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A tech enthusiast has shared their DVD rewritable durability findings, following six months of testing.
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Ukraine has sent drone interceptors and training crews to the U.S. and its Gulf State allies as the Iran War rumbles on.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Hassam Nasir) on (#747NG)
Microsoft says "monitors can now report refresh rates higher than 1000 Hz" in the patch notes for its latest Windows 11 Insider builds. These updates are part of the Release Preview channel, which means they're very close to final, public release. On the other hand, Nvidia has also pushed the first update for its G-Sync Pulsar displays.
by sayem.ahmed@futurenet.com (Sayem Ahmed) on (#747JX)
AMD, Nvidia, Microsoft, Broadcom, and Meta have formed an Optical Compute Interconnect Multi-Source Agreement (OCI MSA) to develop a standardized optical interconnect for AI data centers, with the aspiration to build a PHY capable of handling speeds of up to 3.2 Tb/s.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Hassam Nasir) on (#747G5)
At GDC 2026, Nvidia held a presentation somehow aimed at gamers and not data center clients. Still, it was sprinkled with AI pat-on-the-backs, with the company touting that its future gaming GPUs will offer 1,000,000 better path tracing performance. And the current-gen Blackwell family is apparently already 100,000x better due to dedicated Tensor and RT cores.
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As global oil prices spike due to the ongoing pseudo-blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, other shortages are looming, and they could hit the chip and AI industries dramatically. Aluminum and helium for chip production have been impacted, but shortages of LNG could also cause problems for gas turbines powering many AI data centers.
by editors@tomshardware.com (Kunal Khullar) on (#747G7)
Auto Super Resolution, an OS-level AI upscaling feature for Windows 11, is heading to the ROG Xbox Ally X and could deliver noticeable frame-rate improvements.
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Elegoo's Spring sale has just started, slashing prices on its FDM and resin printers by up to 31% until March 26, with bulk-buy deals on filament, too.
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The Creality Sermoon P1 is a standalone 3D scanner that allows users to go through the entire scanning workflow without having to touch a computer. The 22 crossed laser line mode is surprisingly fast, and the single laser line mode was able to scan deep holes during testing. The NIR (near-infrared) mode is capable of scanning without requiring any markers, and the on-device editing allows users to make on-location edits without needing to stop. The Sermoon P1 handled everything we threw at it, but the color texture was the only disappointing part of the testing.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Jowi Morales) on (#747AE)
Meta is delaying work on the Pearls section of its Africa2 network after its contracted cable-layer, Alcatel Submarine Networks, declared force majeure due to the risk of getting hit during the Iran conflict.
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by ashilov@gmail.com (Anton Shilov) on (#747AF)
Nvidia says it is permissible for ByteDance to use AI clusters outside of China to develop its AI prowess as long as these clusters are built in compliance with the U.S. export controls.
by ashilov@gmail.com (Anton Shilov) on (#747AG)
Russia-based Tramplin Electronics obtains samples of Loongson's LS3C6000 processors with Cyrillic inscriptions, claims these are its own CPUs.
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SteelSeries' Elite Arctis Nova wireless gaming headset is discounted by over 40. This audiophile-grade headset features the world's first Hi-Res audio certification in a wireless gaming headset.
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Score a 31% discount on this TP-Link Archer BE3600 router, offering Wi-Fi 7 capability to your existing LAN for just 59.99
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Score on a great combo deal with AMD's Ryzen 7 9850X3D, Asus ROG Crosshair X870E Apex, 32GB Corsair DDR5-6400 RAM for $1,187.99 - it's $436 off retail, effectively making the RAM free.
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If you're shopping for a new external SSD, you might want to buy a drive soon, and something that was released before the AI demand seemingly gobbled up all the good flash.
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by ashilov@gmail.com (Anton Shilov) on (#7477S)
IDC expects unit shipments of PCs in 2026 to be down 11.3% year-over-year, but the whole market value will increase 1.6% due to higher prices.
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Most RAM and SSD manufacturers still offer in-warranty replacements as Silicon Power U.S. hedges policy against shortages
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China's central government warned state enterprises and agencies not to install OpenClaw on office computers this week as multiple government bodies moved to rein in the AI agent.
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DirectStorage 1.4 brings along key upgrades to the API, including support for Zstandard compression as well as CreatorID for improved GPU scheduling.
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Zombie ZIP vulnerability lets malware stroll past gates of 95% of AV suites
by editors@tomshardware.com (Hassam Nasir) on (#7475S)
Several games on Steam that were secretly carrying malware now seem to be under active investigation by the FBI. The department is looking for victim information tied to these games; anyone who installed and played an infected game and was harmed is being urged to step forward and share more info to help with the investigation.
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V-Color announces new 1+1 DDR5 memory kits with one real memory module and one filler module for AMD-based systems.
by ashilov@gmail.com (Anton Shilov) on (#746SW)
AMD, Broadcom, and Nvidia team up with Microsoft, Meta, and OpenAI to develop protocol-agnostic optical scale-up interconnects for AI clusters.
by editors@tomshardware.com (Aaron Klotz) on (#746PY)
Phoronix tested Ubuntu 26.04 on an RTX 5090 and RTX 5080 and found that the new version performs up to 12% better on the 5090 compared to Ubuntu 25.10.
by editors@tomshardware.com (Hassam Nasir) on (#746PZ)
The G100 lineup from Lisuan Tech now has an official release date, with the LX G7106 being the gaming SKU with 12 GB of VRAM and a purported RTX 4060-like performance. The "LX" series of professional GPUs, likely using the G7105 silicon, were also revealed with three SKUs offering up to 24 GB of ECC VRAM.
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Under the new agreement, the focus will shift to validating full process flows for nanosheet and nanostack device architectures and backside power delivery.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Kunal Khullar) on (#746KR)
Although the savings are modest, Amazon's $50 discount across most of the 2026 MacBook lineup makes these newly launched laptops slightly cheaper than buying directly from Apple.
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This spring sale discount knocks the price of an Acer Nitro V15 gaming laptop, with a 10-core Intel CPU, RTX 5060, 16GB RAM, and a 1TB SSD, to just 799.99, one of the most affordable options with these specs available right now.
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The Keychron Q16 HE 8K is an all-ceramic keyboard with an 8K polling rate, but it doesn't feel as premium as the price suggests.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Jowi Morales) on (#746DS)
Stryker, a Fortune 500 medical technology company, has been hit with a massive cyberattack that allegedly saw over 200,000 devices wiped clean, affecting employees and operations across the globe.
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by stephen.warwick@futurenet.com (Stephen Warwick) on (#746DT)
Get a $1,899 gaming PC with RTX 5070, 2TB SSD, and 32GB of RAM.
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Acer's Swift 16 AI blends a premium design, an OLED screen, and the latest Intel silicon, though its massive haptic touchpad isn't the selling point it's made out to be.
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Grab a huge 31% discount on this TP-Link 5-port unmanaged Ethernet switch to upgrade the wired connectivity in your home or office with gigabit speeds, down to only 8.97 in Amazon's UK Spring Sale Days event.
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QatarEnergy has not restarted helium production at its Ras Laffan complex nine days after Iranian drone strikes forced the facility offline.
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All four chips have been developed in partnership with Broadcom and are scheduled for deployment within the next two years.
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Australian retailer refused to exchange a RAM kit under warranty and instead told the customer they needed to pay the difference in price.
by editors@tomshardware.com (Hassam Nasir) on (#7461V)
The first official hardware details for Project Helix have been confirmed and Microsoft seems to be heavily leaning toward neural rendering, going as far as to unveil the next-gen FSR "Diamond" stack. Along with the AMD co-developed custom SoC, FSR will enable a significant bump in raytracing performance in the upcoming Xbox.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Kunal Khullar) on (#74600)
Using Precision Boost Overdrive and Curve Optimizer, you can fine tune your processor's voltage and power limits to achieve better efficiency and sustained boost speeds.
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Retailers have started selling 32GB DDR5 memory kits with a starting price of $359.99 in the U.S. market.
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Following rampant and rapid adoption and proliferation of the agentic AI tool OpenClaw, Chinese authorities have warned government-run institutions and companies not to install the tool - and warned everyone about its potential security implications
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Aaron Klotz) on (#745TV)
Minisforum has announced it is readying a new NAS that comes with OpenClaw pre-installed. The NAS will be powered by AMD's flagship Ryzen AI Max+ 395 to help accelerate AI workloads that users program OpenClaw to execute.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Hassam Nasir) on (#745QV)
The Steam Machine is on track for launch this year despite component shortages setting Valve back. Hardware aside, the company has just provided a major update on the software side of things with new verified programs for the Steam Machine and Steam Frame, and they seem to be as straightforward as expected.
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Apple's new slate of MacBook laptops has just been released, including the entry-level Neo, powered by the A18 Pro. Here's where to buy them all.
by editors@tomshardware.com (Jowi Morales) on (#745QX)
Iranian media just released a list of potential economic targets, including offices and infrastructure of Nvidia, Google, Microsoft, Oracle, IBM, and more in the Middle East.
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The two companies have worked together for more than a decade, with IBM unveiling what it described as the world's first 2nm node chip in 2021 as part of the partnership.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Jowi Morales) on (#745N2)
Framework increased RAM prices for the third consecutive month, while also announcing that it's hiking the costs of some of its SSDs.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Jowi Morales) on (#745J0)
SSD controller manufacturer Phison said that NAND chip prices increased by around 50% overnight, and that it's increasing its inventory to ensure that it will have sufficient supply as it pivots towards enterprise customers.
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Intel is introducing two new Arrow Lake CPUs under the Core Ultra 200S Plus banner, while slashing prices and adding more E-cores. The Core Ultra 7 270K Plus and Core Ultra 5 250K Plus are said to offer 15% better gaming performance than standard Arrow Lake chips at 1080p.
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Another big sale day means you can grab a 4TB Crucial P310 2280 NVMe SSD with PCIe 4.0 speeds for just 299.99, nearly 90 less than it cost a few weeks ago, and pushing back a little against the AI price hikes.