Hardware

Nintendo Switch 2 gets a CT scan that shows off internals layer-by-layer, including a scan of the Nvidia Tegra SoC
Scan-of-the-month over at Reddit shows off what the Nintendo Switch 2 looks like under a CT scan and confirms the hardware inside.
2025-06-16 10:00
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The enormous 49-inch Samsung Odyssey OLED G9 is under $1K again
The Samsung Odyssey OLED G9 monitor is marked down to $999 again at Amazon, down from its recommended price of $1,799.
2025-06-15 17:20
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Taiwan bans chip exports to Huawei, SMIC — ban comes after Huawei tricked TSMC into making one million AI processors despite US restrictions
Two of the most important companies behind China’s semiconductor self-sufficiency and AI supremacy hopes were dealt a blow on Saturday, with their addition to Taiwan’s strategic high-tech commodities entity list.
2025-06-15 16:06
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Taiwan bans chip exports to Huawei, SMIC — ban comes after Huawei tricked TSMC into making two million AI processors despite US restrictions
Two of the most important companies behind China’s semiconductor self-sufficiency and AI supremacy hopes were dealt a blow on Saturday, with their addition to Taiwan’s strategic high-tech commodities entity list.
2025-06-15 16:06
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$3,000 Steam Deck prototype disassembled — concept units had discrete GPU support, smaller joysticks, circular touchpads
Jon Bringus of Bringus Studios explored one of the first iterations of the Steam Deck gaming console.
2025-06-15 15:00
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First reverse engineered Sony PS1 motherboard enables fixing broken systems — bare PCBs for $40, boards with chips for $95
An electronics enthusiast has created what they say is the 'first custom PlayStation 1 motherboard created in 30 years.'
2025-06-15 14:40
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AMD partners roll out new BIOS updates to patch TPM vulnerability — error with AMD CPUs addressed with AGESA 1.2.0.3e
A large number of AMD CPUs, including Ryzen 7000, 8000, and 9000 processors, are vulnerable to a security flaw that could allow hackers to retrieve sensitive information within the TPM.
2025-06-15 14:16
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OXS Thunder Pro+ Review: An interesting answer to surround sound
The OXS Thunder Pro+ is a 7.1.2 soundbar with built-in RGB lighting and an (optional) satellite neck speaker.
2025-06-15 13:00
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Windows 11 Insiders surprised by return of Vista startup sound — it’s a bug not a feature, says MS exec
The latest Insider Build in the Windows 11 Beta and Dev channels plays the Windows Vista startup sound as it boots to the desktop.
2025-06-15 12:30
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Customer sends four RTX 4090s to a repair technician, finds out three are fake — new counterfeiting technique uses modded 30-series chips
A Chineese repair YouTube recieved four faulty RTX 4090 graphics cards only to find three of them were fake, based on RTX 3080/3080Ti and RTX 3090 GPU dies.
2025-06-15 12:22
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Unreleased Nvidia RTX 3080 Ti 20GB Founders Edition engineering sample sells for $1,999 on eBay
Rare Ampere-era GPU highlights a memory-boosted variant that never hit the market
2025-06-15 11:58
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Beginner's 3D-printed winged VTOL drone can fly for 130 miles — enthusiast with little 3D printing and CAD experience builds long-range drone from scratch
Tsung Xu has designed and 3D printed a winged VTOL drone with a 3-hour battery life capable of flying for 3 hours (roughly 130 miles).
2025-06-15 11:55
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Nvidia CEO slams Anthropic's chief over his claims of AI taking half of jobs and being unsafe — Jensen says ‘Don’t do it in a dark room and tell me it’s safe’
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang disagrees with Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei's prediction that AI will wipe out nearly 50% of white-collar jobs.
2025-06-14 18:12
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Nvidia CEO slams Anthropic's chief over his claims of AI taking half of jobs and being unsafe — ‘Don’t do it in a dark room and tell me it’s safe’
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang disagrees with Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei's prediction that AI will wipe out nearly 50% of white-collar jobs.
2025-06-14 18:12
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Nintendo Switch 2 screen survives being smashed with pliers 50 times — destructive testing finds the Switch 2 to be exceptionally tough
Zack Nelson of JerryRigEverything tore apart the Nintendo Switch 2 to show us its internals and then stress-tested the screen with pliers to see how durable it is.
2025-06-14 16:49
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Patent reveals Huawei's quad-chiplet rival for Nvidia's Rubin AI GPUs could use packaging tech that rivals TSMC — Ascend 910D rumors have seemingly solid foundation
Huawei has reportedly developed a chip packaging process technology for its Ascend 910D processor that is comparable to TSMC's leading-edge CoWoS technology.
2025-06-14 16:37
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Get the gaming champion AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D for below MSRP with a free 1TB SSD — devastating gaming performance now comes with bundled PCIe 4.0 storage
You can pick up the AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D CPU for one of its best prices to date and receive a free 1TB SSD with it.
2025-06-14 16:32
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AMD quietly launches a budget gaming beast — AM4 is alive and kicking with the Ryzen 5 5500X3D, but it has limited availability
AMD has introduced the Ryzen 5 5500X3D for Latin American customers. The new chip is AMD's lowest-end Ryzen 5000X3D part, featuring six Zen 3 cores, 96MB of L3 cache, and a boost clock of 4 GHz.
2025-06-14 16:26
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Intel's new ‘no frills, just thrills’ budget gaming CPU leaked — Intel Core 5 120F finally brings Bartlett Lake to gaming rigs
The Intel Core 5 120F is a budget-friendly gaming CPU that the company is seemingly getting ready to launch.
2025-06-14 15:29
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ASML's Impasto Project creates 3D digital twins of Vincent van Gogh's art with 100 gigabytes of data per scan — nanometer-capable chipmaking tech used to create ‘Google Maps for paintings’
ASML and the Van Gogh museum have collaborated on the design of a 3D scanner to capture and create digital twins of the masterpieces of the Netherlands’ most famous artist.
2025-06-14 14:19
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