Following the Trump administration's block on Anthropic's Mythos 5 and Fable 5 models, world leaders have raised concerns that without direct access to frontier models, they may need to develop their own national alternatives.
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DeepSeek and CXMT, which have both been tagged as supporting Chinese military and intelligence operations, are set to be added to the U.S.'s Entity List. However, the White House hasn't included them yet in order to avoid escalating trade tensions with Beijing.
For a limited time, Newegg has the Gigabyte GS27QA on sale for $159.99, 36%off its regular price.
Nvidia has updated RTX Remix with a bunch of new features that will help improve the fidelity and reduce the file size of modded games, along with the complexity of developing said mods.
Oregon State University researchers have developed a brain-inspired phototransistor that combines light sensing, memory, and signal processing in one device. The hardware can electronically control how long optical memories persist or fade, potentially improving energy efficiency in future AI vis...
The Syrian government blamed a third party for the damage on its undersea cable that connects it to Egypt. Damascus didn't mention any specific state or non-state actor, but its location makes it a prime target for disruption.
We now have the first confirmed details about AMD's Zen 6-based Threadripper CPUs, code-named Mustang Peak.
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ViewSonic’s VX2738-2K OLED is a high-performance 27-inch QHD gaming monitor with 240 Hz, Adaptive-Sync, HDR and Quantum Dot color. It delivers smooth speed, quick response and saturated color for a relatively low price.
Nvidia showcases agentic robots that can teach themselves high-precision and dexterous tasks - like PC building - in the real world.
Save $100 off the price of this 1TB Samsung 990 Pro SSD. Amazon's 31% discount fights off the current storage price rises.
The US government is seeking dismissal of a lawsuit from the NAACP, arguing that the Colossus 2 data center is crucial for national security. The data center runs the Grok Gov AI model, and the government claims a shutdown "directly threatens ongoing national security interests."
This 32GB Corsair Vengeance DDR5-6000 RAM kit is on sale at Woot for $339.99 right now, $45 less than its next-best rival.
Nvidia may be ahead of AMD and Intel with PCIe Gen6-supporting platform for client PCs due to its client agentic AI ambitions, and that roadmap has suppliers like Silicon Motion paying attention.
AMD has reportedly stripped TSME from consumer Ryzen processors after years of working support, with testing suggesting newer AGESA firmware disables the memory-encryption feature while Pro and EPYC CPUs remain unaffected.
Chinese memory brands Gloway and KingBank have begun using homemade chips to produce DDR5 memory kits in lieu of Samsung, Micron, or SK hynix DRAM.
Intel's enhanced 18A-P has entered risk production, laying the groundwork to ramp the node into full production in the coming months.
Dell's $699 XPS 13 laptop ($599 for students) has the MacBook Neo in its sights, and it's now available sporting one of Intel's new entry-level Wildcat Lake CPUs.
The SanDisk Optimus GX Pro 8100 is a top-tier drive with excellent performance, exceptional random read latency, and good power efficiency. As you'd imagine, it just has a pricing issue.
The Gigabyte X870 Aorus Elite WiFi7 usually retails for $319..99, but the premium motherboard has gone on sale for $249.99.