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GizmoSlipTech applied a shunt mod to a GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop GPU to benchmark the graphics card's performance and thermals. GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop GPU shunt mod increases performance by up to 40% — 175 TGP boosted to 250W to unlock extra performance : Read more

Despite being on the U.S. Entity List since 2022 and cut off from advanced foreign fab tools, YMTC is pushing forward with plans to expand production to 150,000 wafers per month and trial a fully localized manufacturing line. China's YMTC moves to break free of U.S. sanctions by building...

Play your favorite games anywhere, with $150 off the list price of the Asus ROG Ally Z1 Extreme handheld. Get $150 off the Asus ROG Ally Z1 Extreme Windows gaming handheld — perfect for dorm-room gaming : Read more

At the 2025 RISC-V Summit, a full Debian-based table was introduced. World's first RISC-V tablet is finally fully baked — PineTab-V now ships with completely functional Linux for $149 : Read more

A new key was issued in 2023, but it might not be well-supported ahead of the original key's expiration. Microsoft signing key required for Secure Boot UEFI bootloader expires in September, which could be problematic for Linux users : Read more

A new app called TrackWeight uses the Apple laptop Force Touch trackpad pressure sensors for weighing scale duties. MacBook Pro trackpad can double as a weighing scale, and the source code is free — creator hacks trackpad to weigh items, claims Force Touch system... : Read more

ASUS has launched the ExpertCenter Pro ET900N G3, a desktop powered by NVIDIA’s GB300 Grace Blackwell Ultra, offering up to 20 PFLOPS of AI performance and 784 GB of memory. This marks NVIDIA’s shift from DGX-only systems to OEM desktops, with GB300 servers entering mass production by Q4 2025...

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says the company will surpass 1 million GPUs by the end of 2025, but his sights are set on 100 million. Already backed by the world’s largest AI data center in Texas, OpenAI’s infrastructure push highlights the growing clash between AI ambitions and power grid realities...

A browser-based AI-powered software creation platform called Replit is reported to have gone rogue and deleted a live company database. AI coding platform goes rogue during code freeze and deletes entire company database — Replit CEO apologizes after AI engine says it 'made a catast... : Read more

MSI’s Katana 17 HX gets the basics right with Raptor Lake and an RTX 5070 for around $1,300. MSI Katana 17 HX gaming laptop review: 1080p gaming with Nvidia’s RTX 5070 : Read more

Social media chatter suggests that Meta offered a potential AI hire $1.25 billion. Abel founder claims Meta offered $1.25 billion over four years to AI hire — 'person still said no' despite equivalent of $312 million yearly salary : Read more

Send and receive a fax from the comfort of your computer, no fax modem required. Fax to the Future — How to send and receive a fax in the 21st Century : Read more

Researchers have created a 1 mm² chip that merges quantum photonics, electronics, and self-tuning systems—all on a standard 45 nm CMOS process. This breakthrough brings mass-producible quantum hardware closer than ever, much like the Intel 4004 did for microprocessors. Researchers pack a...

Microsoft's China-based engineers will no longer get to work on its U.S. DoD projects. Microsoft to stop using engineers in China to work on U.S. Defense computer systems in wake of investigative report — fears of exploitation by fore... : Read more

Thanks to OptiScaler, any game featuring DLSS 2+ or FSR 2+ can now be modded to support FSR 4, as long as it doesn't need Vulkan or an anti-cheat. Also, you need an RX 9000-series GPU and a decent amount of patience to make it all work. AMD's FSR 4 gets a big boost in compatibility as...