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NIST warns several of its Internet Time Service servers may be inaccurate due to a power outage — Boulder servers 'no longer have an accurate time reference'
NIST has warned that several of its Internet Time Service servers could be providing inaccurate time following a failure of the primary atomic time scale at its Boulder, Colorado campus.
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December 21, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Surprising biomedical application found for ASML’s chipmaking EUV lithography machines — they can mass produce nanopores for molecular sensing
IMEC has successfully demonstrated the full wafer-scale fabrication of nanopores using ASML’s state-of-the-art extreme ultraviolet (EUV) machines.
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December 21, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Get a pre-built PC with 32GB of RAM for under $1,000 — this mid-range gaming desktop delivers decent performance for an affordable price during these trying times
The ABS Flux II Aqua Gaming PC is on sale for $999.99, slashing $400 off its regular price. This pre-built comes with an Intel Core i5-14400F, an RTX 5060, a 1TB SSD, and 32GB of RAM.
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December 21, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Turns out, AI can actually build competent Minesweeper clones — Four AI coding agents put to the test reveal OpenAI's Codex as the best, while Google's Gemini CLI as the worst
Ars Technica took four popular coding agents available today and asked them to make a Minesweeper clone, to see which one comes out on top. OpenAI's Codex produced the closest to a ready-to-shop version, while Mistral and Anthropic both performed respectably well. It was Google's Gemini that just completely gave up.
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December 21, 2025 at 5:14 PM
IDC expects average PC prices to jump by up to 8% in 2026 due to crushing memory shortages — some vendors already selling pre-builts without RAM
Market research firm IDC released updated forecasts for the PC market, saying that it could contract by 8.9%, with prices jumping up to 8%, if the memory shortage continues.
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December 21, 2025 at 2:58 PM
‘LeBron James of Excel spreadsheets’ celebrates 2025 Microsoft Excel World Championships win — beat 256 other spreadsheet whizzes to claim the $60,000 first prize in Las Vegas tournament
The 2025 Microsoft Excel World Championships final in Las Vegas has been won by Irishman Diarmuid Early.
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December 21, 2025 at 2:58 PM
RayNeo X3 Pro AR glasses review: Intriguing, high-priced glasses with alarming battery life
If you have a short attention span and money to blow, the RayNeo X3 Pro might be up your alley, as it's expensive and has short battery life.
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December 21, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Nintendo Switch 2 to reportedly get smaller capacity game cartridges soon, offering an alternative to costly 64GB cards — Storage crisis might delay production, however
The Switch 2's Game-Key Card controversy has a burning new development, and we might finally have a middleground between expensive 64 GB Game Cards and digital-only releases. Smaller capacity cartridges, such as 16 or 32 GB, are reportedly in production but industry-wide shortages might disrupt their adoption and make them more expensive.
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December 21, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Massive two-year project recovers 144 previously undumped Sega Genesis game ROMs from the mid-1990s — lost Garfield and Flintstones games among the notable finds
A massive, multi-year project to recover Sega Channel games from the mid 1990s has been a resounding success, with many exclusives saved.
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December 21, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Over 1,800 North Korean applicants flood Amazon — suspected illicit applicants blocked by the company since April 2024
The Amazon CSO reported that the company has seen over 1,800 applicants that it suspects are North Koreans posing as Americans.
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December 21, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Search pioneer AltaVista’s star shone bright with a clean and minimal UI 30 years ago — engine lost momentum after multiple ownership changes and the embrace of the web portal trend
Pioneering search engine AltaVista opened its service to the public 30 years ago.
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December 21, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Russia has reportedly improved the range of its jam-proof optical drones to over 40 miles — purported Chinese-Russian collaborative production imagery reveals dramatically increased tethered drone range
Imagery of spools carrying 65km (~40.4 miles) of optical fiber, for FPV drone control, have been shared on Russian social media channels.
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December 21, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Moore Threads unveils next-gen gaming GPU with 15x performance and 50x ray tracing improvement — AI GPU with claimed performance between Hopper and Blackwell also in the works
Moore Threads has just revealed its next-gen GPU architecture coming in 2026, dubbed "Huagang," which will bring new gaming and AI GPUs. The "Lushan" gaming GPU is promising up to 15x increase in AAA gaming performance, while the "Huashan" AI GPU is gunning for a spot between Nvidia Hopper and Blackwell lineups.
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December 21, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Logitech’s top-selling G502 Hero gaming mouse is half price at just $38 on Amazon — save up to 53% on this fan favorite
The G502 Hero continues to attract gamers years after launch and at its current price, it delivers strong value for those looking for a customizable, well-built gaming mouse.
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December 20, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Steam app is now 64-bit only on systems that support it, 32-bit support enters final countdown — 32-bit users will stop receiving updates in 2026
Valve has begun the final phase of its plan to end Steam support for 32-bit versions of Windows, with a December Steam client update that changes how the platform runs on modern systems.
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December 20, 2025 at 6:37 PM
You can force FSR 4 Redstone to work on RDNA 3 GPUs with new workaround for Linux systems — solution requires Proton compatibility to work properly
AMD's answer to Nvidia's DLSS 4 seemingly works on older hardware but is currently not officially supported.
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December 20, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Three year test shows OLED is significantly more reliable than LCD, with most lasting more than 10,000 hours — 20 TVs failed out of 102 tested
After 18,000 hours of simulated use, RTINGS' longevity test reveals fascinating insights into the TVs that dominate our markets today. While OLED has clearly overcome its reliability woes to become the least vulnerable panel type, LCDs with local dimming are still competitive and fare better than their unified-backlight brethren.
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December 20, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Valve discontinues the most affordable Steam Deck — $399 LCD version on the way out as new starting point is $549
Valve announced on the Steam page that it's discontinuing the $399 LCD Steam Deck, saying that it's only available until stocks last.
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December 20, 2025 at 4:37 PM
China's new nation-spanning network eclipses 100 Gbps transferring 72 terabytes across 1,000km — experimental research network designed to connect thousands of virtualized networks across the country
China has brought online a national experimental research network designed to support experimentation on future network designs and to improve data transmission quality.
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December 20, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Registry hack enables new performance-boosting native NVMe support on Windows 11 — Windows Server 2025 feature can be unlocked for consumer PCs, but at your own risk
The Windows Server 2025 registry tweak that activates native NVMe support can also be activated in Windows 11, but at your own risk.
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December 20, 2025 at 2:37 PM
The USB Power Delivery (PD) Specification — everything you need to know about USB-PD
Learn the secrets of the USB PD specification as we delve into how the specification has changed in over a decade of revisions
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December 20, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Google killed the 25-year-old Sega Dreamcast PlanetWeb 3.0 web browser this week — big G's services no longer respond to this quarter-century-old software
The Sega Dreamcast’s ancient pack-in internet browser was killed by Google earlier this week.
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December 20, 2025 at 2:37 PM
MSI adds auto BCLK overclocking to X870 MAX motherboards — claims new 'one-click' features add up to 15% extra performance on Ryzen 7 9800X3D
MSI adds several auto overclocking features, including BLCK overclocking profiles and DDR5 sub-timing overclocking profiles that boost performance up to 15% on AMD's Ryzen 7 9800X3D.
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December 20, 2025 at 2:38 PM
AMD publishes first Zen 6 document detailing ground-up redesign on 2nm process node — brand-new 8-wide CPU core with strong vector capabilities
AMD's Zen 6-based CPUs may be number crunching monsters, given their core design that is partially revealed in a performance counters document.
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December 20, 2025 at 2:38 PM
In a pinch? Last-minute digital gift ideas for Christmas 2025 for the techie in your life — here's the picks if you have no time left for deliveries
From gift cards to streaming services, these digital gifts can be purchased and delivered at any time, even on Christmas Day.
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December 20, 2025 at 12:17 PM