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Updated 2026-10-16 19:00
This could be your last chance to grab an RTX 5090
With no new Nvidia 5090 GPU replacement anticipated before at least 2028, this could well be your last opportunity to get your hands on a very powerful GPU for gaming.
China startup demoes prototype EUV light source
Chinese startup Langdao Silex showcased its laser-produced plasma EUV source at a trade show, but the technology will likely take many years before it gets to decent EUV power levels. Even if it does, China will need many more advancements to build a practical EUV lithography tool.
Gun-rights activist unveils world's first 'AI-made' 3D-printed firearm — .22 caliber handgun created by an 'AI that can generate guns' called GatGPT
A gun rights activist has unveiled the world's first AI-made 3D printed firearm.
Nvidia RTX Spark devices are now officially on sale, secure the Surface Laptop Ultra or other RTX Spark laptops here
Orders are live on Nvidia RTX Spark laptops, including the Microsoft Surface Laptop Ultra and devices from HP, Lenovo, Asus, and Dell.
New York rep announces game ownership bill that would require consumer ownership rather than sale of licenses
New York joins Pennsylvania in protecting gamers' rights to own games, requiring publishers to provide an offline mode and the right to transfer games.
Gigabyte X870 Aorus Infinity Motherboard Review: limited-edition, designed for extreme overclocking, but pricey for X870
Gigabyte's limited-edition 40th-anniversary X870 Aorus Infinity motherboard is designed for extreme overclocking, with everything you need for daily use.
Googlebooks are as poorly timed as Valve’s Steam Machine, and may suffer a similar fate
Google attempted to take its Chromebook platform upscale with Googlebooks. But the timing could not have been worse. Phone support at launch is extremely limited, and most people use Android phones and Chromebooks because they're cheap.
Microsoft Surface Laptop Ultra review: RTX Spark in a straight-up beautiful Windows PC
Microsoft's Surface Laptop Ultra is its most beautiful laptop ever, but using Windows on it is the same as ever. Only AI enthusiasts will get the most out of RTX Spark.
Taiwan raising $4 billion to build industrial park in Texas to support US chipmaking supply chain
This $4 billion industrial park would make it easier for smaller Taiwanese companies who can't afford to build their own sites in the U.S. to expand and follow major Taiwanese manufacturers like TSMC and Foxconn.
Epic introduces an improved version of anti-cheat for Linux
Epic wants to work with developers and maintainers to find the best solution to making anti-cheat work seamlessly on Linux.
Experiment shows liquid metal TIM doesn’t dry out; it turns solid
Der8auer's two-year electron microscope test shows liquid metal's gallium turns solid on copper and nickel-plated coolers.
Corsair's Vengeance RGB DDR5 32GB memory receives a $108 price cut
Save $108 on Corsair's Vengeance RGB RAM and bag 32GB of DDR5 memory for your PC.
Linus Torvalds posts his first AI-assisted patch to the Linux kernel, synthetic test clocks 23x performance leap
Linus Torvalds posts his first LLM-assisted patch to the Linux kernel - after issuing clear pro-AI directives, the bossman makes use of AI tooling himself
Thai cops bust 'audacious' cross-border fiberoptic cable running to Myanmar scam compound
Thai authorities have busted a cross-border fiber-optic internet cable being used to steal data.
Ukrainian drones hit Russian data centers, disrupting Russian apps and services
After Ukrainian long-range strike drones targeted Russian data centers, various Russian digital services and apps went down or faced severe disruption. There's even some suggestion that online bot activity may be down, but not by as much as initial reports claimed.
Newegg has slashed $260 off this all-AMD 4K gaming PC — 9800X3D and Radeon RX 9070 XT combo comes with 32GB of DDR5 and a 2TB SSD
Save $260 on an all-AMD gaming PC with 9800X3D and Radeon RX 9070 XT.
Jailbroken PS5s can now run local AI models at over 100+ tokens per second
PS5LM gets a fork, allowing it to run natively and use the GPU and more RAM to run larger LLMs, even running Qwen3.8-27B at 20 tokens per second.
Formlabs Form Studio 1 Review: Professional status, consumer price tag
The Form Studio 1 is Formlabs first consumer-grade printer. It combines a 200 * 125 * 235 mm build volume with resin heating, automatic dispensing, and a free Open Material Mode.
SK hynix reportedly playing hardball with Trump admin over 3D NAND fab
SK hynix reportedly conditions building new Solidigm 3D NAND fab in the U.S. to equipment exports to the Solidigm fab in Dalian, China.
Nvidia RTX 5090 disappears from Micro Center amid rumors of a production halt
Micro Center has reclassified Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 graphics cards as 'Not Carried,' and almost all units are out of stock at its stores.
Googlebooks from Dell, Lenovo, and HP tested: Nice hardware, but the OS isn't ready yet
Googlebook OS needs a lot of love to feel like something other than Android on a PC.
Sipeed reveals Chinese-made DGX Spark and Ryzen AI Halo rival, expected to cost $3,999
Sipeed's MaixStation pairs Axera's AX8860P with 128GB of LPDDR5X at 273 GB/s to take on Nvidia's DGX Spark and AMD's Ryzen AI Halo.
The internet isn’t the best place to find upgrades for your computer — brick-and-mortar stores still reign supreme thanks to bundled deals
Component bundles are a great way of offsetting high prices on certain parts, but your proximity to a Micro Center may save you even more.
EU negotiates sanction swap with China to rescue critical ASML supplier
The EU is reportedly negotiating with Beijing to remove Chinese restrictions on German ASML supplier Sindlhauser Materials, to prevent the China-dependent company from going out of business
Alienware AW3226Q 32-inch 4K OLED gaming monitor review: Sleek design with performance and value to match
Alienware rolls Tandem RGB Stripe OLED tech into a stylish 32-inch gaming monitor for a low price. The AW3226Q delivers 4K resolution, 165 Hz, Adaptive-Sync, HDR400 True Black, Dolby Vision, and wide-gamut color.
Malicious Russian disinformation bot traffic barely flinches after Ukraine strikes Yandex data centers and auto-migration kicks in
Ukraine's strikes on Russian data centers have caused legitimate bot traffic to go down, but malicious bots remain operational.
We tested the RTX Spark Superchip in Microsoft's Surface Laptop Ultra
We've tested Nvidia's RTX Spark against the latest and greatest from Apple and AMD to see how Nvidia's efforts to transform the PC for the agentic AI era stack up.
ASML reports record $13 billion quarter, vows to expand capacity as demand for lithography equipment soars
ASML vows to expand production capacity amid growing demand, record earnings and profitability.
Save $249 on 32GB of DDR5 with this 3-item Newegg bundle
Score 32GB of G.Skill DDR5-6000 RAM for just $321 in Newegg's new AM5 combo. For $1,094 ($249 off), you also get a Ryzen 7 9800X3D and an MSI X870E Tomahawk MAX WiFi board, plus a free AIO cooler.
ASML struggling to keep up with demand for chipmaking equipment as AI spending continues to boom
ASML says customers are already placing orders for advanced chipmaking tools years in advance, with AI-driven semiconductor demand remaining strong enough to strain capacity despite planned expansions
TSMC confirms it is considering Terafab chipmaking expansion with Elon Musk
TSMC's management confirms that the company is looking forward to expand U.S. capacity beyond Arizona and Texas is one of its options. However, to become a part of the Terafab project, it insists on running the whole fab.
Elon Musk calls out memory makers over 'extortionate' chip pricing, says Micron is playing smart for long-term loyalty
Elon Musk condemns memory makers citing unreasonable prices of memory, but claims Micron is different.
Russian chipmakers demo homegrown RISC-V and Arm chips with retro games
Russian semiconductor players shows off bespoke CPU and SoC designs - Arm and Elbrus architectures on display
Save 30% on this ASUS ROG Gaming laptop with RTX 5060 — $600 discount makes this hefty machine just $1,399
Get an RTX 5060 gaming laptop for just $1,400.
Unsupervised AI agent deletes TV show’s entire edit weeks before release; program can't air
The Challenge Sweden's season 2 edit was deleted by an AI agent put on the production server. The program director blames "the human factor" instead of AI.
Two killed, one seriously hurt in explosion at Intel’s chip plant in Israel
Two workers have died in an explosion at Intel's Kiryat Gat chip plant; police suspect a gas cylinder malfunction.
Grace Hopper Celebration canceled two weeks out as AnitaB.org runs short of funds
AnitaB.org canceled this month's Grace Hopper Celebration in Anaheim, saying registrations and sponsorships couldn't cover its costs.
GFiber and Qualcomm announce Wi-Fi 8 gateway
Wi-Fi 8 hasn't been certified by the IEEE yet, but hardware announcements are still ramping up
Epic Games vibe codes new launcher because 'programming is hard,' claims it starts 46% faster than Steam
Epic Games has introduced a redesigned launcher into preview, which the company says it vibe coded because "programming is hard."
FBI shuts down over 40 North Korean laptop farms used by fake remote workers
CrowdStrike has helped the FBI identify these sites, which Pyongyang uses to earn as much as $500 million annually to help fund its nuclear and other weapons programs.
The official Tom’s Hardware app is here — 30 years of tech coverage and benchmarks in your pocket
Today we're introducing the Tom's Hardware app, a faster, easier way to access all of our content while on the go.
SK hynix to place custom tiny CPU cores in its SSD controllers to ease Arm load as drive speeds rocket
SK hynix detailed H-TPU, tiny in-house cores that offload routine I/O from the Arm CPUs in its next enterprise SSD controllers.
PS5 homebrew storefront with over 1,600 free PS5 and PS4 games taken down by Sony
Over 1,600 PS4 and PS5 games have been made free on jailbroken PS5 units thanks to Overdrive. The homebrew was quickly shut down after going viral, but was quickly revived through forks and re-releases under new accounts.
SpaceX limits Starlink service for Ukraine’s high-speed military drones without prior warning
Ukrainian officials say SpaceX imposed new speed restrictions on military-grade Starlink terminals without warning, disrupting drone and logistics missions and forcing some operations to be canceled
Analyzing Intel's EMIB and Foveros advanced packaging roadmaps
Intel was the first large chipmaker to start using advanced packaging methods in 2017 - 2019. But where are Intel's EMIB and Foveros technologies today and where are they heading?
Elon Musk's Terafab will reportedly receive its first EUV tool from ASML in mid-2027
Elon Musk may prefer FEL light sources for in-house chip production, but Terafab will start with proven tech from ASML.
Qualcomm wins architecture breach verdict against Arm but gets just $2
A federal jury sides with Arm on select issues, rules in favor of Qualcomm in other cases. The legal battle set to continue.
Saudi OpenAI engineer arrested for allegedly planting $14 recording device in company office
An OpenAI engineer has been charged with using or endeavoring to use an electronic, mechanical, or other device to intercept oral communications and is facing up to five years in prison plus a $250,000 fine.
AI sector wipeout risks global financial contagion, IMF report warns
The International Monetary Fund has produced a report examining how financing for the global AI buildout could result in contagion should the industry fail to produce its promised profits.
Offset extortionate memory pricing with 32GB of DDR5-6000 RAM for $151 with this 9800X3D bundle
Offset high memory and storage prices with a combo deal from Newegg.
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