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Updated 2026-10-13 02:00
Intel's Crescent Island AI accelerator officially powers new GPU D-Series products
Intel's Crescent Island AI inference accelerator will come to market as the GPU D-Series family, promising 1.3 PFLOPS of FP8 compute alongside up to 480 GB of LPDDR5X delivering 1.5 TB/s of memory bandwidth.
Bambu Lab officially teases its first 3D scanner
Bambu Lab teased its S1 3D scanner, and FCC filings hint at what Bambu Lab is keeping a secret right now.
Jev-like decision models are flooding the AI market, after researcher claims TypeSafe copied their research
Jev and the flood of AI decision models - TypeSafe allegedly copied researcher's architecture but got copied itself
Meet the modders porting ringfenced DLSS features to older GPUs
DLSS Multi-Frame Generation and DLSS 5 Neural Rendering can now run on hardware never intended for it, at least according to Nvidia. Now, two of the modders foundational to the release of these community advancements speak out.
Developer uses Claude to enable Xbox Cloud Gaming on jailbroken PS5s
RafaelNGP released a native Xbox Game Pass app allowing Xbox Cloud Gaming on the PS5, with support for 4 controllers and 4K upscaling on the PS5 GPU.
GlobalFoundries unveils 7nm-class FDX Fusion node — comes 7 years after firm abandoned FinFET
GlobalFoundries returns to advanced FD-SOI development with 7nm-class FDX Fusion process - production planned for 2028.
Intel to phase out SGX after Xeon Diamond Rapids in favor of TDX
Intel set to discontinue SGX after Xeon 'Diamond Rapids' and focus on expanding TDX capabilities to meet emerging security requirements of cloud computing, enterprise workloads, and agentic AI.
Diamond-infused watercooling coldplates for 2,300W Nvidia Rubin drop temps by up to 22C
A bespoke coldplate for custom designed AI servers: Frore's LiquidJet Diamond.
Gigabyte GO27Q24G 27-inch OLED 240 Hz QHD gaming monitor review: Tremendous bang for the buck
Gigabyte delivers extreme brightness and performance at a low price with its GO27Q24G. This 27-inch OLED panel boasts HDR peaks of 1,300 nits, wide gamut color, QHD resolution, 240 Hz and Adaptive-Sync.
AMD debuts Helion reference design for agentic AI servers with up to 32,768 Zen 6 ‘Venice’ cores
At the OCP Global Summit, AMD revealed Helion, a rack-scale reference design for agentic AI that can house up to 32,768 Zen 6 CPU cores.
TrendForce expects declining global laptop shipments to slow manufacturing exodus from China
Higher component costs could force laptop makers to raise retail prices or accept lower profit margins as consumer demand weakens in 2027.
Vibecoder mods Minecraft inside GTA V running natively on an iPhone
C22's native port of GTA V on iOS/MacOS gets modded with Minecraft, and you can fly the Ender Dragon around.
Coder creates NvidiaWatch tracker site that monitors hundreds of GPU driver bugs
independent-arg built this labor of love for the Nvidia community.
'Unprecedented' Cyberattack cripples supermarket fridges across Europe as hackers activate automatic defrosting
A cyberattack has hit supermarkets in Europe, disabling refrigerators.
Buyer pays $350 for broken RTX 4090 project only to find realistic fake GPU die and swapped memory
A customer paid approximately $350 for what appeared to be a repairable RTX 4090, only to receive a fake GPU with components that were painstakingly designed to resemble the real thing.
Dev used AI agents and more than 500 billion tokens to rebuild Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2's source code
Maurice Heumann's Claude and Codex agents rebuilt Modern Warfare 2's source; 83% of functions match the original byte for byte.
Walmart has slashed $750 off this RTX 5060 gaming laptop, now 40% cheaper
Save $750 on this HyperX Omen 15-inch laptop.
Upgrade to OLED with this $384 deal on Asus' 27-inch Republic of Gamers WOLED gaming monitor
Save 36% on the 27-inch Asus ROG WOLED gaming monitor at Amazon.
Redditor unknowingly buys stolen rental PC, and it gets remotely blocked by rental firm
Fragile, NZXT's PC rental partner, helped a Redditor who got scammed into buying a "stolen" computer that eventually got blocked by replacing it with a new one.
Reddit user pays $35 for a crypto mining rig left in a garage and gets 54GB of VRAM at 65 cents per GB
A Reddit user bought a nine-GPU Nvidia P106-100 mining rig with 54GB of VRAM for $35 and ran Qwen3.6-35B-A3B on it locally.
Console market craters as Xbox sales crash 33% to the lowest since launch 25 years ago, PS5 sales drop 25%
PlayStation sales dropped by 25% YTD compared to last year, while Xbox contracted by 33%, marking the biggest decline in retail sales over the past decade.
Cyberleek threatens full GTA 6 build leak unless Take-Two apologizes and his $30 million crypto memecoin goal is met
Notorious GTA VI leaker Cyberleek is threatening to release a full build of GTA VI if Take-Two doesn't release a physical build, but only if its memecoin hits $30 million.
Canadian YouTuber builds 'Flock-like' camera to exclusively track police vehicles
Canadian YouTuber Anthony Sistilli says police questioned him after he built an ALPR camera designed to track police vehicles, leading to an ironic discussion over the privacy risks of mass license-plate surveillance.
Modder discovers that putting a GPU in the 'wrong place' can deliver a 19 degree cooler hotspot
In PC DIY it might still be worth challenging convention, as TrashBench shows with his GPU hotspot getting up to 19C cooler.
Russia's Yandex bot traffic nearly eliminated overnight after Ukraine drone strikes cripple multiple of 'Russia's Google' data centers
Russian bot traffic falls dramatically as Ukraine takes out several Yandex data centers.
Sandisk NAS 800 1.92TB SSD Review: Endurance at a premium
The Sandisk NAS 800 is a high-end PCIe 5.0 NVMe SSD built for NAS workloads, with high endurance, strong sustained write performance, and low 4KB random latency. It's mainly held back by its high price.
Developer turns classic Windows Minesweeper into hand-holding 'big-budget, Triple-A’ parody
This reboot of Minesweeper makes it feel like a big budget game created by a massive game studio.
Programmer ports Super Mario 64 to Microsoft’s Zune HD media player
A fan port of Nintendo's Super Mario 64 runs natively on Microsoft's 2009 Zune HD media player, with touch controls and saves.
Two Steam games generated $560,000 across 135,000 sales, but the co-creator only took home $15,000 annually
Game developer explains how $560,000 in Steam sales gets reduced to $146,000 in pockets - breakdown highlights harsh realities of gaming business
Cryptomining malware used poetry to infect more than 3,400 servers, researchers say
Lumen's Black Lotus Labs says PoeLLM malware has hit more than 3,400 servers, most of them exposed AI tools like LiteLLM and Ollama.
State of California sues 3D printer filament company Polymaker for promoting ghost guns by marketing to 3D-printed gun community
The newly formed Consumer Fairness and Public Protection Division is also targeting Roblox and AppLovin.
Creator of free Adobe clones unveils open-source Microsoft Office Excel, PowerPoint, and Word replications
ArtCraft is expanding its roster of open-source creative tools as cross-platform alternatives to predatory subscription models.
Working Cray-1 supercomputer replica packs 30 vintage Mac Minis and 1.5 TFLOPS
Legendary 1975 supercomputer gets a modernized replica with old Mac Minis, showcasing decades of innovation.
U.S. military-backed cargo pod promises 90-minute orbital delivery anywhere on Earth
Sierra Space is testing its Ghost reentry vehicle, which is designed to deliver supplies to any unit across the world within 90 minutes.
Ugreen’s 100W 4-port GaN charger drops 27% today
Whether you need to charge a laptop before work, top up your smartphone, or keep your tablet ready for travel, this four-port Ugreen GaN charger delivers up to 100W via USB Type-C and is currently $15 cheaper on Amazon.
SoftBank seeks $100 billion for AI-refined projects from Middle Eastern investors
SoftBank plans to buy companies that do not use AI or robotics, then apply new technologies to improve their operations and valuation.
Super Micro smuggling co-conspirator pleads guilty to sending AI chips to China
Ting-Wei "Willy" Sun, one of the three people charged of smuggling Super Micro servers with advanced Nvidia AI chips to China, has pleaded guilty, with sentencing set for September of next year.
PS5 hack delivers native PS2 disc support and 4K upscaling where Sony refused to
Modder Sword has released PS5SX2 for the PlayStation 5, allowing gamers to play discs from previous PlayStation 2 games.
This week on Tom's Hardware Premium: October 10, 2026
This week on Tom's Hardware Premium, we covered how the AI buildout is affecting the industry supporting it across all axioms, including in law, chip design, manufacturing, and finance.
Senate investigation says that some AI data center claims are misleading
A Senate investigation on AI data centers question that costs and benefits that AI hyperscalers show when they apply for permits to put up their developments. The report says that these claims are misleading and that they don't show the real impact of these sites on the local economy.
We tested gaming performance in 17-year-old Windows 7 on a modern gaming PC against Windows 11
We managed to install Windows 7 on a modern PC and put it to the test across eight DirectX 11 games and two DirectX 9 titles to see how its gaming performance compares to Windows 11 today.
Top AI labs reportedly planning for catastrophic AI event fallout
One focus of these contingency plans is how to manage Congress after a catastrophic event puts these labs in the spotlight.
Free Steam demo runs up $1,000 daily AI bill and forces devs to take out bank loan
Easy Fox were surprised by the number of users and didn't expect that the demo's popularity would cause its AI expenses to go that high.
Nvidia reportedly halts GeForce RTX 5090 production in favor of AI data center and professional GPUs
Nvidia reportedly discontinues GeForce RTX 5090-series products leaving GB202 for data center and professional graphics boards. GeForce RTX 5080 24 GB rumored to become de-facto flagship from the green camp for a while.
Russian modder slaps DLSS 5 onto Pac-Man with 4x Multipass
Russian YouTube channel dedicated to DLSS 5 experiments tries Pac-Man, and it's genuinely cursed.
AnyPS5 project reaches critical GPU milestone in race to enable running PS5 games natively on PC
The open-source AnyPS5 project has reached 100% GPU shader instruction coverage.
Crazed modder straps 360mm AIO radiator to laptop, cuts temps to below 40 degrees
PC modder TrashBench attached a 360mm radiator and custom cooling to a laptop and gained up to 14% in performance at the cost of the definition of a laptop.
Ukrainian drones strike largest data center in Russia, multiple parts of 1.4 million square foot campus knocked offline
Following a Ukrainian drone strike on a D.C. in Sasovo, Russia, a Yandex facility in Kaluga has suffered a similar fate with multiple modules completely out of service.
World’s first 3D-printed remote control aircraft with a jet turbine takes flight, aims for Mach 0.8 to beat world record for fastest model aircraft
Team of graduates attempts to beat Guiness World Record for fastest jet-powered model aircraft using PETG and clever engineering.
Gigabyte's latest BIOS update hints at Intel's Raptor Lake Next Launch in 2027
Gigabyte confirms BIOS support for upcoming Intel LGA 1700 processors on B760 and H610 motherboards, with the rumored Raptor Lake Next lineup expected in early 2027 to support both DDR4 and DDR5 memory.
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