Linux kernel 7.0 finally abandons the 28-year-old Intel 440BX chipset — driver removal marks goodbye to the legendary motherboard chipset
Linux kernel 7.0 does away with 440BX EDAC driver
Tiny Mac look-a-like alarm clock transformed to run real Mac software
A vintage technology enthusiast has turned a miniature Mac-a-like desk toy alarm clock into a real Mac software running computer.
Save $700 on this gaming laptop with an RTX 5070 Ti & Ryzen 9 8940HX CPU — Get MSI’s Vector 16 featuring a 240Hz 1600p display for just $1,299 at President’s Day sale
MSI has put its Vector 16 gaming laptop on sale for just $1,299 at Walmart, offering a 35% discount for a beastly hardware combo. You get a Ryzen 9 8940HX, an RTX 5070 Ti, 16 GB of RAM, and a 1 TB SSD, all backed up with a 90Wh battery. As far as RTX 5070 Ti laptops go, it has never gotten any cheaper.
Unbeatable Presidents Day deal slashes $580 off powerful OLED RTX 5080 Lenovo Pro 7i Gen 10 gaming laptop – comes armed with 64GB of memory and 1TB SSD
Lenovo’s Legion 7i Pro Gen 10 is 18% off ahead of Presidents Day, dropping its price all the way down to just $2,619.99.
RISC-V Silicon Successfully Fabricated on Intel 3 In Major Chip Milestone
Everybody talks about China’s push for domestic silicon, but few mention the fact that Europe has been pursuing its own strategy for years, too. Now, the Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC-CNS), through its Barcelona Zettascale Lab (BZL), has reached a significant technical milestone: successful bring-up of a current-generation RISC-V test
“Like new” Ryzen 9 9900X3D Amazon order turns into a shocking CPU bait-and-switch scandal — shopper duped in outrageous Ryzen 9 3900X scam
To save a few bucks, someone ordered a used Ryzen 9 9900X3D worth $530 from Amazon but received a $150 Ryzen 9 3900X instead. The CPU had been replaced inside the box to deceive any inspection and was likely resold to the unlucky buyer, who ended up getting much less valuable silicon than they paid for.
Acer and Asus halt PC and laptop sales in Germany amid H.264 codec patent dispute — Nokia wins patent ruling, forcing tech giants to license HEVC codec
Acer’s and Asus’s use of HEVC on their laptops and desktop PCs is allegedly infringing on Nokia’s patent. Because of this, a German court ruled that they cannot sell their products in Germany until the matter is settled.
Sony-led program offers PS5 rentals starting at $13.50 a month in the UK across 12, 24, or 36-month leases — console has to be returned at the end of the contract
Sony is offering PlayStation 5 hardware for rent to customers in the UK. The selection includes PS5 consoles, controllers, PSVR 2, and even the PlayStation Portal. The cheapest offer starts from £9.50 per month for a base PS5 Slim, with leases for 12, 24, or 36 months. You can also pay a flat £19.50/month to get the console on a rolling basis with no commitments.
Enthusiast scores watercooled dual Nvidia GTX Titan X GPUs for $86 — $1,000 older flagship graphics card with custom water cooling for a bargain
These dual Nvidia GTX Titan X GPUs in SLI are a solid upgrade for the user’s current GTX 1650 GPU, provided they can make it work.
Intel fined $3 million by India’s antitrust regulator over discriminatory CPU warranty policy — says Intel abused its dominant position in the boxed processor market.
Following a complaint filed in 2016, the Competition Commission of India concluded that Intel’s India-only warranty rules were discriminatory compared to policies in other countries.