Micro Center has changed the listing status of Nvidia's GeForce RTX 5090 to 'Not Carried,' a classification indicating the retailer does not plan to restock the card, rather than a temporary out-of-stock label. Custom RTX 5090 models from partners like Asus, MSI, and Gigabyte remain listed on the site but are sold out at all physical stores, with the sole exception of a $11,000 Asus ROG 20th Anniversary bundle. The change follows recent rumors that Nvidia has halted production of the card.
tomshardware.com
· 2026-10-15
A 3D artist bought what they thought was an Asus 30th-anniversary edition RTX 5090 from a used marketplace, only to discover it carried Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang's autograph instead. Rather than use the card, they sold it, and it is now consigned to Bonhams auction house, with bidding scheduled for Oct. 4-14, 2026 and an estimate of $10,000-$15,000.
tomshardware.com
· 2026-09-24
A blogger reflects on Afterlife, the little-known 1996 LucasArts simulation game that mashed up SimCity-style city-building with the concepts of Heaven and Hell. The writer, replaying the game decades later, compiled scattered fan resources—old forum threads, a 1990s FAQ, and a 2023 fan write-up—since the title has no dedicated community like a subreddit. They also detail personal tactics, including disabling in-game disasters and using a money cheat code to manage the game's punishing negative cash flow.
togameforlife.wordpress.com
· 2026-09-15
OpenAI has unveiled GPT-6 Astra, a new flagship model succeeding last year's GPT-5, bringing major gains in computer use, browsing, software engineering, and scientific reasoning. The company reports near-perfect scores on benchmarks like FrontierMath Tier 4, ARC-AGI-3, and ExploitBench, and says Astra is its best model yet for coding tasks. Astra also introduces a new memory system for Codex that lets it retain notes across long coding sessions instead of relying solely on context summarization.
9to5mac.com
· 2026-09-03
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