Nvidia RTX 5090 and RTX 5080 gaming PCs listed prematurely for $7,539 and $4,399 at a retailer — Blackwell meets Arrow Lake to power upcoming Predator Orion 7000 PCs from Acer

Pre-built from Acer featuring the RTX 5090 and RTX 5080 have been listed before launch. Source

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US Department of Commerce finalizes $458 million grant for SK Hynix to build Indiana packaging plant — plans to lend an additional $500 million for Lafayette project

SK Hynix gets $458 million from the U.S. government via the CHIPS Act to build an HBM packaging plant in Indiana. Source

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AMD's 'Golden Rabbit' GPU reportedly hits 'end of life' status — Radeon RX 7900 GRE is no longer available at any retailer

Tweakers reports that several AMD add-in board partners confirmed the upper mid-range RX 7900 GRE is now declared "end-of-life" and is no longer being produced. Source

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'World's first' open-source Armv9 motherboard surfaces — Radxa Orion O6's pricing starts at $200 for the 8GB RAM model

A collaborative effort between Arm China, CIX, and Radxa has precipitated what is claimed to be the world's first open source Armv9 motherboard. - the Radxa Orion O6. Source

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Intel Wildcat Lake CPU tooling surfaces in shipping manifests — reportedly adopts next-gen Cougar Cove and Darkmont cores, Intel 18A node

New shipping manifests highlight that Intel might be readying a successor to its N-series CPUs dubbed Wildcat Lake. Source

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DJI narrowly escapes U.S. drone ban, for now — company has one year to demonstrate its products don’t pose a national security risk

The U.S. is passing a law that requires DJI to have it devices certified that it's not a risk to the U.S., or else it would face an automatic ban.…

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Qualcomm CEO expected to save $1.4 billion in Arm royalties by purchasing Nuvia, assumed Snapdragon X chips would be a massive hit

Qualcomm CEO Christiano Amon said that the company could save up to $1.4 billion in royalties to Arm by purchasing Nuvia. Source

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MSI opens its first laptop manufacturing facility in India — MSI bets big on India's explosive projected demand for high-performance laptop devices

MSI has opened up laptop manufacturing operations in India to meet increasing market demand. Source

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US could ban best-selling TP-Link routers over national security concerns — TP-Link routers tied to Chinese government-backed cyberattacks

Washington is investigating TP-Link for national security reasons, with some sources saying a ban for the popular router brand is in the works. Source

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