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Laptop RAM adapters could help PC builders survive the memory crunch
Posted on Saturday December 27, 2025
A recent Hardware Canucks video outlines the advantages and risks of using SO-DIMM memory in desktop systems. Paired with some careful bargain hunting, the approach could serve as a practical last resort for builders caught assembling a PC amid soaring RAM prices.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
US-China chip tensions cool as new semiconductor tariffs are delayed until 2027
Posted on Saturday December 27, 2025
In a move balancing scrutiny with caution, the White House has accused China of unfair trade practices in the semiconductor sector but delayed implementing new tariffs until mid-2027. The decision highlights Washington's concern over China's progress in chipmaking and its effort to maintain a fragile economic truce with Beijing.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
The myth of China's stolen EUV machine meets reality: it hasn't made a single chip
Posted on Friday December 26, 2025
According to a report from Tom's Hardware, China's so-called "Frankenstein" EUV scanner was assembled from mismatched parts sourced through various channels, potentially including surplus equipment sales and online spare-parts markets. The alleged prototype has yet to produce a single chip.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
AMD's 5-year-old Ryzen CPUs are popular again because RAM is too expensive
Posted on Friday December 26, 2025
The Ryzen 7 5800X, which launched five years ago, is currently the top-selling CPU on Amazon UK, while its refresh, the 5800XT, sits in fourth place on the US site. These rankings highlight both the resilience of AMD's aging AM4 platform and the best options available to consumers amid surging...Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
AI created 50 new billionaires in 2025, startup investment pulled in more than $200 billion
Posted on Friday December 26, 2025
According to Forbes, most of the new AI billionaires are either founders or senior executives of SaaS companies, foundation model firms, or businesses focused on replacing human workers with AI software in the service and manufacturing sectors.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Pinta lets you edit images without the complexity of advanced editors
Posted on Friday December 26, 2025
Pinta is a simple open-source image editor aimed at basic editing tasks like cropping, resizing, drawing, and quick color adjustments. It includes support for layers, effects, and a full undo history, while keeping system requirements low.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Robotaxis can drive themselves, but still pay humans $20 to close the door
Posted on Friday December 26, 2025
Waymo's vehicles can navigate complex city streets, use lidar, radar, and cameras to build a real-time 3D map of their surroundings, and communicate their locations to centralized servers. Yet the system halts when a door sensor registers even a partial latch. Because the cars are sealed off from manual control,...Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
The PlayStation 5 is powered by a GPU roughly equal to which PC graphics card?
Posted on Friday December 26, 2025
Is it closest to a Radeon, GeForce, or Intel graphics equivalent?Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Google is finally letting you change that embarrassing old Gmail address
Posted on Friday December 26, 2025
According to an update to Google's account help page, Gmail users can now change their existing Gmail address to a new one without losing all the associated data and services.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Ten former Samsung employees charged over DRAM technology leak to China
Posted on Friday December 26, 2025
Prosecutors classify the stolen intellectual property as Samsung's state-designated core technology for 10-nanometer-class DRAM, developed over about five years at a cost of roughly 1.6 trillion won, at a time when Samsung was the only company mass-producing 10-nm-class DRAM. The ten defendants are accused of using shell companies and frequently...Read Entire Article Continue Reading »