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Retailer selling broken RTX 5090 GPUs for as low as $1,760 — GPUs were damaged during transport, but include all components on the PCB

A French retailer is willing to sell you defective RTX 5090s for half of what they cost new, on the condition that you'll be able to repair or recycle them. You can either get a random 5090 variant, depending on stock, for around $1,760 or pay almost $2,000 specifically for an MSI Ventus 3X OC model. The units come with transport-related damage.

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US Navy signs deal with AI firm for training underwater drones to detect mines in Strait of Hormuz — $100 million would allow drone minesweepers to update their detection algorithms in days instead of months

The U.S. Navy just signed a $99.7 million deal with Domino Data Lab to build software to monitor other AI mine detection systems, identify failures, and push corrections in the field.

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Enthusiast creates Peltier thermoelectric cooler from scratch — impressive rig uses two 360mm AIOs, homemade DC controllers, and a custom loop

A YouTuber made his own Peltier liquid cooling system to see if GPUs benefit from thermoelectric cooling. Sadly, the cooler was barely capable of cooling an RTX 3070 below ambient temperatures despite consuming over 300 watts of power.

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