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AMD rockets past 35% market share in desktop PC market as Intel's share loss accelerates — AMD also hits 25% in laptops and nears 30% in crucial server market

As AMD gains market share in desktops, laptops, and servers, its overall x86 share hits all time high at 29.2%.

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Anthropic promises to pay for electricity price increases due to it's AI data centers — firm to pay 100% of its grid infrastructure costs, produce new power sources as sector predicted to hit 50 GW in coming years

The company says that it will pay for the infrastructure upgrades needed for its power demand and that it will also find new sources to keep electricity prices down for the average consumer.

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Linux Mint team considers longer gaps between releases in attempt to accelerate development efforts — current six-month cycle means ‘we spend more time testing, fixing, and releasing than developing’

Linux Mint developers want to break from their self-imposed six-monthly cycle to build more ambitious updates.

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Memory hoarding and skyrocketing prices hit entry-level electronics demand, foundry orders — China's top chipmaker points to supply chain pressures squeezing out consumers

Rising DRAM and NAND prices driven by AI megatrend and amplified by memory overbooking are hitting sales of inexpensive consumer electronics and smartphones, which affects orders of entry-level processors to foundries, according to SMIC.

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Unofficial 7-zip.com website served up malware-laden downloads for over a week — infected PCs forced into a proxy botnet

Always get your wares from reputable sources.

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Enthusiast fries 14TB HDD due to SATA power slipup — bemoans lack of SATA power safety and modular PSU cable standardization

A PC DIYer fried their 14TB HDD after a modular power cable mix up.

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U.S. lawmakers demand sales ban on chipmaking tools to China — bipartisan group targets ASML's Dutch exports of lithography machines used to create advanced chips

Bipartisan group of lawmakers want the U.S. government to impose export controls on all wafer fab equipment bound to China except those that can be made locally and make allies do the following.

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Steam Deck availability goes up in smoke — suddenly goes out of stock in US, Asia stores

Speculation has risen about component shortages.

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Microsoft confirms Windows 11 26H1 will be for Arm devices only at launch — Snapdragon X2-powered devices officially shipping with 26H1

Microsoft has released an all-new version of Windows 11, 26H1, that is designed only to support the Snapdragon X2 and unnamed future bleeding-edge hardware. 26H1 will be device-specific, and PCs running Windows 11 25H2 can't upgrade to it.

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Intel Nova Lake die sizes leak, signaling higher cost — smaller compute tile still demands higher price on TSMC N2

The compute tile of Intel's Nova Lake CPU will be slightly smaller than compute tile of Arrow Lake CPU, but will likely be more expensive to make at TSMC.

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MSI Afterburner adds 16-pin power connector warning for its MPG AI PSUs — new update could save your expensive GPU from melting

The incendiary woes of the 16-pin power connector keep birthing new ways to prevent the inevitable. MSI's latest attempt is to sync its power supplies' active monitoring system with MSI Afterburner to deploy emergency power profiles on the go. If the PSU detects a faulty connection, it instantly triggers a…

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Adding AI to sinus surgery system saw malfunctions rocket from eight to 100 incidents, according to new investigation — skull-puncturing errors are the stuff of nightmares

The introduction of AI to the operating theater doesn’t always work out as optimists, or the FDA, might expect.

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China's top chipmaker warns that rushed AI data center capacity could remain idle — SMIC chief says utilizing ballooning capacity 'has not been fully thought through'

Co-CEO of SMIC warns that massive data centers that are currently being built in the U.S. and other regions could end up sitting idle if some AI projects do not take off.

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Sony will ship its final Blu-ray recorders this month — exit from Japanese market the end of an era for the segment

Another rampart of the consumer optical media market has crumbled away with Sony closing down its Blu-ray disk recorder business.

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RTX 5090 kicks off the Chinese New Year early with fireworks — $3,299 dream GPU upgrade becomes a fiery nightmare

A Bilibili user sees their new MSI GeForce RTX 5090 32G Gaming Trio OC graphics card catch fire.

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Microsoft turns to superconductors for distributing power to its AI data centers — zero-resistance cables could reduce power losses and produce zero heat

Microsoft wants to use superconducting cables to transport electricity with zero losses, allowing it to save space and build more data centers without putting more strain on the grid.

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A monitor light bar is the most underrated upgrade you can make to your setup — but not all of them are born equal, so here’s how to choose one that fits you

The best upgrade that I’ve made to my setup in recent years is the addition of a monitor light bar, but there’s a lot to consider before you purchase one.

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South Korean exchange's $40B Bitcoin mistake casts pall over country's fledgling crypto legislation — staffer fat-fingered 620,000 BTC instead of Korean Won

A South Korean crypto exchange mistakenly issued 15 times its holdings in Bitcoin during an ill-fated promotional effort, drawing the ire of regulators during a sensitive period for crypto legalization in the country.

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AMD's future 'Medusa Halo' APUs could use LPDDR6 RAM — new leak suggests Ryzen AI MAX 500 series could have 80% more memory bandwidth

Sometime in 2027 to 2028, AMD could release Medusa Halo, its next-gen entry in the high-performance Halo APU lineup. It's said to feature Zen 6 CPU cores and RDNA 5 graphics. A new leak suggests it could also support LPDDR6 memory, enabling bandwidths up to 460.8 GB/s on a 256-bit…

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Ayaneo Next 2 Windows handheld goes official with Ryzen AI Max+ 395 — also features massive 116 Whr battery, and a starting price of $1,799

Ayaneo’s latest flagship handheld pairs AMD’s most powerful mobile APU with an oversized battery, a high-refresh OLED display, and multiple high-end configurations aimed at enthusiasts.

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White House mulling tariff exemptions for Big Tech — Amazon, Google, Microsoft, other AI hyperscalers to be spared worst of import duties with U.S.-Taiwan deal

The White House is considering a tariff carve-out for big AI tech companies, like Amazon, Google, and Microsoft, allowing them to purchase imported AI chips from TSMC without getting slapped with an import tax.

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Intel's top-end Nova Lake desktop CPU said to devour up to 700W in PL4 — claimed power draw close to double Arrow Lake

Fresh leaks reveal that Nova Lake might have a maximum power limit of 700W on the top-end, unlocked silicon with dual compute tiles. Moreover, Nova Lake is apparently blocking TJMax offsets and removing the ability to prevent thermal throttling. Lastly, the family can apparently boot without the P-cores entirely, relying…

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Microsoft is refreshing Secure Boot certificates to plug security holes before they happen — if you bought a PC last year, you should be set

Microsoft is refreshing Secure Boot certificates for Windows PCs. If you bought one in the past year, you should be set, but others should be sure to keep up with Windows 11 updates.

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Harvard researchers develop novel 3D printing method for soft robotics — rotational multi-material method creates muscle-like structures that can be programmed to twist, lift, or bend

Harvard researchers have developed a rotational 3D printing technique that can create malleable structures with built-in motion logic in a single, seamless step that could have a huge impact on the field of soft robotics.

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TSMC's board approves $45 billion spending package on new fabs — record sign off signals aggressive expansion to grow capacity

TSMC's board of directors approves spending on new production capacities and promotes a key executive leading the development of A10 fabrication process due in 2030 or later.

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