computing articles published October 28, 2025

October 28 articles

• How I Fixed The 5 Most Annoying Things About Windows 11
• This Simple $34 Stand Might Be The Easiest Desk Upgrade You Can Make
• Micro USB Vs. USB-C Ports: What's The Difference?
• What Does 'Open Source' Actually Mean, And How Did It Start?
• New research into human vision proves high-res PC monitors right up to 16K are worth it and comes with a handy calculator to help you choose your next screen
• Grab $450 Off One of Samsung's Best ARM Windows Laptops
• Corsair rolls out dynamic duo of chart-topping PCIe 5.0 SSDs — MP700 Pro XT for performance enthusiasts and MP700 Micro for compact systems
• Nvidia unveils Vera Rubin supercomputers for Los Alamos National Laboratory — announcement comes on heels of AMD's recent supercomputer wins
• The Melt Mouse isn't some Dali-esque nightmare, but rather a touchpad and haptic-equipped squeaker with serious Apple vibes
• Why Do Some Open-Source Apps Get Multiple Updates Every Day?
• How Many USB Ports Do You Need On A Laptop? Here's What To Look For
• Windows 11 Will Soon Offer Memory Scans After a Blue Screen of Death
• Kensington's Legendary Trackball Mouse Just Got an Insane Upgrade
• This 'shunt modded' Asus RTX 4090 laptop beats the latest RTX 5090 portables but you'd be very brave to do this to your own machine
• AMD swoops in to help as John Carmack slams Nvidia's $4,000 DGX Spark, says it doesn't hit performance claims, overheats, and maxes out at 100W power draw — developer forums inundated with crashing and shutdown reports
• The staying power of tape storage in the AI era
• Fedora Linux 43 Is Now Available. Here's What's New
• 10 Tips For Using Your iPad As A Laptop Replacement
• DDR4 RAM prices continue to surge ahead of DDR5, now averaging $25 per DDR4-3200 module
• Save up to 43% off a new Bambu Lab 3D printer in their Black Friday sale — massive savings on 3D printers and accessories beginning today
• My Kid's First PC Won't Run Windows—I'll Use One of These 5 Linux Distros Instead
• Walmart is selling a 2-in-1 laptop and tablet that's 'perfect for everyday tasks' for only $279
• PNY's speedy PCIe 5.0 SSD with 14.9 GB/s speeds starts at $125 — the first Phison E28-powered drive to reach the retail market
• This mouse for artists has haptics, silky ergonomics, and a '90s iMac vibe
• Kensington Showcases New Flagship Trackball at Pepcom’s Holiday Spectacular! 2025
• Out with the old, in with the old: AMD's still selling Zen 2 and Zen 3+ processors, now under the guise of the Ryzen 10/100 series
• OG Doom legend John Carmack says his Nvidia DGX Spark box has thermal throttling issues, raising doubts over the viability of Nvidia's AI APU for laptop PCs
• grep? ripgrep? The Silver Searcher? Which Tool is Best to Find Text in Files?
• Prusa CORE One 3D Printer Review
• RTX 4090 laptop GPU gets 20% performance boost after shunt mod, beats the mobile RTX 5090, on average — reduced resistance boosts power to 240W
• Unlucky buyer purchases external Seagate HDD, gets an SD card glued inside a plastic shell
• Cooler Master rescinds its recommendation to physically tamper with its angled 12V-2x6 GPU power connector for a 'fix' that doesn't work, and says it's ditching the right-angled design
• China builds brain-mimicking AI server the size of a mini-fridge, claims 90% power reduction — BI Explorer 1 packs in 1,152 CPU cores and 4.8TB of memory, runs on a household power outlet
• Intel's revolutionary 54-year-old 4004 chip was the world's first programmable microchip — 2,300-transistor 10,000nm processor exposed
• US DOE selects AMD tech for next-gen Oak Ridge supercomputers