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Noctua celebrates sending out its 500,000th CPU cooler mounting upgrade kit — milestone marks two decades of the free program

Noctua celebrates its 500,000th CPU cooler mounting upgrade kit

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AMD's 96-core beast with watercooling engraved into CPU joins car and industrial parts in a 2,000W direct die cooling setup — $12,000 CPU runs at 5.3 GHz, devours 1,300W, and still runs cooler than your gaming PC

Chinese tech YouTube channel Geekerwan tests direct die cooling on the 96-core Ryzen Threadripper Pro 9995WX, using a CNC-engraved IHS and automotive-grade cooling components.

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One-third of consumers reject AI on their devices, with most saying they simply don’t need it — latest report highlights privacy fears and potential costs among other real-world concerns

A report from consumer firm Circana has shown that two-thirds of those opposed to AI believe it isn't useful on their devices, while a third weren't interested at all in the technology.

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Russian 'Inspector' spacecraft intercepted communications from a dozen European satellites, report claims — fears Moscow could even manipulate trajectories or crash satellites

European officials believe that two Russian “Inspector” SIGINT spacecraft operating in geostationary orbit have intercepted communications from at least a dozen European satellites.

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Adafruit pushes back against NY state’s sweeping ban on 3D printing guns — suggests amendments to ‘preserve the public safety goal without breaking education, open hardware, or small manufacturers’

Adafruit says that the current bill, which forces 3D printer manufacturers to scan for gun and gun components, is too broad and is prone to massive false positive and false negative rates.

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Razer Boomslang 20th anniversary edition is as l33t a mouse as they come, for a princely $1,337 — legacy lives on two decades onwards

Razer celebrates Boomslang's 20 years with a $1,337 edition

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Report claims Nvidia will not be releasing any new RTX gaming GPUs in 2026, RTX 60 series likely debuting in 2028

Nvidia's RTX 50 series Super refresh supposedly is design complete, but the GPU maker won't be releasing any new RTX GPUs in 2026, according to a report in The Information.

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Yet another Windows update is wreaking havoc on gaming rigs worldwide — Nvidia recommends uninstalling Windows 11 KB5074109 January update to prevent framerate drops and artifacting

Nvidia representative recommends GeForce graphics card owners to uninstall the Windows 11 KB5074109 update to solve framerate drops and gaming artifacts.

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Leading PC manufacturers considering using Chinese memory chips, report claims — HP and Dell qualifying CXMT DRAM, Acer and Asus asking Chinese partners to source locally-made memory chips

HP and Dell are reportedly qualifying CXMT memory chips for their products, while Asus and Acer are asking their partners to source locally-made memory modules. The ongoing memory chip shortage is forcing even big companies to look for alternative sources to Micron, Samsung, and SK hynix.

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Jim Keller's Tenstorrent is downgrading Blackhole p150 cards from 140 to 120 tensor cores via firmware update — will ship cards with 120 tensor cores going forward, company claims existing users should expect 1-2% performance drop

Tenstorrent downgrades existing and new Blackhole p150 cards from 140 to 120 tensor cores

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ASRock issues statement concerning yet another round of Ryzen 9000 CPU failures — motherboard vendor says it is 'working in seamless coordination' with AMD to investigate

While the scope of the faults appears to be quite small, ASRock joins the chorus of motherboard companies promising to search for a cause.

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Fractal Design's new North and North XL Momentum Edition cases sport stealthy black wood slats, promise quieter fans – XL model also supports back-connector motherboards

Fractal Design's North cases kicked off the wood accent trend, and it's been one of our favorite cases since 2022. Now the company is updating the line, with an all-black North Momentum Edition that includes the company's new and improved fans, while the larger XL model now supports rear-connector motherboards.

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Intel clawed back CPU market share from AMD in the Steam Hardware survey for the first time in months — PC component crisis could be pushing builders to value-for-money builds

After months of consistent decline, Intel’s consumer CPUs have enjoyed a small but significant spell of market share growth, at least according to the latest Steam Hardware Survey.

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Epic knows its launcher 'sucks' and is fully rebuilding it — faster, more stable client is on the way with player profiles and extended social features

The upgraded launcher will be released as a mid-year update, featuring upgrades such as private DMs, player avatars and profiles, and even independent live chat. Beyond the social features, EGS will be made lighter and quicker, less reliant on Epic's backend to do everything, which should result in a better…

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DLSS Ray Reconstruction might be living on borrowed time, DLSS 4.5 can reconstruct ray-traced reflections almost perfectly without any denoisers

Digital Foundry discovered that DLSS 4.5's upscaler alone can resolve noise generated by ray tracing effects without the help of in-game denoisers or DLSS Ray Reconstruction.

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Valve delays Steam Machine and says it is reconsidering pricing — critical component shortage and costs behind the move

Valve is reportedly delaying the latest Steam hardware due to uncertainty with memory chip pricing, but it seems to still be on track to arrive during the first half of 2026.

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Modern NVMe SSD meets vintage PCI slot in quirky experiment — M.2 drive shows storage speeds worth dying for back in the '90s

Redditor shows what it would have felt like to use a high-speed NVMe SSD with a PCI slot.

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$40 million worth of crypto stolen from Step Finance — hackers compromise executives’ devices to gain illicit access

DeFi platform Step Finance has been hit with a $40 million breach stemming from compromised devices used by its executive team.

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How to store your headsets and keyboards

Tips and tricks for storing and displaying gaming headsets and keyboards, whether you have one or one hundred.

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PC vendor warns of upcoming price hikes due to SSD and memory volatility — PowerGPU to pass costs to customers once existing inventory depletes

PowerGPU said on X that "SSD and other part prices have gone up again," warning its customers that it will raise prices again by next week.

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The new Valve Steam Machine is 'on track' to begin shipping early this year, says AMD — CEO suggests new 4K mini gaming PC, powered by semi-custom Zen 4 CPU, to launch soon

AMD CEO Dr Lisa Su, during the company's latest Q4 2025 earnings call, seemingly confirmed that the release for the new Valve Steam Machine is "on track" to launch during early 2026.

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Gamer scores Nvidia’s $999 powerhouse RTX 5080 for a jaw-dropping $562 — the Walmart clearance aisle is the secret weapon to beat the AI-driven GPU shortage (Updated)

Shoppers share their best GeForce RTX 50-series purchases in a Reddit thread from Walmart's electronics clearance aisle.

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‘Most of you steal your software’ — Bill Gates complained about software piracy 50 years ago, and was openly irked by community's Altair BASIC ‘theft’

50 years ago ‘An Open Letter to Hobbyists,’ typed by William Henry Gates III, bellyached about software piracy among the hobbyist community.

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Cornell research shows that underwater 3D printing can be used to build or repair ocean structures in place — DARPA-funded project aims to make underwater construction faster, cheaper, and safer

Researchers based at Cornell University have developed a method for 3D printing concrete structures on the seafloor.

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These two outstanding Thunderbolt 4 Docks add versatility to my laptop and desktop PC

From two ports to 20, how adding a Thunderbolt dock can expand your connectivity options.

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