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Updated 2025-11-27 11:30
Lenovo's Black Friday Deal Days sale is live — here are the best deals we've spotted so far
The sales have cometh!
Apple's MacBook Air M4 is now down to $799 — you're unlikely to find a better laptop deal within this price range
Apple's 13-inch MacBook Air with the M4 goes on sale for $799.99, saving 20% off the regular price.
Elon Musk’s SpaceX will reportedly receive $2 billion for Trump’s Golden Dome project — system to include up to 600 satellites to track fast-moving airborne targets
SpaceX will reportedly deliver 600 satellites for Trump's Golden Dome missile shield project.
American startup Substrate promises 2nm-class chipmaking with particle accelerators, at a tenth of the cost of EUV — X-ray lithography system has potential to surpass ASML's EUV scanners
A U.S. startup is developing a compact particle-accelerator-based X-ray lithography system that could surpass ASML's EUV scanners in resolution and cut wafer costs tenfold by the end of the decade, but its plan to build its own fabs rather than sell tools means it must reinvent the entire semiconductor production supply chain from the ground up.
AMD clarifies that RDNA 1 and 2 will still get day zero game support and driver updates — discrete GPUs and handhelds will still work with future games
AMD has backtracked on putting RDNA 1 and 2 into a maintenance mode that wouldn't include game optimizations, telling Tom's Hardware new features will be included based on "market needs."
Blackwell GPU's exclusion from high-level trade talks highlights deepening AI ecosystem rift between nations — China aims to build sovereign hardware and software systems without Nvidia
Under the newly announced trade ceasefire, China will delay its sweeping new export controls on rare earth elements, while the U.S. holds off on fresh tariffs. But Blackwell's exclusion from talks highlights the deepening rift between the two nations.
Korean fried chicken stocks surge 30% as Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang dines out on local delicacy — entire industry buoyed by secret ingredient, Jensanity
Korean fried chicken glows extra hot on the stock market after Jensen Huang was seen enjoying this spicy delicacy in Seoul.
Save $440 on the Lenovo Legion Pro 5i 16-inch 2.5K OLED gaming laptop with RTX 5070
Save $440 on Best Buy's Lenovo Legion Pro 5i (Gen 10) gaming laptop deal. RTX 5070 and slick 2.5K OLED screen for smooth gaming.
Nexperia conflict spills overseas as it halts exports to China — German automotive manufacturers slow production due to semiconductor shortages from Dutch chipmaker
The fallout of the Nexperia ownership scuffle between the Dutch government and Chinese business interests is spilling overseas, with German automotive parts suppliers slowly reducing production due to semiconductor shortages. Meanwhile, Nexperia's Dutch facilities have now blocked exports to its Chinese facilities.
Prusa launches two new 3D printers, open source filament tags, and printable silicone at private event
Prusa channels Steve Jobs for new launch.
HighPoint RocketAIC 7608AW Review: The Fast Gets Even Faster with 56 GB/s of throughput
The HighPoint RocketAIC 7608AW is a boundary-pusher when configured with 8x8TB Samsung 9100 Pro SSDs. It's super fast, but the consumer application is limited.
AMD decision to put RDNA 2 GPUs in maintenance mode could spell trouble for handheld gaming systems including ROG Xbox Ally — company backtracks on RX 7900 series USB-C functionality, but not on
AMD ended mainstream driver support for its RDNA 1 and 2 GPUs in a new update that sought to focus on the RX 7000 and 9000 series for day-one optimizations for new releases. This could mean trouble for handhelds that rely on tuning to achieve their full potential on Windows, and without AMD's driver to back them up, they might be left high and dry.
Mini PC maker Minisforum to hike prices on all models with SSDs and DRAM, cites 'significant increase in our overall costs' — barebones models not affected, suggesting change caused by memory ch
Minisforum is increasing the prices of its items that come with DDR5 memory and SSDs, although the cost of barebones products remains unchanged.
Windows insider creates Windows 7 install measuring just 69MB — system boots, but has been pruned so severely ‘virtually nothing can run’ for now
A bootable Windows 7 install that consumes a mere 69MB of disk space has been shared online. However, it isn't a very practical release, right now.
Bolt Graphics brings its RISC-V graphics cards to Ubuntu Summit — Zeus path tracing GPUs target film and animation industry
Bolt Graphics sent its Graphics Engineering Director to the Ubuntu Summit 25.10 to speak on the software behind its promising Zeus GPU lineup. Set to come in 2026, the Zeus GPU will be a RISC-V powered path-tracing giant, perfect for animators and VFX artists.
Colorful claims new BIOSes deliver 15% FPS boost in Battlefield 6 through extra-tight memory timings — fresh update also has a new "Moore" UI
Colorful's new BIOSes can get you a 15% FPS boost in BF6
Strix Halo Radeon 8060S iGPU benchmarked in games, delivers butter-smooth 1080p performance —AMD's AI-focused Ryzen AI Max 395+ APU also excels at gaming
YouTuber tests AMD's flagship Ryzen AI Max 395+ APU in several games, and is astonished at the chip's gaming chops. Integrated 8060S iGPU delivers solid 60 FPS 1080p gaming performance in almost all titles tested.
Taiwan increases penalty for damaging undersea cables amid increased suspected sabotage attempts — offenders face up to 7 years in prison and $325,000 in fines
It would also require vessels to have automatic identification systems and make the undersea infrastructure easier to find with published mapping data.
TP-Link routers face potential U.S. ban over alleged China-related national security concerns — company "vigorously disputes" Department of Commerce's findings
Already under intense scrutiny for alleged ties to China, TP-Link, a now-U.S.-based and operated company is on the verge of being banned. In a new proposal concocted by the Department of Commerce, and backed by the Department of Justice, Defense and Homeland Security, TP-Link routers might no longer be allowed to be sold in America.
Samsung unleashes high-speed P9 Express microSD Express cards for the Switch 2 at highly competitive prices — 256GB and 512GB available for $54 and $99
Samsung finally launches the P9 Express microSD Express cards, available in 256GB and 512GB options, for Nintendo's latest Switch 2 handheld gaming console.
Ex-Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger praises cutting-edge Nvidia chip production with TSMC on US soil, despite Intel missing out — hails manufacturing milestone of US-based supply chain
Intel's ex-CEO, Pat Gelsinger, has praised the news that Nvidia's latest graphics chips are now in full production on American soil. Highlighting how important the silicon supply chain is for national security, he said that he hopes this will allow Nvidia to go harder and faster in its future developments, too.
Intel opens pop-up stores across five cities featuring AI PCs from laptop manufacturers — we stopped by the NYC store, and one visitor in Munich found Panther Lake
Intel opens pop-up stores in New York City, London, Munich, Paris, and Seoul to show off some of its latest laptop tech.
LG's 32-inch, 4K OLED gaming monitor falls to $799 — dual-mode display is $500 off
Big and glossy, LG's 32-inch OLED UltraGear 32GX850A-B gaming monitor enjoys a $500 discount.
Police bust chip counterfeiting outfit in China, fakes may have made it into PC hardware — GPUs, motherboards, and power supplies potentially impacted by fake Infineon and TI power chips
Shenzhen authorities have dismantled a counterfeit chip operation that allegedly sold reclaimed and rebranded integrated circuits as premium imports from Infineon and others.
Asus' first-ever ROG AI gaming router costs as much as a mini PC and has the specs to match — device boasts quad-core CPU, 4GB of RAM, and 32GB of storage for $899
The Asus ROG Rapture GT-BE19000AI router integrates an NPU to make your network way smarter.
AMD confirms its Radeon RX 5000, 6000 series cards are not receiving new features — latest patch puts cards in 'maintenance mode,' also disables USB-C functionality on RX 7900 series
The latest AMD Radeon graphics driver skips older GPUs for feature updates and drops functionality from last-gen flagships.
$2,000 PC Build Spotlight: Rising Phoenix
The Rising Phoenix build is the first in a series of new builds at Tom's Hardware. Featuring an AMD 7800X3D, AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT, built into a gorgeous Phanteks Evolv X2, and some leather as a creative touch, this is a unique machine at under $2000.
Ambitious enthusiasts buy entire Boeing 747 cockpit in race to build flight simulator — three-month project recreates gauges, dials, and other mechanical instruments for X-Plane sim
A group of flight sim enthusiasts bought an old Boeing 747 cockpit to convert it into the ultimate flight sim setup.
Elon Musk says idling Tesla cars could create massive 100-million-vehicle strong computer for AI — 'bored' vehicles could offer 100 gigawatts of distributed compute power
During Tesla's Q3 2025 earnings call, the firm's CEO, Elon Musk, proposed that the cars take part in 'a giant distributed inference fleet' to tap into their incredible compute power "if they are bored."
U.S. and China agree on one-year tariff truce, including semiconductor and rare earth breakthroughs — future of Nvidia AI chip sales to the nation remains murky
President Trump and Xi Jinping have agreed a one-year tariff truce.
OpenAI's Microsoft contract negotiation is a necessary step toward a future IPO — Altman's goal is to build 30 gigawatts of compute infrastructure, valued at $1.4 trillion
Microsoft and OpenAI have finalised the wording of their working relationship for the next five years and beyond. This brings to a close the negotiations which had held up major investments from Softbank, as well as OpenAI's for-profit restructuring.
QNAP's new NAS brings exotic data center 'ruler' SSDs into your house — massive ES.1 form factor SSDs for up to 19.2TB of storage for $4,399
QNAP launches TBS-h574TX all-flash NASbook with pre-installed 9.6TB or 19.2TB of enterprise E1.S storage.
Australia's police to use AI to decode criminals' emoji slang to curb online crime — "crimefluencers" will be decoded and translated for investigators
Australia's police are looking to build an AI tool that would detect and interpret emoji slang online in an effort to curb crime among bad actors in hateful communities, dubbed "crimefluencers." The AI will understand the difference between harmless lingo and coded messages to help police combat violent crime.
WD launches investigation into problems with its controversial SMR hard drives — same drives that got WD sued in 2021 now reporting failure rates due to 'fundamental' flaws
Western Digital Blue and Red HDDs from 2020 that use SMR technology are experiencing enough failures to prompt an investigation from WD itself. These same drives, which included SMR without telling customers, resulted in a class action lawsuit against WD in 2021.
3D-printed full-auto bullpup 'ghost guns' can now be made for a couple of hundred dollars — designs have evolved dramatically outside the U.S.
3D-printed gun designs evolve and can print a full-auto bullpup for $200
Huge Microsoft outage hit 365, Xbox, and beyond — deployment of fix for Azure breakdown rolled out
There's another AWS outage.
Windows 11 videos demonstrating account and hardware requirements bypass purged from YouTube creator's channel — platform says content ‘encourages dangerous or illegal activities that risk
A YouTuber's videos telling people how to use Windows 11 without a Microsoft account and how to install it on unsupported hardware were allegedly violating community guidelines on dangerous and illegal activities.
Nvidia's market capitalization hits $5.12 trillion — AI powerhouse is the first company in history to hit seismic milestone
GTC announcements drive Nvidia's market capitalization by over $200 billion in one day, making the company the world's first firm to reach a market capitalization of over $5 trillion.
China deploys wind-powered underwater data center off Shanghai coast — $226 million project could top 24 megawatts, harnessing the cooling power of the sea
China has launched what it claims is the world's first wind-powered undersea data center - a sealed, seawater-cooled cluster sitting 35 meters beneath the surface off the coast of Shanghai.
Grieving family uses AI chatbot to cut hospital bill from $195,000 to $33,000 — family says Claude highlighted duplicative charges, improper coding, and other violations
Someone has explained how they used AI to slash hospital bills from hundreds to tens of thousands of dollars.
Save up to £200 on a 3D printer in Bambu Lab's UK Black Friday sale — massive savings on 3D printers and accessories
Save on some of the best 3D printers in Bambu Lab's Black Friday sale
NZXT hit with civil RICO suit in California over controversial PC rental biz — class-action lawsuit alleges PC Flex Program is a 'bait-and-switch-scheme' that included used and inferior hardware
NZXT and partner Flex are being brought to court following claims that Flex's rental program is a scam.
Save $40 on 1TB of Switch 2 storage at Costco — Lexar's Play Pro microSD Express card drops to $179.99
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Lenovo Legion LOQ 15 review: Solid gaming performance, but needs more RAM and storage
The advantages of the LOQ 15 can't outweigh the fact that Lenovo could offer more RAN and storage at this price.
Cops alerted by AI gun detection system arrest high school student holding bag of Doritos — eight cars sent to disarm chip-toting teen
A young student was left traumatized after being ordered to the ground and handcuffed by police because an AI gun detection system erroneously called the cops on his Doritos habit.
Nvidia reveals Vera Rubin Superchip for the first time — incredibly compact board features 88-core Vera CPU, two Rubin GPUs, and 8 SOCAMM modules
First images of Nvidia's Vera Rubin Superchip depicting two Rubin GPUs and a multi-chiplet Vera CPU surrounded by SOCAMM2 memory modules emerge.
Creative Labs revives Sound Blaster brand with modular audio hub — Re:Imagine is a tactile Stream Deck competitor, aimed at creators and audiophiles
A new modular audio hub combining sound card power and stream deck flexibility.
New Windows 11 feature aims to diagnose crashes — will check RAM after BSODs to look for problems
Microsoft is testing a new memory diagnostic tool that will scan for memory errors after Windows 11 hard crashes with a bug check and BSOD. The new tool is aimed at better identifying BSODs caused by memory instability.
US and Japan move to loosen China’s rare earths grip — nations partner to build alternative pathways to power, resource independence
Announced on October 28 in Tokyo, the agreement commits both governments to securing mineral flows and accelerating the deployment of advanced nuclear power.
Nvidia and partners to build seven AI supercomputers for the U.S. gov't with over 100,000 Blackwell GPUs —combined performance of 2,200 ExaFLOPS of compute
Nvidia, Oracle, and the U.S. Department of Energy will build seven ExaFLOPS-class AI supercomputers for Argonne National Laboratory - including the Oracle-built Equinox and Solstice systems with over 100,000 Blackwell GPUs delivering up to 2,200 FP4 ExaFLOPS - to power next-generation AI and scientific research.
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