. pricing and availability.
2025-01-18 14:26
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Montech’s Heritage Pro case is like a designer handbag for your Micro ATX PC
Montech’s Heritage PC case combines leather, glass and steel in a Micro ATX form factor, with a focus on airflow. It’s a niche design flex for sure, but if you’re into designer handbags and high-end gaming or content creation, this might just be ...
2025-01-18 14:00
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RTX 5090 beats RTX 4090 by 36% in the Blender benchmark — RTX 5090D is 40% faster than RTX 4090D
Benchmarks for the RTX 5090 and the 5090D were leaked to the Blender benchmark database, showing the cards are modestly faster than the RTX 4090.
2025-01-18 13:50
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Intel's Arrow Lake fix doesn't 'fix' overall gaming performance or match the company's bad marketing claims - Core Ultra 200S still trails AMD and previous-gen chips
We tested Intel's fix for its lackluster 'Arrow Lake' Core Ultra 200S and found it doesn't have any meaningful impact.
2025-01-18 12:00
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Microsoft 365 sees 43% price hike thanks to Copilot — existing customers safe until renewal
Microsoft 365 personal plans get a $3 price hike with the addition of Copilot.
2025-01-17 19:42
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Custom RTX 5090, RTX 5080 listed for up to $2,800 and $1,400 overseas — initial pricing exceeds MSRP
Early listings for the RTX 5090 and RTX 5080 suggest their prices might be higher than initially expected.
2025-01-17 19:40
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Analysts halve Nvidia Blackwell cabinet shipment forecasts for 2025 — prediction contrasts AI boom
Industry analysts have slashed their 2025 GB200 NVL72 shipment projections by 50%, but the industry expects an explosion of AI hardware shipments.
2025-01-17 19:36
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GlobalFoundries to expand New York fab — announces new $575 million advanced packaging and photonics facility
GlobalFoundries is investing around $575 million to construct an advanced packaging and silicon photonics facility at its Malta, New York site.
2025-01-17 19:35
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Elgato's Stream Deck+ is now $169 at Amazon - Save $30 on this content creation peripheral
Streamline your content creation with Elgato's Stream Deck+, now only $169 from Amazon.
2025-01-17 19:09
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AM5 copper guard stops you from making a mess on your Ryzen CPU — also improves heat dissipation
Japanese PC accessory Ainex offers a copper AM5 plate guard to prevent you from messing up your PC build with too much thermal paste.
2025-01-17 19:06
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AMD preps 32-core and 64-core Threadripper 9000 CPUs — Shimada Peak resurfaces once again
A shipping manifest reveals the core counts for AMD's upcoming Threadripper 9000 (Shimada Peak) processors, which the Zen 5 architecture will power.
2025-01-17 18:59
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RTX 5090 exhibits 27% higher CUDA performance than RTX 4090 — exceeds 500K points in Geekbench
The RTX 5090 has surfaced in Geekbench, showcasing a 27% uplift in synthetic scores versus the RTX 4090.
2025-01-17 16:06
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This Raspberry Pi handheld emulator looks like a Nintendo Switch but it can play many more games
Maker BBoHK has created a Raspberry Pi CM5-powered handheld that looks like a Nintendo Switch but is capable of emulating retro games.
2025-01-17 15:35
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Bureaucracy and distance mean TSMC's U.S. fabs may always be behind Taiwan
TSMC says it is close to impossible to ramp up a leading-edge node in the U.S. and bureaucracy and distance are to blame
2025-01-17 14:54
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Thermalright Grand Vision 360 Review: It’s not a competition, it is a massacre (again)
Thermalright’s Grand Vision 360 is a surprisingly strong AIO cooler. Check out the review for our results with Intel’s i7-14700K and Core Ultra 9 285K CPUs.
2025-01-17 14:20
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PCIe standards group releases draft specification for PCIe 7.0 — full release expected in 2025
PCI-SIG just released PCIe 7.0 specifications draft version 0.7, and it expects to finalize the standard this year.
2025-01-17 13:14
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Apple joins UALink Consortium for open-standard AI accelerator interconnections
Apple could be finally entering AI hardware game as it joins UALink development.
2025-01-17 12:06
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