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by ashilov@gmail.com (Anton Shilov) on (#730YG)
AI is set to wipe out many routine white-collar jobs while simultaneously fueling a historic infrastructure boom that boosts demand and wages for skilled blue-collar workers, believes Jensen Huang from Nvidia.
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| Updated | 2026-01-22 13:00 |
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Aaron Klotz) on (#730YH)
A new report reveals that enterprise SSDs now cost a whopping 16x more than hard drives.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Hassam Nasir) on (#730YJ)
Amazon ended up shipping an RTX 5080 that the customer had already been refunded for. The cancelled order was received by a lucky Redditor who was told to keep the GPU worth $1,850 along with the original refund money, marking one of the more positive Amazon delivery "fails" in recent memory.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Hassam Nasir) on (#730YK)
YouTuber RJCmedia exploited a loophole in GameStop's trade-in system that allowed him to get back store credit exceeding the retail value of a Switch 2. He managed to accumulate $150 in trade credit, along with a basically a free console and a bunch of games across a two-day haul. GameStop has now patched this "infinite money glitch."
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Jowi Morales) on (#730YM)
Days after Beijing stopped the entry of H200 chips at the border, Chinese tech companies are reportedly considering purchasing them from the black market at a higher price just to get their hands on the powerful AI GPU.
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We had the opportunity to sit down with AMD at CES 2026 for a press roundtable discussion, where we discussed ROCm and other AMD software, as captured in this transcript of AMD's Q&A session.
by stephen.warwick@futurenet.com (Stephen Warwick) on (#730YP)
If you're on the hunt for a new premium monitor, the new Asus ROG Swift OLED PG27AQWP-W could be a winner.
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3D-printed passive cooler can pull 600 W off a datacenter chip
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Powered by the Raspberry Pi Zero 2W, Jeff Merrick's slab of 1970 / 1980s aesthetic screams the "charm" of the worn and broken Alien universe that belies the powerful single board computer within.
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by ashilov@gmail.com (Anton Shilov) on (#730DH)
Despite Elon Musk's claim that xAI's Colossus 2 has already reached a 1 GW scale, satellite analysis by Epoch AI indicates the supercomputer is still far below that level due to limited cooling capacity.
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The Manta XFinity RGB DDR5-6400 ranks among the fastest 128GB memory kits available today. But does it truly live up to the hype?
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Intel's 12th Generation Alder Lake and 4th Generation Xeon Sapphire Rapids Scalable processors have reached end-of-life (EOL) status.
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by ashilov@gmail.com (Anton Shilov) on (#730AB)
The Chinese semiconductor industry is working to localize production of HBM3 memory, in addition to the tools required for HBM assembly. However, the exact progress of these projects is unknown.
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The Quantum Advantage Challenge offers a 0.25 BTC wallet prize to anyone who can answer a specialized problem that can be solved in under two hours on today's quantum hardware.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Jowi Morales) on (#73070)
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang confirmed in a podcast that his company has overtaken Apple as TSMC's biggest customer, once again becoming its top client after more than 20 years.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Jowi Morales) on (#73071)
An anonymous blog claims that your Steam client continues broadcasting your log-on and log-off times, regardless of your privacy status. Your friends' clients just hide your profile, but your log data is still stored on the devices of other people.
by ashilov@gmail.com (Anton Shilov) on (#73043)
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang is heading to China in late January for a customary Lunar New Year visit that has taken on outsized importance, as it coincides with negotiations over how many H200 AI GPUs Beijing will allow into the country amid U.S. export approval.
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A $160 saving can be had right now on this Creality K1C 3D printer, fully enclosed and capable of fast printing, and available for just $399 right now, just $30 off its Black Friday pricing.
by editors@tomshardware.com (Jowi Morales) on (#73045)
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella discusses AI's wider impact and what it needs to do to not be a bubble.
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OpenAI links computing power to revenue and assuages investors
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Razer's superfast 8K polling Viper V3 Pro Wireless drops to its lowest ever price on Amazon
by ashilov@gmail.com (Anton Shilov) on (#73021)
Nvidia has reportedly increased the TDP of premium Rubin processors by 500W to 2.30 kW in a bid to boost clocks, memory bandwidth, and performance per Rubin GPU and per rack.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Jowi Morales) on (#73022)
An ATM in Manchester, England, is still running the 17-year-old operating system for dispensing cash.
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by stephen.warwick@futurenet.com (Stephen Warwick) on (#73023)
OpenAI says it will ensure Stargate does not increase electricity prices in communities where it is building its data centers.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Hassam Nasir) on (#73024)
An Asus Prime RTX 5060 Ti was swapped for the RTX 5080 the customer actually ordered, with reapplied stickers to add another layer of deception. The malpractice is easy to spot as the 5060 Ti has a single 8-pin connector, while Nvidia's 80-class cards have used 16-pin connectors for a while now. This is another entrant in the "commingling" line of scams.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Jowi Morales) on (#72ZZQ)
Only a third of CEOs report getting a benefit from AI deployments, while 55% saying they get no benefit or are worse off because of it.
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Nvidia has been accused of offering to pay for high-speed access' to Anna's Archive, a notorious shadow library' portal, bursting with copyright-infringing materials.
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Kioxia's Memory Business Director warns that the global NAND flash shortage means affordable SSDs are gone for good.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Jowi Morales) on (#72ZCB)
Taiwan Vice Premier Cheng Li-chiun said that the island hopes to become a partner to the U.S. in AI, hoping that the two parties can work together "to build a high-tech supply chain for the democratic camp."
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We tested Arctic's Liquid Freezer III Pro 420 on Ryzen 9 9950X. It loudly delivers exceptional thermals and has a very attractive price tag.
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Texas-based rare-earth magnet company, Noveon Magnetics, has raised $215 million from investors to expand its U.S. operations in an effort to improve American access to magnets, a rare-earth mineral crucial to producing HDDs.
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Samsung's P9 Express microSD Express storage card drops $40 to the low price of $79.99 in today's Amazon deal
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Save 21% on the list price for this MSI Codex Z2 gaming PC, fitted with an Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070, AMD Ryzen 7 8700F, 32GB of DDR5 RAM, and a 2TB SSD, all for just $1,579.
by editors@tomshardware.com (Hassam Nasir) on (#72Z3H)
Nvidia's long-rumored N1/N1X SoCs have traded an actual launch for rumors for more than two years now. Going as far back as 2021, when MediaTek's partnership with Nvidia was first unveiled, we've only heard about the chip through leaks. With the N1 silicon powering the GB10 Superchip, it's perhaps finally time for it to debut in consumer products.
by ashilov@gmail.com (Anton Shilov) on (#72Z3J)
As fabs get dramatically more expensive than they used to be, technology for capacity partnerships lose their appeal, so Micron buys production facility from PSMC to upgrade it and run it itself.
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The first photos of the DockFrame, a modular USB-C hub built around the Framework-compatible Expansion Card standard, were released over the weekend.
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Chinese GPU repair shop exposes massive fraud operation selling counterfeit GeForce RTX 40-series cards on the secondhand market.
by editors@tomshardware.com (Aaron Klotz) on (#72Z1D)
Elon Musk confirms the restart of the Dojo3 supercomputer project. Success in AI5 chip design has enabled Tesla to start porting resources over to Musk's next-gen supercomputer aimed at "space AI".
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A Japanese city is rolling out an anti-bear drone system in response to 'record levels of bear casualties and sightings.' Over 12 people were killed by bears in Japan last year.
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New York Stock Exchange bullish on 24/7 tokenized stock exchange
by editors@tomshardware.com (Hassam Nasir) on (#72YHH)
Bechtel, the contractor behind Intel's ambitious Ohio One chip factory, has posted new job listings on its website with an overview mentioning Phase 1 of the project. These recruits will be responsible for accelerating construction to make the factory ready for its opening in 2030, after the last few months turned Intel's fate around.
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Father of Radeon and Adreno GPUs leaves for Intel after 14 years at Qualcomm
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The GE Pro is a fast, PCIe 5.0 SSD that unfortunately has all the negative characteristics of an early high-end drive: high power consumption with inconsistent performance.
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Grab this 26.5-inch Acer Predator X27U gaming monitor with a QD-OLED panel, 1440p resolution, and a 240Hz refresh rate, all for just $249.99, saving you 22%.
by stephen.warwick@futurenet.com (Stephen Warwick) on (#72YCN)
Washington is the latest state to propose laws preventing the proliferation and manufacture of 3D-printed firearms.
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Treat your spine to an ergonomic posture-supporting gaming chair from Herman Miller and save 20% off the list price.
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Modders have run Windows 95 and Minecraft in Hytale, the hot new sandbox RPG that hit Early Access last Tuesday.
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With the AI race showing no signs of stopping, the next great frontier is conquering the complex requirements that advanced robotics demands, and China is positioned to dominate.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Hassam Nasir) on (#72XRR)
If you've been looking to jump ship to the dark side, or just upgrade to a better laptop ready to fully cater to your professional needs, Apple has you covered. The AI boom has made even Apple's questionable upgrade pricing seem enticing, as you're getting a 14-inch M4 MacBook Pro with 24 GB of RAM for almost as much as the base model.
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by ashilov@gmail.com (Anton Shilov) on (#72XRS)
Elon Musk wants Tesla to iterate new AI accelerators faster than AMD and Nvidia. This can be done, but with caveats.