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Nova Lake CPUs with cut-down E-core clusters may still retain full cache pool, says new leak — 8P+12E config predictions revised from 33MB to 36MB, 4P+4E config from 15MB to 18MB
A new leak from Jaykihn says some Nova Lake SKUs, including mobile counterparts, will retain the cache config of their fully-enabled variants despite having reduced E-cores.
How optical interconnects and silicon photonics emerged as AI's next hot commodity — looming US-China summit puts photonics into the crosshairs
The U.S. wants Chinese optical transceivers out of future AI data centers, but China’s current dominance of the rapidly evolving photonics supply chain could make a ban complicated
YMTC breaks into the top three NAND makers for the first time as AI servers swallow 48% of all flash — Chinese vendor has 14% share, according to research
Samsung led with 25%, SK hynix followed at 22%, and Micron rounded out the top five.
GMKtec Evo-T2 review: Panther Lake for a price
GMKtec has positioned its new Evo-T2 mini PC, built around Intel’s 18A Panther Lake silicon, as a compact personal AI workstation. It is also plenty capable of performing well in office productivity and gaming with 64GB LPDDR5X-8533 RAM.
Claude will begin digitally watermarking marking AI-generated text and images — Anthropic details how it'll comply with the EU's Artificial Intelligence Act
European users of Anthropic's Claude models can expect that future versions of those tools will begin embedding digital marks in generated text and images to identify them as the product of AI.
Samsung Foundry updates process roadmap to move 1.4nm node to 2029 — high-NA EUV will enable 1nm-class and smaller nodes in 2030 and beyond
Samsung Foundry has delayed its 1.4nm-class node to 2029, making SF2 one of its longest-lasting process technologies ever. The company also aims to start using High-NA EUV for its 1nm-class process technology in 2030.
Asobi Remote Play app lets gamers stream PS4 and PS5 games on the Steam Deck, even without a console — dev breaks PlayStation Plus Premium cloud gaming support free of the PlayStation Portal
PlayStation Remote Play allows you to stream games from your PS4 or PS5 console to a variety of devices locally, but the Asobi: Remote Play service goes farther by extending the PlayStation Portal's exclusive PlayStation Plus Premium cloud game streaming support to the Steam Deck and other Linux...
Save over $600 on a massive 18-inch gaming laptop as it falls to a new all-time low price at Amazon — Acer's Predator Helios Neo 18 AI packs an RTX 5070 Ti and 32GB of memory
Acer's Predator Helios Neo 18 AI gaming laptop hits a new all-time low price at Amazon. This massive 18-inch laptop freefalls by $600 in price.
Passenger returning from DEF CON 34 spoofs Delta Wi-Fi network while in flight using pentest tool — pilots tell ground crew to alert corporate security after attendee from hacking conference brings the party to the sky
A flight carrying passengers who attended a cybersecurity convention reportedly had its Wi-Fi network victimized by deauthentication attacks while an 'evil twin' hotspot rerouted potential victims to a phishing website. While flight safety was never affected, it's unclear if any of the other pass...
Intel CEO hints at return to the memory business — says market is ripe for innovation, hints at stacking memory and CPU
Lip-Bu Tan says he has a pet project related to a new memory architecture.
Save $106 on this 4TB Team Group SSD with Gen 4 speeds, now 10.2 cents per GB — Newegg coupon deal makes this T-Force G50 one of the cheapest PCIe 4.0 drives on sale right now with this amount of storage
Get $106 off this 4TB TeamGroup T-Force G50 SSD, offering Gen 4 speeds and a huge capacity for a price that's hard to rival right now.
Commodore re-releases TAC-2 joystick after 40 years for just $49 — says retro-controller is tougher than ever and now comes in five colorways
After 40 years, Commodore has brought back the 'Totally Accurate Controller' joystick, better known among C64 and Amiga aficionados as the TAC-2.
Independent bookstores in Europe receive suspicious orders for thousands of books, prompting fears they'll be destroyed to train AI — sellers believe acquisitions are part of AI tech companies’ push to get more data
Bookstores in Europe receive massive online purchases for obscure titles that haven't seen interest in years. They fear that these orders were made by AI firms looking to find more data to train their LLMs.
Resourceful gamer shrinks Valve’s Steam Deck into Game Boy, with custom 3D-printed cooling — plans display around 1200x1080, 90Hz AMOLED panel
A Steam Deck enthusiast and modder is close to finalizing their ‘SteamBoy’ design.
Two undersea cables reportedly damaged off the coast of Perth following suspicious vessel activity — company CEO says faults happened ‘straight after each other and in close proximity'
Subco CEO Bevan Slattery said that the Australian Federal Police should determine what caused the shunt faults on two undersea cables, which happened in suspicious circumstances. They also noted that a vessel was passing over the area at the same time that the disruption happened.
Razer Naga V3 Pro Review: My new 23-button mouse
Razer's Naga V3 Pro has the same form factor as its predecessor, but it features more buttons, an upgraded sensor and switches, and better battery life.
SK hynix to expand production capacity in China as it mulls Solidigm IPO, report claims — second phase of fab could boost local production by 50%
As demand for high-end data center SSDs peak, SK hynix upgrades its Chinese facilities and plans Solidigm listing at NASDAQ.
AMD highlights Ryzen 5 5500 briefly topping Amazon CPU best sellers, beating 9800X3D — $80 DDR4 CPU remains a top seller during memory crunch
AMD's marketing director shared a screenshot of the Amazon CPU best sellers list, but the four-year-old, $80 Ryzen 5 5500 was at the top of the charts.
Intel raises $19.7 billion to help fund future projects as 14A production looms — share sale attracted $100 billion in demand, report claims
Intel is raising $19.7 billion through a stock offering to strengthen its finances as it expands manufacturing capacity, develops next-generation process technologies, and is trying to attract major external foundry customers.