This Raspberry Pi Pico W keeps count of your YouTube subscribers

It takes the mundane line of text you’ll find on every channel and turns it into a dazzling display thanks to its RGB LED matrix display. The matrix is aided by a small LCD screen that gives additional details and stats. Both the Pico W and LCD panel are held together by the custom PCB which also connects to the matrix panel. The hardware for this project is particular and precise....

May 20, 2025 · 2 min · 276 words · Edward Estrada

This RTX 4090-powered Dell XPS desktop is on sale for just $545 more than the cost of the card

Here’s a brilliant deal directly from Dell. Combined with a 10% off coupon, you can get anNvidia RTX 4090-powered Dell XPS desktop PC for only $2,294. Considering that the cheapest price (as of writing) for an RTX 4090 GPU alone is $1,749, you’re getting the rest of the PC for just $545. For a change, that makes buying a prebuilt PC cheaper than buying individual parts and building your own....

May 20, 2025 · 2 min · 405 words · Joseph Nelson

Trump to impose 25% to 100% tariffs on Taiwan-made chips, impacting TSMC

U.S. President Donald Trump announced plans Monday night to impose massive tariffs on Taiwan-made chips in an attempt to incentivize companies to relocate production to the United States. On the one hand, this could reduce American companies' reliance on Taiwan in general and TSMC in particular. On the other hand, building a semiconductor fab takes three to four years, so the effect of production moving to the US due to tariffs may not be felt for some time....

May 20, 2025 · 3 min · 544 words · Michael Reyes

UALink Consortium poised to compete with Nvidia's NVLink — AMD and Intel-led group opens doors to contributor members

The Ultra Accelerator Link (UALink) Consortium has officially incorporated, which means it’s now a legal entity. The Consortium seeks to create a new standard for high-speed, low-latency communication across servers in AI data centers, and has board members from AMD, Intel, Meta, Hewlett-PackardEnterprise,AmazonWeb Services (AWS), Astera Labs, Cisco,Google, andMicrosoft. The Consortium is also looking for new contributor members. UALinkseeks to become the industry’s open standard for scale-up connections of many AI accelerators, and to become a competitor with Nvidia’s proprietary NVLink....

May 20, 2025 · 3 min · 522 words · Laura Valdez

Unable to Save Excel File? Here’s How to Fix It

Imagine spending hours on a workbook, and now you cannot save the file. We can sense the panic through our screens! Although the application has been around for quite some time, many new users may run into a list of problems in which not being able to save your file is probably the worst. If you’ve landed in a similar situation, you’ve reached the right spot. This article will guide you on why you cannot save your files and how to fix them, so keep reading!...

May 20, 2025 · 3 min · 580 words · Sarah Silva

Up your sound game with this amazing early Black Friday deal on Audioengine's A1-MR 60W desktop speakers — $99 for a limited time

Black Friday is still a few weeks away, but that hasn’t stopped the early deals from piling up ahead of time. Today, we spotted an amazing discount of over 50% on Audioengine’s A1-MR desktop speakers. We’re fans of Audioengine and rate their A2+ 2.0 speakers as the best premium speakers to buy on ourbest PC speakerslist. Today’s deal can be found at Amazon, where theAudioengine A1-MR desktop speakers are just $99- reduced by 57% from their original $229 MSRP....

May 20, 2025 · 2 min · 367 words · Courtney Armstrong

US government probes South Korean company accused of selling American tools to Chinese entities

The U.S. Commerce Department is investigating whether Ronda Korea, a South Korean company, has been selling chipmaking equipment to Chinese firms. U.S.-based Lam Research produces the equipment, which was reportedly procured by Chinese companies subject to U.S. sanctions, reportsThe Information. The probe somewhat mimics another DoC investigationexploring shipments of Applied Materialstools to Chinese entities via South Korea. The U.S. DoC is specifically examining whether Ronda Korea resold components for chipmaking equipment made by Lam Research to Chinese entities....

May 20, 2025 · 2 min · 419 words · Ashley Young

Western Digital is investing in ceramic hard drive pioneer Cerabyte — company's nearly indestructible storage device gets a key backer

Ground-breaking ceramic-based data storage outfit Cerabyte has today announced it has received strategic investment fromWestern Digital, a move it says will accelerate the development of its ceramic data storage tech. Cerabyte is a German company seeking to revolutionize data storage. It uses ceramic-on-glass material that the company says is good for 5,000 years of data storage. Not only is Cerabyte’s revolutionary tech designed to be essentially permanent, but it could also pave the way for data storage capacities on a scale hitherto unfathomable – Cerabyte says its next-generation active archives combine multiple storage technologies as we head towards the Yottabite era....

May 20, 2025 · 2 min · 379 words · Kelsey Ellis

Western Digital preps 4TB SD cards for 2025 — SDUC cards big enough to tackle 8K video

Western Digitalshowcased three major new SD cards: a 4TB SDUC SD card, a 2TB SDXC SD card, and even a 256 GB SD Express-supported card. Below, we’ll examine some finer details, including why SDUC cards are still rare and how SD Express compares. First, review the 2TB SDXC cards, the SanDisk Extreme Pro V30. The SanDisk Extreme Pro V30 comes in standard and microSD card formats, and this is stated to be the Extreme Pro’s debut with 2TB of storage....

May 20, 2025 · 3 min · 540 words · Lisa Smith

What is MBR Error 1, 2, 3? 7 Ways to Fix It

Whether you’re getting MBR Error 1, 2, 3, or multiple similar messages followed by “Press any key to boot from floppy,” it’s a clear indication that yourmaster boot record is corrupted or damaged. When this happens, you can’t boot into the operating system. While corrupted/failing MBR is the most generic cause, simple issues like the PC trying to boot from another drive could also trigger it. First, Check the Storage To start off, I recommend removing the connected external drive and rebooting the computer....

May 20, 2025 · 3 min · 571 words · Paul Santos

What Is Windows Remote Assistance? How To Enable It

Windows Remote Assistance allows you to receive or provide assistance via remote connection. It basically lets someone takeremote control of your PC. This way, you both can work on the computer to fix the problems. Microsoft first introduced this feature in Windows XP. Windows 10 also introduces a new feature, Quick Assist, that provides similar functionality. However, you’re able to still access Remote Assistance on Windows 10 & 11. Windows normally enable Remote Assistance by default....

May 20, 2025 · 3 min · 532 words · Heather Jenkins

Why Does My Opera Keeps Crashing?

Usually, Opera crashes or freezes due to unexpected errors. Hence, it’s quite impossible to determine the real cause behind it. Nonetheless, we believe your Opera browser is constantly crashing due to these possible reasons: How to Fix Opera Crashing Issues Since the Opera browser is available on all devices, we can find crash issues on every gadget. In this article, we will assist you in solving them using simple and most effective techniques....

May 20, 2025 · 5 min · 1030 words · Juan Collins

Windows Night Light Not Working? Here’re 6 Ways to Fix It

When you’re exposed to blue light at night, it tricks your brain into thinking it’s daytime. This disrupts your body’s natural sleep cycle and makes it harder for you to fall asleep. So, the Windows night light feature works by decreasing the emission of blue light from your display. This feature is quite convenient when you want to use your computer at night. It lessens the strain on your eyes and also doesn’t disrupt your natural sleep cycle....

May 20, 2025 · 3 min · 447 words · Mathew Nguyen