The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 7700 XT GPU is now just $399 at Newegg

TheSapphire Pulse Radeon RX 7700 XT GPUis a 12GB graphics card built around AMDRDNA 3architecture. It usually costs around $449, but today, it’s marked down to $409 at Newegg and a few other vendors. However, you can use promo codeCLBDQ5323to get an extra $10 off through Newegg, taking the price to a new, all-time low of $399. This is part of a limited offer, and it’s unclear how long the discount will be available....

July 8, 2025 · 2 min · 332 words · Benjamin Crawford

These 3D-printed QR codes are scannable and edible

A team from the Singapore University of Technology and Design has 3D printed a QR code that you may eat. It was accomplished using a new extrusion system design that allows their 3D food printer to swap easily between filaments. The team comprises four members: Cheng Pau Lee, Mervin Jian Yi Ng, Nicole Min Yu Chian, and Michinao Hashimoto. It isn’t the first food-based 3D printer we’ve seen. We have reviewed theCocoa Press 3D Printerin the past and appreciate its chocolatey contribution to the 3D printing community....

July 8, 2025 · 2 min · 378 words · Cynthia Turner

This nostalgic Xbox-inspired mechanical gaming keyboard from 8BitDo is on sale for its lowest-ever price

8BitDo has done an amazing job in creating a mechanical keyboard with various color schemes and accents that have been influenced by iconic moments in computer gaming history. From the NES/Famicom consoles from Nintendo to the Commodore 64, the keyboards have captured the essence of those early icons. Now it’s the turn of the Xbox with the keyboard chassis mimicking that of the early translucent Xbox gaming consoles. It’s a unique look, and when combined with some RGB lighting, it makes quite a striking statement on your desk....

July 8, 2025 · 3 min · 518 words · Derrick Cohen

This Raspberry Pi Pico project will sort your candies by color

If you’ve ever wondered if your bag of M&Ms really did have more red than blue, now’s your chance to find out for sure without much effort. Maker and developer Techtronic3D is using our favorite microcontroller, theRaspberry Pi Pico, to operate his customcandy sorterthat picks out M&M’s one by one to sort them by color. The device consists of an M&M Minis tube that has been propped upside down and held into place by a custom 3D-printed stand....

July 8, 2025 · 3 min · 442 words · Olivia Smith

TSMC to build 30% of its 2nm and more advanced chips in the U.S., to speed up Fab 21 build out

TSMC plans to produce 30% of its N2 (2nm-class) output in the U.S. and make its Fab 21 site near Phoenix, Arizona, an independent semiconductor manufacturing cluster, the company’s management revealed during the company’searnings callon Thursday. The world’s largest contract maker of chips also indicated intentions to speed up building new Fab 21 modules to produce chips on N3 (3nm-class), N2, and A16 (1.6nm-class) nodes. “After completion, around 30% of our 2nm and more advanced capacity will be located in Arizona, creating an independent leading edge semiconductor manufacturing cluster in the U....

July 8, 2025 · 3 min · 529 words · James Cantu

Twelve people sentenced for cryptocurrency heists and laundering — perpetrators stole up to $3.5 million

A federal judge in Greensboro, North Carolina,recently sentenced25-year-old Remy Ra St Felix, Jacob Gabriel Seemungal, and ten other accomplices for multiple armed home invasions, assault, and robbery of various households, one of which included cryptocurrency heists by accessing victim’s exchange accounts. The trial was held between September 5 and September 12, and the court documents indicated that two were from Palm Beach and others were foreign co-conspirators who stole through the victim’s cryptocurrency exchanges....

July 8, 2025 · 4 min · 729 words · Heather Thomas PhD

Ubisoft will add NFTs into Champions Tactics: Grimoria Chronicles

Ubisoft has announced a new partnership with doublejump.tokyo for its upcoming NFT RPG,Champions Tactics: Grimoria Chronicles, doubling down withimplementing NFTs in gaming, despiteNFTs being an obvious market failure. This marks a continuation of its’Quartz' NFT initiative established in 2021. The new development from Ubisoft isn’t too surprising. Back in November 2023, Ubisoft partnered with Immutable, another NFT-focused gaming company with a lineup of three existing NFT games. Since those games are all built around NFT ownership, it stands to reason that Ubisoft’s planned games are Immutable and now Doublejump....

July 8, 2025 · 2 min · 399 words · Andrew Cortez

UK reseller claims single-digit RTX 5090 inventory — Flagship GPU could sell out in seconds

Nvidia’s RTX 5090 reviews are justaround the corner. However, a major UK retailer, OCUK, has confirmed that it currently holds less than 10 RTX 5090s in stock, expected to hit double-digit territory at launch (OCUKviaVideocardz). The RTX 5080 doesn’t fare any better, with a few hundred units in the warehouse, far short of projected user demand. Leaks and rumors have hinted at inflated prices at launch, and this supply shortage confirmation from such a large UK vendor further corroborates those claims....

July 8, 2025 · 3 min · 432 words · Andrew Williams

Undersea power cable connecting Finland and Estonia experiences outage — capacity reduced to 35% as Finnish authorities investigate

Estlink 2, an undersea power cable connecting Finland and Estonia, has unexpectedly been disrupted at around 12:26 pm local time (10:26 am GMT) on Christmas Day. While Finland Prime Minister Petteri Orpo said that the outage hasn’t affected the country’s power supply,Reuterssaid that it did reduce the availability capacity between the two countries to 358 megawatts from its designed 1,106-megawatt installed capacity. The incident comes after the suspectedsabotage of two undersea internet cablesthat connect Finland and Sweden to the rest Europe....

July 8, 2025 · 3 min · 478 words · Christina Calderon

US expands China trade blacklist, closes subsidiary loopholes

The U.S. government on Wednesdayadded80 entities to the U.S. Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry andSecurity’sEntity List, reports theNew York Times. The expansion of the list is designed to prevent or slow down the use of American technologies in China to improve its economic and military capabilities, and closes a critical loophole that allowed subsidiaries to dodge sanctions. China’s advancements in AI, exascale supercomputing, quantum computing technology, and hypersonic weapons are named the main points of concern, reportsNikkei....

July 8, 2025 · 3 min · 599 words · Ross Cummings

Vizio TV Sound Not Working? Here’re 10 Proven Ways to Fix It

When you are unable to hear any sound from your Vizio TV, it generally indicates that the TV is muted or the audio cable connecting your TV and external speakers is loose. While the issue mostly arises with external speakers, built-in TV speakers can also encounter such problems. Additionally, sound can also stop working due to misconfigured audio settings. In the worst-case scenario, the TV speakers may be damaged, requiring professional help....

July 8, 2025 · 4 min · 730 words · Kelly Brown

WD quietly adds roomy 8TB NVMe SSD to its gaming lineup

With games needing faster SSD performance and more storage space,WDmight consider being more forthcoming about its latest product. WD quietly added an 8TB option to its popular and speedyWD Black SN850XNVMe SSD family, which previously topped out with the WD Black SN850X (4TB) (currentlyon sale for $246during Prime Day). The SN850X family is among the fastest available drives for gaming. Compatible with any computer with an M.2 2280 NVMe port or the PlayStation 5, these drives use TLC 3D NAND for impressive storage capacities and fast read/write speeds....

July 8, 2025 · 2 min · 359 words · Erica Hunt

We tried out Razer's 'Project Esther' HD haptics gaming cushion at CES

There is no shortage of interesting new technology being unveiled atCES2024, ranging from the undeniably impressive to the undeniably impractical. Major PC peripheral manufacturer Razer is showing off plenty atCESthis year, including Project Esther, an electronic cushion leveragingHD haptic feedbacktechnology dubbed “Razer Sensa”. Our team are hitting the booths of CESand Tom’s Hardware managing editorMatt Saffordbrings us a his hands-on impression of Project Esther. “Experiencing Project Esther was one of the more interesting demos of CES so far, if perhaps not the most exciting or impactful....

July 8, 2025 · 4 min · 648 words · Jacob Trevino