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Nvidia's N1/N1X chips leak once again, this time tipped for release in first half of 2026 β€” hotly-anticipated chips to reportedly debut on Dell and Lenovo laptops

After years of rumors and leaks, something feels different in the air as multiple reports are now pointing toward an actual, official launch for Nvidia's N1/N1X SoCs. These highly elusive chips have been in the works for years, have faced multiple delays, but the excitement for their release never died down.

US gov't warned Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, Tim Cook, and Lisa Su that China could invade Taiwan by 2027 β€” Apple CEO reportedly said he sleeps 'with one eye open'

A new investigative report from The New York Times reveals that, in July 2023, senior US intelligence officials privately briefed some of the tech industry's most powerful executives on classified assessments regarding China and Taiwan.

AI boosted US economy by 'basically zero' in 2025, says Goldman Sachs chief economist β€” 'We think there's been a lot of misreporting of the impact that AI investment had on GDP growth'

The U.S. economy isn't being propped up by AI investment, despite the common narrative. According to Goldman Sachs, despite hundreds of billions in investment announcements, AI has done little to uplift American financial interests.

ASML makes breakthrough in EUV chipmaking tech, plans to increase speed by 50% by 2030 β€” new 1,000-watt light source fires three lasers at 100,000 tin droplets every second

ASML to use a new CO2 laser system and tin droplet generator to increase EUV light source performance to 1000W and lithography tool productivity to 330 wafers per hour in 2030 and beyond.

Optical device beams data at speeds up to 25 Gbps via light, up to 25 kilometer range with ultra-low latency β€” Taara Beam uses silicon photonics technology, device about as big as a shoebox

The Taara Beam offers a fiber-like connection without the hassle of acquiring right-of-way and laying cable. It delivers up 25 Gbps of throughput with ultra-low latency at a range of up to 10 km.

Amateur burglar steals three GPUs worth $11,000 from computer shop in Korea β€” thief broke in using a drill hammer and walked out with only 3 cards

A thief in South Korea fled with two RTX 5090s and an RTX 5080 when he broke into a local computer shop. Instead of going for maximum potential gains and picking up RAM, he valued high-ticket items that would sell quickly. The police are already looking for the suspect, but the shop owner promises to show leniency if the items are simply returned.

NASA engineers reprogrammed Mars helicopter's Snapdragon chip to run the rover instead, reconfiguring system from 140 million miles away β€” repurposes its 'ancient' unused Qualcomm 801 SoC, accurate to within 10 inches

The Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 chip was used to communicate with the Ingenuity Mars helicopter. But now that it's been retired from service, NASA engineers found another use for this relatively powerful chip.

Nintendo's Game & Watch hacked and turned into retro emulation beast β€” Solder job unlocks device from its Zelda-only cage thanks to a custom SD card slot

Macho Nacho Productions has modded an original Zelda-edition Game & Watch to run Retro-Go, a custom firmware that unlocks the hardware's full potential. This hacked Game & Watch can now emulate various consoles, includes support for save states, and even has a microSD card slot. But getting here wasn't easy.

User accidentally gains control of over 6,700 robot vacuums while tinkering with their own device to enable control with a PlayStation controller β€” security flaw reveals floor plans and live video feeds

An AI strategist used Claude Code to reverse engineer his robot vacuum and control it with a PlayStation controller, but it accidentally gave him control of thousands of similar devices spread all across the world.

Hard drive pricing in the UK is so high someone flew to the US to buy drives, saving money despite flight and hotel costs β€” HDD deal seeker saved more than $2,000 by taking a trip

The $370 price difference between the U.S. and the U.K. on 28TB hard drives meant that it's more cost effective to pay for a round-trip ticket and a hotel stay than to just purchase 10 drives locally.

Lenovo's excellent Legion 5i gaming laptop with an RTX 5060 and 32GB of memory is $400 off β€” features a Core Ultra 7 255HX CPU & 2.5K 165Hz OLED display

Lenovo has its Legion 5i gaming laptop with an RTX 5060 & Core Ultra 7 255HX CPU on sale for just $1,299, discounted $400 at B&H right now. With that you're getting a stunning 15.1-inch OLED display, 32GB of RAM, a 1TB SSD that's expandable, and a stealthy design with solid build quality.

Dell's new prebuilt PC has special custom power connector for Nvidia GPU β€” even large OEMs apparently fear the 16-pin power connector meltdowns

Dell's solution to the 16-pin connector overheating issues seems to bea custom connector to lock it into place. At least, that's what the OEM has done in a new prebuilt featuring the RTX 5070 Ti. The 12V-2x6 connector is forcibly fixed using genuine Amphenol brackets.

Nvidia's Chinese competitor Moore Threads beats it to launching a laptop featuring custom 12-core Arm chip β€” "MTT AI Book" can run Windows, seems to have adopted Arm before Nvidia's N1X

Moore Threads seems to have done what Nvidia couldn't... well, at least, at first glance. The company's new MTT AI Book laptop is powered by a custom ARM-based SoC that features 12 CPU cores, an unknown GPU based on in-house "MUSA" architecture, and a 50 TOPS-delivering NPU. The device can even run Windows, but not natively.

Colorado law could force surveillance for 3D printers to prevent use for making gun parts β€” fourth state to propose new bans is expanding firearms laws to regulate digital files

Colorado is joining the growing list of states attempting to crack down on the manufacture of 3D printed β€œghost guns,” joining New York, Washington, and California on a quest to expand firearms laws to regulate digital files and potentially ban 3D printers that are not under its surveillance.

AMD Zen 6 and Intel Nova Lake CPUs reportedly arriving late, delayed to CES 2027 β€” next-gen chips rocked by industry turmoil

AMD and Intel are both preparing next-gen desktop CPUs with major architectural improvements that now seem to be delayed. This includes Nova Lake, which has been confirmed for a 2026 year-end release time and again, and Zen 6, which has been on AMD's roadmap as a 2026 product for a while.

27 years after launch, Apple's decades-old iBook lineup can still get legacy updates from the company's servers β€” 21-year-old iBook G4 seamlessly connects to Wi-Fi, downloads updates with no mods

A Redditor has passionately shown off their 21-year-old iBook G4 on the r/MacOS subreddit, arguing that Apple's extensive software support goes against the planned obsolescence accusations they get. In the post, OP's vintage iBook can be seen ready to download updates after connecting to the internet, even today.

Corsair's new "Vault" series FRAME 4000D cases have color-shifting paintjobs β€” Priced at $140, these limited-edition towers also feature upgraded front panel I/O

The FRAME 4000D from Corsair was already a great case and if you couldn't justify the $400 LCD version, the company has another looker on the market now. Dubbed the "Vault" series, these new limited-edition FRAME 4000D towers feature two color-shifting paintjobs, revised front I/O and corner to corner tempered glass side panel.

30 years later, the iconic 'Bliss' green hill from Windows XP is still thriving β€” lucky passerby captures the hill looking almost identical to the 1996 photograph in 'super rare' event

A Redditor travelling through Napa Valley on 18th February 2026 was lucky enough to see the iconic "Bliss" hill in a form close to the original wallpaper. This terrain is usually covered in vineyards, so it doesn't look as picturesque, but during rare times of the year, you can catch glimpses of its unaltered beauty.

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