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China tells chipmakers to use homegrown chipmaking tools for 50% of new capacity — decree designed to squeeze foreign suppliers out of supply chain

China has quietly mandated that at least 50% of equipment used for new semiconductor capacity be domestically sourced. However, as China's industry cannot produce enough lithography tools, authorities tend to get flexible and allow foreign alternatives in.

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GOG acquired by co-founder, reiterates philosophy of ‘freedom, independence, and genuine control’ — CD Projekt sells platform to focus on creating games

CD Projekt sells 100% of GOG to co-founder Michał Kiciński, allowing the company to focus on new games and upcoming titles under its existing franchises.

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Recovered Unix v4 tape quickly yields a usable operating system — nostalgia addicts can now boot up Unix v4 in a browser window

Nostalgia addicts can now get their Unix v4 fix in a browser

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ShaderBeam provides CRT-like motion clarity on high refresh rate LCD and OLED monitors — open-source project offers BFI emulation in any game

Blur Busters has released an overlay that enables its CRT motion clarity emulator to run in Windows and PC games. Gamers can now enjoy the motion-blur-reduction effects of CRT emulation in PC titles.

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Builder customizes 3D-printed PC case with worthwhile upgrades — premium 3D printing template with magnetically attached panels boasts ease of use, customizability, and design flair

A maker has shared their take on the Makeyo MK01 3D printed PC case, implementing several worthwhile mods.

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D7VK reaches version 1.1 and adds new frontend and experimental Direct3D 6 support — Direct3D 7-to-Vulkan translation layer runs old games with native performance

D7VK has added experimental Direct3D 6 support, opening up near-native performance for older PC games without emulation.

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Asus teaser video outs upcoming 'Neo' motherboards for AM5 — updates could include new AIO connector, M.2 upgrades, and NitroPath DRAM for ultra-fast DDR5

Asus teases forthcoming Neo AM5 motherboards supporting AMD's Ryzen processors, to be officially announced at CES 2026.

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Cinebench 2026 out and ready to hammer CPUs and graphics cards six times as hard — updated benchmark includes an SMT core test

Cinebench 2026 out and ready to hammer CPUs and graphics cards six times as hard

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Lisuan's G100 series has reportedly begun shipping out to customers in first batch of deliveries — China's first homegrown 6nm GPUs are no longer a show-floor exclusive

China's first 6nm-class discrete GPUs, the G100 series from Lisuan, has apparently started to ship out to customers, months after their initial announcement. These GPUs, if as performant as claimed, hold the potential to fuel China's self-reliance ambitions in producing homegrown alternatives to Nvidia and AMD.

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TSMC begins quietly volume production of 2nm-class chips — first GAA transistor for TSMC claims up to 15% improvement at ISO power

TSMC has quietly begun volume production of its 2nm-class N2 process in Q4 2025 as planned, marking the company’s first GAA nanosheet node that will be ramping production at two new fabs to meet strong demand from various customers.

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Rainbow Six Siege X servers are back online after a hack completely shut down the game — Ubisoft rolling back free ultra-rare skins and billions of credits

Rainbow Six Siege has recovered from yesterday's attack, with servers now fully operational once again. The only issues players will experience re-entering the game are a possible wait queue.

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Nvidia gives Intel a lifeline with $5 billion common stock deal — September deal gets FTC approval for more than 217.4 million Intel shares at $23.28 per share

Intel has officially sold over 217 million of its common stock to Nvidia in a historic equity investment worth $5 billion. The stake was originally announced in September, after the U.S. government had invested its own $8.9 billion into Intel. Following FTC approvals in early December, the sale has now…

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Former Samsung engineer accused of giving 10nm DRAM data to China's CXMT, handwritten notes detailed over 600 process steps — gas flow ratios, photoresist settings and more critical stages detailed

A former Samsung Engineer accused of offering the secrets behind the company's 10nm DRAM data to China's ChangXin Memory Technologies has been accused of making hundreds of handwritten notes on detailed process steps.

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Micro Center lists 8TB WD_Black SSD at $2,419 MSRP, real price tag up 50% since October — pricing surges on high-capacity SSDs in response to AI demand

A mismarked 8TB SSD at Micro Center is sounding the alarm on surging SSD prices in response to demand from AI data centers.

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IDC warns PC market could shrink up to 9% in 2026 due to skyrocketing RAM pricing — even moderate forecast hits 5% drop as AI-driven shortages slam into PC market

An IDC report revises earlier guidance, warning of a shrink in the PC market that could approach 9%.

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Thermaltake's new AIO cooler requires paid OpenAI subscription to generate custom backgrounds for $0.04 per prompt — "AI Forge" feature taps into OpenAI's platform and JiMeng

AI has run havoc through the entire industry and as we suffer the drying inventories of RAM and storage, we might as well see what it's all going to, right? Well, some of it is being used to generate custom backgrounds for Thermaltake's "AI Forge" feature present on its latest…

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Fujifilm to begin shipping 40TB Ultrium tape cartridges in January 2026 — updated LTO Ultrium 10 archival storage can hold 100TB of compressed data in 0.8-inch thick cartridge

Fujifilm has confirmed that its new LTO Ultrium 10 data cartridges with 40TB native capacity will begin shipping in January 2026.

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FBI issues wanted notice for alleged North Korean remote IT workers accused of $900,000 crypto theft — $5 million reward up for grabs for information on DPRK-linked suspects

The FBI has published a public wanted notice naming four individuals accused of operating as fraudulent remote IT workers on behalf of North Korea.

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Motorized aim assist system uses a moving mousepad for laser-accurate headshots — a cannibalized GRBL drawing system and computer vision software deliver perfect shots

Boost your targeting skills with a mechanized mousepad-driven aim assist system

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Louis Gerstner, the man who saved IBM, dies at 83 — industry mourns the passing of transformative CEO

Louis Gerstner, who took over IBM in 1993 as it stood on the brink of breakup and bankruptcy, died at 83, leaving behind a legacy defined by preserving IBM as an integrated company and changing its direction nearly entirely.

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Anycubic promises its Kobra X high-speed multi-filament printer can print over twice as fast and with half the material for $259 — redesigned head keeps the cutter close to the nozzle

Anycubic's upcoming Kobra X 3D printer boasts impressive capabilities, and you can lock in an early adopter price right now.

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110-pound cast-iron Victorian radiator modded into a gaming PC — massive radiator used for cooling the bottom-mounted PC components

Billet Labs have teased a new gaming PC build where a 110 pound cast iron radiator is (almost entirely) the PC.

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TSMC chipmaking factories rocked by magnitude 7.0 earthquake that was the strongest in 27 years, but facilities escaped unharmed — company's earthquake protection measures pay off

Yesterday, the ground shook off the coast of Taiwan, slamming the country with the strongest earthquake in 27 years. The seismic wave registered 7.0 in Taiwan's scales, or 6.6 to 6.7 according to the USGS standard. Thankfully, according to reports, TSMC's factories are all intact, saving the world from yet…

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World’s smallest autonomous robots are 'smaller than a grain of salt,' cost one penny apiece — researchers expect new micron-scale fully-programmable robots to be used in medicine, microscale manufacturing, and other areas

Fully programmable, autonomous robots 'smaller than a grain of salt' have been developed by research teams from the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Michigan.

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Cyberpunk 2077 transformed into a stunning VHS visual experience using new ReShade preset — so 1980s real you start watching for mullets, another enthusiast benchmarks preset's visuals using an actual VHS recording

A retro 'VHS tape' ReShade present targeting Cyberpunk 2077 is earning glowing plaudits on social media.

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