Articles by Jowi Morales, Contributing Writer

Jowi Morales is a writer and journalist covering the tech beat since 2021. However, he’s been interested in technology far earlier than that. He started discovering desktop computers when his father brought home a Windows 95 PC, but his first real experience working under the hood of the PC was when the old computer’s hard drive was filled to the brim in the year 2000. He deleted the Windows folder to attempt to rectify the situation, which led to his dad buying a new desktop PC. Since then, he learned a lot more about computers, and he’s always been the go-to tech expert for his family and friends.

Jowi primarily uses a Windows workstation and an Android phone, but he also bought into the Apple ecosystem with the 6th-gen iPad, iPhone 14 Pro Max, and the M1 MacBook Air. Today, Jowi covers hardware and software from Redmond and Cupertino, while also looking at the tech industry in general.

Aside from covering technology, Jowi is an avid photographer and writes about automobiles, aviation, and tanks. You can find his bylines at MakeUseOf, SlashGear, and, of course, Tom’s Hardware.

Articles by: Jowi Morales

NASA engineers reprogrammed Mars helicopter's Snapdragon chip to run the rover instead, reconfiguring system from 140 million miles away — repurposes its 'ancient' unused Qualcomm 801 SoC, accurate to within 10 inches

By Jowi Morales published 24 February 26

The "ancient" Snapdragon 801 chip for mid-range smartphones is still powerful enough to give the rover accurate directions.

MSI RTX 5090 Lightning Z GPUs listed on eBay for almost $27,000 — limited edition graphics card demands 500% premium from resellers

By Jowi Morales published 23 February 26

Resellers are now putting up MSI RTX 5090 Lightning Zs on eBay, pricing it from $6,700 all the way to nearly $27,000.

Stargate AI data centers for OpenAI reportedly delayed by squabbles between partners — sources say OpenAI, Oracle, and SoftBank disagreed on who would have ultimate control of the planned data centers

By Jowi Morales published 23 February 26

OpenAI, Oracle, and SoftBank have reportedly spent several months negotiating over who would have ultimate control of the data centers planned for Stargate.

User accidentally gains control of over 6,700 robot vacuums while tinkering with their own device to enable control with a PlayStation controller — security flaw reveals floor plans and live video feeds

By Jowi Morales published 23 February 26

Did he just unintentionally raise his own robot army?

Hard drive pricing in the UK is so high someone flew to the US to buy drives, saving money despite flight and hotel costs — HDD deal seeker saved more than $2,000 by taking a trip

By Jowi Morales published 22 February 26

Flying to another continent is apparently cheaper than buying locally.

MIT-developed 3D printer can output a fully functional electric motor in a single process — team only needed to magnetize the linear motor after printing, motors cost just 50 cents each

By Jowi Morales published 22 February 26

A team of researchers from MIT built a 3D printer that can economically print a fully functioning linear motor, with magnetization of the magnetic parts the only required step after printing.

Akasa launches its latest-generation fanless Mini-ITX case — Euler CMX supports modern Intel Core Ultra processors up to 35W TDP and standard mini-ITX mobos

By Jowi Morales published 22 February 26

The Akasa Euler CMX fanless Mini-ITX PC case supports up to an Intel Core Ultra 9 285T with up to 35 watts TDP without relying on thin Mini-ITX motherboards.

Steam Deck shortage goes global — Valve's handheld console now out of stock in Europe, Canada, the US, and Japan

By Jowi Morales published 21 February 26

The handheld console is still available in Australia, the U.K., Hong Kong, South Korea, and Taiwan. But will they run out of stock in the near future, too?

Creator of Window's Task Manager shows off 'probably what Task Manager would look like if I were still around' — Tempest AI's retro-futuristic dashboard code shared to Github

By Jowi Morales published 21 February 26

Dave Plummer created Tempest AI to play the classic Atari game, but he also built a dashboard which imagines what Task Manager should look like if he were still in charge of it.

U.S. Supreme Court shoots down President Trump’s tariffs — Consumer Technology Association hails 'victory for all Americans,' calls for swift refunds to retailers (update)

By Jowi Morales last updated 20 February 26

The Supreme Court told the Trump administration that the term "regulate" in the IEEPA does not give White House authority to impose tariffs on imports.

AWS outages caused by AI coding bot blunder, report claims

By Jowi Morales published 20 February 26

You really shouldn't give AI free rein to do anything it wants on your system.

Zuckerberg cuts Meta employee bonuses by 5%, follows 10% reduction last year, despite AI splurge — $130 billion capex vision and eye-watering AI pay packages force efficiency elsewhere in the business

By Jowi Morales published 20 February 26

Meta reportedly cuts its stock option bonus rates for the second year in a row. 5% reduction follows 10% cut from the year before.

$20 million lost in 'jackpotting' ATM malware attacks in 2025, FBI reports — scheme forces machines to spit out cash, targets banks and ATM operators

By Jowi Morales published 20 February 26

The FBI released a public warning, saying that ATM "jackpotting" incidents have exponentially increased in 2025.

AI hyperscalers move to secure long-term uranium supply from mining companies — fuel required for nuclear plants to power future data centers

By Jowi Morales published 18 February 26

This deal will help AI hyperscalers secure the fuel they need for SMRs, avoiding getting hit by a shortage if demand spikes due to the massive power requirements of future data centers.

a person walking past a Lenovo signboard

Lenovo denies allegations of transferring data to China — class action lawsuit alleges company uses trackers to expose American behavioral data to ‘foreign adversaries’

By Jowi Morales published 18 February 26

A lawsuit says that Lenovo is tracking Americans visiting its website and exporting all the information to its Chinese servers.

An F-35 Lightning II flying over snow-capped mountains

Dutch Secretary of Defense threatens to 'jailbreak' nation's F-35 jet fighters — says it's just like jailbreaking an iPhone, in response to questions over software independence

By Jowi Morales published 18 February 26

Is Dutch Sec. Gijs Tuinman alluding to a European effort to continue using their F-35 jets even if the U.S. stops supporting them?

A Nintendo Switch 2 console next to its box

Sony considering PlayStation 6 delay to 2029, while Nintendo could hike Switch 2 price, according to report — memory and storage chip shortage now impacting products outside of RAM, storage, and GPUs

By Jowi Morales published 17 February 26

The two gaming giants are reportedly taking widely different approaches to the memory chip shortage as the situation is starting to affect consumer electronics outside of PCs.

Valve confirms Steam Deck is out of stock due to memory and storage shortages — supply of popular gaming handheld in trouble because of massive AI demand

By Jowi Morales published 17 February 26

Valve is blaming memory and chip shortages as Steam Deck availability becomes intermittent in several regions.

Western Digital is already sold out of hard drives for all of 2026 — chief says some long-term agreements for 2027 and 2028 already in place

By Jowi Morales last updated 16 February 26

Western Digital's production for 2026 is completely earmarked for its top seven customers, with a few long-term agreements already in place for the next couple of years.

OpenClaw-fueled ordering frenzy creates Apple Mac shortage — delivery for high Unified Memory units now ranges from 6 days to 6 weeks

By Jowi Morales published 15 February 26

AI is coming for high-end Mac Studios and Mac minis, too.

G.Skill Trident Z5 Neo RGB DDR5-6000 C34

You can now file your G.Skill class action claim to get a cut of the $2.4 million settlement — deceptive memory marketing class action now accepting payout submissions

By Jowi Morales published 15 February 26

Don't expect to get a big amount, though.

Microsoft’s AI boss says AI can replace every white-collar job in 18 months — ‘We’re going to have a human-level performance on most, if not all, professional tasks’

By Jowi Morales published 15 February 26

And now, the end is near...

Cloud storage company releases its 2025 hard drive reliability report — overall Annualized Failure Rate drops to 1.36%, 21 percentage points lower than last year

By Jowi Morales published 15 February 26

Backblaze just released its annual drive reliability report, with the company getting a 1.36% annualized failure rate for 2025. It says that this is its best result since 2022.

Acer and Asus halt PC and laptop sales in Germany amid H.265 codec patent dispute — Nokia wins patent ruling, forcing tech giants to license HEVC codec

By Jowi Morales published 14 February 26

Acer and Asus can't sell their PCs in Germany until they reach an agreement with Nokia about the use of HEVC.

Nvidia GTX Titan X (Maxwell) SLI setup for $86

Enthusiast scores watercooled dual Nvidia GTX Titan X GPUs for $86 — $1,000 older flagship graphics card with custom water cooling for a bargain

By Jowi Morales published 14 February 26

These dual Nvidia GTX Titan X GPUs in SLI are a solid upgrade for the user's current GTX 1650 GPU, provided they can make it work.

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