Snapmaker Raises Millions as Chinese Big Tech Investors Pile Into 3D Printing

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China’s rapidly growing consumer 3D printing sector has entered a VC funding arms race, with rumors of major tech investors taking notice. In August, we reported that Creality submitted an IPO prospectus for the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, and last month, news broke that drone maker DJI has invested in Elegoo . Rumors are swirling that multimedia tech giant Tencent is eyeballing a stake in Bambu Lab.

Today, Snapmaker confirmed it has secured “tens of millions in US

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This £849 Asus V16 is the cheapest RTX 5060 gaming laptop you can buy right now — 10-core Intel CPU, 16GB RAM and a 1TB SSD make up this brilliant Christmas bargain

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If you're looking for a new laptop for Christmas, you're in luck. There's a fantastic deal to be had on an Asus gaming laptop right now that just can't be beaten on price, featuring one of Nvidia's latest GPUs for gaming, as well as a 10-core Intel processor, and all for less than £850.

That’s because this 16-inch Asus

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Buy a Gigabyte Z890 board and 32GB of DDR5 RAM, get a free Cooler Master AIO and Star Wars Outlaws game for under $650 — incredible Newegg bundle is cheaper than buying the RAM by itself

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With DDR5 prices still out of this world and no relief in sight ( Micron lopping off Crucial does not help), finding combo deals is one of the few ways to upgrade to the latest and greatest platforms without emptying your bank account. Newegg is currently offering a heck of a deal on a new Z890-based motherboard and RAM. For $649.99 , you get a mid-range Gigabyte Z890 Aorus Elite Wi-Fi

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Supersonic airline outfit Boom unveils turbine for AI data centers — 42 MW Superpower turbine uses the same tech designed to power Concorde successor to Mach 1.7 at 60,000 ft

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Besides having already eaten most sorts of chip production, AI is quickly coming for power sources. Gas turbines are seeing increased demand, and companies like xAI are using tens of units to power their data centers. Now, Boom, known for its supersonic airliner project , has revealed the Superpower turbine with a bang, a new project that will repurpose its aircraft engine tech to power AI data centers.

The Superpower turbine is purportedly "optimized for AI datacenters," a claim boiled down to delivering

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Secretlab's Christmas Holiday gaming chair deals — up to $249 off select products, including deals on desks and accessories

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We're winding up 2025 as we hit the holiday season, where everyone comes together to celebrate. If you're looking for a gift for that gamer in the family or a friend who never leaves their PC, now's the chance to grab one of Secretlab's highly popular gaming chairs and save a chunk of

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Corsair builds multi-function touchscreen LCD into a $400 case — Frame 4000D enclosure gets a modular Xeneon Edge upgrade

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Well-designed PC cases with good airflow are mostly a solved problem these days, so builders who want their setups to stand out need to get creative. Corsair is giving tinkerers a fresh canvas to play with by offering its highly modular Frame 4000D LCD RS ARGB case with its Xeneon Edge wide-screen touch display built in.

We reviewed the Corsair Frame 4000D a while back and found it an excellent case for the money, praising its thermals and

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Nvidia Dawn and Dusk demo PC resurfaces alongside its original FX 5950 Ultra graphics card — state-of-the-art dream machine made gamers' hearts race in 2004

An enchanting artifact dating back to when Nvidia was firmly a gaming-first company has resurfaced on social media. Its reappearance is giving many seasoned PC enthusiasts pangs of nostalgia . Redditor Inclusive_3Dprinting has shown off a very nicely preserved Dawn and Dusk demo PC (circa 2004), resplendent with its original digital fairy artwork. Accompanying it, but not currently installed, is the original brass I/O bracketed GeForce FX5950 Ultra

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2012 AMD FirePro S10000 dual-GPU card runs Arc Raiders at playable frame rates — but half of its GPU power goes unused in the process

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AMD's FirePro S10000 once served as the company's most powerful workstation graphics card back in 2012, putting two of the same Tahiti dies found in the Radeon HD 7950 on one Crossfire board. The world has long since moved on, but YouTube channel RandomGaminginHD found a used S10000 for sale and set out to see how powerful this card is in 2025 for gaming. Spoiler

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Intel's upcoming Core Ultra X9 388H is up to 8.7% faster for 1T perf than Ryzen AI Max+ 395 — Panther Lake gains significant ground on Strix Halo in early Geekbench leak

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Intel didn't talk about Panther Lake performance in detail when it took the wraps off its first 18A processors a bit ago, but a possible flagship SKU from the lineup — the Core Ultra X9 388H — has just appeared on Geekbench , and the scores are quite impressive. They not only one-up Intel's outgoing chips, but match AMD's top-end Strix Halo offerings as well.

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Secretlab's UK Christmas gaming chair sale is here, dropping prices by up to £200 — huge discounts on desks and accessories are included too

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An investment in a new gaming chair or desk is one of the biggest improvements you can make to your setup. Luckily, thanks to Secretlab's UK Christmas sale, you don't have to break the bank to upgrade during this holiday season. The company has slashed its prices across its range of chairs, desks, recliners, and accessories.

Some of the company'

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