Japanese shops halt desktop PC orders until 2026 as memory shortage intensifies — built-to-order systems hamstrung by component shortages and skyrocketing prices

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Every facet of computing seems to be consumed by the growing appetite of the AI boom. It's already snatched enough production lines that DDR5 memory now costs 4x as much, while most SSDs have also doubled in prices. Now, we're seeing reports from Japan where PC vendors are closing orders for the remainder of the year because they simply cannot

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Nvidia prepares shipment of 82,000 AI GPUs to China as chip war lines blur — H200 shipments with 25% tax to begin as US loosens restrictions

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Legacy AMD GPUs receive 30% performance boost in Linux with new drivers — latest kernel update finally drops obsolete Radeon graphics driver after more than two decades

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The latest Linux 6.1.9 kernel has delivered a massive performance boost — not for the best graphics cards , but for AMD’s long-forgotten Southern Islands and Sea Islands GPUs, launched over 13 years ago. According to Phoronix , these vintage cards powered by AMD’s GCN (Graphics Core Next) 1.0 and GCN 1

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Ten former Samsung employees arrested for industrial espionage charges for giving China chipmaker 10nm tech — executives and researchers allegedly leaked DRAM technology to China-based CXMT, resulting

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South Korean prosecutors have arrested 10 former Samsung employees who have allegedly leaked 10-nm DRAM technology to ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT). The 10 individuals are accused of breaking the Act on Prevention of Divulgence and Protection of Industrial Technology, better known as the Industrial Technology Protection Act. Of the ten, five are key development personnel, which includes a

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Facebook deploys the Steam Deck's Linux scheduler across its data centers — Valve's low-latency scheduler perfect for managing Meta's workloads at massive data centers

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When Meta went looking for a better Linux CPU scheduler for its massive server fleet, it didn't start in the data center. Instead, it started with a handheld gaming PC. In a recent technical talk at the Linux Plumbers' Conference in Tokyo, Meta engineers detailed how they've been deploying SCX-LAVD, a low-latency Linux

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U.S. FCC bans foreign-made drones from DJI, others — DJI to be heavily affected by the announcement, with many American drone pilots up in arms due to lack of viable alternatives

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The U.S. FCC announced a blanket ban on all new drones and critical components made abroad, while also targeting communications and video-surveillance equipment from DJI and Autel Robotics. According to the Federal Communications Commission ( PDF ), the White House made a National Security Determination that uncrewed aircraft systems (UAS) and their critical components made in foreign countries pose a

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Intel's Fab 52 is bigger and better equipped than TSMC's Arizona facilities — Intel's production volumes dwarf TSMC's operations in the U.S.

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Although Intel is trying to catch up with TSMC in terms of process technologies and advanced global production capacity, when it comes to the U.S., it remains unrivalled. Intel's Fab 52 is more advanced than TSMC's current Fab 21 phase 1 and upcoming Fab 21 phase 2 facilities and has production capacity that is comparable to both

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Interpol-led cybercrime crackdown results in 574 arrests in 19 African nations, decrypts six ransomware variants — Operation Sentinel disrupts rings that caused $21 million in losses, recovers $3 mill

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In an extensive coordinated effort led by Interpol, international law enforcement agencies have reportedly arrested 574 suspects in 19 countries across Africa involved in cybercrime operations. Operation Sentinel, conducted between October 27 and November 27, successfully recovered around $3 million by decrypting six ransomware variants and shutting down more than 6,000 malicious links. The

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Intel's upcoming Xeon Granite Rapids workstation lineup leaks, poised to challenge AMD Threadripper with $8,300 86-core flagship — retailer lists prices ahead of CES launch, starts at $540

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Intel is gearing up to announce its next-gen workstation Xeon lineup at CES 2026 in just a few weeks. These processors will be part of the Granite Rapids-WS family, going head-to-head with AMD's Threadripper. Even though they're yet to be announced, retailer listings have started to pop up, revealing preliminary

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Modder builds giant Game Boy featuring a dreamy electroluminescent screen driven by custom graphics adapter — DIY retro console is fully functional with working buttons

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The Lego Game Boy launched earlier this year to rave reviews, but it's just a showpiece that doesn't actually play games. Someone eventually built a working modded version of it, but even then, the screen was too small for LCLDIY , a modder hailing from China. He decided to make a giant Lego Game Boy using an electroluminescent display instead,

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