USB 1.0 dates back to 1996, and since then, the tech industry has made a mockery of the “universal” part of the acronym by spinning off more variants than Willy Wonka has candy bars. Even on cutting-edge PCs, you’ll likely encounter a mix of USB-A and USB-C ports, then spend a few moments trying to…
At Micro Center’s Tustin, California location, one customer arrived ready to purchase a PowerSpec AI90 prebuilt containing an RTX 5090 and left with a form to fill out instead. A manager reportedly required the customer to complete an “Advanced Computing Product Purchaser Declaration” and have their driver’s license scanned before the sale could proceed.
If you’re buying an Nvidia RTX 5090, or a PC with the graphics card inside, over in the US, you may have to fill out an official form to declare that you don’t intend to export and resell the GPU – or at least you will at Micro Center.
