RAM is currently what graphics cards were during the mining boom: expensive, scarce, and subject to market dynamics that have little to do with actual production costs. DDR5 is particularly affected by this. While 8 GB still cost €50 to €60 in the summer of 2025, comparable modules will cost €150 to €200 in early […]

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Humanoid robots are considered the next stage in the evolution of automation. No longer confined to factory floors, they are now universal workers for household tasks, care, logistics, and industry. Trade fairs such as CES have been conjuring up this vision of the future for years. The reality is more sobering. Folding laundry works, but […]

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What used to be considered brazen third-party software now comes factory-installed. MSI unveiled its fifth generation of OLED gaming monitors at CES 2026, sparking a debate that goes far beyond panel technology and response times. For the first time, a major manufacturer is shifting game-relevant AI functions directly into the hardware. For many gamers, this […]

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Apple has confirmed that the technical basis of its future AI base models will be built on Google technologies. The company told CNBC that this is a multi-year partnership that includes both Google’s Gemini language models and cloud infrastructure. The goal of the collaboration is to enable new features within Apple Intelligence. No further contractual […]

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Prices for mobile storage components have risen significantly within a short period of time and are increasingly affecting the manufacturing costs of smartphones. According to market research companies Omdia and TrendForce, prices for mobile DRAM have risen by more than 70 percent since the beginning of last year, while the cost of NAND flash memory […]

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When Jensen Huang talks about artificial intelligence, he doesn’t do so in the tone of an ethicist or regulator, but rather like someone standing in the middle of the engine room. In an interview with the No Priors podcast, the NVIDIA CEO has now openly criticized those he describes as drivers of a so-called “doomer […]

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Wikipedia went online for the first time on January 15, 2001. The original aim of founders Jimmy Wales and Larry Sanger was to supplement the online encyclopedia Nupedia, which was planned by specialist authors, with an open collaborative project. While Nupedia made little progress and was discontinued in 2003, Wikipedia quickly developed into one of […]

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The last two parts were published quite a while ago, but I wanted to try out a real project with the last module and not just the example provided. If you want to take another look, here are the last two test reports for the other modules: There is now new software for the M1 […]

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The dispute between Qualcomm and Apple in the field of energy-efficient high-performance processors continues with the latest round of benchmarks. In several synthetic CPU and GPU tests, the Snapdragon X2 Plus was unable to outperform the Apple M4, which has been available for some time. According to the available measurement results, Qualcomm’s current SoC lost […]

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In a recent ruling, the Federal Court of Justice clarified that the legally permissible minimum contract term of a maximum of two years for fiber optic connections begins as soon as the contract is signed. The court has thus put an end to a widespread practice in the telecommunications industry whereby providers linked the start […]

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The global chip industry is currently experiencing a distortion that has rarely been seen even in previous boom cycles. Taiwanese contract manufacturer TSMC is at the epicenter of this development. Demand for advanced manufacturing processes is so high that customers are apparently willing to pay up to a 100 percent premium just to secure production […]

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What is emerging here is not a theoretical simulation, but a very real market shift with side effects. NVIDIA’s next AI platform, known internally and externally as Vera Rubin, could single-handedly tie up millions of terabytes of NAND flash, triggering a new storage shortage. Not sometime in the future, but starting in 2027. The technical […]

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In a current pre-release version from Microsoft, the manufacturer is testing a new option to specifically remove the Copilot app from managed computers. The feature is part of an insider version of Windows 11 and is aimed exclusively at IT administrators in professional and institutional use cases. The goal is to enable more control over […]

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Researchers say they have solved a technical challenge that for decades was considered virtually impossible. They have developed a fully integrated robot with a computer, sensors, and drive system, whose overall dimensions are less than one millimeter, making it smaller than a grain of salt. The development was the result of a collaboration between the […]

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Many users know FSP primarily as an established power supply manufacturer rather than a supplier of eye-catching lifestyle components. With the AE36, FSP is deliberately positioning itself in the segment of performance-oriented 360-millimeter AIO water cooling systems. The focus is clearly on functionality, thermal efficiency, and technical traceability rather than visual gimmicks. The central question […]

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There is hardly any other graphics card that has been talked about as much before its possible market launch as Intel’s Arc B770. And that is precisely the problem. The evidence has been mounting for months, the facts are becoming clearer, but Intel continues to act as if it were a state secret and not […]

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Chinese AI company DeepSeek is working on the next generation of its flagship model. After a period of relatively low public visibility, there are now signs of a new product launch that could once again attract international attention. According to internal plans, a model called V4 is to be positioned as the direct successor to […]

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Specific pricing information for Valve’s new Steam Machine has appeared for the first time in a Czech online store. The listing was discovered at the Smarty.cz retail chain and refers to two versions of the device. Including Czech VAT of 21 percent, the model with 512 gigabytes of SSD storage is listed at the equivalent […]

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When a manufacturer doesn’t officially admit anything but quietly modifies its product, it’s usually more telling than any press release. This is exactly what’s happening right now with ASUS and the ROG Matrix RTX 5090 Limited Edition. Without any announcement or explanation, but with clearly visible technical changes, ASUS has modified the way liquid metal […]

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Suspected Hungarian espionage within EU institutions The suspicion of espionage against Hungarian agencies within the institutions of the European Union, which has been publicly discussed since 2025, is less a classic intelligence scandal than a symptom of structural naivety. At its core is the accusation that Hungarian intelligence services have been trying for years to […]

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Introduction and unboxing  Today, we are introducing three mechanical keyboards from Epomaker’s current portfolio, covering different layouts, target groups, and features. With the TH108 Pro and the TH99 Pro, the selection includes two full-size keyboards aimed at users who value a complete key layout including a numeric keypad and want to combine this with modern […]

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From a security perspective, the transition from the old to the new year has once again been marked by a noticeable concentration of late-reported incidents. The current calendar week marks less of a turning point in itself and more of a disclosure point for events whose causes date back months or even years. Once again, […]

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What began with the GeForce RTX 5090 is now developing into series production. In China, it is no longer just individual flagship models that are being converted into blower cards for AI racks, but almost the entire RTX 50 family. In addition to the RTX 5090, this now also includes the GeForce RTX 5080, GeForce […]

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AMD has confirmed what has been apparent between the lines of its roadmaps for months. The AMD Ryzen AI 400 and Ryzen AI PRO 400 APUs are coming to the AM5 desktop. Codenamed Gorgon Point, they will launch in the first half of 2026. What was officially presented as a mobile platform is now turning […]

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