by editors@tomshardware.com (Jowi Morales) on (#74N50)
Local chip makers take 41% of the Chinese AI semiconductor market, while Nvidia's market share falls to 55% - down from the company's claimed high of 95%.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Kunal Khullar) on (#74N51)
The Ryzen 5 7600X3D delivers X3D-level gaming performance at a significantly lower cost than higher-end models
by editors@tomshardware.com (Hassam Nasir) on (#74N52)
The Nvidia App can now automatically recompile shaders for you in the background after every GPU driver update. This should save gamers several minutes across different titles, especially blockbuster ones, where shader compilation can often delay your session. You still need to compile shaders for the first time after a new install, however.
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Conventional DRAM contract prices will rise 58% to 63% quarter-over-quarter in Q2 2026, while NAND Flash contract prices will jump 70% to 75% QoQ.
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by ashilov@gmail.com (Anton Shilov) on (#74N25)
Arm appears to be eligible to sell its 136-core Neoverse V3-based AGI processor to customers in China.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Jowi Morales) on (#74N26)
PC manufacturers are facing surging costs from various suppliers. Price hikes affect everything from chips and processors to packaging and plastics.
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The Gigabyte X870E Aorus Xtreme AI Top delivers strong performance, premium features, and a slick appearance, but high pricing and newer refresh boards, like the X3D version, make it a tough sell unless you snag a refurb deal.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Kunal Khullar) on (#74MZJ)
The latest Windows 11 emergency update tackles widespread install errors and replaces the problematic KB5079391 rollout.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Jowi Morales) on (#74MZK)
Oracle reportedly cut over 10,000 positions based on reports from various employees. The move comes after the company has spent billions of dollars on AI infrastructure, with some saying that it will be in the red until 2030 after all this spending.
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Bag 64GB of DDR5-6400 RAM, a 2TB Samsung 9100 Pro SSD, X870 motherboard, and Corsair Frame PC Case
by editors@tomshardware.com (Jowi Morales) on (#74MXH)
Jonathan Spalletta is charged with computer fraud and money laundering for stealing more than $53.3 million worth of cryptocurrency from Uranium Finance, resulting in its shut down.
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Redditor bought a sealed retail box featuring 'Nvidia Vision 2' 3D glasses for just $2.99.
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Apple is 50 years old. The company, famous for its iPhones and AirPods, is built on a foundation of hobbyist computing.
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Save 25% on this Corsair Vengeance 32GB DDR5-6000 RAM, on sale at Woot for a limited-time only.
by editors@tomshardware.com (Bruno Ferreira) on (#74MVN)
New research from Google suggests that future quantum computers will develop quickly enough to pose a risk to elliptic-curve cryptography, used in cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, as soon as 2029, and its researchers say action should be taken now to prepare.
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The arrival of Nvidia's DLSS 4.5 Dynamic Multi Frame Generation mode and its extended 5X and 6X multipliers promises more control and higher generated frame rates for GeForce RTX 50-series graphics cards. We went hands-on to see just how far AI can stretch one input frame.
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Nvidia announced today that it has invested $2 billion in Marvell Technology and entered a partnership connecting Marvell to Nvidia's AI factory and AI-RAN ecosystem through NVLink Fusion.
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by stephen.warwick@futurenet.com (Stephen Warwick) on (#74MAH)
Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has issued a direct strike threat to a slew of U.S. tech companies including GPU giant Nvidia, Microsoft, Apple, Google, Meta, IBM, Cisco, and Tesla.
by editors@tomshardware.com (Aaron Klotz) on (#74MAJ)
Nvidia's DLSS 4.5 Dynamic Multi Frame Generation and its extended 5X and 6X multipliers are now available in beta for RTX 50-series owners.
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We take a look at Noctua's current lineup of releases through Q2 2026, in addition to what products we might expect from them in the future, including the impressive Thermosiphon cooler.
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Fujitsu plans to develop an NPU fabricated on an advanced 1.4nm process by Rapidus, designed for AI inference in servers and related systems.
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Geekbench has taken a closer look at Intel's Binary Optimization Tool and found that it can automatically vectorize a large number of instructions.
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The Tryx Stage 360 ARGB features good thermals, quiet operation, and a unique, eye-catching display. We tested it with AMD's Ryzen 9 9950X3D CPU.
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by ashilov@gmail.com (Anton Shilov) on (#74MAQ)
After nearly four decades in production, Kioxia is set to discontinue its final 2D NAND devices by late 2028.
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Starlink posted an update on satellite 34343, which it lost communications with on Sunday after a debrisgeneration incident.
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An attacker compromised the npm account of a lead Axios maintainer on March 30, and used it to publish two malicious versions of the widely used JavaScript HTTP client library.
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Get this MSI 27-inch 4K QD-OLED monitor for just $399.99. Enjoy vibrant colors, true blacks, a 240Hz refresh rate, and ultra-fast response time -perfect for gaming and productivity, and an all-time low price
by editors@tomshardware.com (Jowi Morales) on (#74M2C)
Research firm Omdia says that the PC market grew by 3% in in the last quarter of 2025 due to holiday sales and the Windows 10 EOL. Unfortunately, 2026 is expected to be a rough year with an expected 13% contraction in sales due to the chip shortages.
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You can grab 32GB of fast DDR5-6400 Corsair Pro Overclocking RAM for just $309.99 right now. That's a massive $140 discount on its (current) list price that makes it the cheapest set of 32GB DDR5 RAM that you can buy right now in a market left in ruins by the AI boom.
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It's World Backup Day! Have you considered how your data is protected and stored?
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Hassam Nasir) on (#74M0C)
An enthusiast has managed to get Intel's non-consumer Bartlett Lake CPU running on a regular Z790 motherboard, thanks to AI. Claude modded the original BIOS of the board to detect a Core 9 273QPE and boot with it, but the setup hasn't gotten past the POST screen yet, and the modder is currently facing various error codes.
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A maker with a love for synthesizers and retro gaming has showcased their latest project, the NES-SY2.0.
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It's time to celebrate World Backup Day 2026 with these huge promotional deals on storage, from discounted hard drives to SSD cloners, flash drives, and more.
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Take your files on-the-go with this classic-looking SSD enclosure from Hagibis in celeberation of World Backup Day. Just $27.99 nets you this USB-C 3.2 Gen 2 M.2 NVMe SSD enclosure, shaped like an old floppy disk.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Bruno Ferreira) on (#74M0G)
Bitcoin miners are pivoting to AI infrastructure amidst the conflict in Iran. The BTC network has seen its first quarterly hashrate drop in nearly six years.
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GameStop is selling the PlayStation 5 Slim Digital Edition for $399.99, $100 below its MSRP.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Aaron Klotz) on (#74KP9)
Several Venice Zen 6 engineering samples were discovered on OpenBenchmark.org, featuring core counts of up to 192 cores.
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Ireland's High Court granted Sky a Norwich Pharmacal order compelling Revolut Bank UAB to hand over the names, addresses, and banking details of 304 subscribers
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Bruno Ferreira) on (#74KED)
One of the three landmark cases involving the theft of trade secrets from TSMC has run through investigative and court proceedings, and a verdict is scheduled for April 27.
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by ashilov@gmail.com (Anton Shilov) on (#74KEE)
Elon Musk's TeraFab has been announced, and the first employees are now being hired. But can this venture scale to all of its terawatt glory? Or will it just help Tesla, SpaceX, and xAI land additional chips they cannot get from regular partners?
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Hassam Nasir) on (#74KBV)
Another month, another broken Windows update - what's new? Well, this update was supposed to bring "production-quality" improvements, which means it's part of Microsoft's efforts to fix its AI enshittification. Ironically, the update won't even install for most users and has since been pulled with no workaround ready so far.
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Senior Chinese semiconductor executives said AI-driven demand is creating bottlenecks across equipment, passive components, and workforce capacity.
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by stldenise@gmail.com (Denise Bertacchi) on (#74K95)
Bambu Lab struck a deal with toymaker Pop Mart over the intellectual property dispute of Labubu fan art on its file-sharing site MakerWorld.
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Asus' new ROG Strix Morph 96 Wireless keyboard is a well-built wireless mechanical gaming keyboard with great battery life and a compact 96-percent layout. It feels and sounds great and it doesn't rely on Asus' Armoury Crate, and it retails for just $140. But you can get its pricier older sibling for less, right now.
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For a limited time, the Lenovo ThinkPad X1 2-in-1 Gen 10 Intel (14") Aura Edition is available for $1,593.05 after discounts and coupons.
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Dell delivers a reference display with the UltraSharp U3226Q. It's a 32-inch QD-OLED panel with 4K, 120 Hz, Adaptive-Sync, HDR10, HLG, Dolby Vision, DisplayHDR True Black 500, industry-standard color modes and a built-in calibrator.
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A developer has demonstrated an open-world engine in a Nintendo 64 game, which offers a 'seamless, massive world with zero loading screens' on original hardware.
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32GB of Corsair Vengeance DDR5-6400 RAM bundled with Intel's new 270K-Plus CPU and Asus' ROG Strix Z890-E motherboard for less than $800.
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A coupon code over at HP's website is knocking over $1,500 off the price of this Omen Max gaming PC, fitted with an RTX 5090, 32GB RAM, and an eight-core AMD CPU, all for just $3,510.49.
by editors@tomshardware.com (Hassam Nasir) on (#74K60)
A pre-release build of GTA IV has been discovered on an Xbox 360 devkit dating back to 2007, just a few months before the game's official release next year. The build includes various unused assets that were altered or removed for the final release, such as the iconic ferry system. People have even found zombie models for a mini game, alongside NPCs, vehicles, and much more.