Nvidia cooks up China-friendly B40 GPU
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Blackwell-based B40 set to dodge export bans with cheaper silicon

Following yet another US clampdown on AI hardware, Nvidia is scrambling to keep its Chinese revenue stream alive with a watered-down Blackwell GPU called the B40.

Asus sticks three fans on RTX 5080 Noctua
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Chunky cooling collab rolls into Computex

Asus trying to make noise by teaming up again with the airflow-obsessed Austrians at Noctua for a monster RTX 5080.

Builder.ai’s ‘chief wizard’ conjured $175mn illusion
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Company vanishes in a puff of smoke

Sachin Dev Duggal [pictured] called himself the “chief wizard” of Builder.ai but now his spells have failed and the once-hyped unicorn has gone poof.

Foxconn builds $1.5bn plant in India 
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Apple's iPhone supply chain shifts further from China to Chennai

The Fruity Cargo Cult Apple is moving more of its iPhone supply chain into India, with its long-time partner Foxconn dropping $1.5 billion on a new display module plant near Chennai. 

MSI wants to stop motherboards from stabbing you
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PinSafe Design ditches PCB spikes for smooth hands and fewer shorts

MSI has finally admitted what every PC builder already knows: motherboards are tiny metal sadists. At Computex 2025, the company revealed its new PinSafe Design, aimed at ending the age-old bloodsport of assembling a rig with your bare hands.