The U.S. Commerce Department has seized control of a $7.4 billion semiconductor research fund from the National Center for the Advancement of Semiconductor Technology (NATCAST), a private non-profit set up during the Biden administration, as per Reuters . Describing it as a "slushfund," for ex-Biden admin officials, the Commerce Department promised greater oversight and accountability for where the funds are being spent, but didn't provide any further detail.

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Data scientist Sam Wilkinson holds the Logitech MX Ergo trackball in very high esteem. However, he isn’t an MX Ergo flaw denier. And so, after eight years waiting for Logitech to upgrade this trackball, Wilkinson says he decided to take matters into his own hands and build “the mouse Logitech won’t make.” There's just one problem: Logitech actually upgraded the Ergo in 2024 with tweaks that fix most of its shortcomings without him realising,

The U.S. government's acquisition of a 10% stake in Intel highlights strategic importance of the company and indicates how important it is to the U.S. government . But the government's new 10% ownership stake could cause problems for shareholders, employees, business partners, and the company's international sales, according to Intel's filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

One of Intel's biggest concerns is its dependence on

SK hynix on Monday said it had commenced mass production of its 321-layer, 2Tb 3D QLC NAND memory devices that promise to enable ultra-high-capacity SSDs — up to 244TB and beyond — for data center use as well as relatively inexpensive high-capacity drives for client PCs that will rival some of the best SSDs around.

SK hynix's 321-layer 2Tb (256GB) 3D QLC NAND

On this day 34 years ago, an unknown computer science student from Finland announced that a new free operating system project was “starting to get ready.” Linus Benedict Torvalds elaborated by explaining that the OS was “just a hobby, [it] won’t be big and professional like GNU.” Of course, this was the first public outing for the colossal collaborative project that is now known as Linux.

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Newegg is promoting one of the best CPU bargains of the year right now, featuring Intel's previous-generation Core i5-14600K discounted to historically low prices, combined with Intel's Gamer Days Bundle, worth $315 by itself.

At Newegg, you can grab Intel's Core i5-14600K for just $189.99 right now as part of its shell shocker sale

The 16-pin (12VHPWR) power connector melting on some of the best graphics cards has caused headaches for consumers and graphics card vendors. The latter have resorted to adding extra mechanisms to their products for protection, such as ASRock's latest 12V-2x6 power cable (CB-12V2X6L600W), which features overheating protection.

The ASRock 12V-2x6 power cable, rated for

A Spain-based laptop maker has inadvertently leaked (via @x86deadandback ) what seems to be AMD's Mobile CPU roadmap for the next two years. The roadmap spans from 2024 to 2027 and covers processors based on the Zen 4, Zen 5, and Zen 6 microarchitectures, but it isn't an official roadmap from AMD.

According to the roadmap, while AMD will continue to be aggressive in the laptop market to gain market share

A Microsoft Xbox 360 console that refuses to play games due to ‘bad debt’ has raised a few eyebrows on social media. Cody, a co-owner of a retro and import video games retail business, remarked upon his surprise at booting up this particular Xbox 360 and finding “an error I’ve never seen before.” However, a Microsoft MVP has piped up to explain that the system’s 17559 update removes any such restrictions