Microsoft announces 'world's most powerful' AI data center — 315-acre site to house 'hundreds of thousands' of Nvidia GPUs and enough fiber to circle the Earth 4.5 times

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Microsoft is planning to bring the "world's most powerful" AI datacenter online in early 2026, the company announced today. The Pleasantville, Wisconsin-based datacenter, dubbed Fairwater, is. meant specifically for training AI models as well as running large-scale models. The datacenter will be housed on 315 acres of land, with 1.2 million square feet in three buildings to house "hundreds of thousands" of Nvidia GB200 and GB

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My favorite SSD stick, SK hynix's speedy 2TB Tube T31, is down to $118, an all-time low price

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My personal favorite flash drive, and the best flash drive we've tested, SK hynix's Tube T31, is down to a new low price of $118 at Amazon . It's one of the fastest USB-A flash drives we've ever tested and a great choice for people looking for a convenient storage solution that is compact and plugs right into any USB Type-A port, while delivering great performance. It's

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Valve to drop Steam support for 32-bit Windows versions next year — says it's no longer compatible with core client features, only 0.01% of players actually used it

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Valve is dropping support for Steam running on 32-bit versions of Windows, starting January 1, 2026 . Steam has been available on Windows for more than two decades and, therefore, was built with 32-bit systems in mind. Today, every modern computer is 64-bit, with compatibility layers built in to support older 32-bit apps. So, even though 32-bit apps have carried forward, there's really no

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A wireless device exploit uncovered 11 years ago still hasn't been fixed by some manufacturers — six vendors and 24 devices found harbouring vulnerable firmware across routers, range extenders, and mo

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NetRise has revealed (PDF) that wireless devices from several manufacturers remain vulnerable to the Pixie Dust exploit disclosed in 2014, even though companies have had over a decade to harden their products against the well-known security flaw.

"Across six vendors, we found 24 devices, including routers, range extenders, access points, and hybrid Wi-Fi/powerline products, with firmware that was released vulnerable to Pixie Dust," NetRise said. "The oldest vulnerable firmware

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China foes get worse results using DeepSeek, research suggests — CrowdStrike finds nearly twice as many flaws in AI-generated code for IS, Falun Gong, Tibet, and Taiwan

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Research suggests that your DeepSeek AI results can be of drastically lower quality if you trigger topics that are geopolitically sensitive or banned in China. During tests undertaken by U.S. security firm CrowdStrike, it was observed that code generated for a professed Islamic State militant group computer system contained nearly twice as many flaws as it would otherwise have had. Other potential topics included: Falun Gong, Tibet, and Taiwan, according to a new Washington Post report.

One of the key findings

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Huawei reveals long-range Ascend chip roadmap — three-year plan includes ambitious provision for in-house HBM with up to 1.6 TB/s bandwidth

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Huawei’s AI silicon roadmap is no longer a state secret. Speaking at the Huawei Connect conference on September 18, rotating chairman Xu Zhijun outlined the company’s first official long-range Ascend chip strategy , with four new parts scheduled across the next three years: Ascend 950PR and 950DT in early 2026, followed by Ascend 960 and 970 in 2027 and 2028, respectively.

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Save $700 on the LG Ultragear 39-Inch OLED curved ultrawide monitor — now available at its cheapest price of $899, with a massive 44% off

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A premium ultrawide monitor not only gives you more screen real estate but also makes multitasking and productivity easier without switching between multiple displays. Additionally, it enhances your gaming or movie-watching experience with immersive visuals. One such offering is the 39-inch LG Ultragear OLED, which is currently on sale and is available at its lowest price ever on Amazon .

Launched earlier this year in April, the LG Ultragear 39GX90SA is currently priced at

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Kioxia Exceria Plus G4 2TB SSD Review: A safe but unexceptional drive

Tom's Hardware Verdict

The Kioxia Exceria Plus G4 is a competent drive, offering a solid alternative wherever it’s available.

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    Good all-around performance

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    Power-efficient

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    Middling on the whole

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    Availability

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Microsoft's new handheld gaming mode, exclusive to ROG Xbox Ally, has just leaked for every handheld running Windows 11 — all you need is the 25H2 update and a few registry tweaks

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Earlier this year, Microsoft and Asus announced the ROG Xbox Ally , an update to the first-gen ROG Ally, now adorned with Xbox branding. Along with the new name came new specs, but more importantly, the Xbox partnership wasn’t just a token collaboration — rather, a deeply integrated experience finally meant to "fix" Windows on handheld devices. Hence, the ROG Xbox Ally would ship with a new full-screen Xbox app that it would boot into by default,

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China targets brain computer interface race with new standard — groundwork could lead to breakthroughs as soon as 2027

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China appears to be moving fast to establish itself as a brain computer interface (BCI) leader. The nation's latest advance is the release of a medical device industry standard, the ‘Medical Device Terminology Using Brain-Computer Interface Technology,’ reports IT Home (machine translation).

While many BCI headlines revolve around the Elon Musk-backed Neuralink system, increasingly, we are seeing breakthrough advances from China. Earlier this year, we reported on a tetraplegic patient skillfully

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