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US–China reach trade framework that could avert 100% tariffs and pause rare-earth curbs — development comes as Trump and Xi prepare to meet this week

US and Chinese trade negotiators say they’ve reached a framework agreement that, if approved by both governments this week, would roll back proposed 100% tariffs on Chinese imports and pause Beijing’s escalating export restrictions on rare-earth materials.

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‘Never in your life buy a 5090 Founders Edition’ — repair tech slams Nvidia’s flagship GPU design

The GeForce RTX 5090 Founders Edition is Nvidia’s flagship GPU, but one repair technician says it comes with a hidden flaw that makes it one of the worst designs he’s seen.

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China's ByteDance reportedly building a Steam competitor — 'GameTop' for overseas markets will distribute and publish games like any other store, while harboring a social space with AI-assisted creator tools

ByteDance, the company behind TikTok, is reportedly creating its own Steam competitor targeted at global markets. Dubbed "GameTop," the new storefront is said to carry social features, AI-assisted creator tools, and the typical publishing/distribution that other stores like Epic Games also have. Recruitment has already begun in China.

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Intel 8080 bottleneck made classic 47-year-old Space Invaders arcade game run faster as enemies died — expert coder asserts 'hardware accident' to blame

The adrenaline-pumping rising intensity of Taito’s arcade classic was not due to genius level coding but an Intel 8080 bottleneck.

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Microsoft's decision to axe Windows 10 is driving Apple PC sales growth — users buy Macs instead of AI PCs despite Microsoft’s push for Copilot+ PCs

Counterpoint Research data shows a massive jump in Mac sales in the same quarter that support for Microsoft Windows 10 ended.

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8-bit PC Hercules Graphics Card from 1984 gets revisited — Hercules GPU from the IBM era shaped the modern graphics we know today

The Hercules Graphics Card, released in 1982, was revolutionary for its time because it combined two popular video modes used in IBM PCs across the corporate world. It could display both sharp text and graphics quickly, thanks to its 32KB frame buffer, offering the best of both worlds in an…

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Cooler Master apologizes for telling users to pry apart melting-prone 16-pin connectors to fix them, instructs customer support teams to stop recommending modifications — company also discontinues problematic right-angle connector

Cooler Master has provided an update stating it is no longer producing its problematic right-angle 12V-2x6 power plug. The company also corrected its customer support staff to stop recommending power connector modifications to its customers.

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Creator makes Wi-Fi sound like dial-up Internet — uses Raspberry Pi and 2-watt speaker to convert digital data into analog signals

This Raspberry Pi project captures Wi-Fi data and then blasts it out as sound to make it feel like you're connecting via a dial-up modem.

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Nexperia's China parent Wingtech declares cash-flow risk despite massive 280% profit surge - car production shutdowns loom as Dutch state tightens grip

Wingtech, the Chinese parent company of Dutch chipmaker Nexperia, has warned investors of a potential cash flow squeeze if it fails to regain operational control of its European subsidiary.

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New stablecoin connects crypto investors to real-world Nvidia AI GPUs that earn money by renting out compute power to AI devs — USD.AI lets crypto investors make bank off AI compute rentals

USD.AI is a new DeFi protocol that lets you invest your stablecoin in an AI data center, with each investment tied to a real Nvidia AI GPU.

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This RGB PC in a plastic jug is uncomfortably beguiling — $150 build armed with an Xeon chip is literally bottlenecked

A full $150 RGB ‘gaming PC’ build in a translucent plastic jug has been showcased on social media.

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Skyrocketing costs for memory will jack up smartphone prices — Chinese manufacturer Xiaomi warns of higher prices for new devices

Xiaomi President Lu Weibing stated in a social media post that the rising costs of memory chips are far beyond expectations and could intensify further.

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AMD first entered the CPU market with reverse-engineered Intel 8080 clone 50 years ago — the Am9080 cost 50 cents apiece to make, but sold for $700

The chip which paved the way for AMD’s illustrious future in the CPU business entered mass production 50 years ago.

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Internet ads firm’s CEO posts wild job description for 'A-players,' draws internet ire

A tech services firm’s Careers page has startled netizens around the globe with a beyond parody brutalist business buzzword bingo ‘values’ statement.

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Microsoft for Startups exec says ‘my whole job is begging for GPUs,it's been that way since 2020’ — says that AI bubble doomsters are deluded

Technical Business Development for Startups lead at Microsoft complains 'my whole job is begging for GPUs.'

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Power up your PC like a fighter jet — enthusiast demos 'an unnecessary complicated way of starting your PC'

A Redditor has developed a nifty device you can 3D print and set up to power a PC uniquely.

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Microsoft responds to Gaming Copilot controversy, says it uses screenshots to understand in-game events, not for training AI models — optional feature can be turned off, but not easily uninstalled

Microsoft said that the Gaming Copilot in the Game Bar only uses screenshots of your game to understand what's going on, not for training itself.

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Ludicrous $6 billion Counter Strike 2 skins market crashes, loses $3 billion overnight — game update destroys inventories, collapses market

Counter-Strike 2 received an update yesterday that prompted the worst market crash in the game's history. Cosmetics worth over $6 billion fell to almost $3 billion after Valve made it easier to acquire them. Less scarcity means lower barrier of entry, but it also means less desirability for traders who'd…

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IBM's boffins run a nifty quantum error-correction algorithm on standard AMD FPGAs, and it is' 10 times faster than what is needed' — research propels IBM's Starling quantum computer project forward

IBM's Starling project gets a boost from quantum error-correction algorithms running on conventional AMD FPGAs

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OCCT version 15 adds coil whine detection that doesn't require a microphone, plays a coil whine melody instead — popular stress tester gets genius new feature to silence your PC

The latest iteration of OCCT introduces a coil whine detection tool that allows users to detect if their system is producing coil whine in an audibly harsh environment.

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Apple's Houston-built AI servers are now shipping, according to CEO Tim Cook — custom silicon to power Private Cloud Compute

Apple CEO Tim Cook took to X yesterday, October 23, to announce that Apple’s “American-made advanced servers” have begun shipping from a new Houston facility to Apple’s own data centers.

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Nexperia China snubs Dutch HQ amid spat that threatens automotive production — says order to dismiss executive violates labor laws

Nexperia's China subsidiary refuses to follow its HQ's order to vacate the position of John Chang, its VP for global sales and marketing, citing conflict with Chinese law.

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Intel Core Ultra 5 338H appears in Geekbench listing, confirming new "Arc B370" Xe3 iGPU — No "X" branding in sight as Panther Lake's naming scheme becomes clear

A new Geekbench listing for a midrange Panther Lake CPU, Core Ultra 5 338H, shows a modest bump in performance, but confirms more important details like the exact GPU being utilized under the hood, while clearing up the naming scheme confusion that previously made it part of the flagship "X"…

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Intel has cut 35,500 jobs in less than two years — more than 20,000 let go in in recent months as Lip-Bu Tan continues drastic recovery journey

Intel cut 20,500 jobs under new CEO Lip-Bu Tan — totaling 35,500 in two years — and reduced R&D spending by over $800 million per quarter as it streamlines operations, cancels lower-priority projects, and concentrates investment on strategic projects.

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Anthropic signs deal with Google Cloud to expand TPU chip capacity — AI company expects to have over 1GW of processing power in 2026

Anthropic and Google Cloud just signed a deal that will bring the AI company's compute capacity to over 1GW.

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