Adafruit pushes back against NY state’s sweeping ban on 3D printing guns — suggests amendments to ‘preserve the public safety goal without breaking education, open hardware, or small manufacturers’

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Adafruit pushes back against NY state’s sweeping ban on 3D printing guns — suggests amendments to ‘preserve the public safety goal without breaking education, open hardware, or small manufacturers’

The company argues that the current bill is too broad and will make creating much harder for every maker.

Extend the life of your favorite gaming headset for less than $25 — replace those crusty earpads, and maybe get a headband cover

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Extend the life of your favorite gaming headset for less than $25 — replace those crusty earpads, and maybe get a headband cover

Rejuvenate your gaming audio without spending a lot.

Razer Boomslang 20th anniversary edition is as l33t a mouse as they come, for a princely $1,337 — legacy lives on two decades onwards

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Razer Boomslang 20th anniversary edition is as l33t a mouse as they come, for a princely $1,337 — legacy lives on two decades onwards

Some say you can

Report claims Nvidia will not be releasing any new RTX gaming GPUs in 2026, RTX 60 series likely debuting in 2028

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Report claims Nvidia will not be releasing any new RTX gaming GPUs in 2026, RTX 60 series likely debuting in 2028

It might be two years before we see Nvidia launch new RTX GPUs.

Yet another Windows update is wreaking havoc on gaming rigs worldwide — Nvidia recommends uninstalling Windows 11 KB5074109 January update to prevent framerate drops and artifacting

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Yet another Windows update is wreaking havoc on gaming rigs worldwide — Nvidia recommends uninstalling Windows 11 KB5074109 January update to prevent framerate drops and artifacting

FPS drops? Game artifacting? You

Leading PC manufacturers considering using Chinese memory chips, report claims — HP and Dell qualifying CXMT DRAM, Acer and Asus asking Chinese partners to source locally-made memory chips

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Leading PC manufacturers considering using Chinese memory chips, report claims — HP and Dell qualifying CXMT DRAM, Acer and Asus asking Chinese partners to source locally-made memory chips

PC makers are getting desperate for memory chips.

Anycubic Kobra X Review: Hidden AMS

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Anycubic Kobra X Review: Hidden AMS

Another Bambu Lab clone, or something better?

Jim Keller's Tenstorrent is downgrading Blackhole p150 cards from 140 to 120 tensor cores via firmware update — will ship cards with 120 tensor cores going forward, company claims existing users should expect 1-2% performance drop

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Jim Keller

I have altered the deal. Pray I do not alter it further.

Fractal Design's new North and North XL Momentum Edition cases sport stealthy black wood slats, promise quieter fans – XL model also supports back-connector motherboards

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Fractal Design

One of our favorite cases is back in black.

ASRock issues statement concerning yet another round of Ryzen 9000 CPU failures — motherboard vendor says it is 'working in seamless coordination' with AMD to investigate

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ASRock issues statement concerning yet another round of Ryzen 9000 CPU failures — motherboard vendor says it is

The failures remain extremely rare, but the company does appear to be taking them seriously nonetheless.