Sony reportedly working on 'Cross-Buy' feature for unified game ownership between PlayStation 5 and PC — Leaked icons indicate Sony's answer to Xbox Play Anywhere is coming By Hassam Nasir published 6 November 25 One purchase across two platforms.
Custom Intel motherboards with a whopping 36 USB ports spotted online — extravagant connectivity offering fuels bot farm speculation By Hassam Nasir published 5 November 25 As Kylo Ren would say, "MORE!"
Echoing Trump's sentiments, America's finance chief Bessent says the most advanced AI GPUs are restricted to home soil - China can have Blackwell chips once they're outdated By Hassam Nasir published 4 November 25 U.S. Treasury Secretary addresses semiconductor export controls.
Windows 10 update incorrectly tells some users they've reached end-of-life, despite having extended support — Microsoft confirms message sent to Enterprise, Pro, and Education users in error By Hassam Nasir published 4 November 25 Windows 10 is not completely dead, yet.
Trump says no Blackwell chips to be sold to China — Nvidia re-entry into Beijing nixed despite temporary trade truce By Hassam Nasir published 3 November 25 Despite a trade truce, Trump has just made it clear that Nvidia's flagship AI GPUs from its Blackwell lineup will not be allowed to be sold to China.
The same ASRock B850 motherboard kills three Ryzen 7 9700X CPUs worth $1,000 one by one in South Korea — victim used updated BIOS and never overclocked, but still lost all their processors By Hassam Nasir published 3 November 25 On QuasarZone, a South Korean forum, the user described how one ASRock B850 Pro RS killed off three different Ryzen 7 9700X CPUs one by one, despite the motherboard being deemed healthy prior.
PewDiePie goes all-in on self-hosting AI using modded GPUs, with plans to build his own model soon — YouTuber pits multiple chatbots against each other to find the best answers By Hassam Nasir published 3 November 25 "I like running AI more than using AI"
Elon Musk alleges Sam Altman 'stole a non-profit' as AI bros spat over cancelled Tesla Roadster order By Hassam Nasir published 2 November 25 Mishandled $50,000 security deposit reignites rivalry.
GPU surgeon attempts to rescue fatally-bent RTX 4090 that came in for a melted power connector fix — autopsy reveals shorted MOSFET that killed the GPU core By Hassam Nasir published 2 November 25 The cooler had separated from the vapor chamber.
Intel is giving away up to three games worth $280, including Battlefield 6, with the purchase of select Core Ultra 200 series products — 2025 Holiday Gaming Bundle packs free games with Intel CPUs, GPUs, and laptops By Hassam Nasir published 2 November 25 Two different tiers: Standard and Platinum.
Self-assembling data centers in space are becoming reality as Rendezvous Robotics partners with Starcloud — Elon Musk chimes in that 'SpaceX will be doing this' By Hassam Nasir published 1 November 25 "Move cloud computing closer to where data is generated."
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D vs Intel Core i9-14900K Faceoff — Intel's old-school flagship chip versus AMD's bleeding-edge tech By Hassam Nasir published 1 November 25 AMD Zen 5 vs Raptor Lake Clash!
Mad modders recreate exotic 25-year-old Xbox prototype with a solid block of metal — modern $6,000 makeover combines real Xbox hardware with an HDMI upgrade By Hassam Nasir published 1 November 25 A remake we can all stand behind.
AMD clarifies commitment to support for RDNA 1 and 2-based GPUs — company backtracks on RX 7900 series USB-C functionality (Updated) By Hassam Nasir last updated 31 October 25 The ROG Xbox Ally uses an RDNA 2-based GPU.
TP-Link routers face potential U.S. ban over alleged China-related national security concerns — company "vigorously disputes" Department of Commerce's findings By Hassam Nasir published 31 October 25 Routers are about to get a whole lot more expensive.
Australia's police to use AI to decode criminals' emoji slang to curb online crime — "crimefluencers" will be decoded and translated for investigators By Hassam Nasir published 30 October 25 A clever and well-meaning use for AI
OpenAI and Microsoft sign agreement to restructure OpenAI into a public benefit corporation with Microsoft retaining 27% stake — non-profit 'Open AI Foundation' to oversee 'Open AI PBC' By Hassam Nasir published 28 October 25 Microsoft's 27% stake is worth $135 billion right now.
RTX 4090 laptop GPU gets 20% performance boost after shunt mod, beats the mobile RTX 5090, on average — reduced resistance boosts power to 240W By Hassam Nasir published 28 October 25 5090 performance for half the price.
Unlucky buyer purchases external Seagate HDD, gets an SD card glued inside a plastic shell By Hassam Nasir published 28 October 25 Not the flash upgrade they were hoping for...
Battlefield 6's long-awaited battle royale mode officially drops October 28 — "RedSec" will be free to play across PC and console By Hassam Nasir published 27 October 25 RedSec stands for Redacted Sector.
Lenovo Legion devices running Linux set to get new 'Extreme' mode that fixes previously-broken power limits — only approved devices will be able to run the maximum performance mode By Hassam Nasir published 27 October 25 Fixing the Extreme mode on Linux.
M5 MacBook Pro's SSD is 2.5x faster on average than last-gen M4, exceeding Apple's own claims — M5 achieves 6,000+ MB/s across both read and write speeds By Hassam Nasir published 27 October 25 Beating the M4 by over 3x in read tests.
Cooler Master's new PC case with 5.25-inch drive bay launches in Japan as optical drive boom hits due to Windows 10 upgrade cycle — MasterBox CM695 addresses the country's reluctance to ditch physical media By Hassam Nasir last updated 26 October 25 "You don't have to give up"
Gaming-optimized Ryzen 5 7500X3D spotted at UK retailer, new six-core budget CPU apparently readied for launch — AMD might be prepping the cheapest Zen 4-based 3D V-Cache chip to date By Hassam Nasir published 26 October 25 You get 3D V-Cache, you get 3D V-Cache, and you get 3D V-Cache!
China's ByteDance reportedly building a Steam competitor — 'GameTop' for overseas markets will distribute and publish games like any other store, while harboring a social space with AI-assisted creator tools By Hassam Nasir published 26 October 25 Hiring has already begun.
