Computing
PCs, laptops, silicon, GPUs and the hardware benchmarks behind them.
Raspberry Pi locks boards to factory RAM capacities in firmware — engineer tells DIY modders 'don't waste your time' trying repairs or upgrades, company cites shady reseller scams
Raspberry Pi users are being firmware blocked from swapping the RAM chips on their SBCs for repairs or upgrades.
This $299 2TB MSI SSD is one of the least expensive PCIe 4.0 SSDs you can buy right now — just 10 cents per GB yields a speedy upgrade for your internal storage
Get a solid deal on the 2TB MSI Spatium M461 SSD. Just $299 after promo code nets one of the least expensive Gen 4x4 SSDs available today.
New DapuStor SSD pairs high-capacity QLC with a permanent pSLC region — trades 6% to 20% of its QLC capacity for more than 7x faster random writes
DapuStor’s dual-mode J5060 QLC SSD runs part of its NAND as pSLC, trading 4TB of a 30.72TB drive for 800GB of fast flash.
Commodore's forgotten Amiga Unix gets a modern revival
Amix gains newer CPU support and a package manager as Open Look joins the retro comeback
Morphotonics raises €40M to expand its display tech into data centers
Deeptech company Morphotonics raises €40M from investors including 3M Ventures, Innovation Industries, BOM, and Invest-NL.
Why is your laptop fan so loud?
Laptop fans do an important job, but sometimes they get annoyingly loud. Here's what it might mean and whether you should be concerned.
How to turn your old Windows PC into a Chromebook for free
Don't count your old Windows laptop out yet. Installing ChromeOS Flex is a great option to keep it usable, even if it's not as fast as it once was.
Nearly $200 Billion Worth of Data Center Projects Have Been Blocked or Delayed This Year
Communities across the U.S. continue to push back against proposed data center projects.
California tightens rules on AI data center energy and water use
California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed seven bills designed to prevent AI data centers from passing utility costs onto residents, as reported earlier by the Los Angeles Times. The package of laws requires the…
The EU will force data centers to disclose their energy and water use
The EU has proposed a sustainability labeling system ahead of bringing in minimum data center performance standards.
Get the world’s fastest gaming CPU and a DLSS 5-capable GPU in a gaming PC for $2,299 — fully loaded powerhouse sports Ryzen 7 9800X3D, RTX 5080 Founders Edition, 32GB RAM, and 1TB SSD [Updated]
Walmart is selling a CyberPowerPC gaming PC with a Ryzen 7 9800X3D, GeForce RTX 5080 Founders Edition, 32GB of DDR5-6000 memory, and a 1TB PCIe 4.0 SSD for $2,299.
London neocloud Nscale takes its $1B loss to Wall Street
Rent-a-GPU firm reportedly seeks a valuation of up to $35B in New York IPO
AWS bolts together open source agent harness, says it sips fewer tokens than rivals
Strands claims near-parity with Claude Code and Codex on benchmarks, though it only raced coding agents and marked its own homework
Local opposition blocked 45 data center projects worth $68 billion in the second quarter of 2026 — data center investments reportedly still on track to hit $32 trillion by 2050
Local opposition to data center buildouts has blocked $68 billion worth of data center projects in the second quarter of 2026, despite investments still rising.
AMD beats Intel to the trillion-dollar club as stock price soars — firm joins Nvidia, Broadcom, and SK hynix for companies worth over $1 trillion
AMD has crossed the $1 trillion market cap mark, joining an exclusive list of less than two dozen companies around the world.
Where will the next breakout startup come from? Benchmark’s full partnership weighs in at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026
Where will the next breakout startup come from? Benchmark’s full partnership weighs in on the main stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026. Save up to $200 before September 25 at 11:59 p.m. PT. Register now.
AMD Ryzen 5 5500F and 7500 show up at retail with pricing above MSRP — budget CPUs are $20 more expensive than list price, even from first-party sellers
Nearly two weeks after they were announced, AMD's Ryzen 5 5500F and 7500 (non-F) are available for sale, though prices are slightly above MSRP.
Snag the least expensive 32GB DDR5-6000 memory kit available for only $429 — $40 off promo code for V-Color Manta XSky yields the least expensive DDR5-6000 CL30 kit available right now
Buy 32GB of V-Color Manta XSky RAM for only $429. This capable, white DDR5-6000 CL30 kit is one of the best deals out for the speed and timings
Devs say Chinese AI company silently uploaded hundreds of megabytes of local workspace data, company apologizes — Z.AI, the firm behind the GLM models, didn’t ask for user consent and made 564 attempts to exfiltrate 313MB archive
The second largest AI company in China is having to work frantically to patch up its reputation after a number of prominent devs raised flags about their local files and data being siphoned to online servers without…
Cloudflare saves 100 TB of RAM again, this time by slashing server hashes by 90% — cutting 100,000 entries down to 10,000 eliminates massive cache bloat
Cloudflare has saved 100 TB of RAM again, but this time by tuning its hash-mapping algorithm.
Nvidia's next-gen RTX 60 GPUs might not be released until 2028, prominent leaker claims — gaming takes a back seat as company focuses on delivering data center products
Leaker Kopite7kimi claims that Nvidia's next-gen RTX 60 series may not be released until 2028, meaning that consumers will have to wait three years between GPU generations
Techie makes his own motherboard to refurbish 15-year-old HP ProLiant N40L tower server — Raspberry Pi CM5 adds NVMe and USB 3.0
Techie makes his own motherboard to refurbish an HP ProLiant N40L — Raspberry Pi 5 Compute Module to the rescue
Give your PC the deep clean it deserves — the Wolfbox MF60 Air Duster with up to 110,000 RPM drops to $33.99
The Wolfbox MF60 packs dual 2,500mAh batteries, three fan speeds, USB Type-C charging, and multiple nozzles into a compact wireless air duster designed for cleaning PCs, laptops, keyboards, and more.
Dell Pro 7 Webcam 4K Review: Sounds surprisingly great
The Dell Pro 7 is a 4K / 60 fps webcam with surprisingly high-quality built-in mics, a built-in physical privacy shutter, and Windows Hello compatibility.
Noctua fans prevent the CAIM1 ‘Anti-AI’ 4K camera from throttling — unusual camera’s processor gets toasty as it records while performing cryptographic calculations
A premium PC DIY fan brand has announced that one of its prized spinners is being used in an 'Anti-AI' 4K camera to prevent throttling.
Putin casts online vote using unlicensed Windows on an American Dell PC — 'Activate Windows' watermark visible in official Kremlin clip, uses foreign Dell PC despite Russian tech mandate
An official Russian media clip shows Putin voting on a Dell PC with an unlicensed copy of Windows.
How Windows turned months of inactivity into a 7-hour update hostage situation
Windows is getting more efficient. The updates, not so much
General Motors windows CarPlay on two truck models
General Motors has revealed a CarPlay compromise on two truck models, creating a truck-specific interface that includes CarPlay. The company says this is consistent with its plans to withdraw CarPlay from EVs while…