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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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White House confirms talks to acquire 10% stake in Intel — 'We should get an equity stake for our money'
The U.S. wants to get 10% of Intel in exchange for the billions of dollars it’s giving it under the CHIPS Act.
2025-08-20 12:45
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Score an RTX 5070 for just £479 and get a free 1TB SSD in Amazon's Gaming Week sale — blowout includes up to 69% off Logitech, Razer, and more
The Amazon Gaming Week sale includes a free 1TB SSD with one of the cheapest RTX 5070s you can buy right now.
2025-08-20 11:06
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Asus' latest OLED gaming monitor can hit 720 Hz at HD resolution — dual refresh modes also allow 540 Hz at QHD
Asus has announced three high-speed OLED gaming monitors at Gamescom 2025.
2025-08-20 10:00
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95% of generative AI implementations in enterprise 'have no measurable impact on P&L', says MIT — flawed integration cited as why AI projects underperform
A new study conducted by MIT purports to demonstrate that most generative AI implementations in business settings fail.
2025-08-20 09:34
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Microsoft’s August 2025 security updates are breaking recovery tools on Windows 10 and Windows 11 PCs
Microsoft admits its latest security updates break Windows recovery tools like "Reset this PC" and "Fix problems using Windows Update" on multiple Windows versions.
2025-08-20 09:00
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Softbank reportedly considered buying Intel's foundry division outright before investing $2 billion into the company as equity
SoftBank invested $2 billion into Intel today, but before that they considered buying the company's foundry division outright. Softbank, who already owns ARM, would've likely been blocked over monopolistic concerns, but CEO Masayoshi's relationship wit...
2025-08-19 22:22
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Trump eyes up Intel: What the White House's reported 10% stake could mean for the struggling manufacturer
The Trump administration is considering converting $10.9 billion in CHIPS Act grants into a 10% equity stake in Intel, while SoftBank acquires $2 billion. Together, a $12 billion boost that signals both political and commercial confidence in the strugg...
2025-08-19 18:47
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Buy an RTX 50-series GPU and get Borderlands 4 free — Nvidia promo gets you into the upcoming looter-shooter with a bonus
Nvidia has launched a limited-time promotion where you can get Borderlands 4 and the game's pre-order bonus for free with select RTX 50 series graphics cards, laptops, and desktops.
2025-08-19 18:24
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Nvidia could be readying B30A accelerator for Chinese market — new Blackwell chip reportedly beats H20 and even H100 while complying with U.S. export controls
Nvidia is reportedly preparing two China-specific Blackwell accelerators — the B30A for AI training and the RTX 6000D for inference — that will outperform the HGX H20 and L20 PCIe while staying within U.S. export limits.
2025-08-19 16:29
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Crucial's T710 returns to lowest-ever price in every capacity — score one of the fastest SSD's on the market for as little as 10 cents per GB
The blazing fast 4TB version of the Crucial T710 is back down to its lowest-ever price on Amazon.
2025-08-19 16:01
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Intel offers up Battlefield 6 bundle with qualifying CPU or GPU purchase — free game promotion ends September 7
Intel has joined forces with EA to gather conscripts for its new Battlefield 6 bundle.
2025-08-19 14:59
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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says that export controls alone won’t hold back China's AI ambitions — “My instinct is that doesn’t work”
Sam Altman has cautioned against the use of export controls and has warned that China can probably build inference capacity faster than the U.S..
2025-08-19 14:42
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Snapmaker U1 review: An affordable tool changer for all
Snapmaker’s latest machine is a filament-saving tool changer with a Bambu Lab P1S price tag.
2025-08-19 14:00
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Researcher downloaded the data of all 270,000 Intel employees from an internal business card website — massive data breach dubbed 'Intel Outside' didn't qualify for bug bounty
Security researcher Eaton was inspired to do some gentle prying of Intel websites, after considering the company's hardware security reputation.
2025-08-19 13:21
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Arm hires Amazon's AI chip developer, ostensibly to help create its own processors — Rami Sinno returns to the company, boasts Trainium and Inferentia on resume
Arm has hired Amazon's director of engineering for Amazon Web Services, who helped develop its homegrown AI hardware. This is part of ARM's drive towards developing its own complete processors, rather than just designing them for third parties.
2025-08-19 11:31
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SoftBank to buy $2 billion in Intel shares at $23 each — firm still owns majority share of Arm
SoftBank will invest $2 billion in Intel at $23 per share, a move seen as both a vote of confidence in Intel’s U.S. chipmaking comeback and a strategic bet on an undervalued semiconductor maker.
2025-08-19 00:40
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Nvidia's GeForce Now gets an RTX 5080 upgrade — Ultimate subscribers now get Blackwell benefits in the cloud
Nvidia is upgrading its GeForce Now service at Gamescom with new RTX 5080-powered instances for Ultimate subscribers, plus a range of other improvements.
2025-08-18 19:31
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Trump administration reportedly mulling a 10% stake in Intel — CHIPS Act funding could be reworked into the purchase amount
The Trump administration is considering taking a 10% stake in Intel by converting $10.9B in Chips Act grants into equity, a move that would make the U.S. government Intel’s largest shareholder and mark a major shift in how federal chip funding is dep...
2025-08-18 19:25
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