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Noctua’s highly anticipated second-gen NF-A12x25 G2 120mm fans hit retail at $34.90 — redesigned fan blades and hub boost cooling performance

The NF-A12x25 G2 is Noctua’s latest addition to its 120 mm fan lineup, aimed at improving airflow efficiency without increasing noise levels

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Sony faces class action over expensive digital game and DLC prices — ‘Sony tax’ means digital games cost ‘an average of 47% more’ than those on disc, group alleges

Dutch PlayStation gamers are up in arms about what they call the unfair 'Sony tax,' and have decided to take the corporation to court.

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Microsoft tests Xbox app with Battle.net integration — updated app brings third-party game library aggregation

Microsoft has announced a new aggregated gaming library for Xbox app on PC that will see installed games from third party storefronts show up in the Xbox app.

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Asus RTX 5090 BTF 2.5 GPU successfully pulls over 1,900W in extreme test — proprietary metal power connector kept its cool, unlike plastic 16-pin alternative

Tony Yu, the General Manager of Asus China, explained how the ROG Astral GeForce RTX 5090 BTF GPU's power connectors work.

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Disabling Intel Graphics Security Mitigations boosts compute performance — 20% uplift from setting change that even Intel employs, despite unknown security risk

Disabling security mitigations for Intel GPUs in Intel's GPU compute stack for OpenCL and Level Zero can allegedly boost performance by up to 20%.

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Intel's laptop version of its Nova Lake processors will use Panther Lake-HX BGA2540 packaging — will smooth over transition for notebook makers moving to the next generation

Intel's upcoming Nova Lake-HX processors will share the same BGA2540 packaging as Panther Lake-HX, simplifying platform transitions for notebook makers.

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Someone turned a Steam Deck shell into a DIY PC controller using 3D-printed connectors — features dual touchpads and Nintendo Switch 2-esque split design

Bored waiting for an official Steam Controller 2, an engineer has taken things into his own hands, and shared the resources so you can do it too.

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Rubin telescope to collect up to 500,000 TB of data from 3,200-megapixel camera over ten years — each image is 6.4 GB, facility has its own data center for data storage

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory is collecting so much data it might end up with 500 million billion bytes worth of image data over the course of a decade.

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PC gaming figures fall again in Germany, down to just 13.1 million — marking a 20% decline since 2019

The latest figures out of Germany suggest that the popularity of PC gaming has declined by a fifth since 2019.

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Chinese AI firm DeepSeek reportedly using shell companies to try and evade U.S. chip restrictions — allegedly procured unknown number of H100 AI GPUs after ban, but Nvidia denies the claim

Nvidia says DeepSeek lawfully acquired H800 chips, not H100

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Power utility built $95 million 500-megawatt power substation for Intel's $100 billion Ohio fab, but six-year delay leaves substation capable of powering 500,000 homes idle

Intel has once again postponed the launch of its Ohio chip plant, which is now expected in 2031, leaving utility AEP Ohio with an idle $95 million substation.

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Gigabyte's latest RGB firmware upgrade is bricking some motherboards, including Z790 series — dynamic lighting and RGB failures, rogue CPU fan usages, and more reported

Users report widespread failures after installing the IT5701/5702 RGB controller update, with some motherboards refusing to boot.

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Nvidia RTX 5090 beats RTX Pro 6000 in tests after shunt mod to a staggering 800W — consumer flagship barely scrapes past the $10,000 Pro despite eye-watering power modification

An Asus ROG Astral LC RTX 5090 has been shunt modded, resulting in its performance eclipsing the $10,000 RTX Pro 6000

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Intel details 18A process technology — takes on TSMC 2nm with 30% density gain and 25% faster generational performance

Intel has fully detailed its 18A (1.8nm-class) process at VLSI 2025, highlighting major performance, power, and density improvements enabled by RibbonFET transistors and PowerVia backside power delivery.

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Iconic Nvidia GeForce 7800 GTX hits 20 years old today — PS3 GPU forbearer was 'graphics champion' of performance and efficiency in its day

The Nvidia GeForce 7800 GTX launched 20 years ago, today, and it marked a ground-breaking achievement at the time for the green team.

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MIT researchers repair bridges by 3D printing steel onto corroded beams — Tech uses compressed gas to heat and accelerate powdered steel particles

The University of Massachusetts at Amherst worked with MIT researchers to create a cost-effective way to repair bridges and extend their lives until they can be replaced.

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New US restrictions could prevent leading chip manufacturers from installing chipmaking tools in their China fabs — TSMC, Samsung, and SK hynix potentially impacted

The U.S. government may cancel a program for multinational chipmakers, with impacts to firms like Samsung, SK hynix, and TSMC which operate in China.

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Long-time rivals Bill Gates and Linus Torvalds meet for the first time, have dinner — 'No major kernel decisions were made, but maybe next dinner'

Photo shows the first meeting between two legends of the tech world, Bill Gates and Linus Torvalds, standing together after a dinner.

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Unreal Engine 5.6 up to 30% faster than the infamously bad version it succeeds -- better graphics fidelity promised, too

Unreal Engine 5.6 has been benchmarked, revealing up to a 30% performance improvement over version 5.4 of the same engine while boasting improved visual fidelity.

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Authorities saw open Bitcoin ATM to recover scammed money — almost $32,000 seized from machine

A Jasper County citizen was scammed out of $25,000, and the authorities used a power saw to seize the money from a Bitcoin ATM.

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User says access to ’30 years of photos and work’ in OneDrive denied by Microsoft, can't get a response after filing form 18 times — 'Microsoft suspended my account without warning, reason, or any legitimate recourse'

A OneDrive subscriber is in despair after Microsoft suspended their account without reason, and won't respond to inquiries. It was stuffed with 30 years of precious data, deposited as a relocation stop-gap.

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Nvidia GPU owners may be losing performance because of a simple setting that's disabled by default — enabling Resizable Bar with Profile Inspector can enhance GPU performance by up to 10% in 3DMark

YouTuber JayzTwoCents discovered that manually enabling ReBAR in 3DMark can provide a 10% boost in performance, particularly on Intel Raptor Lake-based machines.

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Engineer creates ad-block for the real world with augmented reality glasses — no more products or branding in your everyday life

A software engineer on X has built an augmented reality app for Snap's Spectacles, using Google's Gemini AI to identify advertisements and brands in the real world.

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China's first 6nm gaming GPU matches 13-year-old GTX 660 Ti in first Geekbench tests — Lisuan G100 surfaces with 32 CUs, 256MB VRAM, and 300 MHz clock speed

The Lisuan G100 has been spotted on Geekbench (OpenCL), where it outputs performance similar to the GTX 660 Ti. That's largely due to early drivers and silicon.

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TP-Link releases $250 Wi-Fi 7 access point that can be submerged in 1.5 meters of water without issue — the heavy-duty wireless router boasts an IP68 rating, six antennas, and PoE

The EAP772-Outdoor Wi-Fi 7 access point can withstand the elements, allowing you to not worry about it after installation.

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