The HyperX SoloCast 2 is an impressive $60 cardioid mic with a clever built-in stand, but you'll still want to mount it on a boom arm for the best results.
A North Korean imposter was uncovered, working as a sysadmin at Amazon U.S., after their keystroke input lag raised suspicions with security specialists at the online retail giant.
Honda announced the suspension of operations in five automotive manufacturing plants, citing the lack of legacy chips from Nexperia as the reason behind the move.
According to a Hankyung report, Samsung Foundry has secured a substantial order from Intel to produce Intel's chipsets on Samsung Foundry's 8nm process node.
China has reportedly built and begun testing a secret EUV lithography prototype using ASML-style laser-produced plasma technology. Yet, despite generating 13.5-nm light, the system remains unable to make chips and appears to be years away from achieving a complete, production-ready EUV manufacturing capability.
Texas Instruments has started producing 300mm wafers at its new Sherman, Texas mega-site, with the SM1 fab capable of outputting tens of millions of chips per day.
A YouTuber built "$100 Steam Machine" using an ASRock mining blade featuring a B-grade AMD SoC from the base PlayStation 5 with disabled cores. The neutered PS5 chip can run games at 1080p and 60 FPS.
Micron posted record revenues in its first earnings call since killing the consumer Crucial brand, though it admits that supply shortages will persist.
Driven by demand for AI and HPC accelerators, sales of chip production equipment are projected to increase through 2027. Asian countries are expected to lead the pack, according to SEMI.
The Ryzen 7 9850X3D has been spotted at two retailers with slightly different prices, suggesting it would cost between $550 to $600, which is quickly coming up with CES 2026 right around the corner. These early listings are likely inaccurate and should be taken with a huge grain of salt, especially considering that the 9800X3D launched at a $479 MSRP.
Rapidus plans to outline its early-stage work on panel-level packaging using 600 Γ 600 mm glass substrates at SEMICON Japan, highlighting an aggressive plan to leapfrog rivals by combining glass-core substrates and PLP for future AI and HPC chiplet packages.
A software engineer and E-ink enthusiast recently set up a remote E-ink secondary display, upcycling an old E-ink tablet and setting up an awesome Linux DIY project for all those with the need to read on bespoke screen hardware.
Turtle Beach's Vulcan II TKL is an attractive hot-swappable gaming keyboard with a slim, well-built chassis and hot-swappable linear mechanical switches.
Intel and imec demonstrate the first 300-mm, fab-compatible integration of contacts and gate stacks for 2D transistors, marking a critical step in turning long-studied 2D materials from lab experiments into a realistic future option for high-volume logic manufacturing.
Intel has installed and qualified ASML's TWINSCAN EXE:5200B, the first High-NA EUV lithography tool designed for commercial production, reiterating Intel's plans to use High-NA EUV patterning for 14A process technology and onwards.
Struggle no more for budget-friendly tech gifts during this holiday season, with everything from screwdrivers to M.2 SSD enclosures ready to wrap up and share.
Kioxia is reportedly pulling in mass production of high-capacity BiCS10 3D NAND devices with a 4.8 GT/s interface from 2027 to 2026, possibly to meet demand from AI, cloud, and enterprise storage sectors.
U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders wants to delay AI data center projects to slow down progress, to ensure that AI will benefit the largest number of people and not just the richest few.
Nearly 7,000 of the worldβs operational data centers are located in climates that fall outside the temperature range recommended for efficient operation, according to a new analysis.
A Redditor found a "pre-gutted" Commodore PET 2001 that they repurposed as a fully-fledged gaming PC, while keeping the Commodore's keyboard intact and functional. The internals are relatively modest, but they can still play most modern games on the retrofitted screen, which is a Retina LCD from an iPad.
A buyer in Spain has reported receiving a sealed DDR5 memory kit that contained counterfeit parts, raising fresh concerns about return fraud affecting high-value PC components.
Orbital data centers have been proposed as a way around the power, cooling, and regulatory requirements of building on Earth, but new analysis reveals that the costs of deploying such installations would be astronomical.
Japanβs Dai Nippon Printing (DNP) claims to have developed a nanoimprint lithography template capable of patterning logic with a feature size of 1.4nm, with plans for mass production in 2027.
Amidst the economic uncertainty ushered in by this AI boom, some folks still have conviction and are offering hope to the community. Edward Crisler, the PR manager for GPU maker Sapphire, has just said that he believes DRAM prices will start to plateau in the next few months, so don't panic buy right now.
Qualcomm has agreed to acquire Ventana Micro Systems, a RISC-V CPU specialist whose engineers have spent several years pushing the open instruction set toward high-performance server and edge designs.
Intel has tightened its ties with the current US administration, appointing an economic advisor to President Trump as its new head of government affairs.
The rise of AI and hyperscale computing is driving a global shift from air-based to liquid and embedded cooling as various companies are developing silicon-integrated systems capable of handling multi-kilowatt system-in-packages that can be commercialized by 2027.
HKC has announced its M10 Ultra, a new monitor from China that will be the world's first RGB Mini LED panel in a monitor. RGB Mini LED screens put a sea of addressable RGB backlights behind their panels, reaching the best color accuracy that any screen has ever seen.
PR manager at Sapphire, Edward Crisler told Hardware Unboxed in a podcast that he wishes chip makers (like AMD and Nvidia) would let AIB partners roam free and build creative graphics card designs without restrictions.
Your 3D printing costs are about to go way down with the ExtrudeX, an extrusion machine claiming to recycle 3D printing waste into new filament. The project is live on Kickstarter, and should you choose to pledge it, you'll get STL files to 3D print the machine at home yourself, along with a list of minimal hardware required to complete the build.
Buy an ASRock PG27FFX1B 27-inch, 520Hz, FHD IPS panel for $237.99. At over $290 and 55% off, you get a high-quality IPS panel with a wide color gamut that's great for gaming and productivity
AWS's new 192-core Graviton5 processor with a massive 180 MB L3 cache marks the company's most ambitious in-house CPU yet, which could enable it to replace more AMD and Intel servers in its cloud.
If youβre willing to use an older AM4 platform, this Newegg deal pairs a B550 motherboard with 32GB of DDR4 RAM, a full-size liquid cooler, and a case, offering a strong foundation for a Ryzen 5000 gaming PC at a reduced cost.
Following prior benchmarks, the man himself, der8auer, has disassembled the RTX Titan Ada prototype he's had for months. Inside, the card is a maze of wires, connections, and side-plate wizardry, holding together a beastly quad-slot design that had not one but two 12VHPWR (600W) connectors and a side-mounted PCB.
The Godlike X is an excellent flagship motherboard offering the best of whatβs available. The Xβs limited run and included goodies make it collectible, but the price for exclusivity could be prohibitive.
Commodore International Corporation has initiated legal action against Italian start-up Commodore Industries, claiming that a set of Commodore trademarks registered in Europe in 2017 were improperly granted.
35 years ago today, Commander Keen in Invasion of the Vorticons - Episode 1: Marooned on Mars was released by a dev team including John Carmack and John Romero.
If the one thing about smart home appliances that deterred you from ever investing in this connected future was how your data was always being routed through servers, you're in for a treat. A skilled developer has hacked his new Xiaomi Humidifier with ESPHome, making the device compatible with Home Assistant.
The project, led by neuroengineer Viktor TΓ³th, has evolved into a second-generation setup that significantly expands what the rats can do inside the Doom engine.
Get your hands on one of Creality's K2 combo deals across the K2 lineup this Christmas season; the K2, K2 Pro, and K2 Plus combos are all on sale for up to $300 off.
Dell's commercial sales department is set to announce a wave of price hikes affecting RAM, storage, GPU, and monitor upgrades to all corporate clients starting on December 17, according to leaked internal documents.
A Reddit user has demonstrated AMDβs new ML-powered FSR Redstone frame generation running in Monster Hunter Wilds, a game that was never designed to support it.
JEDEC is nearing completion of SPHBM4, a standard that enables full HBM4 bandwidth over a 512-bit interface using a 4:1 serialization, reusing standard HBM DRAM dies and a base die. The tech promises to enable a 2.5D integration on organic substrates to support up to 64 GB per stack and more stacks than HBM4 and HBM4E.
Nvidia's GPU fleet management software can track spikes in power usage, monitor utilization, detect hotspots, spot anomalies, identify software errors, and detect the physical location of processors. However, the software is completely optional for its clients.
Germany has formally summoned Russiaβs ambassador in Berlin after publicly attributing a series of cyber and influence operations to Moscowβs GRU military intelligence agency.
The Creality Falcon2 Pro 60W is a fully enclosed diode laser engraver with multiple safety features, intuitive first-party software, and a pull-out tray for easy clean-up that can be purchased on sale for $1,899 for the Single Unit package. With the included 1.6W laser module, the Falcon2 Pro is capable of cutting through thick material as easily as it can produce detailed engravings.
Five lawsuits were filed in Texas this week, putting some of the biggest names in PC tech under an uncomfortable spotlight, as their components are still being found in Russian weaponry.
Nvidia is evaluating whether to increase production of its H200 data center GPUs after demand from Chinese customers is expected to exceed current supply.