Nvidia may be killing off the RTX 5090 as AI chips take priority over gaming GPUs
"Greed, for lack of a better word... is good."
California sues major 3D-printing filament maker over claims it deliberately catered to ghost gun enthusiasts
The company is accused of profiting from ghost gun enthusiasts and hiring a YouTuber banned over firearms content.
Gaming consoles are more expensive than ever, and fewer people are buying them
The average price rose from $476 to $541 this year, and Xbox and PlayStation buyers are paying all-time highs
From gaming graphics to AI dominance: Nvidia's Jensen Huang receives America's highest science honor
The award recognizes his role in advancing massively parallel computation
Microsoft and Adobe hit with green-card suspensions as Vance accuses tech firms of sidelining American workers
Trump honored Satya Nadella hours after his administration targeted Microsoft's green-card sponsorship
Memory crisis puts Samsung on track for the biggest quarterly operating profit in tech history
The chipmaker expects $80.2 billion haul, up 782% from a year earlier, yet still below some forecasts
Seagate and Toshiba are reportedly fighting to acquire TDK's HDD magnetic-head technology
The AI boom has given the HDD industry a second wind, and drive makers want to lock in their supply
Paramount now owns Warner Bros, HBO, CBS, and CNN, and Netflix is out
New entity, Skydance, now controls Harry Potter, Game of Thrones, Top Gun, and Star Trek, and plans to merge its streaming services
VMware customers want out from under Broadcom's pricing, but few are ready to leave
Higher licensing costs drove 90% of survey respondents to explore alternatives
Qualcomm signs its first 5G patent deal with Huawei, and agrees to buy some of its US patents
The deal needs regulatory approval, since Huawei has been on the US Entity List since 2019
Google cleared 300 hectares of Finnish forest for a data center, and regulators want answers
Finland's regulator says the environmental review came too late, Google says it followed the law
Amazon is spending $1 billion to win over towns fighting its data centers
AWS CEO says the US "can't afford to lose" the AI race, blames "misinformation" for fueling opposition
German utility launches dedicated electricity tariff for gamers with power-hungry PCs
With consumption presets ranging from 2,500 to 5,000 kWh per year, the offer targets everyone from casual players to shared gaming homes.
Sony's new PS5 Pro lottery requires 60 hours of playtime just to apply
Anti-scalper lottery could backfire right as GTA VI drives demand even higher
Europe is building its own payment network to finally compete with Visa and Mastercard
ENP connects payment networks that already exist, covering 130 million users across 13 countries
Buying an RTX 5090 from Micro Center now means signing a form promising it won't leave the US
Buyers are also being asked to provide photo ID and have their driver's license scanned
AI is getting cheaper faster than almost any technology in history
One AI task went from $0.30 to $0.0004 per question in a year and a half
Bottom line: AI models are getting cheaper to use at a pace that could reshape the advanced software market. A report from research firm Epoch AI finds that the cost of reaching a given level of AI performance has fallen by nearly 50% per quarter, or about 13 times per year. That is a faster rate of decline than the cost curves seen in lithium-ion batteries, DNA sequencing and computing hardware.
Bill Gates says robots should pay FICA taxes when they replace human workers
Gates says taxing robots could help replace lost revenue and fund a stronger safety net
The Pentagon is creating a new command just for autonomous and robotic warfare
AutoWarCom will oversee drones, AI, and command and control systems across the US military
QR Codes Explained: How They Work and Why They're Everywhere
QR codes were built to track car parts, written off as a gimmick, then rescued by phone cameras. Now they're everywhere. Here's how they work, what's changed, and what to watch out for.
The US just approved its first small nuclear reactor built for the AI power crunch
The 300-megawatt small modular reactor delivers round-the-clock power with a simpler design
G.Skill wins customer's lifetime loyalty after replacing a $150 open-box eBay RAM kit now worth $1,199
In a nutshell: There's been a depressing trend recently in which hardware companies refuse warranty claims for questionable reasons – or refund the customer's original purchase amount – as a result of their products' prices skyrocketing. But it seems not every firm is being greedy. One person has praised G.Skill for replacing a 64 GB DDR5 RAM kit bought from eBay for $150 with a brand-new kit worth $1,199.
Apple's new CEO wants to move faster, cut jobs, and squeeze more out of services
Breaking from Cook's playbook, Apple could shift away from the traditional spring and fall release cycle
AMD's new Zen 6 Epyc Venice lineup starts at $700 and scales all the way to 256 cores for $14,900
The Zen 6 Venice family spans 31 processors across SP7 and SP8 sockets
Trump unveils voluntary AI safety pact, backs more data centers, and officially renames AI "Super Intelligence"
The "morally binding" agreement relies largely on tech companies policing themselves