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Lenovo G02 retro handheld allegedly comes preloaded with thousands of copyrighted games, including Nintendo ROMs — company confirms that it’s an officially white-labeled device meant for the Chinese market [Updated]

Lenovo confirms that it partnered with a third-party manufacturer to build, sell, and market the G02 retro gaming handheld in China. However, it allegedly contained thousands of gaming ROMs, many from Nintendo, right out of the box, raising questions about the validity of the licenses of these titles.

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Audi enthusiast upgrades 2001 A4 gear shift with old smartwatch in 3D-printed housing — vide-coded WearOS app displays gear selection, can be used to control in-car media

An electronics, automobile, and DIY enthusiast has turned an old smartwatch into an interactive gear shift display in his 2001 Audi.

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Nvidia no longer reports gaming GPU sales as a separate segment — posts eye-watering $81.6 billion Q1 profit thanks to AI boom

Nvidia to split its revenue streams based on deployment markets rather than product segments going forward.

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Intel leans on LPDDR5X to dodge global HBM crisis, leaked Crescent Island AI GPU pics reveal massive Xe3P core — chip sidesteps HBM shortage with 160GB of cheaper memory

Images of the PCB Intel will be using with Crescent Island has been published on X, showing a single-GPU design and pads for the graphics card's 20 LPDDR5X modules.

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New Flipper One computing multitool bristles with network, GPIO, and M.2 connectivity — new keychain device is also a fully open Arm Linux computer

The creators of the Flipper Zero “portable multi-tool device for geeks” have announced the Flipper One.

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ASML CEO says Elon Musk is 'very serious' about TeraFab chipmaking megaproject, confirms direct talks — Musk targets $119 billion Texas semiconductor facility

ASML CEO Christophe Fouquet said on Wednesday that he has spoken directly with Elon Musk about the TeraFab semiconductor project.

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China's new homegrown gaming GPU flops in performance and price — flagship $485 LX 7G100 can't keep pace with Nvidia's older RTX 4060

Lisuan Tech's LX 7G100 gaming graphics card goes up for preorder at $485, along with reviews from Chinese media outlets.

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Angry tiny Texas town council member proposes total ban on cellular and GPS devices in protest over AI dispute — says 'Let’s take Bandera back to 1880' after town votes to dump AI-powered license plate reader

A town councilor proposes banning all technology in a small Texas town after they lose vote on keeping Flock AI cameras running in the area.

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Korean funeral services company lost $33 million of its customers' money over a bad crypto bet — firm was secretly investing client funds into leveraged crypto ETFs

Bumo Sarang, a funeral services company in Korea, lost $33 million after it invested $40 million of its own customers' money into a leveraged crypto ETF. These funds were meant for prepaid funeral services, but the company exploited loopholes to siphon them into creative investments. Unfortunately, almost half of the…

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AMD Ryzen AI Max 400 ‘Gorgon Halo’ packs up to 192GB of unified memory — refreshed APU uses Zen 5 and RDNA 3.5, and can clock up to 5.2 GHz

AMD is refreshing its Ryzen AI Max chips with the new 400 series, known as Gorgon Halo, and they’ll show up in the Ryzen AI Halo development box. That box, with last-gen Strix Halo chips, is going up for pre-order in June, starting at $3,999.

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Samsung narrowly avoids 18-day chip strike after last-minute wage deal with 48,000-worker union — tentative deal, subject to workers' vote, suspends billions of dollars worth of potential losses

Samsung Electronics has temporarily avoided a major 18-day strike at its South Korean semiconductor operations after reaching a tentative wage agreement with its 48,000-member union.

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Ryzen 7 5800X3D AM4 10th Anniversary Edition surfaces online for $310 — return of iconic gaming CPU for budget builders seems imminent

Indian retailer lists AMD's Ryzen 7 5800X3D AM4 10th Anniversary Edition processor for $310.

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Team Group agrees to $1.1 million DRAM settlement in another false advertising lawsuit — claimed advertised memory speeds required BIOS tweaks and overclocking settings

Team Group denies all wrongdoing but has agreed to settle the lawsuit involving advertised RAM performance and overclocking-related settings.

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Samsung and SK Hynix employees are reportedly abandoning overseas training programs to nab up to $400,000 performance bonuses — online dating grades rise as female members 'seeking out SK hynix employees'

Samsung and SK Hynix employees are reportedly considering terminating overseas training programs to be eligible for performance bonuses as AI-driven semiconductor profits fuel record bonus projections worth hundreds of millions of won.

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Russia's Sberbank wants Chinese chips for its GigaChat AI in the face of Western sanctions — faces a long wait behind ByteDance and Alibaba

CEO German Gref didn’t specify which Chinese chips Sberbank is interested in, but the most likely candidate is Huawei's Ascend 950 family.

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Intel kicks off development on next-decade 10A and 7A process technologies — 14A node remains on track for critical October PDK release

Intel says its 14A process technology is on track for high-volume manufacturing in 2029, 10A and 7A to follow in the 2030s.

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China banned Nvidia 5090D V2 while CEO Jensen Huang was in town, report claims — move comes as Beijing pushes its AI tech companies to use homegrown chips

The RTX 5090D V2 GPU Nvidia specifically built for China to comply with U.S. export controls just received the ban hammer from Beijing. Although this GPU is primarily designed for gaming and 3D animation, it's also powerful enough that many AI developers also use it.

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Hacker group hits 3,800 internal GitHub repositories via poisoned developer plugin — TeamPCP claims source code theft and attempts $50,000 sale, employee installed malicious VS Code extension

GitHub has confirmed a breach involving roughly 3,800 internal repositories after an employee device was compromised through a malicious VS Code extension. The TeamPCP hacker group claims it stole internal source code and attempted to sell the data for at least $50,000.

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Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan stamps out chip bugs with aggressive new quality standards, says major validation errors can result in termination — 'B0, you keep your job. Anything above that, you are fired'

Lip-Bu Tan wants Intel to radically improve its chip development discipline and achieve production readiness with A0 silicon revision.

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Laser-driven spintronic memory device switches 1,000 times faster than DRAM —non-volatile device switches in 40 picoseconds while generating almost no heat

Researchers at the University of Tokyo demonstrated a non-volatile Mn₃Sn magnetic switching device capable of flipping bits in just 40 picoseconds while generating minimal heat, potentially paving the way for lower-power AI hardware and memory systems.

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Lisa Su meets China's vice premier during China visit — AMD CEO pledges deeper investment days after Trump-Xi summit

AMD CEO Lisa Su met with Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Monday, pledging further investment and expanded operations in what she calls "the world’s most dynamic AI ecosystem."

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Pizza Hut's AI delivery system cooks up $100 million franchisee lawsuit — deliveries allegedly shot from under 30 minutes to over 45 under new system

Pizza Hut's AI delivery system allegedly cost one franchisee $100 million in lost business, resulting in a spicy lawsuit to recover the lost dough.

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New Microsoft Surface for Business PCs pair Panther Lake chips with as little as 8GB of RAM — 13-inch Surface Laptop goes light on memory but still starts at $1,299

Microsoft has announced the Surface Laptop 8 and Surface Pro 12 for Business, both starting at $1,949 and featuring Intel's Panther Lake silicon. There's also a new Surface Laptop 13-inch that comes with as little as 8GB RAM coming later this year and starting at $1,299.

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AMD rumored to ready budget-friendly Ryzen 7 7700X3D for suffering gamers — chipmaker lowers clocks and price with new Zen 4 X3D CPU

A hardware leaker claims AMD is preparing to launch the Ryzen 7 7700X3D, a lower-binned version of the no-longer-available Ryzen 7 7800X3D at a lower price.

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Physical attacks against crypto holders, including kidnap and assault, up 75% in 2025 — 72 confirmed incidents see $41 million lost, real number likely higher

Large cryptocurrency holders are increasingly being targeted by criminals as large wallets are traced back to their owners. Because of this, many firms and individuals are now investing in physical security and bodyguards, with some having details that rival those of high-level executives working at major banks.

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