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by editors@tomshardware.com (Aaron Klotz) on (#72B9X)
The second iteration of Gigabyte's RTX 5070 Ti triple-fan Windforce graphics card comes with traditional thermal pads.
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Latest from Tom's Hardware
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| Updated | 2025-12-23 00:15 |
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on (#72B7G)
No group has claimed the attack yet, and thankfully, water is still flowing in Romania.
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on (#72B7H)
Chinese fabs are quietly extending the useful life and performance of older ASML deep ultraviolet lithography systems by upgrading key subsystems, as Beijing pushes to sustain advanced chip output.
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on (#72B7J)
Windows 11 users rave about lightning-quick SSD performance uplifts from the native NVMe driver from Windows Server 2025.
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on (#72B4M)
Priced at under $590 right now, Lenovo's Legion Go S handheld with an AMD APU and running SteamOS is the best value alternative to the Steam Deck right now.
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on (#72B4N)
An acoustically-optimized power supply that prioritizes silence and efficiency over premium components, delivering impressive thermal performance and modern connectivity at a competitive price point.
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on (#72B2F)
An engineering sample of an RTX 3080 Ti has surfaced in the secondhand market, according to a post on the Nvidia subreddit.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Hassam Nasir) on (#72B2G)
In the name of music preservation, pirate group Anna's Archive has scraped 300 TB of data from Spotify's library, representing around 37% of all songs but 99.9% of all listens. It's essentially everything on Spotify packaged into torrents to be distributed illegally, analogous to how the group has made books available for free.
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on (#72B09)
Unlucky Amazon shopper orders DDR5 memory but gets DDR4 in disguise
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on (#72B0A)
This 15.6-inch Acer Nitro gaming laptop features an RTX 5060 GPU, 16GB RAM, and a 1TB SSD, and all for just 899.99.
by editors@tomshardware.com (Hassam Nasir) on (#72B0B)
The dreams of an Atari Hotel are alive and kicking after the project was initially announced back in 2020 - the first venue is set for Phoenix, Arizona. The developers have returned with an update, and they're raising money to begin construction next year, lending you equity in the process if you choose to invest at least $500 in the project.
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on (#72B0C)
Shanghai Biren Technology has begun bookbuilding for a Hong Kong initial public offering aimed at raising as much ad US$624 million as Chinese AI chipmakers accelerate listings to fund expansion.
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on (#72AYE)
A 1.14 inch secondary display built around an ESP32, that receives video frames over Wi-Fi, and you could build your own for $10. Sounds like a fun weekend project
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on (#72AJA)
NIST has warned that several of its Internet Time Service servers could be providing inaccurate time following a failure of the primary atomic time scale at its Boulder, Colorado campus.
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on (#72AH4)
IMEC has successfully demonstrated the full wafer-scale fabrication of nanopores using ASML's state-of-the-art extreme ultraviolet (EUV) machines.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Jowi Morales) on (#72AH5)
The ABS Flux II Aqua Gaming PC is on sale for $999.99, slashing $400 off its regular price. This pre-built comes with an Intel Core i5-14400F, an RTX 5060, a 1TB SSD, and 32GB of RAM.
by editors@tomshardware.com (Hassam Nasir) on (#72AH6)
Ars Technica took four popular coding agents available today and asked them to make a Minesweeper clone, to see which one comes out on top. OpenAI's Codex produced the closest to a ready-to-shop version, while Mistral and Anthropic both performed respectably well. It was Google's Gemini that just completely gave up.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Jowi Morales) on (#72AFM)
Market research firm IDC released updated forecasts for the PC market, saying that it could contract by 8.9%, with prices jumping up to 8%, if the memory shortage continues.
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on (#72AFN)
The 2025 Microsoft Excel World Championships final in Las Vegas has been won by Irishman Diarmuid Early.
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by brandon.hill@futurenet.com (Brandon Hill) on (#72AED)
If you have a short attention span and money to blow, the RayNeo X3 Pro might be up your alley, as it's expensive and has short battery life.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Hassam Nasir) on (#72AEE)
The Switch 2's Game-Key Card controversy has a burning new development, and we might finally have a middleground between expensive 64 GB Game Cards and digital-only releases. Smaller capacity cartridges, such as 16 or 32 GB, are reportedly in production but industry-wide shortages might disrupt their adoption and make them more expensive.
on (#72AEF)
A massive, multi-year project to recover Sega Channel games from the mid 1990s has been a resounding success, with many exclusives saved.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Jowi Morales) on (#72AEG)
The Amazon CSO reported that the company has seen over 1,800 applicants that it suspects are North Koreans posing as Americans.
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on (#72ADG)
Pioneering search engine AltaVista opened its service to the public 30 years ago.
on (#72ADH)
Imagery of spools carrying 65km (~40.4 miles) of optical fiber, for FPV drone control, have been shared on Russian social media channels.
by editors@tomshardware.com (Hassam Nasir) on (#72ADJ)
Moore Threads has just revealed its next-gen GPU architecture coming in 2026, dubbed "Huagang," which will bring new gaming and AI GPUs. The "Lushan" gaming GPU is promising up to 15x increase in AAA gaming performance, while the "Huashan" AI GPU is gunning for a spot between Nvidia Hopper and Blackwell lineups.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Kunal Khullar) on (#72A3K)
The G502 Hero continues to attract gamers years after launch and at its current price, it delivers strong value for those looking for a customizable, well-built gaming mouse.
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on (#72A3M)
Valve has begun the final phase of its plan to end Steam support for 32-bit versions of Windows, with a December Steam client update that changes how the platform runs on modern systems.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Jowi Morales) on (#72A2E)
AMD's answer to Nvidia's DLSS 4 seemingly works on older hardware but is currently not officially supported.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Hassam Nasir) on (#72A2F)
After 18,000 hours of simulated use, RTINGS' longevity test reveals fascinating insights into the TVs that dominate our markets today. While OLED has clearly overcome its reliability woes to become the least vulnerable panel type, LCDs with local dimming are still competitive and fare better than their unified-backlight brethren.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Jowi Morales) on (#72A2G)
Valve announced on the Steam page that it's discontinuing the $399 LCD Steam Deck, saying that it's only available until stocks last.
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on (#72A0Y)
China has brought online a national experimental research network designed to support experimentation on future network designs and to improve data transmission quality.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Jowi Morales) on (#72A0Z)
The Windows Server 2025 registry tweak that activates native NVMe support can also be activated in Windows 11, but at your own risk.
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on (#72A10)
Learn the secrets of the USB PD specification as we delve into how the specification has changed in over a decade of revisions
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The Thermal Grizzly Der8enchtable with an active PCB improves the open-air test bench by adding USB, storage, and integrated fan controls for easier extreme overclocking and hardware reviewing.
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on (#72A11)
The Sega Dreamcast's ancient pack-in internet browser was killed by Google earlier this week.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Aaron Klotz) on (#729ZW)
MSI adds several auto overclocking features, including BLCK overclocking profiles and DDR5 sub-timing overclocking profiles that boost performance up to 15% on AMD's Ryzen 7 9800X3D.
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by ashilov@gmail.com (Anton Shilov) on (#729ZX)
AMD's Zen 6-based CPUs may be number crunching monsters, given their core design that is partially revealed in a performance counters document.
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on (#729ZY)
From gift cards to streaming services, these digital gifts can be purchased and delivered at any time, even on Christmas Day.
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On December 18, 2013, a cryptocurrency investor felt compelled to pen a message rallying his fellow shellshocked troops on the Bitcointalk forums. Thus, the 'HODL' strategy was born.
by editors@tomshardware.com (Kunal Khullar) on (#72A00)
The GTX 1660 Super remains a usable gaming GPU, making this $8.40 Goodwill purchase an exceptional value compared to typical secondhand prices.
by editors@tomshardware.com (Jowi Morales) on (#72A01)
DOS Zone launched an online, open-source version of GTA: Vice City, allowing you to play the classic game from practically any browser.
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on (#729YW)
NitroGen is 'an open-source foundation model trained to play 1000+ games.'
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on (#729JZ)
Samsung has announced its own SOCAMM2 LPDDR5-based memory module designed specifically for AI data center platforms, pitching it as as a way to bring the power efficiency and bandwidth advantages of LPDDR5X into servers.
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on (#729K0)
AI's appetite for high-bandwidth memory is reshaping the global DRAM and NAND market, diverting wafer capacity and advanced packaging away from consumer products and driving sharp price increases across markets.
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on (#729G2)
LG has clarified how Microsoft Copilot appears on its webOS smart TVs following recent coverage that described the feature as a non-removable app bundled into the operating system.
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on (#729G3)
Elegoo has slashed the prices on its 3D printers for the holidays, with up to 53% off.
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by ashilov@gmail.com (Anton Shilov) on (#729G4)
Taiwan's government is considering imposing N+2 export rule on TSMC's advanced process technologies, which would make it significantly harder for the foundry to develop overseas.
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by stldenise@gmail.com (Denise Bertacchi) on (#729D3)
Full STEP and Fusion CAD files for the CORE One+ and CORE One L are now available on Printables under the new OCL license.
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on (#729D4)
Save $119 when you pick up this Newegg motherboard and RAM bundle: Asus's X870E-H motherboard and G.Skill DDR5-6000 32GB RAM kit paired together to save you money.