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DoomBuds ports the 1993 FPS classic to open-source earbuds by streaming JPGs at 18fps — runs on 300MHz CPU with less than 1MB of RAM

A developer has ported Doom to a pair of earbuds, but there were extra hurdles to jump, as the earbuds don't have a screen.

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Nvidia pumps another $2 billion into CoreWeave and announces standalone availability of Vera CPU — chipmaker increases stake in its customer to 9%

Nvidia is spending another $2 billion investing in CoreWeave, one of its AI customers, due to "confidence in their growth and confidence in CoreWeave’s management," according to CEO Jensen Huang.

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Microsoft introduces newest in-house AI chip — Maia 200 is faster than other bespoke Nvidia competitors, built on TSMC 3nm with 216GB of HBM3e

30% more performance per dollar than Maia 100, and faster than Amazon or Google.

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Bill Gates-backed silicon photonics startup develops optical transistors 10,000x smaller than current tech — optical chip can process 1,000 x 1,000 multiplication matrices

Neurophos built a silicon photonics chip that's 10,000 smaller than current tech and could potentially deliver 10x the performance of Nivida's Vera Rubin GPUs using the same amount of power and available chip fab technologies.

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AMD reportedly addressing crushing memory shortages with Ryzen 7 9850X3D CPU bundles — 'official' boxset with CPU, memory and cooler spotted in China, worth ~$1,000

Official hardware combos are now a reality, at least in China, where AMD has collaborated with Cooler Master and V-Color to provide gamers with a convenient all-in-one solution. This new bundled box includes the 9850X3D chip, alongside a 32 GB kit of V-Color's DDR5-6000 OLED RAM and a Cooler Master…

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Elegoo’s Centauri Carbon 2 Combo budget 3D printer is now available — brings four-color printing to an accessible price point

The anticipated color upgrade to Elegoo’s budget-busting 3D printer launches at $449.

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Xi Jinping calls AI ‘epoch-making’ as China’s focus tightens on domestic tech — likens change to Industrial Revolution or the dawn of the internet

Chinese leader Xi Jinping has emphasized the importance of advancing AI in his first formal meeting of 2026 with ministers.

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Some PCs can't boot after latest Windows 11 security update, no fix in sight —mostly affects 24H2 and 25H2 versions

A Windows security update bug has prevented some Windows 11 24H2 and 25H2 users from booting into their PCs, requiring them to go to Windows Recovery Environment to uninstall the offering update just to use their computer.

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PS4 Slim transformed into a handheld, powered by a miniaturized motherboard in a 3D-printed case — features a 7-inch OLED screen, HDMI out, and 3-hour battery life

While we wait for Sony to eventually release its next PlayStation handheld alongside the PS6, one fan has already built a portable PS4 featuring full power. The handheld can even function as a normal PS4 with passthrough charging, but the beautiful OLED screen up front ensures you enjoy it on…

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Four arrested following $1.6 million NFT heist in the Netherlands — data carriers, cash, cars, and house also seized as part of ongoing investigation

The police have picked up four people suspected of the theft of multiple NFTs amounting to 1.4 million Euros or US$1.65 million. The group was released after interrogation, but their house, cars, data carriers, and cash were seized as part of the investigation.

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Ambitious 170 km long Saudi megacity 'The Line' has scope slashed and may be repurposed as AI data center hub — futuristic desert city was set to house 9 million people, and showcased polarizing sci-fi design

New reports suggest Saudi Arabia is drastically reducing the scale of megaproject 'The Line',' possibly pivoting its future to become a hub for AI data centers.

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Gaming PC charges you quarters every time you want to power it on, restoring oldest form of microtransactions — $135 in tools and supplies, plus a lifetime supply of quarters to kick it old school

A YouTube engineer has built a coin-operated power switch for a gaming PC, allowing users to pay for the privilege of turning on their own PC's — which is unfortunately not a cry too distant from encroaching reality.

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The Apple Mac turned 42 this weekend — we are still using the WIMP GUI WYSIWYG computing paradigm in 2026

A youthful Steve Jobs unveiled the original Apple Macintosh 42 years ago.

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Breakthrough wireless transceiver transmits data 24 times faster than 5G connections, reaching blazing 15 gigabytes per second — Researchers demo invention that uses silicon chip to directly send and receive analog signals from digital data

A research team from the University of California, Irvine developed a new wireless transceiver that skipped DACs and used three sub-transmitters to send analog signs from digital data.

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Suspicious DJI clones appear on the market after the FCC banned foreign-made drones — Xtra and Skyrover drones look awfully familiar

These two companies are selling action cameras and drones that have the same look, performance, and specifications as DJI's products, but they do not acknowledge any relationship with the Chinese drone maker.

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American factory worker Robert Williams became the first human to be killed by a robot on this day in 1979 — man crushed by a robot’s mechanical arm at the Ford plant in Flat Rock

Today marks the anniversary of what is widely regarded to be the first death of a human caused by a robot.

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ChatGPT found to be sourcing data from AI-generated content — popular LLM uses content from Grokipedia as source for more obscure queries

ChatGPT has been found to be citing Grok in some of its answers, returning recursive results that risks spreading hallucinated or incorrect information.

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Open-source Intel 486 mobo built from scratch in under 6 months for i486 chips — M8SBC-486's goal was to achieve Linux and Doom compatibility, but it achieves far more than that

An enthusiast has showcased an open-source Intel 486 motherboard that they claim was 'made from scratch' in under six months.

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Modder turns RTX 2080 Ti Hall of Fame into a supercharged 900W Titan RTX with transplanted core and memory — fully unlocked TU102 die with a 900W power limit hits 18k on 3DMark TimeSpy Extreme

RTX 2080 Ti Hall of Fame graphics card gets transplanted with a Titan RTX core and 24GB of GDDR6 memory. Paired with a 900W power limit modification, the card achieved a TimeSpy Extreme score better than an RTX 3090 on air.

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Enthusiast strips GPU cooler to run sub-zero water through its heatpipes, drops temps to 13C — Modded, liquid-cooled RTX 2060 maintains 13C in gaming & unlocks higher boost clocks

A GPU running ice-cold water through its heatpipes without being a part of a massive liquid-nitrogen-fueled overclocking session is not something you see every day. That's exactly what TrashBench did by cutting up an RTX 2060's heatsink and attaching his own tubes to the cooler to push sub-zero liquid to…

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AMD's Ryzen 7 9850X3D could save you hundreds on your new build during the RAM crisis — CPU tech nearly eliminates the performance difference between cheap and expensive RAM

AMD has just reminded us that its X3D CPUs don't require fast memory speeds. In a new marketing slide for the upcoming Ryzen 7 9850X3D, we see only a 1% difference in average FPS across five games. We've known about this phenomenon since the DDR4-era 5800X3D, but this marks the…

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100W car amplifier hacked into a custom RTX 3080 heatsink — custom mod slashes GPU temps by 10°C and looks absolutely stunning

A Redditor decided to give their RTX 3080 more life by replacing its backplate with a massive heatsink.

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Shopper walks out with a $4.99 Radeon RX 5700 XT GPU from Goodwill — thrift stores are the hidden goldmines amid the AI-driven GPU crisis

Launched initially as a strong 1080p and 1440p gaming card, the Radeon RX 5700 XT was revived with basic maintenance after being picked up for just $4.99.

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$3,000 RTX 5090 delivery brings rocks, a towel, and broken dreams — unboxing nightmare on an expensive GPU bought from Amazon Resale

A customer who ordered an MSI Suprim RTX 5090 worth at least $3,000 was scammed out of their money when they received a box filled with rocks instead. The story shared on Reddit highlights another entrant in the long line of GPU scam-swap cases, but this time it was an…

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Zotac reportedly cancels GPU orders and raises MSRP by $200 or more across the board — the company blames 'system error' for cancellations

Zotac is said to have hiked prices on multiple Nvidia RTX GPUs, with one user claiming that the company canceled their order before the MSRP increase.

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