Hardware Busters

Nova Lake-S 5.1 GHz Limit Above 90C Is Locked, Says Intel Leaker - Intel's next desktop CPUs reportedly limit cores to 5.1 GHz above 90C, and a preliminary leak says the threshold cannot be raised. hwbusters.com/news/nova-lake…

Discord Is Dropping Electron for a Rust Client, and an Early Build Idles at 290MB of RAM - the CTO confirms Electron and React Native are out, with an early GPUI-based Windows 11 build shown. hwbusters.com/news/discord-i…

OpenAI's Agents Found 948 Linux Kernel Privilege Escalation Bugs in One Run, at About $1,280 Each - working exploits and patches, for about $1.2 million in API credits. hwbusters.com/news/openais-a…

Θα σου χακάρω το ψυγείο! Ψυγεία που «χακάρονται», μοντέλα AI χωρίς φρένα και μια νέα γενιά hackers: τι συμβαίνει στην Ευρώπη και στην Κηφισιά. Τα στοιχεία προέρχονται από δημοσιεύματα. youtu.be/zCA67w-Fvuc #hackers #κυβερνοασφάλεια #AI

Corsair RM850e (ThermalProtect) review: quiet 850W power with Cybenetics ETA Platinum and LAMBDA A+, and the best 3.3V regulation of 13 units at 115V. Video: youtube.com/watch?v=f9MA81NF… Review: hwbusters.com/psus/corsair-r…

APT Vulnerability Let Network Attackers Swap Verified Packages and Run Code as Root - APT vulnerability CVE-2026-109518 let a man-in-the-middle swap a verified package and run code as root on Debian and Ubuntu. Fixed versions inside. hwbusters.com/news/apt-vulne…

Macronix ROM Exit Leaves Nintendo's Switch Game Cards Short a Key Fab - Macronix ROM production is being phased out as the chipmaker moves capacity to NOR and NAND flash, squeezing Nintendo Switch game card supply. hwbusters.com/news/macronix-…

Team Group Posts a Record Quarter, Then Warns the Memory Shortage Won't Ease Before 2028 - Team Group's record Q3 comes with a warning: its CEO sees no memory shortage relief in 2027, DDR5 contract prices up 5.5x, and balance not before 2H 2028. hwbusters.com/news/team-grou…

Google Takes Down XCPE Botnet Hidden in 1.3 Million Certified Android TV Boxes Google has banned Videostrong, the maker it says built the backdoor itself. hwbusters.com/news/google-ta…

Quad-GPU AMD Board With Four Polaris Dies and 32GB of GDDR5 Surfaces in Prototype Photos Its DVT labels hint at an RX 570-era design. hwbusters.com/news/quad-gpu-…

Intel 14A PDK 0.9 Reaches Foundry Customers, and It's Built on Measured Silicon Intel Foundry has released the silicon-validated Intel 14A PDK 0.9, with PDK 1.0 due in Q1 2027 and high-volume production planned for 2028. hwbusters.com/news/intel-14a…

AMD Q3 2026: A Record $13.4 Billion Quarter, and Gaming Is Now Less Than 6% of It AMD Q3 2026 revenue hit a record $13.4 billion on a 97% data center surge, while gaming fell 40% and AMD now expects PC shipments to drop double digits in 2027. hwbusters.com/news/amd-q3-20…

NTDEV Gets Windows 11 26H2 Running on 128MB of RAM, 3% of Microsoft's Minimum - Tiny11 developer NTDEV booted a stripped Windows 11 26H2 on 128MB of RAM, reaching the desktop, Explorer and Notepad. hwbusters.com/news/ntdev-get…

Learjet 60: Τραγωδία στη Φλόριντα. Ένας πιλότος εξηγεί τι γνωρίζουμε μέχρι τώρα. Επίσημο πόρισμα δεν υπάρχει ακόμα, το NTSB ερευνά. Τα συλλυπητήριά μας στις οικογένειες των εννέα ανθρώπων. youtu.be/3eD183eQ00w #Learjet60 #Mayday

Envision Puts an 800V DC Power System Into Live Service at a Planned 3 GW AI Campus - solid-state transformers fed from the 10 kV grid now run live AI workloads at Ulanqab. hwbusters.com/news/envision-…

ASRock Z970 Motherboards Surface in Shipping Records Ahead of Intel Nova Lake - the LiveMixer WiFi and Pro-A WiFi hint at cheaper CPU overclocking. hwbusters.com/news/asrock-z9…

Tachyum Bankruptcy Filing Leaves the Never-Shipped Prodigy CPU in Limbo - The Slovak arm behind the never-shipped Prodigy universal processor has filed in Bratislava, leaving ownership of the chip IP unclear. hwbusters.com/news/tachyum-b…

Nvidia Brev Breach May Have Exposed the SSH Keys to Customers' GPU Cloud VMs - Unauthorized activity from Oct 4 to 20 may have exposed SSH keys for customer GPU VMs. Keys are now rotated. hwbusters.com/news/nvidia-br…

Raspberry Pi 5 16GB Price Jumps to $385, and the Extra 8GB Now Costs More Than a Whole 8GB Board - its fourth hike, up $80. The 16GB Compute Module 5 adds $40; the 16GB Pi 500+ holds its price. hwbusters.com/news/raspberry…

Intel Larrabee Dev Kit Found in a Storage Unit Runs Crysis With Its Original Drivers A storage auction turned up a full Larrabee dev kit with Intel drivers; archived, they run Crysis on the cancelled GPU at up to 36 FPS. hwbusters.com/news/intel-lar…