Zak Killian

A Danish Redditor posted up a thread last night called “So this just happened” with a picture of his scorched Ryzen 7 9800X3D processor. You can clearly see the heat damage to the bottom of the CPU; some of the landings have come off of the chip and melded with the LGA socket. The user says he simply “watching some [TV] series” when his machine shut off. The user, known as /u/t0pli, had his shiny

Well, not your thoughts, probably, but Meta has unveiled a new AI-powered brain scanner that can apparently translate thoughts into text. That’s according to the company itself, which posted two research papers and a blog about it. The system, which relies on non-invasive brain recordings, represents a major milestone in Brain-Computer Interface (BCI) technology. However, it’s not something you’ll be wearing as a headset anytime soon. Meta’s work in this space dates back to at

Chinese hardware manufacturer Colorful is stirring the pot with a bold new teaser for its upcoming “CVN Series” motherboard, which features an unusual PCIe quick-release system. The teaser image highlights a rocker switch labeled “ON” and “OFF,” claiming that it enables “one-click safe disassembly and installation of graphics cards.” If that sounds like a direct jab at ASUS, it probably is. ASUS faced backlash in late January when reports surfaced that its “Q-Release Slim System”

In the slightly-bowdlerized words of GTA San Andreas protagonist Carl Johnson, “Aw, crap. Here we go again.” Virtually anyone reading this site will well remember the unfortunate failures of 12VHPWR connectors on GeForce RTX 4090 cards. NVIDIA and many others investigated the melting plugs, and the conclusion was that it was too easy to mess up plugging in the 12+4-pin power connector, leading to poor fitment and bad connections. This, in turn, caused an imbalance of

If you’ve ever had some time to kill and tried to entertain yourself by downloading a few games on your phone, you’ll already be familiar with the phenomenon — every few stages, a full-screen video ad pops up, and you can’t skip it for at least 15 seconds. Some of them are even interactive games in their own right—and some of them are malware. No such shenanigans on Steam, though, thanks to a recently-clarified Valve

Specifications for Intel’s next-gen mobile processors might have just surfaced in a new leak from leaker Jaykihn, a reasonably well-regarded source for Intel leaks. While unconfirmed, the details give us a possible look at what’s coming with Panther Lake and Wildcat Lake, two upcoming CPU families that will form the bulk of Intel’s mobile lineup in late 2025 and early 2026. The specifications, embedded below, outline core configurations, memory support, AI capabilities, and more. Specifications

To be honest, almost everything we’ve seen about the Switch 2 seems to imply that it will simply be the Switch, except more. A slightly larger screen, a more powerful SoC, and other incremental upgrades are certainly welcome (particularly in light of the official confirmation that it will be backward-compatible), but they’re not exactly exciting. There is one new feature that Nintendo hasn’t confirmed yet which seems almost certain to be real, though. That’s the

Qualcomm’s latest earnings report is out, and the company is riding high on strong handset, automotive and laptop platform revenue numbers. For Q1 of FY2025, Qualcomm posted revenue of $11.7 billion, up 14% quarter-over-quarter and 18% year-over-year. Handsets led the charge with $7.6 billion in revenue, a 24% quarterly jump, fueled by demand for premium smartphones and Samsung’s new Galaxy S25, which uses Qualcomm’s latest Snapdragon 8 Elite processor. However, there was also some big news

Netgear has issued an urgent security update for six of its popular WiFi home gateways, including three Nighthawk Pro gaming routers, after researchers uncovered severe Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerabilities. These flaws, which allow attackers to run arbitrary code on the devices without authentication, have been patched—but users must manually update their firmware to stay protected. The vulnerabilities have been rated 9.8 on the CVSS severity scale, meaning they’re about as critical as security exploits

AMD has confirmed its Radeon RX 9000 series GPUs will launch in early March, ending weeks of speculation. The company initially briefed press at CES 2025 but omitted the GPUs from its keynote, leading to uncertainty about their release timeline. After a brief period of silence, AMD took to Twitter to confirm a March launch window. Now, CEO Lisa Su has provided further clarity, stating in an earnings call that the cards will launch in