The Daily Grind: How much are you willing to forgive with an MMO in early access?
MOP’s Bree and I were talking about a game in early access the other day – you can probably guess which one, and it is...
Get 32GB of RAM for only $241 in this 3-item gaming combo from Newegg —save $249 on this inclusive bundle with Ryzen 7 9800X3D, Corsair Vengeance RAM, and a Gigabyte X870E motherboard
Newegg’s AM5 combo bundles 32GB of Corsair Vengeance DDR5-6000 RAM with a Ryzen 7 9800X3D and Gigabyte X870E board for only $1,009.99. $249 savings puts the RAM at only $241
The supercomputer race no longer means what it used to, as rankings lose relevance in the AI era — as privately held compute clusters are built, running HPL becomes a distraction
We review the current state of high-performance supercomputing, interviewing experts, including the deputy head of high-performance computing at GWDG, to find out exactly where the current race stands.
SMIC posts record $3B quarter and hikes wafer prices — US sanctions hand Chinese foundry a captive AI market
SMIC posted its first $3 billion quarter earlier this month, with revenue up 36.1% year on year, net profit nearly tripling to $479.2 million.
Physical media nostalgia sees fundraisers flock to Blu-Ray Kickstarter — drive with 9-in-1 dock achieves 160x funding goal halfway through campaign
A ‘grand piano style’ Blu-ray drive and USB dock has got tech fans excited over on Kickstarter.
G.Skill pays out $2.4M settlement over misleading DDR4 and DDR5 speed marketing — buyers get $20 to $25 as vendor agrees to XMP and EXPO packaging warnings
G.Skill has started sending payments to claimants regarding the $2.4 million lawsuit over inadequately marketed RAM speeds.
Pine64 halts all Linux hardware manufacturing through at least mid-2027 due to shortages — memory crunch forces open-source maker to freeze SBCs, tablets, and phones
Microcontroller-based products, such as the PineTime smartwatch, PineVoice smart speaker, and Pinecil soldering iron, aren’t affected.
Get an astonishing OLED 5090 gaming laptop for $3,599, $800 off — Gigabyte Aorus Master 16 features a 24-core Arrow Lake CPU, 32GB RAM, 2TB SSD
Get $800 off this RTX 5090 gaming laptop with Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX, 32GB of RAM, and a 2TB SSD.
Federal judge strikes down ATF ‘ghost gun’ rule for 3D printed parts — says restrictions violate Fifth Amendment and historical tradition of DIY gunsmithing
Judge Reed O’Connor of the Northern District of Texas said that the ATF ruling that putting part kits that can easily be turned into firearms in the same category as actual guns is unconstitutional. He also said that the vagueness of some parts of the rule violated the Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment.
Console modder builds working Switch 2 Joy-Cons inside original Wii Remote shells — motion-sensing controllers snap magnetically onto a Switch 2
YouTuber Kouzex has transplanted the internals of a pair of Joy-Con 2 controllers into two original Wii Remote shells, producing motion controllers that snap magnetically onto a Switch 2.