This holiday season is the swan song for the Nintendo Switch. Nintendo told us as much when it said a long-awaited Switch successor would be announced by April 2025. But Nintendo thankfully didn’t get a case of senioritis as it looks to graduate to a Switch sequel, as 2024 had a litany of excellent titles… Read more
read more...10 terrific Nintendo Switch games from 2024 to check out
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TSMC’s first new overseas fab in years begins to make chips — JASM coming online
By: Tom's Hardware
(Image credit: TSMC) TSMC has commenced mass production at its fab in Kumamoto, Japan, marking a significant milestone in advanced chip manufacturing for the country and the first step in its major expansion overseas, reports Nikkei. The plant, operated by Japan Advanced Semiconductor Manufacturing (JASM), produces chips using a variety of process technologies for TSMC’s… Read more
read more...How to install a motherboard
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(Image credit: Tom’s Hardware) Installing a motherboard is one of the most critical steps in building a computer. The motherboard is the backbone of your system, connecting to and powering all the other components. Some of the best motherboards may offer advanced features, but a well-installed motherboard should lead to stability, proper functionality, and efficient… Read more
read more...Kindle Scribe (2024) review: nothing to write home about
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My high school English teacher drilled into my head that there was a proper way to read a book: “If you’ve read a book without taking notes, you’ve not read it at all.” She had a point — taking notes helps me engage with the material in a much deeper way than just reading. Nowadays,… Read more
read more...Apple pulls remaining Lightning-based devices from European stores
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Apple is no longer selling its iPhone SE and iPhone 14 series in Europe — the last phone models with Apple’s proprietary Lightning charging port — as the EU shifts to a common charging solution built around USB-C. EU Directive 2022/2380 goes into force today in an effort to reduce e-waste and solve market fragmentation. A… Read more
read more...Blackwell GPU reportedly takes 3X to 4X longer to test than Hopper — more complex designs lead to skyrocketing test requirements
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Nvidia’s Blackwell GPUs are some of the most complex semiconductor devices ever built, significantly increasing their manufacturing, packaging, and testing difficulty. According to the Financial Times, citing Doug Lefever, the chief executive of Advantest, it takes three to four times longer to test Blackwell data center GPUs than Hopper data center GPUs because each unit… Read more
read more...Ryzen Z2 Go APU is allegedly exclusive to the Lenovo Legion Go S — chip reportedly offers four Zen 3+ cores, 12 CU RDNA 2 iGPU, and LPDDR5X-6400 support
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We covered a leak a while back detailing AMD’s upcoming Ryzen Z2 lineup of APUs. The list featured a particular budget-oriented offering based on Rembrandt-R: the Ryzen Z2G or Z2 Go. Today, renowned leaker Golden Pig Upgrade Pack, with a proven track record (via Olrak at X), alleges that the Z2 Go will be exclusive… Read more
read more...The Batman 2 is delayed to 2027, but Mickey 17’s release date is moving up
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If you’ve been waiting patiently to see how Matt Reeves’ story for The Batman continues once the reboot’s sequel arrives, you’ll have to wait a little longer. It was once set to open October 2nd, 2026, after an initial delay caused by the Hollywood writers’ strike derailed Warner Bros. plans to release it in 2025,… Read more
read more...OpenAI switching to a for-profit company to raise more cash as it continues to lose money
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In a new blog post, OpenAI outlines its plans to become a for-profit organization while maintaining its core mission of “ensuring that Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) benefits all of humanity.” The move is a significant shift from its non-profit roots in 2015, which later transformed into a “capped” for-profit, with the non-profit arm spearheading the… Read more
read more...Gaming industry insiders say cutting-edge graphics cost too much to make for AAA games
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Speaking to The New York Times, several game developers and some industry figures spoke out about how the gaming industry’s AAA studios couldn’t reasonably handle the stress of creating cutting-edge graphics— particularly in light of major waves of layoffs throughout the past two years, and several high-fidelity AAA games underperforming in the market. Even live… Read more
read more...Arbiter Studio AKITSU Review
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1 Packaging, Weight, Cable & Feet » Introduction Arbiter Studio is a peripherals company based in the US, whereas Vancer is a peripherals company based in China. For their first mouse release, Arbiter Studio has joined forces with Vancer. The result of this collaboration is the ambidextrous AKITSU, which manages to weigh no more than 39… Read more
read more...Do Kwon will be extradited to the US to face charges over Terra’s $40 billion crypto crash
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Do Kwon will be extradited to the US to face charges over Terra’s $40 billion crypto crash / South Korea and the US have squabbled over who will get to prosecute Kwon since the fugitive was arrested in Montenegro last year. By Emma Roth, a news writer who covers the streaming wars, consumer tech, crypto,… Read more
read more...South Korea greenlights the world’s largest semiconductor hub — half the size of Beverly Hills to house six fabs, three power plans, and fab suppliers
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The South Korean government has greenlit the Yongin Semiconductor National Industrial Complex three months earlier than expected, which will significantly reduce the project planning timeline, reports BusinessKorea. The science park is said to be the world’s largest semiconductor hub, accommodating multiple fabs, power plants, and fab suppliers. The Yongin Semiconductor National Industrial Complex spans 7.28… Read more
read more...Chinese AI company says breakthroughs enabled creating a leading-edge AI model with 11X less compute — DeepSeek’s optimizations could highlight limits of US sanctions
By: Tom's Hardware
(Image credit: Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH) DeepSeek, a Chinese AI startup, says it has trained an AI model comparable to the leading models from heavyweights like OpenAI, Meta, and Anthropic, but at an 11X reduction in the amount of GPU computing, and thus cost. The claims haven’t been fully validated yet, but the startling announcement suggests… Read more
read more...NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has survived the closest-ever Sun flyby
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NASA sent its Parker Solar Probe just 3.8 million miles from the surface of the Sun — and it survived. The probe transmitted a signal back to Earth on the night of December 26th, “indicating it’s in good health and operating normally,” according to NASA. The mission marks the closest the Parker Solar Probe —… Read more
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