Two of the best 2TB SSDs for the ROG Xbox Ally and Steam Deck are at record low prices — surprise SSD price cuts come as shortages and price hikes loom due to the AI server boom

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Some of the Best SSDs for the Steam Deck and ROG Xbox Ally are currently available at incredibly good discounts, specifically two high-capacity 2TB models. One of the fastest 2230 SSDs on the market, the SN770M, is available at its lowest price ever of just $155 on Amazon . Similarly, Sabrent's Q4 2230 2TB is on a 23% discount, reaching a record low price of just

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Modder takes hacksaw and hot glue to original Xbox to create a gaming handheld — ‘portable monstrosity’ has exposed spinning DVD in the center and plenty of duct tape, but works as intended

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YouTuber James Channel set himself quite a challenge: to transmogrify the “biggest, heaviest, power-hungry console anybody had ever seen” into a handheld. However, as you can see from the video below (h/t PC Gamer ), his quest was a success. It might not be the most elegant conversion we’ve seen, with the cut-up and pared-down console largely held together using duct tape and hot glue, but it is a sight to

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OneXPlayer unveils OneXFly Apex with Ryzen AI Max+ 395 and up to 128 GB RAM — Flagship PC gaming handheld pushes 120W TDP with 'silent liquid cooling' and 85Wh removable battery

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OneXPlayer is no stranger to the handheld market. Unlike Microsoft , which just announced pricing for its Xbox Ally , OneXPlayer has been riding the wave of bleeding-edge portable PC gaming for years, and it's back with a new flagship offering: the OneXFly Apex. As the name suggests, it's a top-end device pulling absolutely no punches when it comes to hardware. The full spec sheet wasn't revealed, but the social media tease was enough to give us

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3Dfx Voodoo modded with 12 MB of RAM and two texture mappers — reveals how revolutionary GPU was way ahead of its time

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Readers entering their fourth decade on this planet might remember the name "3Dfx Voodoo", the graphics card responsible for kickstarting the 3D gaming revolution. Thirty years down the line, YouTuber PixelPipes revisits this revolutionary piece of hardware as a modded version loaded with 12 MB of VRAM (up from 4 MB) and an extra texture mapping unit — courtesy of Romanian hardware reverse-engineer "sdz" (SDZ).

PixelPipes' video goes into detail about how

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One of our favorite ever 3D printers the Prusa MK4S has dropped to an all-time low of $929 — accurate, fast, and quiet quality prints

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Often referred to as the pinnacle of 3D printers, Prusa has consistently delivered some of the best printers in the space, but the caveat has always been the price. Prusa printers will definitely help to empty your wallet, but their pedigree does speak volumes, and you're reassured you're getting a quality device for the money. We have extensive reviews of many 3D printer makes and models, and can comfortably say that the Prusa MK4S is one of our favorites

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Teen suspected of holding $1.8 million in bitcoin from hacking Vegas casinos is out on bail — alleged perp could be tried as an adult, face possible prison time

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According to Vegas attorneys, a contributor to the closest thing you may see to Ocean's Eleven in your lifetime is about to get off easy. A 17-year-old accused of contributing to a 2023 cyberattack against multiple Las Vegas casinos has been released to his parents on bail , while prosecutors allege he is still holding $1.8 million in ransomed cryptocurrency they have yet been unable to locate.

Between August and October 2023, multiple

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Samsung takes a scalpel to its 2nm wafer price tag, bringing it down to $20,000 — Korean chipmaker now undercuts rival TSMC by 33%

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Worldwide cutting-edge chip production is at capacity everywhere, as high-tech companies like Nvidia can't get nearly enough supply to satisfy their demand. However, even though it's a seller's market, there's still a degree of competition between chip foundries. Samsung has apparently elected to cut its 2nm ( SF2, aka SF3P ) wafer pricing down to $20,000, undercutting market leader TSMC's purported

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U.S. Treasury Secretary calls Taiwan 'world's biggest single point of failure': Lion's share of advanced chips are made in Taiwan

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This week, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent warned about the over-reliance of global high-tech industry on Taiwan, calling the nation 'world's biggest single point of failure' as the lion's share of the most advanced processors are made in Taiwan, he told Fox Business (via SemiVision ). He urged urgent action to distribute chip production across multiple friendly regions to avoid a catastrophic collapse if disruptions occur. However, in his rhetoric Bessent seems to forget

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The state of Intel: What the company's $5 billion deal with Nvidia could mean for the floundering chipmaker — Investments, capex, and the beating heart of x86

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The news was as baffling as it was big: On September 18, Nvidia and Intel announced a collaboration to co-develop multiple generations of data center and PC products. As part of the deal, Nvidia said it would purchase $5 billion of stock in the troubled tech firm.

Intel was so dominant in the 1990s that it still holds a 75% share of the global consumer PC processor market . Being the biggest name in the space

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OpenAI's significant investments raise more questions than answers — CEO Sam Altman remains tight-lipped about how the company will deliver

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OpenAI has positioned itself as one of the most important tech companies throughout 2025. It has placed itself at the heart of the $500 billion Stargate infrastructure investment scheme in the US, part of the Stargate UK build-out of new data centers worth tens of billions, and it's alleged to have pledged $10 billion to Broadcom for a custom chip deal too. Not to mention the $300 billion it's promised

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