by editors@tomshardware.com (Jowi Morales) on (#79NJJ)
The ITI is lobbying against the ban of these optical transceivers needed by data centers to convert electrical signals into optical signals.
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by Jake Roach on (#79NJK)
Nvidia and Arm have new agentic CPUs," a title that high-ranking AMD employees are pushing back against with the launch of Zen 6 EPYC Venice CPUs.
by Jake Roach on (#79NJM)
AMD has pulled back the curtain on its Zen 6 microarchitecture. We deep-dive into the differences between Zen 5 and 6, as well as detail our first benchmarks of AMD's Venice CPUs.
by editors@tomshardware.com (Jowi Morales) on (#79NJN)
Alice Huang is reportedly connected to a web of Chinese companies, which then leveraged her closeness to Jensen Huang to gain access to billions of dollars' worth of Nvidia GPUs.
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by stephen.warwick@futurenet.com (Stephen Warwick) on (#79NFB)
Popular desk and chair maker Secretlab has released a new monitor light bar.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Bruno Ferreira) on (#79NCK)
Frontier Model Forum releases its Jailbreak Rating Framework to estimate how easy it is for models to escape their cages and how much damage they can do.
by Jeffrey Kampman on (#79NA6)
But if you're thinking about dropping over $10K for the purpose of building a local AI inference setup, is a Mac Studio right for you?
by Shane Downing on (#79NA7)
Tesla and SpaceX's Terafab reportedly plans 1 million wafers per month after 2032, with about 700,000 for memory.
by editors@tomshardware.com (Bruno Ferreira) on (#79NA8)
Linus Torvalds thinks that AI fixes drove most of the progress in Linux kernel 7.4rc2 - BPF saw more AI-written fixes than bug reports, possibly indicating a tidal shift
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Jowi Morales) on (#79NA9)
The FBI is probably concerned about the implication of a Chinese agent having influence over the leader of the U.S.'s leading AI chip manufacturer.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Jhet Borja) on (#79NAA)
Many cheap company ThinkPads come with supervisor passwords and often end up as e-waste. Ukrainian YouTuber Hileeq shows how easy it is to bypass the password with a $10 programmer.
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by Mark Tyson on (#79NAB)
A software engineer demonstrated the ability to Rickroll a 3D printer via remote code execution (RCE). This security flaw has been fixed in the latest Prusa software.
by Ben Stockton on (#79NAC)
With GTA 6's digital pre-loads beginning on November 10, you'll need enough storage on your PS5 to match. Here are some of the top PS5 SSD options to help you.
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by Zak Killian on (#79NAD)
Valve is adding a new feature to the Steam store that tracks performance data and then displays it anonymously to users who match the hardware.
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by Ben Stockton on (#79N80)
This Newegg bundle brings together the AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D, 32GB of DDR5-6000 RAM, a Gigabyte X870 Aorus Elite Wi-Fi 7 motherboard, and a free ATX case for $1,090.98.
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by Matt Safford on (#79N81)
Seagate takes on high SSD storage prices with the Firecuda Force, a 8TB or 20TB hard drive that requires you to bring your own M.2 2280 SSD (ideally 1TB, with DRAM). It's a throwback to the days of hybrid drives, and the experience is pretty seamless once you install your SSD. But if you don't already own an SSD that you can drop in, it's still quite expensive.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Bruno Ferreira) on (#79N82)
Any net-connected vehicle from two automakers could be remotely opened and started - now-patched failures with API backend security showcase a lack of 101-level best practices
by Shane Downing on (#79N83)
Radio amateurs in Oslo spoke a command to ESA's OPS-SAT PRETTY satellite, which recognized it on board and launched Doom.
by editors@tomshardware.com (Bruno Ferreira) on (#79N0Y)
Class-action lawsuit and legal investigations against Nvidia over securities fraud start flying
by Mark Tyson on (#79MSW)
A former employee of The Ethereum Foundation is suing the nonprofit after being fired for refusing to sign its 'Source Seppuku License.'
by Shane Downing on (#79MQ0)
Nvidia may cap cloud partners' Chinese business at 49% as Chinese firms buy up more than 1 million gaming and workstation GPUs.
by stephen.warwick@futurenet.com (Stephen Warwick) on (#79MM9)
Jensen Huang has been summoned to appear before Congress's Select Committee on the CCP.
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by Mark Tyson on (#79MMA)
DEEPX demonstrated its DX-M1 processor's cool running capabilities in a bizarre dairy-based thermal benchmark.
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by Charles Jefferies on (#79MHX)
The Acer Predator Helios Neo 16S AI pairs strong gaming performance, a 240 Hz OLED display, and good upgradeability but compromises the package with relatively short battery life.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Jhet Borja) on (#79MHY)
The 12V-2x6 connector nearly took out two RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Workstation GPUs; luckily, the owner spotted the damaged cables before they melted the GPU connectors.
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by Newton Gitonga on (#79MHZ)
Anthropic has committed $3.4 billion to secure 1.7GW of gas-fired generators from OnePWR Solutions, taking over existing Caterpillar orders as lengthy equipment lead times push AI companies to build their own power infrastructure
by editors@tomshardware.com (Kunal Khullar) on (#79MJ0)
Reballed memory currently accounts for a small share of smartphone components, but adoption could nearly double by 2027 as manufacturers look for alternatives to increasingly expensive DRAM.
by Shane Downing on (#79MJ1)
A lawyer runs DeepSeek V4.1 Flash on eight used 2018-era Nvidia V100 GPUs at up to 215 tokens/s, keeping case files in the office.
by Newton Gitonga on (#79MJ2)
Envision has delivered the first 120MW of its Galaxy AI datacenter in less than a year, combining wind farms, battery storage and an unconventional cooling system to cut costs and keep power-hungry servers running
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by Mark Tyson on (#79MFZ)
A new GitHub repository dubbed ram-altman features a script to monitor your PC's RAM usage and report back to the eponymous OpenAI boss.
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by ashilov@gmail.com (Anton Shilov) on (#79MG0)
Huawei's 'entirely Chinese' desktop system does not use components made outside of China, yet they still rely on semiconductor supply chain that includes tools and materials from America, the Netherlands, and Japan.
by Ben Stockton on (#79MG1)
The AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D is down to an all-time low price of $399.95, with the 9850X3D down to $419.99.
by Newton Gitonga on (#79MG2)
Wearable neurotech companies have collected millions of hours of brainwave recordings to train AI models, raising questions about user consent, data privacy and who ultimately controls our neural data
by Newton Gitonga on (#79MG3)
AMD is investigating reports that its External Events Utility generates continuous SSD writes of up to 5MB/s, even when Radeon-powered PCs are idle. Users have also reported declining SSD health, while potential workarounds come with performance trade-offs
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by Ben Stockton on (#79MG4)
This ABS Flux II Aqua gaming PC deal unlocks 1440p and 4K gameplay for just $1,999.99. This pre-built comes with a 20-core Intel CPU, an Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070, a 1TB SSD, and 32GB of DDR5 RAM, saving you $300.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Bruno Ferreira) on (#79MG5)
LG WOLED TV panels made around 2019 to 2023 may be susceptible to edge rot - almost all of RTings' WOLED test units show clear signs of degradation
by editors@tomshardware.com (Jowi Morales) on (#79MDZ)
A hobbyist's effort to make DisplayLink work better on Linux is turning into a legal saga.
by Mark Tyson on (#79ME0)
A security researcher has revealed how they managed to update the time on their car infotainment system using reverse engineering techniques.
by editors@tomshardware.com (Bruno Ferreira) on (#79ME1)
Grab 32 GB of RAM for just $209.99 thanks to the G.Skill Ripjaws V DDR4-3200 kit
by ashilov@gmail.com (Anton Shilov) on (#79M63)
Nvidia's board of directors is investigating a report about Jensen Huang's alleged affair with a client, claims it is still confident in Jensen and leadership team.
by editors@tomshardware.com (Jowi Morales) on (#79KZ7)
This 200mm single-crystal diamond wafer is designed to efficiently remove heat and prevent hotspots from forming on AI processors.
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by Sarah Jacobsson Purewal on (#79KZ9)
Logitech's G502 X Lightspeed strips the G502 X Plus of its lighting, but retains the $160 price tag.
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by Mark Tyson on (#79KZ8)
The sensory overload in video game arcades in Japan was eerily absent from some venues this week.
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by Mark Tyson on (#79KZA)
Linux developers are preparing to make Intel's ancient MultiMedia eXtensions irrelevant, with the last MMX code now set to be removed from the kernel.
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by Newton Gitonga on (#79KZB)
Ukraine is developing a new class of combat robots designed to operate inside underground gas pipelines.
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by Mark Tyson on (#79KZC)
On this day in 2006, Nvidia released the legendary GeForce 8800 GTX graphics card and it is celebrating the event with a very demanding (but free) interactive Steam demo.
by Mark Tyson on (#79KXH)
A new open-source GitHub project called gputaskman has been released by Microsoft VP Scott Hanselman.
by editors@tomshardware.com (Jowi Morales) on (#79KXJ)
It's unclear which group entered the construction site first, but the action led to the arrest of 150 to 200 protesters.
Two Chinese companies cleared to buy banned Nvidia AI chips have empty offices and unknown addresses
by editors@tomshardware.com (Jowi Morales) on (#79KXK)
The offices for New Matrix and Maginfra, both approved to receive H200 chips, appear abandoned, and people in the buildings say they're unfamiliar with the companies or have never seen anyone working there.
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by Zhiye Liu on (#79KXM)
CPU-Z data reveals PC memory capacity is dropping for the first time ever. Driven by skyrocketing AI DRAM prices, 64GB RAM adoption plummeted 18% YoY.
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