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A standard RTX 5090 now costs $5,090, making Nvidia's flagship price painfully appropriate
Posted on Tuesday September 01, 2026
As we noted in our recent graphics card pricing feature that shows just how quickly prices are rising, the RTX 5090 was around $4,900 in the US recently.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
This popular open-source split keyboard just got a Hall-effect upgrade
Posted on Tuesday September 01, 2026
Fans of minimalist ergonomic split keyboards and users familiar with the Silakka54 might be interested in a new Hall-effect variant. If it catches on with resellers, it could become one of the more affordable Hall-effect keyboards available, while its open-source hardware and firmware allow for unrestricted modding.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
John Ternus starts his first day as Apple CEO with a foldable iPhone on deck and a long list of problems to solve
Posted on Tuesday September 01, 2026
Ternus is regarded inside Apple as a leader who can move between broad product planning and the technical details of a device, a skill Tim Cook highlighted when he announced the succession. His test now is whether he can apply that hardware focus to a company facing more than product...Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Instagram is making it harder for AI-generated personas to pass themselves off as real people
Posted on Tuesday September 01, 2026
It's not just AI-generated slop content sweeping across Instagram these days. There are also countless personas that are entirely AI-generated – many of which appear to be influencer-style accounts – and not all of them make it clear that the person isn't real.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Sony just added free, ad-supported live TV to every PS5
Posted on Tuesday September 01, 2026
PlayStation 5 owners in the US can now watch over 100 live TV channels from the PS5's main menu. Available content includes various ad-supported movies, TV shows, sports events, and news broadcasts at no extra cost.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Amazon seller sends $1,400 RTX 5080 customer a cheap "gift" and fake instructions claiming the GPU is still coming
Posted on Tuesday September 01, 2026
Reddit user BransonArsen wrote that they bought an MSI Gaming RTX 5080 16G SUPRIM Liquid SOC edition from Amazon for nearly $1,400. They later explained that the seller was a third party with a Chinese name, which even they admit was a warning sign. The lower-case "msi" in the product...Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Insurance companies keep pushing AI, but 98% of their adjusters' reviews on it are negative
Posted on Tuesday September 01, 2026
A Glassdoor analysis found that 98% of claims-adjuster reviews mentioning AI were negative – the highest rate of criticism among the occupations reviewed. Workers often complained that company leaders were pushing AI tools that did not work well and were making it harder to serve policyholders.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
TP-Link's first Wi-Fi 8 router opens for pre-orders September 30, US launch remains uncertain
Posted on Tuesday September 01, 2026
Unveiled at IFA 2026, the Archer 8 Ultra BN19000 is a tri-band router rated for aggregate wireless speeds of 19Gbps. It packs 18 internal antennas, 10Gbps wired connectivity, and claimed coverage of a 3,600-square-foot home. Its redesigned enclosure is intended to be shown off on a shelf, rather than being...Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
OpenClaw 2.0 lands with an easier setup and a rebuilt browser app
Posted on Monday August 31, 2026
Community manager Hannes Rudolph's blog post for the release was titled "OpenClaw 2.0, Accidentally," explaining that the team set out to simplify installation and rebuild the browser app, but then discovered it couldn't be done in isolation, and ended up reworking the codebase and the full release at the same time.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
YouTubers "fix" melting RTX 5090 power connector by soldering cables directly to PCB
Posted on Monday August 31, 2026
TecLab recently demonstrated a workaround for the RTX 5090 thermal failures by modifying a 5090 to bypass the problematic 16-pin power connectors and route the power wiring directly to the GPU's PCB instead. For the experiment, they used a Galax GeForce RTX 5090 D HOF OC LAB XOC, which comes...Read Entire Article Continue Reading »