MSI fervently denies RTX 5090 sales in China after pallets of illicit GPUs spotted in the country — company says it has identified 'unauthorized distribution unrelated to our sales policy'

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MSI has issued a statement clarifying that it does not sell Nvidia's RTX 5090 GPU, following a spate of rumors and a photograph circulating online depicting hundreds of MSI-branded cards at an unspecified location in the country.

Three days ago, a user on Reddit posted an image showing unattended pallets of RTX 5090 GPUs lying in a street in China. This prompted online chatter pertaining to a lack of enforcement for export

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S&P 500 companies totalling $20 trillion in market cap have medium-to-high AI exposure — concerns of an impending bubble collapse extend to almost half of the index

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Almost half of all S&P 500 companies have a medium-to-high exposure to AI, according to estimates from Citigroup strategists, via Reuters . Collectively, those companies represent over $20 trillion in market capitalization, much of it driven by the recent excitement and rush to invest in AI as the next big thing. But there are more than whispers of a bubble forming , and with such great investment from the top companies, any sign of that

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Samsung M9 M90SF 32-inch OLED Smart Monitor review: A dual-mission monitor for gaming and TV

Tom's Hardware Verdict

The Samsung M9 M90SF Smart Monitor requires a bit of figuring out but once tweaked, it delivers a gorgeous picture and is equally well suited for gaming, entertainment and productivity.

Pros

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    Gorgeous image with deep contrast

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    Accurate color modes included

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    Solid gaming performance

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    Intuitive streaming interface

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    Premium build quality and styling

Cons

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    Confusing menu system

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    Accurate color requires some picking through the OSD

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    No headphone jack

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Asus' accomplished ROG Azoth is just $155 thanks to this 44% Amazon discount — get your hands on this 'almost perfect' wireless gaming keyboard for less

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If you want to get your hands on one of our favorite gaming mechanical keyboards for less, then you're in luck. Right now, you can score the Asus ROG Azoth at Amazon for just $155, which is 44% off its usual list price and the lowest we've ever seen on this model.

Thanks to its excellent build, great typing feel, and cool OLED display, our Asus ROG Azoth review yielded a fantastic 4.5

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Commodore needles Microsoft over end of Windows 10, tries to lure disgruntled users to its Linux-based OS Vision 3.0 — 'Microsoft may be leaving you behind. We Won't.'

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A lot of column inches were spent saying goodbye to Windows 10 yesterday. Recently, we have also shared quite a few articles which may help you decide where next on your computing journey – whether that be Windows 11 , or an alternative like Ubuntu Linux . Now, the reinvented digital detox tech brand, Commodore, has thrown its hat in the ring, proposing you “Save your PC. Save your sanity” by transitioning to the totally free (Linux-based) Commodore OS

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Samsung joins Nvidia's NVLink Fusion program to produce custom AI chips — additional Spectrum-X platform to be deployed by Meta and Oracle for data center use

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On October 13 at the OCP Global Summit, Nvidia made a series of announcements that demonstrate just how seriously it’s trying to push into the physical supply chain that underpins AI compute. Chief among them was the announcement that Samsung Foundry has joined NVLink Fusion , the program that allows partners to build semi-custom processors wired directly into Nvidia’s proprietary interconnect fabric.

Under the deal, Samsung will offer “design-to-manufacturing” support for companies designing custom CPUs

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Frore's new LiquidJet coldplates are designed to handle up to 4,400W of power from Nvidia's Feynman AI GPUs — new design uses semiconductor manufacturing techniques to create 3D jet-channel microstruc

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Frore Systems has introduced LiquidJet, a coldplate that supports existing AI GPUs, such as Nvidia's Blackwell, with a 1,400W thermal design power. It can scale its performance for next-generation processors, such as Nvidia's Feynman, which will feature a total power of 4,400W . The new coldplates feature 3D short-loop jet-channel microstructures that increase hotspot power density of a whopping 600 W/cm^

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Ber8auer rigs up exotic spray cooling for Ryzen 7 9800X3D, but don't get excited just yet — supercomputer cooling method underperforms due to partial IHS coverage

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There are many exotic forms of chip cooling in the wild, such as immersion cooling and liquid nitrogen cooling. But one cooling paradigm you might not have heard of is spray cooling, used by some supercomputers. Famous German overclocker Der8auer showed off the capabilities of spray cooling in a recent video, cooling a Ryzen 7 9800X3D CPU by spraying a non-conductive mist right on top of the IHS.

Spray cooling functions just as

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DoJ seizes $15 billion in Bitcoin from Cambodian fraudster who ran 'pig butchering' scam using forced labor — accused could face 40 years in prison following department's biggest ever crypto confiscat

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Details of the U.S. Department of Justice’s largest-ever cryptocurrency confiscation have emerged after an indictment was unsealed in a federal court in Brooklyn, New York, on Tuesday. You’ve seen the headline, and there’s a lot to take in, but the essence of the indictment is that the alleged scammer, Chen Zhi, is accused of hoarding $15 billion in Bitcoin , raked in from a sophisticated ‘pig butchering

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Adata chairman says AI datacenters are gobbling up hard drives, SSDs, and DRAM alike — insatiable upstream demand could soon lead to consumer shortages

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AI datacenters are eating up the world's supply standard DRAM memory, NAND flash for SSDs, and hard drives. Adata chairman Simon Chen just made it extremely clear that in his three-decade tenure in the industry, he's never witnessed a simultaneous shortage of all of the aforementioned components, via a DigiTimes Asia report .

Chen goes on to explicitly state that Adata and its usual competitors aren't fighting between themselves for supply in what would be businesss as usual.

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