Hardware

Full-sized A1200 Amiga remake spotted on display — A1200 Mini will come with a port of The Settlers 2 which took 30 years and a working keyboard
Retro Games Ltd is showcasing The A1200 at Gamescom 2025, over the next few days.
2025-08-21 11:53
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Full-sized A1200 Amiga remake spotted on display — A1200 will come with a port of The Settlers 2 which took 30 years and a working keyboard
Retro Games Ltd is showcasing The A1200 at Gamescom 2025, over the next few days.
2025-08-21 11:53
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Full-sized A1200 Amiga remake spotted on display — A1200 will come with a port of The Settlers 2 that took 30 years, and a working keyboard
Retro Games Ltd is showcasing The A1200 at Gamescom 2025, over the next few days.
2025-08-21 11:53
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DirectX speeds up game loads up to 10X with new advanced shader compiling — feature debuts with Xbox PC app on ROG Xbox Ally and Ally X, more devices later
Microsoft moves shader compilation to the cloud, delivering a pre-compiled database with your game download for faster loading.
2025-08-21 11:11
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China's Great Firewall blocked all traffic to a common HTTPS port for over an hour — with no hint as to its intention
Forged TCP RST+ACK packets disrupted port 443, but not common ports like 22, 80 or 8443
2025-08-21 09:30
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Gigabyte's RTX 5060-equipped A16 gaming laptop drops to just $1,099 at Amazon – save $150 on this potent Core i7-13620H, 165Hz portable
The Gigabyte A16 gaming laptop is on sale for $1,099 ($150 off) on Amazon, packing an Intel Core i7-13620H, RTX 5060 GPU, 16 GB RAM, and a 1 TB SSD. With strong 1080p gaming, a 165 Hz display, solid build, and modern connectivity, it’s a well-rounded...
2025-08-20 18:44
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Samsung's fastest consumer SSD raises its capacity cap — 8TB 9100 Pro to arrive in September
The Samsung 9100 Pro will soon be available in 8TB variants this coming September.
2025-08-20 18:30
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Valve's secretive 'Fremont' gaming device surfaces in benchmarks with 2X more processing power than Steam Deck OLED — device powered by six-core Zen 4 CPU and RX 7600 GPU
Valve's Fremont device, featuring an AMD processor based on the Hawk Point 2 silicon, has appeared in the Geekbench database.
2025-08-20 18:26
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CHIPS Act funding could herald an era where the U.S. is not offering grants, but buying equity — Lutnick's semiconductor strategy might not end with Intel
As the U.S. confirms interest in an equity stake in Intel, could this move signal to other CHIPS Act beneficiaries that America wants a slice of their pie, in exchange for funds?
2025-08-20 17:55
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Ryzen 5 9500F without integrated graphics shows up on Geekbench — alleged performance is just shy of the Ryzen 5 9600X
AMD is preparing another Ryzen 5 9000 CPU that could be the cheapest Zen 5 CPU when it debuts. The Ryzen 5 9500F was spotted in a Geekbench listing sporting benchmark scores just shy of the Ryzen 5 9600X.
2025-08-20 17:23
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Huawei's Kirin 9020 integrates 5G modem, China-made 5G FEM — chip symbolizes resilience to U.S. sanctions
Despite U.S. sanctions, Huawei's Kirin 9020 is built by SMIC on a 7nm-class process and integrates a fully in-house 5G modem supported by a domestic FEM.
2025-08-20 16:22
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Popular VPN extension for Google Chrome is a security nightmare, screenshots every page users visit and sends them to anonymous developer — FreeVPN.One flagged over enormous privacy concerns
Koi Security discovered that the popular FreeVPN extension for Google Chrome has been silently taking screenshots of every website its users visit.
2025-08-20 15:25
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Thailand’s $15B TouristDigiPay scheme will let visitors convert crypto to Baht — 18-month pilot program is engineered to revive slumping tourism in the region
Thailand has launched TouristDigiPay, an 18-month sandbox program letting foreign tourists convert crypto into Baht for local spending. With strict KYC/AML safeguards and 500,000-Baht caps, officials hope the $15B scheme offsets a sharp drop in Chinese...
2025-08-20 15:16
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RTX 5070 Ti finally hits MSRP in the U.S. — stealthy PNY model now available for $750 on Amazon
This is the first time that we see an RTX 5070 Ti GPU that is widely in stock and selling at MSRP.
2025-08-20 14:33
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This 3D printer was repurposed as a robotic camera — and it doubles as a photogrammetry rig for 3D scanning
YouTuber Ben Makes Everything shows off how he transformed his old 3D printer into a working photogrammetry rig.
2025-08-20 14:28
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Phison takes legal action over falsified 'leaked' document on Windows SSD issues — says it continues to investigate reports of problems
Phison has been forced to release a staunch rebuttal against a circulated document the company says has been falsely created and circulated amongst its customers.
2025-08-20 13:42
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Asus ROG Xbox Ally and Xbox Ally X to launch October 16 — co-branded handhelds sport new CPUs, game-friendly Windows tweaks, but pricing is still unknown
The Asus ROG Xbox Ally and Ally X handhelds are set to hit store shelves on October 16, but the Gamescom announcement doesn't mention a price.
2025-08-20 13:40
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Aura Triple Aero 15.6 Pro Max portable monitor review: 43 inches of real estate spread across three displays
The Aura Triple Aero 15.6 Pro Max is a beastly “portable” monitor with three 15.6-inch 1080p IPS panels.
2025-08-20 13:00
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