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Windows security update triggers BitLocker recovery in some systems — bug mostly impacts Intel PCs with Modern Standby support

A Windows security update had some systems unexpectedly asking for BitLocker passwords.

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OpenAI walks back statement it wants a government 'backstop' for its massive loans — company says government 'playing its part' critical for industrial AI capacity increases

OpenAI has walked back claims its CFO made in an interview that it was looking for a governmental backstop for its investments, providing a guarantee against its loans that would allow it to borrow more and reduce the cost of that financing.

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3D-printed PS5 mod squeezes console into tiny 6-liter case, drastically improves performance — custom cooling solution slashes temps and power draw

YouTuber transforms Sony's PlayStation 5 console into a tiny mini-PC with a twist.

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Legendary Windows Pinball developer rescues 200lb magnetic disc drive from the 1980s – requires a scissor lift to move it, only has 622 MB of storage

Ex-Windows developer Dave Plummer rescues a nearly 200 lb magnetic disc drive with just 622 MB of storage from the 1980s

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‘China is going to win the AI race’ — Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang decries the price of electricity in the US, contrasts it with China's subsidized pricing

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said that China will win the AI race because of its abundance of power and the fact that the U.S. is losing out on the chance for its hardware to become the standard tool that Chinese AI developers use.

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Crypto fraud and laundering ring that stole $689 million busted by European authorities — 9 arrests made across multiple countries, perps face a decade behind bars and huge fines

Crypto fraud and laundering ring that stole €600m ($689m) busted by European authorities — 9 arrests made across multiple countries

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Louvre heist reveals museum used ‘LOUVRE’ as password for its video surveillance, still has workstations with Windows 2000 - glaring security weaknesses revealed in previous report

Is the Louvre's weak cybersecurity a deeper symptom?

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Ryzen 7 9800X3D sales help AMD hit record-breaking $2.8 billion in client revenue for Q3 2025

With the help of complete CPU domination in the consumer/gaming marketplace thanks to chips such as the Ryzen 7 9800X3D, AMD has achieved a record breaking $2.8 billion in client revenue.

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China bans foreign AI chips from state-funded data centers, report claims — crackdown would include removing Nvidia, AMD, and Intel chips from builds in early stages

China has reportedly issued a sweeping ban on foreign AI chips in any data center backed by government money, applying retroactively to early-stage builds.

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Cooling system for a single Nvidia Blackwell Ultra NVL72 rack costs a staggering $50,000 — set to increase to $56,000 with next-generation NVL144 racks

Morgan Stanley estimates that the cooling cost per rack will rise from $49,860 for Nvidia’s GN300 NVL72 to $55,710 for the Vera Rubin NVL144 due to hotter Vera CPUs and Rubin GPUs that require pricier $400 cold plates and more advanced liquid cooling systems.

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Steam Deck introduces screen-off downloads, helps preserve OLED screen life — users can now download large titles with the handheld in low-power mode and have a new game ready to go when they turn it on

The Steam Deck will now download games even while the screen is turned off.

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Neuralink implant patient gets 'second pair of eyes' thanks to motorized AI webcam — Insta360 Link 2 connected to MacBook gives father with ALS new lease on life

A new documentary shows ALS and Neuralink implant patient Brad Smith expanding his family connection with a motorized AI webcam.

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SK hynix reveals DRAM development roadmap through 2031 — DDR6, GDDR8, LPDDR6, and 3D DRAM incoming

SK hynix’s DRAM roadmap presented at the SK AI Summit 2025 outlines the company’s AI-focused memory strategy through 2031 that includes DDR6, LPDDR6, GDDR8, and next generations of HBM solutions. HBF is not expected to hit the market before 2030.

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AMD reportedly prepping new X3D chip with higher clock speeds – Ryzen 7 9700X3D spotted in benchmarks that rival Ryzen 7 9800X3D, new Strix Halo chip also unearthed

AMD’s unreleased Ryzen 7 9700X3D appears on PassMark, hinting at a lower-cost alternative to the 9800X3D for gamers.

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Vectrex Mini retro console shatters Kickstarter goal within minutes — it will now cost $173, up from $115 and $150, to secure yours.

The Vectrex Mini vector retrogaming console blasted past its €100,000 funding goal within just 15 minutes

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Google exploring putting AI data centers in space — Project Suncatcher wants to harness in-orbit solar power to scale AI compute

Google is looking into putting AI data centers into orbit, but it still needs to solve a ton of engineering and cost challenges.

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Membrane evaporative cooling tech achieves record-breaking results, could be solution for next-generation AI server cooling — clocks 800 watts of heat flux per square centimeter

Engineers from the University of California, San Diego, have developed a new membrane evaporative cooling solution that has achieved record-breaking cooling performance. It could be a key solution for cooling Nvidia's future Feynman GPUs rated at over 4,000 watts of power consumption.

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Custom Intel motherboards with a whopping 36 USB ports spotted online — extravagant connectivity offering fuels bot farm speculation

A user on Reddit has shared a collection of customized LGA 1151 motherboards with 36 USB ports stacked atop and next to each other. Even the most overkill models from the factory usually only support up to 20, and they're meant for special applications. A commenter suggests bot farming as…

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Quantum diamond scanner delivers non-invasive 3D imaging of semiconductors — EuQlid Qu-MRI could ‘save chip foundries billions of dollars’

EuQlid reveals a breakthrough diamond-based quantum sensing device for the non-invasive 3D imaging of semiconductors.

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Amazon's new armored undersea cable is fast enough to stream 12.5 million HD films simultaneously between the US and Ireland, repels attacks — Fastnet to deliver 320+ terabits per second across the Atlantic

Amazon's Fastnet 320 Tb/s armored cable connects U.S. and Ireland.

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Echoing Trump's sentiments, America's finance chief Bessent says the most advanced AI GPUs are restricted to home soil - China can have Blackwell chips once they're outdated

The U.S. Secretary of Treasury Scott Bessent has highlighted a potential future where China could get its hands on Nvidia's current-gen flagship AI chips... when they're no longer the current-gen flagships. Washington is considering letting Nvidia sell Blackwell chips to China once they're outdated by at least a year or…

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37 years ago this week, the Morris worm infected 10% of the Internet within 24 hours — worm slithered out and sparked a new era in cybersecurity

Cornell graduate student Robert Tappan Morris unleashed his eponymous worm upon the Internet 37 years ago, changing the face of cybersecurity.

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Chinese provinces offer steep power discounts to AI companies using China-made chips — country continues its aggressive push towards AI independence and homegrown silicon

Chinese provinces offer steep power discounts to AI companies using domestic chips

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Nvidia unexpectedly replaces a damaged RTX 5090 GPU despite user blunder — $1,999 flagship GPU escapes paperweight status against all odds

A GeForce RTX 5090 owner damaged his graphics card while attempting to install a water block, but Nvidia agreed to replace it anyway.

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2008 financial crisis prophet bets against the AI bubble with potential $1 billion payout — Michael Burry reveals put options on Nvidia and Palantir

Big bets are being put on the imminent decline of several big AI industry players.

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