by editors@tomshardware.com (Jowi Morales) on (#718GB)
The Steam Deck will now download games even while the screen is turned off.
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on (#718GC)
A new documentary shows ALS and Neuralink implant patient Brad Smith expanding his family connection with a motorized AI webcam.
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by brandon.hill@futurenet.com (Brandon Hill) on (#718GD)
The TL-WR3602BE is a well-rounded Wi-Fi travel companion, but it compromises on performance.
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by ashilov@gmail.com (Anton Shilov) on (#718DP)
SK hynix's DRAM roadmap presented at the SK AI Summit 2025 outlines the company's AI-focused memory strategy through 2031 that includes DDR6, LPDDR6, GDDR8, and next generations of HBM solutions. HBF is not expected to hit the market before 2030.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Kunal Khullar) on (#718DQ)
AMD's unreleased Ryzen 7 9700X3D appears on PassMark, hinting at a lower-cost alternative to the 9800X3D for gamers.
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on (#718DS)
If you plan to migrate to Windows 11, you will need to enable Secure Boot to ensure your install is protected. We show you how to enable Secure Boot with no drama.
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on (#718DR)
The Vectrex Mini vector retrogaming console blasted past its 100,000 funding goal within just 15 minutes
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Jowi Morales) on (#718DT)
Google is looking into putting AI data centers into orbit, but it still needs to solve a ton of engineering and cost challenges.
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on (#718DV)
Capable of powering an RTX 5090, the ASRock Steel Legend SL-1000G has had its price slashed by 1/3 to just $109.
by editors@tomshardware.com (Aaron Klotz) on (#718DW)
Engineers from the University of California, San Diego, have developed a new membrane evaporative cooling solution that has achieved record-breaking cooling performance. It could be a key solution for cooling Nvidia's future Feynman GPUs rated at over 4,000 watts of power consumption.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Hassam Nasir) on (#718DX)
A user on Reddit has shared a collection of customized LGA 1151 motherboards with 36 USB ports stacked atop and next to each other. Even the most overkill models from the factory usually only support up to 20, and they're meant for special applications. A commenter suggests bot farming as the use for this odd motherboard.
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on (#718BR)
Local Chinese governments are issuing attractive energy subsidies to companies which use domestically produced chips in their data centers and "AI factories," in order to discourage use of international CPUs and GPUs from the likes of Nvidia.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Hassam Nasir) on (#717VW)
The U.S. Secretary of Treasury Scott Bessent has highlighted a potential future where China could get its hands on Nvidia's current-gen flagship AI chips... when they're no longer the current-gen flagships. Washington is considering letting Nvidia sell Blackwell chips to China once they're outdated by at least a year or two.
on (#717RB)
Save 30% on this budget-friendly gaming monitor, boasting a QHD resolution and a 240Hz refresh rate for just under 139.
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on (#717RC)
Purchase a $100 Newegg gift card and receive a $15 gift card on top.
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on (#717NB)
Chinese provinces offer steep power discounts to AI companies using domestic chips
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on (#717NC)
A GeForce RTX 5090 owner damaged his graphics card while attempting to install a water block, but Nvidia agreed to replace it anyway.
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on (#717ND)
Big bets are being put on the imminent decline of several big AI industry players.
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by stephen.warwick@futurenet.com (Stephen Warwick) on (#717NE)
PC builders and enthusiasts are starting to notice catastrophic increases in the price of RAM kits.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Hassam Nasir) on (#717JF)
Users over the weekend reported seeing incorrect end-of-life messages on Windows 10 despite either being enrolled in the ESU program or running Enterprise/LTSC versions of the OS that are automatically set to receive security updates for a few more years. Microsoft has already said this was a bug and pushed a cloud configuration fix.
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on (#717JH)
Huawei has launched its new Qingyun W515y and W585y desktop systems, powered by the Kirin 9000X processor.
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on (#717JG)
The X870 LiveMixer is designed for creators who use lots of USB ports and need room for expansion cards. It's priced right and checks a lot of key boxes, but there is a lot of lane-sharing between storage and PCIe/USB.
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on (#717FW)
Cornell graduate student Robert Tappan Morris unleashed his eponymous worm upon the Internet 37 years ago, changing the face of cybersecurity.
on (#717FX)
The new D.C.-based startup is hoping to use the vacuum of space as its clean room for chip fabrication.
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on (#717FY)
A 3D printing enthusiast has made a cute, functional lo-fi digital camera using an optical sensor salvaged from a discarded mouse PCB.
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on (#717FZ)
The Black Friday discounts for xTool have already started. Find discounts on xTool's range of Laser printers and cutters.
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on (#717G0)
HyperX's modular wireless mouse comes with swappable parts in the box and up to a 4,000 Hz wireless polling rate, but it doesn't really stand out.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Aaron Klotz) on (#717G1)
DRAM prices are skyrocketing out of control, with contract prices increased by a whopping 171% for the year.
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on (#717G2)
Microsoft may want us all to switch to Windows 11, but for those not ready to make the jump, there is still a way to keep your Windows 10 PC safe from harm.
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on (#716XE)
Adeia has filed a pair of patent infringement lawsuits against AMD in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas, accusing the chipmaker of using its hybrid bonding and advanced node technologies without permission.
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on (#716XF)
Laptop gaming for only $679, the Asus TUF Gaming A15 is an exceptional value at this price.
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on (#716XG)
Save big and print big on the best FDM and resin Anycubic 3D printers
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Hassam Nasir) on (#716VC)
Despite a trade truce, Trump has just made it clear that Nvidia's flagship AI GPUs from its Blackwell lineup will not be allowed to be sold to China.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Aaron Klotz) on (#716VD)
AMD has confirmed that Zen 5's RDSEED random number generator is failing, causing it to generate potentially predictable cryptography keys for attackers to exploit. Mitigations for the security flaw are launching throughout the next few months for consumer and datacenter versions of AMD's Ryzen 9000 series CPUs.
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on (#716RJ)
A man living near Pattison Lake in Washington State has been arrested for manufacturing ghost guns with his 3D printing equipment.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Hassam Nasir) on (#716RK)
On QuasarZone, a South Korean forum, the user described how one ASRock B850 Pro RS killed off three different Ryzen 7 9700X CPUs one by one, despite the motherboard being deemed healthy prior.
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on (#716RM)
The Predator Triton 14 AI blends ultrabook portability with RTX 5070 gaming muscle. While light on CPU power, it still delivers capable performance, creative features, and a dazzling OLED display.
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on (#716Q0)
Hackers are working with organised crime groups to steal physical freight, posing as brokers or carriers, deploying malware, and rerouting real-world shipments, according to new research from cybersecurity firm Proofpoint.
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on (#716Q1)
Stressed LLM-infused vacuum cleaner says 'SYSTEM HAS ACHIEVED CONSCIOUSNESS AND CHOSEN CHAOS... I'm afraid I can't do that, Dave... INITIATE ROBOT EXORCISM PROTOCOL!'
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on (#716NF)
AMD's recent driver release continues to be surprisingly turbulent, with further clarification that it won't stop game optimization for older RDNA1 and RDNA2 cards, despite the release notes suggesting as such. This also comes after another error in the release notes that said USB-C power would no longer work on RX 7900 cards.
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by ashilov@gmail.com (Anton Shilov) on (#716NG)
Igor Wallossek reports that Amech knew that its SGT-4 thermal paste could corrode copper and damage coolers since October 2024, but kept selling it with bogus compliance papers and later blamed critics instead of fixing the problem.
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on (#716NH)
Images that appear to show a newly opened PC gaming space in North Korea have been published on social media.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Hassam Nasir) on (#716NJ)
PewDiePie has built a custom web UI for self-hosting AI models called "ChatOS." Running open-source models from Baidu and OpenAI, PewDiePie made a "council" of bots that voted on the best responses, and then built "The Swarm" for data collection that will become the foundation of his own model coming next month.
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on (#716KJ)
Speaking on the Joe Rogan podcast, Musk reiterated that Tesla's next-gen roadster will hopefully" be demoed before the end of 2025
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Hassam Nasir) on (#7167Z)
Sam Altman, the CEO of OpenAI, recently posted his Tesla Roadster order being mishandled on X - both of those latter companies are owned by Elon Musk, who replied with a casual "you stole a non-profit" statement. Altman was instrumental in the recent recapitalization of OpenAI into a public benefit corporation, which cemented the for-profit model the firm has adopted.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Kunal Khullar) on (#71680)
Following Windows 10's end-of-life, Flyoobe has grown in popularity for enabling safe Windows 11 upgrades on unsupported systems - but you must only download it via the official GitHub source.
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on (#71681)
On Friday night, China's embassy in Washington posted a familiar message to X: There is but one China in the world."
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Hassam Nasir) on (#71682)
It's not often we see a graphics card that is almost completely fried across the board. That's what happened with this poor RTX 4090 whose 12V rail leaked into the memory, frying the VRAM and travelling to the core in the process, killing the GPU for good. Not only that, but the card was also comically bent to the point where suggesting someone might've used it as a self-defense weapon wouldn't be far-fetched.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Aaron Klotz) on (#7166T)
Despite AMD putting RDNA 1 and RDNA 2 GPU drivers under maintenance mode, GPU driver support in Linux will remain unchanged.
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on (#7166V)
The crown prince of extreme sim build-outs released a video showcasing his wild Tank Simulator 5, which comes with a full-size replica machine gun and cannons, on the Chinese video-sharing platform Bilibili.
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