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A tech enthusiast has shared their DVD rewritable durability findings, following six months of…US and Gulf states race for Ukrainian interceptor drones, 3D printed model costs $1,000 apiece — Shahed-136 kamikaze drone threat spurs rush for interceptors
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Ukraine has sent drone interceptors and training crews to the U.S. and its Gulf State allies as the…Windows 11 is getting support for 1,000 Hz+ monitors soon as part of Insider builds — Microsoft has reportedly increased the refresh rate limit to 5,000 Hz
Mar 13, 2026, 4:13 pm By
Microsoft says "monitors can now report refresh rates higher than 1000 Hz" in the patch notes for…Tech titans team up to form optical interconnect alliance to solve the AI buildout's big data bottleneck — Nvidia, AMD, Broadcom & more set sights on building PHY to break through the limitations of copper
Mar 13, 2026, 2:14 pm By
AMD, Nvidia, Microsoft, Broadcom, and Meta have formed an Optical Compute Interconnect Multi-Source…Nvidia claims 1 million times better path tracing performance is coming in future gaming GPUs — says current GPUs are already 10,000x faster than Pascal
Mar 13, 2026, 1:36 pm By
At GDC 2026, Nvidia held a presentation somehow aimed at gamers and not data center clients. Still,…The ongoing Strait of Hormuz blockage will impact the semiconductor and AI industries with Aluminum, Helium and LNG shortages — and with no timeline for re-opening, supply chains face significant challenges
Mar 13, 2026, 12:56 pm By NULL
As global oil prices spike due to the ongoing pseudo-blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, other…ROG Xbox Ally X gaming handheld to get Auto Super Resolution boost in April — Microsoft touts 30% performance boost thanks to AI-powered image upscaling
Mar 13, 2026, 12:41 pm By
Auto Super Resolution, an OS-level AI upscaling feature for Windows 11, is heading to the ROG Xbox…Grab a new Elegoo 3D printer for as little as $154 in this massive Spring sale — save up to 31% on top-rated FDM and resin models before the stock runs out
Mar 13, 2026, 12:23 pm By NULL
Elegoo's Spring sale has just started, slashing prices on its FDM and resin printers by up to 31%…Creality Sermoon P1 3D Scanner review: 3D scanning on the go
Mar 13, 2026, 9:30 am By NULL
The Creality Sermoon P1 is a standalone 3D scanner that allows users to go through the entire…Iran conflict delays Meta’s 2Africa undersea cable project — cable layer declares force majeure, says it can no longer safely operate in the Persian Gulf
Mar 13, 2026, 9:14 am By
Meta is delaying work on the Pearls section of its Africa2 network after its contracted cable-layer,…China's ByteDance to access 36,000 Blackwell GPU cluster through Malaysia cloud operator — Nvidia confirms no objections, deal is in line with US export controls
Mar 13, 2026, 8:39 am By
Nvidia says it is permissible for ByteDance to use AI clusters outside of China to develop its AI…11-month old Russian outfit claims it has developed 16-core and 32-core processors, flaunts Cyrillic-badged processors — chips appear to be sanctions-swerving rebadged Chinese Loongson processors
Mar 13, 2026, 8:33 am By
Russia-based Tramplin Electronics obtains samples of Loongson's LS3C6000 processors with Cyrillic…Save over £40 on the latest SteelSeries Arctis Nova Elite audiophile-grade headset — world's first Hi-Res audio certified wireless gaming headset
Mar 13, 2026, 8:28 am By NULL
SteelSeries' Elite Arctis Nova wireless gaming headset is discounted by over £40. This…Grab this £59.99 TP-Link wireless router with Wi-Fi 7 support at its lowest ever price — 31% discount unlocks faster connections for lag-free streaming and gaming
Mar 13, 2026, 8:14 am By NULL
Score a 31% discount on this TP-Link Archer BE3600 router, offering Wi-Fi 7 capability to your…Get $399 of Corsair Vengeance RAM essentially free with a Ryzen 7 9850X3D and high-end X870E motherboard — Newegg bundle saves you $436 on the core of an overclockable AM5 build
Mar 13, 2026, 8:08 am By NULL
Score on a great combo deal with AMD's Ryzen 7 9850X3D, Asus ROG Crosshair X870E Apex, 32GB Corsair…How to protect yourself from bad external SSDs during the PC hardware apocalypse – newer drives will definitely cost more, and some may offer up shockingly poor performance
Mar 13, 2026, 8:00 am By NULL
If you’re shopping for a new external SSD, you might want to buy a drive soon, and something that…2026 PC shipment forecast slashed amid memory shortages — IDC says total PC market value to nonetheless increase to $274 billion due to ongoing price hikes
Mar 13, 2026, 7:40 am By
IDC expects unit shipments of PCs in 2026 to be down 11.3% year-over-year, but the whole market…Silicon Power US RMA policy now hedges against AI-driven RAM and SSD shortages — company says it will refund the original purchase price 'if there is a shortage of replacement products'
Mar 13, 2026, 7:22 am By NULL
Most RAM and SSD manufacturers still offer in-warranty replacements as Silicon Power U.S. hedges…China bans OpenClaw from government computers and issues security guidelines amid adoption frenzy — nation scrambles to rein in popular AI agent
Mar 13, 2026, 7:20 am By NULL
China's central government warned state enterprises and agencies not to install OpenClaw on office…
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