 |
on (#77VDZ)
Keychron's C2 Pro full-size wired mechanical keyboard hits an all time low of $29.99 at W00t with code KEYCHRON ($24.99 if you're new to Woot) - QMK programmability, pre-lubed switches, make this a great find while the deal lasts
|
Latest from Tom's Hardware
| Link | https://www.tomshardware.com/feeds.xml |
| Feed | https://www.tomshardware.com/feeds/all |
| Updated | 2026-08-21 22:15 |
 |
on (#77VE0)
Corsair launches a back-to-school promotion offering $75 off qualifying purchases of $350 or more in the U.S.
|
by editors@tomshardware.com (Jowi Morales) on (#77VE1)
The SanDisk Optimus GX C50 expansion cards for the Xbox Series X|S are now available on Amazon starting at $249.99 for the 1TB variant. While gamers can use external drives to copy and backup games from the Xbox consoles, they need expansion cards like these from SanDisk or Seagate if they want to install more games.
 |
on (#77VB4)
Florida's lawsuit against OpenAI and Sam Altman has now been sitting before U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon in Fort Pierce for seven weeks.
|
by editors@tomshardware.com (Jowi Morales) on (#77VB5)
A volunteer for Anna's Archive is calling for volunteers to scan and upload books to the shadow library to help preserve human knowledge for the public. The move comes as more AI companies buy, scan, and destroy books to feed to AI models, which is easier and faster than scanning the written works in a non-destructive manner.
 |
by editors@tomshardware.com (Denise Bertacchi) on (#77VB6)
The Elegoo Centauri 2 Combo is an excellent four-color printer, but is it worth the savings without an enclosure?
|
 |
on (#77VB7)
The continued industry advancements give us several new picks for our annual Tom's Hardware Innovation Awards: a set of products that set or expand the standard for others.
|
by ashilov@gmail.com (Anton Shilov) on (#77V8G)
LG rolls-out laser direct imaging lithography machine for chip packaging and high-density PCBs.
 |
by sayem.ahmed@futurenet.com (Sayem Ahmed) on (#77V8H)
For a limited time, you'll be able to read all of our latest reports from Hot Chips 2026 with a Tom's Hardware account, no payment required.
|
by editors@tomshardware.com (Hassam Nasir) on (#77V8J)
OLED displays have long been manufacturer using a metal mask for deposition that wastes material, is expensive, and can sag under its own weight. LG Display's FLiPP solves this by using photolithography instead, relying on photomasks and photoresist layers to lock in the RGB subpixels.
by editors@tomshardware.com (Jowi Morales) on (#77V8K)
An independent investigation on Supermicro clears senior management from any wrong-doing and also says that its financial statements were still reliable, despite the alleged diversion of its restricted products. Nevertheless, some of its employees from sales, technical support, and business development departments were fired for failing to 'follow Company policies or the Company's code of conduct.'
 |
by editors@tomshardware.com (Aaron Klotz) on (#77V8M)
CPU-Z V3 introduces an overhauled validation system with over 100 detection points, and a new advanced validation feature that will check PC health with a stress test.
|
 |
by ashilov@gmail.com (Anton Shilov) on (#77V8N)
Micron's Research Labs to bring together the company's own research with research by customers, partners, universities, startups, and government organizations to develop pre-competitive IP for next-generation memory technologies.
|
 |
on (#77V8P)
Most of each company's U.S.-licensed allowance, understood to be up to 100,000 units apiece, must stay outside the mainland.
|
 |
on (#77V8Q)
Nvidia has rejected a report published by The Information that it plans to begin small-batch shipments of an LPU tailored for Chinese customers by the end of 2026.
|
 |
on (#77V6C)
Sandisk has announced the NAS 600 SATA and NAS 800 NVMe SSD lineups that target NAS environments.
|
 |
on (#77V6D)
Slovakia sought to modernize its traffic control systems by acquiring a batch of 279 new speed cameras, but they have Russian backdoors and multiple other security issues.
|
 |
on (#77V6E)
A 30TB TLC enterprise SSD now costs $22,600, 6.5 times higher the $3,460 it fetched around this time last year.
|
on (#77V6F)
Save a huge $900 on this touch screen gaming laptop combo, the Asus ROG Flow Z13, now just $2,099.99.
 |
on (#77V4B)
Bad bots account for 91% of the traffic reaching one retailer's DDR5 memory product pages, roughly 10 automated requests for every legitimate visit.
|
 |
on (#77TKG)
The Cooler Master V Platinum 3000 is a 3000W, 230V-only workstation supply built by CWT, carrying four native 12V-2x6 connectors, verified Platinum efficiency, and a twelve-year warranty.
|
on (#77TKH)
If you need a solid compact wireless gaming or productivy keyboard and you don't have a lot to spend, Keychron's K8 87-key option is down to its lowest price of just $34.99 (or $5 less if you're a new Woot customer).
by editors@tomshardware.com (Jowi Morales) on (#77TKJ)
Ypsilanti Township is blocking a University of Michigan data center designed for researching nuclear weapons by temporarily stopping the electrical substation it needs to operate. It also put a one-year moratorium on the data center's water connection request earlier this year/
 |
by ashilov@gmail.com (Anton Shilov) on (#77TKK)
Former Samsung engineers stole process recipe of the company's 18nm-class DRAM node to sell it to CXMT, according to a new report from Korea.
|
 |
on (#77TGD)
The return of the XPS 13 is a triumph of (somewhat) affordable premium portable computing. It's no powerhouse in terms of performance, but it gets more than enough right to recommend for Windows users who have been looking over their shoulder at the MacBook Neo.
|
 |
by editors@tomshardware.com (Jowi Morales) on (#77TGE)
Cyberleek has leaked another in-game footage of GTA VI, with some social media users claiming that it an actual build of the title. This is the second leak coming from the hacker, who claimed that they will release more until Rockstar issues 'a public statement and apology with a concrete commitment to be better.'
|
 |
on (#77TGF)
Synopsys has published silicon results for what it calls the first 3D PCIe 6.0 test chip, a 5nm PHY built into a face-to-face stacked package.
|
by editors@tomshardware.com (Jowi Morales) on (#77TDQ)
Loudoun County recently changed its zoning policy which treated data centers as office parks. These projects now have to go through an approval process from the people and the local government, a significant change after more than 25 years of easy approvals.
 |
by ashilov@gmail.com (Anton Shilov) on (#77TDR)
SK hynix removes 10% operating profit cap for employee profit-sharing program; union agrees to get bonuses in cash and stock.
|
 |
by editors@tomshardware.com (Aaron Klotz) on (#77TDS)
Seasonic has introduced the world's first 80 Plus Ruby certified 115V ATX PSU, the Prime RX-1600. The new unit features an efficiency rating of up to 95% at 20% to 50% load.
|
on (#77TDT)
Newegg's AM5 combo bundles 32GB of Corsair Vengeance DDR5-6000 RAM with a Ryzen 7 9800X3D and Gigabyte X870E board for only $1,009.99. $249 savings puts the RAM at only $241
on (#77TBT)
We review the current state of high-performance supercomputing, interviewing experts, including the deputy head of high-performance computing at GWDG, to find out exactly where the current race stands.
 |
on (#77TBV)
SMIC posted its first $3 billion quarter earlier this month, with revenue up 36.1% year on year, net profit nearly tripling to $479.2 million.
|
on (#77TBW)
A 'grand piano style' Blu-ray drive and USB dock has got tech fans excited over on Kickstarter.
 |
on (#77TBX)
G.Skill has started sending payments to claimants regarding the $2.4 million lawsuit over inadequately marketed RAM speeds.
|
 |
on (#77TBY)
Microcontroller-based products, such as the PineTime smartwatch, PineVoice smart speaker, and Pinecil soldering iron, aren't affected.
|
 |
by stephen.warwick@futurenet.com (Stephen Warwick) on (#77TBZ)
Get $800 off this RTX 5090 gaming laptop with Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX, 32GB of RAM, and a 2TB SSD.
|
 |
by editors@tomshardware.com (Jowi Morales) on (#77TC0)
Judge Reed O'Connor of the Northern District of Texas said that the ATF ruling that putting part kits that can easily be turned into firearms in the same category as actual guns is unconstitutional. He also said that the vagueness of some parts of the rule violated the Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment.
|
 |
on (#77T9P)
YouTuber Kouzex has transplanted the internals of a pair of Joy-Con 2 controllers into two original Wii Remote shells, producing motion controllers that snap magnetically onto a Switch 2.
|
by stephen.warwick@futurenet.com (Stephen Warwick) on (#77T9Q)
A Texas woman has filmed the moment an Amazon Prime delivery drone dumped her package straight into her swimming pool.
 |
on (#77SR1)
Samsung raised prices on new orders across its 4nm, 5nm, and 8nm foundry processes in July, with increases reaching 15% for customers in China.
|
by editors@tomshardware.com (Jowi Morales) on (#77SR2)
Chinese tech giants are putting up data centers in rural Chinese provinces with zero resistance. The abundance of land and energy in these areas allowed infrastructure to easily be built with limited issues, although some experts still question how much development they can bring to these areas.
 |
on (#77SR3)
Qualcomm has issued an updated slide for its Snapdragon C power efficiency claims, removing two benchmarks from the results.
|
 |
on (#77SNG)
Thermal Grizzly offers the halo CPU with the pop topped for an egregious price, yet it almost makes sense on this chip.
|
 |
by editors@tomshardware.com (Jowi Morales) on (#77SNH)
Hacker Cyberleek leaked gameplay clips and the entire map of GTA VI in protest of Rockstar's decision to launch pre-orders of a digital game. They claim that pre-orders were created because physical discs could run out at retailers, meaning gamers will pay more to ensure they have a copy on launch day. But because digital copies cannot sell out, there is no need for a pre-order system.
|
 |
by ashilov@gmail.com (Anton Shilov) on (#77SKC)
To reduce reliance on China, Google plans to relocate production of Pixel smartphones, smartwatches, and headsets from China to India and Vietnam.
|
 |
by brandon.hill@futurenet.com (Brandon Hill) on (#77SKD)
To appease concerns about privacy, Wi-Fi Motion is opt-in
|
 |
on (#77SKE)
Divided across two countries and four campuses, Samsung's fab roadmap runs from the Korean bases at Pyeongtaek, Hwaseong, and Giheung to the new U.S. site at Taylor.
|
by editors@tomshardware.com (Jowi Morales) on (#77SKF)
Two indie brands join together in a viral ad campaign asking people to pee on computers. Taylor Swift's brother-in-law, Jason Kelce, who co-owns one of the brands, stars in this humorous ad where he pees in a bottle and carries it to a post office to send to his AI data center of choice.
 |
on (#77SKG)
An AI-themed bar in Beijing's Zhongguancun tech hub hands out free, unlimited DeepSeek tokens with its drinks, running inference locally on two Nvidia DGX Spark mini-PCs.
|