How to check and enable Secure Boot on your Windows PC
If you plan to migrate to Windows 11, you will need to enable Secure Boot to ensure your install is protected. We show you how to enable Secure Boot with no drama.
Vectrex Mini retro console shatters Kickstarter goal within minutes — it will now cost $173, up from $115 and $150, to secure yours.
The Vectrex Mini vector retrogaming console blasted past its €100,000 funding goal within just 15 minutes
Google exploring putting AI data centers in space — Project Suncatcher wants to harness in-orbit solar power to scale AI compute
Google is looking into putting AI data centers into orbit, but it still needs to solve a ton of engineering and cost challenges.
Just $109 nets you a 1000W power supply from ASRock, knocking almost 1/3 off the price — the Steel Legend SL-1000G has plenty of power to throw at the latest and greatest GPUs
Capable of powering an RTX 5090, the ASRock Steel Legend SL-1000G has had its price slashed by 1/3 to just $109.
Membrane evaporative cooling tech achieves record-breaking results, could be solution for next-generation AI server cooling — clocks 800 watts of heat flux per square centimeter
Engineers from the University of California, San Diego, have developed a new membrane evaporative cooling solution that has achieved record-breaking cooling performance. It could be a key solution for cooling Nvidia’s future Feynman GPUs rated at over 4,000 watts of power consumption.
Custom Intel motherboards with a whopping 36 USB ports spotted online — extravagant connectivity offering fuels bot farm speculation
A user on Reddit has shared a collection of customized LGA 1151 motherboards with 36 USB ports stacked atop and next to each other. Even the most overkill models from the factory usually only support up to 20, and they’re meant for special applications. A commenter suggests bot farming as the use for this odd motherboard.
Quantum diamond scanner delivers non-invasive 3D imaging of semiconductors — EuQlid Qu-MRI could ‘save chip foundries billions of dollars’
EuQlid reveals a breakthrough diamond-based quantum sensing device for the non-invasive 3D imaging of semiconductors.
Amazon’s new armored undersea cable is fast enough to stream 12.5 million HD films simultaneously between the US and Ireland, repels attacks — Fastnet to deliver 320+ terabits per second across the Atlantic
Amazon’s Fastnet 320 Tb/s armored cable connects U.S. and Ireland.
Creality Falcon A1 Pro 20 Watt review: Enclosed diode laser for prosumers
The Creality Falcon A1 Pro is a 20W laser engraver that offers automatic material focus, an integrated camera, and user-friendly software at a sub-$1,000 base price. With an upgrade path that includes a 2W IR laser for engraving metal and glass, a rotary engraver, and an air filter, the Falcon A1 Pro is a prosumer product that can grow with users over time.
China and America’s AI war isn’t just about compute, it’s about energy — energy subsidies promote homegrown chip push, amid data center energy squeeze
Local Chinese governments are issuing attractive energy subsidies to companies which use domestically produced chips in their data centers and “AI factories,” in order to discourage use of international CPUs and GPUs from the likes of Nvidia.