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Nvidia vows to continue making products for Chinese market
Nvidia CEO reaffirmed the company's commitment to serving China despite escalating U.S. export restrictions.
2025-04-18 14:25
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Latest Nvidia drivers boost synthetics by 6-8% on RTX 50 GPUs — Users still report stability woes
Nvidia's 576.02 drivers are said to increase (synthetic) performance by up to 8%, but user reports suggest stability issues still persist.
2025-04-18 14:06
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Nintendo Switch 2 pre-orders will start April 24 — the system still costs $449.99
Nintendo Switch 2 pre-orders will start on April 24 in the United States, and the price isn't changing from the original $449.99.
2025-04-18 13:58
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WD Launches HDD Recycling Process That Reclaims Rare Earth Elements, Cuts Out China
Western Digital claims it’s saved 47,000 pounds of hard drives from becoming e-waste, creating a system that could help both the planet and U.S. businesses that need to depend less on China.
2025-04-18 13:33
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Intel is looking into CPU overhead associated with Arc GPUs on older chips
Intel is developing a fix to improve the performance of its Arc B580 GPUs when paired with an older processor.
2025-04-18 13:25
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QIDI Plus4 Review: Bigger is Better
QIDI Plus4 has more elbow room and a heated chamber for large technical prints.
2025-04-18 13:00
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Ubuntu 25.04 launches with host of new features
We go hands-on with the latest version of Ubuntu and see how it runs.
2025-04-18 12:25
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Lawmakers demand answers from Nvidia over suspected GPU diversions to China, company denies any wrongdoing
U.S. lawmakers are investigating whether Nvidia's restricted GPUs were diverted to Chinese AI firms through Singapore, demands the company to disclose all notable clients from China and other ASEAN countries in the last four years.
2025-04-17 19:07
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Microsoft researchers build 1-bit AI LLM with 2B parameters — model small enough to run on some CPUs
Microsoft researchers developed a 1-bit AI model that's efficient enough to run on traditional CPUs without needing specialized chips like NPUs or GPUs.
2025-04-17 17:40
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Seagate claims hard drives are more environmentally friendly than SSDs
Seagate investigated the most efficient storage solution that produces the least amount of carbon emissions. Out of the three storage types it tested, it discovered that hard drives produce the fewest emissions.
2025-04-17 16:55
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Chinese brain computer interface user reportedly plays 'Black Myth: Wukong,' other games
Chinese researchers claim their high-precision real-time BCI is good enough for Black Myth: Wukong gaming.
2025-04-17 16:31
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Massive 366% chip shipment surge to Malaysia amid increased Nvidia AI GPU smuggling curbs, ahead of looming sectoral tariffs
Following U.S. restrictions on advanced GPU exports to China, Taiwan's shipments of computing systems and components to Malaysia have surged dramatically, raising questions about whether Malaysia is emerging as a new hub for AI data centers or a transs...
2025-04-17 15:27
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AMD RX 9070 GRE rumored to have 48 CUs, 12GB VRAM, 2.79 GHz clocks — about 15% slower than the vanilla RX 9070
Leaked RX 9070 GRE specifications position it right between the premier RX 9070 XT and rumored RX 9060 XT.
2025-04-17 15:04
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Framework Laptop 13 (AMD Ryzen AI 300 Series) review: Increased performance at the expense of battery life
Modularity is king with the Framework Laptop 13, and you’ll pay a premium for that luxury.
2025-04-17 15:00
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Reviews show the Nvidia RTX 5060 Ti 8GB matches the 16GB model in most tests, falls behind in DLSS 4
An in-depth review compares both 8GB and 16GB VRAM models of the RTX 5060 Ti. For many games, the 8GB is just as fast, but there are also plenty of instances where it can run out of VRAM.
2025-04-17 14:50
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AMD-optimized Stable Diffusion models achieve up to 3.3x performance boost on Ryzen and Radeon
Amuse 3.0 is finally here, offering Stable Diffusion models that are fine-tuned for AMD hardware.
2025-04-17 13:49
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Save a whopping $70 on this MSI B850 Gaming Plus WiFi AM5 motherboard deal
You can save $70 on an MSI B850 Gaming Plus WiFi motherboard in Newegg's limited-time sale.
2025-04-17 13:46
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microSD Express cards sell out after Switch 2 announcement — more than 337 units sold per hour
microSD Express cards sell out in both online retailers and physical stores after the Switch 2 announcement.
2025-04-17 13:45
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TSMC to build 30% of its 2nm and more advanced chips in the U.S., to speed up Fab 21 build out
TSMC plans to produce 30% of its 2nm and 1.6nm chips in Arizona as part of a its effort to transform its Fab 21 site into a major U.S. semiconductor hub.
2025-04-17 13:30
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Old hard drive modded into a variable speed disc sander, spinning rust sands things nicely
A step-by-step guide showing how to convert an old HDD into a small variable speed sanding tool has been shared.
2025-04-17 13:13
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