by editors@tomshardware.com (Jowi Morales) on (#71CZ2)
A J.P. Morgan report says that the AI industry needs to make at least $650 billion annually for investors to get a 10% return on all the money going into it until 2030.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Hassam Nasir) on (#71CW9)
DIY-APE has just revealed a next-gen concept for back-connect PCs, using the new BTF 3.0 spec. A single 50-pin connector powers most of the PC, with front panel I/O being simplified into one connector as well. BTF 3.0 is backward compatible with prior BTF standards and even compatible with non-BTF components with the help of adapters.
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AOC packs tremendous value and performance into its Q27G4ZMN. It's a 27-inch QHD VA panel with a 1,152-zone Mini LED backlight, DisplayHDR 1000, HDR10, a 240 Hz refresh rate, Adaptive-Sync, and wide-gamut Quantum Dot color.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Jowi Morales) on (#71CSD)
This chip enables Micro Center to offer sub-$1,000 X3D pre-built gaming PCs.
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Save $700 on the 16-inch MSI Vector 16 gaming laptop in this early Black Friday deal.
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Intel's Chief Technology Officer and AI head has jumped ship to OpenAI to take over the company's compute infrastructure projects. Intel CEO, Lip Bu-Tan, will take over the role of managing Intel's AI efforts going forward.
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Veteran Windows dev Dave W Plummer has run a simple performance test across his 25 computers, released between 1976 and 2023, and he observed a huge 200,000X CPU performance delta.
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$13 billion in two years towards undersea data cables
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OCUK has dropped the price of this Zotac-branded RTX 5060 Ti 16GB to below its RRP, making it a brilliant bargain before Black Friday kicks off.
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A specialized version of the ill-fated OS/2 holds the dubious record, and probably will forever.
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An LED testing device' which largely consists of a hot dog, two forks and a power supply has been entered into an electronics competition
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Elgato's Facecam Neo is a budget-friendly plug-and-play webcam that performs well in low-light scenarios and works on just about any device with a USB-C port (including non-traditional devices, such as iPads). It cost $99.99 when it first launched, but the price has since been permanently cut to $59.99, which might be an unbeatable deal.
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by ashilov@gmail.com (Anton Shilov) on (#71C91)
Chinese researchers have visualized how photoresist polymers cluster during development using cryogenic electron tomography and found that slightly raising post-exposure bake temperature could reduce defect density, but the finding has limited practical impact since this temperature is already typical for DUV processes and unsuitable for EUV lithography, where it would harm resolution and yield.
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Elon Musk has confirmed that Tesla's AI6 chip will be manufactured at both Samsung's Taylor facility and TSMC's Arizona fab. The update from the company's CEO follows earlier comments in which he described Samsung's site as technically superior.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Hassam Nasir) on (#71C6F)
Popular Mini PC manufacturer Minisforum has just stepped into the ARM market with the MS-R1. It's a 1.7-liter compact system with the CIX CD8180 SoC, consisting of 12-cores clocked at up 2.6 GHz, with a 28W TDP. There's a full-size dedicated GPU slot and support for UEFI built-in, allowing you to easily boot into mainstream operating systems.
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The best early UK Black Friday deals on PC hardware, accessories, and 3D printers.
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by brandon.hill@futurenet.com (Brandon Hill) on (#71C3M)
T-Mobile's new 5G Home Internet plans go into effect on November 13
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Nextorage launches the NX-PFS1PROB external SSD with capacities ranging from 1TB to 8TB, featuring added security features.
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China has lifted its ban on exports of gallium, germanium, and antimony to the United States, temporarily halting restrictions that had reshaped global materials markets over the past year.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Hassam Nasir) on (#71C3Q)
Khein-Seng Pua, the CEO of Phison, speaking to Digitimes, has painted a damning picture of the storage market to come. With NAND prices already on the rise, the CEO believes there's no alleviation in sight and the landscape will remain rough for the following years. Data centers are rapidly shifting to SSDs to avoid already scarce HDDs, which will only exacerbate the situation.
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Webcam brand Insta360 has gifted real gold keycaps, worth up to $45,000 each, to its most valued employees.
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A hardware hacker has installed a Minecraft server on a cheap smart lightbulb.
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The Biwin NV7200 is a compelling new budget SSD that fits the bill for many users.
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by ashilov@gmail.com (Anton Shilov) on (#71BYF)
Micron has reportedly postponed its New York fab project near Clay by several more years: Fab 1 is not expected is now expected to be completed in 2030 and full campus build-out is now projected to be fully ramped in 2045. At the same time, the company reallocates CHIPS Act funding toward its Idaho fabs.
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Save 50% on this impressive Hoto NEX O1 Pro mini electric screwdriver set with 12 bits
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In the heart of Silicon Valley, two freshly built data centers designed for the world's most power-hungry computing workloads are standing empty.
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Only $399 for one of our favorite 3D printers. The Bambu Lab P1S hits an all-time low price.
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TSMC-branded sneakers were 'the focus of the audience' at the firm's annual Sports Day event this weekend.
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A premium-engineered power supply masquerading as a budget option, delivering exceptional electrical performance in a conservative package, though its high retail price and dated connectivity undermine its value proposition.
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AMD's Ryzen 5 3600 processor has hit its lowest ever price on Amazon, according to popular price tracking websites, and it comes with a boxed cooler.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Hassam Nasir) on (#71BEK)
Windows 11 26H1 has just been made official by Microsoft, with its first build released in the Canary channel for Insiders. Unlike what the name might suggest, this is not a feature update, rather a special update meant to roll in support for ARM-based devices, with lots of juicy rumors floating around.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Kunal Khullar) on (#71BEM)
An AMD BC-250 mining board powered by the PS5's custom APU has reappeared in China for around $120.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Hassam Nasir) on (#71BCN)
The Phantom employs beam-splitting technology similar to what's used in aviation HUDs, or teleprompters, to reflect a screen onto a half-glass, half-mirror surface, giving it that transparent look. It also claims to have adjustable transparency, meaning you can have a completely opaque monitor if you wanted.
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Bank of America is facing a proposed class and collective action lawsuit that accuses the company of failing to pay hundreds of hourly workers for time spent booting their computers.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Jowi Morales) on (#71BCQ)
This is what 17 years of smoking could do to your graphics card.
by editors@tomshardware.com (Hassam Nasir) on (#71BBB)
The games we enjoy today would be unimaginably different without the improvements ushered in by DirectX 8 and its programmable shaders. Shader Model 1.0 introduced per-pixel programmable lighting, letting developers write custom code to control how light interacted with objects, rather than relying solely on the GPU's built-in fixed-function logic.
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There's a new open source contender being prepared for the 8-bit console arena.
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by mylesgoldman@icloud.com (Myles Goldman) on (#71BBD)
The Corsair Sabre v2 Pro is an incredibly lightweight (36g) mouse that feels good and glides like a dream. But the software is web-based - and that's a problem when your mouse has no profile or DPI switch buttons.
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The tiniest GPU' has gotten a big update with the new TinyGPU v2.0 offering interactive 3D rasterization, with transformation & lighting tech.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Hassam Nasir) on (#71B9J)
Artificial intelligence has taken yet another victim. After GPUs and memory, storage is now facing a shortage as well, at least in the enterprise space. Production capacity for nearline storage, fueled by high-capacity server HDDs, is booked for the next two years. Cloud providers are switching to QLC NAND to avoid the lead times.
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Google's sunsetted Nest Gen 1 and Gen 2 thermostats have been given a new breath of life by a frustrated developer's No Longer Evil Thermostat firmware.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Jowi Morales) on (#71B9M)
A former Intel software engineer who spent over a decade with the company allegedly stole several thousand documents, including confidential ones, after he was laid off.
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A three-decade old 'Amiga mystery' has been solved by an intrepid electronics-focused TechTuber.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Kunal Khullar) on (#71B8D)
By salvaging rechargeable batteries from thousands of used disposable vapes, UK-based YouTuber Chris Doel built a 50V power system that can run his workshop and home.
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Compaq took the wraps off its first product in November 1982, revealing the computing world's first true IBM PC clone, and an all-in-one portable model at that. It would take a year for IBM to respond.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Kunal Khullar) on (#71AZG)
Featuring support for m-ATX and mini-ITX boards, up to 11 fans, and massive GPU clearance, Corsair's dual-chamber iCUE Link 2500X is finally priced to match its appeal.
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OpenAI has asked the Trump administration to expand a major CHIPS Act tax credit to support the build-out of AI infrastructure, including servers, data centers, and power systems.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Jowi Morales) on (#71AYA)
A proposal to change the USPTO's fee structure from fixed rates to a percentage basis is facing resistance from the semiconductor industry.
by editors@tomshardware.com (Jowi Morales) on (#71AX2)
The impact of the massive AI demand for storage and memory is now hitting retail stores in Japan.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Aaron Klotz) on (#71AX3)
An independent developer has taken on the job of creating a spin-off version of DXVK that works with DirectX 7 games, bringing DX7 to Linux through emulation with Vulkan.
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