Back to its all-time low price, Alienware's AW3225QF4K QD-OLED gaming monitor is reduced by $350 in Dell's post-Prime Day deal
China’s new rare-earth curbs target chipmaking industry in retaliation to US restrictions — rare earth curbs reach back to older 14nm process tech and 256-layer memory
https://www.tomshardware.com/chinas-new-rare-earth-curbs-hit-14nm-and-256-layer-chipmaking
China bans research company that helped unearth Huawei's use of TSMC tech despite U.S. bans — TechInsights added to Unreliable Entity List by state authorities
Microsoft deploys world's first 'supercomputer-scale' GB300 NVL72 Azure cluster — 4,608 GB300 GPUs linked together to form a single, unified accelerator capable of 1.44 PFLOPS of inference
China issues port crackdown on all Nvidia AI chip imports, says report — enforcement teams deployed to quash smuggling and investigate data center hardware, targeting H20 and RTX 6000D shipments
https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/gpus/china-launches-port-crackdown-on-nvidia-chips
Singapore company alleged to have helped China get $2 billion worth of Nvidia AI processors, report claims — Nvidia denies that the accused has any China ties, but a U.S. investigation is underway
Sony and AMD tease likely PlayStation 6 GPU upgrades —Radiance Cores and a new interconnect for boosting AI rendering performance
The best 1TB microSD Express card for your Switch 2 is still 28% off — save $62 on the Lexar Play Pro 1TB
Grab vital 3D printer maintenance tools in these prime Day deals you can still get — up to 37% off HOTO, Creality, Wera
3D Printer Sales Bonanza is still ongoing after Prime Day — these are the best deals we found at all five sales
Concerns grow after spate of social media posts showing SpaceX Starlink satellites burning in the sky — we are currently seeing a ‘couple of satellite re-entries a day,’ says respected astrophysicist
South Korean government learns the importance of backups the hard way after catastrophic fire — 858 terabytes of data goes up in magic smoke
AMD could beat Nvidia to launching AI GPUs on the cutting-edge 2nm node — Instinct MI450 is officially the first AMD GPU to launch with TSMC's finest tech
Intel's Xe3 graphics architecture breaks cover — Panther Lake's 12 Xe Core iGPU promises 50+% better performance than Lunar Lake
Intel takes the wraps off Panther Lake — first 18A client processor brings the best of Lunar Lake and Arrow Lake together in one package
China expands rare-earth export controls, creating risks for PC component supply — Beijing tightens grip on materials for HDDs and more to protect national security
https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/china-expands-rare-earth-export-controls
Washington's ambition for a 50/50 semiconductor deal with Taiwan is missing a key component — lack of a mature homegrown supply chain could be the missing link
Valve's next-gen 'Deckard' VR headset reportedly enters mass production, company allegedly plans to ship up to 600K units annually — upcoming 'Steam Frame' could launch before the end of the year
Legendary Microsoft developer reveals the true story behind the most famous product activation key of all time — infamous Windows XP 'FCKGW' licensing key was actually 'a disastrous leak'
Bank of England, IMF, warn AI bubble risk has shades of 2000 dotcom crash — Goldman Sachs cautions we're not there 'yet'