on (#783WR)
A developer revitalized his smart TV performance by using Claude Code to debloat it.
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by brandon.hill@futurenet.com (Brandon Hill) on (#783VJ)
Alienware's AW3226Q and AW2527HX gaming monitors target two different segments of the market.
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on (#783VH)
Dell's new 14S laptops are mainstream devices with more colors and more ports than the XPS 13.
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by ashilov@gmail.com (Anton Shilov) on (#783A5)
Nvidia invests $3.5 billion in MediaTek as the companies expand their partnership into custom AI infrastructure with NVLink Fusion, local AI computing, and automotive platforms.
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on (#78372)
The Alienware 16X Aurora pairs a gorgeous 240 Hz OLED display with solid performance, sturdy build quality, and strong upgradeability, though its size and battery life limit portability.
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by stephen.warwick@futurenet.com (Stephen Warwick) on (#78373)
Nvidia has confirmed DLSS 5 will launch on September 3 in NBA2K27. It will be supported on all RTX 50 series GPUs, laptops, and GeForce NOW.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Hassam Nasir) on (#78349)
The entire PC hardware industry is in shambles when it comes to consumer products, and GPUs are one of the most affected components. Everything from budget options to high-end models is now significantly more expensive than what it could be had for a year ago.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Jowi Morales) on (#7834A)
The UK's largest telecommunications company, BT, could potentially make $2.7 billion as it recycles all the old copper in its network as it upgrades to fiber optic. The massive amount is driven by the AI boom, as data center operators require more and more copper wires for power.
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on (#7834B)
The total value of the frozen assets exceeds Wingtech's entire first-half revenue, with the company reporting 1.51 billion yuan in H1 2026 sales, down more than 90% year over year.
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on (#7834C)
A new localonly password manager, notes app, and secure vault that hides your secrets in an ordinary-looking .PNG image file is now available.
on (#78324)
This Acer Predator Helios Neo 16S AI gaming laptop has dropped to just $1,899.99, giving you a high-end rig with an RTX 5070 Ti, 32GB DDR5 and a 1TB SSD.
on (#78325)
Save $300 on a brand-new iBuypower Slate gaming PC in the Best Buy Labor Day sales.
on (#78326)
Samsung detailed a three-phase HBM roadmap at Hot Chips 2026 that progressively moves logic into the base die and ultimately stacks DRAM directly on the processor.
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by ashilov@gmail.com (Anton Shilov) on (#78327)
CXMT is reportedly sampling its HBM3E memory with Alibaba Group's T-Head and Cambricon Technologies.
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on (#78329)
Sony Interactive Entertainment asked a federal judge to push a proposed class action lawsuit over the PlayStation Store's buy" and purchase" labels out of court and into individual arbitration.
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on (#78328)
Proxy advisers kick against Arm's proposal to approve a performance pay plan that could award CEO Rene Haas about $800 million if the chip designer reaches a $2 trillion valuation.
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on (#78306)
AI-assisted bug hunting is driving Linux toward 2,000 CVEs per release, surfacing real flaws and mountains of low-priority work for overwhelmed maintainers.
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by brandon.hill@futurenet.com (Brandon Hill) on (#782W8)
TP-Link's Wi-Fi 8 launch remains complicated in the US due to ongoing FCC restrictions
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Kunal Khullar) on (#782G5)
The Kingston NV3 may not be built for heavy workloads, but its respectable gaming performance and low power consumption make this PCIe 4.0 SSD a compelling secondary storage upgrade.
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on (#782G6)
G.Skill launches new Flare X5X DDR5 memory kits with AMD EXPO ULL technology for Ryzen processors.
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President Donald Trump claims that communities rejecting AI data center constructions "want to end up being backwards and poor."
on (#782DV)
German and Japanese researchers demonstrate a heat-driven elastocaloric cooler that uses shape-memory alloys to turn waste heat into cooling.
on (#782DW)
This Newegg 3-item bundle pairs the fast, gaming-focused Ryzen 7 9800X3D with 32GB of Corsair Vengeance DDR5-6000 RAM and a Gigabyte X870E Aorus Pro board for only $1,113.99. That's a $240 savings, plus two freebies, making this one of the better combo deals available right now.
on (#782B2)
Nvidia's sole representative on the fourth annual TIME100 AI is its head of sustainability, who sits alongside Paris Hilton and Ben Affleck.
by editors@tomshardware.com (Hassam Nasir) on (#782B3)
Overclocking utility mVolt+ seems to have been blocked by the latest Nvidia driver update, hard crashing the moment you try to adjust the core power limit. However, it seems like a driver conflict more than a deliberate blacklist since another app, Hydra 2.3B Pro, is working just fine.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Denise Bertacchi) on (#782B4)
xTool's new F2 Ultra UV cuts and engraves with cold UV light.
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on (#7828M)
Taiwanese prosecutors are investigating Unimicron, one of the world's largest PCB and chip substrate makers and a key supplier to Nvidia, Intel, Google, and Amazon, over allegations that it shipped China-made PCBs back to Taiwan and relabeled them as Taiwanese products.
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by ashilov@gmail.com (Anton Shilov) on (#7826Q)
CXMT claims to be the first to mass-produce LPDDR6 memory. Yet, for a niche phone.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Hassam Nasir) on (#7826R)
Asus refused to replace a loyal customer's wireless headset receiver because accessories are apparently not covered under warranty. The customer was not happy to see his dedication be put into question like this, brining receipts of past purchases to express their disappointment over this betrayal.
by editors@tomshardware.com (Hassam Nasir) on (#7825J)
A Taiwanese man sued his wife for having an affair using recordings from a robot vacuum to prove his case. He won, but got sued by the wife for infringing on her personal privacy and was fined the equivalent of 30% of what he earned as compensation previously.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Kunal Khullar) on (#781VG)
The LG UltraGear 34GX900A-B packs a fast 240 Hz OLED panel and 3440 x 1440 resolution into an immersive 800R curved display, now available for 50% off.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Hassam Nasir) on (#781VH)
DLSS 5 now runs on Ampere GPUs thanks to a patched DLL, but performance is expectedly poor for the most part. You can get up to 30-40 FPS in edge cases with minimum in-game settings, but newer titles can tank FPS to single digits.
by editors@tomshardware.com (Jowi Morales) on (#781SZ)
Turbine blades and vanes are among the most complicated turbine engine parts to build, with processes taking as long as 60 to 90 weeks. Because of this, Musk wants to bring their manufacturing in-house at SpaceX.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Hassam Nasir) on (#781RD)
A team of veteran developers has recompiled Donkey Kong 64 in C, so it runs natively on Windows, Linux, and Mac. The entire project is free, uses no generative AI, but still includes more features than any vibecoded retro revival slop you can find online. You do need to bring your own ROM, though.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Hassam Nasir) on (#781PP)
Early builds of Valve games from 2003 to 2013 have been found in a 12TB archive pulled from the company's old servers. These pre-release versions act like time capsules, preserving the state of the game from before it underwent massive changes.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Jowi Morales) on (#781PQ)
Several developers, publishers, and studios have had their laptops and handheld consoles stolen at Gamescom 2026. However, the organizers said that it's only responsible for general security, and exhibitors can book individual booth security separately.
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on (#781PR)
Adata's Urban Tapsafe portable SSD sports magnetic face plates, a metal mounting clip, the ability to unlock the drive with your phone, and share selective access with others via an app.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Bruno Ferreira) on (#781PS)
An epic book preservation effort.
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by ashilov@gmail.com (Anton Shilov) on (#781PT)
Chinese DRAM maker CXMT wants the US Department of Defense to remove it from the list of companies linked to the Chinese military.
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on (#781N8)
Corsair's mainstream RMe series returns for 2026 with Platinum-class efficiency, a 500W fanless window, and a temperature-sensing 12V-2x6 cable that shuts the GPU down before a connector can melt.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Hassam Nasir) on (#781N9)
A user on Reddit shared their story about how the factory-applied liquid metal on their Asus Zephyrus M16 gaming laptop corroded the heatsink and lid of their CPU. It got so bad that the corrosion was about to eat away and seep onto the silicon itself, but thankfully a simple re-paste job averted catastrophe.
by editors@tomshardware.com (Hassam Nasir) on (#781NA)
TecLab, a Brazilian YouTuber, has just shown the most dangerous method of bypassing the 16-pin connector on an RTX 5090 - by soldering wires directly to the card's PCB. In an attempt to save the GPU from melting, they've created perhaps an even bigger fire hazard.
by editors@tomshardware.com (Jowi Morales) on (#781NB)
The US military has successfully deployed a laser defense system on the southern border of the country and shot down alleged Mexican cartel drones. These UAVs are suspected of spotting U.S. law enforcement operations and help the criminal organizations traffic humans and goods into the United States.
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on (#7819X)
California's legislature has passed Assembly Bill 1856, exempting open-source operating systems from the State's Digital Age Assurance Act months before the law is due to take effect on January 1, 2027.
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A dinner plate-sized magnetic core memory homebrew USB device has been used to transfer a text file from one PC to another for the first time.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Jowi Morales) on (#78189)
The Samsung Odyssey G55C is a 32-inch curved gaming monitor with a 1440p QHD resolution and 1ms response time. It's currently on sale at just $199.99, saving you $130 off its $329.99 MSRP.
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San Francisco defense startup Mara has secured $7 million in a pre-seed round to produce what it calls Spike, a portable counter-drone system housed inside a backpack.
on (#7816M)
The Refund4Freedom site was put together by the Italian Linux Society and the Free Software Foundation Europe to help address the unfairness of unwanted OS bundling.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Hassam Nasir) on (#7816N)
GTA 6 is currently running at 30 FPS at Rockstar internally with no confirmation on a 60 FPS mode being available at launch, or even later.
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on (#78151)
You can replace two 27-inch QHD monitors with one Deco Gear DG49OLED240. This 49-inch 32:9 QD-OLED panel has an 1800R curve, 240 Hz, 5120x1440 pixels, HDR10, DisplayHDR 400, wide gamut color, and Adaptive-Sync.
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