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- April 8
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- Kioxia optical-based PCIe 5.0 SSDs support cable lengths up to 40 meters — now they just need optical-ready data centers
- Shopify CEO: teams must prove AI can’t do a task before asking for new hires, resources
- FreeDOS 1.4 released with updated FreeCOM, Install program, and HTML Help
- AMD EPYC 9005 'Turin' CPUs see 14% higher performance on average with Ubuntu 25.04 beta release
- Nintendo VP confirms Switch 2 Joy-Cons won't feature Hall effect sticks
- Google tools for required for classwork are allegedly being used to build data profiles of each student
- Google accused of paying employees to do nothing for up to a year to stifle AI talent migration
- Corsair Frame 4000D Case Review: Lightweight, effective, and right-priced
- IBM boosts mainframes with 50% more AI performance: z17 features Telum II chip with AI accelerators
- China-exclusive RTX 5090D dominates in 3DMark benchmark records - Galax HOF edition eclipses RTX 5090 challengers
- Framework pauses U.S. sales of base Laptop 13 models due to tariffs — company says other vendors are pausing sales too, but not making announcements
- New 'DRAM+' memory designed to provide DRAM performance with SSD-like storage capabilities, uses FeRAM tech
- Nvidia may avoid recent tariffs on its AI servers — 60% of Nvidia servers pass through Mexico, may be exempt from Trump tariff flurry
- Apple aims to beat the tariff cutoff, reportedly shipped five extra planeloads of goods from India to the U.S. in March
- April 7
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- Nvidia RTX 5090D GPU features a magnetic shroud and fans for easy maintenance
- Asus ProArt PA32UCDM 4K 240 Hz QD-OLED gaming monitor review: Precision, performance and elegance
- HPE's unnamed 1,152-core system pushes Turbostat to support 8,192 cores in Linux 6.15
- TSMC and Foxconn hit hard in Taiwan following Trump's tariffs announcement
- Git turns 20 as we celebrate decades of open-source software distribution
- U.S. Gov't eliminates tape data storage at the GSA to save $1M per year, but tape isn't dead yet
- Beef up your Steam Deck storage with this 2TB WD Black SN770M SSD deal - only $177 at Amazon
- AMD RX 9070 vBIOS flash offers up-to 20% performance boost — modders claim OC beats 9070 XT
- China's rare earth export restrictions threaten global chipmaking supply chains
- April 6
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- WinRAR security flaw ignores Windows Mark of the Web security warnings
- Nvidia engineer breaks and then quickly fixes AMD GPU performance in Linux
- Sovol Zero Review: Good Things Come in Small Packages
- China launches HDMI and DisplayPort alternative — GPMI boasts up to 192 Gbps bandwidth, 480W power delivery
- Samsung Galaxy AI Book4 Edge laptop with Snapdragon X CPU drops to $695 in limited time Amazon deal
- Delidded AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D runs 23 degrees cooler
- Lian Li EDGE EG1000 ATX 3.1 power supply review
- Nvidia's PhysX and Flow go open source — Running legacy PhysX on RTX 50 may be possible using wrappers
- Another RTX 5090 connector melts down, reportedly taking a PSU with it
- AMD sets new supercomputer record, runs CFD simulation over 25x faster on Instinct MI250X GPUs
- April 5
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- Seasonic Prime TX-1600 Noctua Edition power supply review
- You can now play a real-time AI-rendered Quake II in your browser — Microsoft's WHAMM offers generative AI for games
- The Best OctoPrint Plugins
- Vaio touts 'tariff free' inventory for sale — Intel-powered laptops on sale while supplies last
- Compact RTX 4070 with an aluminum CNC-machined shroud is perfect for SFF builds
- 3D Gloop! Wants to Stick Customers to the Floor
- Record-low $759 price for award-winning 32-inch 4K 240 Hz QD-OLED gaming monitor
- WOLED vs QD-OLED Monitors – which panel technology is better?
- April 4
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- SSD Benchmarks Hierarchy 2025: We've tested over 100 different SSDs over the past few years, and here's how they stack up.
- Pre-built PCs with unreleased RTX 5060 Ti and RTX 5060 GPUs crop up at online retailers
- Chinese chipmaker Loongson's new laptop and industrial chips have higher core counts, better GPU
- Microsoft celebrates its 50th anniversary by letting Copilot see what you see
- Grab a budget HP gaming laptop for just $449
- Best SSDs 2025: From blazing-fast M.2 NVMe down to budget SATA
- Nintendo's Switch 2 pre-orders delayed by Trump tariffs — June 5 launch date still on schedule
- China strikes back at Trump with 34 percent tariff — bans some rare earth exports to the U.S.
- Microsoft Copilot is now fully integrated with Windows 11 and Windows 10
- Asus ROG Strix X870E-E Gaming Wifi Review: Copious USB Ports and 5.0 M.2
- RTX 4060 is now the top GPU on Newegg despite ludicrous $500 price tag
- Trump says that chip tariffs are starting 'very soon'
- G.Skill unveils first 128GB DDR5-8000 memory kit and ultra-fast DDR5-9000 64GB options
- Trump's tariffs on chipmaking tools could make U.S.-made processors more expensive
- Intel discontinues Unison app for connecting PCs and smartphones
- April 3
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- Intel and TSMC agree to form chipmaking joint venture: Report
- The Best PS5 SSDs in 2025: Speedy NVMe storage for your console
- PC prices up at least 20%: Trump Tariffs may hurt U.S. system integrators most
- Dell's $35 AlienFX cable kit makes Alienware Area-51 desktop compatible with third-party motherboards
- Windows 11 Enterprise machines can now get updates while you work—no reboot required
- Asus' budget AM5 motherboard, Prime B650-Plus WiFi, is now only $124
- Windows 11 local account workaround discovered just as Microsoft closes previous loophole in Insider Build
- Nvidia confirms Nintendo Switch 2 SoC's AI, ray tracing features, keeps real specs to itself for now
- Seven RTX 5090 GPUs power AI server worth over $30,000 — over 4000W of power and 224GB of memory in a single frame
- China’s push for chip independence continues with its first RISC-V server CPU
- Bitcoin miners front-running tariffs by scrambling to ship thousands of machines before penalties hit
- Trump administration exempts computer chips and copper from sweeping tariffs, but only for now — report says chip tariffs coming later
- RX 9070 GRE is reportedly in development to provide an affordable entry point into RDNA 4
- Nintendo Switch 2's support for MicroSD Express standard will hurt your wallet: Here's why
- Nintendo Switch 2 developers confirm DLSS, hardware ray tracing, and more
- Nintendo Switch 2 Hands-on: Bigger, faster, and with mouse controls
- Thermalright Hyper Vision 360 Review: Confusing SKU Spam
- Trump creates U.S. Investment Accelerator to manage CHIPS Act and 'negotiate much better deals'
- Intel refreshes iconic brand with 'That's the power of Intel Inside' campaign
- April 2
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- Chinese tech giants boosted Nvidia GPU purchases by 4x to 6x during Q1
- Russian spy infiltrates ASML and NXP to steal technical data necessary to build 28nm-capable fabs
- Defective RX 9070 XT card with pitted silicon surface runs extremely hot — report indicates it's unclear if this was an isolated incident
- WD's Blue SN5000 4TB SSD is only $209 while supplies last
- AMD pins Ryzen 9000 'failures' on compatibility issues — BIOS update recommended to avoid boot problems
- RTX 5080 laptop GPU beats RTX 4090 counterpart — delivers 10% less performance than RTX 5090
- President Trump's 25% tariff on aluminum sparks concerns over rising PC enclosure and GPU costs
- Amazon reserves RTX 5070, RX 9070 XT GPUs as Amazon Prime exclusives, to the dismay of scalpers
- Chinese DRAM maker reportedly mulls DDR4 hike prices
- Nintendo Switch 2 will release June 5 priced at $449 with 4K support in docked mode, mouse functionality, and a Chat button
- Puget Systems says it will absorb PC tariff costs for now, but will increase prices when it becomes inevitable
- Lightmatter unveils high-performance photonic 'superchip', claims world's fastest AI interconnect
- April 1
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- Arm aims to capture 50% of data center CPU market in 2025
- Lip-Bu Tan's first speech as Intel CEO focuses on innovation and working with foundry customers
- The GPU benchmarks hierarchy 2025: Ten years of graphics card hardware tested and ranked
- Open-source tool designed to throttle PC and server performance based on electricity pricing — lightweight CLI will automatically limit clocks during peak hours
- Intel announces 18A process node has entered risk production — crucial milestone comes as company ramps to Panther Lake chips
- Rapidus to begin trial production of its 2nm process this month — Japan gets closer to cutting-edge silicon manufacturing
- Crucial's recently released P310 M.2 2280 1TB SSD with heatsink is on sale at its lowest-ever price of $74
- Retailer clarifies RTX 5090 'B-stock' listing with missing ROPs was a system error
- Asus drops teaser for Xbox 'Kennan' handheld — reveals sneak peek days before Switch 2 launch
- Snapdragon X exclusive Copilot+ features begin trickling through to modern x86 Windows 11 PCs
- PNY CS2150 2TB SSD review: More 'budget' PCIe 5.0 SSD goodness
- GlobalFoundries mulls UMC takeover in effort dubbed 'Project Ultron'