In the maker world, if you want something that you don’t have, you might want to make it yourself. If you’re not sure where to begin, Jon Dawson’s 101 Things channel is a great place to start. Today we’re sharing a really cool project he’s put together using our favorite microcontroller, theRaspberry Pi Pico. With it, he’s managed to create aHAM radio transmitterand was kind enough to share all the details about how it goes together....

RISC-V firm Milk-V demonstrated that it can get AMD’sRX 7900 XTXgraphics card to work on one of its RISC-V boards. The PC shown in the video uses Milk-V’s Megrez board, which is equipped with Chinese RISC-V chip maker Eswin’s EIC7700X, a system-on-chip (SoC) that hosts four P550 CPU cores designed by SiFive. The P550 core has been around since 2021, so it’s nothing cutting-edge at the tail end of 2024. The SoC sport H....

TheLian Li Lancool 207,NZXT H7 Flow (2024), andPhanteks XT Pro Ultraare excellent PC cases now available at highly competitive prices. If you’re searching for a case for your new build or an upgrade duringPrime Day, these models are worth considering. TheLancool 207truly stands out as thetop budget case availabletoday. It is compatible with mini-ITX, micro-ATX, and standard ATX motherboards, making it versatile for a wide range of builds. Its conventional tempered glass side panel allows you to proudly showcase your hardware to friends and fellow enthusiasts....

Seagateon Tuesday statedthat its Exos M hard drives, based onheat-assisted magnetic recording (HAMR) technology(with capacity points of up to 32TB) has been adopted by a leading cloud service provider, and its production is now ramping up. Additionally, the company said that it had extended its family of Mozaic 3+ platform-based HDDs with a 36TB offering that is now sampling with select customers. The company also said that it had managed to build 6TB HAMR-based platters, enabling 60TB HDDs in the future....

SK hynix this weekpostedrecord earnings, operating profits, and net income for 2024. The company managed to more than double its revenue and return to profitability mainly due to increased demand for premium types of dynamic random access memory (DRAM) such as HBM3/HBM3E as well asenterprise-grade SSDs. SK hynix earned ₩66.193 trillion in revenue ($46.054 billion), ₩23.467 trillion in operating profit ($16.327 billion), and ₩19.797 trillion ($13.776 billion) net profit for the whole of 2024....

If you want to snag a quality gaming laptop, you’ll have to pay a pretty penny. Thankfully, you can snag a few good deals on name-brand hardware like thisMSI Raider GE68HXgaming laptop. It usually costs around $2,199, but right now, it’s discounted to just $1903. This is the lowest price ever for this laptop since it was first released, according to data from Camel Camel Camel. This powerful edition has beefy specs that make it well worth the price, including an RTX 4070 laptop GPU....

Solidigm, a US-based subsidiary of SK hynix specializing in storage solutions for data centers has introduced what it claims to be the world’s first liquid-cooled eSSD (EnterpriseSSD) solution for AI servers. Solidigm presented its D7-PS1010 E1.S eSSDs atGTC 2025, paving the way for fully liquid-cooled servers in the future. SSDs are an extremely vital component of servers designed for AI due to their fast data access requirements. While SSDs are prone to endurance limits, AI workloads are generally more read-intensive....

According to the first large-scale study, chatbots likeChatGPTcan be addictive, and those who become dependent can suffer from withdrawal symptoms if disconnected from the service.OpenAIworked withMITon this research (both links are PDFs), which examines the emotional effects of chatbot use. The researchers looked at four million ChatGPT interactions and surveyed 4,000 people to gauge changes in the emotional well-being of the user base. The new study seems to have been precipitated by prior research (2024) that noted that some chatbot users had begun to personify and anthropomorphize AI agents....

Spotted today is a great-value combo deal on a dual storage solution for a PC, Console, or Laptop with both a speedy 1TB Gen 4.0 SSD and an additional 20TB of external HDD storage. You might even want to shuck the external drive if that’s your thing, but you’d definitely want to check out what’s inside first and be aware that it will 100% void any warranty. This fantastic combo deal is available at Newegg, where theWD Elements 20TB external HDD and 1TB WD_Black SN770 SSD are paired together for just $279....

Cloudflare, the Connectivity Cloud colossus,reckonsthe recent undersea internet cable damage events in the Baltic Sea have had “little-to-no observable impact.” Despite thesneaky suspected cable-cutting anticsof what are considered Chinese/Russian entities, European internet infrastructure has proved resilient due to significant redundancy, according to pre- and post-damage observations. It is easy to say ‘This is fine’ but Cloudflare has backed up its assertions with a series of graphs charting internet traffic volume and quality metrics spanning the cable sabotage events....

TheOrange Pi Kunpeng Pro development board, which was announced back in May, has always had a secret — we knew the Raspberry Pi alternative had a 64-bit quad-core Arm processor, but little else was certain because Huawei and OrangePi had refused to post the type of processor used in the device. Thanks to a recent teardown, a few more facts have been revealed. Orange Pi removed all of the board’s markings, and Huawei doesn’t disclose the architecture and GPU behind the Kunpeng Pro....

A thirteen-year-old has become the first human to play Tetris NES (NTSC) to its killscreen, an accomplishment that came 34 years after the game was launched in 1989. Willis, AKABlue Scuti, was also the first person to reach Level 157, culminating in the “biggest achievement in the 34-year history of the pro classic Tetris scene,” according to the classic Tetris scene YouTube channelaGameScout(video embedded below). Tetris was released on the NES 8-bit console back in 1989, and today, there is a thriving dedicated scene for fans and competitive players of the game to enjoy....

Tom’s Hardware Verdict The dream has been realized, but it won’t come cheap. This is a great laptop that answers the needs of many in the Raspberry Pi community. Great thermal performance Good screen Webcam is easy to use Sound is ok Keyboard and trackpad are usable Pricey Why you can trust Tom’s HardwareOur expert reviewers spend hours testing and comparing products and services so you can choose the best for you....