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Give your PC the deep clean it deserves — the Wolfbox MF60 Air Duster with up to 110,000 RPM drops to $33.99
The Wolfbox MF60 packs dual 2,500mAh batteries, three fan speeds, USB Type-C charging, and multiple nozzles into a compact wireless air duster designed for cleaning PCs, laptops, keyboards, and more.
Dell Pro 7 Webcam 4K Review: Sounds surprisingly great
The Dell Pro 7 is a 4K / 60 fps webcam with surprisingly high-quality built-in mics, a built-in physical privacy shutter, and Windows Hello compatibility.
Anthropic, OpenAI, SpaceXAI, and Google face antitrust lawsuit for agreeing to slow AI development — plaintiffs say plan has been in motion for months before, calls agreement ‘self-serving
A proposed class action lawsuit has been lodged against the four big AI tech companies after they agreed to slow AI development for safety reasons. The lead counsel on the lawsuit says that 'AI will quickly spin out of control and could kill us all if we allow AI safety and protocol ... to be controlled by private self-serving agreements between the world's most powerful 'for profit' technology companies.'
The PC gaming ray tracing obsession began with the first RTX 20 graphics cards released on this day in 2018 — the GeForce RTX 2080 and 2080 Ti led the charge, but games were thin on the ground
Nvidia's Turing GPU became available to enthusiasts for the first time on this day eight years ago.
Researchers build a drone that navigates with physical whiskers to operate in dark, dusty or smoky places where cameras or GPS can fail — sub-100 gram drones run 34KB software to enable sub-mill
Whiskers attached to three pressure sensors at their base could help drones find their way around their environment purely through touch. This lightweight system emulates the vibrissae found on mice and other small mammals that help them navigate in the dark.
Final Fantasy VII Revelation might use upwards of 200 GB and requires an additional download — latest entry in the series of remakes may set a new record for the size of a base install
Final Fantasy VII Revelation might use upwards of 200 GB and requires an additional download - latest entry in the series of remakes may set a new record for the size of a base install
Microsoft patents system to freeze games and inject ads during downtimes — watching commercials earns ad-free playtime credits
This patent uses the game engine and machine learning to determine the best time to serve an ad.
Prusa CORE One+ INDX review: Time for a 'Tool' change
Prusa Research reenters the toolchanger category with a little help from Bondtech.
Massive 192GB GTA leak reveals early GTA VI map and canceled DLCs — files show liquid nitrogen death for Trevor and scrapped Liberty City expansion
The massive leak revealed early efforts in the development of GTA VI, as well as unreleased side missions, alternate endings, and even planned DLCs that never came to fruition.
Noctua fans prevent the CAIM1 ‘Anti-AI’ 4K camera from throttling — unusual camera’s processor gets toasty as it records while performing cryptographic calculations
A premium PC DIY fan brand has announced that one of its prized spinners is being used in an 'Anti-AI' 4K camera to prevent throttling.
North Korea used job interviews to deploy malware on 30,000 devices during coding tests — WaterPlum group loots $10.7 million in crypto and plants persistent RATs
Multiple government agencies across the world released a warning that North Korean hackers are posting fake jobs to install malware on unsuspecting applicants' computers. They then steal credentials and cryptocurrency from their victims, with over $10 million reported stolen.
Kash Patel says that AI use at the FBI has 'increased by 605%' since he became director — claims that every major tech player is 'embedded' in the agency
FBI Director Kash Patel stated in an interview that he's responsible for a "605% increase" in the bureau's usage of AI. The problem is that it's hard to pin down what the figure refers to.
Autonomous strike drone uses Nvidia Jetson Orin Nano to independently pick and bomb targets — Swedish startup's attack drones run small AI model, require no human input and zero external comms
Drones built with small, non-frontier computer-vision models autonomously identified and attacked targets in a recent demo.
Jensen Huang says there is '0% chance' AI destroys the world by 2030 — 'We should go as fast as we can, irrespective of anyone else,' dismisses Anthropic doom warnings and rejects new regulation
Chief executive of Nvidia claims that fears that AI will destroy humanity in the coming years are unsubstantiated as safety mechanisms can preserve that.
Putin casts online vote using unlicensed Windows on an American Dell PC — 'Activate Windows' watermark visible in official Kremlin clip, uses foreign Dell PC despite Russian tech mandate
An official Russian media clip shows Putin voting on a Dell PC with an unlicensed copy of Windows.
Collapse of mainstream optical drive supply kills high-end CD players — PS Audio and Naim halt production as component costs double
PS Audio and Naim had to cease production of two Hi-Fi models as manufacturers quit making optical drives, even as CD and vinyl have hit record sales in recent months.
Google's simulated fruit fly brain 'mines Bitcoin' in web browser proof of concept — FutureBit says real organic neuron miner could have '10x the efficiency of the best silicon 3nm ASICs'
A project claimed to represent 'the first organic neuron Bitcoin miner based on the fly brain' has gone live.
Acer Predator QD-OLED monitor now 36% off — 500 Hz refresh rate and True Black 500 certification slashed to $509.99
Acer Predator X27U F5 QD-OLED monitor has 500 Hz refresh rate and True Black 500 certification for $509.99
ChatGPT-6 Astra cracks 108-year-old unsolved WWI German code for the first time — radio message sharing enemy movement intelligence had evaded decoding, 1918 Crimean fleet warning verified again
108 years after it was originally transmitted, an encrypted World War I German radio message has apparently been deciphered for the first time.
Father loses job over 9-year-old spending $118,000 on Minecraft YouTube ads using his company's credit card — 'I’m going to be working until I’m like 94,' refuses to set up GoFundMe
Mighty Mike Play's dad is trying to figure out how to pay back the $118k his son accidentally spent on YouTube ads. He also warned against fundraisers made in their name, since they aren't making one yet.
Acer Nitro XV273U F5 gaming monitor review: One of the fastest LCDs on the planet
Acer's Nitro XV273U F5 might be the fastest LCD on the planet. This 27-inch QHD IPS panel boasts 540 Hz and 1,000 Hz at HD resolution. It also delivers Adaptive-Sync, HDR10, HDR 600, and wide gamut color.
Researchers create DNA computer that performs 100-bit calculations without electricity — molecular system uses self-assembling strands to perform computing
Maynooth University researchers built a scaffolded DNA computer that uses molecular reactions to perform arithmetic and 100-bit calculations without electrical power.
This week on Tom's Hardware Premium: September 19, 2026 — Steam Frame interview, killer AI models, and the DRAM crisis deepens
This week on Tom's Hardware Premium, we offer deep-dives into the Steam Frame, explore how AI is changing the landscape of consumer electrionics, and how advanced AI accelerators are reaching Eastern shores, despite export controls.
Fully custom copper PC features upcycled blowtorch reservoir — antique wooden pedestal complements steampunk design hiding a Ryzen 7 9800X3D, RX 9070 XT
If Edison and Stephenson had teamed up to build a gaming PC, it might have looked like this custom copper and wood all-AMD design.
Elon Musk's Terafab hits a roadblock before making a single chip, receives cease-and-desist order — firm files trademark lawsuit, has sold Tera-Fab-branded lithography tools for over a decade
Elon Musk's Terafab semiconductor project has run into an unexpected trademark dispute with Tera-print, a small U.S. company that has used the Tera-Fab name for its tabletop lithography equipment for about a decade.
Intel suspends bug bounty program that paid up to $100,000 per flaw — new Intigriti disclosure program offers no rewards
Intel's bug bounty program on Intigriti now shows as suspended, and a new Intel disclosure program there pays no bounties.
Enthusiast digs into CPU substrate for surgery to replace ripped-off data pin — resurrected chip boots and hits 33% overclock
An Intel Celeron 1200 (Tualatin) was revived from the dead after a ripped-off pin was successfully replaced.
AMD targets Nvidia with first official benchmarks for EPYC 'Venice' CPUs — company claims 256-core chip is more than twice as fast as Nvidia Vera, 96-core model 20% faster per-core
AMD has released several benchmarks for its EPYC 'Venice' CPUs in a clear shot at Nvidia.
Details about Intel's next-gen Nova Lake CPUs keep leaking — an attempt to establish a timeline based on what we know so far
Over the past two weeks, we've seen an uptick in leaks and rumors about Intel's upcoming Nova Lake CPUs. Here, we piece together what we've heard to try and establish a plausible release timeline.
Save up to 40% on Elegoo 3D printers during its September sale, from just $159 — Elegoo Day deals mean you can save on a new FDM or resin printer, with big bulk discounts on consumables
Get yourself a new 3D printer this September from Elegoo during its Elegoo Day sales, with up to 40% off right now.
China's premier memory maker CXMT eyes producing flash for SSDs, report claims — 3D NAND research and development line rumored for its second manufacturing facility near Beijing
China's DRAM champion CXMT is reportedly planning to enter 3D NAND production as it plots 3D NAND research programs and pilot line at its future fab near Beijing.
House passes act to make AI data centers pay for grid upgrades to minimize impact on residents — measure directs states to consider adoption of federal standard within two years of passing
This Ratepayer Protection Act will make data centers pay for grid upgrades made in their name. However, it still has to go through the senate and the White House, before being considered by individual state regulators for adoption.
NOR Flash and SLC NAND production are under threat as capacity gets routed to more profitable products — 'severe undersupply' threatens everyday electronics
NOR Flash and SLC NAND are the latest products to be impacted by the ongoing AI buildout, with capacities tightening and production being routed to more lucrative chips.
Hackers breach OpenAI using Claude tools, gaining access to employee accounts and the company's internal codebase — attackers initiated a 'harmless' pull request as proof of the hack
A team of white-hat hackers from cybersecurity startup Hackron AI has successfully hacked OpenAI using Claude tools.
AI developer vibe codes DLSS 5 onto Intel CPU's integrated graphics — Intel Arc 140T runs neural rendering in 360p at 10 frames per second
Using AI tools, a new developer has managed to get DLSS 5 neural rendering running on Intel Lunar Lake's integrated Arc graphics, albeit with abysmal performance.
Control Resonant PC performance tested: 28 GPUs take us back to the Oldest House and a warped Manhattan cityscape
Control Resonant's warped Manhattan cityscape pushes graphics cards to the max thanks to path-traced lighting effects and full support for Nvidia's DLSS 4.5 technologies. We put it to the test to see how it performs on 28 graphics cards from Nvidia, AMD, and Intel.
Prusa CORE One L+ review: More precise
Prusa Research makes its large CORE One a tiny bit better in a very important way.
Microsoft director called AI scraping ‘the largest theft of labor in human history,’ while OpenAI head brands ChatGPT an ‘existential threat’ to publishers — revelations
The NYT filed a legal brief revealing potentially damaging statements from Microsoft and OpenAI regarding the copyright infringement case it brought against the two companies. The publication is now seeking a summary judgment from the court, almost three years since it started the case.
US frontier AI companies warn authorities over sophisticated distillation attacks — China warns of 'countermeasures' if America tries to constrain domestic AI models
U.S. AI companies and the government are increasingly concerned about the effectiveness of international competition using distillation attacks to glean valuable data from frontier models to train cheaper, faster alternatives overseas.
Modder gets Nvidia's DLSS 5 working in a web browser using WebGPU — 147MB browser port runs on non-Nvidia GPUs and macOS but takes two seconds per render
A developer's live WebGPU demo runs Nvidia's DLSS 5 neural rendering in a web browser, but also apparently runs on macOS.
US chip fabs face massive 157,000 worker shortfall, mere 3% of US engineering grads enter chipmaking — despite six-figure salaries, US chip manufacturers are in dire need of engineers and techni
As many semiconductor fabs and facilities go online in the 2030s and beyond, a global consulting firm said that these sites will need thousands of engineers and technicians that the U.S. will be hard-pressed to fill.
ASML snubs Elon Musk-backed particle accelerator chipmaking tech — firm doubles down on 1,000W laser-produced plasma systems for chipmaking tools
With progress that ASML makes with its LPP EUV light sources for its scanners, the company is barely interesting in adopting particle accelerator-based FEL sources.
Save $300 on this 4K gaming PC with a 9800X3D and RTX 5070 Ti, now $2,599 — powerhouse ABS Stratos II rig ships with 32GB DDR5 and a 2TB SSD
A 4K-capable gaming machine from ABS, featuring the powerful RTX 5070 Ti, AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D, 32GB DDR5, and a 2TB SSD, all for $2,599.99.
Hacker turns 25 cents into 46 billion fake Bitcoins to steal $770,000 — Symbiosis DeFi exchange bit by lack of basic bounds checking in smart contract
Symbiosis DeFi network gets hacked for at least $770,000 worth of Bitcoin - DeFi exchange bit by lack of basic bounds checking in smart contract
Huawei details AI accelerator roadmap, pulls in next-generation Ascend NPUs by several quarters — FP4 performance of the Ascend 960PR doubles expectations
Huawei's mimics Nvidia's approach to AI factories, unveils details about next-generation Ascend NPUs, Kunpeng CPUs, scale-up and scale-out connectivity solutions.
Man arrested for selling $50 3D-printed machine gun conversion kits to undercover cops — ‘Glock switches’ turn pistols into fully-automatic weapons
Emani Rey Justavino of Jacksonville, Florida, was arrested for selling more than 50 'Glock switch' converters that gives the pistols fully automatic capabilities. The suspect claims that he 3D-printed the entire batch overnight and offered them all at a discount to an undercover ATF agent.
Balatro fan claims they trained Google fruit fly brain simulation to beat the game — reinforcement learning currently has the model at 20% success rate
One Balatro player says they've taken Google's mapped fruit fly brain and trained it to play Balatro, currently at a 20% success rate with plans for further refinement.
Acer Swift Air 14 review: Wildcat Lake and lots of ports at $699
The Acer Swift Air 14 is an aluminum budget system with lots of ports and long battery life. But it sports a lesser display than its competitors, and tons of bloatware.
Investigative report details how export-restricted Nvidia AI chips reach China — public records reveal how Chinese entities skirt US sanctions
American nonprofit C4ADS, a monitoring organization funded mostly by the U.S. government, produced a report shedding light on the many ways that American AI accelerators reach China.
New York State recommends demanding AI data centers pay $1 million in community investment per megawatt — framework advises towns to plan for maintenance costs, site abandonment, and other conti
The Community Investment Framework puts forward recommendations that towns and municipalities could follow when negotiating with data center developers. This includes charging $1 million per megawatt of demand, among other suggestions.
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