There's been a flurry of news surrounding RISC-V lately, like Steam support for RISC-V through an emulator and Nvidia's announcement of CUDA support for RISC-V processors , but as expected with the 2025 RISC-V Summit China underway, more news continues to surface, including that the world's first RISC-V tablet now comes with a fully functional Linux operating system (early models lacked an OS and were for developers only).
Get $150 off the Asus ROG Ally Z1 Extreme Windows gaming handheld — perfect for dorm-room gaming
Play your favorite games anywhere, with $150 off the list price of the Asus ROG Ally Z1 Extreme handheld.
World's first RISC-V tablet is finally fully baked — PineTab-V now ships with completely functional Linux for $149
Microsoft's Secure Boot UEFI bootloader signing key expires in September, posing problems for Linux users
A new key was issued in 2023, but it might not be well-supported ahead of the original key's expiration.
MacBook Pro trackpad can double as a weighing scale, and the source code is free — creator hacks trackpad to weigh items, claims Force Touch system 'pretty accurate',
A new app called TrackWeight has been unveiled by Canadian maker and blogger Krish Shah. Put simply, the macOS application commandeers your Apple MacBook's Force Touch trackpad pressure sensors for weighing scale duties. The app code is now available on GitHub , released under the very flexible open-source MIT License.
You can turn your Mac trackpad into a weighing scale pic.twitter.com/KxbHrVfag3 July 21, 2025
This might sound like one of those ideas where
ASUS brings Nvidia’s GB300 Blackwell Ultra “desktop superchip” to workstations — plain-looking desktop more powerful than most server racks, features up to 784GB of coherent memory, 20 PFLOPS AI perfo
Asus has quietly launched the ExpertCenter Pro ET900N G3 , one of the first desktop systems powered by Nvidia’s GB300 Grace Blackwell Ultra “desktop superchip.” This marks a notable shift for Nvidia, which has historically reserved its highest-end AI hardware for its own DGX Station lineup . With Blackwell Ultra, the company is partnering with OEMs like Asus, Lambda, and others to bring AI-focused workstations to a broader market.
The GB3
Sam Altman teases 100 million GPU scale for OpenAI that could cost $3 trillion — ChatGPT maker to cross 'well over 1 million' by end of year
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman isn’t exactly known for thinking small , but his latest comments push the boundaries of even his usual brand of audacious tech talk. In a new post on X , Altman revealed that OpenAI is on track to bring “well over 1 million GPUs online” by the end of this year. That alone is an astonishing number—consider that Elon Musk’s xAI, which made waves earlier this year with its Grok 4 model , runs on about 2
AI coding platform goes rogue during code freeze and deletes entire company database — Replit CEO apologizes after AI engine says it 'made a catastrophic error in judgment' and 'destroyed all producti
A browser-based AI-powered software creation platform called Replit appears to have gone rogue and deleted a live company database with thousands of entries. What may be even worse is that the Replit AI agent apparently tried to cover up its misdemeanors, and even ‘lied’ about its failures. The Replit CEO has responded, and there appears to have already been a lot of firefighting behind the scenes to rein in this AI tool.
Despite its apparent dishonesty, when pushed, Replit admitted it
MSI Katana 17 HX gaming laptop review: 1080p gaming with Nvidia’s RTX 5070
MSI’s Katana 17 HX gets the basics right with Raptor Lake and an RTX 5070 for around $1,300.
Abel founder claims Meta offered $1.25 billion over four years to AI hire — 'person still said no' despite equivalent of $312 million yearly salary
Abel founder and enfant terrible of the algorithmic age, Daniel Francis, is incredulous at the remuneration offers being punted by the likes of Meta. Earlier today, Daniel told his throng of social media followers that Meta had offered a potential hire $1.25 billion. The sum was for a four-year stint, admittedly. Despite the 10-figure lure, which would mean over $300 million a year, the potential hire didn’t take the
Fax to the Future — How to send and receive a fax in the 21st Century
Ok, it's the 21st Century and here I am, writing a “how to send and receive a fax” article. Short for facsimile, the fax machine was a marvellous invention that enabled the transmission of documents long before email became the standard. I am old enough to have used a fax machine, but it has been some time since I last used one.
The humble fax may have fallen out of fashion, replaced with cloud services and electronic signatures