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DIY Amiga sound sampler circuit mystery solved 32 years later — Magazine instructions had key component spec typos

A three-decade old 'Amiga mystery' has been solved by an intrepid electronics-focused TechTuber.

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500 disposable vapes recycled into a powerwall to power a house and workshop — enough juice for up to eight hours of home usage or three days of work

By salvaging rechargeable batteries from thousands of used disposable vapes, UK-based YouTuber Chris Doel built a 50V power system that can run his workshop and home.

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This week in 1982, Compaq announced the first true IBM PC clone — it was portable, too, as long as you were comfortable lugging 28 pounds

Compaq took the wraps off its first product in November 1982, revealing the computing world's first true IBM PC clone, and an all-in-one portable model at that. It would take a year for IBM to respond.

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Japanese PC shops limit SSD, HDD, and RAM purchases to prevent hoarding as storage and memory shortage takes hold — buying a full PC unlocks higher purchase limits

The impact of the massive AI demand for storage and memory is now hitting retail stores in Japan.

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OpenAI asks U.S. to expand CHIPS Act tax credit to cover AI infrastructure despite firm's denial wanting a government 'backstop' for its massive loans

OpenAI has asked the Trump administration to expand a major CHIPS Act tax credit to support the build-out of AI infrastructure, including servers, data centers, and power systems.

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Chipmaking industry pushes back on U.S. Patent Office considering imposing annual fee based on assessed value — “tax on innovation” draws strong opposition from Semiconductor Industry Association

A proposal to change the USPTO's fee structure from fixed rates to a percentage basis is facing resistance from the semiconductor industry.

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New DirectX7 emulation tool brings more games to Steam Deck, SteamOS, and other Linux distros through Vulkan, with caveats

An independent developer has taken on the job of creating a spin-off version of DXVK that works with DirectX 7 games, bringing DX7 to Linux through emulation with Vulkan.

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Investigators recover black boxes from UPS plane crash, detail data recovery process — NTSB successfully extracts cockpit audio from charred remains

The NTSB has successfully recovered the cockpit audio from the ill-fated UPS 2967.

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SanDisk reportedly jacks up flash prices by 50% as memory makers cash in on AI-fueled demand

As AI datacenters scoop up limited wafer supply, both DRAM and flash prices skyrocket.

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Samsung teases radical new modular SSD design with swappable NAND and SSD controller that can be detached independently — tiny 4TB PCIe 5.0 M.2 drive is also ready

Samsung teases the AM9C1 E1.A Detachable AutoSSD and PM9E1 M.2 22x42 SSDs that will be revealed at CES 2026.

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CPU collector peels the lid off a Soviet-era ‘fish can’ chip to peer inside with multiple microscopes — K565RU3 was a Cold War-era clone of Western chips that powered Apple II, Commodore PET, and original IBM PC

A fascinating Soviet-era retro electronics artifact has been dissected and micrographed by a CPU collector.

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AMD warns the Intel and Nvidia partnership is a risk to its business — quarterly report outlines risk from 'increased competition and pricing pressure'

AMD lists the Nvidia's $5 billion investment in Intel as a specific risk in its quarterly report.

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Radical gamer repurposes $1,700 ROG Astral RTX 5080 into a working DIY skateboard — rides graphics card down the street while walking dog

A user on the PC Master Race subreddit has turned a ROG Astral RTX 5080, one of the most expensive variants out there, into a real skateboard. The video shows the RTX 5080's cooler being used as a deck, with the user ripping through the streets, accompanied by their dog.

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Nvidia's RTX 5000 Super could be cancelled or get pricier due to AI-induced GDDR7 woes — rumor claims 3 GB memory chips are now too valuable for consumer GPUs

Nvidia RTX 5000 Super series might be canceled due to AI-induced GDDR7 shortage, as rumors suggest that 3GB GDDR7 chips will be hard to come by.

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China suspends rare-earth export control measures, easing key flashpoint in US-China trade war — one-year reprieve allows for trade talks with the U.S. to continue

Beijing is suspending the implementation of its tight export controls on rare-earth materials for a year.

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Elon Musk says building his own 'TeraFab' chip fab may be the only answer to Tesla's colossal AI semiconductor demand — Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang warns against 'extremely hard' challenge

Elon Musk said Tesla may need to build its own massive “TeraFab” chip plant to secure enough AI processors, a move that would make Tesla one of the world’s largest chipmakers, but experts like Nvidia’s Jensen Huang warn that creating a modern semiconductor process and fab is vastly more complex…

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Sam Altman backs away from OpenAI's statements about possible U.S. gov't AI industry bailouts — company continues to lobby for financial support from the industry

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman clarified on Thursday that the company does not "have or want government guarantees" for its data centers.

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Dutch government allegedly folds to supply chain pressure, will relinquish control of Nexperia in China spat — reports say deal contingent upon China allowing firm to resume chip exports

The Dutch government is ready to relinquish its control over Nexperia if Beijing allows its China factory to resume exports.

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Jensen Huang confirms there are no plans to ship Blackwell GPUs to China right now, chipmaker at Beijing's mercy — Nvidia CEO says shipments haven't been approved by Chinese authorities

After President Trump and U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent reiterated that Nvidia will be barred from selling its most advanced chips to China, Jensen Huang has now confirmed that there are currently no active discussions on the matter. In fact, Nvidia also requires authorization from China itself before it can…

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The world is overly reliant on one US-located mine for critical chipmaking material, but China is working to break the stranglehold — China investing over $14 million in synthetic quartz manufacturing to diversify away from US dependency

High-purity quartz is crucial for semiconductor manufacturing, and you can only get it naturally from the mine in North Carolina.

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Substrate's claims about revolutionary ASML-beating chipmaking technology scrutinized, analyst likens the venture to a fraud — report pokes holes in the startup's technology, messaging, and leaders

Analyst likens Substrate's tech, messaging, and leadership to a fraud.

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Asus to include sag detection for monstrous new ROG Matrix RTX 5090 GPU — Level Sense can warn users of a mere 0.10 degree shift

Asus' new ROG Matrix RTX 5090 GPU is so big that it will ship with Level Sense technology at launch. The feature can detect a shift of just 0.10 degrees to help prevent GPU sag.

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Defying anti-cheat, creator gets Battlefield 6 running on 12-year-old AMD FX-9590 CPU, playable at 40+ FPS in 786p with an RX 5700 GPU — experiment reveals only SecureBoot, not TPM, is necessary for Javelin anti-cheat

AMD's Bulldozer-era FX-9590 CPU from 2013 managed to run Battlefield 6 at over 30 FPS at 1080p resolution, boosting to 40+ FPS at lower resolutions on smaller maps. FX-9590, despite being more than a decade old, does support SecureBoot, which was enough for BF6 launch, confirming TPM is not neccesary.

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Storied Windows dev reminisces about Microsoft's first hardware product 45 years ago — the Z-80 SoftCard was an Apple II add-in card

Raymond Chen has shared some insight into the development of Microsoft’s first hardware product, the Z-80 SoftCard, from 1980.

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