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by editors@tomshardware.com (Kunal Khullar) on (#75P7D)
While SSD prices are still higher than last year, the Samsung 990 Pro at $429.99 feels far more reasonable than it did just a few weeks ago.
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With record numbers of bear attacks on humans, Japan has been increasingly turning to high-tech solutions like the Monster Wolf robot. But production can't keep up with demand.
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ASML and Tata Electronics have signed a memorandum of understanding to deploy ASML's equipment at India's first fab.
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One LinkedIn user has fought back against recruiter spam in a very unusual way.
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Russia's Mikron is earning a bit of cash on the side by selling picture-framed test wafers as souvenirs with 12 designs to choose from, priced around $170.
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Granted as U.S. Patent 2,736,880 in February 1956, Forrester's invention evolved from MIT's Project Whirlwind.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Hassam Nasir) on (#75P2S)
Microsoft is bringing Advanced Shader Delivery to Windows 11 PCs at large, after introducing the tech on Xbox ROG Ally handhelds last year. The company says you can expect up to 95% faster load times in Forza Horizon 6, for instance, going from 90 seconds to just 4 seconds on initial launch thanks to precompiled shaders.
by editors@tomshardware.com (Jowi Morales) on (#75P2T)
The U.S. FTC is looking into Arm Holdings to see if it's abusing its market position as a dominant chip designer to gives its new chip manufacturing business an advantage over competitors who build semiconductors based on Arm designs.
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by stldenise@gmail.com (Denise Bertacchi) on (#75P2V)
While the internet is up in arms over Bambu Lab threatening legal action against an indy OrcaSlicer developer, Josef Prusa once again warns of sheep in wolves' clothing. Prusa, the founder and CEO of Prusa Research and proponent of open source, has often noted that his company is the last Western manufacturer of desktop 3D printers still standing after China began subsidizing manufacturers within its borders.
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by ashilov@gmail.com (Anton Shilov) on (#75P2W)
China's National Supercomputing Center in Shenzhen takes a page from Japan's Fugaku supercomputer and Fujitsu's A64FX processor, build LineShine supercomputer based entirely on Armv9-based LineShine LX2 CPUs.
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The bill covered 603 billion tokens across 7.6 million requests, all generated by roughly 100 Codex instances.
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The statement came hours after President Donald Trump told Fox News he opposes Taiwan pursuing formal independence.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Jowi Morales) on (#75P1F)
The Nvidia chief said that you cannot compare AI GPUs to nuclear weapons.
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Sparky is an opinionated googly-eyed AI in a suitcase powered by an Nvidia Jetson Orin NS Super 16GB.
by editors@tomshardware.com (Hassam Nasir) on (#75NPB)
The Core Ultra 9 290K Plus, which never came out, was only marginally faster than the Core Ultra 7 270K Plus, which explains why Intel ultimately chose not to release it. On average across 1080p and 1440p games, it's only about 2% faster, and in synthetic benchmarks and productivity workloads, it's less than 4% ahead.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Kunal Khullar) on (#75NPC)
The Omen 45L may currently be one of the most sensible ways to secure an RTX 5090 gaming system without having to deal with inflated standalone GPU prices.
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Trump's remarks came at the close of a two-day summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Jowi Morales) on (#75NPE)
Hill County passed a one-year ban on data center projects, as the country authorities study the effects their effects on the community. Still, the County Attorney warned that they could get sued if they pass this moratorium, with a Texas State Senator asking the State Attorney General to investigate counties that have done so.
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by stephen.warwick@futurenet.com (Stephen Warwick) on (#75NMW)
A survey of Tom's Hardware readers has revealed that 60% of PC gamers are not planning to build a new PC in the next two years.
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A keen nozzle-head has dramatically sped up their 3D printer using the portable power of a Nintendo Switch and Klipper firmware replacement.
by editors@tomshardware.com (Jowi Morales) on (#75NMY)
Industry watchdog Monitoring Analytics says that PJM Interconnection is not doing enough to prevent power prices from spiking due to massive data center demand.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Kunal Khullar) on (#75NMZ)
We tested both CPUs across gaming, rendering, encoding, efficiency, and pricing to determine whether Intel's Arrow Lake Refresh can finally challenge AMD's X3D dominance in the mid-range segment.
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Major Chinese optical fiber manufacturers have booked orders stretching into 2027, as AI data center construction drives demand growth that the supply chain can't match.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Bruno Ferreira) on (#75NK6)
Apple M5 architecture gets its first privilege escalation exploit
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Aaron Klotz) on (#75NK7)
A software engineer figured out a way to run an RTX 5090 on an M5 Max MacBook and play Cyberpunk 2077 at over 100FPS. The process required a lot of tweaking, including running a Linux VM and using the FEX translation layer to get games to work.
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Asus has revealed the company's first ROG "" DDR5 RGB 20th Anniversary Edition memory kit at ROG Day 2026, which will retail for $880.
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UK Ministry of Defence shortlists four firms to develop 'loyal wingmen' autonomous drones for British Army Apache helicopters.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Aaron Klotz) on (#75N5D)
Intel's latest Core Ultra 7 270K Plus 24-core CPU is $20 off on Amazon, bringing its price down to just $279.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Kunal Khullar) on (#75N2V)
While Google has not publicly announced the change, the company confirmed that it is testing a new approach designed to improve account security and data recovery.
by editors@tomshardware.com (Jowi Morales) on (#75N2W)
Pennsylvania residents blame Governor Josh Shapiro for the large number of data center projects in the state, despite his efforts to introduce policies that will balance development with the welfare of the people.
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President Donald Trump said on Friday that Beijing is refusing to let Chinese companies buy Nvidia's H200 AI chips.
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NordVPN has a huge sale right now that drops the cost of a two-year subscription to just $83, the equivalent of just $3.09 a month, with three extra months thrown in for free.
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Samsung Electronics has reportedly begun throttling semiconductor output by cutting new wafer input and placing lithography, etching, and cleaning equipment on standby.
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by brandon.hill@futurenet.com (Brandon Hill) on (#75MZZ)
The Archer BE770 impresses with wireless performance, but stumbles with LAN port specs.
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Save $400 on a monster 18-inch gaming laptop with RTX 5070 Ti. Acer's Predator Helios Neo 18 AI falls to just $1799.
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by brandon.hill@futurenet.com (Brandon Hill) on (#75MX4)
Asus is aiming at hardcore gamers with the ROG Xreal R1 glasses.
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Anthropic has leased xAI's entire 220,000-GPU Colossus 1 supercluster from SpaceX to ease Claude's growing compute bottlenecks, in a deal that may reveal far bigger ambitions around AI infrastructure, orbital data centers, and Musk's IPO strategy.
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A member of a crime syndicate that tried to smuggle cocaine hidden inside printers has been sentenced to nine years behind bars.
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Reddit users report that the AMD Adrenalin 26.5.1 graphics driver causes the Zero RPM feature to malfunction when the monitor goes to sleep or when turned off.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Aaron Klotz) on (#75MC1)
Microsoft has finally confirmed that Windows Update downgrades GPU drivers in certain circumstances. A partial fix is coming later this year to reduce the chances of driver downgrades occurring on newer devices.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Bruno Ferreira) on (#75M96)
After a source code leak last year that allowed the community to unofficially enable FSR 4 on Radeon RX 7000- and 6000-series cards, AMD is officially bringing this formerly RX 9000-series-exclusive feature to older Radeons in the coming months.
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Save 50% off this $59 Hoto Electric Screwdriver with 25 included bits. Limited-time Amazon countdown sale drops the price to just $29.
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Turtle Beach's second-generation Stealth Pro II headset is the first headset that lets you connect to multiple devices over 2.4GHz wireless with USB-A dongles instead of wires. If you want a headset that can connect to everything, no matter where it is, this is the most versatile headset we've seen.
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Intel has announced a multi-year strategic partnership with F1's legendary McLaren Racing team. AMD has been Mercedes-AMG's partner for six years.
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The Alienware 15 Gaming Laptop uses last-gen Intel, AMD, and Nvidia components to bring the brand to a wider audience and replace Dell's former G-Series notebooks.
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A tech enthusiast has combined an Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 (8GB) with defective memory and an AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT (16GB) with a damaged GPU to make a working RTX 3070 with 16GB of VRAM.
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by ashilov@gmail.com (Anton Shilov) on (#75M1B)
All three leading foundries have now entered the 2nm era, but their paths from now on diverge sharply: TSMC bets on predictability, Intel wagers on aggressive architectural shifts, and Samsung's primary focus is on improving yields.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Jowi Morales) on (#75M1C)
A new survey revealed that 7 out of 10 Americans are against data center developers building projects within the vicinity of their homes. This is a massive increase from the late 2025 survey which showed that 47% of people are against AI data centers near their homes.
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An RTX 5060 Ti-powered gaming rig for only $1149 from Lenovo. The Legion Tower 5i is discounted by $410 in today's limited-time Woot sale.
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AMD reaches 46% of server x86 CPU revenue — Intel still controls 70% of the consumer PC market share
by ashilov@gmail.com (Anton Shilov) on (#75M1E)
AMD now commands 38.1% of total x86 CPU revenue share, skyrockets past 46.2% x86 server CPU market share, according to Mercury Research.
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