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Can Earthquake in Myanmar disrupt PC hardware production? Manufacturers are checking out

A 7.7-magnitude earthquake struck Myanmar on Friday, March 28, shaking neighboring countries including Thailand, China and Vietnam — and came close to shaking up the technology industry. Thailand and Vietnam are major production sites for companies like Intel, Seagate, and Western Digital. So far, these companies have not reported on damages and supply disruptions in… Read more

XPG Prime tuning app dumps 50GB of anime girl photos in Redditor’s temp folder

A Reddit user got a very unexpected surprise upon booting their PC: 50GB of anime girl pictures in their Windows temp folder, courtesy of XPG’s Prime utility. This software was originally designed to customize and sync RGB lighting across compatible products. In our brief testing, we found that the software doesn’t delete temporary UI wallpaper… Read more

This Raspberry Pi Zero camera instantly prints photos using thermal paper

We’re living in an age where digital photos reign supreme, but that hasn’t stopped maker and developer Spacerower, as they are known as over at Reddit, from creating a Raspberry Pi-powered camera that creates physical photos for you on the spot. This handheld Pi camera was made from the ground up from scratch and features… Read more

Linus Torvalds rages against ‘random turd files’ in Linux 6.15-rc1 directories

Linus Torvalds is back at his explosively scatological best in some recent comments about a Linux 6.15-rc1 pull request (h/t Phoronix). The target of the Linux creator and lead developer’s ire was “the disgusting ‘hdrtest’ crap,” which he accused of slowing down software builds and leaving “random ‘hdrtest’ turds around.” Torvald’s full post concerning the… Read more

Leaked Asus ROG Crosshair X870E Extreme images suggest an imminent launch

An Asus ROG Crosshair Extreme X870E motherboard is in the works, according to leaked photos shared by renowned leaker momomo_us. Though detailed specifications remain in the dark, we can spot several technical and cosmetic changes over the previous X670E class model. As a descendant of Asus’ premier ROG Extreme family, you can expect a hefty… Read more

Crucial CUDIMM DDR5-6400 C52 2x16GB Review: Plug-and-Play Paradise for Arrow Lake

Tom’s Hardware Verdict The Crucial CUDIMM DDR5-6400 memory kit is a great choice for users who want dependable, baseline performance but don’t want to step foot inside their motherboards’ BIOS settings. Pros + Plug-and-play for Arrow Lake CPUs + Low-profile design + Runs at 1.1V Cons – Substantial premium – JEDEC timings – Limited availability… Read more

Chinese PCIe 5.0 SSD boasts 14.9 GB/s speeds, positioning as the fastest mainstream PCIe 5.0 drive on the market

(Image credit: UNIS via ITHome) Chinese manufacturer UNIS (a subsidiary of Tsinghua Unigroup) has unveiled its S5 lineup of PCIe 5.0 SSDs, a strong contender for one of the best SSDs. The company (via ITHome) claims the drive speeds are up to 14.9 GB/s, faster than the Crucial T705 and Samsung 9100 Pro, two of… Read more

Microsoft eliminates workaround that circumvents Microsoft account requirement during Windows 11 installation

The Windows 11 installer is being tightened to force more users to set up the OS with a Microsoft Account. An official blog post accompanying the latest Insider Preview Build 26200.5516 stated that “we’re removing the bypassnro.cmd script.” The reasoning behind this change, according to Microsoft, is that insisting on a Microsoft Account will enhance… Read more

AMD Ryzen 9000G APUs rumored to launch in Q4 for AM5 motherboards

Last CES saw AMD unveil its Ryzen 8000G lineup of APUs for AM5, bringing together speedy Zen 4 cores alongside the first RDNA-based graphics engine to desktops, succeeding their Vega-powered predecessors. Hardware leaker HXL suggests a potential successor is expected for a Q4 launch later this year, with the likely designation of Ryzen 9000G. Other… Read more

How to use the Warp AI-enabled terminal for Windows or Linux

The word “Warp” isn’t something that makes us think “AI enabled terminal emulator”. For me, I think of Captains Kirk, Picard, Sisko, Janeway, Archer, Burnham and Pike heading off on another adventure to the final frontier. But, Warp is an “intelligent terminal” app that offers the tantalizing proposition of “become a command line power user… Read more

Russia completes development of 30-year-old outdated lithography tool

Zelenograd Nanotechnology Center (ZNTC) and Planar have concluded developing Russia’s first lithography system capable of supporting 350nm-class process technologies (0.35 micron). The development was assisted by Belarus-based Planar company. The machine has cleared official inspections and is undergoing integration trials in Zelenograd. Despite its symbolic significance, the system’s design has been outdated by several decades,… Read more

Nvidia Breakfast Bytes are now available at Denny’s if you want to experience the ‘breakfast of geniuses’

If you wish to try out the “breakfast of geniuses,” the Nvidia Breakfast Bytes first seen at GTC 2025 are now available at Denny’s restaurants. This is the first product of 2025 with the Nvidia name on it that is readily available, is purchasable at the expected price, and is affordable. However, this sub-$5 breakfast… Read more

Zotac RTX 5090 GPUs with missing ROPs sold at premium price by German retailer

(Image credit: Zotac) German electronics retailer Alternate has listed three Zotac GeForce RTX 5090 Solid OC graphics cards as B-stock products, despite these units missing Render Output Units (ROPs). First spotted by Videocardz, the affected GPUs are reportedly missing 8 out of the expected 176 ROPs, which can potentially negatively impact rasterization performance and rendering… Read more

Taiwanese authorities accuse SMIC and allies of poaching engineers

Taiwan is investigating whether Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp. (SMIC), China’s largest contract chipmaker and the world’s third largest foundry, broke local laws by secretly recruiting engineers to get experienced staff and gain insights of Taiwanese semiconductor know how, reports Bloomberg. The investigation is part of a broader crackdown on unauthorized activities by Chinese tech companies… Read more

Nvidia’s 50-series laptop launch looks bumpy: slipping ship dates, game crashes, and delayed review units

(Image credit: Shutterstock) There’s no nice way to say it: Nvidia’s RTX 50-series laptop GPU launch has been messy. For potential buyers, it’s a mix of drivers that aren’t fully baked and what we expect will be very limited amounts of stock. Behind the scenes, laptop manufacturers have seemingly been scrambling to get these things… Read more