Maryland citizens slapped with $2 billion grid upgrade bill for out-of-state AI data centers — state complains to federal energy regulators, says additional cost breaks ‘ratepayer protection pledge’ promises
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Maryland is complaining to the federal energy regulator about PJM's plan to charge it $2 billion for…Cloudflare cuts 20% of its jobs due to AI, and its stock takes a 19% spill — 1,100 jobs disappearing as company increased usage of AI sixfold over past months
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Cloudflare cuts 20% of its jobs due to AI, and its stock takes a 19% spill. The company announced it…Save $290 on this Ryzen 7 9800X3D, 32GB DDR5, Samsung 9100 Pro 1TB combo from Newegg — $949.99 bundle includes free 750W power supply and one-year VPN subscription
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Newegg’s latest AM5 combo pairs the Ryzen 7 9800X3D with 32GB DDR5 memory, a Samsung Gen 5 SSD, a…Nextorage NEM-PAC 2TB SSD Review: A solid, PS5-ready workhorse
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The Nextorage NEM-PAC is a quiet contender with good performance and a PS5-compliant heatsink.…Best budget gaming laptops of 2026: The best cheap laptops we've tested and benchmarked
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Gaming laptops are expensive, and only getting pricier as AI-driven shortages increase. Here are the…Fears grow that age verification coming to VPNs as a British research firm labels them a 'loophole' — one app developer saw downloads surge by 1,800% in just the first month after the UK's Online Safety Act took effect
May 9, 2026, 9:06 am By NULL
The paper noted that VPN downloads spiked after enforcement began in the UK and several U.S. states.Testing Nvidia's RTX Mega Geometry tech — VRAM-reducing tech a leap forward for path-traced rendering
May 9, 2026, 9:00 am By NULL
We took Nvidia's RTX Mega Geometry technology through a series of tests in Alan Wake 2 and the RTX…Commodore Amiga-emulating TheA1200 retro computer delayed nearly half a year by ‘global chip shortages’ — Retro Games Ltd says it will use the extra time to finesse the software
May 9, 2026, 7:00 am By NULL
The A1200 has been delayed nearly half a year due to 'global chip shortages' and is now scheduled…Supermicro-tied execs used Thailand government entity to ship Nvidia AI GPUs to China — report alleges Chinese web giant Alibaba received restricted servers
May 9, 2026, 6:40 am By
A network to smuggle restricted Nvidia AI hardware has been found: it shipped to Alibaba, among…Chinese grey market sells Claude API access at 90% off by using stolen credentials, model substitution, and harvesting users' prompts and outputs for resale as AI training data — 'transfer stations' operate through proxy networks that harvest user data
May 9, 2026, 6:20 am By NULL
A grey-market economy of API proxy services in China is reselling access to Anthropic's Claude…Linux mascot Tux the penguin hits 30 years old — Linus Torvalds outlined the design of the 'slightly overweight penguin' on May 9, 1996
May 9, 2026, 6:00 am By NULL
Linux mascot Tux the penguin was first conceptualized by Linus Torvalds on this day in 1996.Apple reportedly strikes deal for Intel to make some of its chips — two tech giants reached a preliminary agreement for Intel to make processors for Cupertino
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Intel and Apple have reportedly reached a deal in which the former will manufacture chips for the…Nintendo is raising the price of the Switch 2 by $50 starting in September — Console will soon cost $499, but you can avoid the price hike if you buy now
May 8, 2026, 11:14 am By
The price hikes have come for the last remaining current-gen console, as Nintendo has just announced…North Korean fake remote worker scam lands two Americans 18-month prison sentences for hosting laptops — US firms unknowingly shipped laptops to “employees” who secretly worked from overseas via remote desktop, generating $1.2 million for Pyongyang
May 8, 2026, 10:37 am By NULL
Two Americans have been sentenced to prison for helping North Korean operatives infiltrate nearly 70…Maingear MG-1 (2026) review: Fast and clean, for a price
May 8, 2026, 9:00 am By NULL
The Maingear MG-1 offers a super-clean build in case with personalization options, but the front…Microsoft CTO confesses that 30-year-old code from the mid-90s still forms the bedrock of Windows 11 — ancient Win32 API still the backbone, but CTO says it's 'more relevant than ever in 2026'
May 8, 2026, 8:54 am By NULL
A top Microsoft exec has admitted that Windows 11 still relies on a bunch of old code from the…AI data center bans are rapidly multiplying across the US — 69 jurisdictions block new builds, with four moves noted as permanent
May 8, 2026, 8:31 am By
More jurisdictions across the United States have been enacting a data center ban, with the total…Testing the top Thunderbolt 5 docks with up to 140W Power Delivery, 10 GbE, and even internal M.2 SSD slots — Razer, CalDigit, Hyper, Ivanky, and WAVLINK go head-to-head
May 8, 2026, 8:00 am By
We’ve tested the top Thunderbolt 5 docks on the market, combining six into one battle for the crown.The Middle East had everything data center builders and hyperscalers could wish for — then the Iran war happened
May 8, 2026, 7:46 am By NULL
The Middle East has been a hotspot for investment into data centers, with multiple large projects in…Save $444 on a stellar gaming PC combo with Asus Prime RTX 5070, Ryzen 9850X3D, X870E motherboard, and 32GB of RAM — world's fastest gaming CPU meets copious amount of RAM
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Newegg’s latest combo deal packs AMD’s Ryzen 7 9850X3D, an Asus X870E motherboard, RTX 5070…
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