Aaron Klotz

Texas

Not the freelance tech writer. @Tailscale, ex-@Mozilla. Now mostly tweeting emoji. Other stuff now over at @[email protected] or @ask.bsky.social

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ASRock confirms its BIOS settings are killing Ryzen CPUs, is fully committed to fixing any damaged motherboards

1 week ago | tomshardware.com | Aaron Klotz

ASRock confirmed that it is responsible Ryzen 9000 failures plaguing ASRock motherboard owners. In a discussion between Gamers Nexus and ASRock's VP of motherboards, Chris Lee, the company confirmed its latest BIOS revision, 3.25, alters certain PBO settings to stop Ryzen 9000 chips from failing. A few days ago, YouTuber Tech Yes City revealed that ASRock had allegedly solved its Ryzen 9000 problem.
Nvidia RTX 5070 vs AMD RX 9070 Face Off

1 week ago | tomshardware.com | Aaron Klotz

(Image credit: Tom's Hardware)Love them or hate them, the Nvidia RTX 5070 and AMD RX 9070 are two of the more affordable current-generation graphics cards you can buy from Team Red or Team Green for the time being (inflated pricing or not). At least that's true until the RX 9060 series debuts and the RTX 5060 goes truly mainstream and sells regularly at MSRP. In this face-off, we’ll pit the two latest '70 cards against each other to see which is the best option.
Arc B770 spotted? Four new Intel Battlemage GPU IDs appear in Linux Mesa graphics driver

1 week ago | tomshardware.com | Aaron Klotz

Intel has added four new device IDs with the Battlemage codename in a new Linux Mesa graphics driver update. Lasse Kärkkäinen on X shared the discovery, highlighting four new Battlemage PCI IDs that are conveniently missing any GPU die model nomenclature, suggesting one of the IDs could be the Battlemage B770 GPU.
Battlefield 2042 follows Valorant's footsteps, now requires Secure Boot to play the game on PC

1 week ago | tomshardware.com | Aaron Klotz

Battlefield 2042 is still receiving updates as EA gives its full attention to "Battlefield 6" development. Update 8.8.0 introduces a new Secure Boot requirement, forcing Battlefield 2042 gamers to have Secure Boot to play the game. This change was made to help combat cheaters in Battlefield 2042.
Windows 11 gets quantum-hardened cryptography technology

1 week ago | msn.com | Aaron Klotz

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Windows 11 gets quantum-hardened cryptography technology

1 week ago | tomshardware.com | Aaron Klotz

(Image credit: Microsoft)Microsoft is preparing Windows 11 against the next major cybersecurity threat: quantum computers. In a blog post, Microsoft announced that Windows 11 Canary build 27852 and higher now support post-quantum cryptography, through PQC algorithms, allegedly securing them against quantum computers' unmatched crypto hacking power (against traditional crypto algorithms).
Windows 11 gets quantum-hardened cryptography technology

1 week ago | flipboard.com | Aaron Klotz

1 hour agoEnhanced LLM Aces the US Medical Licensing ExaminationNew AI tool outperforms most physicians and other AI on medical exam. An emerging trend at the intersect of artificial intelligence (AI) and …NowThe top-spec 2025 MacBook Air just hit a record-low price in the holiday salesIf you're quick enough to catch the limited stock, you can pick up the 24GB MacBook Air with M4 Chip at $186 off.
DGX B200 Blackwell node sets world record, breaking over 1,000 TPS/user

2 weeks ago | tomshardware.com | Aaron Klotz

Nvidia has reportedly broken another AI world record, breaking the 1,000 tokens per second (TPS) barrier per user with Meta's Llama 4 Maverick large language model, according to Artificial Analysis in a post on LinkedIn. This breakthrough was achieved with Nvidia's latest DGX B200 node, which features eight Blackwell GPUs.Nvidia outperformed the previous record holder, SambaNova, by 31%, achieving 1,038 TPS/user compared to AI chipmaker SambaNova's prior record of 792 TPS/user.
Lian Li flexes new PSU with rotatable power outlet at Computex 2025

2 weeks ago | tomshardware.com | Aaron Klotz |Matt Safford

(Image credit: Tom's Hardware)Lian Li unveiled a novel new power supply series at Computex 2025, featuring a power outlet on a swivel, duplicate connectors on different sides of the unit, and a built-in USB hub on the back panel that can be swapped out for a fan controller. These new power supplies, known as the RS series, will be available starting in Q3 2025.
Maxsun shows off liquid-cooled RXT 50 series GPU covered in RGB lighting

2 weeks ago | tomshardware.com | Aaron Klotz |Matt Safford

(Image credit: Tom's Hardware)Maxsun is a well-known overseas graphics card maker that (mostly) makes triple-fan and dual-fan Nvidia and Intel graphics cards. However, at Computex 2025, Maxsun showed off a sneak peek of its wildest and most unorthodox graphics card yet. The card has no name, but it is allegedly a concept RTX 50-series liquid-cooled GPU sporting a full RGB LED shroud.