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Microsoft key resale fight heads to court in the UK — case potentially puts cheap Windows keys at risk

The legality of second-hand Microsoft Windows and Office licenses is back under the microscope as the company’s battle with a UK-based reseller returns to court this week.

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3D Pinball bug allowed the game to run at 5,000 FPS in Windows NT when faster CPUs arrived— former Microsoft programmer didn't add a rev limiter when porting game from Windows 95 to NT

Dave Plummer, the Microsoft programmer who ported Pinball from Windows 95 to NT, didn't add a frame limiter to the game, which made it go into overdrive on more modern systems.

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Apple debuts A19 and A19 Pro processors for iPhone 17, iPhone Air, and iPhone 17 Pro

Apple introduced its A19 and A19 Pro processors to power its new line of iPhones, including the iPhone 17, iPhone Air, iPhone 17 Pro, and iPhone 17 Pro Max.

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Atari Gamestation Go handheld goes up for pre-order — retro deck boasts 200+ classic games and unique physical controls

Atari has put up its Gamestation Go retro handheld up for pre-order, priced at $179 and with shipping scheduled to begin next month.

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JavaScript packages with billions of downloads were injected with malicious code in world's largest supply chain hack, geared to steal crypto — a phishing email is all it took to undermine npm packages

JavaScript packages with billions of downloads were compromised by an unknown threat actor looking to steal cryptocurrency.

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Star Wars Outlaws developer explains that Nintendo Switch 2 game cards are too slow for a physical game release — Snowdrop game engine uses disk data streaming to render the game world

Ubisoft wasn’t being ‘cheap’ by opting to deliver Star Wars Outlaws for Nintendo Switch 2 via Game-Key Card, according to a developer who worked on the title.

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Red Sea undersea cable cuts that slowed internet over the weekend blamed on commercial shipping — sabotage seems unlikely, but repairs could take weeks

A few days after signs of cable disruptions surfaced in the Red Sea, experts are pointing to a more prosaic explanation than initial fears of targeted sabotage.

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Dell reportedly cutting staff from China operations — affected employees have until October 10 to apply for internal transfer

Dell's latest layoff impacts its EMC storage division and Client Solution Group and comes roughly a year after it let go of 12,000 employees.

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World's first laser communication link between a plane and satellite ran at 1 Gbps — 10-watt laser which has a 3,417 mile range and 2.5 Gbps max data rate

General Atomics and Kepler Communications have demonstrated plane to satellite optical communications for the first time, transmitting data at up to 1 Gbps while maintaining a steady connection, despite both transmitter and receiver being in constant motion.

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Intel ousts CEO of Products as part of the latest executive shake-up, ending 30-year career — company also establishes new custom chip design unit

Intel has ousted its CEO of Products, Michelle Johnston Holthaus, a 30-year veteran of the company, as part of a shakeup of executive structure. CEO, Lip-Bu Tan wants more people answering directly to him as he looks to steer the ship back towards profitability and relevance.

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Alterego demoes ‘world’s first near-telepathic wearable' that enables 'typing at the speed of thought' other abilities — device said to enable silent communication with others, control devices hands-free, and restore speech for impaired

Watch a demonstration of what is claimed to be 'the world’s first near-telepathic wearable that enables people to communicate silently, seamlessly, and at the speed of thought'

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AMD expands FSR 4 with drop-in support for 85 games with latest Radeon driver update - but you still need an RDNA 4 GPU

Support for FSR 4 officially expands to a total of 85 games

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ASML makes $1.5 billion investment in Mistral AI — ASML becomes the largest shareholder for the French AI start-up

ASML has invested €1.3 billion in s Mistral AI allegedly in a strategic move to deepen its use of AI across lithography and chipmaking software.

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Pro Counter-Strike 2 gamer says game runs like 'a**' on anything other than AMD's Ryzen 9800X3D — custom demo of the game runs at under 200 FPS even on on AMD's best gaming CPUs

A renowned CS2 esports player claims the game only runs well on AMD's Ryzen 7 9800X3D.

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Nintendo secures $2 million settlement against Switch modder — Modded Hardware creator agreed to stop selling backup devices, but continued to, prompting lawsuit

Permanent injunction bans modder Ryan Daly from selling or possessing devices that defeat Switch protection mechanisms.

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Early Windows 11 25H2 benchmarks confirm the update provides no performance improvements over 24H2

Phoronix tests Windows 11 25H2 against 24H2, Ubuntu 25.10, and Ubuntu 24.0.3 LTS. But testing shows that 25H2 has no additional optimizations under the hood, matching 24H2 in performance.

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AI adoption rate is declining among large companies — US Census Bureau claims fewer businesses are using AI tools

Despite continuing hype around AI, and companies scrambling to keep up with manufacturing, a recent survey says that large companies have started to use AI less. The latest U.S. Census Bureau BTOS reveals that AI use among firms with more than 250 employees has a declined since June.

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Sapphire launches a pair of AMD B850 motherboards for Ryzen CPUs — white offerings for budget builds

Sapphire expands its motherboard lineup with the Pure B850A WiFi and Pure B850M WiFi motherboards.

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‘USB 5.0’ connection touted on new slim eGPU with RX 7600M XT — Compact OneXGPU Lite unveiled, likely using USB4 v2

Appearance of the OneXGPU Lite with 'USB 5.0' surprises at the One-Netbook Fall Launch 2025 Event

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Intel CFO confirms that 14A will be more expensive than 18A due to High-NA EUV tool — Intel expects 14A process to offer 15-20% better performance-per-watt or 25-35% lower power consumption than 18A

Intel's 14A process, designed for both internal and foundry use, will be significantly more expensive than 18A due to its reliance on ASML's $380 million High-NA EUV tools.

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U.S. government considers annual permits for Samsung and SK hynix to supply equipment to their Chinese fabs

The U.S. plans to replace Samsung and SK hynix's indefinite export permissions for chipmaking tools with annual site-specific licenses, a move that adds regulatory complexity but avoids disrupting memory fab operations in China and the global DRAM and NAND supply chain.

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Apple MacBooks have a sensor that measures the angle of the screen —Engineer taps into hidden ‘LidAngleSensor’ API to create a creaky door simulator

An engineer has tapped into Apple’s LidAngleSensor MacBook API, adding a creaky door sound effect to his lid angle measurement app.

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The Decisioninator ‘saved my marriage,’ says software engineer — device automates restaurant, chore, date night, and movie night choices

The Decisioninator was designed and produced to 'optimize and automate' navigating the minefield with a gate signposted 'What do you want for dinner tonight?'

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Upgraded Nvidia RTX 5090 gets 128GB VRAM and $13,000 price tag — 'super limited' GPU is described as a 'prototype'

A factory in China has modded an RTX 5090 to sport an insane 128 GB of VRAM, quadruple the amount found in a regular 5090. They've achived so by using a custom PCB and prototype GDDR7 memory that currently no one makes. The card reportedly costs around 13,000 with expectedly…

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Best of IFA 2025: New laptops, monitors, gaming handhelds, and more

The most innovative and interesting products that debuted at Berlin's big tech show.

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