Clean-sheet open source 8-bit gaming console surprisingly preparing for launch in 2025 — the GameTank uses twin 6502 processors instead of FPGAs or microcontrollers
There’s a new open source contender being prepared for the 8-bit console arena.
Corsair Sabre v2 Pro review: 36g but maybe too lightweight on features
The Corsair Sabre v2 Pro is an incredibly lightweight (36g) mouse that feels good and glides like a dream. But the software is web-based — and that’s a problem when your mouse has no profile or DPI switch buttons.
The world’s ‘tiniest GPU’ heads to production — 200,000-transistor TinyGPU v2.0 can render gamepad-manipulated 3D images with up to 1K triangles in real-time
The ‘tiniest GPU’ has gotten a big update with the new TinyGPU v2.0 offering interactive 3D rasterization, with transformation & lighting tech.
Hard drives on backorder for two years as AI data centers trigger HDD shortage — delays forcing rapid transition to QLC SSDs
Artificial intelligence has taken yet another victim. After GPUs and memory, storage is now facing a shortage as well, at least in the enterprise space. Production capacity for nearline storage, fueled by high-capacity server HDDs, is booked for the next two years. Cloud providers are switching to QLC NAND to avoid the lead times.
No Longer Evil Thermostat hack strips Google from Nest thermostat to heat your home better — open source project revives sunsetted hardware, gives more precise control
Google’s sunsetted Nest Gen 1 and Gen 2 thermostats have been given a new breath of life by a frustrated developer’s No Longer Evil Thermostat firmware.
Laid-off Intel employee allegedly steals ‘Top Secret’ files, then disappears — ex-engineer downloaded 18,000 files before vanishing
A former Intel software engineer who spent over a decade with the company allegedly stole several thousand documents, including confidential ones, after he was laid off.
DIY Amiga sound sampler circuit mystery solved 32 years later — Magazine instructions had key component spec typos
A three-decade old ‘Amiga mystery’ has been solved by an intrepid electronics-focused TechTuber.
500 disposable vapes recycled into a powerwall to power a house and workshop — enough juice for up to eight hours of home usage or three days of work
By salvaging rechargeable batteries from thousands of used disposable vapes, UK-based YouTuber Chris Doel built a 50V power system that can run his workshop and home.
This week in 1982, Compaq announced the first true IBM PC clone — it was portable, too, as long as you were comfortable lugging 28 pounds
Compaq took the wraps off its first product in November 1982, revealing the computing world’s first true IBM PC clone, and an all-in-one portable model at that. It would take a year for IBM to respond.
ASUS Tackles GPU Sag With Precision Sensor In ROG Matrix RTX 5090
Have you seen the ASUS ROG Matrix GeForce RTX 5090 card? Yes you have; it’s right above this text. The new high-end graphics card from the halo-tier Matrix series has a striking design that we’d assume was a Radeon GPU if not for the obvious GEFORCE RTX branding on the backplate. This is a 30th Anniversary edition of the company’s graphics