The Daily Grind: Were you ever soured on a promising MMO feature because of its monetization?
All the way back in 2012, Lord of the Rings Online added a feature that I was sure was going to change the game. It...
Memory maker SK hynix’s profit rises 557% amid global shortage, expansion costs climb to $27 billion — shares slide despite mammoth earnings as expectations outpace reality and global AI selloffs continue
SK hynix has reported second-quarter revenue of 79.32 trillion won, and operating profit of 60.54 trillion won, the latter up 557% year over year.
Three US states to deploy 60mph drones armed with pepper spray to neutralize school shooters — ‘Campus Guardian Angel’ drones can also smash windows and ram attackers
The drone arms race is set to enter U.S. schools with Mithril Defense’s Campus Guardian Angel drones in at least nine schools across three states before the year is out.
How to look better on webcam — tips for the average person to look better and more professional
Some tips for the average non-streaming webcam user to look better and more professional.
Intel’s upcoming Nova Lake desktop SKU to require 65W of separate power delivery for its iGPU, leaker claims — beefy integrated graphics could require two VCCGT phases for 12 Xe3P cores
Intel seems to be working on a 16-core Nova Lake desktop APU with 12 Xe3P cores that will require 65W of power delivery on their own to achieve maximum performance. Two separate VCCGT phases will be needed to power said integrated graphics, since one phase can’t sustain up to 65W.
Get $180 of 3D printing filament for just $86 in this eBay blowout — save 52% on 10 reels of Creality’s Hyper PLA, just $8.63 a spool
Stock up on your favorite colors in this unbelievable Creality Hyper PLA filament bundle deal. Save 52% on 10 spools of high-speed printing plastics.
State of play: SSD pricing one year into the AI component crisis — 220% price increases are crippling the DIY market
We look at the state of SSD pricing one year into the AI apocalypse.
DRAM chip supply to module makers could drop by more than 70% year-on-year in 2027, says Apacer CEO — demand for HBM and server RAM continues to devour manufacturing capacity
Apacer warns DRAM allocations to module makers could fall below 30% of 2026 levels as AI demand tightens supply and pushes memory prices higher.
Save up to $700 on these iBuyPower gaming PCs, fitted with an RX 9070 XT for 4K gaming — liquid-cooled AMD rigs feature either a 9800X3D or 9900X CPU, along with 32GB DDR5 and a 1TB SSD, starting from $1,799
Two iBuyPower rigs are on offer at Walmart right now, both fitted with an AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT, in a deal that could save you up to $700 on a 4K-ready gaming PC.
China’s Moonshot AI reportedly used Nvidia Blackwell chips for training Kimi K3 — company circumvented both U.S. export and Chinese import controls to acquire compute
Moonshot AI reportedly used Nvidia Blackwell chips for training Kimi K3 — potentially circumventing both U.S. export and Chinese import controls