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Game controller exports to Russia banned by UK gov — hopes to reduce options for enemy drone pilots

The UK's Foreign Office has implemented a ban on game controller exports to Russia.

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USB 2.0 is 25 years old today — the interface standard that changed the world

USB 2.0 introduced 480 Mbps transfer speeds in 2000, making it one of the fastest ways of moving data between devices at its time.

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Core i9 14900KS heatspreader transformed into CPU water block - clever machining yields a functioning water block

A Chinese modder has machined their CPU's IHS (Integrated Heat Spreader) into a functional water-block for liquid cooling.

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Tests indicate Intel's '200S Boost' feature provides no real gain for Arrow Lake CPUs on Linux

Phoronix's testing shows that Intel's 200S Boost feature yields little to no performance improvements with the same RAM kit.

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Windows will now let you swear at it — introduces toggle to disable profanity filter for voice typing

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PC case and components maker Hyte pauses shipments to U.S. customers amid tariff pressures

Hyte has temporarily suspended U.S. shipments due to the newly introduced tariffs, with higher prices likely ahead.

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Elon Musk’s Nvidia-powered Colossus supercomputer faces pollution allegations from under‐reported power generators

xAI's Colossus supercomputer at Memphis, Tennessee, is accused of spewing excess pollution to get the power it needs to run all its GPUs.

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AMD's Ryzen 5 7533HS APU makes its debut with Lenovo's budget lineup

Lenovo's latest budget laptops feature a never-before-seen Ryzen 5 7533HS (Rembrandt-R) APU from AMD.

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TSMC discloses N2 defect density — lower than N3 at the same stage of development

TSMC claims N2 defect density is lower than N3 defect density two quarters before mass production starts, reveals N2 HVM time frame.

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Microsoft launches Recall to Windows 11 general availability — Click to Do and Improved Search also coming

Microsoft's flagship Windows 11 AI feature, Recall, is launching to general availability today, along with other features, like Click to Do and Improved Windows Search, as part of an April non-security release.

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Linux developers want to remove i486 and i586 Pentium CPU support to unburden kernel developers

Linux developers are discussing removing i486 and early i586 (Pentium) CPU support from the Linux kernel to unburden Linux developers.

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AMD patches critical Zen 5 microcode bug — partners deliver new BIOS with AGESA 1.2.0.3C

Motherboard partners are rolling out a new BIOS update for Ryzen 9000 CPUs, fixing a critical vulnerability that could allow hackers to run malicious microcode.

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TP-Link under DOJ investigation for alleged predatory pricing practices and national security concerns

The U.S. DOJ launched an antitrust investigation on TP-Link, just as the U.S. Commerce Department continues its probe on the company's impact to American national security.

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Gigabyte addresses RTX 50-series thermal gel leak, blames over-application in early production units

There will be no recall or replacement as Gigabyte says the issue does not compromise the product's performance, stability, or lifespan.

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Intel redefines AI strategy — Jaguar Shores to be rack-level design with focus on silicon photonics

Intel outlined its revamped AI strategy under new leadership that includes variety of workload-specific products, optical interconnects for rack-scale solutions, and revamped software stack.

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Intel posts flat year-over-year earnings and bleak outlook, warns about macroeconomic pressures

Intel reports flat revenue but deeper losses and lower margins in Q1 2025 as well as gives a bleak Q2 guidance driven by macroeconomic and trade-related uncertainties.

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Nvidia's budget RTX 5060 GPUs rumored to launch on May 19th

Word on the street is that the $299 RTX 5060 is set to drop on May 19th next month, landing right before Computex.

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China reportedly waives tariffs on some US chip imports — duties paid are eligible for refunds

Chinese authorities might be putting an exemption from their 125% tariff on some American chip imports.

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Startup aims to 3D print chips and cut production costs by 90% — nanoprinter operates at wafer scale

Atum Works claims its nanoscale 3D printing technology can cut chip production costs by 90% by replacing traditional production steps with direct 3D structuring, though its 100 nm resolution limits it to applications that do not need ultra-small features.

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Intel's AI PC chips aren't selling well — instead, old Raptor Lake chips boom

Intel announced that its new AI PC chips aren't selling as well as expected. As a result, it faces a shortage of production capacity for its 'Intel 7' process node, and the company expects this shortage to "persist for the foreseeable future."

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Intel CEO announces layoffs, restructuring, $1.5 billion in cost reductions, expanded return to office mandate

Intel CEO Lip Bu-Tan announced a series of sweeping measures today, including an unspecified number of layoffs, a company restructuring, the elimination of non-core products, and a return-to-office mandate, as the company presented its first-quarter earnings report.

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AMD releases open-source GIM driver aimed at GPU virtualization, support for mainstream Radeon GPUs coming later

AMD releases open-source GIM driver aimed at Linux-based hardware virtualization. The new driver is one of AMD's first open-source drivers in a new push to make more of its software stack open-source.

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Kingston's Renegade G5 PCIe 5.0 SSD with 14.8 GB/s speeds now available starting at $200 for 1TB

Kingston's PCIe 5.0 ready Renegade G5 is finally here, ready to seize the speed crown from Samsung and Crucial.

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TSMC mulls massive 1000W-class multi-chiplet processors with 40X the performance of standard models

TSMC is prepping a 9.5-reticle, 7,885 mm² multi-chiplet packages on 120×150 mm substrates with integrated power management for future AI and HPC processors.

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AMD RX 9070 GRE allegedly ready for launch — Navi 48 GPU trimmed down to 12GB VRAM and 48 compute units

AMD's upcoming RX 9070 GRE is allegedly ready to launch anytime now, instead of debuting in Q4 2025 as previous rumors predicted. However, it could end up as a card exclusive to the Chinese market, at least at first.

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