ASUS quietly dropped another RTX 5060 Ti variant called the EVO edition that shaves off some bulk compared to the regular Dual model. The card switched from a 2.5-slot to a 2.1-slot design, making it about 12 millimeters thinner and 4 millimeters shorter in length. The power connector got moved to the left side near the display outputs instead of sitting on the opposite end like most cards.
The company ditched the GPU Guard corner reinforcement and the dual-BIOS switch while going with a physically shorter PCIe x8 connector instead of the full x16 slot. Performance stays identical since the chip only uses eight lanes electrically anyway, so the smaller connector just saves space without causing bandwidth issues.
The tweaked heatsink...
AMD board partners just dropped their custom versions of the RDNA 4 professional cards with completely passive cooling setups, and the designs are pretty bare-bones across the board. PowerColor went with a plain black shroud on its Radeon AI PRO R9700S that does not even have branding, while Sapphire added some logos and accents to both the R9700S and R9600D models. ASRock decided to mix things up with grey heatsinks featuring white details instead of going full murdered-out.
The R9700S cards stick to dual-slot designs with four DisplayPort 2.1a outputs, but the single-slot R9600D varies between manufacturers. Sapphire only put one video output on theirs, while ASRock equipped the same card with four ports.
Everyone is using the...
Apple might switch up how it packages the chips inside next year's iPhone 18 lineup by moving from InFO to WMCM tech, and some Weibo leaker says this could actually help with heat management way more than people realize. The new packaging splits the CPU, GPU, and NPU into separate dies instead of cramming everything onto one piece of silicon, which apparently cuts down on power consumption since each component does its own thing independently.
The vapor chamber cooling that debuted in the iPhone 17 Pro models will stick around for the flagship phones and supposedly show up in the foldable iPhone that might drop alongside the regular releases. Combined with the 2nm manufacturing process from TSMC, the A20 chips could deliver better...
SK hynix basically told reporters the DRAM shortage situation is absolutely cooked right now, and the company is dumping billions into new production facilities to try keeping up with demand that keeps spiking harder than anyone predicted. The Korean chipmaker opened its M15X fab early after finishing construction, and the facility will focus on cranking out HBM chips when full production starts next year. They also have another fab opening in Yongin during the first half of 2027, which should add a massive capacity boost.
The company dodged questions about how long the shortage will last since they claim the supply chain is still figuring things out, and AI demand remains unpredictable. They mentioned serving a diverse customer base...
Samsung Foundry is apparently trying to lock down AMD as a customer for its 2nm chip production, and the two companies might finalize a deal around the start of next year after testing whether the process can actually hit the performance targets AMD needs. The Korean chipmaker has been losing ground to TSMC for years, but recent contracts with Apple and Tesla have given its foundry business some serious momentum.
AMD is probably eyeing Samsung for its EPYC Venice server chips since TSMC's production lines are absolutely swamped right now. The desktop Olympic Ridge processors could also make the jump to Samsung later on if the server chip tests go well.
The whole AI boom has manufacturers scrambling for extra capacity, so AMD basically...
Apple is about to get absolutely wrecked by DRAM price increases when its long-term supply agreements with Samsung and SK Hynix run out, and some leaker on X is telling people to buy their gadgets before manufacturers start charging wild premiums. The memory shortage has gotten bad enough that Samsung reportedly turned down its own phone division to squeeze better profit margins out of DDR5 production.
The iPhone maker might dodge some pain by designing chips in-house, which saves around ten bucks per unit on the modem alone. That adds up when you're shipping millions of devices annually. Apple also sits on massive cash reserves that could cushion the blow.
But the leaker says price hikes are still coming for iPhones and other...
Tanzania and Russia just leveled up their relationship from cold war nostalgia vibes to actual business deals, with Russian Ambassador Andrey Avetisyan pointing out how the countries set up a whole Intergovernmental Commission back in 2022 that's been meeting regularly in Dar es Salaam and St Petersburg. The biggest flex is Rosatom dropping serious money into the Mkuju River uranium project in Ruvuma Region, which could create over 4,000 jobs by 2030 while helping with energy security.
Beyond the mining stuff, Russian companies are trying to push dairy, meat, and agricultural tech into Tanzania, while President Samia got a personal message from Putin through Sergey Kiriyenko about expanding cooperation. The Russian Centre for Science...
The Hadzabe people around Lake Eyasi have this wild marriage tradition where dudes have to hunt specific animals before they can even think about proposing. A guy needs to take down two male baboons, one zebra, one eland, and bring back two containers of honey just to get his foot in the door with the bride's family. The baboon head gets presented to the father-in-law on the wedding day, and he's the only person allowed to eat it, which is supposed to show respect for handing over his daughter.
After the ceremony wraps up, the groom has to crash at his in-laws' place for a week while they watch how he handles himself and whether he can hunt enough meat to feed everyone. The community considers baboon meat the absolute best because the...
Tanzania's Public Service Social Security Fund just got crowned best in class for putting together clean financial statements, and the National Board of Accountants handed out the trophy for the social security category. The Drug Control and Enforcement Authority scored first place under government institutions, while Tanzania Ports Authority took the top spot for public corporations ahead of the Tanzania Petroleum Development Corporation and TANESCO.
NBAA boss Pius Maneno said 86 outfits submitted their books for review, and winners had to nail at least 75 percent out of 1,392 possible points while also getting an unqualified audit opinion. Deputy Finance Minister Laurent Luswetula told the winners to keep up the good work and pushed...
