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Trump mulls a 300% tariff on chips — levies coming within two weeks as Section 232 investigation nears completion

Trump’s floated plan for semiconductor tariffs as high as 300% has rattled the tech industry.

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Booking.com customers learn the hard way that Unicode is tricky

A phishing campaign targeting Booking.com users relies on a technique involving the ambiguity of Unicode characters.

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Early RTX 5090D V2 benchmarks suggest that maybe 384-bit memory is just fine after all — 'nerfed' China-market GPU runs within 2.2% of 5090D in some tests

Early benchmarks of Nvidia's RTX 5090D V2 in games reveal that the GPU's neutered 384-bit interface and 24GB of GDDR7 memory don't downgrade its gaming capabilities at all. The RTX 5090D V2 performs on par with the RTX 5090D.

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China-based firm delivers its first chipmaking tool that stamps nanoscale processor designs onto wafers — Prinano's nanoimprint lithography tool uses quartz molds engraved with circuits

China's Prinano Technology has shipped its first domestically developed semiconductor-grade step-and-repeat nanoimprint lithography system that offers sub-10 nm single-step patterning for applications like memory, photonics, and advanced packaging.

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Bizarre cyberattack blamed on Russia and China-linked hackers permanently breaks dozens of speed cameras in the Netherlands — authorities decline to reveal location of affected cameras, for obvious reasons

A hack reportedly left "dozens" of speed cameras in the Netherlands inoperable and unrecoverable.

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Russia hacked and took control of a Norwegian dam, police chief claims — released over 1,900,000 gallons of water before attack was noticed

Moscow is to blame for a cyberattack on a dam, which remotely opened the floodgates for a period of around four hours, says Norway's security chief.

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AMD's elusive Radeon AI Pro R9700 makes its first retail appearance for the DIY market — Customer on Reddit buys the Gigabyte "AI Top" variant for $1,324

AMD’s Radeon AI Pro R9700, a 32GB RDNA 4 GPU aimed at AI workloads, has appeared in the DIY market for $1,324 via Gigabyte’s “AI Top” blower model. Matching RX 9070 XT’s core specs but doubling VRAM, it offers strong value versus pricier Nvidia offerings and is finally available outside…

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Asus says 90% of its PC and motherboard production has been offshored from China to blunt tariffs — manufacturing moved to Thailand, Vietnam, and Indonesia

It's doing this to find lower tariffs put on neighboring countries.

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Intel's new graphics driver lets you dedicate up to 87% of laptop memory capacity to the iGPU for VRAM — Core Ultra CPUs get "Shared GPU Memory Override" feature

Intel’s latest graphics driver (32.0.101.6987) introduces a “Shared GPU Memory Override” feature for certain Core Ultra CPUs with Arc graphics, letting users manually choose the amount of VRAM that's reserved from system RAM. The update also claims to offer smoother Windows animations, modest gaming FPS gains, and reduced resource usage.

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AI experts warn that China is miles ahead of the US in electricity generation — lack of supply and infrastructure threatens the US’s long-term AI plans

Experts say that China has no power supply issues, allowing it to build as many data centers as it wants without worrying about exceeding its grid's capacity.

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China introduces up to 2TB 'Mini SSD' that's 3X faster than the microSD Express used in the Switch 2, but smaller — tiny '1517' SSD is just 15x17mm and boasts impressive performance claims

3,700 MB/s sequential read and 3,400 MB/s sequential write speed in a tiny package that fits in your device like a SIM card.

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Researchers build world’s first “microwave brain” chip that can think like AI and talk like a radio — all at gigahertz speeds

Cornell researchers have built a chip that processes AI tasks and handles wireless communication using microwaves instead of digital logic, slashing power use while boosting speed—paving the way for always-on, cloud-free AI in tiny devices.

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U.S. AI boom is completely upending the electricity market — small businesses and households could foot the bill as industry watchers warn of sharp price increases

The rapid growth of AI data centers is driving up U.S. household power bills as utilities expand the grid to meet their massive, volatile electricity demand.

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Trump administration reportedly mulls investing in Intel to bolster national security — direct cash assistance would speed Ohio fab build out

The U.S. administration is considering buying a stake in Intel to accelerate construction of its long-delayed $100 billion Ohio fab complex that is crucial for the company's revival.

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AMD's new budget AM4 gaming CPU looks solid in new benchmarks — Zen 3-based Ryzen 5 5500X3D trails Ryzen 5 5600X3D by 6% in PassMark

Twitter user discovers benchmarks for AMD's Ryzen 5 5500X3D, a Zen 3-based processor with 3D V-Cache.

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Free mini-ITX case made of one sheet of translucent plastic arrives, stock evaporates instantly — Teenage Engineering’s foldable Computer-2 sports odd layout, with the GPU above the motherboard

Quirky electronics design house Teenage Engineering has released the Computer-2 Mini-ITX case.

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Steam games no longer purchasable with PayPal in most countries — Valve offers no timeline for a potential fix

Millions of Steam users worldwide can no longer use PayPal for purchases in most currencies, leaving affected regions to rely on alternative methods or Steam Wallet codes. Valve cites a bank decision behind the disruption but gives no clear timeline for restoring support, impacting global gamers.

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HP's new Omen 35L comes in a 'Stealth' edition for people who hate RGB — and the Omen Max 45L got refreshed, too

HP updated its Omen 35L and Omen Max 45L to the latest parts from Nvidia and AMD, and added some slight design changes. New headsets and mics are also on offer from HyperX.

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Intel spinoff Altera faces lay offs — 82 staff let go after Intel sold majority stake for $4.46 billion earlier this year

FPGA developer Altera will cut 82 San Jose jobs in October 2025 as part of a strategic shift following its sale by Intel and a strategic realignment under new leadership.

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Ex-Intel engineer sentenced for sharing secrets with Microsoft — gets two years of probation and $34k fine for stealing 'thousands of files' that may have landed them a new job with the company

An ex-Intel employee has been sentenced to two years' probation and fined $34,472 for pilfering "thousands of files" which were reportedly instrumental to him landing a new position at Microsoft.

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Microsoft brings native Xbox app gaming to Windows on Arm PCs – hints at bigger hardware shift ahead

Native Xbox games for Arm-based Windows 11 PCs is finally here

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Scientists 3D print a patch that can be embedded into heart tissue — provides alternative to animal-based tissues

Scientists from ETH Zurich have 3D printed a special patch that can integrate into existing heart tissue to help repair damage, providing an alternative to animal-based tissues like bovine patches.

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ChatGPT 5 power consumption could be as much as eight times higher than GPT 4 — research institute estimates medium-sized GPT-5 response can consume up to 40 watt-hours of electricity

Estimates from the University of Rhode Island's AI lab suggest OpenAI's more capable GPT 5 could consume up to 45 GWh per day. But researchers may be wrong.

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DeepSeek reportedly urged by Chinese authorities to train new model on Huawei hardware — after multiple failures, R2 training to switch back to Nvidia hardware while Ascend GPUs handle inference

DeepSeek’s bid to train R2 on Huawei’s Ascend chips failed due to technical limits, forcing a return to Nvidia GPUs and delaying the launch.

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After nearly 30 years, Settlers II arrives on Amiga — classic RTS sequel finally gets the Commodore version it deserved

The Settlers II launched for PC/DOS in 1996, but it is only now reaching the Amiga.

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