A federal judge on Wednesday dismissed a lawsuit against Intel, whichaccused the company and its management of hiding financial troubles of its semiconductor manufacturing divisionin 2023, reportsReuters. The U.S. District Judge Trina Thompson in San Francisco ruled that plaintiffs failed to present evidence that Intel and its executives committed any wrongdoing. The case was dismissed without prejudice, meaning the plaintiffs can file an amended complaint with stronger evidence. Plaintiffs had argued that Intel and its then-CEO Pat Gelsinger and then-CFO David Zinsner concealed a $7 billion loss of its Intel Foundry unit in 2023, which led to stock inflation as well as a consequent massive $32 billion drop of the company’s market capitalization in April 2024, when the company disclosed losses of its newly formed Intel Foundry division for 2023 and Q1 2025....

The beans appear to have been spilled regarding Intel’s Twin Lake lineup of CPUs, viaJaykihn at X. These processors are expected to succeed the low-power Alder Lake-N series. After Intel abandoned its “Celeron” and “Pentium” brands, its sub-10W offerings for embedded systems and mini-PCs were stamped with the “Intel Processor” tag. The new Twin Lake processors are, reportedly, still based on Alder Lake silicon with minor clock speed improvements across the board....

Lunar Lakeunequivocally shook the market by blending an ultra-efficient design typically seen in Arm-based SoCs with the established foundation of x86.Fritzchens Fritz, a renowned hardware enthusiast known for capturing incredibly detailed and high-resolution die shots of CPUs, dissected a Lunar Lake sample, offering us a look at its internals and Intel’s meticulous engineering. Developing Lunar Lake required Intel to walk a strategic tightrope between cost and a good product. The result is extremely similar to that of Arm-based alternatives from Qualcomm while efficiently trading blows withApple Silicon....

This week in people proving we don’t deserve nice things, the nonprofit Internet Archive and its Wayback Machine are being hit by “tens of thousands of fake information requests per second”, per an official Archive.org blog post explaining why stability and access have been suffering since the attack started on Sunday. Fortunately, all of the actual data seems to be safe, but the Internet Archive getting knocked offline and slowed down byDDoS attacksisn’t good for…anybody, really, except maybegreedy publishers and other shady interests....

Right now at Newegg, you can find theLenovo G27-20 gaming monitoris available at Newegg for one of its lowest prices to date. It usually retails for around $279 but right now it’s marked down to just $129. This sale is scheduled to expire by January 1st. This monitor is AMDRadeonFreeSync Premium certified which puts it in a higher class spec-wise. Users can expect a dense resolution, high refresh rate as well as support for things like low latency and low framerate compensation (LFC)....

Lenovo is known for its steadfast business laptops and premium ultraportables, but in the last few years, it’s increasingly been using tradeshows to show off proof-of-concept ideas that are far-out, fascinating, or just plain weird. Ahead of Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, the company is revealing a slew of concepts, including a solar-powered Yoga laptop and a ThinkBook Flip with an outward-folding 18.1-inch screen.The company also has a ton of concepts regarding AI (Surprise!...

As convenient as a Wireless mouse can get, they need to use a receiver to be able to communicate with a computer or another device. These receivers are very small and compact that you can lose them quite easily. These receivers use a certain wireless frequency to connect with the mouse. And since the frequency is different for other mice, you can not simply establish the transmitter-receiver pairing. If your mouse supports other communication media, you can switch to those instead....

When it comes to revitalizing old hardware, there’s no board we enjoy seeing thrown into the mix quite like theRaspberry Pi. This tiny SBC has a lot of flexibility and it’s always fun to see what imaginative ways makers transform their experience with a bit of creativity and ingenuity. Today we have a wonderful example of this phenomenon from maker and developer Joaquim Silveira. Silveira has transformed an old Roomba vacuum into a really coolRaspberry Pi-powered robot....

An Alcatel Minitel 2 terminal rescued from a fire is up for auction oneBay France. The melted case of the vintage piece of technology makes it clear the item is useful only as a conversation piece, or perhaps an object of art. Its steep starting bid, approaching $500, might also attract only the most dedicated of collectors. The Minitel was an online service provided by France Telecom from 1982 until 2012....

Reports from across the Internet, including Reddit and NeoGAF (the earliest we could find was on July 21 and the latter forum), indicate that some launch model Xbox One consoles were effectively soft-bricked from playing games (online or all depending on severity) or even updating the console untilMicrosoftfixed the issue with backend updates, per a Tweet from Xbox Gaming Devices & Ecosystem VP Jason Ronald. For players who were having issues updating their Xbox One consoles still running an OS build from November 2018 or earlier, this has been resolved....

The next generation of premium gaming monitors is here, spearheaded by Samsung’s latest QD-OLED panel technology. Building on past innovations like 27-inch 1440p panels at 360Hz and 32-inch 4K panels at 240Hz, this latest panel blends the best of both worlds: a compact 27-inch form factor with stunning 4K resolution and refresh rates of up to 240Hz. It’s an interesting combination that many gamers, including me, have been craving. MSI and Asus are leading the charge in adopting this new technology by announcing new models ahead ofCES2025....

MSI has launched a fleet ofnew AI+ laptopsatComputex 2024. We saw a wide range of new offerings, packing the latestStrix Pointprocessors from AMD, andLunar Lakeprocessors from Intel. Probably the key feature of these laptops, which earns them the AI+ marque, is their minimum 100 TOPS of AI computing power. Some with discrete Nvidia GeForceRTX40 laptopGPUs can even boast up to 542 TOPS. MSI Stealth A16 AI+ and Creator A16 AI+ The new MSI Stealth A16 AI+ and Creator A16 AI+ are 16-inch slim and light laptops packing-in AMD’s latest Ryzen AI 300 Series ‘Strix Point’ processors....

Netgear has severalWi-Fi 7 mesh routersthat we have highly regarded due to their exceptional performance. However, compared to other mainstream brands like TP-Link, the Netgear Orbi family has skewed more heavily toward the higher end of the price spectrum, limiting their appeal to price-conscious buyers. But today, Netgear is addressing the heart of the market with the launch of the Orbi 370, which is available starting at $249.99 for a two-pack....