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EU pushes for Chips Act 2.0 investment as it looks set to miss global silicon production targets by a wide margin — seeks quadrupling of semiconductor investment as $50 billion initiative flounders

A Dutch coalition has brought together all EU member nations to revise the 2022 Chips Act to encourage greater investment in silicon manufacturing, with estimates suggesting it is on track to miss its 2030 target of 20% of global chip production in the EU by a wide margin.

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Legendary Sound Blaster 2.0 ISA card revived by hardware enthusiast — 1994 relic restored to former glory

A hardware enthusiast has repaired an iconic 90s Sound Blaster 2.0 ISA card.

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Famed gamer creates working 5 million parameter ChatGPT AI model in Minecraft, made with 439 million blocks — AI trained to hold conversations, working model runs inference in the game

CraftGPT puts a functioning AI chatbot on a computer built inside Minecraft.

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TSMC says Intel didn’t ask for investments — denies existence of talks for partnership, joint venture

TSMC said that it's not considering investing in Intel, contrary to what some sources said.

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Jensen Huang says China is ‘nanoseconds behind’ the US in chipmaking, calls for reducing US export restrictions on Nvidia's AI chips

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang says China is just “nanoseconds behind” the U.S. in chipmaking and that Washington should stop trying to wall off the market.

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China's premier memory-maker YMTC struggles amid chokehold of US sanctions — outdated chipmaking tools and lack of new tools have hampered production and development of new tech

YMTC's efforts to expand its presence in the 3D NAND memory market have stalled as US export restrictions prevent the company from acquiring advanced tools needed to scale production.

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U.S. gov't mulls tariffing devices based on the number of chips used and their estimated value — policy would impact nearly every type of electronic device

The U.S. government is considering aggressive new semiconductor-related tariffs that aim to force more chip manufacturing onto American soil, but risk triggering inflation, disrupting supply chains, and posing serious implementation challenges.

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US Commerce head notes China 'isn't even shy' about its goal to 'take' Taiwan, says US-Taiwan tariff deal coming soon — goal is to have 40% of chips made in America

Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said Saturday that a major semiconductor deal with Taiwan was coming “pretty soon,” signaling a potential breakthrough in U.S. efforts to shore up domestic chip production.

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High-power microwave system downs 49 drones in one shot – weaponized electromagnetic interference erases drone swarms en masse

US electronics warfare specialist Epirus recently demonstrated its new flagship Leonidas weapon at a live fire trial in Indiana, disabling 'all 61-of-61 drones.'

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Judge rules that drone maker DJI is affiliated with China’s defense industry — company to stay on Pentagon’s list of Chinese military companies

DJI sued the DoD, saying that it's not a Chinese military company, but the courts ruled otherwise.

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First AirPods-controlled game uses undocumented Apple sensor for motion control — reverse-engineered spatial audio hardware enables 'RidePods - Race with Head' motorbike racing game

The first game that uses Apple’s AirPods as a motion controller has hit the App Store.

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Russia outlines EUV litho chipmaking tool roadmap through 2037 — country eyes replacing DUV with EUV

The Russian Academy of Sciences has unveiled a 2026–2037 roadmap for domestic 11.2 nm EUV lithography tools that reject ASML's architecture in favor of xenon plasma, Ru/Be mirrors, and solid-state lasers, aiming for simplified, tin-free, cost-effective alternatives.

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3Dfx Voodoo GPU modded with 12 MB of RAM and two texture mappers — reveals how revolutionary graphics card was way ahead of its time

Modded 3Dfx Voodoo shows how the design was ahead of its time.

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Large-scale simulated 10-year OLED monitor torture tests confirm burn-in haunts all models — Testing also reveals edge-lit TVs are insanely failure-prone

RTINGS.com's longevity burn-in test for TVs and monitors enters its second year of progress, with many screens dying completely or showing intense signs of wear and tear after the equivalent of 10 years of average use.

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Nvidia RTX 5070 Ti Super and RTX 5070 Super TDP leaked — long-rumored RTX 50 Super series GPUs appear in power supply calculator

Nvidia's rumored RTX 50 Super mid-gen refresh has no concrete launch window, but there have already been plenty of leaks. Rumors suggest a CES 2026 announcement, and we now have what appears to be our first substantial confirmation of RTX 50 Super GPUs, courtesy of Seasonic's PSU calculator.

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Asus addresses stuttering issues plaguing its gaming laptops — beta patch released for ROG laptops, final fix due in October

Asus has begun rolling out beta BIOS updates to address widespread stuttering and performance issues on ROG laptops. The company confirms it has identified the root cause and will release finalized firmware soon.

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Enthusiasts bond twelve 56K modems together to set dial-up broadband records — a dozen screeching boxes achieve record 668 kbps download speeds

Can you stream YouTube via dial-up? You'll need at least four bonded 56K modems. But what if you have 12?

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Scalpers sell ROG Xbox Ally X preorders for as much as $2,500 even though they are still in stock — stay away from eBay and buy from retailers

While you can spend $2,000 or more on a $1,000 machine, instead, don't.

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Nvidia CEO bets $100 billion on OpenAI becoming a multi-trillion-dollar company — Jensen outlines his view on OpenAI's path to becoming one of the biggest companies in the world

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang believes OpenAI is on track to become a multi-trillion-dollar company, citing explosive growth and scale as the foundation for what could be the fastest rise to that valuation in the industry’s history.

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Apple's iPhone 17 chip becomes the fastest single-core CPU in the world on PassMark, beating PC chips and Apple's own M3 Ultra — passively-cooled A19 CPU catapults past power-hungry competitors

Apple's latest mobile chip, the A19, has officially become the world's fastest CPU, at least in PassMark's single-threaded benchmark. It outperformed every flagship desktop processor from both Intel and AMD, as well as Apple's own M3 Ultra, while requiring less cooling and consuming significantly less power.

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AMD's memory patent outlining a 'new, improved RAM' made from DDR5 memory isn't a new development — HB-DIMMs already superseded, probably won't come to market

AMD's HB-DIMM concept probably isn't coming to market, as the company has already thrown its support behind the similar JEDEC MRDIMM standard.

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Modder takes hacksaw and hot glue to original Xbox to create a gaming handheld — ‘portable monstrosity’ has exposed spinning DVD in the center and plenty of duct tape, but works as intended

James Channel challenged himself to transmogrify the 'biggest, heaviest, power-hungry console anybody had ever seen' into a handheld. He did it. Duct tape and hot glue were very useful.

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OneXPlayer unveils OneXFly Apex with Ryzen AI Max+ 395 and up to 128 GB RAM — Flagship PC gaming handheld pushes 120W TDP with 'silent liquid cooling' and 85Wh removable battery

OneXPlayer has just teased the OneXFly Apex, its latest flagship handheld powered by the Ryzen AI Max+ 395 at its full 120W TDP, featuring up to 128 GB of memory and an 8-inch 120Hz VRR screen. The device has adjustable triggers, and Harman-tuned dual speakers, all powered by an 85Wh…

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Teen suspected of holding $1.8 million in bitcoin from hacking Vegas casinos is out on bail — alleged perp could be tried as an adult, face possible prison time

A 17-year-old alleged hacker has been released into the custody of his parents, as prosecutors hunt for his involvement with a multi-million dollar cyberattack and heist on a slew of Vegas casinos. The attack, attributed to the Scattered Spider group, affected MGM and Caesar's Entertainment casinos on the Vegas Strip.

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Samsung takes a scalpel to its 2nm wafer price tag, bringing it down to $20,000 — Korean chipmaker now undercuts rival TSMC by 33%

Samsung throws the gauntlet to TMSC, which recently rose its pricing thanks to overwhelming demand.

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