AI-induced Memory shortage is changing how devices are built, Fairphone says memory now 60% of materials cost — smaller laptop and phone makers are redesigning products and have to test for fake chips
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With the ongoing memory shortage, smaller smartphone and laptop manufacturers are reportedly looking…Chinese state media counters Anthropic's call to put brakes on AI development — paper says move is ‘a response to Chinese competition’
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China's state-run newspaper has downplayed the call of Anthropic founder Dario Amodei to “pace the…Pick up a giant 18-inch RTX 5080-powered Asus gaming laptop from Best Buy and save $600 — the ROG Strix G18 also comes with 32GB of memory and a 2TB SSD
Sep 16, 2026, 7:40 am By Stewart Bendle
Laptops have long been a more expensive way to game, especially compared to a desktop gaming PC, for…Jensen Huang thinks China will develop its own advanced lithography chipmaking tools by 2030 — Nvidia CEO says achievement of that capability 'is just a matter of time'
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China's progress toward technological self-sufficiency in recent years is undeniable, but there is…SK hynix reportedly discussing US memory chip manufacturing with Intel — options include leasing Ohio plant or forming joint venture with other AI hyperscalers
Sep 16, 2026, 7:20 am By
South Korean memory chip manufacturer SK hynix is in talks with Intel to start manufacturing inside…'Defeated' GPT-6 Astra model spent several hours just farming potatoes after being blown up by a Creeper in Minecraft — OpenAI offering gets further than any other AI system in 141-hour test
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An apparently sad and defeated GPT-6 Astra spent several hours doing nothing but farming potatoes…AWS tells clients to abandon Middle East data centers six months after Iranian drone strikes — Amazon offers no recovery timeline as UAE mulls underground data centers
Sep 16, 2026, 7:00 am By Oliver Haslam
More than six months after Amazon Web Services (AWS) data centers in Abu Dhabi and Bahrain were…Nvidia reportedly denies RTX 5090 warranty over faded serial number — $6,500 GPU blemish not an isolated incident, according to customers
Sep 16, 2026, 6:45 am By Zhiye Liu
The GeForce RTX 5090 is the first thing that comes to mind when you think of the best graphics…Save $270 on this solid 1080p gaming PC with an RTX 5060 from MSI, now under $1,430 — Codex R2 rig packs 32GB DDR5 RAM, a 2TB SSD, and a 10-core Intel CPU
Sep 16, 2026, 6:43 am By Ben Stockton
With new gaming PCs continuing to rise in price, it's worth grabbing a discount or a deal where you…Original Sony PlayStation 2 security chip ‘broken wide open’ after 26 years — chemical decapping and four years of reverse engineering unlocks MechaCon secrets
Sep 16, 2026, 6:30 am By Mark Tyson
The ‘magic security chip’ inside the original PlayStation 2 has been successfully…China's open-weight AI models are now just 4 months behind frontier US offerings, Mozilla report claims — models still lag in some benchmarks but are drastically cheaper to use
Sep 16, 2026, 6:15 am By Shane Downing
Mozilla has published version 1.1 of its State of Open Source AI report on Sept. 15 using data…Devastated father says his 9-year-old son spent $118,000 on YouTube ad campaigns for his Minecraft channel using a company credit card — bill racked up in just three weeks was supposed to be one $20 promotion
Sep 16, 2026, 6:15 am By Shane Downing
A father says his 9-year-old son spent $118,000 on YouTube ad campaigns for his Minecraft and Roblox…AI enthusiast builds GPT-6 Astra-powered bot to take on Balatro's Gold Stake Black Deck — bot leverages Python for numerical tools, beats hardest difficulty repeatedly
Sep 16, 2026, 6:00 am By Oliver Haslam
A Reddit user has shared details of a new bot that has beaten the devilishly difficult Gold Stake…AI leaders clash over safety fears after Anthropic whistleblower says AI could 'kill us all' by 2030 — OpenAI, Anthropic and xAI figureheads call for external governance, while Jensen Huang says worries are 'made up'
Sep 15, 2026, 1:19 pm By Jon Martindale
This past week, employees and key figures at leading AI companies have called for a slowdown in the…Asus' ludicrous 20th anniversary bundle is now the cheapest way to buy an RTX 5090 — Nvidia's flagship GPU stock is so limited that this $10,850 bundle with a 3000W PSU, X870E board, and open-frame case is actually cheaper than some scalper listings
Sep 15, 2026, 11:13 am By Ben Stockton
We've reviewed Asus' ROG Edition 20 anniversary kit. We've built a PC with it. It's about as premium…Intel reportedly cans 12Xe option for Nova Lake-S desktop — gaming APU design said to resurface with Razor Lake
Sep 15, 2026, 10:17 am By Jake Roach
Intel won't launch a Nova Lake-S SKU with 12 Xe3P graphics cores, according to tipster Jaykihn, who…US AI data centers projected to become the fifth-largest natural gas consumer in the world by 2035 — consumption to grow by 15 billion cubic feet per day as demand for compute increases
Sep 15, 2026, 9:57 am By
The estimated natural gas consumption of data centers in the U.S. is expected to massively increase…Bill Gates compares AI to alien intelligence in movies where ‘magically the US and China’ solve the problem together — warns world governments that they’re not ready for AI
Sep 15, 2026, 8:52 am By
Microsoft founder Bill Gates has said in an interview that the world’s governments are not ready…ChatGPT transcripts are reportedly read by humans to improve responses, including those with personal information — 'Project Lilly' has seen OpenAI hire hundreds of contractors to manually review logs
Sep 15, 2026, 7:30 am By
AI companies don't have a great track record in areas like copyright or user privacy — unless…Microsoft rolls out emergency update for Windows 11's latest patch — recent update causes crashes on AMD graphics, Explorer hang-ups, and broken third-party integrations
Sep 15, 2026, 7:00 am By
Microsoft has issued an out-of-band update for its recent Windows 11 patch, which has caused a…
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