by editors@tomshardware.com (Hassam Nasir) on (#76A42)
Intel's Raptor Lake family might be coming back for a third time and sit alongside Nova Lake on shelves as the budget-oriented offering from the company.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Jowi Morales) on (#76A43)
Amazon says that it uses 2.5 billion gallons of water annually for data center cooling but compares it to the 3.3 trillion gallons of water used for watering lawns and gardens in the U.S. every year.
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The Computer History Museum recalls one of its biggest ever retro treasure troves. This astonishing' haul was rescued from an abandoned warehouse in the town of Castrop-Rauxel, Germany.
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In the context of the recent tech export bans, we look back at the Apple PowerMac G4 export ban from 1999 and Steve Jobs making marketing gold from the situation.
by editors@tomshardware.com (Jowi Morales) on (#76A27)
A team of researchers from UC San Diego found that 'old' smartphones from 2023 could be combined to build a server capable of running apps locally, instead of relying on cloud servers located on a distant site.
by stldenise@gmail.com (Denise Bertacchi) on (#76A28)
Snapmaker celebrates 10 years in business by sponsoring open-source developers and you.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Kunal Khullar) on (#76A29)
MSI's prebuilt gaming desktop pairs a Zen 4 processor with Nvidia's latest RTX 5060 Ti graphics card and comes housed in an airflow-focused chassis with ARGB lighting.
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NIST has demonstrated a metal 3D printing method that stirs molten metal during the print by sending the laser along looping elliptical paths instead of straight lines.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Jowi Morales) on (#76A2B)
Microsoft is experimenting with Windows AI features on non-Copilot devices, finally allowing AI features to run on discrete GPUs. This move expands its user base and gives more users access to Windows 11 local AI capabilities.
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State attorneys general have opened a broad investigation into OpenAI, subpoenaing documents on ads, user retention, data handling, minors, health data, model behavior, and safety policies.
by editors@tomshardware.com (Hassam Nasir) on (#76A0K)
AMD is reminding folks not to buy a MacBook, even if it's as good of a deal as the Neo, if you primarily want to game on it. Instead, AMD's own budget laptops can run all the modern titles you want, with a small caveat.
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David Sacks said the US government warned Anthropic that Claude Fable 5 had been jailbroken and that CEO Dario Amodei refused to fix the flaw.
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A preprint claims Pearl's AI mining network consumes 320,000 GPU-equivalents and 112 MW while producing no verified useful AI computation.
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Razer's Kiyo V2 X is the most budget-friendly of its current webcam lineup; it records video at 1440p / 60 fps and features "speedy" auto-focus, a wide 80-degree field of view, and a smoothly integrated physical privacy shutter.
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A grease smear-induced optical disc reading quirk can save speedrunners lots of time in SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom on Xbox.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Hassam Nasir) on (#769MT)
Looking for a solid gaming PC but tired of seeing exorbitant prices on every retailer's website? We've got you covered with this prebuilt, equipped with high-quality components ready for 1440p gaming and more, with a clear upgrade path once prices settle down.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Jowi Morales) on (#769K3)
A research firm says the number of blocked data centers in the first quarter of 2026 already matches the number of projects stopped in 2025. The opposition also comes from both sides of the aisle, despite President Trump's push for more AI development inside the U.S.
by editors@tomshardware.com (Kunal Khullar) on (#769K4)
Powered by the Ryzen AI Max+ 395 processor and 128GB of unified memory, AMD's developer kit arrives as a direct competitor to Nvidia's DGX Spark, which recently saw a price increase to $4,699.
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Netgear filed counterclaims against TP-Link in federal court in Delaware on June 11, accusing its larger rival of false advertising under the Lanham Act.
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Nvidia now sells the RTX Pro 6000 Blackwell graphics cards for $13,250, while partner offerings start at $11,359.99.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Jowi Morales) on (#769HD)
Companies look for cheaper alternatives as token costs for frontier AI models skyrocket, potentially impacting OpenAI and Anthropic's bottom lines. Subscriptions also take a bite out of these startup's profitability, as utilization rates higher than 5.7% could lead to losses.
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The name came up a few times during our conversations at Computex. Intel has declined to comment on it.
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Anthropic disabled its two most capable AI models, Claude Fable 5 and Claude Mythos 5, for every customer worldwide on Friday.
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A watershed moment occurred on the battlefields of Ukraine in 2024 when 10 fully autonomous AI-controlled quadcopter drones were sent to the front lines against Russia with Terminator Mode' engaged.
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A new and unique video streaming solution is pitched as a 'high-performance, real-time ASCII video rendering engine' that can be used to broadcast 'an unblockable video stream.'
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Nvidia has told Chinese clients that its Arm-based Vera server CPUs could be available as soon as August.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Hassam Nasir) on (#76938)
Rocking 16-bit precision, dual-rudder yaw, 5-axis control and a plug-and-play profile for Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024, the new T.Flight Hotas 5 is a solid entry point to flight sims. It works with PlayStation consoles and PC out of the box, with convenient features like a detachable throttle.
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AMD's Radeon RX 9070 XT graphics card has finally penetrated the Steam Survey video card results table, going straight in at position 25.
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by ashilov@gmail.com (Anton Shilov) on (#76903)
Wiwynn is among the first to demonstrate Nvidia SCADA server that promises to offer AI systems petabytes of ultra-fast storage thanks to GPU-accelerated storage acceleration.
by editors@tomshardware.com (Bruno Ferreira) on (#76904)
Nightmare-Eclipse's vendetta against Microsoft and Windows continues apace - researcher publishes RoguePlanet and GreatXML local privilege escalation zero-day exploits
by editors@tomshardware.com (Hassam Nasir) on (#76905)
New BIOS updates featuring AMD EXPO Ultra Low Latency support are being released across a plethora of 600-series motherboards by multiple vendors.
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Four Republican members of Congress have urged the U.S. ITC to block imports of foreign-made chips found to infringe U.S. patents
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Save $300 on Gigabyte's Gaming A16 gaming laptop at Walmart. Budget RTX 5060 -powered 16-inch laptop is now only $1,199.
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Save $750 on this Skytech gaming PC for gaming at 1440p and 4K, featuring a 9800X3D, RTX 5070 Ti, 32GB DDR5, and a 2 TB SSD.
by editors@tomshardware.com (Hassam Nasir) on (#768TJ)
The next-gen Xbox Helix is looking in trouble due to surging memory and storage costs that are forcing even a giant like Microsoft to bend down.
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Newegg slashes ~$185 off this 2-item combo, dropping the RAM to an affordable $255 - just $514.99 gets you a solid Gigabyte X870 motherboards, and 32GB of RAM in this incredible Newegg combo deal.
by editors@tomshardware.com (Bruno Ferreira) on (#768RJ)
Hades malware campaign now tricks AI bots into not scanning development packages, as prompts for bio- and nuclear weapons trigger failsafe mechanisms.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Bruno Ferreira) on (#768RK)
AMD took over four months to fix a critical security bug in its autoupdater, and the security researcher didn't see a dime for his efforts
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Tens of officers have been fired, and some even arrested, for abuse of the Flock license plate reader system used by police departments throughout the US, according to a new report.
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OpenAI says it has banned two clusters of ChatGPT accounts it believes are operating from China, and that used its models for covert influence campaigns targeting U.S. tech and policy debates.
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Graphics card manufacturer Manli adds new GeForce RTX 3060 and GeForce RTX 3050 SKUs to its portfolio.
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Meta has finished separating its operations from Manus, the Chinese-founded agentic AI startup it acquired for roughly $2 billion in December.
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The Razer Blade 18 is a large gaming rig with an 18-inch dual-mode display and strong performance, but it runs hot and is very expensive.
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A choice of VPN subscriptions to cover you over the FIFA World Cup 2026 and beyond. Stay safe online for less.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Bruno Ferreira) on (#76800)
Logitech's new Mobi Fold mouse neatly bends in half and can be easily carried around in a pocket, making it ideal for laptop users on the go, and far less bulky than conventional offerings, while having an arguably more ergonomic shape.
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A Redditor's powerful gaming PC just might have just saved their life after its splintered G.Skill RAM sticks diverted a bullet shot through the wall.
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by ashilov@gmail.com (Anton Shilov) on (#76802)
Biwin signs a 24-months supply agreement with an unknown NAND maker to get memory worth $1.86 billion.
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Save $230 on this fast Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus CPU with a Z890 motherboard and 32GB of DDR5-6000 memory, now just $769.99.
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Direct cooling data center GPUs uses only a fraction of the water required to keep them running, and with plans for future GPUs and rack systems to be even more power hungry, this problem could make data centers even more of a resource hog.
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