32GB of RAM on track to become the new majority for gamers — Steam survey indicates shift could occur before the end of the year

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Occasionally, Valve ’s Steam Survey data shows we are on the precipice of a major change in the computing landscape. The latest such survey, sharing data collected during August, shows that 32GB of system RAM looks set to become the most popular configuration among Steam gamers in mere months. Drawing lines over graphs, we think the crossover could come before the end of 2025.

There’s been a lot of sound and fury with regard to new graphics cards being

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Remaking a Commodore 64 Datasette from 1982 using 1993 microcassette tech — TechTuber touts 1MB per tape, a 5x improvement over the original

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Imagine if Commodore had shrunk the 1530 (C2N) Datasette, the standard data storage device for the legendary Commodore 64, using microcassette technology. Thanks to TechTuber Bitluni, you don't have to just imagine such a device, he's designed it, built it, and successfully tested it . The intrepid electronics wizard even has plans to make it into "an entire C64 emulator with games," but that would be another episode.

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Chinese social media firms comply with strict AI labelling law, making it clear to users and bots what's real and what's not

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Chinese social media companies have begun requiring users to classify AI generated content that is uploaded to their services in order to comply with new government legislation. By law, the sites and services now need to apply a watermark or explicit indicator of AI content for users, as well as include metadata for web crawling algorithms to make it clear what was generated by a human and what was not, according to SCMP .

Countries and companies the world over have been grappling with how to deal with AI generated

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Hurry! Back-to-school memory and storage deals now at Corsair

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Listen up, creators! Corsair is running a sale where you can save hundreds of dollars on the latest memory and storage solutions . There are top deals on memory with some customization options available to decorate your dorm room! You’ll also find prices slashed on external SSDs for storing all your important college files.

With memory evolving far beyond just a background component, gamers, content creators, and AI professionals need hardware that can deliver results in multiple spheres. Thanks to this new Corsair sale

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TSMC’s foundry dominance hits new heights as global revenues smash records — 14.6% QoQ jump sees growth for Samsung, but TSMC's market share climbs to 70.2%

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The second quarter of 2025 was a windfall for the world’s chipmakers, with international foundry revenue climbing 14.6% to an unprecedented $41.7 billion.

But the real story is Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), the world’s largest contract chipmaker, which seized a staggering 70% market share on the back of soaring demand for AI accelerators, smartphones, and next-gen PCs.

TSMC’s strongest quarter yet

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China plans to outpace Neuralink with a state-backed brain chip blitz — seven ministries, a 17-point roadmap, and clinical trials where patients play chess

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China has just drawn its battle lines in a new frontier of computing. In August, the government published a sweeping policy document (“Implementation Plan for Promoting Innovation and Development of the brain-computer interface (BCI) Industry”) laying out its ambition to build an internationally competitive BCI industry within five years.

A fast, aggressive roadmap

The blueprint — which illustrates that Beijing hopes to do more than play catch-up with U.S. outfits like Neuralink and Synchron — is unusually

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Corsair's stylish Frame 4000D RS ARGB falls to $109 for Labor Day — a budget-friendly box to build in at a great price

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Here's to a tidy little Labor Day deal on one of Corsair's latest cases. The popular 4000D series has seen the Frame range of cases using the 4000D moniker added to the series, along with a few Iterations of customizable elements such as fans and ARGB. Keeping a familiar size and look, you may not notice the changes from a distance, but on a closer inspection, you can see that there are many changes in the

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Labor Day sale marks down the only mainstream 40 inch ultrawide gaming monitor on the market by $90

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If you are in the market for an extra-large ultrawide gaming monitor, MSI has a killer deal on its only 40 inch 3440x1440 ultrawide display on sale today for Labor Day. The MSI MAG401QR has dropped to its lowest price since January, and is now just $339.99, a huge 26% off. The monitor is normally on sale for $429.99,

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AMD Ryzen 9000 iGPUless CPUs listed for under $300 — unreleased Pro chips start at $350

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Thanks to hardware leaker momomo_us , we've discovered U.S. retailer listings for several unreleased AMD Ryzen Zen 5 processors. The Ryzen 7 9700F and Ryzen 5 9500F, which lack integrated graphics, are targeted at consumers, whereas the Ryzen 9 Pro 9945, Ryzen 7 Pro 9745, and Ryzen 5 Pro 9645 are designed for businesses.

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Noctua's 3D printable side panel quietens Framework's Desktop — drop 5-7 decibels using this freely available mod

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Noctua has made the compact and efficient desktop PC case made by Framework even better with a freely available, 3D-printable duct system for its NF-AS12x25 fan. It's an upgraded design of the one used in the Seasonic Noctua Edition PSU , with a thinner grill , and manages to lower the noise levels of the Framework desktop PC by 5-7 decibels.

How to make the @FrameworkPuter Desktop run even quieter? Our 3D-printable

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