A DIY project with a powerful message: YouTuber ETA Prime builds a kind of Steam Machine from a mining board – for around $150. The basis is the ASRock BC-250, a relic from the crypto euphoria, equipped with partially defective console chips. The result: surprisingly playable, but technically not a sure-fire success. PS5 chip, second […]

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The once spartan text editor is becoming a potential target for attacks. What used to be little more than a digital notepad is now packed with features – and that is precisely the problem. Microsoft closed the CVE-2026-20841 security vulnerability on Patch Tuesday in February. The CVSS score is 8.8, and the attack complexity is […]

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With Mesa 26.0, the free Linux graphics stack is experiencing one of the biggest ray tracing upgrades in recent years. Anyone running a Radeon based on RDNA 3, RDNA 3.5, or RDNA 4 and using the Vulkan driver RADV will see dramatic performance gains in some cases – without the need for new hardware. This […]

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A used MSI GeForce RTX 4080 Super Ventus is currently causing a stir on Reddit. In the PCMR subreddit, user TwistedColossus describes how the card reportedly “instantly burst into flames” during a test run – including a burnt hole in the circuit board. This is not a melted 12VHPWR connector, as seen in previous discussions […]

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The latest figures from Mercury Research on the x86 CPU market for the fourth quarter of 2025 are more than just a snapshot. They mark a structural shift in the balance of power between AMD and Intel. AMD ends the year with a 41.3 percent share of server sales. This is not a statistical outlier, […]

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Microsoft is apparently rethinking the fundamentals of its subscription ecosystem. According to a report by The Verge, Microsoft is in the early stages of testing ways to expand or structurally adjust the Xbox Game Pass lineup. No concrete decisions have been made, but the direction is clear: more bundling, more flexibility, and possibly less fragmentation. […]

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According to reports, China’s largest DRAM manufacturer, ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT), plans to convert around 20 percent of its total production to HBM3. That corresponds to around 60,000 wafers. This is not a symbolic gesture, but a strategic shift in capacity with a clear goal: AI. Capacity shift instead of cheap RAM For a long […]

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The threat of tariffs against TSMC appears to have been defused for the time being. According to information from the Financial Times, the US government is planning an exemption model that will spare the Taiwanese semiconductor giant from future US chip tariffs, provided that the massive investments in the United States are implemented as announced. […]

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With Nova Lake-S, Intel is preparing nothing less than a paradigm shift in the desktop segment, at least if the current leaks are to be believed. The upcoming generation, designed for the new LGA-1954 socket and 900-series chipsets, is officially set to succeed Arrow Lake. Unofficially, however, the whole thing seems more like a return […]

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AMD is preparing Medusa Halo, internally known as Ryzen AI MAX 500, as the actual successor to Strix Halo. We’re not talking about tomorrow, but realistically about 2027 to 2028. Nevertheless, the direction is clear: AMD is consistently linking the next Halo generation to the LPDDR6 memory standard, thereby addressing the very bottleneck that has […]

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