MSI's new 1500R ultrawide Modern MD342CQP series features 120 Hz VA 1440p panel, 98W USB Type-C PD

MSI has introduced itsModern MD342CQP series21:9 ultrawide 1500R VA panel monitors in a choice of black or white livery. These devices support 3,400 x 1,440 pixels, refreshing at up to 120 Hz, across their 34-inch diagonals. Early listings indicate a price level of around $350. MSI likely introduced this monitor to appeal to those who want a single ultrawide monitor without breaking the bank. The MD342CQP is in black, and there’s a W suffix model which is an all-white design with no difference in technical specifications....

May 10, 2025 · 3 min · 537 words · Debra Beltran

NATO plans to deploy sea drones to monitor and protect undersea cables — Admiral expects drone fleet patrols to begin from June 2025

Following a spate ofundersea cable disruptionsin the recent weeks, with the most recent happening in November, NATO is drawing up plans for a fleet of naval surveillance drones to monitor the major bodies of water surrounding Europe — specifically, the Baltic Sea and the Mediterranean. French Admiral Pierre Vandier, the current Supreme Allied Commander in charge of evolving NATO forces and capabilities, toldDefense Newsthat doing this is similar to having CCTV cameras mounted on street lights to help monitor urban trouble spots and record evidence....

May 10, 2025 · 2 min · 388 words · Janet Coleman

Nintendo Switch pirates sunk by the FBI as they seize the site for hosting pirated games — American and Dutch authorities take down NSW2U.com

NWS2U.com, one of the biggest and most popular websites for downloading pirated Switch games, has been taken down by U.S. authorities. This was one of the go-to places for gamers to download titles without needing to pay for them and install them on hacked Nintendo Switch consoles or emulators. If you go to the page today, you’ll see that an announcement has replaced its homepage with the logos of the U....

May 10, 2025 · 3 min · 460 words · Allen Rubio

Nvidia blasts Biden’s new AI restrictions as ‘misguided’ – GPU giant praises Trump’s hands-off approach to tech industry

In its final days, the Biden administration announced last-minute adjustments to its chip export controls, and Nvidia apparently isn’t a fan. The new restrictions,announced today, are substantial considering that Biden will only be president for one more week. Officially called the Interim Final Rule on Artificial Intelligence Diffusion (“diffusion” as in the spread of the emerging technology), the last-minute regulations add new restrictions that corporations and countries must follow. Nvidia penned a blog firing back at the new restrictions, saying, “the Biden Administration seeks to undermine America’s leadership with a 200+ page regulatory morass, drafted in secret and without proper legislative review....

May 10, 2025 · 5 min · 890 words · Ashlee Norris

Nvidia RTX 3060 12GB hits all-time low on Amazon: Gigabyte Gaming OC RTX 3060 12GB is a Black Friday special at 18% off

If you’re looking for a budget upgrade this Black Friday, Gigabyte is now offering an Nvidia RTX 3060 12GB at an all-time low onAmazon. The Gigabyte GeForce RTX 3060 Gaming OC 12G (Rev2.0) is currentlyless than $264—an 18% discount from its list price of $319.99. This sale price makes it even more affordable than the two-fan Gigabyte Windforce version, which is listed for $269.99. Although the RTX 3060 is more than three years old at this point, it’s still a good budget GPU for 1080p gaming....

May 10, 2025 · 3 min · 433 words · Eric Cuevas

Nvidia Turing graphics cards get Resizable BAR support — if you're willing to flash a modified UEFI

Developer terminatorul hasshareda UEFI driver to enable ReBAR (Resizable Base Address Register) on systems packingNvidia Turing architecturegraphics cards. Owners of GeForce GTX 16- and RTX 20-series GPUs were shut out from using ReBAR until now.NvStrapsReBarpatches your motherboard’s UEFI firmware to set the BAR size. It can be set to auto-configure or adjusted manually. However, frequently rewriting data to the firmware isn’t without risks. The developer explains that ReBAR is usually enabled via a vBIOS update, but an independent hack can’t work this way because Nvidia digitally signs and encrypts its graphics cards' VBIOS....

May 10, 2025 · 3 min · 441 words · Johnny Baird

OpenAI's Sam Altman raising billions to build AI chip empire: Report

Sam Altman, chief executive officer of OpenAI, is reportedly raising funds to build semiconductor production facilities to make processors for artificial intelligence (AI) applications, reportsBloomberg. He believes that AI technologies will become pervasive enough to support their own semiconductor supply chain in the years to come. Naturally, this venture would compete against players like Intel, TSMC, and Samsung Foundry. OpenAI, which currently uses Nvidia’s A100 and H100 GPUs for its popular Chat GPT service, has been exploring ways to develop its own AI processors for a while, according toa report published in October....

May 10, 2025 · 3 min · 488 words · Abigail Bennett

Orange Light on Ethernet Port? Here’s 7 Possible Fixes

Most users adopt ethernet to access the internet as it’s more reliable and faster than WiFi. While doing so, you might have noticed an LED light blinking or flashing on the ethernet port. Interestingly, there’s not just one type of color that lights up; you may have seen multiple colors – yellow, green, blue, red, and sometimes even orange! Indeed, you might have wondered what the orange color is all about and whether this is a worrying sign....

May 10, 2025 · 6 min · 1263 words · William Chang

Polysoft offers $849 8TB SSD upgrade module for Mac Studio — reverse-engineered SSD vastly undercuts Apple's $2,220 price

Apple products have historically faced criticism for their limited upgradeability and repairability - but most users realize these aspects after the fact - say when they need to upgrade their aging SSD - because, like most other things in life, SSDs also have a limited lifespan. Bypassing Apple’s proprietary implementation,Polysofthas been developing custom reverse-engineered SSD PCBs, which you too can use, as shown by YouTuberLuke Mianiin his latest video. Last month, it was found that Apple’sMac Mini M4had asemi-upgradable SSD, provided you knew how to solder it, blank NAND modules, and a spare Mac on hand....

May 10, 2025 · 3 min · 473 words · Jacob Flores

Portable AI supercomputer comes as a carry-on suitcase with wheels — four GPUs, 246TB of storage, and a 2,500W integrated power supply

GigaIO and SourceCodehave teamed up to bring the world an ultraportable but still supercomputer-class device for AI needs. The Gryf weighs 55 pounds or less and is packed into aTSA-friendly carry-onsuitcase.Despite the small form factor, Gryf can accommodate data collection and processing on a scale that would otherwise require sending the data offsite. This revolutionary development for use cases requires quick processing and analysis turnaround. Gryf is a suitcase-sized supercomputer that supports disaggregating and reaggregating its GPUs....

May 10, 2025 · 3 min · 450 words · Lisa Anderson

PowerShell VS CMD – What’s The Difference

Command Prompt is the traditional command-line shell in Windows. It provided a way to directly communicate with an app or the operating system via the CLI, automate operations with batch (.bat) files and run scripts. PowerShell, which is currently the default command-line shell, extends on these and provides even more robust automation capability. It’s a scripting language in itself with its own ISE and support for cmd and bash commands as well....

May 10, 2025 · 7 min · 1435 words · Tiffany Lopez

Premiere Pro Keeps Crashing? 15 Proven Ways to Fix It

Premiere Pro is a comprehensive go-to tool for video editing. If you are a video editor or work for film or television, you obviously know how important it is. However, using the Premiere Pro does not always go well. You might be experiencing crashes and get tangled thinking about what’s causing the issue. Premiere Pro can crash in many situations. For instance, it can crash when you import or export a project....

May 10, 2025 · 6 min · 1220 words · Kristen Rivera

Qualcomm hires Intel's Xeon architect to lead development of server CPUs

Qualcomm has hired Sailesh Kottapalli, a former chief architect of Xeon server processors at Intel, to lead the development of the company’s data center CPUs, reportsCRN. Kottapalli spent 28 years at Intel and worked on various projects, including x86 and Itanium, as well as CPUs and GPUs. More recently, he was responsible for multiple generations of Xeon processors. “As we head into 2025, I am excited to share that I have joined Qualcomm,” Kottapali wrote in a post onLinkedIn....

May 10, 2025 · 2 min · 402 words · Troy Vazquez