Custom water-cooled 'gaming laptop' shell supports mini-ITX motherboards, RTX 5090 graphics By Christopher Harper published 11 March 25 UHPILCL T1000 Kickstarter page flaunts 720W of Cooling TDP with maximum fan noise of 55 decibels
Asus launches air-purifying monitors starting at $129 — 27-inch and 34-inch models retail for $159 and $359 By Christopher Harper published 10 March 25 Asus debuts air purifying IPS monitors.
Physical game media might perish because of the 25% tariffs on imported discs By Christopher Harper published 7 March 25 According to analysts, disc-based games may become prohibitively expensive if currently planned tariffs are enacted.
Artificial Intelligence comes to smart pens, includes handwriting-to-text and ChatGPT By Christopher Harper published 5 March 25 The "One Smart AI Pen" concept by Zakwan Ahmad gets launched for crowdfunding on Kickstarter.
Nintendo GameCube modified to run PowerPC Windows NT and Doom By Christopher Harper published 4 March 25 Nintendo GameCube and Wii's PowerPC architecture makes a barebones functioning port of Windows NT possible.
Samsung showcases 500 Hz OLED monitor and foldable gaming handheld at MWC 2025 By Christopher Harper published 3 March 25 Samsung highlights the latest advancements in OLEDs across screen sizes, market segments, at Mobile World Congress 2025.
Full Xbox 360 recompilation for PC debuts with Sonic Unleashed Recompiled By Christopher Harper published 2 March 25 Sonic Unleashed is the first Xbox 360 game to receive a native port via Recompilation on PC, and the tools used have been open sourced.
Ayaneo Flip DS and Flip KB aren't dead after all — Ayaneo claims a misunderstanding By Christopher Harper published 28 February 25 Ayaneo Flip KB and Flip DS are abruptly un-canceled following a "clarification" from Ayaneo.
Skype to finally be shuttered in May, 22 years after its August 2003 launch: Updated By Christopher Harper published 28 February 25 Skype to be sunsetted in Q3 2025.
Ayaneo Flip DS & KB was canceled mid-production — only some units exist, the rest won't come By Christopher Harper published 27 February 25 Ayaneo's much-anticipated Flip DS and Flip KB AMD Ryzen handheld PCs were canceled mid-production.
Amazon's Ocelot quantum chip uses 'cat qubits' to 'reduce error correction by up to 90%' By Christopher Harper published 27 February 25 Amazon AWS announces and showcases Ocelot, a new quantum computing chip touting a cheaper solution to qubit-accelerated error correction.
AMD's latest hardware bundle includes Monster Hunter Wilds with select CPUs, GPUs, and laptops By Christopher Harper published 25 February 25 Monster Hunter Wilds is the latest game to be bundled with AMD's hardware.
Microsoft's ad-supported version of Office only saves to OneDrive By Christopher Harper published 24 February 25 Microsoft Office gets an add-supported model.
Pong can now be played across 240 browser tabs — faviconic leverages tab favicons By Christopher Harper published 23 February 25 A lone developer goes through the excruciating process of developing and documenting the process of a Pong port to 240 browser tabs— the tabs themselves, that is.
Security researcher finds vulnerability in internet-connected bed, could allow access to all devices on network By Christopher Harper published 23 February 25 Web-connected smart bed provider Eight Sleep revealed to be including an SSH backdoor in its beds, as well as exposing a live AWS key.
New form of crystal storage stores terabytes of data per square millimeter By Christopher Harper published 21 February 25 New form of crystal storage stores bits as missing atoms, achieving what may be the highest possible storage density of "terabytes per millimeter".
Grand Theft Auto V on PC is finally getting ray tracing and some graphics options By Christopher Harper published 20 February 25 GTA V on PC gets a long-awaited next-gen console parity update adding RT and other missing effects.
Microsoft Xbox showcases an incredibly impractical AI model for 'gameplay ideation' By Christopher Harper published 20 February 25 Microsoft Xbox introduces Muse, a generative AI "gameplay ideation" model.
No, Notepad for Windows 11 doesn't require you to use a Microsoft account — unless you're trying to use AI By Christopher Harper published 17 February 25 A rumor of Notepad for Windows 11 now requiring Microsoft Account sign-in has spread like wildfire, but all is not as it seems.
Chinese scientists claim neural network tech unlocks 10,000X speedup in optical fiber bandwidth By Christopher Harper published 17 February 25 Chinese researchers find a way to massively increase the throughput of fiber optics, the current highest-speed data transmission method, by ten thousand times or more.
Nintendo Switch 2 reportedly hits the black market for $40,000 By Christopher Harper published 15 February 25 Nintendo Switch 2 model leaker may soon have the real console on hand.
New EU packaging regulations spark misplaced fear of CPUs ditching stock coolers By Christopher Harper published 14 February 25 New EU regulations spark concerns about CPU packaging, foregoing CPU coolers entirely.
Emojis can be hacked to hide data or messages, unicode Characters also susceptible By Christopher Harper published 12 February 25 Paul Butler tests and demonstrates the flexibility of encoding hidden messages within Unicode characters, including emoji.
Third Ryzen 7 9800X3D burnout case appears, kills the CPU, and damages the motherboard socket By Christopher Harper published 12 February 25 Three weeks after building, a Redditor's Ryzen 7 9800X3D has seemingly burned out.
Valve clarifies ban on in-game advertising on Steam By Christopher Harper published 10 February 25 Valve makes their anti-advertising-on-Steam stance clearer than ever.
