AI cost crisis hits tech giants as employee 'tokenmaxxing' backfires — agentic AI eats up to 1000x more tokens than standard AI, sparks corporate pullback at Microsoft, Meta, and Amazon
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Agentic AI is consuming so many tokens that it's draining AI budgets way faster than expected.…Micron's Virginia fab begins producing America's most advanced DRAM memory — fab expansion to quadruple output, easing DDR4 shortage for automotive and defense sectors
May 23, 2026, 8:00 am By NULL
Micron is scaling up DDR4 production as the supply of the older memory standard has become…$100 CPU Shootout: Comparing the Ryzen 5 5500, Core i3-14100F, and Core i3-12100F to find the top DDR4 CPU
May 23, 2026, 8:00 am By NULL
As RAM prices continue to climb, budget CPUs are becoming more important. Here, we look at the three…Huawei develops 122TB SSD with new packaging tech to sidestep US sanctions on 3D NAND chips — Chinese firm develops proprietary tech to cram more NAND dies in a smaller footprint
May 23, 2026, 7:40 am By
Huawei developed a new die-on-board packaging, which directly mounted NAND dies on the SSD PCB, to…768GB of cheap Intel Optane DIMM memory sticks used to run 1-trillion-parameter LLM on a system with a single GPU — local Kimi K2.5 install achieved roughly 4 tokens per second
May 23, 2026, 7:20 am By NULL
A Redditor has caused a stir by coaxing a workstation build using Optane PMem DIMMs as RAM to run a…Wi-Fi controlled hacking USB cable stealthily packs in a microcontroller, microSD storage, and more — cable executes remote payload execution, keystroke injection, and more, but is 'built for makers, developers, enthusiasts, and cybersecurity learners'
May 23, 2026, 7:00 am By NULL
A device that 'looks like a normal USB cable' but packs in an ESP32-S3 microcontroller, micro SD…Elegoo’s Centauri Carbon 2 Combo 3D printer gets a $50 discount — brings beginner friendly 3D printing at $399
May 23, 2026, 6:30 am By
Elegoo’s family-friendly 3D printer offers seamless four-color printing, quick filament switching,…Valorant anti-cheat update soft-bricks $6,000 cheating hardware, company then trolls cheaters on social media — studio tweets 'congrats to the owners of a brand new $6k paperweight'
May 23, 2026, 6:30 am By NULL
Riot Games has updated its Vanguard anti-cheat software in Valorant to block cheaters using DMA…Steam Controller puck charger nearly catches fire after contact with Pixel Watch 3 — sparks fly after the metal wristband magnetizes to the puck's pogo pins
May 23, 2026, 6:00 am By
A Steam Controller charging puck nearly causes a fire after the wristband on a Pixel Watch 3…Retro enthusiast injects Snake game into vintage S3 graphics card VBIOS — enjoy some serpentum fun while your old PC boots
May 23, 2026, 5:30 am By NULL
A retro PC enthusiast has modified the VBIOS of a vintage graphics card to embed a version of Snake…Save on your favorite tech over the 2026 Memorial Day weekend — grab deals on GPUs, gaming laptops, OLED monitors, and more
May 22, 2026, 5:07 pm By NULL
Our favorite tech deals over the Memorial Day 2026 sales. PC components, Gaming PCs, Gaming Laptops,…Class-action price-fixing lawsuit targets hard drive component makers as costs skyrocket — 13-year scheme allegedly drove up prices for major HDD brands
May 22, 2026, 12:30 pm By
Class-action lawsuit filed against HDD suspension assembly makersChinese memory maker CXMT enters the mainstream consumer memory with Corsair Vengeance DDR5 kit — Chinese-made DRAM emerges as an antidote for crushing shortages
May 22, 2026, 11:45 am By
Is the answer to the RAM crisis Chinese-made DRAM that's much cheaper to source since those…The 15 Best Memorial Day deals on Dell and Alienware laptops, desktops, and monitors — save up to $900 on the latest tech
May 22, 2026, 11:15 am By NULL
Save up to $900 on a Dell and Alienware PC for your gaming setup over the Memorial Day weekend. 15…Meta data center allegedly muddies Georgia town's drinking water, investigation underway — EPA promises immediate investigation after congresswoman brings dirty jars of water to hearing
May 22, 2026, 11:05 am By
Morgan County residents are complaining about dirty water coming out of their faucets ever since…Save up to $300 on a new 3D printer right now, thanks to these Memorial Day discounts — filament and resin 3DP deals from Bambu Lab, Elegoo, Creality, and more are perfect for beginners and pros
May 22, 2026, 10:57 am By NULL
These are some of the top 3D printer deals available right now during this Memorial Day weekend.After a year, Firefox finally stops crashing on Intel's Raptor Lake CPUs — Mozilla releases new version patch critical flaw on Intel 13th-gen and 14th-gen CPUs
May 22, 2026, 10:37 am By
Mozilla spent more than a year investigating widespread browser crashes on Intel 13th-gen and…Analyst says Nvidia poised to capture two-thirds of the x86 server CPU market from Intel and AMD with expected $20 billion in revenue — 'Nvidia is already on track'to deliver 4 million Vera CPUs in FY2027
May 22, 2026, 10:30 am By
Having become the main supplier of AI accelerators, Nvidia is now on track to outsell AMD and Intel…AI is starting to out-design chip engineers in narrow areas as LLMs accelerate software chip design tool development — "There is still a lot of human guidance" says Berkley researcher
May 22, 2026, 9:51 am By NULL
We interview researchers and chip design experts to explore where and how AI is being used during…Acer Nitro 65 review: Solid gaming performance, but skimping on some features
May 22, 2026, 9:00 am By
The Nitro 65 excels in gaming, but it’s an AIO cooler away from being a truly excellent rig.
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