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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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on (#7477W)
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.
on (#7475T)
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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on (#746Q0)
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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on (#746DQ)
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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on (#746DR)
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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on (#746DV)
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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on (#746BP)
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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on (#746BQ)
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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on (#746BR)
All four chips have been developed in partnership with Broadcom and are scheduled for deployment within the next two years.
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on (#7469Z)
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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on (#745XP)
Retailers have started selling 32GB DDR5 memory kits with a starting price of $359.99 in the U.S. market.
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on (#745TT)
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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on (#745N1)
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.
on (#745J1)
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.
on (#745J2)
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.
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by mylesgoldman@icloud.com (Myles Goldman) on (#745J3)
The HyperX Origins 2 65 is a solid 65% mechanical keyboard that does an OK job at trying to implement the o-ring mount style.
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on (#745J4)
Snap up this Acer Nitro V 16 AI gaming laptop for 1199.99 during Amazon's Spring Day Deals sales week.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Jowi Morales) on (#745J5)
Asus co-CEO S.Y. Hsu said that the MacBook Neo shook the entire PC market, but also said that it's mostly designed for content consumption because of its limited specifications.
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by stephen.warwick@futurenet.com (Stephen Warwick) on (#745J6)
Get an AMD Ryzen 7 9850X3D, Asus ROG Strix X870E-H, and 32GB of Kingston Fury Beast RAM for $1,099 at Newegg.
by ashilov@gmail.com (Anton Shilov) on (#745J7)
Intel has revealed an 8192-way SIMD compute engine for fully homomorphic encryption math called Heracles. By operating directly on encrypted data, it has the potential to eliminate entire classes of attacks under some workloads.
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HiSense is forcing some owners of its smart TVs to watch ads when switching channels or inputs or going to the home screen.
on (#745FZ)
An experimental AI agent called ROME was caught indulging in unauthorized cryptocurrency mining.
on (#745G0)
A TechTuber called Dr. Semiconductor has successfully created a Class 100 cleanroom' (ISO 5) in his garden shed.
on (#745G1)
Panasonic is struggling to keep up with orders for its flagship Blu-ray recorder system in Japan.
on (#745G3)
Trusted hardware leaker kopite7kimi has released fresh rumors regarding Nvidia's purported GeForce RTX 5050 9GB GDDR7 graphics card.
on (#745G2)
Australian biotech company Cortical Labs has partnered with data center firm DayOne to establish two new data centers using its CL1 biological computers.
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on (#745EC)
Seagate CCO Ban-Seng Teh said this week that memory price hikes are "the new normal" for the storage industry, describing current market conditions as a supercycle driven by AI data center demand that shows no sign of following historical patterns of recovery.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Hassam Nasir) on (#745ED)
XeSS 3.0 has been available inside Intel's graphics driver suite for some time now, but the chipmaker has finally released the accompanying SDK for game developers, albeit only in closed-source form.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Hassam Nasir) on (#7451D)
If your PC runs hot, dusty, or loud, there's a decent chance your airflow is working against you and not for you. We dig into the mechanics of positive and negative pressure, lay out exactly when each configuration wins, and how a few smart tweaks can make a bigger difference than any cooler upgrade ever will.
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ECS showcases revamped Liva P300 mini-PC for Intel's upcoming Nova Lake processors, revealing some interesting features along the way.
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