by editors@tomshardware.com (Jowi Morales) on (#73CJV)
The increased demand is said to be partly brought by demand for agentic AI, which need CPUs to execute their tasks.
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on (#73CJW)
MSI's X870E Ace Max returns with premium features and style. But is it a standout motherboard or just another high-end placeholder in the X870E lineup?
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on (#73CGN)
The Bambu Lab P1S, one of our all-time favorite 3D printers, is back in stock and still a record-low price, available for you to pick up today for only $399.99.
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on (#73CGQ)
The PNY CS2342 is an excellent M.2 2230 SSD with good performance and reasonable power efficiency at 2TB in a single-sided package.
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on (#73CGP)
Noctua celebrates its 500,000th CPU cooler mounting upgrade kit
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Chinese tech YouTube channel Geekerwan tests direct die cooling on the 96-core Ryzen Threadripper Pro 9995WX, using a CNC-engraved IHS and automotive-grade cooling components.
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A report from consumer firm Circana has shown that two-thirds of those opposed to AI believe it isn't useful on their devices, while a third weren't interested at all in the technology.
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on (#73CGT)
European officials believe that two Russian Inspector" SIGINT spacecraft operating in geostationary orbit have intercepted communications from at least a dozen European satellites.
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by stephen.warwick@futurenet.com (Stephen Warwick) on (#73CGV)
There's a hefty sale on at Woot showcasing older (but still great) Razer peripherals right now.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Jowi Morales) on (#73CGW)
Adafruit says that the current bill, which forces 3D printer manufacturers to scan for gun and gun components, is too broad and is prone to massive false positive and false negative rates.
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Razer celebrates Boomslang's 20 years with a $1,337 edition
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Aaron Klotz) on (#73C11)
Nvidia's RTX 50 series Super refresh supposedly is design complete, but the GPU maker won't be releasing any new RTX GPUs in 2026, according to a report in The Information.
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Nvidia representative recommends GeForce graphics card owners to uninstall the Windows 11 KB5074109 update to solve framerate drops and gaming artifacts.
by editors@tomshardware.com (Jowi Morales) on (#73BW1)
HP and Dell are reportedly qualifying CXMT memory chips for their products, while Asus and Acer are asking their partners to source locally-made memory modules. The ongoing memory chip shortage is forcing even big companies to look for alternative sources to Micron, Samsung, and SK hynix.
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by stldenise@gmail.com (Denise Bertacchi) on (#73BW2)
Anycubic goes toe-to-toe with Bambu with a bedslinger clone.
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Tenstorrent downgrades existing and new Blackhole p150 cards from 140 to 120 tensor cores
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While the scope of the faults appears to be quite small, ASRock joins the chorus of motherboard companies promising to search for a cause.
on (#73BR2)
Fractal Design's North cases kicked off the wood accent trend, and it's been one of our favorite cases since 2022. Now the company is updating the line, with an all-black North Momentum Edition that includes the company's new and improved fans, while the larger XL model now supports rear-connector motherboards.
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This MSI Codex R2 gaming PC is on sale direct from MSI, costing just $959 for a rig with a 10-core Intel Core i5-14400F, Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060, 16GB of DDR5 RAM, and a 1TB SSD.
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For Tesla to reach its goal of producing a million Optimus robots a year, it will need mountains of critical materials and deep supply chain cooperation. The majority of that "Optimus Chain" is found in China, highlighting Tesla's future dependence on U.S.-China trade relations.
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by brandon.hill@futurenet.com (Brandon Hill) on (#73BR5)
The RT-BE58 Go is adept at spreading wireless coverage from hotel rooms to outdoor spaces.
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After months of consistent decline, Intel's consumer CPUs have enjoyed a small but significant spell of market share growth, at least according to the latest Steam Hardware Survey.
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Samsung's Odyssey OLED G6 gaming monitor hits an all-time low price of just $564.99. Woot's limited-time sale helps you save $335.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Hassam Nasir) on (#73BNM)
The upgraded launcher will be released as a mid-year update, featuring upgrades such as private DMs, player avatars and profiles, and even independent live chat. Beyond the social features, EGS will be made lighter and quicker, less reliant on Epic's backend to do everything, which should result in a better user experience.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Aaron Klotz) on (#73BNN)
Digital Foundry discovered that DLSS 4.5's upscaler alone can resolve noise generated by ray tracing effects without the help of in-game denoisers or DLSS Ray Reconstruction.
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by ashilov@gmail.com (Anton Shilov) on (#73BNP)
Western Digital outlines vision for hard drive platforms in 2030 and beyond: 14 platters, new laser technology, capacities of 140TB and beyond.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Jowi Morales) on (#73BNQ)
Valve is reportedly delaying the latest Steam hardware due to uncertainty with memory chip pricing, but it seems to still be on track to arrive during the first half of 2026.
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on (#73BNR)
Redditor shows what it would have felt like to use a high-speed NVMe SSD with a PCI slot.
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on (#73BNT)
Tips and tricks for storing and displaying gaming headsets and keyboards, whether you have one or one hundred.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Jowi Morales) on (#73BNS)
DeFi platform Step Finance has been hit with a $40 million breach stemming from compromised devices used by its executive team.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Jowi Morales) on (#73B5A)
The Asus Vivobook 14 with a Snapdragon X chip, 16GB of memory, and 512GB of storage is currently on sale at Best Buy for just $379.99. This saves you $370 off its $749.99 original price, giving you a discount of nearly 50%.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Jowi Morales) on (#73B48)
PowerGPU said on X that "SSD and other part prices have gone up again," warning its customers that it will raise prices again by next week.
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AMD CEO Dr Lisa Su, during the company's latest Q4 2025 earnings call, seemingly confirmed that the release for the new Valve Steam Machine is "on track" to launch during early 2026.
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50 years ago An Open Letter to Hobbyists,' typed by William Henry Gates III, bellyached about software piracy among the hobbyist community.
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Researchers based at Cornell University have developed a method for 3D printing concrete structures on the seafloor.
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GMKtec's mini PC delivers impressive performance and 1080p gaming in a compact size, though it's pricey next to a larger system and not as upgradeable.
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China's two largest memory manufacturers, CXMT and YMTC, are said to each be embarking on an unprecedented expansion spree as they see an opportunity to close the gap with the big-three incumbents.
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This 27-inch Acer Nitro XV27U gaming monitor has just hit a record low price on Amazon, scoring you an IPS display with a super-fast 300Hz refresh rate for just $199.99, saving you $100.
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Apple's latest 14-inch MacBook Pro with M5 processor has had a hefty $300 knocked off the list price.
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Shoppers share their best GeForce RTX 50-series purchases in a Reddit thread from Walmart's electronics clearance aisle.
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by brandon.hill@futurenet.com (Brandon Hill) on (#73ASD)
From two ports to 20, how adding a Thunderbolt dock can expand your connectivity options.
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HetCCL, a proposed computing library, could make Nvidia and AMD AI accelerators play nicely with one another in the same cluster by bridging the two companies' hardware over RDMA.
by ashilov@gmail.com (Anton Shilov) on (#73ASE)
Western Digital to give large customers a tool to manage storage fleets of 200+ PB consisting of SSDs, HAMR HDDs, and UltraSMR drives.
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Corsair's Galleon 100 SD is a premium gaming keyboard with a built-in Stream Deck. We like the way it feels, but is it worth $350?
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Jowi Morales) on (#73AQ5)
A group of researchers has built an AI-powered system that uses five agents to monitor 3D printers and correct for errors after each printed layer.
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AMD's CEO doesn't seem concerned with current memory prices, suggesting the company is focusing its efforts on the enterprise.
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AMD's CEO Dr. Lisa Su let out a hint about the next-gen Xbox, which will sport a semi-custom SoC that should be ready next year.
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An overseas retailer has listed Intel's forthcoming Core Ultra 200K Plus (codenamed Arrow Lake Refresh) processors along with pricing, suggesting that the refreshed family will carry practically no premium over existing products.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Aaron Klotz) on (#73A5B)
One of Loongson's 12-core CPUs has been benchmarked by Phoronix. The Linux outlet discovered the chip is three times slower on average than AMD's latest six-core CPU the Ryzen 5 9600X.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Hassam Nasir) on (#73A1Z)
German retailers' inventory saw DDR5 memory prices stabilizing for the first time in months, with some kits even miraculously seeing price cuts compared to the start of January. This doesn't indicate that the crisis is over, or even that there will be no more price hikes, but rather that the unpredictability is finally starting to wither.