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https://www.tomshardware.com China's top DRAM maker CXMT sues Pentagon over its blacklisting — argues chips are standard civilian JEDEC spec, not defense hardware
Chinese DRAM maker CXMT wants the US Department of Defense to remove it from the list of companies linked to the Chinese military.
Corsair RM1000e (2026) ThermalProtect power supply review: Temperature-sensing 12V-2x6 cable shuts the GPU down before a connector can melt
Corsair's mainstream RMe series returns for 2026 with Platinum-class efficiency, a 500W fanless window, and a temperature-sensing 12V-2x6 cable that shuts the GPU down before a connector can melt.
Poor liquid metal application almost destroys Asus Zephyrus M16 laptop, eats through the processor lid — paste replacement triples framerates, drops temps, and eliminates hard crashes
A user on Reddit shared their story about how the factory-applied liquid metal on their Asus Zephyrus M16 gaming laptop corroded the heatsink and lid of their CPU. It got so bad that the corrosion was about to eat away and seep onto the silicon itself, but thankfully a simple re-paste job averted...
Modders solder power cables directly to RTX 5090 PCB to eliminate notorious melting 16-pin connector — bare-board Galax HOF card pulls 600W under chiller cooling
TecLab, a Brazilian YouTuber, has just shown the most dangerous method of bypassing the 16-pin connector on an RTX 5090 — by soldering wires directly to the card's PCB. In an attempt to save the GPU from melting, they've created perhaps an even bigger fire hazard.
US military uses high-energy lasers to shoot down three Mexican cartel drones over the southern border — narcos suspected of using UAVs for surveillance and reconnaissance to support illegal activities
The US military has successfully deployed a laser defense system on the southern border of the country and shot down alleged Mexican cartel drones. These UAVs are suspected of spotting U.S. law enforcement operations and help the criminal organizations traffic humans and goods into the United Sta...
California lawmakers unanimously pass Linux exemption from age-verification law — software distributed under the GPL, MIT, BSD, and Apache licenses are exempt
California’s legislature has passed Assembly Bill 1856, exempting open-source operating systems from the State’s Digital Age Assurance Act months before the law is due to take effect on January 1, 2027.
Magnetic core memory USB drive transfers files in sneakernet first — text and image files get moved between PCs via hugely constrained archaic memory tech
A dinner plate-sized magnetic core memory homebrew USB device has been used to transfer a text file from one PC to another for the first time.
Get a 32-inch Samsung Odyssey G55C curved gaming monitor for $199 — 1440p 165 Hz screen is 39% off at Amazon for a limited time
The Samsung Odyssey G55C is a 32-inch curved gaming monitor with a 1440p QHD resolution and 1ms response time. It's currently on sale at just $199.99, saving you $130 off its $329.99 MSRP.
Startup raises $7 million to build backpack-portable 8.8-ounce drone interceptors — Mara claims 20x cost advantage over other interceptors, priced one-for-one against attack drones
San Francisco defense startup Mara has secured $7 million in a pre-seed round to produce what it calls Spike, a portable counter-drone system housed inside a backpack.
Site provides instructions to get up to $175 back for your pre-installed Windows 11 license — new portal provides legal forms, but warns buyers not to wipe storage first
The Refund4Freedom site was put together by the Italian Linux Society and the Free Software Foundation Europe to help address the unfairness of unwanted OS bundling.
Grand Theft Auto 6 will run at only 30 FPS on consoles at launch, no performance mode promised — even the souped-up PS5 Pro might not get 60 FPS support
GTA 6 is currently running at 30 FPS at Rockstar internally with no confirmation on a 60 FPS mode being available at launch, or even later.
Deco Gear DG49OLED240 49-inch 32:9 OLED gaming monitor review: Two 27-inch QHD screens without the dividing line
You can replace two 27-inch QHD monitors with one Deco Gear DG49OLED240. This 49-inch 32:9 QD-OLED panel has an 1800R curve, 240 Hz, 5120x1440 pixels, HDR10, DisplayHDR 400, wide gamut color, and Adaptive-Sync.
Microsoft-backed AI data center faces backlash over 62 unpermitted gas turbines and 1.5M-gallon LNG tank — issues with $19.4B facility range from illegal construction to noise pollution
The community surrounding the DataOne data center in Vineland, New Jersey, are complaining about the Microsoft-linked project. The company's deployment of several unpermitted gas turbines is just one of the issues that has been hounding the project, with potential water issues also surfacing in r...
GTA 6 leaker cashes out in $250,000 crypto rug pull just hours before Rockstar's official reveal — memecoin crashes as Cyberleek's 'anti-corporate' campaign ends in a payday
The person or group behind nine days of Grand Theft Auto VI gameplay leaks cashed out of the $CYBERLEEK memecoin on Thursday, hours before Rockstar's Extended Look premiered on Netflix.
US Navy launches missiles from its first drone sailboat — Saildrone Surveyor launches dual JAGM missiles, carrier strike group tests armed USV and electronic warfare
The U.S. Navy successfully tested a sail-powered autonomous drone in live-fire exercises in the Pacific.
MSI brings DDR4 back to gaming laptops amidst DRAM crisis — Katana 15 HX C14 available with up to Core i9-14900HX and RTX 5070
With 32GB DDR4 SO-DIMM memory kits costing roughly half as much as comparable DDR5 kits, MSI’s new Katana 15 HX C14 could help reduce the impact of soaring memory prices.
New US export controls reportedly target Chinese access to remote AI servers — Trump admin's cut-down AI diffusion rule could be shared with industry as soon as September
The Trump administration is reportedly drafting a rule to close a loophole around remote access to advanced AI compute, and it could be shared with trade groups as early as September.
Nvidia gears up its influence in Washington, forming PAC — tells employees that decisions Congress makes over the coming years could have substantial consequences for the AI industry, according to report
Nvidia establishes its employees federal political action committee (PAC) to fund politicians whose positions are favorable to Nvidia's interests.
Security researchers find surveillance implants in Chinese-made routers sold worldwide — three different backdoor-like implants hidden in firmware
Security researchers at Vulncheck discovered intentionally masked surveillance implants embedded in the firmware of numerous devices from Shenzhen Zhibotong Electronics.