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You can make your RTX 5090 just a teeny bit more powerful and less efficient, thanks to a new 800W BIOS stripped from Asus' $4000 ROG Matrix RTX 5090. As long as you have a compatible 5090 that'll play nicely with the custom firmware, you, too, can enjoy higher clocks and electricity bills for a marginal increase in performance.
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Iran is offering to sell advanced weapons systems including ballistic missiles, drones and warships to foreign governments for cryptocurrency, in a bid to use digital assets to bypass western financial controls. From a report: Iran's Ministry of Defence Export Center, known as Mindex, says it is prepared to negotiate military contracts that allow payment in digital currencies, as well as through barter arrangements and Iranian rials, according to promotional documents... Read more ›
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China calls Taiwan reunification "unstoppable" as military drills proceed. Read more ›
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Afters years of talk, governments in Australia, France, and more are taking action to ban social-media for kids. Some warn of unintended effects. Read more ›
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St. Barthelemy, or St. Barts, is a French-speaking Caribbean island with beaches and high-end shops where billionaires like Jeff Bezos vacation. Read more ›
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A new record-high clock speed has been achieved on AMD's Ryzen 7 9800X3D. The best gaming CPU in the world doesn't need to be overclocked to achieve exceptional performance, but Chinese overclocker "Hero" has just pushed it to 7,335 MHz using a Colorful iGame X870E Vulcan motherboard, using liquid nitrogen. Read more ›
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Three decades after RFC 1883 promised to future-proof the internet by expanding the available pool of IP addresses from around 4.3 billion to over 340 undecillion, IPv6 has yet to achieve the dominance its creators envisioned. Data from Google, APNIC and Cloudflare analyzed by The Register shows less than half of all internet users rely on IPv6 today. "IPv6 was an extremely conservative protocol that changed as little as possible,"... Read more ›
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Chirp wellness, founded by Tate Stock, grew from $450 and a barn to $250 million in sales, pivoting from yoga wheels to pain relief tools. Read more ›
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On January 1, 1983, ARPANET system architects initiated the cutover from the existing NCP to TCP/IP on all hosts. Read more ›
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We asked interior designers about 2026 living-room trends. Color capping, antique decor, and mirror TVs are in, and harsh overhead lighting is out. Read more ›
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Jeff Bezos owns more than $200 million of real estate in Miami. A vacant plot next to him just sold for $105 million. Read more ›
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The billionaire gifted Tesla shares worth nearly $100 million to charities in connection with "year-end tax planning," according to an SEC filing. Read more ›
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The FBI reported that Americans lost $333 million to scams via crypto ATMs, and that the number of victims constantly rose from 2020 to 2025. Read more ›
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Some years ago, I was writing a science fiction short story in which I wanted to incorporate verses from a 1928 song, "Button Up Your Overcoat." However, when I sold the story, my editor told me that since the song was still copyrighted, it was safer not to include the verses. If I had written […] Read more ›
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The U.S. Department of Commerce didn't renew the validated end-user status of these chipmakers, requiring them to acquire annual licenses to import chipmaking tools containing U.S. tech into their Chinese fabs. Read more ›
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There have been some weird car commercials over the years, but there have been some from the '80s that just make you wonder what they were thinking. Read more ›
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Xinhua News Agency via Getty Images Hisense is generally best known for its budget-friendly electronics and appliances, like TVs and refrigerators. However, at CES 2025, the China-based company showcased its high-end capabilities with a massive 136-inch micro LED TV, which has recently become available for a staggering $100,000. So what's on deck for this year's show? New leadership, for starters. The company has two new hires, including Chief Marketing Officer... Read more ›
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The PlayStation 5's ROM keys have allegedly been leaked. This breach could make it easier for hackers to jailbreak the system, but they still have to deal with other security features of the console. Read more ›
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We've picked out the best horror, sci-fi, and genre titles coming to Netflix, Hulu, Disney+, and beyond. Read more ›
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A former Samsung Engineer accused of offering the secrets behind the company's 10nm DRAM data to China's ChangXin Memory Technologies has been accused of making hundreds of handwritten notes on detailed process steps. Read more ›
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Elon Musk claimed on X that xAI will have more computing power than everyone else combined in less than five years. Read more ›
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We might be looking at literally the most cooked RTX 5090 yet, with a burnt power connector that has melted into itself, despite using a native 12V-2x6 cable on an ATX 3.1 certified PSU. The person smelled fire, saw it, and lived to tell the tale, all on Christmas eve. Read more ›
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The invitation to Mayor-elect Mamdani's inauguration lists Raspberry Pi and Flipper Zero as prohibited items but does not provide a reason. Read more ›
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Asus has directly shut down a spurious rumor claiming it would enter the memory market within the next six months. Read more ›
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Open-source expansion card brings AMD's B650 chipset expansion capabilities to any system that has a PCIe 4.0 x4 expansion slot. Read more ›
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The cable was damaged for the fourth time in less than 1.5 years. Read more ›
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An electronics technician succeeds in the most intricate gaming laptop motherboard repair we have seen completed. Read more ›
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The decisions to put a 16-pin power connector on a non-Nvidia GPU has started to show its consequences on the RX 9070 XT. Sapphire's Nitro+ variant uses a 12v-2x6 connector, which has burnt down thrice already, making this the fourth case so far, joining the first ASRock Taichi card that broke the dam. Read more ›
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Yesterday, the ground shook off the coast of Taiwan, slamming the country with the strongest earthquake in 27 years. The seismic wave registered 7.0 in Taiwan's scales, or 6.6 to 6.7 according to the USGS standard. Thankfully, according to reports, TSMC's factories are all intact, saving the world from yet another spike in chip prices. Read more ›
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