M.2 2230 PCIe Gen 4 x4 SSD reaching 7,300MB/s
PNY has unveiled its new CS2342 M.2 2230 NVMe PCIe Gen 4 x4 SSD, which promises some of the fastest read and write speeds in the 2230 form factor, reaching up to 7,300 MB/s for read speeds and 6,000 MB/s for write speeds. It will be available in 1 TB and 2 TB capacities, and available later this month.
Microsoft has announced DirectX Raytracing 1.2
New Opacity Micromaps (OMM) and Shader Execution Reordering (SER)
Microsoft has unveiled DirectX Raytracing 1.2 (DXR 1.2) at GDC 2025, introducing two major innovations designed to address key ray tracing performance bottlenecks: Opacity Micromaps (OMM) and Shader Execution Reordering (SER). These features aim to enhance ray tracing efficiency while maintaining high visual quality, signaling a shift toward more intelligent resource management in graphics processing.
Apple's AI shake-up shuffle
Vision Pro chief takes over Siri amid delays and internal strife
Apple is scrambling to salvage its floundering AI initiatives, as CEO Tim Cook has reportedly sidelined John Giannandrea, the company's AI chief, due to the faltering development of its products.
Nvidia flogs RTX 5090s from a food truck
While AI gold rush leaves gamers in the dust
Nvidia has decided the best way to sell its unicorn-tier RTX 5090 and 5080 graphics cards is not through retailers or online orders, but from the back of a food truck.
USB-C may be on the chopping block
EU loophole opens floodgates for portless phones
The European Commission has ruled that its instance on the USB-C standard only applies to phones if they charge via a wire.
HP dodges blame for sabotaging its printers
Pays lawyers instead of customers
A US District Court judge has approved a settlement between the makers of expensive printer ink, HP, and a group of furious customers who were understandably miffed that their printers were rendered inoperable by an unwanted firmware update.
Physicists create LED pixels smaller than a virus
For very small screens
A team of Chinese boffins have emerged from their smoke-filled labs having created a pixel which is smaller than a virus.
Clearview AI tried to buy 690 million arrest records
What could possibly go wrong?
Surveillance-snoop-for-hire Clearview AI attempted to snap up nearly 700 million arrest records and 390 million mugshots—complete with Social Security numbers, email addresses, home addresses, birthdates, and phone numbers.
UK bosses are too terrified to check their carbon sins
Fear being cancelled instead of greened.
Nearly half of UK business leaders are reportedly too afraid to examine their own emissions data—presumably for fear it might confirm that their companies have been contributing to global warming at a rate similar to that of a Tesco rotisserie chicken.
Gelsinger claims Nvidia’s AI GPUs are overpriced
Jensen just got lucky on AI
It appears that former troubled Chipzilla CEO Pat Gelsinger is still upset about Nvidia’s AI dominance, taking a swipe at Jensen Huang’s pricing strategy and implying that Nvidia’s meteoric rise in AI was more a matter of luck than strategy.
