Samsung has just announced the 8TB version of its 9100 Pro series of SSDs, which utilize PCIe 5.0 to achieve the highest speeds possible. The 9100 Pro series initially launched in 1TB, 2TB, and 4TB variants in February of this year, but the company is releasing the largest variant this coming September 2, according to German publication ComputerBase.de [machine translated].
The company claims that the drive can achieve sequential read speeds
Samsung's fastest consumer SSD raises its capacity cap — 8TB 9100 Pro to arrive in September
Valve's secretive 'Fremont' gaming device surfaces in benchmarks with 2X more processing power than Steam Deck OLED — device powered by six-core Zen 4 CPU and RX 7600 GPU
There have long been rumors suggesting Valve is secretly developing a new SteamOS device, codenamed " Fremont ," which could be a gaming console or a gaming box akin to the canceled Steambox. X user SadlyItsDadley has uncovered what appears to be the first benchmark of this mythical Fremont device, which is powered by an AMD processor.
Valve will continue to tap AMD for silicon to power its Fremont project. The benchmark features an "AMD Custom CPU 1772" chip, which belongs to
CHIPS Act funding could herald an era where the U.S. is not offering grants, but buying equity — Lutnick's semiconductor strategy might not end with Intel
President Donald Trump was no fan of the CHIPS and Science Act . The U.S. President said in a March speech to Congress that he wanted to eliminate the subsidy: "Your CHIPS Act is a horrible, horrible thing. We give hundreds of billions of dollars, and it doesn't mean a thing." The leader then proposed that the planned $52 billion in subsidies should be put toward reducing national debt instead.
It's worth mentioning that at this point
Ryzen 5 9500F without integrated graphics shows up on Geekbench — alleged performance is just shy of the Ryzen 5 9600X
AMD is apparently preparing a new Ryzen 5 SKU that will be a lower-end version of the Ryzen 5 9600. Benchleaks on X posted a new Geekbench 6 listing featuring the Ryzen 5 9500F showing benchmark scores very close to the Ryzen 5 9600X and 9600.
The listing reveals that the Ryzen 5 9500F achieved a single-core result of 3,122 points and a multi-core
Huawei's Kirin 9020 integrates 5G modem, China-made 5G FEM — chip symbolizes resilience to U.S. sanctions
Huawei has managed to integrate a 5G modem into a high-end application processor produced domestically, despite sanctions, according to the South China Morning Post, citing a post in social media. This would put Huawei on the same level as Qualcomm and well ahead of many competitors.
Huawei's flagship smartphones Mate 70 and Pura 80 are based on the Kirin 9020 system-on-chips (SoC), but up until recently, the company never confirmed this
Sony hikes PS5 prices by $50, starting tomorrow — Sony adds up to 10% to the price of every model from August 21
Sony has today announced that it will increase the price of every PS5 model it sells by $50 in the U.S., effective August 21.
The company made the announcement in a blog post on Wednesday. "Similar to many global businesses, we continue to navigate a challenging economic environment," said Isabelle Tomatis, VP of Global Marketing at Sony. "As a result, we’ve made the difficult decision to increase the recommended retail price for PlayStation 5
Popular VPN extension for Google Chrome is a security nightmare, screenshots every page users visit and sends them to anonymous developer — FreeVPN.One flagged over enormous privacy concerns
Koi Security has revealed that a popular Google Chrome extension with more than 100,000 installs has been taking screenshots of every website its users visit and sending them to a domain controlled by the software's anonymous developer.
The extension in question, FreeVPN.One, claims to be "the fastest free VPN for Chrome [sic]" and boasts a "Featured" badge that Google awards to extensions that "follow our technical best practices and meet a high
Thailand’s $15B TouristDigiPay scheme will let visitors convert crypto to Baht — 18-month pilot program is engineered to revive slumping tourism in the region
Thailand is making a bold bet on crypto-fueled travel. The government has rolled out TouristDigiPay, a new program that allows foreign visitors to convert their digital assets into Thai Baht for everyday spending. The scheme will run as an 18-month pilot starting in the fourth quarter, and officials hope it can generate as much as $15 billion in economic activity, as reported by Bloomberg and Reuters .
The program operates as a regulatory sandbox overseen
RTX 5070 Ti finally hits MSRP in the U.S. — stealthy PNY model now available for $750 on Amazon
More than six months after Nvidia revealed the RTX 5070 Ti, we finally get a GPU that’s selling at MSRP. If you go to Amazon, you will find the PNY GeForce RTX 5070 Ti is priced at $749.99 , making it the most affordable option on the e-commerce market. More importantly, you’ll get a free copy of Borderlands 4 if you purchase it today, effectively giving you a $7
This 3D printer was repurposed as a robotic camera — and it doubles as a photogrammetry rig for 3D scanning
We love seeing hardware get repurposed into cool things, but it seems like more often than not, people are using vintage hardware. Today, we've got something cool put together by maker Ben Makes Everything , as they're known by over at YouTube, who is using something a little more modern in their upcycling project. Ben has created a robotic camera system using components salvaged from an old, unused Creality Ender 3.
I turned my old 3D Printer into a