
China to subsidize domestic makers of chip production tools with $41 billion.
https://www.tomshardware.com/news/china-establishes-dollar41-billion-fund-to-boost-fab-tool-makers

$65 for a single board computer that can rival the Raspberry Pi, it made sense when Raspberry Pi stocks were low, but does it work now?

The new 14-inch MEGABOOK T1 from Tecno is a small and powerful little workhorse that is lightweight enough to carry around on campus or in your backpack at school and also strong enough to get serious work done with ease.

A new bug has been found that conversely boosts File Explorer performance providing basically instantaneous refreshes when flipping between folders.
https://www.tomshardware.com/news/windows-file-explorer-bug-ironically-boosts-browsing-performance

IFS to make chips for Tower at Fab 11X in Rio Rancho, New Mexico.
https://www.tomshardware.com/news/intel-foundry-services-to-provide-capacity-for-tower-semiconductor

Maxon has released Cinebench 2024 with Redshift integration to support a wide range of CPUs and GPUs from AMD, Apple, Intel, Nvidia, and Qualcomm.

Raspberry Pis were found to have been used by three criminals who were robbing ATMs using the popular SBC to thwart security parameters on the machines.
https://www.tomshardware.com/news/raspberry-pi-used-to-rob-atm

Starfield is getting something of a mixed reception by YouTubers testing it on the Steam Deck because even the lowest settings aren't low enough in some areas.
https://www.tomshardware.com/news/starfield-on-steam-deck-gets-mixed-reception

MSI claims CableMod's 12VHPWR adapter causes issues, thus voiding its GPU warranty.
https://www.tomshardware.com/news/msi-reportedly-denies-gpu-rma-due-to-cablemod-16-pin-adapter

Gigabyte releases new firmware for its motherboards to solve a bug erroneously modifying the SPD information on DDR5 memory.