This retro enthusiast forced Windows 11 to run on a Core 2 Quad Q6600 and AGP graphics
The modded system ran "rock stable" despite the aging hardware dating back to 2003
License plate cameras are scanning 20 billion vehicles a month, cities are starting to push back
Several communities have canceled contracts over government overreach fears
In a nutshell: Cities are collecting vast amounts of vehicle data through AI-powered camera networks, giving police the ability to track a car's movements across jurisdictions in seconds. The same systems are also fueling a growing debate over how much surveillance is too much.
PlayStation 6 bill of materials nears $1,000 as RAM shortages worsen
Sony says it's done subsidizing consoles to win customers
RAM prices expected to rise another 40-50% in Q3 2026, and then 30% more in Q4 as AI demand outpaces supply
Samsung, SK Hynix, and Micron have been sued for price-fixing before. Now it's happening again
Winners & losers: The memory shortages pushing consumer electronics prices higher are expected to worsen through the rest of this year and into 2027, with possible relief not arriving until 2028. While manufacturers and industry analysts largely attribute the spike to AI infrastructure demand, a new California lawsuit accuses the three companies that dominate DRAM and NAND production of conspiring to exploit those conditions and artificially inflate prices.
South Korea is betting $880 billion that the next AI race will be won in hardware, not software
Samsung, SK Hynix, and the government are treating AI infrastructure as a matter of national survival
You can now buy a pre-built gaming PC that boots into Steam instead of Windows
Meta PCs launches first SteamOS prebuilt with Ryzen 5 9600X and Radeon RX 7600 for $1,299
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The Steam Machine is sold out, overpriced, can't quite do 4K – and now scalpers are asking $3,000 for it
Meanwhile, modding allows the Steam Controller to crawl to its charger on its own
IBM unveils sub-1-nanometer chip architecture that stacks 100 billion transistors onto a fingernail-sized processor
It's a research milestone for now, but the company expects it to become an industry standard within a decade
Valve quietly changes Steam Machine's 4K/60fps claim after performance criticism
Valve now says the system offers "up to" 4K gaming with FSR 4.1
All MacBooks and iPads just got $200 or more expensive – iPhones are the last holdout
Even the MacBook Neo is now $700, joining industry price hikes blamed on AI memory demand
OpenAI debuts Jalapeño, its first custom AI chip to cut ChatGPT costs and reduce Nvidia dependency
The Broadcom-built ASIC is optimized for AI inference
Nvidia's banned AI servers are selling for $1.1 million on China's black market
Washington's AI chip crackdown is squeezing supply, but demand for Nvidia hardware remains intense
The US government wants a working quantum computer by 2028 and quantum-resistant encryption by 2031
Trump just signed two executive orders setting hard deadlines for quantum capabilities
China just built the world's most powerful supercomputer – using Huawei chips and no GPUs
LineShine dethrones El Capitan with 2.198 exaflops, debuting at number one in TOP500 with an all-CPU Arm design
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Virtuix's full-body VR treadmill just got official Meta Quest support
Omni One $2,600 VR treadmill pairs with Meta Quest headsets for full-body VR movement
Microsoft is selling new 8GB Surface laptops that don't qualify as Copilot+ PCs
At $849, the budget Surface Pro undercuts the flagship by $650
MSI Claw 8 EX AI+ sets a new performance bar with a very expensive handheld
Early reviews praise the MSI Claw 8 EX AI+ for pushing handheld performance, with Intel's Arc G3 Extreme outperforming current AMD rivals in many tests. However, at $1,800 and lack no OLED display, it's a very tough sell.
LG claims its OLED panels deliver perfect color and brightness accuracy
The company is the first to achieve Intertek's certification for OLED display performance
Valve's Steam Machine is here: starts at $1,049 for 512GB or $1,349 for the 2TB version
The living room gaming PC is finally here. Whether it's worth the price is a harder question
Highly anticipated: After months of delays and growing anxiety about memory prices, Valve has officially confirmed pricing, configurations, and a June 30 launch date for its Steam Machine. The living-room gaming box starts at $1,049 for a 512GB model and climbs to $1,349 for the 2TB version – a significant premium over the sub-$750 figure that had been anticipated when Valve announced the hardware in November 2025. Getting one at launch, however, is far from guaranteed.
Intel and AMD are teaming up to make x86 CPUs better at AI, without needing a GPU
The new ACE spec won't replace GPUs, but will help with some inference, edge computing, and latency-sensitive workloads
Google is spending billions to turn its TPU chips into a real challenger to Nvidia
Google backs $3.2 billion data center deal to get its chips into Anthropic's hands, mirroring Nvidia's playbook
Modder cools RTX 3060 with countertop ice machine, slashing gaming temps by up to 62%
Condensation remains the biggest problem with the build
Scammers are selling fake RTX 4090 graphics cards with plastic GPU dies and missing memory
Another day, another fake GPU scam