Nintendo Switch 2 RAM prices rise 41%, NAND flash up 8% — console giant shares nosedive in face of increased cost warnings By Bruno Ferreira published 12 December 25 Nintendo loses $14b market cap thanks to RAM shortage
Prusa brings Noctua's iconic beige and brown to 3D printer nozzleheads everywhere — accurately matching 3D printed parts to Noctua gear is now trivial By Bruno Ferreira published 11 December 25 Prusa releases Noctua color-matched 3D printing filaments
Supersonic airline outfit Boom unveils turbine for AI data centers — 42 MW Superpower turbine uses the same tech designed to power Concorde successor to Mach 1.7 at 60,000 ft By Bruno Ferreira published 10 December 25 Superpower gas turbine will efficiently feed AI datacenters
Corsair builds multi-function touchscreen LCD into a $400 case — Frame 4000D enclosure gets a modular Xeneon Edge upgrade By Bruno Ferreira published 10 December 25 Corsair ensconces a Xeneon Edge touchscreen in its Frame 4000D case
Benevolent Facebook trader exchanges 192GB of DDR5 worth $2,200 for one RTX 5070 Ti worth roughly $800 — says selling at such a high price would have been 'unethical' despite huge loss By Bruno Ferreira published 6 December 25 PC builder generously trades 192 GB of DDR5 for an RTX 5070 Ti.
AI boom forces delays on Transcend SSDs, SD cards and flash drives — SanDisk and Samsung short on supplying NAND chips By Bruno Ferreira published 4 December 25 Transcend's wares on hold due to AI-induced NAND chip shortage
Windows 11 update designed to improve dark mode greets users with a flashbang — preview build stuns unsuspecting eyeballs By Bruno Ferreira published 4 December 25 Windows 11 preview update flashbangs users with bright white
Asus reportedly halts ROG Matrix RTX 5090 shipments — $4,000 halo card could be dead in its tracks for now due to quality control issue (Updated) By Bruno Ferreira last updated 4 December 25 Asus ROG Matrix RTX 5090 shipments halted due to QC issue (Updated)
GeForce 590 driver branch is the first without feature support for GTX 9- and 10-series GPUs — Linux release marks the end of the line for graphics cards that defined an era By Bruno Ferreira published 3 December 25 Nvidia 590 drivers cut support for GTX 900- and 10-series
Linux usage hits an all-time high in Steam Hardware Survey—and AMD processors continue their march against Intel By Bruno Ferreira published 3 December 25 Linux usage has hit an all-time high in the latest Steam hardware survey, indicating the small but growing popularity of SteamOS and its derivatives.
Epic Games' Tim Sweeney thinks game stores shouldn't bother with 'made with AI' labels — statement draws sharp criticism but is also ripe for misinterpretation. By Bruno Ferreira published 29 November 25 Tim Sweeney states game stores should ditch "Made with AI" labels
Malaysian state of Johor drowns any ideas for Tier 1 and Tier 2 data centers —water concerns have authorities only allowing energy-efficient builds By Bruno Ferreira published 27 November 25 Malaysian state drowns low-tier data center plans due to water supply concerns
Trump administration touts Genesis Mission to try and win the AI race—White House compares scope of its initiative to the Manhattan Project By Bruno Ferreira published 26 November 25 On the heels of its AI Action Plan announced earlier this year, the US government is now
Elon Musk claims he will 'build chips at higher volumes ultimately than all other AI chips combined' — Tesla AI engineering team has AI5 chip ready to go and is setting its sights on AI6 By Bruno Ferreira published 25 November 25 Hopefully the goal isn't as far away as Tesla's Full Self Driving.
Asus' new $4,000 RTX 5090 is already sold out — ROG Matrix Platinum's exorbitant price tag is no deterrent for well-heeled enthusiasts By Bruno Ferreira published 24 November 25 $4,000 Asus ROG Matrix Platinum 5090 already sold out
Microsoft makes Full Screen Experience available to all Windows 11 gaming handhelds — highly requested feature no longer exclusive to the Asus ROG Xbox Ally X By Bruno Ferreira published 21 November 25 Microsoft opens Full Screen Experience to all Windows gaming handhelds
AOC launches its 2025 QD-OLED monitor lineup, including 500 Hz models — 27, 32, and 34-inch models with high refresh rates and inky blacks By Bruno Ferreira published 21 November 25 AOC shows off its fresh QD-OLED monitor lineup
Quake was the only game to support DOS and Win95 with TCP/IP multiplayer in one executable—deep dive explains how id Software did it By Bruno Ferreira published 19 November 25 Deep dive explains how Quake targeted DOS, Windows 95, and TCP/IP simultaneously
AI-led DRAM supply crunch reportedly has Morgan Stanley downgrading major OEMs — skyrocketing memory prices could erode server and PC margins By Bruno Ferreira published 17 November 25 Apple apparently gets a pass for planning ahead.
Vintage 3dfx Voodoo 2 cards may inevitably fail due to pyroelectric capacitors — retrocomputing channel investigates and recommends preventive maintenance By Bruno Ferreira published 15 November 25 Voodoo 2 cards will inexorably fail in time thanks to pyro-electric capacitors
Intel software fixes stamp down privilege escalation vulnerabilities, while microcode updates clean up CPU messes — chipmaker has its own Patch Tuesday as it stomps down 30 bugs By Bruno Ferreira published 12 November 25 Intel stomps down 30 bugs including privilege escalation vulnerabilities
AMD's gaming-optimized Ryzen 5 7500X3D with 96 MB of 3D V-Cache shows up in UK stores — here's where to buy AMD's latest budget X3D chip By Bruno Ferreira published 12 November 25 AMD's Ryzen 5 7500X3D with 96 MB of 3D V-Cache shows up in UK stores
Tiny386 emulator turns tiny microcontroller into a full i386 PC — tiny virtual machine can boot Windows 95 and Linux on ESP32-S3 chip By Bruno Ferreira published 12 November 25 Tiny386 emulator turns an ESP32-S3 microcontroller into a full i386 PC
Undersea comms cable investments double to $13 billion in over two years — ever-growing danger of cable cuts looms By Bruno Ferreira published 11 November 25 $13 billion in two years towards undersea data cables
Nvidia's RTX 5000 Super could be cancelled or get pricier due to AI-induced GDDR7 woes — rumor claims 3 GB memory chips are now too valuable for consumer GPUs By Bruno Ferreira published 7 November 25 Nvidia RTX 5000 Super series might be canceled due to AI-induced GDDR7 shortage, as rumors suggest that 3GB GDDR7 chips will be hard to come by.
