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Nvidia's new WHQL driver squashes some game-crashing bugs, adds support for Avowed and Civ VII Mark Tyson published 13 February 25 Nvidia has released the GeForce Game Ready Driver 572.42 WHQL, which includes day-one support for Avowed and Civilization VII and Frame Generation updates for several other titles. 
Official RTX 4090 power cable found melted by reviewer 2 years later Dallin Grimm published 13 February 25 Nvidia is kicking it old-school with Molex-to-SATA levels of fire hazard. 
Nvidia confirms RTX 5070 Ti release date for February 20, starting at $749 Aaron Klotz published 13 February 25 No Founders Edition, the RTX 5070 Ti will be sold exclusively by AIB partners. 
US gov't pushing TSMC and Intel to create joint venture in the US: Report Anton Shilov published 13 February 25 TSMC has made no official announcements about expanding in the U.S. at the board meetings this week, but the rumor mill points to quicker expansion in Arizona and a joint venture with Intel. 
Maker creates Raspberry Pi-powered thermal fusion night vision goggles Ash Hill published 13 February 25 Angus Logue is using a Raspberry Pi 4 to power his cool thermal fusion night vision goggles that seriously step up the night vision game. 
Increased Linux kernel timer frequency delivers big boost in AI workloads Mark Tyson published 13 February 25 Linux kernel timer frequency boosted to 1,000 Hz, test suite compares performance to current default 250 Hz timer. 
RX 9070 XT leaked specs point to 4,096 shaders and 16GB VRAM Hassam Nasir published 13 February 25 Specs of AMD's upcoming RX 9070 XT have allegedly been pictured in GPU-Z, revealing 4,096 shaders, 16GB of 20 Gbps memory, and PCIe 5.0 support. 
Data hoarders race to preserve data disappearing U.S. gov websites Jowi Morales published 13 February 25 Data hoarders are working overtime to save federal websites that are in danger of being wiped. 
AMD Ryzen AI Max+ iGPU matches the RTX 4060 laptop in leaked tests Hassam Nasir published 13 February 25 An early sample of the Ryzen AI Max+ 395 "Strix Halo" reportedly keeps pace with Nvidia's dedicated RTX 4060 laptop in synthetic GPU benchmarks. 
Musk claims Grok 3 is 'outperforming' rivals, full release imminent Jowi Morales published 13 February 25 Elon Musk said at the World Government Summit in Dubai that xAI's Grok 3 will arrive in two to three weeks and will be more powerful than any other LLM currently out there. 
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AMD gained consumer desktop and laptop CPU market share in 2024 Anton Shilov published 13 February 25 AMD gains substantial chunks of desktop and laptop markets in 2024, according to Mercury Research. 
Intel's 18A and TSMC's N2 process nodes compared: Intel is faster, but TSMC is denser Anton Shilov published 13 February 25 TSMC will continue to have an advantage over rivals with N2, but Intel has secret sauce. 
RTX 5080 power cable allegedly melts at PSU — 50-series issue widens Jowi Morales published 13 February 25 A Redditor posted that their RTX 5080 GPU suffered from a melted power cable while under regular use. 
SanDisk's new HBF memory enables 4TB of VRAM on GPUs Anton Shilov published 13 February 25 SanDisk talks high bandwidth flash memory that promises to wed HBM bandwidth with 3D NAND capacity. 
Emojis can be hacked to hide data or messages, unicode Characters also susceptible Christopher Harper published 12 February 25 Paul Butler tests and demonstrates the flexibility of encoding hidden messages within Unicode characters, including emoji. 
Intel Xeon Granite Rapids-W CPU specs allegedly leaked Anton Shilov published 12 February 25 Intel reportedly preps two Xeon W 'Granite Rapids-W' platforms for mainstream and expert HEDT workstations. 
Cable maker advises against using old 12VHPWR cables with RTX 50-series GPUs Aaron Klotz published 12 February 25 Moddiy has warned users against using its older 12VHPWR-rated power cables with RTX 50-series products. It recommends only using its cables manufactured in 2025. 
RTX 5070 allegedly delayed until early March to counter AMD RX 9070 launch Hassam Nasir published 12 February 25 Leaker MEGAsizeGPU claims that Nvidia's mid-range $549 RTX 5070 has been pushed back to early next month. 
Third Ryzen 7 9800X3D burnout case appears, kills the CPU, and damages the motherboard socket Christopher Harper published 12 February 25 Three weeks after building, a Redditor's Ryzen 7 9800X3D has seemingly burned out. 
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Reviews
Cherry Xtrfy M68 Pro Wireless Mouse Review ByMatt Keith published 13 February 25 A solid but flawed entry to the M Pro series. 
Seagate Ultra-Compact SSD Review: Premium flash drive looks, mid-range speed ByMatt Safford published 12 February 25 More performance, please 
ASRock Steel Legend SL-1000G Power Supply Review ByE. Fylladitakis published 12 February 25 The ASRock Steel Legend SL-1000G is a dependable 1000W PSU with modern features, solid build quality, and reasonable pricing, but struggles to stand out. 
Lemokey L5 HE 8K Review: The most customizable 75-percent? ByMyles Goldman published 11 February 25 The Lemokey L5 HE 8K is unlike your normal hall-effect mechanical keyboard, as it offers much more customization. 
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The Best PS5 SSDs in 2025: Speedy NVMe storage for your console ByPaul Alcorn, Jarred Walton last updated 7 February 25 Our tests show the best PS5 SSDs to buy. 
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Nvidia confirms RTX 50-series laptops will be available for pre-order starting February 25 ByKunal Khullar published 11 February 25 Laptops powered by Nvidia's latest RTX 50-series GPUs will be available for pre-order starting February 25 ahead of expected shipments in March. Raspberry Pi
This Raspberry Pi AI pizza clock tells the time one slice at a time ByAsh Hill published 12 February 25 Likeablob is using a Raspberry Pi to power this cool pizza clock that uses slices to represent the time instead of hands like a traditional clock. 
Raspberry Pi ADS-B plane tracker features a weather station and more ByAsh Hill published 10 February 25 SwadeWhite has put together a cool ADS-B plane tracker with a built-in weather station and home automation features. 
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