Oderço Distribuidora, a Brazilian hardware importer, says two pallets of Zotac GeForce RTX 5090 cards worth roughly R$2.5 million ($470,000) disappeared at São Paulo/Guarulhos International Airport. Company president Oderço Matos says no video footage exists of the pallets being moved and that authorities have offered no explanation. Brazilian police and customs officials have not yet issued a statement on the case.
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doubleAI, a startup co-founded by Mobileye CEO Amnon Shashua and backed by Nvidia, has launched a new model designed to reduce the cost of running AI compute workloads. The company says one early customer saw its compute costs drop by 67% after adopting the technology.
Nvidia executive Jeff Fisher said at an RTX Spark launch event in Taipei that the RTX 5090 remains in production despite supply constraints, contradicting leaker claims that the GB202 chip would be redirected to RTX Pro Blackwell products. Despite the denial, Nvidia's own US marketplace no longer lists the RTX 5090, and retailers like Newegg and Amazon show most units priced above $9,300, with little stock in physical stores.
Newegg has discounted the ABS Flux II Aqua pre-built gaming PC by $500, dropping its price from $2,299.99 to $1,799.99. The build pairs an Intel Core i7-14700F processor with an Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 GPU, 32GB of DDR5-6000 RAM, and a 1TB Gen 4 NVMe SSD.
A technical analysis examines how far current computing technologies remain from fundamental physical limits, comparing silicon-based energy efficiency, memory density, and data transmission against theoretical bounds like the Holevo limit. The piece notes DNA can store a bit in about 30 atoms versus a theoretical 125-atom cube, and that companies like Nvidia and Broadcom are shipping optical interconnects built directly into chip packaging to cut energy use per transmitted bit.
A gaming hardware explainer argues that capping frame rates in most PC games helps maintain stable performance, reduces screen tearing, and lowers GPU stress, fan noise and power draw. The author recommends setting an fps cap especially on VRR monitors to keep gameplay within the effective variable refresh rate range, generally 48fps up to the display's max refresh rate, which also slightly reduces latency when paired with V-Sync.
Developer Daniel Blanco updated his DLSS-NR mod to version 0.8.0, expanding it beyond Neural Rendering to include DLSS Super Resolution 4.5, Frame Generation, and Ray Reconstruction on AMD Radeon RX 6000, 7000, and 9000 series GPUs. The mod also bundles FSR 4.1.1 for consistency and works through a NeuralHub loader that injects these features into any DirectX 12 game using FSR, DLSS, or XeSS.
Oderço, a Brazilian IT distributor, says two pallets of Zotac RTX 5090 GPUs worth roughly $470,000 (R$2.5 million) arrived at Guarulhos International Airport but then disappeared. The company posted on Instagram saying it has received no official response to its inquiries and that nothing like this has happened in its 38-year history.
Modder Renan Maniero extracted a new DLSS 5 Neural Rendering build (310.9.16.0) from NBA 2K27 and enabled it in games that don't officially support DLSS 5. Testing by Gaming Optimized on X found the new model up to 90% faster than the previous build in The Witcher 3, with Nvidia stating the model is 24% smaller, uses 20% less VRAM at 4K, and processes workloads up to 2x faster. The new driver file retains the older model as Preset A alongside the new model as Preset B, making side-by-side comparisons easier.
Nvidia senior VP Jeff Fisher reportedly told Taiwanese outlets 4Gamers and SJTV that the RTX 5090 has not been discontinued, acknowledging constrained supply chain capacity but insisting the company is working to keep shipping the card. The comments follow rumors that production was halted to redirect manufacturing capacity toward AI accelerators, and come after outlets like Tom's Hardware got no official response from Nvidia. A check of retailers found RTX 5090s largely unavailable or marked up to $7,300-$8,500, often through third-party or overseas sellers.
Taiwan is adding AI servers and advanced chips to its controlled export list, aligning its policy with U.S. trade restrictions on China. Violators will now face criminal charges under the Foreign Trade Act, punishable by up to five years in prison and fines around $92,500, according to Bloomberg.
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