SoftBank to spend up to $87 billion on French AI data centers — country offers ample nuclear grid that US sites lack
SoftBank carries over $130 billion in debt and took a $40 billion bridge loan in March to fund its latest OpenAI investment.
Hardware
New one-meter-cubed 3D printer pumps out large-scale prints at 3kg an hour — Modix MAMA-1000 also needs a big wallet with prices starting at $35,000
The MAMA-1000 pellet 3D printer from Modix prints with a whopping 3kg an hour throughput.
Lenovo Yoga Slim 7x review: Snapdragon X2 Elite makes its case
The Yoga Slim 7x brings Snapdragon performance, long battery life, and an OLED display provided you’re fine with ARM apps and USB-C everything.
Microsoft veteran recalls the last time Nvidia and Arm was the future of Windows — shares a video of ‘the first time Windows ran on Nvidia Tegra Arm’ from 2010
Microsoft veteran Steven Sinofsky is here to remind folks that excitement about a new PC era fueled by Nvidia and Arm culminated in the Surface RT 16 years ago.
New AI-compute cryptocurrency Pearl sparks a GPU mining rush but profitability is already sliding — RTX 5090 daily revenue has halved to $17.19 since April
A new cryptocurrency called Pearl has set off a short-lived GPU mining rush.
The 'ultimate mosquito killer' uses lasers and AI — custom model trained to detect and lock lasers on these pests
A computer vision and robotics expert has created and trained what he boasts is “the ultimate mosquito killer” using machine learning and a laser.
Orpheus II ISA soundcard returns due to ‘popular demand’ — aimed at DOS and early Windows users, this card includes hardware to support every major audio standard
Want real Sound Blaster, Gravis UltraSound, OPL3 FM synthesis, and MPU-401 MIDI support? You got it.
You can still run the original Nvidia Control Panel by grabbing it from the Microsoft Store today — app remains useful to adjust a handful of RTX Pro and Quadro features, and may be handy for troubleshooting
The old Nvidia Control Panel is now a separate, optional download, but is it worth grabbing?
Bill Gates once starred in a bizarre Doom promo to push Windows 95 back in 1993 — tech mogul wore a trench coat, wielded a shotgun, and shot a demon, saying 'Who do you want to execute today?'
Bill Gates gives a possessed Doom heavy weapon dude both barrels in a rediscovered Windows 95 plus DirectX gaming presentation.
California Assembly passes 3D printer bill that would criminalize bypassing mandated gun-blocking software
California's Assembly has passed AB 2047, the California Firearm Printing Prevention Act, sending the amended bill to the state Senate.
A robot startup is wreaking havoc on short-term rentals in San Francisco — Airbnb hosts allege 'guests' secretly tested robots indoors, left the units completely trashed
Picture this: you're the owner of a dainty place in San Francisco. You put it up on Airbnb, considering the area is sprawling with AI bros, thinking you'd get a pretty good return on your investment. What you actually get in return are scratched kitchens, damaged appliances, bizarre rearrangement...
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X and Nvidia RTX 5060 combo is only $439 — deal includes a free CPU cooler, totaling out to $150 in savings for a great budget setup
If you've been looking to upgrade from an older system or just want to build a new one but 2026 prices have stopped you, we've got just the deal. The CPU and GPU are the two most important parts of a PC build, and Newegg is offering a solid 8-core processor paired with a strong 1080p graphics car...
ATX12VO V3 standard shrinks the connector and maximizes power efficiency — new 8-pin connector also brings smarter power supply monitoring
Intel's next-generation 12V-only PSU standard reportedly adds PMBus support, smaller connectors, and improved power efficiency.
MSI's new 32-inch OLED monitor can switch between 4K 360 Hz, 1440p 520 Hz, and 1080p 680 Hz — featuring a 'Penta Tandem' QD-OLED panel with RGB stripe subpixels
Have you ever thought that going from 4K to 1080p on a dual-mode monitor was just too much of compromise for higher refresh rates? Well, worry not, as MSI has just answered your prayers with a 4K 360 Hz QD-OLED monitor that has a 1440p 520 Hz mode and a 1080p 680 Hz mode, all packaged nicely insi...
Nikon weaponizes lower prices to break ASML's lithography monopoly — tech giant leverages in-house manufacturing to slash prices to lure back American chipmakers
Nikon will try to claw back lithography customers by selling argon fluoride (ArF) tools for less than the market leader, ASML.
Kevin O'Leary claims Chinese propaganda is to blame for anti-datacenter backlash, 'hundreds of millions of dollars' being spent to kill US dominance in AI — industry proponents and Trump administration reinforce claims of foreign interference
Kevin O'Leary claims Chinese propaganda to blame for anti-datacenter sentiment.
Huawei chairman thanks the US for export restrictions on chips, says it supercharged China’s semiconductor industry — Washington’s export controls encouraged Chinese firms to invest in R&D and build their own tech stack competing with American tech
Huawei's current Rotating Chairman thanked the United States for its export bans, which boosted the progress of China's semiconductor industry. He made the comment after unveiling the groundbreaking LogicFolding chip architecture, when reporters asked him how the company came up with the idea.
Sellers circumvent Lenovo’s retro handheld ban with cheap wholesale storefronts — $41 gray-market G02 units pop up on Alibaba following initial storefront purge, systems were pulled from sale amid copyright drama and regional restrictions
Lenovo has pulled the G02 from sale on different Chinese e-commerce platforms after the company discovered that it was being sold outside of China.
Lucky PC builder snipes $2,000 ROG Astral RTX 5080 on Facebook Marketplace for $500 — gets a nearly 75% discount card that 'works perfectly'
A Redditor scored an RTX 5080 for $500 after they found it on Facebook Marketplace while browsing for deals. Another buyer even offered $800 for the GPU as the OP was on the way to pick up the item, but the seller stuck with the original deal.
Pentagon eyes 3D-printed military boats made from volcanic fiber — non-conductive hulls add stealth capabilities while replacing a 6,545-mile supply chain, could scale to 25,000 vessels a year at forward bases
Voltage Vessels hopes to allow the U.S. Navy to build boats where they're needed and reduce reliance on an overly long supply chain. The company claims that it can forward deploy its 3D printers in-theater and also increase output up to 15,000 metric tons annually.