Havingreviewed the Thermalright Phantom Spirit 120it’s safe to say that this is one of our favorite air coolers thanks to the mix of performance and astounding value compared to the competition in the same price range. We gave the Thermalright Phantom Spirit 120 SE maximum stars and an Editor’s Choice award for these reasons, but, best of all, this fantastic air cooler has dropped in price - increasing its bang-for-buck value....

Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, is set to participate in Intel’s foundry event in late Feb. Altman, who is reportedly in talks tostart a new chip venture, will discuss the importance that semiconductors play in the modern world both in general and in artificial intelligence (AI) applications in particular. “Thrilled Sam Altman is joining me at Direct Connect on Feb 21,” Intel CEO Pat Gelsingerposted on X(formerly Twitter) on Tuesday. “Sam Altman is a renowned leader on #AI and its impact on world....

Tom’s Hardware Verdict If you need a little more power than a Raspberry Pi 4, and want onboard NVMe, then the OrangePi 4A is a contender, but you need to be an experienced user to get the most out of it. NVMe storage as standard Multi-core performance is good GPIO is easy to use NVMe cannot be used as boot drive Runs hot at idle USB 2.0 only A little sluggish...

Following recent news pointing towardIntel receiving billions of government fundingand special “secure enclave” treatment under theCHIPS Actaimed at all US semiconductor businesses, the Pentagon has withdrawn the planned $2.5 billion and expects the Commerce Department to pick up the tab, reportsBloomberg. Specifically, Intel was to receive $1 billion of $3.5 billion from the Department of Commerce, with the rest coming from the Pentagon. The $2.5 billion shortfall could possibly be made up with other CHIPS Act funds at the direction of the Commerce Department....

Today’s deal looks at the Asus ROG Zephyrus G16 gaming laptop, with soon-to-be last-gen specifications such as the Nvidia RTX 4070 laptop GPU. This is more than likely the reason for the $500 discount on this gaming laptop, lowering stock levels to make way for the incoming Nvidia 50-series of gaming laptops. The Zephyrus G16 has a 16-inch screen with a high 165 Hz refresh rate for smooth gameplay visuals and uses a 1920 x 1080 pixel full HD resolution panel....

Tracing the source of 3D printing ghost guns has been a serious topic since the beginning of their existence. Those doing the printing want to keep the manufacturing source a secret, while forensic investigators like Kirk Garrison from the San Bernardino Sheriff’s department are looking to find any sort of “fingerprints” left behind by nefarious manufacturers. An interview with Garrison shared by404 Mediasuggests he may have found a way to link 3D printed objects, like ghost gun components, to specific printers....

Many of theRaspberry Piboards are well known for having a notably small form factor. TheRaspberry Pi Zero 2 Wis a tiny, yet powerful board o it’s not surprising that when maker Jacob David C Cunningham needed something small and lightweight to power hishat clip cameraproject, he chose it. This device works by clipping to the bill of your hat (not your usualBest HATs for Raspberry Pi) and captures both images and video using an officialRaspberry Pi camera moduleconnected to the Pi....

Newegg is now selling the Samsung 990 Pro 4TB for$279.99for a limited time, $10 off on the bare drive with the promo code (LBW39DW24236), and the heatsink variant down to$334.99using a $15 promo code (LBW39DW24235). As the need for large and fast storage increases over time, the Samsung 990 Pro 4TB looks to provide that balance for the price and the range of systems it can use. Samsung 990 Pro 4TBprovides the best performance with TLC on a single-sided SSD through PCIe 4....

The latest Gen5 NVMe SSDs have blisteringly fast transfer speeds thanks to the extra pipeline bandwidth over Gen4 drives, pretty much doubling the fastest PCIe 4 SSDs. This speed increase is great for users who want superfast read and write transfer speeds for workloads such as video editing and rendering, but it isn’t as noticeable for day-to-day gaming needs. If only the best will do for your beloved PC workhorse, then you may’t go far wrong with Samsung’s latest and greatest2TB Samsung 9100 Pro SSD, especially now that it’s down to anew low price of $189 for Prime Day, a further $10 dip from yesterday’s price....

10nm technology might be an outdated process node for CPUs, but for DRAM, it is still the bleeding edge.SK hynixhas announced the development of the world’s first “sixth-generation” 10nm-classDDR5DRAM. Mass production is reported to be completed within this year, while formal supply will begin next year. SK Hynix’s 6th-gen DDR5 DRAM, dubbed its “1c process,” is an evolution over its 1b process node, built on 10nm lithography. 1c is SK Hynix’s first 16Gb DRAM module, reportedly 11% faster than its previous-generation counterpart and 9% more energy efficient....

It might not be Memorial Day just yet but you can already find great deals on leading, name-brand hardware like this offer fromAmazonon theSabrent 1TB Rocket 5SSD. This high-performance SSD usually goes for around $189 but right now you can purchase it for just $179. It’s worth noting that Amazon has not specified an expiration date for the discount so we’re not sure for how long it will be made available at this rate....

SoftBank Group plans to build the industry’s first Nvidia Blackwell-based AI supercomputer, according to an announcement at Nvidia’s AI Summit in Tokyo this week. This announcement confirms SoftBank’s AI ambitions, whichhave been rumored for some time. Interestingly, the supercomputer will use x86 CPU-based DGX B200 servers, not Arm-based processors. SoftBank’s s telecom arm will build an AI supercomputer based on Nvidia’s DGX B200 servers, featuring x86 processors and eight B200 GPU modules per server....

Steam released 18,825 new games in 2024, beating its previous record of 14,311 last year. However, Steam-monitoring platformSteamDBbreaks down this number into 14,888 limited games and 3,937 games. Limited games are titles that have limited profile customization features because they haven’t met certain criteria like the number of their player base and the number of copies sold. Steam also released its list of thetop-rated titlesfor the year. Even so, 2024 saw the greatest number of games sold since 2019, with the count consistently increasing from then, even through the 2020 Global Pandemic....