OpenAI calls on U.S. to build 100 gigawatts of additional power-generating capacity per year — says electricity is a 'strategic asset' in AI race against China
Korea's cardboard drones address UAV shortages and climate crisis — inspired by the Ukraine war, drone inventor looked for the most easily sourced and repairable materials
Save up to 43% off a new Bambu Lab 3D printer in their Black Friday sale — massive savings on 3D printers and accessories beginning today
PNY's speedy PCIe 5.0 SSD with 14.9 GB/s speeds starts at $125 — the first Phison E28-powered drive to reach the retail market
Server DRAM prices surge up to 50% as AI-induced memory shortage hits hyperscaler supply — U.S. and Chinese customers only getting 70% order fulfillment
https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/storage/server-dram-prices-surge-50-percent
SanDisk Extreme Pro with USB4 (2 TB) review: Bursty USB4 speed, but not great for pros
https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/external-ssds/sandisk-extreme-pro-with-usb4-2-tb-review
Nearly 90% of Windows Games now run on Linux, latest data shows — as Windows 10 dies, gaming on Linux is more viable than ever
RTX 4090 laptop GPU gets 20% performance boost after shunt mod, beats the mobile RTX 5090, on average — reduced resistance boosts power to 240W
Unlucky buyer purchases external Seagate HDD, gets an SD card glued inside a plastic shell
SK hynix unveils AI NAND strategy, including gargantuan petabyte-class QLC SSDs — ultra-fast HBF and 100M IOPS SSDs also in the pipeline
China builds brain-mimicking AI server the size of a mini-fridge, claims 90% power reduction — BI Explorer 1 packs in 1,152 CPU cores and 4.8TB of memory, runs on a household power outlet
Intel's revolutionary 54-year-old 4004 chip was the world's first programmable microchip — 2,300-transistor 10,000nm processor exposed
Scientists claim you can't see the difference between 1440p and 8K at 10 feet in new study on the limits of the human eye — would still be an improvement on the previously-touted upper limit of 60 pixels per degree
Battlefield 6's long-awaited battle royale mode officially drops October 28 — "RedSec" will be free to play across PC and console
Jet engine shortages threaten AI data center expansion as wait times stretch into 2030 — the rush to power AI buildout continues
U.S. Department of Energy and AMD cut a $1 billion deal for two AI supercomputers — pairing has already birthed the two fastest machines on the planet
Qualcomm unveils AI200 and AI250 AI inference accelerators — Hexagon takes on AMD and Nvidia in the booming data center realm
AMD rebrands Ryzen 7035, 7020 series mobile processors — Zen 2 and Zen 3+ chips receive new identities
China's autonomous military combat drone powered by DeepSeek highlights Nvidia reliance — investigation reveals People's Liberation Army, supporting institutions continue to use restricted H100 chips