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Zilog Z80 turns 50 as an open-source replacement heads to drop-in DIP40 silicon — iconic 8-bit CPU launched in July 1976 and was discontinued in 2024 | Tom's Hardware

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Lenovo announces world's first laptop with inkjet-printed OLED — the Legion R9000P is equipped with a 240 Hz IJP panel from TCL CSOT | Tom's Hardware

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Rust is the Damp Soggy Paper Straw of Computers. It solves a problem nobody had and makes everything worse. (Lunduke Journal)

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Windows Drops Under 60% in Global Desktop OS Share for the First Time in Years

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OpenWrt One – Open Hardware Router

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HamsterOS jams a 32-bit GUI operating system in a single 1.44 MB floppy disk — retro OS for 386-era hardware should make for easy living with DOS machines and software

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Oh no, that's Lenovo saying they think these RAM prices will be the new normal and may never go back to how they were | Rock Paper Shotgun

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Coreboot 26.06 Brings Support For Intel Nova Lake, AMD Strix Halo & 31 New Boards

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Micron locks in historically high memory prices for five years

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Framework's 10G Ethernet module exposes USB-C's complexity

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Valve describes just how brutal RAM negotiations are in 2026

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The memory crisis is getting so bad that even retro RAM prices are going to the Moon

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AMD will reinstate memory encryption on Ryzen 9000 CPUs through a BIOS update in July — TSME is coming back after 'valuable community feedback'

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A backdoor in a LinkedIn job offer - Roman Imankulov

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Double The Vram Of An Rtx 3070

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Running DOS on Behringers DDX3216 with a DIY x86-BIOS from scratch

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Re-Enable All Compute Units On The PS5-like BC-250 Cryptomining Card

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Lexar regional manager says that RAM prices are expected to double by the end of the year — 'discounts' and stabilized prices result from distributors getting rid of old stock or sourcing products from other regions | Tom's Hardware

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AMD reaches almost 45% CPU share in the latest Steam Hardware Survey for Windows gaming PCs — Ryzen is steadily gaining ground against Intel's legacy domination

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32GB of DDR5 now costs $375 minimum — AI shortage continues to squeeze PC building | Tom's Hardware

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Nvidia Unveils RTX Spark, an Arm-Based Superchip for Windows PCs

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AMD brings back Ryzen 7 5800X3D, launches Ryzen 7 7700X3D to combat rising component prices — eight-core X3D CPUs arrive under $350 for AM4 or AM5, DDR4 or DDR5

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Intel details long-awaited Crescent Island AI GPU at Computex, boasts up to 480 GB of LPDDR5X to combat memory shortages — company shares more details of its Xe3P inference accelerator at Computex

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Cooler Master is bringing active cooling to DDR5 RAM, promising up to 15-degree temperature drops — 'MasterDIMM' combines G.SKILL memory with a built-in fan, kits run up to 128GB

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IBM, Red Hat Commit $5 Billion To Secure Open Source Supply Chains

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