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Meta reveals four new MTIA chips built for AI inference — to be released on a six-month cadence

Thu, 12 Mar 2026 10:20:00 +0000

All four chips have been developed in partnership with Broadcom and are scheduled for deployment within the next two years.

Retailer denies memory replacement due to 4x increase in DDR5 pricing, says price increase would equate to an 'upgrade' for the customer — Australian retailer refuses to replace faulty Corsair kit

Thu, 12 Mar 2026 10:00:00 +0000

Australian retailer refused to exchange a RAM kit under warranty and instead told the customer they needed to pay the difference in price.

Microsoft confirms next-gen Xbox, codenamed Project Helix, will be powered by custom AMD SoC and feature 'FSR Diamond' — 'Xbox Mode' is also coming to Windows 11

Wed, 11 Mar 2026 22:59:49 +0000

The first official hardware details for Project Helix have been confirmed and Microsoft seems to be heavily leaning toward neural rendering, going as far as to unveil the next-gen FSR "Diamond" stack. Along with the AMD co-developed custom SoC, FSR will enable a significant bump in raytracing performance in the upcoming Xbox.

How to use Precision Boost Overdrive and Curve Optimizer to improve Ryzen CPU performance

Wed, 11 Mar 2026 21:55:36 +0000

Using Precision Boost Overdrive and Curve Optimizer, you can fine tune your processor’s voltage and power limits to achieve better efficiency and sustained boost speeds.

US RAM crisis hits boiling point as AI mania wipes out all 32GB DDR5 kits under $359 — cheaper kits vanish from shelves within seconds of listing

Wed, 11 Mar 2026 19:13:19 +0000

Retailers have started selling 32GB DDR5 memory kits with a starting price of $359.99 in the U.S. market.

OpenClaw AI agent craze sweeps China as authorities seek to clamp down amid security fears — adoption surges as state-run enterprises are barred from use

Wed, 11 Mar 2026 18:04:09 +0000

Following rampant and rapid adoption and proliferation of the agentic AI tool OpenClaw, Chinese authorities have warned government-run institutions and companies not to install the tool — and warned everyone about its potential security implications

Minisforum's new flagship NAS comes with OpenClaw pre-installed — Strix Halo-powered N5 Max can run a local AI LLM

Wed, 11 Mar 2026 17:42:17 +0000

Minisforum has announced it is readying a new NAS that comes with OpenClaw pre-installed. The NAS will be powered by AMD's flagship Ryzen AI Max+ 395 to help accelerate AI workloads that users program OpenClaw to execute.

Valve details new game verification system for upcoming Steam Frame and Steam Machine — 30 FPS at 1080p for Steam Frame Verified, same as Steam Deck

Wed, 11 Mar 2026 16:48:55 +0000

The Steam Machine is on track for launch this year despite component shortages setting Valve back. Hardware aside, the company has just provided a major update on the software side of things with new verified programs for the Steam Machine and Steam Frame, and they seem to be as straightforward as expected.

Where to buy Apple's new MacBook Neo, MacBook Air, and MacBook Pro — grab the most affordable MacBook, along with the latest M5 silicon refreshes, from these top stores

Wed, 11 Mar 2026 16:27:12 +0000

Apple's new slate of MacBook laptops has just been released, including the entry-level Neo, powered by the A18 Pro. Here's where to buy them all.

Iran threatens Nvidia, Microsoft, other tech companies with strikes over alleged attack on Tehran bank — says that economic centers and banks are now considered legitimate targets

Wed, 11 Mar 2026 15:18:37 +0000

Iranian media just released a list of potential economic targets, including offices and infrastructure of Nvidia, Google, Microsoft, Oracle, IBM, and more in the Middle East.

IBM and Lam Research team up on High NA EUV dry resist to push chip scaling past 1nm

Wed, 11 Mar 2026 14:48:23 +0000

The two companies have worked together for more than a decade, with IBM unveiling what it described as the world's first 2nm node chip in 2021 as part of the partnership.

Framework raises RAM prices for the third time in three months, SSD costs up — company warns that it’s running out of stock on some Intel processors as well

Wed, 11 Mar 2026 14:05:09 +0000

Framework increased RAM prices for the third consecutive month, while also announcing that it's hiking the costs of some of its SSDs.

Phison CEO says that NAND prices hiked by around 50% overnight, highlighting severe shortage in the industry — warns 'our current concern is that both money and inventory are insufficient'

Wed, 11 Mar 2026 13:05:53 +0000

SSD controller manufacturer Phison said that NAND chip prices increased by around 50% overnight, and that it's increasing its inventory to ensure that it will have sufficient supply as it pivots towards enterprise customers.

Intel announces Arrow Lake Refresh CPUs, claims 15% higher gaming performance and multi-threaded boost — Core Ultra 7 270K and Core Ultra 5 250K come with more cores, faster memory, and a price cut

Wed, 11 Mar 2026 13:00:00 +0000

Intel is introducing two new Arrow Lake CPUs under the Core Ultra 200S Plus banner, while slashing prices and adding more E-cores. The Core Ultra 7 270K Plus and Core Ultra 5 250K Plus are said to offer 15% better gaming performance than standard Arrow Lake chips at 1080p.

Grab this speedy 4TB Crucial P310 SSD, the cheapest on sale right now, for just £299.99 — nearly £90 price drop is as good as it gets for high-capacity PC storage as the AI crunch continues to bite

Wed, 11 Mar 2026 12:29:49 +0000

Another big sale day means you can grab a 4TB Crucial P310 2280 NVMe SSD with PCIe 4.0 speeds for just £299.99, nearly £90 less than it cost a few weeks ago, and pushing back a little against the AI price hikes.

HyperX Origins 2 65 Review: 8,000Hz and Customizable

Wed, 11 Mar 2026 12:00:00 +0000

The HyperX Origins 2 65 is a solid 65% mechanical keyboard that does an OK job at trying to implement the o-ring mount style.

Acer's Nitro V16 AI gaming laptop is now only £1199.99 — 32GB of RAM and an RTX 5070 GPU are standout specs of this great value gaming machine

Wed, 11 Mar 2026 11:58:49 +0000

Snap up this Acer Nitro V 16 AI gaming laptop for £1199.99 during Amazon's Spring Day Deals sales week.

Asus chief says Macbook Neo's affordable pricing came as a shock to the entire PC market — compares $599 notebook to a tablet and content-consumption device

Wed, 11 Mar 2026 11:57:49 +0000

Asus co-CEO S.Y. Hsu said that the MacBook Neo shook the entire PC market, but also said that it's mostly designed for content consumption because of its limited specifications.

Get 32GB of Kingston DDR5 for $261 when bundled with the new 9850X3D and an X870 motherboard — get AMD's fastest gaming chip and the core of an AM5 build for less than $1,100

Wed, 11 Mar 2026 11:54:54 +0000

Get an AMD Ryzen 7 9850X3D, Asus ROG Strix X870E-H, and 32GB of Kingston Fury Beast RAM for $1,099 at Newegg.

Intel's Heracles chip computes fully-encrypted data without decrypting it — chip is 1,074 to 5,547 times faster than a 24-core Intel Xeon in FHE math operations

Wed, 11 Mar 2026 11:48:33 +0000

Intel has revealed an 8192-way SIMD compute engine for fully homomorphic encryption math called Heracles. By operating directly on encrypted data, it has the potential to eliminate entire classes of attacks under some workloads.

Hisense TVs force owners to watch intrusive ads when switching inputs, visiting the home screen, or even changing channels — practice infuriates consumers, brand denies wrongdoing

Wed, 11 Mar 2026 11:02:34 +0000

HiSense is forcing some owners of its smart TVs to watch ads when switching channels or inputs or going to the home screen.

Crafty AI tool caught repurposing its training GPUs for unauthorized crypto mining during testing — experimental agent breached safety, controllability, and trustworthiness barriers

Wed, 11 Mar 2026 11:00:00 +0000

An experimental AI agent called ROME was caught indulging in unauthorized cryptocurrency mining.

Ambitious semiconductor enthusiast builds DIY 'class 100 cleanroom' in his garden shed — contains a plasma etcher, vacuum furnace, and even custom software-driven lithography machine

Wed, 11 Mar 2026 10:50:10 +0000

A TechTuber called Dr. Semiconductor has successfully created a ‘Class 100 cleanroom’ (ISO 5) in his garden shed.

Cancelled Blu-Ray recorder production leads to flood of orders for Panasonic after rivals exit market — last supplier standing apologizes for delays as firm inundated with orders

Wed, 11 Mar 2026 10:20:00 +0000

Panasonic is struggling to keep up with orders for its flagship Blu-ray recorder system in Japan.

Human brain cells set to power two new data centers, thanks to 'body-in-the-box' CL1 — Cortical Labs targets the AI energy crisis with biological computer that reportedly uses less energy than a calculator

Wed, 11 Mar 2026 10:00:00 +0000

Australian biotech company Cortical Labs has partnered with data center firm DayOne to establish two new data centers using its CL1 biological computers.

Rumored RTX 5050 9GB GDDR7 could make hay from recycled RTX 5060 silicon — refreshed entry-level Blackwell card might finally have enough VRAM for DLSS and MFG in demanding games

Wed, 11 Mar 2026 10:00:00 +0000

Trusted hardware leaker kopite7kimi has released fresh rumors regarding Nvidia's purported GeForce RTX 5050 9GB GDDR7 graphics card.

Seagate CCO says storage price hikes are ‘the new normal’ — demand enters an unprecedented ‘supercycle’ driven by AI growth

Wed, 11 Mar 2026 09:30:00 +0000

Seagate CCO Ban-Seng Teh said this week that memory price hikes are "the new normal" for the storage industry, describing current market conditions as a supercycle driven by AI data center demand that shows no sign of following historical patterns of recovery.

Intel shares XeSS 3.0 SDK for game devs with 3x and 4x MFG modes — but it still hasn't followed through on its open-source promise

Wed, 11 Mar 2026 09:00:00 +0000

XeSS 3.0 has been available inside Intel's graphics driver suite for some time now, but the chipmaker has finally released the accompanying SDK for game developers, albeit only in closed-source form.

How To Optimize Your PC’s Airflow Using Positive vs. Negative Pressure

Tue, 10 Mar 2026 19:22:35 +0000

If your PC runs hot, dusty, or loud, there's a decent chance your airflow is working against you and not for you. We dig into the mechanics of positive and negative pressure, lay out exactly when each configuration wins, and how a few smart tweaks can make a bigger difference than any cooler upgrade ever will.

Intel Nova Lake CPU teaser lists official support for speedy DDR5-8000 RAM — B960 mini-PC’s upgraded power system signals Nova Lake’s higher power demands

Tue, 10 Mar 2026 17:14:40 +0000

ECS showcases revamped Liva P300 mini-PC for Intel's upcoming Nova Lake processors, revealing some interesting features along the way.

SK hynix introduces turbocharged LPDDR6, 33% faster and 20% more power efficient than LPDDR5X — 16Gb chips deliver 10.7 Gbps, uses 10nm node

Tue, 10 Mar 2026 16:47:28 +0000

SK Hynix has announced the successful development of its first LPDDR6 memory modules that operate at "over" 10.7Gbps. The new modules take advantage of the manufacturer's bleeding-edge 10nm-class (1c) process node.

Oracle and OpenAI's Abilene expansion saga detailed: 600MW expansion gets scrapped, as larger 4.5GW agreement remains on track

Tue, 10 Mar 2026 16:39:41 +0000

Oracle and OpenAI dropped plans to expand their flagship Stargate campus in Abilene, Texas, beyond its committed 1.2-gigawatt build earlier this month.

Dynamic MFG comes to RTX 50-series GPUs to push monitor refresh rates to the max — more flexible mode with 5x and 6x multipliers arrives March 31

Tue, 10 Mar 2026 16:39:05 +0000

Dynamic Multi Frame Generation, announced back at CES, will be arriving March 31, along with extended 5X and 6X modes.

Nvidia reportedly building its own AI agent to compete with OpenClaw, report claims — ‘NemoClaw’ will supposedly be open source and designed for enterprise use

Tue, 10 Mar 2026 15:19:39 +0000

Nvidia is reportedly planning to launch its own open-source agentic AI with NemoClaw, and it has already been in talks with several enterprise partners like Adobe and CrowdStrike to get them on board with its deployment.

Act now and save £29 ahead of the Apple MacBook Neo release — £569 Apple Neo preorders on Amazon are live in the Spring Deal Days sale

Tue, 10 Mar 2026 14:23:45 +0000

Preorder the new Apple MacBook Neo at Amazon ahead of tomorrow's official release date. The Amazon Spring Deal Days sale is in full swing, saving you £29.03. Pick up the MacBook Neo for just £569.97.

In wake of outage, Amazon calls upon senior engineers to address issues created by 'Gen-AI assisted changes,' report claims — recent 'high blast radius' incidents stir up changes for code approval

Tue, 10 Mar 2026 14:00:07 +0000

An Amazon executive called its engineers into a meeting to deal with the recent spate of incidents on its platform that had a "high blast radius" and were related to "Gen-AI assisted changes."

Future Games Show Spring Showcase announced for GDC — Baldur's Gate 3 and LEGO Batman actors to host

Tue, 10 Mar 2026 14:00:00 +0000

This year's Future Games Show Spring Showcase will take place during GDC, during which 40 games will be featured. The wide-ranging event is set to be broadcast across multiple platforms on March 12, starting at 4 pm ET (1 pm PT).

Apple MacBook Neo review: a budget-priced game-changer

Tue, 10 Mar 2026 13:00:00 +0000

Apple's MacBook Neo has all the trappings of a premium laptop at a surprising price, with only a few compromises to get there.

Laptop prices expected to soar by around 40% as AI crunch takes hold — analyst says rising mainstream models priced at $900 could hit more than $1,200 due to rising memory, storage, and CPU costs

Tue, 10 Mar 2026 12:26:31 +0000

Industry analyst outfit TrendForce estimates that midrange laptops will increase their retail prices by about 40% due to increasing RAM, SSD, and CPU costs.

Get an X870 Motherboard, 32GB of RAM, a 1050W Power supply, and a Montech King 95 Pro case for only $774 — save over $220 on this 4-item combo from Newegg

Tue, 10 Mar 2026 12:20:30 +0000

Snag an MSI X870 Tomahawk Wifi, 32GB of V-Color DDR5-6400 RAM, Montech 1050W ATX3.1/5.1 power supply, and a sweet-looking Montech King 95 chassis for $774 - start your AM5 build off with this comprehensive 4-item combo from Newegg

Pick up a comfy new PC gaming chair for £150 in the Amazon Spring Day Deals sale — save £50 on Corsair's TC100 Relaxed chair

Tue, 10 Mar 2026 11:40:45 +0000

You can get a brand new gaming chair for only £150 in the Amazon Spring Day Deals sale. Save £50 on Corsair's TC100 Relaxed chair.

This brilliant Hoto electric screwdriver is down to a record-low £28.48 right now — 12-bit precision kit with USB-C charging is great for PC builds and DIY projects

Tue, 10 Mar 2026 11:37:10 +0000

Grab this impressive Hoto NEX O1 Pro mini electric screwdriver set with 12 bits at a record-low price

Get 32GB of Corsair Vengeance DDR5 for $163 when bundled with AMD's new 9850X3D and an X870E-E motherboard — save $236 on the heart of your new AM5 PC

Tue, 10 Mar 2026 11:23:15 +0000

This Newegg bundle gets you RAM for just $163 when bundled with a new 9850X3D processor and an Asus ROG Strix X870E-E motherboard.

Unpowered SSD data retention test shows promising results after six years — results show no data corruption on USB sticks, challenging conventional wisdom

Tue, 10 Mar 2026 11:00:00 +0000

A long-term data retention test on unpowered flash drives shows promising results, with multiple drives of the same make showing no signs of corruption after six years.

$500,000 gold RTX 5090 is now worth $830,000 thanks to rocketing commodity prices — Asus ROG Astral RTX 5090 Real Gold Edition was actually a savvy investment, worth over 50% more than at inception

Tue, 10 Mar 2026 10:40:00 +0000

Asus’ special one-off ROG Astral RTX 5090 Real Gold Edition has been a great investment, and is currently worth an estimated $830,000 based on its scrap gold value alone.

RPCS3 Emulator boasts over 1500 FPS on the Minecraft title screen — platform hails performance landmark, one frame rendered every 0.00064 seconds

Tue, 10 Mar 2026 10:00:00 +0000

The RPCS3 emulator team brags of immense optimization even as fans whine that many titles remain unplayable without the latest hardware.

Nexperia China claims to be making chips using 12-inch wafers — subsidiary deepens split with Dutch parent as it builds out 'mass production capabilities'

Mon, 09 Mar 2026 22:40:34 +0000

In a statement posted to its Chinese social media account, Nexperia China said it had reached a new milestone in its "independent R&D and mass production capabilities".

America and Japan may join forces to manufacture displays in the US — New $13 billion fab proposed by Japan Display Inc. to counter Chinese dominance

Mon, 09 Mar 2026 21:38:33 +0000

The Japanese and American governments are considering setting up a new display factory in the U.S. that would cost $13 billion, a small part of a bigger $550 billion investment framework. This factory is being proposed by Japan Display Inc., a struggling display firm that has seen better days since Apple switched to using OLED screens in the iPhone.

Intel Panther Lake-H high-res die shot emerges — image show 18A compute tile, Xe3 GPU tile in new X-series processors

Mon, 09 Mar 2026 20:15:39 +0000

An enthusiast blogger published annotated die shots of Intel Panther Lake-H CPU: 16-core mobile processor with 12 Xe3 clusters and two Thunderbolt 5 ports examined.

Anthropic sues Pentagon over 'supply chain risk' designation, citing free speech and due process violations — company refused to allow its AI to be used for autonomous attacks, mass surveillance

Mon, 09 Mar 2026 20:05:49 +0000

Anthropic has filed two federal lawsuits against the Pentagon and other U.S. federal agencies, seeking to overturn the Department of War's decision to designate the AI company a "supply chain risk."

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