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The most common complaint I’ve seen from ASUS router owners is that they can’t access the router dashboard on the browser usingrouter.asus.com. In some cases, directly using the router’s IP address doesn’t work either. The other category of problems is regarding network connectivity. The internet connection drops from time to time, which is understandably annoying. In other cases, users don’t have internet access at all. Other niche scenarios like only Wi-Fi/Ethernet not working, orcertain devices not workingexist too....

Asus showed off its latest, most powerful power supply units (PSUs) at Gamescom 2024. The ROG THOR 1600W Titanium III and ROG STRIX 1000W Platinum PSUs use Gallim Nitride (GaN) MOSFETs to reduce the space used up by its interior components. This allows for better airflow within the PSU, making it easier to cool while generating less fan noise. The company also claims that this new tech in its PSUs will make it up to 30% more efficient (viaOC3D), hence the Platinum and Titanium ratings for these power supplies....

Asus has been teasing some seemingly Marvel-inspired ROG accessories on its social media over the past few days — specifically, what looks to be an outdoor power bank named after Thor’s legendary hammer, Mjolnir. IT’S REAL GAMERS!Can you guess what feature we’re gonna add to complete your gaming experience? 👀Stay tuned for more during #ROGComputex2024!#ROGMjolnir⚡ pic.twitter.com/NbSCRYdJzDApril 2, 2024 There are no details aside from a couple of pictures, but the ROG Mjolnir looks like it’s probably a portable outdoor power station given that it’s got four power outlets (along with two USB-C ports, two USB-A ports, and… a USB-B port?...

UPDATE (June 16, 2025): Bambu Lab immediatelyupdated it’s policy on software update supportafter the community voiced concern that the flagship X1-Carbon would soon be obsolete. The company states that “products will continue to work for their entire lifetime, with the same feature availability.” Expiration dates were extended by two years for bugfixes and feature updates, and a new line was added for “guaranteedsecuritypatch updates” extending two years further. Bambu Lab recently posted on its company blog that the “first round of product launches” representing theFirst Generation of the Bambu Lab family is complete....

It’s a great time to snag a deal on premium pre-built hardware from Dell and Alienware. Ever-popular for their pre-built gaming PCs and potent laptops, Dell often commands premium price tags, notably on its Alienware gaming lineup. We’re tracking deals on Dell and Alienware systems, as well as monitors and peripherals, so check back often. We’re keeping this page updated and current, adding new deals as they arrive and removing old deals as they expire....

Being one of China’s prominent server makers, Huawei has been offering its own-brand solid-state drives with its datacenter machines for some time. However, for its client PCs the company relied on SSDs made by third parties. Now it looks like the company is changing its attitude towards client drives and is rolling out its own brand eKitStore Xtreme 200, reportsIT Home. The first retail SSD family from Huawei — the eKitStore Xtreme 200 lineup — are rather modest DRAM-less NVMe 2....

Since the US imposition ofsanctionsprohibiting the sale of high-performance GPUs to China, indigenous manufacturers have taken it upon themselves to mitigate these limitations by modifying existing solutions. One of the results of these modding endeavors is an RTX 4090 with 48GB of GDDR6X memory, which is now becoming commonplace among local circles. Russian YouTuber Мой Компьютер (My Computer) obtained a blower-style edition RTX 4090 48GB, later taking it apart to examine the PCB among other design features....

The Canadian government released its Canadian Critical Mineral Strategy Annual Report 2024, highlighting the progress and further plans the nation has made in expanding its mining industry to produce critical minerals, including rare earth elements. TheEE Timessays that Canada’s Critical Minerals Center of Excellence at Natural Resources Canada works “to identify and support strategic projects within the semiconductor supply chain.” The report defines a critical mineral with a threatened supply chain and must have a reasonable chance of being produced in the country....

Chinainvested $6.1 billion(or, more accurately, 43.5 billion yuan) into its new “Eastern Data, Western Computing” data center project launched in 2022. While many of its neighbors and global rivals attempt to restrict its technological ability, China is installing millions of server racks and computers connecting its western and eastern regions. Liu Liehong, director of China’s National Data Bureau, revealed the 43.5 billion yuan figure to the press today at the Big Data Expo, a worldwide data conference held in southwest China....

The US is actively blocking Chinafrom acquiring the latest technologies, with Washington stoppingthe export of advanced chips and chipmaking toolsto the Asian power. Due to this technological blockade,DigiTimes Asia reportedthat Ye Tianchun, the President of the Integrated Circuit Branch of the China Semiconductor Industry Association (CSIA) and Secretary-General of the China Integrated Circuit Innovation Alliance (CICIA) is encouraging companies to focus on building innovations in mature nodes and back-end technologies. This focus should take precedence over trying to catch up with Western and Western-allied semiconductor companies like Intel, Nvidia, and TSMC....

Following the successful tape-out of its16-core 3C6000 processor in February, Loongson has been bringing up the CPU and has tested actual samples of the chip. According to data shared by the company at the 2024 Global Digital Economy Conference in Lhasa, the processor is just as fast as Intel’s 16-core Xeon Silver 4314 processor, reportsITHome.The Loongson 3C6000 is a monolithic chip packing 16 cores featuring theLA664 proprietary MIPS-derived microarchitecturesupporting simultaneous multithreading technology (SMT) that operates at an undisclosed frequency....

Intel is in hot water after the CyberSecurityAssociation of China called out the company for its cybersecurity vulnerabilities and high failure rates and accused it of adding backdoors to its covert surveillance and digital espionage systems. According to the statement (viaChina Daily), “Intel has made substantial profits in China, but it continues to engage in actions that harm China’s interests and threaten national security.” According to data from Statista, China is Intel’s largest source of revenue in 2023, making the company $14....

Colorful is working on a newRTX 50-seriesgraphics card lineup that includes support for two M.2 SSD slots, according to a report fromIT Home. The GPU was recently spotted at Bilibili World 2025, where the company showcased a prototype from its iGame Ultra series. While the exact model hasn’t been confirmed, the white dual-fan GPU features a cutout in the backplate designed to accommodate two M.2 drives. This effectively allows users to expand their storage directly through the graphics card....