PSA: Don"t Buy This Asrock Motherboard
In testing new Intel B660 motherboards for an upcoming VRM roundup, we felt compelled to stop and look at the Asrock B660M-HDV, only because Asrock is at it again, misleading consumers with a garbage product......»»
The Best Compact Graphics Cards
Today's top-of-the-line graphics cards tend to get pretty beefy. Your motherboard may not have room for the latest and greatest cards, especially if you're putting together a slim media center or a portable fragbox for LAN parties. We scoured.....»»
Mobo and graphics card makers turn cautious amid demand uncertainty
Taiwan-based main motherboard (mobo) and graphic card vendors including Asustek Computer, Gigabyte Technology and Micro-Star International (MSI), as well as smaller peers Rock and TUL, have turned conservative about their business prospects for 2022.....»»
Company Plans To Dig World"s Deepest Hole To Unleash Boundless Energy
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Motherboard: A company that plans to drill deeper into Earth than ever before, creating holes that would extend a record-shattering 12 miles under our planet's surface, has raised a total of $63 million since.....»»
Transparency Org Releases Alleged Leak of Russian Censorship Agency
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Motherboard: Transparency organization Distributed Denial of Secrets has released what it says is 800GB of data from a section of Roskomnadzor, the Russian government body responsible for censorship in the cou.....»»
Doctor Apologizes For Ranting About "Console Wars" From Operating Room
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Motherboard: People are review-bombing a hospital in India with one-star reviews after a doctor tweeted a video of himself during a procedure with an unconscious patient. The anesthesiologist, who goes by Dr......»»
New motherboard supports DDR5 and DDR4 — but there’s a flaw
Chinese manufacturer Onda has just announced its upcoming Micro-ATX motherboard with support for both DDR4 and DDR5 RAM......»»
Russian Shelling Damaged a Nuclear Research Facility, Ukraine Says
A research center housing a nuclear neutron source facility held at the Kharkiv Institute of Physics and Technology in eastern Ukraine was hit by Russian forces on Sunday, per a report from the state nuclear inspectorate. Motherboard reports: In a re.....»»
Best Budget Intel B660 Motherboards, VRM Thermal Test
Our first look at VRM thermal performance of entry-level Intel B660 motherboards. On hand we have models boards from Asus, Gigabyte, MSI, Asrock, Soyo and Maxsun. Pricing starts at $100 up to $140......»»
New Alder Lake motherboard supports both DDR4 and DDR5 memory
News of the motherboard comes from prolific leaker momomo_us (via Tom’s Hardware). The H610M+ board is made by Onda, and it supports DDR4-3200 and DDR5-4800 memory modules up to a maximum capacity of 32GB......»»
Intel wants 700-series chipset motherboards to support only DDR5 memory
According to TechPowerUp, Intel is already pushing to make 700-series chipsets DDR5-only when they arrive later this year. The company has reportedly been asking motherboard makers to avoid developing DDR4-compatible 700-series mobos, likely as a way.....»»
PSA: Don"t Buy This Asrock Motherboard
In testing new Intel B660 motherboards for an upcoming VRM roundup, we felt compelled to stop and look at the Asrock B660M-HDV, only because Asrock is at it again, misleading consumers with a garbage product......»»
Russian Cybersecurity Giant Kaspersky Tries To Maintain Neutrality During Ukraine War
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Motherboard, written by Joseph Cox: Around the same time Russian forces launched a massive rocket into a square in Kharkiv, Ukraine's second-largest city, killing and wounding an as of yet unknown number of pe.....»»
Roblox Currency "Robux" Is Outperforming the Ruble
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Motherboard: As of this writing, the Ruble is worth about 0.012 U.S. dollars. The Robux, the money people use to buy things in Roblox, is worth about 0.0125. This means that the Robux has slightly more buying.....»»
Chinese Cybersecurity Company Doxes Apparent NSA Hacking Operation
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Motherboard: A Chinese cybersecurity company accused the NSA of being behind a hacking tool used for ten years in a report published on Wednesday. The report from Pangu Lab delves into malware that its researc.....»»
German retailer sees Intel"s motherboard revenue surpass AMD"s for the first time in years
Twitter's TechEpiphany (via Tom’s Hardware) reports that during week 7 of 2022, Mindfactory’s data showed Intel motherboards generated €234,656 (around $266,604) while AMD variants managed €208,236 (~$236,587). That means Pat Gelsinger’s fi.....»»
Newegg apologizes for customer service shortcomings, will discuss matter on camera soon
Steve Burke from Gamers Nexus recently purchased a Gigabyte motherboard from Newegg and opted for expedited shipping as he needed it quickly for a content piece. By the time it arrived, however, he had already sourced a different board and no longer.....»»
Newegg reverses "open box" return policy following Gamers Nexus scandal
After an incident between YouTube channel Gamers Nexus and Newegg over a motherboard that went public, the latter has changed course on its “open box” product return policy......»»
Scientists Make Breakthrough In Warping Time At Smallest Scale Ever
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Motherboard: [S]cientists at JILA, a joint operation between the National Institute of Standards and Technology and the University of Colorado Boulder, have measured time dilation at the smallest scale ever us.....»»
How Roblox "Beamers" Get Rich Stealing from Children
Underneath the gaming platform worth $68 billion and used by over half of all children in America is a ballooning and highly profitable ecosystem of hackers and traders. From a report: Motherboard spoke to 11 people connected to Roblox beaming (Roblo.....»»
Coinbase Swears This All Isn"t Like the Dotcom Bubble After Super Bowl Ad SNAFU
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Motherboard: The most insufferable part of every Super Bowl Sunday has historically, without fail, been the ads. This year was no exception, with an unrelenting barrage of ads trying to manifest the metaverse,.....»»