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Russian CPU Prices Soar Thanks to Sanctions
Combined with a pre-existing supply shortage, sanctions placed on Russia exports are making for incredibly expensive processors.
TSMC Executive Says Chip Shortage to Last Several More Years
There's simply not enough fab capacity to meet demand, now and in the distant future.
Clash of the Titans: These Two Supermassive Black Holes Are About to Collide
Scientists have discovered two supermassive black holes, about to collide in a rare, incredibly violent event that will shake the fabric of space and time.
PCI Express Gen 5 Power Connector Leaks, Offers up to 600W
It’s no secret that the latest graphics cards from AMD and especially Nvidia are power-hungry beasts. All indications are the next-gen GPUs will be even hungrier. With rumors that both companies are looking to almost double their cards’ power requirements for their next offerings, and with PCI Express 5.0 looming on the horizon, some news…
The Samsung Galaxy S22 Only Runs at Full Speed in Benchmarks Apps
The more technical among Samsung's fans have noted something troubling on the S22 family. The phones use a "Game Optimizing Service" almost constantly to throttle apps — if you can think of an app, it's probably throttled.
Report: Minnesota Secretly Runs a Surveillance Program to Track Activists and Journalists
Authorities insist the program wrapped up after the Derek Chauvin trial, but a report from MIT Technology Review claims Operation Safety Net is still active and continues to accumulate data on activists and journalists in Minnesota.
AMD Cuts Prices on its 5000-Series Ryzen CPUs by Up to 25 Percent
AMD is seemingly responding to Intel's Alder Lake by slashing prices on its top CPUs.
Kytch Tried to Fix McDonald’s Busted Ice Cream Machines, Now It’s Suing the Chain for $900 Million
The restaurant's soft serve machines are so notoriously finicky that it's become a meme, and there's even a website that tracks ice cream outages. A startup called Kytch hoped to fix this nationwide nightmare with a small internet-connected device that plugged into the machines. Now, Kytch is suing McDonald's for $900 million after it told franchise owners to remove the devices.
Biden Calls on Congress to Pass Bill Funding Chip Manufacturing
Though the CHIPS Act passed Congress in January, it needs funding before it can actually work.
Leaks Reveal Nvidia 40-Series With Massive L2 Cache, Almost Double the CUDA Cores
The recent hack of Nvidia has lead to the release of some juicy details about its upcoming RTX 40-series GPUs.
MediaTek Might Have Overtaken Qualcomm in the US, Depending Who You Ask
New numbers from sales tracker IDC claims that Taiwan-based MediaTek has surpassed its US rival, accounting for 48.1 percent of Android phones sold in the US last year, while Qualcomm is just a little behind at 43.9 percent.
Ukraine Invasion Likely Destroyed Largest Plane Ever Built
Recent satellite imagery of the aircraft's hangar offers a glimmer of hope for its survival, but otherwise, things aren't looking good.