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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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TSMC increases Arizona internships to feed its Phoenix fabs — CHIPS-fueled supply chain begins to take shape

TSMC has more than doubled its Arizona internship program, pulling in over 200 students from around 60 colleges this summer as it races to staff its advanced-node fabs outside Phoenix.

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Used RTX 4090 from eBay shows up with no GPU chip or video memory — stripped Asus TUF RTX 4090 points to increasing number of scams in the used GPU market

Someone bought an Asus TUF RTX 4090 from eBay, and it wouldn't post. It is easy to see the problem with the cooler removed.

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Malware found hidden in image files, can dodge antivirus detection entirely — VirusTotal discovers undetected SVG phishing campaign

A new report from VirusTotal shows that more than 44 compromised SVG files went completely undetected by antivirus systems.

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AMD lists mystery Radeon 9060 XL model in ROCm documents, but it is more likely to be a typo than a new SKU

AMD's ROCm 6.4.2 software stack lists a non-existent Radeon RX 9060 XL GPU, likely a typo confusing internal 'Navi 44 XL' die naming with official product branding. But who knows?

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Tokyo’s Tech shopper paradise Akihabara Electric Town was just a 'Town' on Friday, due to the first power outage in 30 years – all the RGBs went out

Tokyo’s renowned electronics shopping district was plunged into darkness on Friday due to a very rare power outage.

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Custom Windows 11 builder axes Microsoft's AI features, whack-a-moling Copilot, Outlook, and Teams — new Tiny11 Builder release should be Windows 11 25H2 ready

Windows bloat hater NTDEV has released an updated version of Tiny11 Builder ready for Windows 11 25H2.

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Multiple undersea cable cuts in the Red Sea, hampering internet performance — international cables connecting Europe, Asia, and the Middle East are compromised

Microsoft was forced to reroute Azure traffic on Saturday, September 6, after two major submarine cable systems were severed in the Red Sea, triggering latency spikes and degraded performance for cloud users across South Asia and the Gulf.

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Nvidia RTX 5090 reset bug prompts $1,000 reward for a fix — cards become completely unresponsive and require a reboot after virtualization reset bug, also impacts RTX PRO 6000

Nvidia’s new RTX 5090 and PRO 6000 GPUs are reportedly being plagued by a reproducible virtualization reset bug that can leave the cards completely unresponsive until the host system is physically rebooted.

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