The International Monetary Fund's Global Financial Stability Report cautioned that heavy borrowing by data center operators and investors to fund AI expansion poses risks to global markets. The IMF highlighted circular financing arrangements, such as Nvidia's $30 billion investment in OpenAI alongside a $105 billion data center commitment, noting OpenAI simultaneously buys Nvidia chips. The IMF said its review of 14 such deals since 2023 found roughly $300 billion in equity investments and $650 billion in debt.
futurism.com
· 2026-10-19
A developer released a VBIOS editor plus Windows and Linux loaders that let GeForce RTX 30, 40 and 50 series owners run custom firmware without writing to the GPU's flash chip. On Windows the edited image is stored in the driver's registry key and loaded at GPU restart, while the Linux version patches Nvidia's open kernel modules to boot the GSP firmware from the custom image. The editor exposes controls such as power limits, voltage ceilings, clock offsets, current protections and fan settings, with examples including an RTX 5090 FE raised from a 600W to 700W power ceiling and an RTX 4090 pushed to 671W from 550W.
techspot.com
· 2026-10-19
Rising memory and silicon costs have pushed graphics card prices well above launch prices, with the Nvidia RTX 5070 now selling for over $800 despite its $549 launch price. This has led to advice that owners should consider reselling or repurposing older GPUs rather than discarding them, citing eBay listings where used cards like the RTX 3060 and even the decade-old GTX 1060 still fetch significant resale value.
engadget.com
· 2026-10-19
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.
techspot.com
· 2026-10-19
Most bubble coverage mixes four different claims that have little to do with each other. Separating them is the difference between information and mood.
gokawiil.com
· 2026-10-19
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.
wsj.com
· 2026-10-19
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.
techspot.com
· 2026-10-19
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.
tomshardware.com
· 2026-10-19
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.
technologyreview.com
· 2026-10-19
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.
engadget.com
· 2026-10-18
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.
tomshardware.com
· 2026-10-18
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.
tomshardware.com
· 2026-10-18
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