Server dealer keeps hitting at Elon Musk for $61 million bill — Wiwynn sues X for unpaid IT infrastructure products

Taiwanese server dealer Wiwynn is suing X for at least $61 million of unpaid IT infrastructure products, alleging Breach of Contract, Promissory Estoppel, and Breach of the Covenant of Good Faith and Fair Dealing. Then, according toThe Register, the plaintiff amended its complaint, adding Intentional Misrepresentation and Negligent Misrepresentation to its case. The story behind the case is that pre-Musk, Twitter contracted the company Wiwynn to deliver “unique, custom-designed IT infrastructure products, including rack solutions....

May 23, 2025 · 2 min · 423 words · Jacob Allison

SK hynix and HLDS revive the optical-era Super Multi brand for mainstream flash products – new PS5 Slim cooler and higher-capacity external SSDs also shown

At its suite here atComputex, SK hynix showed off a Haechi H02 SSD cooler for the PS5 Slim, a 2TB model of the Beetle X31 portable SSD (to be available both in silver and gold finishes now), and a limited edition of the Tube T31 stick drive, one of thebest flash drives, with art that depicts characters from the game “Lies of P.” It also seems that SK hynix and Hitach-LGData Storage (HLDS) are deepening their partnership....

May 23, 2025 · 2 min · 306 words · Katie Greene

Space Forge to pioneer semiconductor manufacturing in space with first satellite launch in 2025

UK start-up Space Forge has received $30 million in Series A funding to bolster its efforts to create and launch a manufacturing satellite that can be used to create unique materials forsemiconductorsandquantum computing. The company announced its £22.6 million funding round – the largest Series A figure for a UK space tech company – in apress release. The company says the funds will accelerate the development of its second-generation satellite ForgeStar-2 and facilitate the launch of its inaugural manufacturing satellite, ForgeStar-1....

May 23, 2025 · 2 min · 392 words · Stephen Smith

Speakers Making Static Noise? Here are 7 Ways to Fix it

No one wants to find their favorite song getting ruined by some irritating static noise in the background. This gets even more troublesome when you get the noise just after plugging in the speaker without playing any audio. Mostly the static noise is produced when there is any disturbance in the cable which passes the sound or interference with the audio signal itself. However, there are several other causes for you to hear the noise....

May 23, 2025 · 5 min · 1009 words · Erin Hughes

Starlink touts $9 a month 5GB data cap plan to Australian users — marketed as a 'Backup' option

Starlink just launched an AU$15 (about US$9) monthly plan in Australia for existing users. This is a massive discount from the AU$139 (about US$86) monthly fee that users from the Land Down Under pay, but it comes with a stingy 5GB data cap. If you need more data, you could purchase Roam data at AU$3 (about US$1.86) per GB, which allows you to use your Starlink practically anywhere. According toPCMag, this news comes just days after the company started offering a US$50 monthly plan that comes with 50GB of Roam data....

May 23, 2025 · 2 min · 342 words · Edward Diaz

Startup claims its Zeus GPU is 10X faster than Nvidia's RTX 5090: Bolt's first GPU coming in 2026

Bolt Graphics, a GPU startup from Sunnyvale, California, this weekintroducedits Zeus GPU platform that is designed for gaming, rendering, and supercomputer simulations. The company says that its Zeus GPU not only supports features like upgradeable memory and built-in Ethernet interfaces, but it can also beat Nvidia’sGeForce RTX 5090by around 10 times in path tracing workloads, according to slide published byServeTheHome.There is one catch: Zeus can only beat the RTX 5090 GPU in path tracing and FP64 compute workloads....

May 23, 2025 · 7 min · 1442 words · Michelle Davis

Teen breaks six Tetris world records — wins cash prize as first to score over 10 million points

15-year-oldTetrissuperstar Alex Thach (Alex T) has broken at least six gaming world records through March and April this year. He smashed through the 10 million score milestone at least twice, culminating in a top score of over 16.7 million, thus winning thousands of dollars. Moreover, he slipped pastBlue Scuti’s kill screenworld record of reaching Level 157 with one line complete to achieve Level 157 with 6 lines complete. aGameScout’s video above provides some backstory to Alex T’s feat, emphasizes this player’s achievements, and provides plenty of record-breaking Tetris action clips....

May 23, 2025 · 3 min · 543 words · Joshua White

The AMD Ryzen 5 7600X CPU is now only $174 at Newegg

Over at Newegg, you can find theAMD Ryzen 5 7600Xprocessor for one of its best prices. It’s been marked down to $205, but promo code BTSDU2Z33 will take an additional $31 off. This CPU isn’t the newest on the market, but you can’t ignore the value you get for its performance at this price. We reviewed the AMDRyzen 5 7600XCPU in 2022 and were thoroughly impressed with its performance. At the time, we rated it at 4....

May 23, 2025 · 2 min · 339 words · David Osborn

The best 2TB SSDs deals available this Cyber Monday start at $92

It’s Cyber Monday 2024 and we’ve been keeping an eye out for all the best SSD deals on our favorite 2TB picks. Stocks are selling out quickly on some models as the price dips, so you have to be quick to jump on some of these deals. This could be the last chance you have to pick up an SSD bargain on a shiny new 2TB SSD for your laptop, PC, or PlayStation 5 this year....

May 23, 2025 · 3 min · 490 words · Angela Fowler

The Samsung Odyssey G5 Ultrawide hits an all-time low for Cyber Monday — 34-inch curved gaming monitor now available for less than $220 on Amazon

Ultra-wide gaming monitors could change how you work and game on your computer. So, if you’re looking to upgrade your workstation or gaming rig, you’re in luck because the Samsung Odyssey G5 Ultra-Wide Gaming Monitor is onsale for $219 on Amazon. This is a massive drop from its original list price of $549, giving you a 60% discount (or over $330 in savings) on the 1000R curved display. Samsung makes some of thebest gaming monitors, with another Odyssey model getting picked as theoverall best monitor for 2024....

May 23, 2025 · 3 min · 439 words · William Palmer

Thermaltake's new case fan has built-in temperature sensor to help adjust its speed

Whether they are controlled by your motherboard or by a dedicated controller, your PC’s case fans cycle up and down based on how hot the control software thinks your computer is. The problem: most computers get temperature and usage readouts for the CPU and GPU, but not for the exact area where your case fans live. You might have case fans that are very far away from your hottest components and perhaps they could be spinning less (or more) based on the temperature on the top of your case or the front or the bottom....

May 23, 2025 · 2 min · 411 words · Joseph Ryan

These Ugreen retractable USB-C power bricks are a traveler's best friend, now up to 33% off — 45W for $20, 65-watt for $35 in Prime Deal

I travel a lot, be it by plane or by car, so my laptop bag is often filled with various cables, wall adapters, battery power bricks, and USB cables. However, I’m trying to consolidate as many of my components as possible. So, when browsing around Amazon looking to see if there was anything I could score for myself for Prime Day, my eye was immediately drawn to two listings from Ugreen:65-wattand45-watt retractable USB-C charging blockspriced at $34....

May 23, 2025 · 3 min · 557 words · Jerry Collier

This 2024 Asus TUF Gaming A15 laptop is only $658 for Memorial Day

If you’re looking to start the summer off with a new gaming laptop but don’t want to spend a lot on ultra high-quality specs, then you should take a closer look at this offer fromAmazonon theAsus TUF Gaming A15laptop. ThIs is a newer laptop having just been released in 2024 but it lands in the middle as far as specs go, offering plenty of performance to play many top games without requiring you to drain your bank account in the process....

May 23, 2025 · 3 min · 460 words · Sandra Collins