Console modder hunts down world's largest CRT TV — saves it from noodle restaurant demolition death half the way around the globe

A modder managed to save an extremely rare 43-inch Sony Trinitron KX-45ED1 from an untimely ending in Japan and import it to the US. Source

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Vendor hints at mobile RTX 50 series GPU launch at CES 2025 — next-gen gaming laptops with mobile Blackwell GPUs and Intel Arrow Lake-H/HX or AMD Fire Range CPUs

Thunderobot has teased upcoming laptops powered by Nvidia's next-gen mobile GPUs and impending CPUs from Intel and AMD. Source

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US Senate finds Commerce Department’s efforts to enact bans and sanction “inadequate” — investigation finds agency underfunded, must rely on voluntary compliance by chipmakers

The U.S. Senate found that the Department of Commerce isn't effective in enforcing Washington's bans and sanctions due to lack of funding. Source

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U.S. gov't launches probe into ongoing China dominance of legacy semiconductor market amid concerns of Chinese vendors flooding the market

The new investigation is yet another escalation in the U.S. government's efforts to tighten its scrutiny of China’s semiconductor industry Source

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Fan-less cooling solution for laptops up to 40W launched — device uses movement of ions to generate airflow without any moving parts

Ventiva's ICE9 thermal management system uses the movement of ionized particles to generate airflow without any moving parts. Source

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AMD RDNA 4 GPUs will allegedly be rebranded RX 9000 — A mixture of new RDNA 3/RDNA 4 mobile GPUs and an RX 7000 refresh is expected to arrive at CES

Reports suggest that AMD is readjusting the naming scheme of its Radeon GPUs. Source

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Intel Arrow Lake non-K 65W CPU box packaging leaked — Bulky design alludes to included stock cooler, likely arriving next month at CES

Box designs for Intel's Arrow Lake 65W CPUs have been leaked, indicating that Intel is gearing up for a launch next month. Source

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Cat themed fur-wrapped tri-mode keyboard now available for $240 — Petbrick 65 launches in Calico and Odd-eye, but more breeds are on the way

Dry Studio Petbrick mechanical RGB keyboards with cat theming and "fluffy, pettable" coating in Calico or Odd-eye colors now available for preorder. Source

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Intel Game On Graphics Driver addresses Battlemage bloopers – Arc B580 fixes and known issues are the highlights of the latest update

Intel has just launched an updated driver for its portfolio of graphics products and it seems to be heavily skewed towards addressing Battlemage issues. Source

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ASML reportedly cancels orders for the Lego EUV machine set from non-ASML emails — the kit is only available to ASML employees

ASML offered Lego versions of its NA-EUV machines on the ASML store but has since limited it to orders from valid ASML email addresses only. Source

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Engineers enable quantum communication over existing fiber optic cables — new research shows data transmission using quantum teleportation is possible in parallel with a classical network at specific wavelengths

A new study shows that quantum communication is possible concurrently with classical data at certain wavelengths of light. Source

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