Hardware

Texas Instruments commits $60 billion to U.S. semiconductor manufacturing — includes planned expansions to Texas, Utah fabs
Texas Instruments follows the semiconductor industry in announcing its new investments in expanding U.S. facilities, though we already knew about most of the projects.
2025-06-18 17:00
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Store all the things for less with this $10-per-terabyte deal on Seagate's 24TB BarraCuda hard drive
Seagate's 24TB BarraCuda Compute HDD is $10 per Terabyte in this Newegg Deal
2025-06-18 16:43
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Imec's next-gen high-speed chip transistor addresses manufacturing concerns — outer wall forksheet design simplifies production, but may sacrifice density
Imec has introduced a more manufacturable version of its forksheet transistor, named the outer wall forksheet, intended to extend gate-all-around (GAA) technology through the A10 node and serve as a stepping stone toward future CFET designs.
2025-06-18 15:46
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MIT researchers crack 3D printing with glass — new technique enables inorganic composite glass printed at low temperatures
Researchers at MIT's Lincoln Laboratory have successfully 3D printed using a special type of glass-based filament they developed.
2025-06-18 13:36
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After 10 years, we're past peak RGB — but don't celebrate yet, stealth PC purists
It's hard to say when RGB lighting in PCs, components, and peripherals hit its peak. But after a decade of RGB everything, it's nice to see lights in fewer cases, components, and peripherals.
2025-06-18 13:30
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Expert asserts Mario Kart World is a 'fake HDR' Nintendo Switch 2 title — ‘Mario Kart World reveals that even the highest caliber of developers aren’t taking HDR seriously’
Mario Kart World appears to have been developed using 'an SDR-first content pipeline with a last-minute HDR tonemap.'
2025-06-18 13:03
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$1.4 million worth of Switch 2 consoles stolen from semi-truck — 2,800 consoles were en route from Nintendo of America HQ to a GameStop store in Texas
A $1.4-million Nintendo Switch 2 shipment has been stolen off the back of a semi-truck.
2025-06-18 12:35
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Nvidia planning new RTX 5090 'DD' variant for China — 24GB card with tweaked GPU latest attempt to comply with strict export restrictions
Following the alleged ban of the RTX 5090D in China, Nvidia is reportedly preparing a further cut-down alternative, dubbed the RTX 5090DD.
2025-06-18 11:40
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Sam Altman says Meta is offering obscene $100M bonuses to poach AI employees and even bigger salaries — OpenAI CEO says ‘none of our best people decided to take them up on that’
Meta is reportedly offering a $100 million signing bonus to senior OpenAI talents, but none have taken it yet.
2025-06-18 11:12
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Sam Altman says Meta is offering obscene $100 million bonuses to poach AI employees and even bigger salaries — OpenAI CEO says ‘none of our best people decided to take them up on that’
Meta is reportedly offering a $100 million signing bonus to senior OpenAI talents, but none have taken it yet.
2025-06-18 11:12
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The only MSRP RTX 5080 is back in stock in the UK — grab a Founders Edition straight from Nvidia for £949
The Nvidia RTX 5080 Founder's Edition is back in stock in the UK at MSRP.
2025-06-18 11:02
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Corsair says audible clicking noise from its PSU is completely safe — will give you a new one anyway
Corsair has confirmed it has fixed a clicking issue with its RMe PSUs and will replace any affected units.
2025-06-18 10:30
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AMD reveals benchmarks of Ryzen Threadripper 9000 — claims it's up to 145% faster than rival Xeon in some tests
AMD has finally revealed performance benchmarks for its Ryzen Threadripper 9000-series CPUs, showing that the new Zen 5-based 9995WX and 9980X deliver substantial gains over both their predecessors and Intel’s Xeon W9-3595X.
2025-06-18 09:29
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Misguided copper thieves plunge LA into internet blackout — perps cut lines only to find fiber-optic cables
Some would-be copper thieves sliced into Spectrum fiber optic internet lines in Los Angeles this week, cutting internet and TV service to large swaths of the L.A. area. Repairs and restoration of service took over a day of work.
2025-06-18 09:21
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Asus' $10,000 ROG Astral Dhahab RTX 5090 gets a less-elite 5080 version with wider availability
Asus unveils RTX 5080 version of RTX 5090 Dhahab Edition, dubbed the ROG RTX 5080 Astral Dhahab Core. The new GPU uses the same 24K gold-plated ROG Astral cooler as the RTX 5090 version.
2025-06-17 18:41
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AMD to design processor for Xbox Next: Team Red extends long-standing Microsoft partnership
Microsoft has officially confirmed a multi-year partnership with AMD to co-develop high-performance custom processors for both next-generation Xbox home consoles and new Xbox-branded portable gaming devices.
2025-06-17 18:01
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Microsoft has broken Windows Hello facial recognition — it no longer works in the dark
The newest revision of Windows Hello Face requires a color camera to authenticate logins in addition to the use of IR sensors, somewhat limiting the function's usability in low-light scenarios.
2025-06-17 17:34
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I've been using an OLED monitor for 2,656 hours, and I'm not scared of burn-in: Here's why
I've been using this monitor for nine months, and I'm not afraid of burn-in.
2025-06-17 16:56
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