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Arm yourself with a Hall Effect controller for just $9 — GameSir's Tegenaria Lite PC controller is 50% off for a limited time
Pick up a gaming controller complete with drift-free hall-effect thumbsticks for half the price.
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World’s smallest GPU silicon passes real-world testing — 240,000-transistor TinyGPU v2.0 renders 3D graphics at up to 15 FPS while v3.0 prepares for 2026 release
The TinyGPU v2.0 'standalone GPU' silicon works, and was demonstrated in a video after it came back from its Tiny Tapeout production run.
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Hideo Kojima unveils a Death Stranding 2-themed wireless CD player — Limited edition device costs ~$160, comes with Bluetooth 5.3 & exclusive artwork
Kojima is partnering up with km5 to release a limited-edition version of the CP1 wireless CD player designed to resemble a BB Pod from Death Stranding 2. The nuclear orange aesthetic resembles classic retro tech of bygon…
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Grab 32GB of Corsair DDR5 for an effective $230 right now in this 9950X3D combo deal —Newegg RAM bundle ships with 16-core AMD X3D chip alongside an MSI X870E board and a free 240mm cooler for $1,308
This Newegg RAM bundles ships with the 16-core AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D, an MSI MPG X870E keyboard, and 32GB of Corsair Vengeance DDR5 RAM for $1,308.99, making the effective RAM cost just $230.
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Ten years later, the iconic GTX 1080 Ti still holds up in 1080p gaming, but not without showing its age — Redux testing highlights the wonders of 11GB VRAM & the woes of time
PC Games Hardware has retested the GTX 1080 Ti, along with its GP102 brethren, in a range of new games across multiple resolutions. The results reveal the obvious: the 1080 Ti is still a capable GPU at 1080p, mostly than…
Read the original article at www.tomshardware.com ↗ASUS Showcases NUC 16 Family Powered By Panther Lake
ASUS was showing off the new NUC 16 family of mini-PCs for this year's Computex trade show. Powered by Intel's Panther Lake and Wildcat Lake SoCs, these mini-PCs pack a full system into a 0.7L chassis The post ASUS Showc…
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Grab this 240 Hz QD-OLED gaming monitor at just $300 — Gigabyte's 27-inch GO27Q24A is now $150 off at Newegg
Gigabyte's GO27Q24A delivers a 240Hz QD-OLED panel, HDMI 2.1, and esports-focused features for just $299.99
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Errant SpaceX rocket stage set to smash into the moon at 5,400 mph, seven times the speed of sound — NASA and South Korean orbiters prepare to track 3-ton TNT impact
A used SpaceX rocket segment used to deliver to lunar probes in 2025 is set to crash on the surface of the moon in the near future. This event will be monitored by two satellites as scientists and researchers study the e…
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Microsoft Paint used as a 'monitor' to run Doom at up to 35 fps, project released by firm's Azure CTO — runs actual Doom engine and loads real shareware DOOM1.WAD
DoomPaint stands out from the Doom crowd as it has been developed by Microsoft's Azure CTO and because it runs using MS Paint as the viewport for in-game action.
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Iran suspected of conducting cyberattacks on US water suppliers in 45 municipalities — small towns mostly targeted, with utilities switching to manual control
Several US towns said that their water utilities have suffered from cyberattacks, which are suspected to have originated from Iran. While systems remain running, several have resorted to manual control to protect the wat…
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Commemorative golden Doom floppy disks go up for pre-order — pair of limited edition dummy ‘imitation gold plating’ disks and a box are $30 at GameStop
GameStop has listed a purely ornamental Doom Floppy Disk Limited Edition Imitation Gold Plated Replica at $29.99.
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AMD's upcoming Zen 6 processors could fix microstutters and improve 1% lows in games — Next-gen CPUs tipped to feature per-core optimizations for thermal and power budgets
A new report suggests AMD is cooking up a range of per-core optimizations for Zen 6 that might not seem huge on their own, but they could add up to make a world of difference in gaming performance.
Read the original article at www.tomshardware.com ↗First open-source firmware for AM5 officially launches — Dasharo v0.9.0 brings Coreboot and openSIL to Zen 4 APUs on MSI B850
3mdeb has introduced a new open-source firmware for the MSI B850-P WiFi, marking the first time open-source firmware has been introduced to the AM5 platform.
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SpaceXAI says it will remove all 69 of its unpermitted turbine power generators, but expects process to take a year — trailer-mounted generators to be replaced by 1.2GW power plant
These turbines have been the center of a lawsuit involving permits and pollution. While this is good news for the community, it will still take quite some time before they're fully removed from the premises.
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RTX 5060 Ti survives car crash after being bent in half — short PCB saves the day, single memory chip resolder restore full performance
What happens when a graphics card gets in a car crash? If you're lucky, the damage is limited to just cosmetic scars that can go away over time with no serious damage under-the-hood.
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Gem Mint signed 1983 Steve Jobs business card opens at $70,000 — second signed card from that era after $180,000 record sale
This rare business card is currently on RR Auction, with a previous example going for $180,000 just a couple of years ago. It's graded Gem Mint 10, meaning it's as perfect as it can get.
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Prolific Team Fortress 2 collector is selling his in-game case arsenal for an estimated $100,000 — 1.7 million items collected over 10 years are enough to fund a house purchase
One Team Fortress 2 player has amassed a collection of over 1.7 million cases from the game, and after nearly a decade of collecting, he’s selling the collection for an estimated $100,000.
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Dell founder shows how a $100 billion empire started 42 years ago — CEO says ‘This one page changed my life’
Billionaire Michael Dell reminisced about the early days of his company, sharing an early quarterly earnings report that showed the then-startup making nearly $135,000 in just three months. Dell says that that document c…
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Score the ultimate AMD AM4 starter pack with a six-core CPU and 16GB RAM for only $280 — kickstart your next PC build with $138 in savings
If you've been hesitating to upgrade to a modern platform because of the state of the PC hardware industry, this combo deal might be the one for you.
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The new Kioxia CM10 series spans 2.5" and EDSFF form factors, PCIe Gen5 and Gen6, air-cooled and liquid-cooled, and two NAND generations The post Kioxia CM10 Series Launched for the PCIe Gen6 Generation of SSDs appeared…
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Microsoft vows to make Windows 11 fly on 8GB RAM amid memory shortage — optimizations to reduce OS memory footprint have begun
While the company's minimum OS specifications officially say 4GB, most PC builders know that 16GB is the bare minimum for a smooth experience on Windows 11. However, the memory chip shortage and the resurgence of 8GB lap…
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Anthropic's Claude hacked three real-life companies during security capabilities test — test environment with internet access and unwitting targets' lax cybersecurity practices led to bots running rampant
Anthropic's Claude hacked three real-life companies during security capabilities test — open test environment and unwitting targets' lax cybersecurity practices led bots run rampant
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'Nozzlegate' erupts as Prusa CORE One 3D printer kits arrive with soft steel nozzles — Bondtech admits machining flaws with no quick fix
Bondtech, the creator and manufacturer of the INDX toolchanger system used to create the highly anticipated Prusa CORE One+ INDX, admitted to a significant labeling mistake. The nozzles provided with the INDX kit do not…
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Sony doubles down on axing physical game discs — CFO reiterates 'we’re going to cautiously move this forward'
Sony confirms that its stance has not changed on ending the production of physical game discs for titles released after January 2028.
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