Rumor claims Nvidia has ‘essentially killed off’ the RTX 5070 Ti and 5060 Ti 16GB – possibly leaving AMD free to dominate mid-range GPUs
You might want to move fast to grab a mid-range GPU, if you’re after an Nvidia card, that is.
‘TSMC ‘very nervous’ about AI bubble concerns despite another record-setting quarter, but assured of demand — CEO says careless investment ‘would be a disaster for TSMC for sure,’ company will invest $52-$56 billion in capex
TSMC executive team expects continuous revenue growth in 2026, and onwards as rich AI companies will keep buying AI accelerators for years to come.
Examining DDR4 PC build options in 2026 — With high DDR5 prices, a PC build with DDR4 is worth considering, especially if you have RAM you can carry over from a previous build
If you’ve been looking to build a PC but have been put off by the high price of DDR5, it might be worth considering a DDR4 system. You can get great performance and save some money – especially if you already own a RAM kit that you can carry over to a new build.
SK Hynix Accelerates New Fab Timeline As AI Memory Demand Surges
Memory chip makers are trying to keep the AI beast fed, and as part of that effort, SK hynix is speeding up plans to open a new chip fab a few months ahead of schedule, according to Reuters. Before you get excited thinking that the memory chip shortage is about to end, the accelerated schedule still amounts to an opening that is more than
Ford’s New Mustang Dark Horse SC With Supercharged V8 Power Is A Street-Legal Track Weapon
Ford has just unleashed the 2026 Mustang Dark Horse SC, a supercharged beast designed to bridge the massive gap between the standard 500-horsepower Dark Horse and the $325,000 limited-run Mustang GTD.
Revealed ahead of the 2026 Detroit Auto Show, the SC (supercharged) designation marks the return of the factory-blown V8 to the Mustang lineup.
AMD’s upcoming Ryzen AI Max+ 392 hot on the heels of 9800X3D in early benchmarks — New Strix Halo APU almost matches Ryzen 7 beast in multi-core performance
The new Ryzen AI Max+ 392 has popped up on Geekbench with a single-core score of 2,917 points and a multi-core score of 18,071 points, posting impressive results across the board that match high-end desktop SKUs. The test stems from an Asus TUF Gaming A14 laptop that we checked out at CES 2026.
Trump Outlines 25% Tariff On Advanced AMD And NVIDIA AI Chips With Key Exemptions
The White House has announced a 25% tariff on certain advanced computing chips, including NVIDIA’s H200 silicon based on its Hopper architecture and AMD’s Instinct MI325X accelerator based on CDNA 3, both of which now have the green light to ship into China. Interestingly, the levy is described as a tariff on chip imports, not exports.
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After 21 Years And 12 Billion Signals, Scientists Zero In On 100 Possible Signs Of Alien Life
After two decades of quiet data processing on millions of crowd-sourced home computers, the SETI@home project has narrowed down billions of space whispers to 100 signals. Could one of these point to intelligent alien life?
Launched in 1999, SETI@home turned the search for extraterrestrial intelligence into a global phenomenon by allowing
Verizon To Issue Credits For Major Outage As AT&T And T-Mobile Throw Shade
Verizon confirmed that it has resolved a frustrating service outage that left many wireless subscribers scrambling through posts on social media to see what was going on. Details are still light, but those who found their way to X (formerly Twitter) in search of answers on why their service suddenly went dark would have seen rivals AT&T and
HP Series 5 Pro 514PN Portable Monitor Review: Premium performance and price
HP is targeting the upper echelon of portable monitors with the $299 Series 5 Pro 514PN.