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by editors@tomshardware.com (Jowi Morales) on (#72DY0)
Some Japanese computer stores are limiting GPU purchases because of supply uncertainty, especially for models with 16GB of VRAM and up.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Hassam Nasir) on (#72DY1)
MSI has put its Vector 16 gaming laptop on sale for just $1,299 at Walmart, offering a 35% discount for a beastly hardware combo. You get a Ryzen 9 8940HX, an RTX 5070 Ti, 16 GB of RAM, and a 1 TB SSD, all backed up with a 90Wh battery. As far as RTX 5070 Ti laptops go, it has never gotten any cheaper.
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Mirari, a Micro-ATX mainboard designed to "breathe new life into the next-gen Amiga platform," is set to launch mid-2026.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Hassam Nasir) on (#72DW5)
We might be looking at literally the most cooked RTX 5090 yet, with a burnt power connector that has melted into itself, despite using a native 12V-2x6 cable on an ATX 3.1 certified PSU. The person smelled fire, saw it, and lived to tell the tale, all on Christmas eve.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Jowi Morales) on (#72DJP)
The five-year-old Ryzen 7 5800X and its 2024 refresh, the 5800XT, are among the best-selling CPUs this holiday season despite being two generations behind Zen 5.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Kunal Khullar) on (#72DGS)
The Seagate Expansion 22TB external HDD delivers huge storage capacity at a steep discount, making it a compelling choice for users who need dependable, plug-and-play mass storage.
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Asus has directly shut down a spurious rumor claiming it would enter the memory market within the next six months.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Hassam Nasir) on (#72DEX)
AMD is preparing a new flagship gaming chip, the Ryzen 9 9950X3D2, which is said to have 192MB of L3 cache thanks to its dual-cache design that will add 3D V-Cache across both CCDs. The CPU originally leaked months ago, but it has finally appeared on benchmarking databases PassMark and Geekbench, with amicable scores to boot.
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Christmas might be over with, but it's time to secure yourself a Boxing Day tech deal. We've put together a list of the best discounts from retailers including Amazon, Currys, Argos, Very, and more.
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Nvidia has reorganized its cloud computing group, further scaling back its ambitions to operate a public cloud service that would directly compete with Amazon Web Services.
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Buy this combo deal and get a flagship-class X870E Taichi motherboard, 32GB of V-Color XFinity+ DDR5-6000 RAM, and a free CPU heatsink for $529.99.
by editors@tomshardware.com (Kunal Khullar) on (#72DF1)
LG is expanding its gaming monitor portfolio with the launch of UltraGear evo, a premium sub-brand that brings a 5K Mini LED monitor with 2,304 dimming zones, a curved 5K2K OLED ultrawide, and the world's largest 5K2K gaming display
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According to a special report by the New York Times, the U.S. government is concerned about how China sits at the center of that ecosystem, controlling large portions of battery manufacturing and processing.
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by ashilov@gmail.com (Anton Shilov) on (#72DF3)
Intel Foundry has released a video of a multi-chiplet 2.5D/3D processor with a 10,296 mm^2 silicon footprint, including leading-edge technologies such as 14A and 18A.
by editors@tomshardware.com (Jowi Morales) on (#72DDK)
Take-Two takes down the online demo of GTA: Vice City found on DOS Zone - says it violates its copyright.
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Samsung brings maximum performance to one of its most colorful monitors with the Odyssey OLED G6 S27FG60. It's a 27-inch QD-OLED with 500 Hz, Adaptive-Sync, HDR True Black 500, HDR10, HDR10+ and wide gamut color.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Jowi Morales) on (#72DCA)
Elon Musk claimed on X that xAI will have more computing power than everyone else combined in less than five years.
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Swiss scientists have demonstrated the use of dead lobster tails as robotic appendages.
by editors@tomshardware.com (Hassam Nasir) on (#72DCC)
In what could only be described as an extremely timely Christmas miracle, a Redditor has received two full boxes of expensive, flagship SSDs worth $5,100, even though they paid for just two. A tale of Amazon's packaging error turned into relief amidst the ongoing component crisis.
by editors@tomshardware.com (Hassam Nasir) on (#72D3Y)
Google is finally adding a much-awaited feature to Gmail, allowing to change your old @gmail addresses without needing to create a new account. After switching to a new Gmail, you'll receive emails on both addresses, and all your existing data will remain intact.
by editors@tomshardware.com (Jowi Morales) on (#72D2B)
Framework is increasing the prices of its memory modules in response to market pricing once more. Also encourages its buyers to look for better deal elsewhere as the memory market crunch bites into the PC building industry.
by editors@tomshardware.com (Jowi Morales) on (#72D1N)
A Texas energy startup proposes repurposing retired U.S. Navy nuclear reactors for use in AI data centers.
by editors@tomshardware.com (Kunal Khullar) on (#72D1P)
As memory prices remain stubbornly high, this $999 iBuyPower Slate gaming PC delivers a well-rounded AMD configuration.
by editors@tomshardware.com (Hassam Nasir) on (#72D1Q)
Groq, a rival to Nvidia in the AI chip race, has entered into a non-exclusive agreement with the Green Team, with a deal valued at $20 billion, roughly $13 billion more than Groq's last evaluation. Nvidia will also hire the firm's founder and CEO, along with its President, as part of the biggest purchase it's ever made.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Aaron Klotz) on (#72D1R)
Arch Linux is one of the first Linux distros to officially axe Pascal GPU support after Nvidia cancelled support in July. Arch is now using the 590 Nvidia Linux driver as its default Nvidia driver, which lacks Pascal support.
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Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite's latest Linux benchmarks show significant regressions
by editors@tomshardware.com (Hassam Nasir) on (#72D1T)
What are you willing to do to get your hands on DDR5 memory these days? Whatever it is, it probably doesn't match the lengths these Russian modders are reaching by trying to build their own RAM. You can actually follow along with your own parts, along with a bit of time to solder the memory ICs to the PCB.
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The adjustment comes as China's largest foundry runs near full utilization and faces sustained demand from domestic customers building inventories of memory and logic chips.
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Starlink satellite 35956 suffered from a serious anomaly on December 17. It has been pictured largely intact, tumbling in space, but it will be weeks before it burns up in the Earth's atmosphere.
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StorageReview takes the Pi crown again with 314 trillion digits calculated
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An innovative power supply that relocates modular connectors to the chassis side for superior cable management, delivering Cybenetics Platinum efficiency under a Gold-level marketing badge for builders willing to verify case compatibility.
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TSMC has shared a super-cool digital greetings card with a retro-nostalgic 8-bit style gaming animation.
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This impressive Asus ROG gaming monitor, with a 4K resolution and HDR support, along with a decent 160Hz refresh rate, is back at its lowest ever price on Amazon for just $299.
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Taiwan's iPass has released a new custom payment card that looks just like a Floppy Disk.
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Chinese manufacturer Onda launches the Z790PRO WiFi B4 motherboard with a sub-$100 price tag.
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AMD prepares EXPO 1.2 revision that could bring CUDIMM support to next-generation Ryzen processors.
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Here's a project for makers who suspect that they have a Christmas present peeker in their home.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Jowi Morales) on (#72CRZ)
Newegg is offering a massive discount when you purchase this motherboard, processor, and memory bundle.
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SK hynix is expanding its U.S. presence with a new office in the Seattle metropolitan area, placing the world's leading HBM supplier within minutes of Nvidia, Amazon, and Microsoft.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Jowi Morales) on (#72CNV)
Researchers from Northeastern University discovered that PEDOT:PSS, which is typically used in medical research, breaks down into harmful microplastics.
by editors@tomshardware.com (Kunal Khullar) on (#72CNW)
The new BitLocker implementation offloads encryption and decryption to dedicated crypto engines on supported SoCs, delivering faster storage performance and reduced CPU usage.
by editors@tomshardware.com (Jowi Morales) on (#72CNX)
A study revealed that games like Super Mario Bros. and Yoshi can bring back good childhood memories.
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ROG Swift 4K 240 Hz display with a QD-OLED panel and BlackShield coating breaks cover
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Hassam Nasir) on (#72CMC)
OLED screens, while the pinnacle of display tech today, still aren't perfect, and one area where OLED monitors in specific have struggled is text clarity. Either due to the unorthodox subpixel layout of these panels or the addition of a white subpixel, fringing around text has been a persistent issue, but LG has seemingly solved both at one go.
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by ashilov@gmail.com (Anton Shilov) on (#72CJ7)
A reported attempt by a covert Chinese lab to reverse-engineer an EUV lithography scanner underscores that, despite access to scattered components, replicating ASML's EUV tools is effectively impossible without recreating the company's entire global supply chain, optics ecosystem, and proprietary software built over decades.
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HP delivers reference-quality color and speedy gameplay with the Omen 27qs G2. It's a 27-inch QHD IPS panel with 280 Hz, Adaptive-Sync, MPRT, HDR400 and wide gamut color. It also brings superb video processing for super smooth motion.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Jowi Morales) on (#72CJ9)
Samsung has delayed the end of its DDR4 production line due to increased demand, and is expected to earmark output for a client signing an NCNR contract with the company.
by editors@tomshardware.com (Hassam Nasir) on (#72CGD)
Someone in the UK has just pulled off a heist - only, that it was completely legal and at a Costco. A prebuilt PC worth $4,863 was bought for just $2,431, featuring flagship parts all around like an RTX 5090, a Ryzen 7 9800X3D and 64 GB of DDR5 6000 MT/s RAM that costs at least $700 just on its own.
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Enjoy the 2025 holiday poem from the editors of Tom's Hardware.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Jowi Morales) on (#72CGF)
Samsung announced new 27-inch and 32-inch displays for gamers featuring refresh rates from 165 Hz to 1,040 Hz.
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