#Hardware

LilyGo has unveiled the K230 CoreSet — a pocket RISC-V development platform with a 4.1-inch AMOLED display, HDMI, and LoRa connectivity. The base version costs around 150 dollars.

DataDome recorded 91% bot traffic on DDR5 pages: resellers outbid humans 10 to 1, and 32 GB of memory rose from $72 to $392. Supply stabilization is not expected before 2027.

📉 PC Partner (ZOTAC) warns of a budget graphics card crisis in the second half of 2026. Sales dropped by 18.4%, while component costs are rising. Shortages and price hikes for affordable models are expected. #ZOTAC #GraphicsCards #Technology #Shortage

🚀 D-Wave makes a breakthrough in quantum computing! The company has presented a new 'dual-rail' qubit architecture capable of detecting errors independently. This is a key step towards creating universal quantum computers. Operation accuracy has reached 99.9%. 🧮⚛️ #DWave #QuantumComputing #Technology #Science

🚨 Nvidia continues to advertise the RTX 5090 at $1999, while in reality, it already costs $4700. The gap between MSRP and the market has reached 135%. Even budget models have risen by 39%. At QuakeCon 2026, cards at the "fair" price were available in very limited quantities. 👇

🚨 **PC Industry Scandal: Noctua Exposes Case Manufacturers** Austrian engineers tested 100 popular cases and found that in 56 of them (more than 50%), the actual dimensions do not match the stated ones. Deviations reach 10 mm! 📏 ❌ If the case is smaller than stated — your powerful cooler simply won't fit. ✅ If it is larger — you get bonus space. Noctua urges not to blindly trust specifications. Have you ever encountered a problem where the side cover wouldn't close due to the cooler? 👇 #Noctua #PCBuild #Hardware #Technology #PCAssembly

💻 Microsoft has raised Windows license prices for manufacturers by 7-10%. This will impact the retail cost of laptops and PCs, despite stable prices for regular users. #Microsoft #Windows #TechNews #Economy

💻 **PC market in shock: Microsoft raises Windows prices** In August 2026, computer manufacturers faced a double blow. Microsoft increased the cost of Windows OEM licenses by 7–10%, tying the price to processor power. 📉 **Why this matters:** • Hardware prices are already rising due to shortages and the AI boom. • ASUS and Acer have warned of further price increases of up to 5%. • ASUS PCs have already risen by 30% since the end of 2025. Buyers risk being left without new computers or having to pay astronomical sums for them. #Microsoft #PC #Technology #Economy

🚀 Nvidia opens the source code of the cuFile API! At the Future of Memory and Storage 2026 conference, the company announced the creation of a vendor-neutral standard to accelerate data exchange between SSDs and GPUs. This will not turn a disk into video memory, but it will eliminate unnecessary data copies through the processor. 🧠 The SCADA architecture and the new xio-sig stack will change the approach to data storage in AI. #Nvidia #AI #TechNews #GPUDirectStorage