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AI boom drives SK Hynix to pay $477,000 bonus per employee
Posted on Tuesday April 21, 2026
After removing its previous bonus cap last September, SK Hynix is set to pay out 10% of its annual operating profits to employees as performance-based bonuses this year. With memory prices at record highs, analysts predict the company will generate about 250 trillion won ($169 billion) in operating profit, putting...Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
FAA grounds Blue Origin's New Glenn after launch fails to deliver payload
Posted on Tuesday April 21, 2026
The launch itself, which took place on April 19 from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, didn't look like a disaster – at least not at first.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Review: Twice the 3D V-Cache
Posted on Tuesday April 21, 2026
AMD finally delivers dual 3D V-Cache on Zen 5 with the 9950X3D2, but does twice the cache translate into real gains? We test performance, power, and value to see if this flagship makes sense.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
NZXT customer to sue after AIO leak damages Asus RTX 5090, payout won't cover replacement costs
Posted on Tuesday April 21, 2026
A Reddit user writes that they experienced this unwelcome scenario: an NZXT Kraken AIO allegedly leaked onto an Asus ROG Astral RTX 5090, damaging the flagship card and motherboard. It led to a months-long warranty dispute that, according to the post, may now end up in court, with the owner...Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Nvidia research promises 2x to 3x faster path tracing with better visuals
Posted on Tuesday April 21, 2026
A new research paper from Nvidia describes how an in-development update to ReSTIR (Reservoir Spatiotemporal Importance Resampling) path tracing addresses several of its flaws. While the technology is not quite ready for implementation in commercial games, it could enhance path tracing performance by 100% to 200%.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
TP-Link seeks FCC exemption from router ban, says it is a US company
Posted on Tuesday April 21, 2026
A pair of FCC regulatory filings show that TP-Link met with officials on Thursday, during which the company's lawyers and consultants spoke with staff for FCC Commissioners Olivia Trusty and Anna Gomez.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Tim Cook to step down as Apple CEO, hardware chief John Ternus takes the helm
Posted on Tuesday April 21, 2026
Tim Cook has announced that he will be stepping down as Apple CEO on September 1. Senior vice president of hardware engineering John Ternus, long seen as the company's leading succession candidate, will take over following a summer transition period.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Chipmakers on track to meet only 60% of AI memory demand by 2027
Posted on Monday April 20, 2026
A recent report from Nikkei Asia yet again highlights how tight the market has become. It centers on the ongoing memory shortage, which is expected to persist until chipmakers have both the capacity and the facilities to meet demand for AI-focused components from hyperscale customers.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
If Apple built a $299 "Neo" desktop PC, Windows would have a real problem
Posted on Monday April 20, 2026
The MacBook Neo has done something Apple almost never does: it surprised the industry. When Asus co-CEO described Apple's $599 laptop as a genuine "shock" to the Windows PC market, he wasn't being dramatic. PC makers had spent years safely assuming Apple would never touch the sub-$700 segment. That assumption...Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
The Internet Archive makes 758 classic PC Gamer demo discs available to the public
Posted on Monday April 20, 2026
Getting to try snippets of new games without having to spend extra money at your local rental store was awesome, and it was doubly cool for PC games, since rental outlets for such titles weren't a thing. Some of my earliest PC gaming memories involved demo discs, and now thanks...Read Entire Article Continue Reading »