Valve discontinues the most affordable Steam Deck — $399 LCD version on the way out as new starting point is $549 By Jowi Morales published 20 December 25 Valve announced on the Steam page that it's discontinuing the $399 LCD Steam Deck, saying that it's only available until stocks last.
Registry hack enables new performance-boosting native NVMe support on Windows 11 — Windows Server 2025 feature can be unlocked for consumer PCs, but at your own risk By Jowi Morales published 20 December 25 The Windows Server 2025 registry tweak that activates native NVMe support can also be activated in Windows 11, but at your own risk.
GTA: Vice City is now playable right in your browser, 2002 title that once demanded Pentium 3 now runs in Chrome — requires upload of an original game file to save progress By Jowi Morales published 20 December 25 DOS Zone launched an online, open-source version of GTA: Vice City, allowing you to play the classic game from practically any browser.
OpenAI's Stargate data center gets approval to receive 1.4 gigawatts of power in Michigan — some residents furious as energy company is given go-ahead by regulatory body without hearing opposition By Jowi Morales published 19 December 25 The Michigan Public Service Commission approved the 1.4-gigawatt contract between DTE Energy and a Stargate data center, raising fears that energy prices will spike for residents in the area.
North Korean hackers stole record $2 billion in crypto in 2025, including single heist worth $1.5 billion, report claims — rogue state accounts for 60% of all reported crypto thefts this year, $6.75 billion total since records began By Jowi Morales published 19 December 25 Blockchain analytics company Chainalysis says DPRK has set a record for 2025, with the regime expected to execute more sophisticated attacks in the future.
Critical motherboard flaw allows game cheats, Riot Games blocks 'Valorant' players that don't update BIOS — security patches pushed live by all major motherboard vendors By Jowi Morales published 18 December 25 Riot Games discovered a vulnerability in several motherboards that potentially allowed cheating DMA devices to run before protections kicked in after boot.
AI surpasses 2024 Bitcoin mining in energy usage, uses more H20 than the bottles of water people drink globally, study claims — says AI demand could hit 23GW and up to 764 billion liters of water in 2025 By Jowi Morales published 18 December 25 A study finds that AI has surpassed Bitcoin and the bottled water industry in its use of resources, with other experts saying that the estimate is actually conservative.
Honda to temporarily shut down factories in China and Japan because of chip shortage — disruption caused by fallout from on-going conflict within Nexperia By Jowi Morales published 18 December 25 Honda announced the suspension of operations in five automotive manufacturing plants, citing the lack of legacy chips from Nexperia as the reason behind the move.
New Texas Instruments fab will pump out tens of millions of chips per day — first 300mm fab starts production after $60 billion investment By Jowi Morales published 18 December 25 Texas Instruments has started producing 300mm wafers at its new Sherman, Texas mega-site, with the SM1 fab capable of outputting tens of millions of chips per day.
Bernie Sanders calls for halt on AI data center construction — wants to ensure that the technology benefits ‘all of us, not just the 1%’ By Jowi Morales published 17 December 25 U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders wants to delay AI data center projects to slow down progress, to ensure that AI will benefit the largest number of people and not just the richest few.
Trump secures deal with Korea Zinc to build rare earths processing facility in Tennessee — facility expected to have annual output of 540,000 tons of gallium, germanium, indium, and other resources By Jowi Morales published 16 December 25 U.S. President Donald Trump secures an investment from a South Korean firm to build a rare earth refinery in Tennessee.
Elizabeth Warren, other U.S. senators concerned about big tech pushing up electricity costs — demands explanation from Amazon, Google, Meta as AI data centers drive up residential energy bills By Jowi Morales published 16 December 25 Three Democratic Senators are investigating the impact of the massive AI data center build out on the electricity bill of the average American.
Don't wait if you're planning to upgrade your RAM or SSD, Kingston rep warns — says 'prices will continue to go up,' NAND costs up 246% By Jowi Morales published 16 December 25 Kingston Datacenter SSD Business Manager Cameron Crandall said in an interview that NAND prices for RAM and SSD are expected to rise throughout 2026.
Chinese Navy base 3D imaged to 50cm resolution in single satellite pass — US spatial intelligence firm boasts accurate high-res 3D terrain map took just 10 hours to create By Jowi Morales published 7 December 25 US spatial intelligence firm shows off its capabilities by providing high-quality images of a Chinese naval base on Hainan Island.
A 10-year study indicates that treated surfaces turn yellow more severely than untreated plastic parts — retrobrighting does more harm than good to consoles By Jowi Morales published 6 December 25 Retrobrighting a Sega Dreamcast console yielded poor results after 10 years.
Samsung 32-inch 165 Hz 1440p curved gaming monitor is at its lowest price of $199 — save up to $130 on the Odyssey G55C By Jowi Morales published 6 December 25 Deals The 32-inch 165Hz 1440p Samsung Odyssey G55C curved gaming monitor is on sale at Amazon for $199.99, giving buyers 39% off and saving you $130 off its $329.99 MSRP.
Zotac denies RTX 5070 Ti fan-related RMA and then offers to dispose of the GPU free of charge — the company claims 'irreversible' PCB damage and 'limited tools' for repair By Jowi Morales published 6 December 25 Zotac denied an RMA repair for an RTX 5070 Ti after claiming PCB damage, despite what appears to be wear-and-tear.
3D-printed part failure causes light aircraft crash after plastic air intake melts during flight — pilot escapes with minor injuries By Jowi Morales published 6 December 25 A light aircraft crashed in the U.K. after its engine intake melted while on final approach.
SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son wants to build ‘Trump Industrial Parks’ across the nation, report claims — project proposes using federal land to build manufacturing sites for data center infrastructure By Jowi Morales published 5 December 25 SoftBank proposes building multiple industrial parks across the U.S. on federal land to manufacture semiconductors and other AI infrastructure.
Cloudflare says it has fended off 416 billion AI bot scrape requests in five months — CEO warns of dramatic shift for internet business model By Jowi Morales published 5 December 25 Website owners make money from human views, so AI crawlers need to pay their fair share, too.
Intrepid modder builds an M4-powered 4K iMac G3 with 3D-printed parts — guts 90s all-in-one and replaces internals with a Mac mini and an OLED screen By Jowi Morales published 5 December 25 YouTuber Zac Builds used an M4 Mac mini to upgrade an old iMac G3 into a modern all-in-one computer.
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang unsure if China would buy its H200 chips if restrictions are relaxed as Beijing prioritizes homegrown AI solutions — 'We don’t know. We have no clue.' By Jowi Morales published 4 December 25 Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang admits that he has no idea whether Nvidia can sell its H200 chips in China even if Washington allows the company to export them.
My Arcade launches portable Pac-Man 45th anniversary-themed retro arcade games — available in both pocketable and desktop versions By Jowi Morales published 3 December 25 My Arcade has launched a couple of retro gaming consoles to celebrate the 45th anniversary of the legendary Pac-Man arcade game.
Google's Agentic AI wipes user's entire HDD without permission in catastrophic failure — cache wipe turns into mass deletion event as agent apologizes: “I am absolutely devastated to hear this. I cannot express how sorry I am" By Jowi Morales published 3 December 25 A user used Google Antigravity to build an app, but it ended up deleting their entire D: drive instead of just their project's cache folder.
GPU prices are threatening to climb, but at least tariffs won't make it worse - 25% import tax on Chinese-made electronics suspended once again By Jowi Morales published 2 December 25 The White House has once again extended the exemption for its 25% tariffs on GPUs and other Chinese-made computer components.
