Let it never be said that tariffs don’t work. In a bid to avoid tariffs and satisfy customer requirements for “made in the USA” parts, MediaTek is purportedly pondering a deal with TSMC to have some of its chips created in TSMC’s fabs right here in the US of A. This news comes to us from Nikkei Asia, who reports that the $74.3B chipmaker hasn’t

If you’ve been having trouble streaming TV or playing Blu-Rays on Windows 11 lately, you aren’t alone—and Microsoft is officially acknowledging the issue and promising a fix. The problem with playing back certain content was introduced with the August 29th, 2025 Windows 11 24H2 update. It does not impact streaming services in general, but

Yesterday, Call of Duty staff shared a deep dive on Black Ops 7’s multiplayer, including the launch date and extensive details of the upcoming cross-platform beta on October 2nd. Among the several details revealed, including a list of modes and maps available at launch, a new game mode called Overload is being introduced into Black Ops 7.

Overload

NASA has officially introduced its 2025 Astronaut Candidate Class, a group of 10 individuals whittled down from a pool of over 8,000 highly qualified applicants. The group, which includes six women and four men, will hopefully make its mark in future exploration and science missions to the Moon, Mars, and beyond.

The new class, the 24th

If you continue to doubt China’s prominence in EV tech, look no further than the Yangwang U9 Xtreme, which has claimed the title of the world’s fastest production car by knocking out a verified top speed of 308.4 mph (496.22 kmh). 

In the hands of driver Marc Basseng, the record-breaking run was conducted at the Automotive Testing Papenburg

Look away, cash-strapped folks (yours truly included), Bang & Olufsen has unveiled the new Beo Grace ANC earbuds with an MSRP of $1,500—yes, that’s M4 MacBook Pro money. There’s little doubt that these buds sound amazing, but for that many buckaroos, the Beo Grace caters to a specific clientele that values craftsmanship as much as cachet. 

Let’s

Up until now, it was easier to find a yellow needle in a mile-high and mile-wide haystack then it was to score a GeForce RTX 5090 at NVIDIA’s starting MSRP. That’s not to say it was impossible, just challenging, to say the least. And now? The key to scoring one is to take advantage of the ‘GeForce Week at Walmart’ event, which has big markdowns

A winning bidder just added a piece of Apple history to their collection for the cool sum of $475,000, besting the pre-auction estimate for an ultra-rare Apple-1 by $175,000. The final selling price includes a 25% “buyer’s premium” fee that RR Auctions, the auction house that listed the fully functional Apple-1, adds to the hammer price.

Apple-1

The Steam Deck is already one of the best bangs for buck in the PC gaming handheld space and the value proposition just got even better with Valve’s steep discount in play. For a limited time, the base Steam Deck is is 20% off for a low $319.20. The question is, should you bite now that the handheld gaming space is much more crowded than when

OpenAI and NVIDIA have signed a letter of intent for what may just be the largest single investment in AI compute infrastructure to date: a plan to deploy at least 10 gigawatts of NVIDIA systems dedicated to training and running OpenAI’s future models. The partnership represents not just money, but a roadmap that ties OpenAI’s quest for artificial

Over the weekend, Twitter user @phantomofearth noticed that a classic Windows Vista Ultimate feature had been added back into the latest Windows 11 Insider Preview build— video wallpapers. Video wallpapers, also called live wallpapers, were present in Windows Vista Ultimate under the title “Windows DreamScene”, and were one of the many features

Apple bolstered this year’s iPhone lineup with the debut of the iPhone Air, a phone that measures up well against the Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge. It’s an impressive device that manages to pack some serious specs into its thin frame, and a design that harkens back to the thinner phones Apple used to make. This time around, though, the company

While some would like to see themselves as Robin Hood-type well-intentioned opportunists, it has long been known that there is no honor among thieves. Case in point: today’s story, where a man named Raivo Plavnieks was trying to raise money for treatment to survive his stage 4 high-grade sarcoma, and became the target of a malicious crypo

Since the AMD FSR 4 INT8 DLL leak, we’ve known that it’s possible to use FSR 4 on older GPU architectures than RDNA 4. Recently, we’ve actually seen successful use of FSR 4 on AMD’s RDNA 2 architecture, after early efforts resulted in bugged visuals. Per a Reddit guide posted yesterday by user u/NaM_777, users of AMD RDNA 2 GPUs like the RX

Could an ASUS prototype PCIe connector spell the end of bulky, unsightly power cables for graphics cards? We may soon find out—ASUS is showcasing a “magic modification” to the standard PCIe slot, allowing it to deliver a massive 250 watts of power directly from the motherboard (or more than triple the 75W provided in typical slots. No doubt

The U.S. government has approved Meta’s Llama artificial intelligence system for use by its agencies. Thanks to a partnership with the General Services Administration (GSA), Meta joins the likes of Google, AWS, Microsoft, OpenAI, and more in accelerating the adoption of AI across federal departments. 

The approval, a key component of the

Amazon’s dedicated deals site is hosting a ‘Best of Woot!’ sale with deep discounts over MSRP on a bunch of items, including a decent selection of electronics. A lot of the items are over half off. Consider it an appetizer for Amazon’s upcoming Prime Big Deal Days event, which starts on Tuesday, October 7 at 12:01 a.m. PDT and runs through

We’re on a black hole coverage roll this month, so here’s another one: a supermassive black hole 12.8 billion lights years from us has been discovered feasting at a rate that scientists describe as “a bit shocking,” or more precisely, about 2.4 times faster than the theoretical limit.

Using data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory, a

Rockstar Games is under the impression that Grand Theft Auto VI will become the “largest game launch in history,” as evidenced by a recent job listing (the developer removed the comment after it gained media coverage). Judging by the number of views its two trailers on YouTube have generated, it’s probably right. But do you know who could

In a strategically timed announcement, MediaTek today unveiled its next-gen flagship system-on-chip (SoC) for mobile devices, the Dimensity 9500 with an all-big-core CPU design and several key upgrades. What makes the timing strategic is that MediaTek opted to announce the part during Day 1 of Qualcomm’s Snapdragon Summit event. It’s also