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IBM ThinkPad T43 enthusiast installs 'almost' every version of Windows on the single-core laptop without using virtual machine — 26 years of Windows running bare metal, from 1996 Windows NT 4.0 to Windows 10 22H2 working on legendary hardware

An IBM ThinkPad user boasts that they can install '(almost) all versions of Windows from NT 4 to 10 22H2' with driver support, without resorting to virtual machine (VM) technology.

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Startup unveils underwater drone designed for protecting undersea cables — small drone dives to 1,640 feet, comes with four-hour battery endurance or unlimited range when tethered to surface power source

A British-New Zealand startup revealed an AI-powered undersea drone designed to for patrolling undersea infrastructure. It's powered by an autonomous software stack that allows a single operator to coordinate multiple drones from the air, land, and the surface of the sea with the undersea drone.

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Mystery company accidentally blew $500 million on Claude AI in a single month — failed to put usage limit on licenses for employees

A new report cites an AI consultant claiming a client accidentally spent $500,000,000 on Claude in a single month.

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Microsoft warns GPU mining malware is being spread to users through SEO poisoning and AI chatbots — cryptojacking campaign targets gamers and high-end PC users with downloads disguised as popular PC utilities

Microsoft has uncovered a GPU-focused cryptojacking campaign that used SEO poisoning and, in some cases, AI chatbot software recommendations to spread malware disguised as popular PC utilities like HWMonitor and CrystalDiskInfo

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Supermicro says it assisted Taiwanese authorities in server smuggling bust that led to three arrests — company issues statement on working with US, Taiwan to block illicit diversion of servers to China

Supermicro says it worked directly with Taiwanese authorities on a server smuggling bust that led to the seizure of 50 servers and three arrests.

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'Call of Duty Modern Warfare 4' developer promises PC focus — Infinity Ward promises extensive optimization and is dropping older consoles

Call of Duty Modern Warfare 4 drops older consoles and promises extensive optimization and PC-specific options

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TP-Link announces its first consumer Wi-Fi 8 roadmap — Archer 8 routers scheduled to arrive in October 2026, pending FCC approval

TP-Link announced today the roadmap for its next-generation platform of Wi-Fi 8 (802.11bn) products.

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Leaks reveal US authorities concerned about the rise of ‘anti-tech extremists’ as AI data center issues become increasingly contentious — critics say this could lead to surveillance, criminalization of peaceful opposition

A leaked report showed the various law enforcement agencies are warning about protests against data centers and AI, saying that these could lead to the rise of "anti-tech extremists" and lead to widespread violence and unrest.

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Researchers say they can spy on your browsing by measuring SSD activity through a browser API — claim FROST attack requires no permissions or user interaction to identify which apps and websites you're using

FROST exploits the Origin Private File System (OPFS), a browser API that lets websites create and store files on a user's local disk.

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Intel challenges AMD’s handheld dominance with new Arc G3 chips — Panther Lake silicon brings up to 14 cores, Arc B390 graphics to handhelds

Intel has revealed the Arc G3 and G3 Extreme chips, which are built on Panther Lake dies with up to an Arc B390 iGPU. The chips will show up in devices from partners like Acer and OneXPlayer.

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Qualcomm announces Snapdragon C Platform for $300 and up laptops — Windows on Arm and NPUs for the budget tier

Qualcomm announced its Snapdragon C Platform today in the runup to Computex 2026. The Snapdragon C (Compute) Platform will power budget laptops designed to compete in the the $300 range, and features a processor based on a new variant of its Kryo chip architecture that was originally designed for mobile…

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Acer and Qualcomm take on MacBook Neo with first Snapdragon C laptop – Aspire Go 15 delivers 512GB SSD and 8GB of RAM at ‘entry-tier price’

The first Snapdragon C-powered laptop, the Aspire Go 15, delivers 512GB of storage and 8GB of RAM, plus a good collection of ports for a still-undisclosed ‘entry-tier price point.’

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Acer brings Intel Arc B390 graphics to Predator Atlas 8 gaming handheld – G3 Extreme CPU paired with segment-first metal fan for increased airflow

Acer's Atlas 8 takes on AMD’s dominance in the space with the new Intel Arc G3 and G3 Extreme processors, packing Arc B370 or B390 iGPUs.

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Chinese university builds 3D chip design tool tailored to Huawei's ‘LogicFolding’ architecture — 3D design delivers increased performance and better thermal management

The announcement came two days after Huawei presented LogicFolding and its accompanying Tau Scaling Law at ISCAS 2026.

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Wide-ranging 7-zip vulnerability with 8.8 CVE rating allows for code execution — hundreds of millions of machines potentially at risk

Wide-ranging 7-zip vulnerability allows for code execution and has an 8.8 CVE rating, hundreds of millions of machines potentially vulnerable

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Samsung Display announces world's first 360 Hz 4K QD-OLED panel — dual-mode support also offers 680Hz at FHD, 10 customers reportedly lined up

Samsung just announced that it will launch a 360 Hz 4K QD-OLED panel at Computex 2026. The company says that this is the first panel that can hit those refresh rates at a native 4K, and that it's already in talks with several potential clients to supply future premium gaming…

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ASRock BC-250 used for Steam Machine duty gains third-party hack to unlock all 40 CUs — mining board now has more CUs than a base PS5

Enthusiasts of ASRock's BC-250 server board have figured out a way to unlock all 40CUs inside the system's PS5-derived SoC, giving it more GPU cores than a base PS5.

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Valve hikes Steam Deck OLED prices — 512GB is now $789, while 1TB climbs to $949

The Valve Steam Deck is seeing price hikes as high as $300 as the component shortage continues.

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Italian council sets 200% tax on data center development in agricultural zones — aims to spur the use of old industrial areas instead and limit environmental impact

This 200% tax will make it more expensive to build in rural areas and is aimed at spurring data center development in disused industrial zones instead.

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Nvidia offers restricted access to Vera CPU in first round of Linux benchmarks - 88-core monster competes with or beats Epyc and Xeon in selected tests

NVIDIA's new server CPU doesn't win outright in most tests, but it's running very close to AMD's EPYC, which is incredible for a first-generation custom server core from NVIDIA.

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Erin Brockovich starts tracking AI data centers, calls on affected communities to submit issues — website shows more than 2,700 reports from across the US raising various concerns

Erin Brockovich, who made her name making a case against PG&E in the '90s that resulted in a $333 million settlement, is now looking at the impact of data center developments on communities and is recording community reports along the way.

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China adds homegrown AI chips to 'secure and reliable' procurement list for the first time — nine options added as move away from Nvidia continues

The certifications are valid for three years and were issued jointly by the China Information Technology Security Evaluation Centre and the National Secrecy Science and Technology Evaluation Centre.

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Veteran programmer finishes retro game sequel and publishes it after 37 years — Colin Porch started Head Over Heels home computer title in 1989, but it was shelved due to console pivot

Hit 1980s isometric puzzler adventure game gets a sequel 37 years later. The original programmer is now over 80.

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Prototype of the ‘world’s first fluid circuit board’ can be physically rewired in less than a minute, startup claims — could make hardware iteration 1,000 times faster than traditional PCB

A deep tech startup has come out of stealth brandishing a prototype of what it claims to be 'the world’s first fluid circuit board.'

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SpaceX admits it can't find enough chips for orbital AI yet, requires 'significantly more than are currently available to us' — firm's risk factors in IPO paperwork also says ambitious TeraFab project may not be successful

SpaceX warns that it may not secure enough AI hardware to achieve its orbital AI ambitions even with supply from TeraFab. Also, Intel and Tesla may leave the TeraFab project.

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