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Intel fined $3 million by India’s antitrust regulator over discriminatory CPU warranty policy — says Intel abused its dominant position in the boxed processor market.

Following a complaint filed in 2016, the Competition Commission of India concluded that Intel’s India-only warranty rules were discriminatory compared to policies in other countries.

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Ponzi schemer behind $201 million Bitcoin scam sentenced to 20 years in federal prison — promised 3% daily returns on Bitcoin investments, left investors reeling

BTC Ponzi scheme yields 20 years in prison for mastermind

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7x increase in memory costs fueling price increases in ISP-provided routers, gateways, and set-top boxes — home fiber rollouts may slow, and installations could become more expensive

7x DRAM price jump affecting ISP routers, gateways, and STBs

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First PCIe 6.0 SSD enters mass production with 28GB/s speeds, 5.5 million IOPS, and liquid cooling — Micron 9650 Series SSDs support air and liquid cooling

Micron is the first SSD maker to introduce the world's first mass-produced PCIe 6.0 datacenter SSD. The Micron 9650 series is capable of speeds of up to 28 GB/s.

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In a blind test, audiophiles couldn't tell the difference between audio signals sent through copper wire, a banana, or wet mud — 'The mud should sound perfectly awful, but it doesn't,' notes the experiment creator

An experiment revealed that people cannot differentiate between audio signals sent through premium audio cables, wet mud, and a banana.

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iFixIt calls BMW’s new anti-consumer security screws 'a logo-shaped middle finger to right to repair,' Adafruit 3D prints a solution — BMW's connector reverse engineered using patent filing as a design blueprint

Automaker BMW has filed a patent for a new fastener which takes design cues from the its iconic segmented roundel logo. but it has been accused of creating this design for service and repair gatekeeping.

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ENIAC, the world’s first general-purpose digital computer, turns 80 years old today — legendary hulking machine was 1,000x faster than its nearest rival

The Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer (ENIAC) was unveiled to the public today in 1946.

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U.S., Taiwan ink trade deal after months of talks — agreement cuts tariffs on Taiwanese goods to 15% in exchange for direct investments on U.S. tech sector, semiconductors still excluded

The U.S. and Taiwan finally signed a trade deal that saw the island get a lower 15% tariff on its goods compared to the previous 20%. In exchange for this, Taiwanese companies will invest $250 billion in the American tech industry, while Taipei will guarantee an additional $250 in loans,…

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Steam to add hardware specs to reviews — optional feature could help you dodge poorly optimized games

Steam revealed in its Client Beta patch notes that it will let users show the specifications of their hardware when leaving reviews. This should help other players considering a title see if the feedback was affected by the reviewer's hardware, although Valve says that this feature remains optional.

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Framework's latest update brings more bad news about memory and storage pricing crisis — RAM costs increased to $12 to $16 per GB, recommends purchasing some models elsewhere for Framework Laptop DIY Edition customers

Framework said that it's releasing a monthly update to monitor the memory chip situation and also announced that it will try to keep its RAM pricing as close as possible to the weighted average of its costs.

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Twitch streamer uses electrodes to manipulate balance using electricity — can be used to control a real-life human being with an Xbox controller or joystick, simulate racing game G-force

Perri Karyal shared her device used for GVS, which alters her balance and simulates G-forces, especially in racing games.

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OpenAI launches GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark on Cerebras chips — marks AI giants first production deployment away from Nvidia

OpenAI on Thursday released GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark, its first AI model served on chips from Cerebras Systems, marking the ChatGPT maker’s first production deployment on non-Nvidia silicon.

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Tachyum forced to shutter R&D office due to unpaid rent, wages, and taxes — firm still claims forthcoming Prodigy chip will have a 21x performance leap on Nvidia Rubin Ultra

Tachyum forced to vacate R&D office due to unpaid rent, wages, and taxes

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Applied Materials to pay $252 million penalty for selling chipmaking tools to banned Chinese firm — settles over alleged 56 tool exports to chipmaker SMIC following Entity List designation

Applied Materials must pay a $252 million civil penalty to settle allegations that it illegally exported semiconductor manufacturing equipment to SMIC subsidiaries.

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Nvidia DGX Spark update cuts idle power by 32% or more — hot-plug detection on ConnectX NIC makes for a more efficient AI workstation

The latest software update for Nvidia's DGX Spark reduces idle power by 32% or more, thanks to better power management on its 200 Gbps ConnectX NIC.

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Corsair fights back against RAM scammers and thieves with packaging shift — ditches iconic yellow boxes for transparent plastic and anti-tampering labels

Corsair has informed its customers that it is revamping the packaging for its Vengeance DDR5 memory kits to enhance security and transparency.

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Samsung's brand-new QD-OLED tech can double the panel's lifespan — durable 'Penta Tandem' displays can reach up to 1,300 nits of peak brightness

The latest and greatest QD-OLED panels from Samsung are now "Penta Tandem," signaling the move to a five-layer OLED stack from the previous 4-layer one. Three panel classes — 4K 27" (2025), 31.5" 4K (2026), and 34" ultrawide (2026) — are already using this tech, while the 49" is next…

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MyMiniFactory acquires Thingiverse to save 3D printing file sharing from AI — Thingverse has eight million users and 2.5 million 'things'

MyMiniFactory has announced the surprise acquisition of the world’s oldest and largest 3D printing file sharing site, Thingiverse.

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Epic Games brings Secure Boot and TPM to competitive Fortnite — most players unaffected by new measures

Epic Games has announced new security measures for Fortnite, but the elevated requirements only apply to tournament play — for now.

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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

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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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