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Enthusiast hacks Valve’s AMD-first gaming OS to run on Intel hardware — SteamOS boots on Intel Arc B580 desktop GPU, but it takes a Radeon card, installer workaround, and Resizable BAR fix

Enthusiast hacks Valve’s AMD-first gaming OS to run on Intel hardware — SteamOS boots on Intel Arc B580 desktop GPU, but it takes a Radeon card, installer workaround, and Resizable BAR fix

💡 Verdict: An ambitious tech enthusiast successfully hacked Valve's AMD-centric SteamOS to boot on an Intel Arc B580 GPU using a clever multi-step workaround. Check Price: Intel Arc B580 ⚡ Quick Hits * SteamOS, traditionally optimized for AMD hardware, has been successfully booted on an Intel Arc B580 graphics

Multiple small Tennessee counties pass temporary data center bans — Nashville also passed near-unanimous moratorium on first reading

Multiple small Tennessee counties pass temporary data center bans — Nashville also passed near-unanimous moratorium on first reading

💡 Verdict: Check out this gear. Check Price: See Deal ⚡ Quick Hits ** * Multiple small Tennessee counties have enacted temporary bans on new data center developments. * Nashville's local government recently passed a near-unanimous data center moratorium on its first reading. * Localities are increasingly pushing back against rapid tech infrastructure

AMD takes over MEXT to 'address growing memory constraints' in the data center — memory tiering technology enables flash to appear as DRAM to applications

AMD takes over MEXT to 'address growing memory constraints' in the data center — memory tiering technology enables flash to appear as DRAM to applications

💡 Verdict: Check out this gear. Check Price: See Deal ⚡ Quick Hits ** * Tackling the Bottleneck: AMD's takeover of MEXT aims to directly address the escalating memory capacity limits in modern data centers. * Flash as DRAM: The memory tiering software seamlessly tricks applications into recognizing cheaper, high-capacity NVMe flash

China's supreme court bans Infineon from selling GaN power chips in China — market-leader Innoscience secures major victory in multi-region patent war

China's supreme court bans Infineon from selling GaN power chips in China — market-leader Innoscience secures major victory in multi-region patent war

💡 Verdict: China's Supreme Court has banned Infineon from selling its GaN power chips within the country, delivering a massive blow to the company and a major victory to local market leader Innoscience in their ongoing global patent war. Check Price: Infineon GaN Chips ⚡ Quick Hits * China's

Apple made marketing gold from the export ban on Power Mac G4 'supercomputer' in 1999, 'for the first time in history a personal computer has been classified as a weapon' — Pentagon banned sales of the 400 MHz G4 in 50 countries when it launched

Apple made marketing gold from the export ban on Power Mac G4 'supercomputer' in 1999, 'for the first time in history a personal computer has been classified as a weapon' — Pentagon banned sales of the 400 MHz G4 in 50 countries when it launched

💡 Verdict: In 1999, Apple brilliantly spun a Pentagon export ban on its 400 MHz Power Mac G4 into legendary marketing by touting the machine as a weapon-grade "supercomputer." Check Price: Power Mac G4 ⚡ Quick Hits * The Pentagon banned the 400 MHz Power Mac G4 from being exported

Computer History Museum recalls ‘astonishing’ retro haul recovered from abandoned German warehouse — over 2,000 artifacts spanning the 1930s to 1980s required seven tractor-trailers after a WWII bomb scare

Computer History Museum recalls ‘astonishing’ retro haul recovered from abandoned German warehouse — over 2,000 artifacts spanning the 1930s to 1980s required seven tractor-trailers after a WWII bomb scare

💡 Verdict: Check out this gear. Check Price: See Deal ⚡ Quick Hits ** * Over 2,000 computing artifacts spanning from the 1930s to the 1980s were successfully recovered. * The staggering size of the historic collection required seven full tractor-trailers to transport. * The high-stakes extraction process was temporarily halted by an

Amazon says its data centers consume only 0.075% of the water Americans use for watering their lawns and gardens — company also boasts of its improvements in water efficiency

Amazon says its data centers consume only 0.075% of the water Americans use for watering their lawns and gardens — company also boasts of its improvements in water efficiency

💡 Verdict: Amazon puts its environmental footprint into perspective, noting its data centers consume merely 0.075% of the water Americans use for lawn and garden care. Check Price: AWS Data Centers ⚡ Quick Hits * Amazon's data center water usage equates to just 0.075% of US residential lawn watering.