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Updated 2025-12-03 21:30
Best Black Friday laptop PC deals 2025 — deals from Amazon, Dell, Lenovo, and others
Pick up a Black Friday discount with these laptop deals. We're constantly updating this list with the best deals across all sales at all retailers throughout the Black Friday season.
Grab a Black Friday deal on a 4TB SSD for 5 cents per GB while they last – 8TB models as low as 7 cents per GB
Roomy 4TB SSDs have dropped precipitously in price in recent years, and even some 8TB models are inching closer to affordability. We're constantly updating this list with the best deals across all sales at all retailers throughout the Black Friday season.
The best Black Friday PC building tools — save money on the tech to fix your tech
We've scoured the Black Friday sales and found the best tools to keep your rigs running!
Atari Gamestation Go review: 200+ Atari classics in your hands, supported by a unique selection of physical controls
My Arcade and Atari have put together a handheld retro gaming console graced by a bevy of unique retro-futuristic controls. However, the price, and a few hardware and software wrinkles, tarnish its appeal.
Gamers celebrate 50% performance gains following Nvidia hotfix driver — patch fixes October Windows 11 cumulative update that broke performance in some games
Users on X have benchmarked Nvidia's latest 581.94 hotfix driver that fixes performance issues stemming from Microsoft's October cumulative update for Windows 11.
Asus tempts fate, unleashes 800W "XOC" vBIOS for its $4,000 ROG Matrix RTX 5090 — Overclockers and high-end GPU junkies now have their hands on the hottest, most power-hungry 5090 around
You can make your RTX 5090 just a teeny bit more powerful and less efficient, thanks to a new 800W BIOS stripped from Asus' $4000 ROG Matrix RTX 5090. As long as you have a compatible 5090 that'll play nicely with the custom firmware, you, too, can enjoy higher clocks and electricity bills for a marginal increase in performance.
A 34-year-old Apple Mac crash bug ‘would have gone undiscovered for all eternity,’ but the accuracy of the MAME emulator shone a light on it
A computing enthusiast unearthed a 34-year-old Apple Mac bug that should have crippled the system at startup, but it never did, thanks to an undocumented feature in the Motorola CPU that quietly neutralized the flaw.
Windows 1.01 was launched 40 years ago, but it didn't start well — Microsoft's graphical OS adventures were uncompetitive at launch
Windows 1.01 was released by Microsoft 40 years ago. It didn't start well.
A tiny 0.5MB SmartMedia card wins the Small Capacity Memory Card Championship (Japan) — 2KB Casio battery-backed RAM card lost due to a technicality
The Small Capacity Memory Card Championship (Japan) has been a tightly run race, but the results are now in.
WWII Enigma machine sells for over half a million dollars at auction — one of the rare four-rotor 'M4' models
A WWII Enigma encryption machine with four rotors was sold at auction earlier this week, achieving double its estimated price.
Grab 14TB of shuckable storage for $169 — WD external hard drive back to all-time low for Black Friday
The WD Elements 14TB external hard drive is available for $169.99 again, 55% off its normal price.
PlayStation 5 consoles are $100 off for Black Friday — Digital Edition is $399, PS5 Pro is $649 at Amazon, Walmart, Best Buy
If you've been looking to get into console gaming, Sony's got just the offer for you with each of its PlayStation 5 models on sale right now across various retailers. You can get $100 on either the Standard, Slim, and Pro version and be ready for GTA VI when it finally drops next year.
Save $250 on Samsung's spacious and speedy 8TB SSD — 9100 Pro drops to all-time low of 9 cents per GB
The Samsung 9100 Pro 8TB is currently selling for $749.99, $250 off its regular eye-watering price tag of $999.99.
Gigabyte's 32-inch Aorus 4K gaming monitor now just $749.99 at Amazon and Best Buy — 240 Hz speed demon hits all-time low pricing for Black Friday
This 32-inch 4K Gigabyte Aorus monitor is on sale on Amazon and Newegg, giving buyers on both platforms a $350 discount.
Tom's Hardware Premium is up to 50% off for Black Friday — get a wealth of in-depth industry content from as little as $5.99 a month
Save up to 50% off a Tom's Hardware Premium subscription in this Black Friday offer. Get unparalleled insights into the industry, access to Bench, and much more for a limited time.
The Panther stalks: Intel’s Panther Lake CPUs set to take off in Oregon, company reveals, and cutting-edge 18A process is on track
There's good news and band news for Intel's Panther Lake and 18A. Bad news is that its yields are likely still very low. Good news is that their improvement are on the industry-standard yield ramp pace, which means that Intel is on track to hit industry-standard yields in early 2027.
Dell and HP disable hardware H.265 decoding on select PCs due to rising royalty costs — companies could save big on HEVC royalties, but at the expense of users
Dell and HP are shipping many entry-level and midrange business laptops with HEVC/H.265 hardware decoding intentionally disabled, likely to avoid rising codec royalty costs.
AMD's chart-topping Ryzen 7 9800X3D is on sale at Amazon right now for Black Friday — save $30 on the king of gaming CPUs
Get your hands on the best gaming CPU on the market, now at a discounted rate. The 9800X3D is an 8-core, 16-thread beast of a processor, conquering every game's benchmarks thanks to its 96 MB of L3 cache, while consuming less power than the competition.
Kingston NV3 2230 2TB SSD Review: The Budget King is Back
The Kingston NV3 2230 is Kingston's budget take on this form factor, offering decent all-around performance and power efficiency at a good price.
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang complains about stock price slide during all-hands meeting — says market did not appreciate company’s ‘incredible’ quarter (updated with Nvidia comment)
Nvidia's stock price has been trending down despite its record-breaking quarter, and its CEO is complaining.
These 16 gadgets under $50 have upgraded my tech life, and most are already on sale for Black Friday
From electric screwdrivers to high-res webcams, these are inexpensive game-changers.
Wall Street warns of rising AI debt risk as stocks slide on wobbly investor confidence — analysts warn of 'systemic risk' as Nvidia share price creaks
Wall Street analysts are growing increasingly concerned about the interconnected revenue relationships of many of the top AI and tech companies and their rapidly expanding debts, financing enormous infrastructure projects. This has investors worried, and stocks are sliding as concerns are rising.
AMD's Linux kernel patches suggest enablement of next-gen Instinct MI400-series AI GPU accelerators
AMD begins hardware enablement for GFX 12.1 IP, which could point to next-generation Instinct MI400-series GPUs, or future integrated GPUs based on the RDNA 4 architecture.
Taiwan set to avoid 'punishing' 300% tariffs on semiconductor exports, says report — new trade deal could spur $400 billion investment commitment from island nation
A senior Taiwanese ministry official said the U.S. will not put tariffs on its chip exports in exchange for helping Washington, D.C., copy its science park model for tech companies.
Huawei's Ascend AI chip ecosystem scales up as China pushes for semiconductor independence — however, firm lags behind on efficiency and performance
Huawei's in-house Ascend processors and their surrounding supplier network are being positioned as the foundation of a national effort to build an independent, fully domestic semiconductor ecosystem.
At 35% off for Black Friday, this £169.99 Intel Arc B570 is the best value graphics card for 1080p gaming — 10GB VRAM and a free copy of Battlefield 6 make this a must-have GPU
This 169.99 Intel Arc B570 is simply the best value graphics card you can buy right now for gaming at 1080p, with a free 60 game thrown in.
Microsoft makes Full Screen Experience available to all Windows 11 gaming handhelds — highly requested feature no longer exclusive to the Asus ROG Xbox Ally X
Microsoft opens Full Screen Experience to all Windows gaming handhelds
The web's infrastructure has a concentration problem, exposing us all to crushing outages — from AWS and Azure to Cloudflare, the perils of having a centralized internet are being felt by all
First it was AWS. Then Azure went down - and with it, large chunks of the web, apps and services we use every day. Are hypescaler cloud providers a victim of their own success?
Intel CEO rejects reports the company is obtaining TSMC secrets from former executive — Taiwan's investigation into Intel's controversial recent hire continues
Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan dismisses speculation that former TSMC executive Wei-Jen Lo could have brought advanced TSMC process secrets to Intel.
Hoto's epic mini electric screwdriver set with 12 bits drops to less than $30 for Black Friday — this almost half-price kit is perfect for PC building and DIY projects
Save 50% on this impressive Hoto NEX O1 Pro mini electric screwdriver set with 12 bits
AOC launches its 2025 QD-OLED monitor lineup, including 500 Hz models — 27, 32, and 34-inch models with high refresh rates and inky blacks
AOC shows off its fresh QD-OLED monitor lineup
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk says AI compute in space will be the lowest-cost option in 5 years — but Nvidia's Jensen Huang says it's a 'dream'
Elon Musk argues that terawatt-scale AI computing will soon be impossible to power and cool on Earth and must move to orbit. But despite abundant solar energy and radiative cooling in GEO, launch mass, radiation-hardening, and networking challenges make such space-based data center only a distant dream.
Alienware's 34-inch QD-OLED gaming monitor dips below $500 for Black Friday — QHD 165Hz monitor hits all-time low pricing
Get 34 inches of QD-OLED gaming goodness now priced below $500
New Chromebook owners are getting an exclusive free Nvidia GeForce Now subscription for one year — Fast Pass gives Chromebook gamers ad-free priority access to cloud servers
Chromebook buyers are getting a new exclusive GeForce Now subscription with no ads and priority access to Nvidia's cloud servers. The subscription comes with new Chromebooks starting November 20th, for free for a year.
Microsoft unveils Azure Cobalt 200 CPU, in-house chip targets higher performance and deeper integration — Arm-based chip is equipped with 132 cores and manufactured using TSMC's 3nm process
Microsoft has revealed its next major in-house server processor, the Azure Cobalt 200, a 132-core Arm-based CPU built on TSMC's 3nm process.
Netherlands suspends Nexperia takeover order as China eases export curbs — de-escalation could be welcome break for automotive industry
The Dutch government has suspended its emergency order to oversee chipmaker Nexperia, returning operational control to Chinese parent company Wingtech.
Nvidia releases emergency driver update for Windows 11 25H2 and 24H2 — fixes reduced gaming performance driven by botched Windows updates
Nvidia's latest hotfix will help you reclaim FPS lost taken by a buggy Windows update.
Intel cuts price of Core Ultra 9 285K for Black Friday by nearly a third – Arrow Lake flagship available at lowest-ever price of $429 on Amazon
With strong all-around performance, extensive overclocking features, and a steep price cut, the Core Ultra 9 285K is one of the best-value high-end CPUs available right now.
MSI MPG X870I Edge Ti Evo Wifi Review: Three M.2’s and smokin’ fast memory support
MSI's X870I Edge Ti Evo Wifi is a premium Mini-ITX board, and the only one from this generation with three M.2 sockets. It comes handsomely equipped, but the $449 price is tough to swallow.
Korea's Fair Trade Commission reportedly raids Arm's Seoul office amid Qualcomm licensing dispute — stems from allegations of unfair market practices
The raid is purportedly tied to Qualcomm's allegations of unfair market practices by Arm in several jurisdictions.
Nvidia hints at early Vera Rubin launch — on track for $500 billion in GPU sales by late 2026 despite losing China
Nvidia's Vera Rubin AI/HPC platform is now slated for a Q3 2026 launch, which will be instrumental for the company's $0.5 trillion GPU sales target despite losing the Chinese market.
This Radeon RX 9070 XT is a serious Black Friday bargain — just £569.90 for this Gigabyte graphics card that unlocks 1440p gaming
This OC'd RX 9070 XT graphics card kicks off Amazon's Black Friday deal with a record-low price.
1,500% price increase on some rare earth elements squeezes chipmaking business — Yttrium surge caused by trade war between U.S. and China
Yttrium prices are surging as the trade war between China and the U.S. have caused supply to dry up.
PNY's RTX 5070 Ti gets a massive price cut to $699 — this Black Friday deal is currently the cheapest way to get this graphics card
A cool $50 below the competition. PNY's RTX 5070 Ti OC hits an all-time $699 low price in the Black Friday sales.
Dronemaker DJI buys into 3D printer manufacturer Elegoo — move seen as way to diversify away from drones amid worries of U.S. ban
DJI reportedly invests in 3D printer maker Elegoo.
TP-Link pre-Black Friday sale brings steep discounts up to 36 percent on Wi-Fi 7 mesh, travel routers, and outdoor satellites
Head over to Amazon for hot deals on TP-Link Wi-Fi 7 gear, including the Deco BE63 mesh router and the BE3600 travel router
Nvidia's revenue skyrockets to record $57 billion per quarter — all GPUs are sold out
Nvidia posts another record-breaking quarter with $57 billion in revenue, driven by surging demand for data-center GPUs. It now forecasts $65 billion next quarter and projects $0.5 trillion in Blackwell and Rubin sales by the end of 2026.
Anthropic signs $30 billion deal with Amazon to deploy Claude on AWS — Nvidia and Microsoft jointly invest $15 billion into AI firm as it becomes first provider across Azure, AWS and Google
Anthropic, Microsoft, and Nvidia have struck a joint partnership to run the Claude AI on Microsoft's Azure servers using Nvidia hardware. Anthropic will invest $30 billion in the move, as well as a guarantee to provide an additional gigawatt of compute performance. This deal could help all companies meet their existing commitments, but it adds extra inflation to the ballooning AI bubble.
LG’s latest UltraFine monitor delivers 32 inches of 6K goodness — world’s first 6K Thunderbolt 5 display features IPS Black panel and 96W Power Delivery
The first 6K display with full Thunderbolt 5 support.
Nvidia's fabled PCIe finger sells for under $25 in China, should you happen to break it — resuscitate your $10,000 GPU for less than a pair of fuzzy socks
Nvidia's modular PCIe connector, used in some of its Blackwell-based graphics cards, is available individually.
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