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by ashilov@gmail.com (Anton Shilov) on (#6YR5J)
AMD's 96-core Ryzen Threadripper Pro 9995WX reportedly scores 73% higher than its predecessor in Cinebench R23, though the result raises doubts about its realism.
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| Updated | 2025-07-18 23:45 |
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A very low-priced 2TB SSD at Newegg sees the Platinum P41 from SK hynix for only $114.
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The Core Ultra 5 225 and Core Ultra 5 225F are now selling for over 13% lower than their respective MSRPs.
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Linux developers have managed to get Steam games running on RISC-V-powered platforms using a refined x86 emulator.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Hassam Nasir) on (#6YR03)
Intel is set to launch the Arrow Lake-S refresh in the latter part of this year and, clashing with previous rumors, it apparently doesn't even have a new NPU. The company might only be overhauling the clock speeds for its upcoming desktop lineup.
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by ashilov@gmail.com (Anton Shilov) on (#6YR04)
Thanks to design reuse and a modular approach, Nvidia's GB300 AI servers are set for a smoother rollout, with large-scale shipments expected in September 2025. However, liquid cooling remains a headache.
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A top economist has warned that the AI bubble could be more over-inflated than the dot-com bubble, suggesting that all of the AI companies are even more overvalued than their techy counterparts from 25 years ago.
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by brandon.hill@futurenet.com (Brandon Hill) on (#6YQXZ)
The ROG Strix G16 makes some fair hardware tradeoffs to reach a more attractive price point than more premium competitors.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Hassam Nasir) on (#6YQY0)
China-linked hackers are targeting Taiwan's chipmakers and U.S. analysts with spear-phishing, Cobalt Strike, and custom malware. At least 15-20 organizations were hit since March, as Beijing seeks semiconductor self-sufficiency amid U.S. export controls.
by editors@tomshardware.com (Jowi Morales) on (#6YQVS)
A member of the NCA took advantage of their know-how and access to steal 50 Bitcoins from the Silk Road 2.0 founder.
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Discussions and marketing around gaming performance with frame generation enabled have mostly focused on output frame rates, but that focus leaves out a critical piece of the puzzle: input latency. We dig into this issue, explore how it can be measured with readily available software, and use our findings to explore how potential applications of this measurement can guide gamers to the best framegen-enhanced gaming experience.
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by ashilov@gmail.com (Anton Shilov) on (#6YQVT)
After posting a record $30 billion revenue in Q2 2025, TSMC announced plans to build at least 15 new fabs worldwide.
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Donkey Kong Bananza is among the list of Nintendo Switch 2 games that do not have DLSS support, one of the most exciting features in the new handheld.
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by ashilov@gmail.com (Anton Shilov) on (#6YQTC)
Rapidus has begun prototyping 2nm gate-all-around transistor structures at its IIM-1 fab in Japan as it prepares for 2027 mass production.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Aaron Klotz) on (#6YQBB)
A YouTuber fixes a degrading Ryzen 7 5800X by downclocking the CPU by 300 MHz in the BIOS.
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AMD shares the pricing and release date for the Ryzen Threadripper 9000 WX-series processors and Radeon AI Pro R9700 graphics cards for professional and workstation users.
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The FCC announced yesterday that it plans to vote on new rules "to unleash submarine cable investment to accelerate the buildout of AI infrastructure, while securing cables against foreign adversaries, like China.
by editors@tomshardware.com (Jowi Morales) on (#6YQ7W)
The Rocket 1628A and 1528D use HighPoint's PCIe switching architecture to avoid bottlenecks.
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Some operations in FFmpeg are now as much as 100x faster due to the crafting of handwritten assembly code.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Hassam Nasir) on (#6YQ5Q)
Intel's Nova Lake-AX SoC could mark a major leap for x86 mobile chips, pairing 28 CPU cores with a massive 384-EU Xe3 GPU and LPDDR5X at up to 10,667 MT/s. Aimed at hybrid APU competitors like AMD Strix Halo and Apple M-series, it might never even see the light of day.
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The CyberPowerPC Gamer Supreme with an RTX 5060 Ti and Ryzen 7 9800X3D delivers good mid-range gaming performance with quiet cooling for a reasonable $1,859.
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The Intel Oregon workforce is down to its lowest point in more than a decade, but there may be more cuts on the way.
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Just one month on from Meta investing an alleged $15 billion in data annotation firm, Scale AI, and it's letting go of 200 of its employees, claiming that it scaled up its generative AI teams too quickly.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Jowi Morales) on (#6YQ3D)
Italian content creator Francesco Salicini is currently under investigation by Italian authorities for reviewing Anbernic consoles.
by ashilov@gmail.com (Anton Shilov) on (#6YQ0Y)
Synopsys has received final approval from China to acquire Ansys for $35 billion, creating a powerful end-to-end design platform spanning semiconductor design and system simulation, but raising competitive and geopolitical concerns.
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The lowest-priced RTX 5090 if you want to build a super-high-end gaming rig.
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Analogue 3D Nintendo 64 remake delayed again — tariffs blamed for shipment pushback to ‘late August’
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Analogue will delay shipments of its long-awaited reimagining of the Nintendo 64, again.
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Game (or work) in comfort with 20% off the Herman Miller Vantum gaming chair.
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by ashilov@gmail.com (Anton Shilov) on (#6YPZN)
AMD introduces the Ryzen AI 5 330, a budget-friendly quad-core processor with a 50 TOPS NPU that meets Microsoft Copilot+ PC requirements, aiming to bring AI features to inexpensive Windows 11 laptops.
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Gaskar Group denies that the attack was successful, but Ukrainian intelligence is reportedly telling a different story.
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by ashilov@gmail.com (Anton Shilov) on (#6YPNK)
Nvidia's consumer PC processors N1 and N1X, originally expected in 2025, have been delayed to at least 2026 due to reported 'critical hardware defects' in the chips, possibly requiring a costly and time-consuming silicon respin, according to unofficial sources.
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Fortunately, the example provided appears to be "prank software" rather than more sophisticated malware.
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by stephen.warwick@futurenet.com (Stephen Warwick) on (#6YPEN)
New research indicates that there are now over 7,800 Steam titles that disclose the use of generative AI on the platform, a huge increase from 2024.
by editors@tomshardware.com (Jowi Morales) on (#6YPEP)
The attacker compromised the company's hot wallet, allowing them to move funds before being detected.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Hassam Nasir) on (#6YPEQ)
Cyberpunk 2077: Ultimate Edition comes with ultimate requirements. To play the game at 1080p 60 FPS, you need an M3 Pro with 18GB of RAM, and that doesn't include ray tracing. MetalFX dynamic resolution scaling will be used to upscale the game's internal resolution to hit the target.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Hassam Nasir) on (#6YPER)
Razer's new Core X V2 eGPU supports quad-slot cards, 140W charging, and Thunderbolt 5 bandwidth-but drops I/O, PSU, and macOS support. The matching Dock fills the gaps, but at $390, the full setup gets expensive. It's modular, sleek, but not quite the upgrade eGPU users were hoping for.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Jowi Morales) on (#6YPBQ)
A popular Intel leaker says that Team Blue is preparing a competitor to AMD's Strix Halo chips, slated to arrive in 2027.
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by stldenise@gmail.com (Denise Bertacchi) on (#6YP9E)
New data shows entry-level" 3D printer sales are up in 2025.
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Intel has just released its new Computer Graphics Video Quality Metric on GitHub, a new measure designed to capture the complex artifacts found in modern rendering techniques in computer graphics.
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The HP OmniBook X Flip 14 is a strong AMD-powered 2-in-1 with a lot of ports, but its battery life is too short and it gets hot under load.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Jowi Morales) on (#6YP9H)
Mozilla's engineering staff reports that Intel Raptor Lakes are sensitive to increasing ambient temperatures, resulting in several crash reports flooding in from areas affected by heat waves.
by editors@tomshardware.com (Jowi Morales) on (#6YP67)
A Reddit user claims to have used a Mig-Flash on their online Switch 2 console extensively and not gotten banned.
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The "One Big Beautiful Bill Act" specifically looks to bolster the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Hassam Nasir) on (#6YNQR)
NVIDIA is reportedly launching the RTX 6000D GPU for China to offset U.S. export restrictions. Built on TSMC's 4nm process and armed with GDDR7 memory delivering 1,100GB/s bandwidth, the card targets AI workloads and could help NVIDIA reclaim lost revenue in the Chinese market.
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A Redditor bought six WD Easystore 8TB external hard drives for $60 each and ended up getting five more for free.
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Elegoo's Neptune 4 Plus is only $289 in this exceptional deal.
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by ashilov@gmail.com (Anton Shilov) on (#6YNMJ)
Seagate has released its first mass-market HAMR hard drives - the Exos M and IronWolf Pro up to 30TB - marking a milestone in storage density for such HDDs.
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Some images demonstrating one of the rarest x86 CPUs still running have been shared online.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Kunal Khullar) on (#6YNHM)
Security researchers warn of persistent firmware threats affecting hundreds of models.
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Mozilla's 0-Day Investigative Network (0din) revealed on July 10 that Google Gemini for Workspace could be tricked into telling users their accounts had been compromised.