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Scalpers circle AMD's Ryzen 7 5800X3D 10th Anniversary Edition, asking for $600 or more — re-released CPU sees inconsistent inventory on release day

Scalpers are trying to capitalize on the release of the Ryzen 7 5800X3D 10th Anniversary Edition, asking nearly double the CPU's suggested retail price.

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Riot Vanguard finally drops its controversial always-on requirement for anti-cheat — new on-demand mode requires a strict Windows 11 security stack

Riot Games has announced that it plans to let players stop its Vanguard anti-cheat from loading on startup.

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Asus beta BIOS updates restore Ryzen 9000 memory encryption ahead of AMD’s July timeline — TSME returns to select AM5 boards after silent backlash over removal

Asus has released beta BIOS updates for several X870, B850, and X670 AM5 motherboards, restoring Transparent Secure Memory Encryption support for non-Pro Ryzen 9000 CPUs.

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RAM crisis bites Apple as unprecedented Mac and iPad price rises arrive — cheapest MacBook Pro price hiked by $400 to $1,999

Apple has made the unprecedented decision to hike the prices of all its current computers and tablets with some entry-level model prices up as much as $500.

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Anthropic claims that China's Alibaba used 25,000 fake accounts and 28.8 million exchanges to illicitly 'distill' its Claude model — violations occurred from April to June 2026

AI tech giant Alibaba, often considered as the Amazon of China, is being accused by Anthropic for using Claude to train its AI models. The American AI startup claimed that it traced over 25,000 accounts to operators that were affiliated with Alibaba and Alibaba Qwen.

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Qualcomm plans China-specific data center chips — new Dragonfly lineup will include nerfed AI accelerators that comply with export thresholds

Qualcomm has announced that it will bring all four of its Dragonfly data center product lines to China.

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Micron inks long-term supply agreements worth $100 billion — says it has no idea when RAM crisis will end

Micron has signed 16 LTAs with various customers to supply DRAM and NAND worth $100 billion.

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Steam Machines will only come with one 16GB stick of RAM — company may change this to two 8GB sticks in the future, but the first batch of consoles is limited to single-channel memory

Valve confirmed to Gamers Nexus that the first batch of Steam Machines will only have one 16GB RAM stick. This would have a negative effect on the console's performance, but the company likely did this to keep its price as low as possible, or because it's the only available option…

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Qualcomm reveals HBC near-memory AI architecture, AI250 and AI350 accelerators — touts 6x higher bandwidth-per-watt compared to HBM, 200x capacity compared to on-chip SRAM

Qualcomm unveils HBC near-memory AI architecture, claims it has broken the memory wall.

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Broadcom and OpenAI unveil custom-built Jalapeño inference processor — OpenAI's first chip is a massive reticle-sized ASIC built in an ultra-fast nine-month development cycle

Broadcom and OpenAI reveal their Jalapeño custom-built inference ASIC that allegedly beats existing leading-edge in terms of performance-per-watt.

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TSMC is reportedly hiking prices for 'all advanced nodes,' accounting for 74% of the company’s wafer business — Nvidia, AMD, Apple, Qualcomm, and others will face higher wafer costs

TSMC has reportedly told customers to prepare for 5% to 10% price hikes across advanced chip nodes, extending beyond 3nm to include 7nm and some legacy processes.

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SK hynix files to raise up to $29 billion in historic Nasdaq listing — all proceeds going to advanced AI memory fabs and EUV tool orders

SK hynix filed a securities registration statement on Wednesday to raise up to 45.45 trillion won through an American depositary receipt listing on Nasdaq.

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AI data center boom hits a human bottleneck — critical skilled labor shortages could slow deployment despite billions in funding

Data center construction is facing many challenges, and among them is a shortage of skilled hands to assemble the things.

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Valve Steam Machine price hike similar to Steam Deck's 45% increase, company confirms — was probably priced competitively against the PS5 Pro before the RAMpocalypse

Valve engineers hinted that the nearly 45% price increase on the Steam Deck applied to the Steam Machine as well. This brings the estimated original price to under $750 for the base console.

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China black market Nvidia prices rocket in wake of smuggling crackdown and customs freeze — five-year-old A100 servers triple in price, now fetching up to $82,000

Chinese companies are paying as much as $82,000 for servers built around Nvidia's five-year-old A100 accelerator

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Meta pauses mandatory AI training program that tracked employee keystrokes after internal data leak exposed sensitive staff information company-wide — employees express frustration over poor handling of data

Meta has paused an internal AI training program after employee conversations, keystrokes, transcripts, and performance-related data were reportedly exposed across the company.

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Nvidia announces liquid cooling system that runs ‘hotter than a hot tub’ — promises to reduce electricity consumption and cut water use by up to 100%, but sustainability challenges remain

This system raises the base coolant temperature to 113 degrees F (45 degrees C) to save on electricity costs and reduce water consumption to basically zero.

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China's LineShine supercomputer dethrones US' El Capitan, secures first place in Top 500 list — first machine in the rankings to sustain more than 2 ExaFLOPS of double-precision performance using only CPUs

China's LineShine supercomputer is now officially the world's fastest FP64 machine, but its mixed-precision results are behind those of El Capitan, Frontier, and Aurora.

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California drivers accuse gas station operators of using AI to boost pump prices — lawsuit seeks damages for antitrust violations

Californians pay the highest gas prices in the U.S. and a proposed class action says that the issue has been exacerbated by an AI-tool that smartly squeezes customers for the best profits.

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Oracle lays off 21,000 employees in just 12 months due to AI adoption and costly AI infrastructure ambitions — says layoffs will continue as internal AI deployment grows

Oracle cut 21,000 jobs in fiscal year 2026 as AI automation and AI cloud expansions reshape its workforce and spending strategy.

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Valve working on SteamOS for general release — company collaborating with Nvidia to ensure compatibility, hints at dual-boot capabilities in the future

Valve engineer Pierre-Loup Griffais says that the company is working on expanding SteamOS compatibility with Nvidia and other hardware platforms. This should make it easier for users to install the gaming operating system on non-Valve hardware, although it still requires a complete system wipe to replace the existing OS.

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SK hynix passes Samsung as South Korea's most valuable company — memory company surpasses valuation milestone on the back of HBM

SK hynix overtook Samsung Electronics on Monday to become South Korea’s most valuable listed company.

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LG's large OLED panels get world's first Intertek certification for "perfect" color and brightness — displays apparently look good under bright ambient light

LG's large OLED panels get Intertek certification for "perfect" color and brightness, showing a clear picture even with extreme ambient light.

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Arm servers capture over 45% of data center market revenue — GPU clusters and high-end AI infrastructure fuel a tectonic shift away from x86

Arm-based servers accounted for nearly half of server revenue in Q1 2026, challenging x86. But in the coming years, they might catch up unit wise as well.

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Anthropic’s powerful Mythos AI reportedly breached ‘almost all’ NSA classified systems within a few hours during red-team test — report sheds more light on the U.S. government's sudden ban on the flagship models

Anthropic’s Mythos AI reportedly breached nearly all NSA classified systems during a controlled red-team test, according to a quote cited by The Economist. The report adds context to the U.S. government’s sudden restriction on Anthropic’s latest models.

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