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Which AMD CPUs were famously unlocked for overclocking using the "pencil trick"?
Posted on Monday October 05, 2026
Fun fact: The "pencil trick" involved drawing over tiny laser-cut L1 bridges with graphite to re-enable locked multipliers on certain CPUs.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Google pauses bug bounties for open source because AI slop reports are drowning its reviewers
Posted on Monday October 05, 2026
Google is temporarily pausing monetary rewards for capable bug hunters because its human staff can't keep up with the current influx of automated reports. The "vast majority" of these submissions are slop, Google warns, containing invalid information and hallucinated vulnerability data.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Qualcomm signs its first 5G patent deal with Huawei, and agrees to buy some of its US patents
Posted on Monday October 05, 2026
Huawei made its first licensing payment to Qualcomm in 2001, back when it was a telecom gear maker building on other people's wireless standards. Twenty-five years later, the Chinese giant is selling patents to Qualcomm, and Huawei says the deal pushes the cumulative value of its licensing agreements to roughly $7 billion.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Google cleared 300 hectares of Finnish forest for a data center, and regulators want answers
Posted on Monday October 05, 2026
Google was apparently so eager to build its new data center infrastructure in Finland that it began bulldozing large swaths of forest before the required environmental review of the full plan was complete. The work could now be suspended, just as other major data center projects are being delayed in...Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
RevPDF is a free Adobe Acrobat alternative that works offline
Posted on Monday October 05, 2026
RevPDF is available for Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, and iOS, offering PDF editing, OCR, conversion, forms, compression, and more, with all processing done on your device. Version 5.0 adds WYSIWYG text editing, PDF-to-Excel conversion, and improved Word exports.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
RTX 5090 modder claims to have solved melting power connectors with auxiliary 8-pin board
Posted on Monday October 05, 2026
Over on Reddit, user DallasGrave outlined the approach taken when developing the mod. In short, the fix utilizes a pickup PCB soldered to the contacts of the original 12VHPWR header that feeds an auxiliary dual eight-pin board. This effectively spreads the load across three sets of cables, which significantly reduces...Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Amazon is spending $1 billion to win over towns fighting its data centers
Posted on Monday October 05, 2026
In a blog post, Amazon Web Services CEO Matt Garman said the company will invest more than $1 billion over the next five years in data center towns across the US, on top of its existing efforts.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Elon Musk says SpaceXAI will become SpaceXSI as Trump pushes to use "Super Intelligence" over AI
Posted on Monday October 05, 2026
Musk revealed his decision on his X platform. After posting "No more AI" and that SI was better, a user asked about the possibility of SpaceXAI becoming SpaceXSI. "Yes, we will make that change," he replied.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Blue Origin reveals 65-foot solar tower designed to power future bases on the Moon
Posted on Monday October 05, 2026
The proposed system reflects the growing focus on the infrastructure needed for future surface operations. Launch vehicles and landers may get equipment to the surface. Systems such as the Power Tower would help keep it running once it arrives.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
This open-source tool aims to eliminate shader compilation stutter in PC games
Posted on Monday October 05, 2026
A lone developer recently unveiled the Shader Compilation Stutter Killer (SCSKiller), a tool designed to "kill" stuttering in modern games. SCSKiller is an open-source application providing a novel approach to the shader-related stuttering issue that has been plaguing PC gaming over the past few years.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »