Seagate drives masquerading as new linked to old Chinese crypto mines
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Were used to mine Chia

A Heise investigation has uncovered that new Seagate data centre-grade hard drives may be used equipment sourced from Chinese cryptocurrency mining farms that mined Chia several years ago.

Half of AMD’s chip sales are AM4
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New technologies you can’t give it away

Half of AMD's CPU sales are using the old AMD 4 socket with AM5 not having the take up the company expected.

Qwertykeys pauses US shipments
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Trump’s tariff chaos

Popular keyboard company Qwertykeys has temporarily suspended all shipments to the United States in a dramatic response to President Donald [eating the cats] Trump’s new tariffs on Chinese goods.

Apple begins mass production of M5 chip
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Tame Apple Press holds its breath

Fruity Cargo cult Apple has begun mass-producing its M5 chip for its Mac series and iPad.

be quiet! unveils its new Power Zone 2 PSU Series
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Coming in 750W, 850W, and 1,000W outputs

be quiet!, a well-known German manufacturer of premium PC components, has unveiled its latest Power Zone 2 power supply series. As a successor of the popular Power Zone series, the new Power Zone 2 uses 140mm fan, and is actually the first be quiet! PSU series to feature semi-passive cooling with post-ventilation and a Cybenetics Platinum rating.