A city in central Japan is considering regulating smartphone use to benefit the health of its citizens. Kyodo News reports that the local government in Toyoake, in Aichi Prefecture, intends “to pass an ordinance recommending all residents limit smartphone use to two hours a day outside of work and school.” Parents may welcome the regulation as a tool to limit their child’s screen time, but it is admitted that there will be no official penalties for those who ‘overuse’ their smartphones.
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Reports suggest that Nvidia has already presented a B30 chip to the U.S. government for export approval to China. According to the Wall Street Journal , these talks began earlier this year, with the chip’s peak performance reaching only 80% of the standard Blackwell GPU's performance.
President Donald Trump has commented that he will allow Nvidia to ship a Blackwell if it's at least 30% less performant than the company’s top offering. “
Demand for high-performance server CPUs is quite high these days, both because of the AI boom and because traditional cloud service providers continue to expand their fleets. However, something unusual is happening on the retail market of data center processors in the U.S., as the latest EPYC 9005-series CPUs from AMD and Xeon 6 Performance-series CPUs from Intel are available with discounts of around 50%. We have inquired with both AMD and Intel about why
Snapmaker returned to Kickstarter with a new 3D printer, the U1, and raised an astonishing $7.8 million on its first day, underscoring an eager market for 3D printing tool changers. Unlike traditional AMS-style color 3D printers, where all the spools share one filament path and one nozzle, a tool changer has a separate tool head for each spool loaded into the machine. This results in very little material wasted between color swaps, the ability
Sama’s A60E is a traditional dual-tower air cooler with an old-school black-and-metal aesthetic. It performs well enough, while mostly keeping quiet. But it could use a price cut to help it stand out against better-known competitors.
Low noise levels in common situations
Performs well with Intel CPUs
Included Freezee thermal paste performs very well
Noise-normalized performance could be better
Right now at Amazon, you can find the Wolfbox MF100 Electric Air Duster for one of its best prices to date. It usually goes for around $89, but right now you can pick it up for just $69. This isn't the lowest price we've seen for the Wolfbox MF100, but it is pretty close and makes for an excellent deal on a handy tool that every PC enthusiast should have on hand.
New Commodore owner Peri Fractic (AKA Christian Simpson) has posted an update on the success of the company since it made it safely into the arms of its fans. In the latest video installment, Simpson shares the important news that Commodore is already thriving. Moreover, we get a look inside the factory where the new Commodore 64 Ultimate computer is being made, details about the included operating system software, and even more teasers mentioning future products with flavors of Amiga technology .
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When we talk about mobile chips, it's usually within the confines of a laptop chassis, or something like a gaming handheld . Very rarely does a SoC break free of its portable enclosure, but when it does, it's seldom as interesting as this. Tianba (via momomo_us ), a Chinese PC hardware brand owned by Aoostar, has just unveiled its new MoDT (mobile on desktop) motherboards, which feature top-of-the-line mobile
The United States government will take a 10% stake in Intel, President Donald Trump told reporters.
An Associated Press report says that Trump told members of the press during the day on Friday, ahead of the market closing. He said that the deal is a result of his time with Intel chief executive Lip Bu-Tan, whom the president had initially called on to resign due to ties to Chinese chipmakers.
“I said, I think it would be good
TSMC and Micron are reportedly spared from Washington’s move to ask for an equity stake in exchange for CHIPS Act funding. According to the Wall Street Journal , a government official stated that there are no plans to request shares from CHIPS Act recipients that have or are increasing their investments in the country. “The Commerce Department is not looking to take equity from TSMC and Micron,” the official told the publication.
The talk of equity in exchange for the Biden-era grants gained steam