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Amid rising demand for AI hardware in China and U.S. sanctions, China's GPU industry is rapidly expanding, with companies like Biren, Moore Threads, MetaX, and Zhaoxin pursuing IPOs to secure funding and strengthen their position.

https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/gpus/blacklisted-chinese-gpu-makers-line-up-to-file-for-ipos-as-us-sanctions-and-trade

Intel has begun laying off employees in California — including design engineers — as part of CEO Lip-Bu Tan's plan to cut 15–20% of the workforce. The company is also to shut down its automotive chip division.

https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/intel-lays-off-hundreds-of-engineers-in-california-including-chip-design-engineers-automotive-chip-div

The activation method for an Easter egg, hidden deep within the ROMs of ancient beige Apple Power Mac G3 computers, has been uncovered.

https://www.tomshardware.com/software/macos/27-year-old-easter-egg-found-in-the-apple-power-mac-g3s-rom-creating-a-ram-disk-with-the-name-secret-rom-image-unveils-a-hidden-file

AMD researchers have developed a new 3D tree rendering technology that can reduce video memory demands

https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/gpus/amd-researchers-reduce-graphics-card-vram-capacity-of-3d-rendered-trees-from-38gb-to-just-52-kb-with-work-graphs-and-mesh-nodes-shifting-cpu-work-to-the-gpu-yields-tremendous-results

Bambu Lab is celebrating its 3rd anniversary with superb deals on some of its best products

https://www.tomshardware.com/3d-printing/bambu-lab-slices-the-price-of-its-high-speed-p1p-3d-printer-by-43-percent-usd399-deal-marks-its-3rd-anniversary-sale

Build 26200.5661 also adds Recall Homepage, customizable system indicators, and key stability fixes

https://www.tomshardware.com/software/windows/microsoft-fixes-windows-vista-boot-sound-bug-in-latest-windows-11-insider-build-adds-recall-homepage-and-customizable-system-indicators

Geekom has shared a video which shows its latest IT15 Mini-PC being subjected to unnatural levels of violence.

https://www.tomshardware.com/desktops/mini-pcs/geekom-violently-smashes-its-new-mini-pc-with-a-sledgehammer-drags-it-behind-a-motorbike-and-spins-it-in-a-washing-machine-pc-still-works-after-extreme-torture-testing

Valve’s new in-game performance monitor can report real and DLSS / FSR-generated frames at the same time.

https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/gpus/how-to-use-steams-in-game-performance-monitor-to-display-real-fps-with-dlss-or-fsr-frame-generation-active

Asus' new flagship ROG Azoth X keyboard looks very different from its predecessor — white, colorful, and with semi-translucent keycaps for better backlighting. The new Azoth X also comes with a wrist rest and support for Asus' new web-based armoury crate software.

https://www.tomshardware.com/peripherals/gaming-keyboards/asus-rog-azoth-x-review

This tiny mosquito-sized drone was created by a team from the Hunan Province in China and is able to help in information reconnaissance missions.

https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/mosquito-sized-drone-is-designed-for-chinese-spy-missions-military-robotics-lab-reveals-incredibly-tiny-bionic-flying-robots