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Ok, "some" hardware news for you:

There's a price war going on (sadly, only in the US)!

AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT now available at $699: https://videocardz.com/newz/amd-radeon-rx-7900-xt-now-available-at-699

GeForce RTX 4070 Ti available at $699, now matches RX 7900 XT price: https://videocardz.com/newz/geforce-rtx-4070-ti-available-at-699-now-matches-rx-7900-xt-price

AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT is currently available for only $353: https://videocardz.com/newz/amd-radeon-rx-7700-xt-is-currently-available-for-only-353

Powercolor has sold all its 7700XT, which makes sense given how great of a deal it was, but the other two deals are still going for those that can, and want, to tak advantage of them.

Resizeable BAR mod for older gaming PCs, said to deliver up to 12% more performance, could breath a little more life into systems as old as Sandy Bridge
https://www.pcgamer.com/resizeable-bar-mod-for-older-gaming-pcs-said-to-deliver-up-to-12-more-performance-could-breath-a-little-more-life-into-systems-as-old-as-sandy-bridge/

AMD Gains Market Share Momentum In x86 Client CPU Segment In Q4 2023 With Latest Ryzen CPUs
https://wccftech.com/amd-market-share-momentum-x86-client-cpu-segment-q4-2023-latest-ryzen-cpus/

Desktop: 19.8% # Mobile: 20.3% # Server: 23.1%

MSI Addresses AMD STAPM Issues on Ryzen 8000G APUs In Its Latest AM5 BIOS Update
https://wccftech.com/msi-addresses-amd-stapm-issues-ryzen-8000g-apus-latest-am5-bios-update/

The problem was spotted by GamersNexus (video in the article). Also, they don't support ECC memory. And that's not all about AMD:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OCuVEuFIkew

But AMD isn't the only one with problems

German Court Prohibits Intel Processor Sales Amid Patent Dispute
https://www.techpowerup.com/318867/german-court-prohibits-intel-processor-sales-amid-patent-dispute

It's a regional court and "only" affects Intel's 10th, 11th and 12th Gen, not the newer ones.

TSMC Overtakes Intel and Samsung to Become World's Largest Semiconductor Maker by Revenue
https://www.techpowerup.com/318819/tsmc-overtakes-intel-and-samsung-to-become-worlds-largest-semiconductor-maker-by-revenue

Judging by the provided graph, it has more to do with the other two having bigger drops in sales than TSMC rather than the later beating them.

And the last one:

The quality of USB drives is getting worse thanks to re-used and often defective NAND chips including some from known brands
https://www.pcgamer.com/the-quality-of-usb-drives-is-getting-worse-thanks-to-re-used-and-often-defective-nand-chips-including-some-from-known-brands/