No Ryzen Killer: Intel Core Ultra 5 225F Review
Almost no one asked for it, but curiosity won out. We're taking a close look at Intel's Core Ultra 5 225F – a locked, budget-focused CPU that's been quietly sitting on shelves for nearly a year.
This Windows registry hack can boost NVMe SSD performance by up to 80%, but there's a catch
Officially available on Windows Server 2025, but works with Windows 11
In a nutshell: Microsoft recently updated Windows Server 2025 with a native NVMe driver that can significantly increase SSD performance. While the new driver is not officially available for consumer versions of Windows, enterprising developers have seemingly found a neat registry hack to enable it in Windows 11, potentially boosting NVMe SSD performance by up to 80 percent.
Lost Unix v4 source code from 1973 recovered from decades-old magnetic tape
Through the looking glass: A half-century-old magnetic tape containing the only known copy of Unix v4 has been found and recovered by the University of Utah's School of Computing. The nine-track 3M magnetic tape dates back to 1973 and contains roughly 40 megabytes of data – the earliest surviving Unix release in which both the kernel and core utilities were written in C.
Microsoft Office is down to $35 for a lifetime license
TL;DR: If you're looking for a powerful productivity suite without paying any subscriptions, Office 2021 is now available for just $35. All the essential tools you need for work or personal projects at over 80% off the regular price.
Intel's Granite Rapids Xeon CPUs spotted with up to 86 cores, 336MB cache, and $9,300 pricing
Threadripper Pro competition, anyone?
Missile-grade magnets at risk as China tightens grip on rare earths
Samarium-cobalt components for Tomahawks, fighter jets, and hypersonic weapons now hinge on a finite European stockpile
The global robotaxi rollout is accelerating faster than expected
From London to Abu Dhabi, driverless taxis edge closer to mainstream deployment
Star Citizen's single-player spin-off is now playable start to finish, still set for 2026
Star Citizen funding reached $900 million in 2025, likely to break $1 billion next year
Microsoft wants to fix BitLocker's slowdown with hardware acceleration
Speeding up BitLocker, but only on new hardware
Why some video games improve brain function – and others don't
New research ties strategy games like StarCraft II to more efficient neural networks
Connecting the dots: Far from being a mindless escape, video games help the brain process information more efficiently and adapt more readily to complex tasks, according to a growing body of research. The emerging evidence suggests that the type of game and how it taxes the brain's systems are key to whether playing strengthens cognition – or simply consumes time.
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Nvidia RTX 5050 vs Intel Arc B580: Budget GPU Battle
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Single Stick vs. Dual Channel RAM: How Much Performance Do You Actually Lose?
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AMD FSR Redstone Looks Sharp on Paper, Plays Rough, Launches Broken
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6 Years of Mid-Range Radeon GPUs Tested: The 9070 Comes Out on Top
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The Best SSDs and Storage - Late 2025 Update
AMD Zen 6 and Intel Nova Lake could clash with massive 288 MB 3D V-Cache designs
Gaming performance could hinge on massive cache increases
Samsung's next Odyssey monitors push refresh rates to 1,024Hz
The company is also developing a glasses-free 3D 6K monitor
Maingear responds to DDR5 crisis with bring-your-own RAM program
Other PC builders are introducing similar programs
Android's Bluetooth car audio problem has gone unfixed for over a year
Google acknowledged the problem, but users are still waiting for a fix
Two-year preservation project recovers 144 lost ROMs from the Sega Channel streaming service
Sega was also working on a Genesis web browser
Gigabyte removes leaking thermal paste from RTX 5000 GPUs, replaces it with thermal pads
The RTX 5070 Ti Windforce OC V2 is the first to ditch the leaky gel
Trump wants to bring Japan's tiny kei cars to US roadways
US safety regulations and consumer tastes stand in the way of Japan's small vehicles
Switch into savings: Nintendo's holiday game sale is here
Buy something new or stock up on deeply discounted classics
Asus teases ROG G1000 case with spinning holographic display ahead of CES 2026
Not the first of its kind
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Zen 6 and Nova Lake set to clash with massive 3D V-Cache designs
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RAM GOLD RUSH
Corsair replaces $1,000 96GB DDR5 memory kit with $35 RGB-only RAM
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AMD dominates CPU charts, taking 19 out of 20 top spots
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CLOUD GAMING
Nvidia's 100-hour GeForce Now cap hits all users next month
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Asus overtakes Samsung: Gaming is driving an OLED monitor boom
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Nvidia and SK hynix are building an AI SSD that could be 10x faster
Intelligence agencies warn Russia may be developing a new way to take out Starlink
NATO outlines a concept built around high-density pellets too small to track
A 300TB pirate archive claims to contain nearly every song ever streamed on Spotify
86 million songs and metadata for almost all of Spotify's 256 million tracks
Viral video asks if you'd take a $240,000 office job or $120,000 remote position
Which would you choose?
Hackers exploited BitLocker in ransomware attack on Romania's water agency
Around 1,000 systems were taken offline across the country
The Modern SD Card Buying Guide: Sizes, Speeds, and Storage Classes
Expandable storage may be disappearing from phones, but SD cards still power consoles, cameras, and more. This guide explains the specs, speeds, and formats that actually matter, so you can buy the right card with confidence.
The FCC just banned foreign-made drones from entering the US
DJI and others may still gain exemptions
What just happened? The FCC has banned new foreign-made drones from being imported into the US over concerns that they present an "unacceptable risk" to national security and the safety and security of US persons. This means drones and related components from the likes of popular Chinese manufacturers DJI and Autel Robotics will not receive FCC approval unless the DoD or DHS recommends them.
Waymo's robotaxis froze when San Francisco's traffic lights went dark
Autonomous vehicles stalled at intersections when traffic signals went dark, forcing the company to pause city operations
Vince Zampella, Call of Duty and Respawn cofounder, has died at 55
Famed producer and director oversaw numerous critically acclaimed shooters
A power outage knocked NIST's internet time servers out of perfect sync
One of the world's most accurate timekeepers may have reliability issues
Steam is ending support for 32-bit Windows as it moves fully to 64-bit
Most users should find no difference in the architectural change
Darktable 5.4 adds capture sharpening and film-style tone mapping
Darktable is an open-source alternative to Adobe Lightroom. The latest release brings capture sharpening to the demosaic module to recover detail lost to in-camera blur, alongside a new AgX-based tone mapper inspired by Blender with film-like highlight roll-off and deeper control over contrast and exposure.
No assembly required: Proposed space station fits into one launch
This single-launch space station would save lots of time and money
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