Hardware News, Tests and Reviews
Save over $100 on this feature-rich Asus AM5 motherboard with Wi-Fi 7, USB4 & DDR5-8000 support — TUF Gaming X870-Plus is on sale for just $170
15 March 2026 @ 6:21 pm
Asus launched this motherboard at $310 in late 2024, and since then its MSRP has gone down to $280, but you can score it for 40% less than that on Amazon right now. For that price, nothing really comes close in terms of performance, features, and reliability.
Tennessee grandmother wrongly jailed for six months, latest victim of AI-driven misidentification — facial recognition is jailing the wrong people, but police keep using it anyway
15 March 2026 @ 3:45 pm
A Tennessee grandmother spent nearly six months in jail after police in Fargo, North Dakota, used facial recognition software to identify her as the primary suspect in a bank fraud case.
Microsoft’s ‘unhackable’ Xbox One has been hacked by 'Bliss' — the 2013 console finally fell to voltage glitching, allowing the loading of unsigned code at every level
15 March 2026 @ 3:17 pm
A groundbreaking hack for Microsoft’s ‘unhackable’ Xbox One was revealed at the recent RE//verse 2026 conference.
AMD's upcoming RDNA 5 GPUs might improve dual-issue execution & use shader units more efficiently — LLVM patch adds new FMA instruction to ease compiling
15 March 2026 @ 2:15 pm
A new LLVM patch has added V_FMA_F32, a 3-operand fused multiply-add (FMA instruction and introduced the VOPD3 instruction format for RDNA 5. Both of these changes should make it easier for compilers to use dual issue execution, working around the strict pairing rules that would otherwise limit max FP32 throughput in certain workloads.
ASML workers still in the dark seven weeks after 1,700 management cuts announced — cuts represent 4% of its global workforce
15 March 2026 @ 1:50 pm
The prolonged uncertainty is generating internal unrest, according to an ASML spokesperson who spoke to Dutch broadcaster Omroep Brabant.
385TB video game archive saved by fans — Myrient has been '100% backed up' and validated, torrents being generated
15 March 2026 @ 1:28 pm
A member of the Save Myrient community has announced that the colossal video games archive has been “100% backed up!”
Chinese GPU-maker Lisuan flaunts new design details for its LX 7G100 gaming card - also updates LX GPU product pages with server and workstation specs
15 March 2026 @ 11:30 am
Meanwhile, the older 7G105 GPU name no longer appears on the site; all four cards now sit under the LX product branding.
Apple's MacBook Neo modded to a 1 TB SSD, breaking the firm's 512 GB barrier — base 256 GB model gets modded in expert NAND swap surgery
15 March 2026 @ 11:15 am
DirectorFeng, an expert technician in China has just performed what is likely the first hardware mod of its kind on the new MacBook Neo. He has birthed the world's only MacBook Neo with a terabyte of storage by physically changing the NAND chip on the logic board. Whether this mod is worth the price given the Neo's target audience, well, that's for you to decide.
Elon Musk says his chipmaking 'Terafab Project' venture will launch in seven days — Musk's latest moonshot multi-billion project launches on a Saturday
15 March 2026 @ 11:00 am
Elon Musk plans to start his 'Terafab Project' semiconductor production venture in a week.
ASRock launches new Frankensteined motherboard with one DDR4 slot and two DDR5 slots — Intel board signals the RAM apocalypse is truly nigh
15 March 2026 @ 10:45 am
A motherboard that can accept both DDR4 and DDR5 memory can be the difference between you being able to build a new PC or putting it off till the shortage is over. ASRock's new H610M Combo II is otherwise pretty barebones, not even featuring PCIe 4.0 storage, but it does have enough to get you by before things settle down.