I’m taking today’s launch of the Arctic MX-7 at 2 p.m. (article in full depth only here, of course) as an opportunity to give you a brief, deliberately neutral impression, without anticipating the actual test, as this is not intended as an advertising text, but as a clean technical classification. What I can spoil about the release [...]
With the new ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16 GB, ASUS is positioning itself clearly: this card is not a shiny status symbol for RGB fetishists or benchmark record hunters, but a sober tool for demanding gamers and creative users. The GPU is based on Nvidia’s latest Blackwell architecture and delivers what is required in today’s mid [...]
Everyone has to accept that AI is now present in many areas. Whether at work, at school or in everyday life, AI is playing an increasingly important role in the world. Of course, you can try to keep as much distance as possible and use AI only minimally. For owners of an LG TV, however, this could become more difficult. As Reddit user defjam16 [...]
Recent reports from the semiconductor industry have focused on the possible expiry of Apple’s long-term supply contracts for DRAM memory chips with Samsung Electronics and SK hynix at the end of 2025. These so-called long-term agreements generally serve to secure supply volumes and smooth out price fluctuations over several years. Based on [...]
Microsoft has released new dynamic updates for the Windows recovery environment WinRE in December 2025. The updates affect several currently supported versions of Windows 11 and are either distributed automatically via Windows Update or are available manually via the Microsoft Update Catalog. The aim of these updates is to ensure the functionality [...]
While Taiwanese foundry giant TSMC has traditionally been considered the undisputed top dog in the high-end semiconductor market, the balance of power in chip manufacturing is slowly beginning to shift. The latest report from Sedaily suggests that Samsung Foundry is in advanced talks with AMD to manufacture next-generation 2nm processors [...]
AMD is apparently preparing another update to its mobile APU portfolio, which will be known as the Ryzen AI 400 and codenamed Gorgon Point. The manufacturer has not yet made an official announcement. However, the existence of the series is considered plausible, as corresponding references were discovered in an official chipset driver from AMD [...]
Over the past few months, I have received many inquiries regarding the availability and authenticity of Honeywell PTM7950 pads. The Linus Tech Tips store, which has become one of the few reliable publicly accessible sources for this material, was mentioned particularly frequently. The pads offered there are considered trustworthy in the scene [...]
On a Sunday like today, just before the end of the year, the question of whether the DIY PC market could die out almost seems like a seismograph for something bigger, namely the state of an entire culture that has lived for decades on the fact that technology is not only consumed, but also understood, dismantled, improved and reassembled. I notice [...]
The technical development of VR headsets has shown an asymmetrical picture for years. While display resolutions have continuously increased, the field of view of most market-ready devices has remained largely unchanged. Conventional VR headsets continue to operate in the range of around 100 degrees horizontally and vertically. Solutions with a [...]
The global DRAM markets are facing an ongoing supply crisis: according to internal forecasts by one of the largest memory manufacturers, SK Hynix, growth in standard DRAM will lag behind demand until at least the end of 2028. What was previously perceived as a temporary bottleneck is developing into a structural problem, with far-reaching [...]
On December 10, 2025, Reuters reported that Nvidia had developed a software-based location verification feature that would indicate in which country AI accelerators are operating. Nvidia had not shown the function publicly in the months before, but in presentations; a broad product announcement was still missing at that time. At the same time [...]
A recent report by the Netzwerk Datenschutzexpertise network concludes that the payment service provider PayPal is allegedly in significant breach of key provisions of the General Data Protection Regulation and the Payment Services Supervision Act. The analysis focuses in particular on the processing of transaction data for advertising purposes [...]
While Western governments tighten export restrictions and China propagates its technological independence, a classic power play between supply, demand and geopolitical tactics is taking place behind the scenes. According to an exclusive report by Reuters, Nvidia is currently considering expanding production of its H200 AI accelerators, not because [...]
The explosive growth in AI workloads in recent years has created an infrastructure complexity for which traditional monitoring tools are no longer sufficient. Operators of large data centers are now faced with a fundamental problem: millions of GPU clocks, watt budgets, thermal hotspots and firmware versions need to be monitored in real time [...]
The calendar week just ended was also characterized by several incidents that revealed significant weaknesses in the handling of IT security, data protection and the integrity of digital services. It is striking that the incidents are once again spread across a broad spectrum of industries and in many cases can be traced back to problems in the [...]
Traffic peaks, rising access figures and busy servers are still regarded by many organizations as indicators of high demand and economic success. In practice, however, the picture is increasingly different. A growing proportion of measured data traffic does not originate from real users, but from automated systems. Bots, scripts and AI-supported [...]
The political debate surrounding the export of high-performance chips to countries such as China has been given new fuel: NVIDIA has officially confirmed that it is working on a software solution that can be used to determine the physical location of an AI-accelerating GPU. The aim: to prevent chip smuggling in embargoed countries. The solution is [...]
Prices for DDR5 RAM and soldered derivatives such as LPDDR5 and LPDDR5X have been rising continuously for months. This development affects both the free component market and pre-configured systems from large OEM manufacturers. Market observations show that these are not short-term fluctuations, but rather a structural shortage in the DRAM segment [...]
A legal opinion prepared on behalf of the Federal Ministry of the Interior concludes that US authorities can gain access to cloud data under certain legal conditions, even if it is stored in data centers within the European Union. The document was prepared by legal scholars at the University of Cologne and made publicly available as part of a [...]
