Razer Boomslang 20th anniversary edition is as l33t a mouse as they come, for a princely $1,337 — legacy lives on two decades onwards By Bruno Ferreira published 5 February 26 Razer celebrates Boomslang's 20 years with a $1,337 edition
Jim Keller's Tenstorrent is downgrading Blackhole p150 cards from 140 to 120 tensor cores via firmware update — will ship cards with 120 tensor cores going forward, company claims existing users should expect 1-2% performance drop By Bruno Ferreira published 5 February 26 Tenstorrent downgrades existing and new Blackhole p150 cards from 140 to 120 tensor cores
HetCCL makes clustered Nvidia and AMD AI accelerators play nice with each other via RDMA — vendor-agnostic collective communications library removes an obstacle to heterogeneous AI data centers By Bruno Ferreira published 4 February 26 HetCCL, a proposed computing library, could make Nvidia and AMD AI accelerators play nicely with one another in the same cluster by bridging the two companies' hardware over RDMA.
AMD adopts FRED together with Intel for Zen 6 architecture — replacement for decades-old IDT can improve performance and stability By Bruno Ferreira published 2 February 26 AMD adopts FRED together with Intel for Zen 6 architecture
Botnet smashes DDoS traffic record, equivalent to streaming 2.2 million Netflix 4K movies at once — 31.4 Tb/s attack was large enough to take entire countries offline By Bruno Ferreira published 31 January 26 Aisuru-Kimwolf botnet smashes DDoS traffic record at 31.4 Tb/s
Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the World Wide Web, thinks it can still be saved — despite some parts being 'optimized for nastiness' By Bruno Ferreira published 30 January 26 Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the World Wide Web, thinks it can still be saved
Microsoft's gaming division flounders while the firm makes more money than ever — Xbox consoles sales drop 32% By Bruno Ferreira published 30 January 26 Xbox consoles sales drop 32% while Microsoft makes more money than ever
Ongoing trade war has TSMC and Taiwan stuck between a rock and a hard place — concerns mount surrounding U.S deals cracking the nation's silicon shield By Bruno Ferreira published 29 January 26 Premium The ongoing trade war puts Taiwan and TSMC in a difficult position. As negotiations continue, the country risks giving up its most precious commodity, the might of TSMC.
After 34 years, the Linux kernel community finally has a contingency plan to replace Linus Torvalds — formal plan drawn up now community is 'getting grey and old' By Bruno Ferreira published 28 January 26 Linux kernel community draws up contingency plan to replace Linus Torvalds
Undersea cable cutting shenanigans lead Finland to create a dedicated maritime surveillance center — Russian shadow fleet operations heighten concerns in the Baltic Sea By Bruno Ferreira published 28 January 26 Finland creates a maritime surveillance center to prevent undersea cable cutting shenanigans
Nvidia updates FrameView performance measurement tool — version 1.7 promises accurate results even at 800+ FPS By Bruno Ferreira published 28 January 26 Nvidia's FrameView game performance measurement utility has been updated to deliver more accurate results at 800+ FPS alongside a more customizable in-game overlay.
Nvidia pumps another $2 billion into CoreWeave and announces standalone availability of Vera CPU — chipmaker increases stake in its customer to 9% By Bruno Ferreira published 26 January 26 Nvidia is spending another $2 billion investing in CoreWeave, one of its AI customers, due to "confidence in their growth and confidence in CoreWeave’s management," according to CEO Jensen Huang.
3D-printed fan-less and pump-less liquid cooler can deliver 600 watts of cooling for data centers — passive design provides reusable heat, exceeds project performance expectations by 50% By Bruno Ferreira published 22 January 26 3D-printed passive cooler can pull 600 W off a datacenter chip
OpenAI shows clear compute and revenue scaling to soothe investor worries as company preps for IPO — expenditure continues to outweigh income as 10GW buildout continues By Bruno Ferreira published 21 January 26 Premium OpenAI links computing power to revenue and assuages investors
New York Stock Exchange building venue for 24/7 tokenized stock and ETF exchange — will leverage blockchain to work around the clock in a bid to modernize trading By Bruno Ferreira published 20 January 26 New York Stock Exchange bullish on 24/7 tokenized stock exchange
Eric Demers leaves for Intel after 14 years at Qualcomm — father of Radeon and Adreno GPUs now sits at Lip-Bu Tan's table By Bruno Ferreira published 19 January 26 Father of Radeon and Adreno GPUs leaves for Intel after 14 years at Qualcomm
Data centers will consume 70 percent of memory chips made in 2026 - supply shortfall will cause the chip shortage to spread to other segments By Bruno Ferreira published 18 January 26 Memory chip shortage set to spread well beyond the confines of datacenters and computers
OpenAI could reportedly run out of cash by mid-2027 — analyst paints grim picture after examining the company's finances By Bruno Ferreira published 17 January 26 OpenAI might be running out of cash as soon as mid-2027
Many high-capacity NVMe SSDs are now as expensive as gold by weight as shortage intensifies — we ran the numbers, here's what we found By Bruno Ferreira published 16 January 26 High-capacity NVMe SSDs are quickly becoming pricier than their gold weight
Trump introduces 25% tariff on export of chips, including Nvidia H200, AMD MI325X — figure could increase in the future By Bruno Ferreira published 15 January 26 Trump allows exports of Nvidia H200 and AMD MI325X chips with 25% tariff
Beijing blocks Chinese entities from using U.S. and Israeli cybersecurity software — VMWare and Fortinet among the affected vendors By Bruno Ferreira published 15 January 26 China tells entities to ditch U.S. and Israeli cybersecurity software
Milk-V Titan Mini-IX board with UR-DP1000 processor shows RISC-V ecosystem taking shape — M.2, DDR4, and PCIe card support form a kit that you can use out of the box By Bruno Ferreira published 13 January 26 The Milk-V Titan motherboard includes the UR-DP1000 processor, and it's ready to use with Ubuntu out of the box.
Acemagic presents mini-PCs inspired by the NES and PlayStation 1 — retro shells conceal Ryzen AI 9 465, up to 64GB of RAM, and up to 4TB of SSD storage By Bruno Ferreira published 9 January 26 Acemagic presents mini-PCs inspired on the NES and PlayStation 1
Be Quiet showcases its minty fresh Light Loop AIO cooler and Dark Perk mice at CES 2026 — new wares join Dark Rock 6 coolers and 1,200 W PSU variants By Bruno Ferreira published 8 January 26 Be Quiet showcases Light Loop AIO cooler, Dark Perk mouse, and more at CES 2026
Frore Systems' LiquidJet and AirJet Pak cooling systems in the flesh — live demo with production hardware display impressive cooling capacity By Bruno Ferreira published 7 January 26 Frore Systems' LiquidJet and AirJet Pak cooling system live demos at CES 2026
