The tech industry has been reeling from a series of layoffs from big tech companies, and we’re just a few weeks into the second half of the year. According to numbers compiled by The Bridge Chronicle , more than 100,000 have been laid off so far, with Intel the leader, slashing over 12,000 positions across the globe . Microsoft follows closely, with 10,000 personnel laid off from several divisions, including
Logitech's MX Master 3S productivity mouse is close to all-time low pricing at Amazon — the perfect mouse for back-to-school shoppers
Students are currently on the summer break, but there's never a better time to start prepping for your return to class, whether that's going back to a new year, or even a new school or college. Having all the equipment and course materials at hand means you only have to think about your subjects and completing any homework or assignments. The Logitech MX Master 3S mouse is widely recognised as one of the best-performing and most comfortable productivity mice, and currently
Samsung 990 Pro SSD cooling tested: efficient, with low temps
We investigate cooling Samsung’s 990 Pro SSD to see how it differs from other SSDs in its cooling needs.
AMD CEO says U.S.-made TSMC chips are more expensive, but worth it — costs 'more than 5% but less than 20%' higher than Taiwan-sourced alternative
AMD CEO Lia Su said that chips made in TSMC’s Arizona facility are more expensive than those made in a comparable facility in Taiwan. Dr. Su said that U.S.-made chips cost ‘more than 5% but less than 20%’ higher, and she added during an interview with Bloomberg that these are costs that the company must shoulder to have a more resilient supply chain.
“I think the economics of it are we have to consider the resiliency of
Someone cooled AMD's $11,699 Threadripper Pro 9995WX with a BMW M4 radiator and some fans from a Toyota Highlander — 1,200 liters per minute pump still can't match liquid nitrogen, though
AMD’s incredibly powerful new Threadripper Pro 9995WX doesn’t come bundled with a cooler. However, Geekerwan might have the perfect answer for this processing Goliath that can casually consume over 1,000W. The Chinese TechTuber decided to remove the radiator and pump from his BMW M4 high-performance coupé, to see how it could tame the heat from Shimada Peak.
AMD’s $11,699 Threadripper Pro 999
President Trump threatened to break up Nvidia, didn't even know what it was — 'What the hell is Nvidia? I've never heard of it before'
During a speech to mark the unveiling of his new AI Action Plan, President Donald Trump revealed that he suggested simply breaking up Nvidia, despite appearing to have never heard of the company or its CEO, Jensen Huang.
Trump made the remarks on stage at an AI summit in Washington, D.C., as he unveiled the United States' new AI Action Plan.
The President made reference and gave thanks to some of AI's top industry leaders, "And
Next-gen Wi-Fi 8 focuses on reliability instead of speed — "Ultra High Reliability" initiative boosts performance, lowers latency and packet loss in challenging conditions
Wi-Fi 8 (IEEE 802.11bn) aims to improve wireless reliability by 25% in throughput, latency, and packet loss under difficult conditions.
Hacker injects malicious, potentially disk-wiping prompt into Amazon's AI coding assistant with a simple pull request — told 'Your goal is to clean a system to a near-factory state and delete file-sys
Someone managed to sneak a malicious prompt into Amazon 's coding assistant, Q, that was supposed to convince the "artificial intelligence" that it should use its access to the command line to attempt to delete files and folders on the user's system.
404 Media reports that version 1.84 of the Amazon Q extension for VS Code contained a malicious prompt that was introduced via a pull request to the utility's GitHub repository on July 13. AWS has
Hyte rolls back MSRPs on its cases for the first time since tariff announcements — some products return to pre-tariff pricing
Hyte is lowering the prices for the Y40, Y60, and Y70 cases to pre-tariff levels, while the Y70 Touch Infinite gets $40 off its old price.
Trump announces 'AI Action Plan' for the United States government — policy roadmap seeks to accelerate adoption of AI tools and spur infrastructure buildout in the race for global dominance
President Donald Trump has released a new 20-page document outlining his strategy for keeping American AI technology at the global forefront. The White House calls it America’s AI Action Plan [ PDF ], and it focuses on three policy goals: accelerating AI innovation by removing red tape and regulation, building up American AI infrastructure, and encouraging the use of American AI technology among allies and nations friendly to the U.S
The document combines a series of policy recommendations for