Hardware

Arm reportedly to start competing with its own customers this year.

Back in November, we broke the news that Meta — owner of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, with billions of users accounting for 10% of all fixed and 22% of all mobile traffic — was close to announcing work on a major new, $10 billion+ subsea cable project to connect up the globe. The aim was to give Meta more control over how it runs its own services.

The next Sandisk drives will be the fastest and most efficient PCIe Gen5 has yet seen

China's investment in semiconductor manufacturing tools is expected to drop by $3 billion.

Tariff fears said to be accelerating TSMC's 3nm plans.

This saved my home movies from the trash.

After the MHz and multi-core wars, performance drops.

Trying to duck China-focused tariff costs

Chatbot maker partners with TSMC to manufacture custom AI chip, with plans for future iterations.

Do not buy from unofficial resellers.

Puget Systems says these are the most reliable parts if you're building a PC.

I have the problem that sometimes, one of my PC fans stop spinning and make a loud noise. It is only this specific fan. It can be hours without any moment this happens, or it happens about every five to ten minutes. Please see linked videos for reference

I can temporarily fix it by touching the fan and pushing it a bit. Even a slight touch sometime fixes it for a few hours. I have a Thermaltake Level 20 MT ARGB housing with its fans. How can I fix this? Or is buying a new fan easier?

Videos:

• normal behaviour
• noisy behaviour