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by stephen.warwick@futurenet.com (Stephen Warwick) on (#73J5R)
Save on Lenovo this Presidents' Day weekend.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Kunal Khullar) on (#73J5S)
Lenovo's Legion Go S undercuts its original price with a limited-time deal, making it an appealing option for gamers who want better performance without Windows overhead.
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Japan's state-backed foundry Rapidus plans to begin production of 2nm-class semiconductors in the second half of its fiscal year 2027, with full-scale production expected in 2028.
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PowerColor's Reaper AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 8GB is currently selling at its $299 MSRP, a rare sight during these difficult times.
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by brandon.hill@futurenet.com (Brandon Hill) on (#73J2E)
Wi-Fi 7 has been a mess of unfulfilled promises and fragmentation, and Wi-Fi 8 doesn't seem like it will bring any further clarity
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Jowi Morales) on (#73J2F)
The U.S. and Taiwan finally signed a trade deal that saw the island get a lower 15% tariff on its goods compared to the previous 20%. In exchange for this, Taiwanese companies will invest $250 billion in the American tech industry, while Taipei will guarantee an additional $250 in loans, bringing the total invested amount to $500 billion.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Jowi Morales) on (#73J2G)
Steam revealed in its Client Beta patch notes that it will let users show the specifications of their hardware when leaving reviews. This should help other players considering a title see if the feedback was affected by the reviewer's hardware, although Valve says that this feature remains optional.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Jowi Morales) on (#73HZV)
Framework said that it's releasing a monthly update to monitor the memory chip situation and also announced that it will try to keep its RAM pricing as close as possible to the weighted average of its costs.
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Hackers from Russian, China, India, North Korea, and elsewhere are using Google's Gemini AI to augment their attacks, Google says. From generating phishing lures, to translating text, coding, and vulnerability testing, Gemini is a core component of their hack attempts.
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Asus' ROG Crosshair X870E Dark Hero swoops into the market as a high-end AMD motherboard with premium features, solid performance in our testing, and a fantastic all-black aesthetic.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Jowi Morales) on (#73HXD)
Perri Karyal shared her device used for GVS, which alters her balance and simulates G-forces, especially in racing games.
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The WD Green SN3000 repudiates the reputation of its drive line by delivering surprisingly good performance.
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Treat yourself to a tech upgrade during this year's Presidents' Day weekend sales event.
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by stephen.warwick@futurenet.com (Stephen Warwick) on (#73HXG)
Get a new AMD Ryzen 9850X3D bundled with a motherboard and 32GB of RAM at Newegg.
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The fastest CPU for gaming, AMD's Ryzen 7 9850X3D, paired with 32GB of SK hynix V-Color Manta XSky DDR5-6400 RAM for just $650
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OpenAI on Thursday released GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark, its first AI model served on chips from Cerebras Systems, marking the ChatGPT maker's first production deployment on non-Nvidia silicon.
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Tachyum forced to vacate R&D office due to unpaid rent, wages, and taxes
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Applied Materials must pay a $252 million civil penalty to settle allegations that it illegally exported semiconductor manufacturing equipment to SMIC subsidiaries.
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The latest software update for Nvidia's DGX Spark reduces idle power by 32% or more, thanks to better power management on its 200 Gbps ConnectX NIC.
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Get up to $470 off in Dell's weekend sale — President's Day prices on popular laptop and desktop PCs
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Check out these great Presidents' Day deals at Dell on Desktop and Laptop PCs.
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Corsair has informed its customers that it is revamping the packaging for its Vengeance DDR5 memory kits to enhance security and transparency.
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by stephen.warwick@futurenet.com (Stephen Warwick) on (#73H8Z)
Save up to $139 in Secretlab's Presidents' Day sale.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Hassam Nasir) on (#73H90)
The latest and greatest QD-OLED panels from Samsung are now "Penta Tandem," signaling the move to a five-layer OLED stack from the previous 4-layer one. Three panel classes - 4K 27" (2025), 31.5" 4K (2026), and 34" ultrawide (2026) - are already using this tech, while the 49" is next in line for the upgrade.
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by stldenise@gmail.com (Denise Bertacchi) on (#73H5F)
MyMiniFactory has announced the surprise acquisition of the world's oldest and largest 3D printing file sharing site, Thingiverse.
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The MSI RTX 5090 Lightning Z unleashes a surprising amount of extra performance from Nvidia's highest-end gaming GPU, thanks to dual power connectors and much higher power limits than the RTX 5090 Founders Edition. We'd go so far as to call it the best RTX 5090 yet made.
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We're easily going to get over a trillion transistors... in the package, by the end of the decade," Cadence Senior Vice President Paul Cunningham claims.
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Epic Games has announced new security measures for Fortnite, but the elevated requirements only apply to tournament play - for now.
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by ashilov@gmail.com (Anton Shilov) on (#73H2S)
As AMD gains market share in desktops, laptops, and servers, its overall x86 share hits all time high at 29.2%.
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Asus brings bar-raising performance and extreme pixel density to its ROG Strix line with the XG27JCG. It's a 27-inch 5K IPS screen with 5120x2880 pixels, 218ppi, 180 Hz, 330 Hz at QHD resolution, Adaptive-Sync, HDR600 and wide gamut color.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Jowi Morales) on (#73H2V)
The company says that it will pay for the infrastructure upgrades needed for its power demand and that it will also find new sources to keep electricity prices down for the average consumer.
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Linux Mint developers want to break from their self-imposed six-monthly cycle to build more ambitious updates.
by ashilov@gmail.com (Anton Shilov) on (#73H05)
AI and microelectronics boom in China drives IPOs as investors put money both in AI startups and adjacent sectors.
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I never trust a USB cable I've not tested, which is why I recommend USB testers like these to help you separate the bad from the good.
by stephen.warwick@futurenet.com (Stephen Warwick) on (#73H07)
Score a gaming desktop with RTX 5070 Ti at a discount thanks to Newegg.
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The best CPU for gaming, AMD's Ryzen 7 9850X3D, paired with 32GB of Kingston Fury Beast DDR5-6000 Memory for just $659.99
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A new study published in the Harvard Business Review suggests that although AI has the potential to marginally improve productivity, it also leads to workers taking on more pressure, resulting in unforced errors and an increase in employee burnout.
by ashilov@gmail.com (Anton Shilov) on (#73H0A)
Rising DRAM and NAND prices driven by AI megatrend and amplified by memory overbooking are hitting sales of inexpensive consumer electronics and smartphones, which affects orders of entry-level processors to foundries, according to SMIC.
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Always get your wares from reputable sources.
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by ashilov@gmail.com (Anton Shilov) on (#73GY8)
Bipartisan group of lawmakers want the U.S. government to impose export controls on all wafer fab equipment bound to China except those that can be made locally and make allies do the following.
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Speculation has risen about component shortages.
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We scoured iBuyPower's entire President's Day sale to bring you the best gaming PC deals.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Aaron Klotz) on (#73GE2)
Microsoft has released an all-new version of Windows 11, 26H1, that is designed only to support the Snapdragon X2 and unnamed future bleeding-edge hardware. 26H1 will be device-specific, and PCs running Windows 11 25H2 can't upgrade to it.
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Find the best RAM bundle deals for your next PC build. We track top combos with motherboards, CPUs, coolers, and more - updated regularly as prices and stock change fast.
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by ashilov@gmail.com (Anton Shilov) on (#73GAP)
The compute tile of Intel's Nova Lake CPU will be slightly smaller than compute tile of Arrow Lake CPU, but will likely be more expensive to make at TSMC.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Hassam Nasir) on (#73G7M)
The incendiary woes of the 16-pin power connector keep birthing new ways to prevent the inevitable. MSI's latest attempt is to sync its power supplies' active monitoring system with MSI Afterburner to deploy emergency power profiles on the go. If the PSU detects a faulty connection, it instantly triggers a 25% reduction in GPU power limit in the new Afterburner update with a pop-up warning.
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The introduction of AI to the operating theater doesn't always work out as optimists, or the FDA, might expect.
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The Ryzen 7 9850X3D is the fastest gaming CPU around, but the Ryzen 7 9800X3D can match it if you simply flick on PBO. Our benchmarking shows that the Ryzen 7 9800X3D can make up the performance gap without manual overclocking in games.
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Following the announcement of impending chip import tariffs in January, the Trump Administration is now planning to offer major U.S. tech companies like Google, Microsoft, and Amazon the ability to circumvent them. However, the number of TSMC-made chips exempt from the tariffs may be directly tied to the Taiwanese chipmaker's scale of investment in American operations.
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The Gigabyte X870E Aero X3D Wood is a unique, stand-out white motherboard with wood-themed accents and a comprehensive hardware list that performs well.
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Samsung and SK hynix have begun moving away from long-term, fixed-price supply contracts, replacing them with shorter agreements and post-settlement pricing mechanisms.
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