Intel's Arc Pro B70 workstation GPU is now up to 48% more expensive than it was just a month ago — 32GB Battlemage workstation card climbs toward $2,000
The component crisis continues to wreak havoc across the computer industry, and its latest victim is Intel's top-tier workstation GPU, the Arc Pro B70.…
The Battlemage card launched with an MSRP of $949 earlier this year an…
up until now.
The Arc Pro B70 has been hit with a 30% price increase in the States, …
Fluid-Side Observability Expands AI Hardware Reliability
Two operating snapshots can show the same accelerator temperature and still describe different reliability states. In both snapshots, the workload and coolant inlet temperature are comparable. In the
The Charging Inlet Has Become a System: Rethinking EV Charge-Control Electronics
The overlooked charge-control interface Technical discussions of EV on-board chargers usually focus on the high-power conversion stage: SiC versus GaN, bidirectional topologies, power density, and
Cherokee Nation bans hyperscale data centers on its lands, won't support projects without consultation — energy and water consumption, air quality, noise, and cultural resource protection among conce
Cherokee Nation, the largest tribe in the U.S.…
with more than 475,000 citizens, has banned hyperscale data center dev…
found that 64% of 1,593 surveyed citizens opposed construction of the …
The 37-page report cited energy and water consumption, air quality, no…
AI data center optical interconnect market to hit $144 billion by 2030, an over ten-fold increase from 2024 figures, according to new projections — silicon photonics expected to account for nearly two
The global data center optical interconnect market is expected to reach $144.4 billion by 2030, up from $13.…
7 billion in 2024 — a 48.
1% compound annual growth rate (CAGR) — according to a China Insights …
The report draws on data from LightCounting and interviews with indust…
GoldenEye 007 for N64 has been '100% decompiled' — success of half-decade project opens up possibilities for complex mods and ports
A reverse engineering and retro gaming enthusiast has finally succeeded in their goal of decompiling GoldenEye 007, the monumental James Bond adventure shooter from Rare.…
This half-decade project led by KholdFuzion reached 100% on its GitHub…
The milestone opens the doors to a myriad of possibilities, including …
It would also become one of the most influential titles in console gam…
Japanese repair shop sells GDDR6 VRAM upgrades for $25 per GB during memory crisis — RTX 2080 Ti modded to 22GB for just $282, double the VRAM creates a budget AI powerhouse
The GeForce RTX 2080 Ti is somewhat of a legend in the modding community when it comes to VRAM upgrades.…
The card's strange 11GB memory config lends itself very well to repair…
We've seen it happen in China and the UAE before, and now, a Japanese …
The shop charges 45,000 Yen, or $282, for adding 11GB of memory to you…
Save $60 on Corsair's impressive 96% gaming keyboard with Elgato Stream Deck integration — the Vanguard 96 RGB features pre-lubed mechanical switches, sound dampening, a color LCD screen, and a full-s
Desk space is an important commodity, and for some, it's an ongoing battle to keep as much free space as possible.…
Apart from regularly removing clutter, one thing that has popped up ov…
Gamers have gotten used to sporting tiny 60% keyboards in an effort to…
Well, that's where this keyboard sits: the Corsair Vanguard 96 RGB has…
Get an RTX 5090 Alienware PC for less than the price of the GPU alone — $1,550 discount means Area-51 is $20 cheaper than buying the card by itself
The cheapest Nvidia RTX 5090 in stock and available to buy right now costs at least $4,799, and even then, you won't be buying one from a reputable vendor.…
That makes this Dell Alienware desktop discount all the more enticing.
Right now you can save $1,550 off the potent Alienware Area-51 Gaming …
● Check out this deal at DellWith graphics card prices continuing to r…
PC Partner warns of rising GPU prices and budget card shortages — analyst suggests makers are hiking prices beyond memory costs
PC Partner, the maker of AMD, Inno3D, Manli, Sapphire, and Zotac-branded graphics cards, expects its costs to rise meaningfully in the second half of the year, which will in turn increase graphics card pricing, particularly for entry-level budget cards.…
The price hike is expected to happen amid dropping shipments of add-in…
Meanwhile, analyst Jon Peddie tells us that he doubts that shipments o…
"In addition, graphics memory costs are expected to rise further, lead…
Air conditioner powered by a 'PC fan' labeled a scam by German consumer organization — there's a reason this lookalike AC unit is far cheaper than its competitors
Germany's leading consumer testing organization, Stiftung Warentest, has warned people to avoid fake air conditioners from Epicooler.…
de reports that this direct-from-China brand also ships to the U.
, and its so-called air conditioner contains “a simple PC fan combined…
Senior PC store staff accused of running secret rival shop with stolen inventory — Hong Kong retailer claims substantial losses over year-long scheme
Future Technology, a PC retailer in Wan Chai's Computer Zone 298 mall in Hong Kong, has accused two of its senior employees of stealing company stock for roughly a year and reselling it through a custom-built web store they secretly ran.…
The retailer says it has referred the case to Hong Kong police, and th…
Point Connect responded the same day with a statement posted to its we…
The two accused men, surnamed Chung and Wong, were long-serving employ…
Key Takeaways: AI data centers use exponentially increasing amounts of power; the challenge now is converting high-voltage AC grid power to low-voltage chips that require DC.…
The 800VDC architecture for AI data centers is more efficient than 48V…
It also uses less copper.
Solid-state transformers support the two-stage conversion architecture…
This portable, external CD/DVD drive comes with a 2.5-inch SATA and an SD Card slot for just $26 — Save 10% on a modern essential for keeping physical media alive
As the AI boom consumes everything tangible around us, it's even more important to keep physical media alive.…
Since our current tech isn't equipped to interface with these relics, …
Alronly makes a great CD/DVD player that also comes with a 2.
5-inch SATA and SD Card slot, along with standard USB ports, for just …
Dell CEO unveils new 'Dude, you’re getting a Dell (AI server rack)' video — PC maker recycles famous PC ad campaign to tout its new AI data center products
Dell has created a humorous 2026 update to its iconic early-2000s “Dude, you’re getting a Dell” series of commercials.…
Company CEO Michael Dell shared a brief new 10-second commercial this …
com/TyXlFIR9f1August 15, 2026The revamped AI era ‘Dude, you’re getting…
In the commercials of old, dating back 26 years to 2020, the Ben Curti…
Maker compresses a 2.9MB song by 1000x and prints it on paper as eight QR codes — 21KB song is two minutes long, requires a neural network for playback
A maker known as Makestreme has printed an entire two-minute song onto a sheet of paper, publishing the full build and source code on Hackster.…
The trick is Meta's EnCodec neural audio codec, which crunched a 2.
9MB MP3 down to roughly 21KB of latent tokens, a reduction of about 1,…
" The same 21KB file was also beamed between two ESP32 boards over LoR…
Critical macOS Screen Sharing flaw gives attackers remote root access — CISA bumps bug to 9.8 severity following active Monero cryptojacking attacks
The Dutch National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC-NL) reported on August 12 that attackers are actively exploiting CVE-2026-65400, an authentication bypass in macOS Screen Sharing, to compromise Macs with port 5900 exposed to the Internet.…
In every case reported to the agency, attackers obtained root access a…
Apple patched the flaw on August 6 in an out-of-band update covering m…
Ukraine built a $48,000 long-range drone after covertly snapping Chinese factory photos, clone destroys Russian Tu-95 bomber — attack drone has 2,000 km range, country builds 6,000 $48,000 flying-wing
A drone that destroyed a Tupolev Tu-95MS strategic bomber at Russia's Engels-2 air base last month turns out to be a MICH 2000, a reverse-engineered copy of a Chinese aircraft Beijing refused to sell to Ukraine, according to a factory report from defense outlet Oboronka.…
Built by an unnamed manufacturer exclusively for the SBU's 'Alpha' spe…
It’s understood that Ukrainian developers covertly photographed the Ch…
China restricted exports of civilian drones in the summer of 2023 afte…
Intel says it will launch new core with Nova Lake on desktop first, not in data center — VP Robert Hallock hopes enthusiasts ‘do the math’ compared to AMD
Intel will launch its new core with Nova Lake on desktop first, not in the data center.…
Tom’s Hardware Premium recently sat down with Intel VP and general man…
Hallock opened up about Intel’s enthusiast roadmap and said the compan…
Go deeper with TH Premium: CPU(Image credit: Tom's Hardware)CPU scalin…
3D-printing enthusiast creates ‘Flock Sock’ to blind controversial cameras, shares design — slip-on cover attaches to broom handle to make it easy to put on devices placed on traffic and streetlights
Privacy concerns and multiple incidents have led many citizens to take it upon themselves to block or disable Flock cameras.…
They often do this either by placing black trash bags over them or by …
Now, the former can be dangerous, especially if you don’t have equipme…
The latter can get you into deeper trouble, as paint or foam can damag…