Nvidia has cut some RTX 50-series prices in Europe — RTX 5090, 5080, and 5070 reduced by almost 10%, likely prompted by falling U.S. dollar
Nvidia has reduced the price of some of its RTX 50-series cards in Europe.
Arm hires Amazon’s AI chip developer, ostensibly to help create its own processors — Rami Sinno returns to the company, boasts Trainium and Inferentia on resume
Arm has hired Amazon’s director of engineering for Amazon Web Services, who helped develop its homegrown AI hardware. This is part of ARM’s drive towards developing its own complete processors, rather than just designing them for third parties.
SoftBank to buy $2 billion in Intel shares at $23 each — firm still owns majority share of Arm
SoftBank will invest $2 billion in Intel at $23 per share, a move seen as both a vote of confidence in Intel’s U.S. chipmaking comeback and a strategic bet on an undervalued semiconductor maker.
Google Slapped With $36M Fine For Anticompetitive Android Search Deal With Mobile Carriers
Google has agreed to pay $36M (USD) after findings by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) revealed that Google had an arrangement with two of Australia’s largest telecommunications companies, Telstra and Optus, that stifled competition.
The ACCC found that from December 2019 to March 2021, the agreement between Google
Is A Nasty Mysterious Windows Update Bug Really Bricking These SSDs?
You may have seen reports on a particularly troubling bit of news doing the rounds, about the recent KB5063878 Windows 11 security update causing multiple types of SSD data corruption, up to and including the operating system not being detected upon rebooting. We’re happy to report that there’s probably not much to worry about… for now.
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Intel’s Bartlett Lake-S Steppings Reaffirm A 12 P-Core CPU But Will It Arrive On Gaming PCs?
If you’re really opposed to the existence of hybrid CPUs, you could buy an Intel chip and disable the E-cores, but that really dumpsters your multi-core performance. What if Intel made a CPU like it used to, and like AMD does: with a purely homogenous core architecture, yet also with enough cores to remain competitive? That’s why enthusiasts
OpenAI’s Stargate AI Project Expands To Ohio With Foxconn And SoftBank Collaboration
Data centers continue to be built to meet the growing demands of AI, necessitating investments in facilities that produce the specialized hardware that goes into powering these data centers. In an attempt to cash in on this booming industry, Foxconn and SoftBank have announced a partnership to manufacture equipment designed for new data centers
Nvidia’s GeForce Now gets an RTX 5080 upgrade — Ultimate subscribers now get Blackwell benefits in the cloud
Nvidia is upgrading its GeForce Now service at Gamescom with new RTX 5080-powered instances for Ultimate subscribers, plus a range of other improvements.
Trump administration reportedly mulling a 10% stake in Intel — CHIPS Act funding could be reworked into the purchase amount
The Trump administration is considering taking a 10% stake in Intel by converting $10.9B in Chips Act grants into equity, a move that would make the U.S. government Intel’s largest shareholder and mark a major shift in how federal chip funding is deployed.
Teenage Engineering’s mini-ITX PC Case Brings Translucent Plastic And It’s Free
The mad lads at Teenage Engineering are known for their award-winning audio gear designs, but the company occasionally makes some snazzy PC cases too. The Stockholm based design firm’s first foray into computer cases was the computer-1, a bold and bright case meant for the DIY crowd. Now, the company has unveiled the computer-2, which it says