Dell and HP disable hardware H.265 decoding on select PCs due to rising royalty costs — companies could save big on HEVC royalties, but at the expense of users

Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 campaign requires a constant online connection and has zero checkpoints — mission levels are designed for four, necessitating repetitive tasks if you play alone

Laid-off Intel employee allegedly steals 'Top Secret' files, then disappears — ex-engineer downloaded 18,000 files before vanishing

40 years ago an enthusiast biked 17,000 miles over 17 months with mobile computer to complete the pioneering Computing Across America expedition — solar and 1980s portable gadgets powered the 'Winnebiko' across America

Sony reportedly working on 'Cross-Buy' feature for unified game ownership between PlayStation 5 and PC

Employee quits job over an Nvidia RTX 5060

Microsoft CEO says the company doesn't have enough electricity to install all the AI GPUs in its inventory - 'you may actually have a bunch of chips sitting in inventory that I can’t plug in'

First images of exclusive custom Xbox 360 launch console shared ahead of HD-gaming pioneer’s 20th anniversary — project leader Major Nelson admits he has never powered on 'Launch Team 05' console

Four Americans charged with smuggling Nvidia GPUs and HPE supercomputers to China face up to 200 years in prison —$3.89 million worth of gear smuggled in operation

Samsung raised memory chip prices by up to 60% since September, according to reports — AI data center build out strangles supply

Framework stops selling standalone RAM to ward off scalpers — warns it will have to increase memory pricing soon as AI crunch bites

Seagate achieves 6.9TB storage capacity per platter

Top Microsoft exec's boast about Windows 'evolving into an agentic OS' provokes furious backlash over AI

Nintendo says it has 'no intention' of blocking third-party Switch 2 docks following firmware update that stopped them from working

Taiwan to up defense spending and develop Iron Dome-inspired missile protection — expert warns one well-placed Chinese missile could make it 'impossible to get a new iPhone for three years'

NZXT hit with civil RICO suit in California over controversial PC rental biz — class-action lawsuit alleges PC Flex Program is a 'bait-and-switch-scheme' that included used and inferior hardware

New Chinese optical quantum chip allegedly 1,000x faster than Nvidia GPUs for processing AI workloads - firm reportedly producing 12,000 wafers per year

AI-led DRAM supply crunch reportedly has Morgan Stanley downgrading major OEMs — skyrocketing memory prices could erode server and PC margins

Hard drives on backorder for two years as AI data centers trigger HDD shortage

Bewildered enthusiasts decry memory price increases of 100% or more — the AI RAM squeeze is finally starting to hit PC builders where it hurts

Chinese AI startup gets access to 2,300 banned Blackwell GPUs by exploiting cloud loophole — rents compute from Indonesian firm with 32 Nvidia GB200 server racks

The MP944 was the 'real' first microprocessor, but it was top secret

AMD continues to chip away at Intel's x86 market share

Gigantic VHS videotape hoard of videos being given away for free

This week in 1988, Robert Morris unleashed his eponymous worm

$10k RTX Pro reportedly snaps under its own weight during transit

Major Bitcoin mining firm pivoting to AI

Windows 10 Update Incorrectly Tells Some Users They've Reached End-of-Life, Despite Having Extended Support

AMD Will Continue Game Optimization Support For Older Radeon GPU's After All

Chinese provinces offer steep power discounts to AI companies using China-made chips

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