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The invitation to Mayor-elect Mamdani's inauguration lists Raspberry Pi and Flipper Zero as prohibited items but does not provide a reason.
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Latest from Tom's Hardware
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| Updated | 2026-01-27 10:15 |
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on (#72G66)
Linux's contemporary filesystem mount API has been missing documentation since 2019,
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Jowi Morales) on (#72G67)
Asus says that it will increase prices on several product lines starting January 5, as prices for memory and storage components continue to rise. TrendForce estimates that laptop shipments could shrink by as much as 10.1% due to the memory shortage.
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Open-source expansion card brings AMD's B650 chipset expansion capabilities to any system that has a PCIe 4.0 x4 expansion slot.
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Tech modder rolls his own foldable, portable Cyberdeck with integrated keyboard, speakers, and USB hub
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After nearly a month and with most options exhausted, one unlucky RTX 5080 buyer finally got their card.
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SK hynix is bringing its HBM ambitions to U.S. soil with a $3.9 billion plan to build its first domestic manufacturing facility - a 2.5D advanced packaging plant in West Lafayette, Indiana.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Aaron Klotz) on (#72FRX)
Razer's old Hanbo Chroma AIO liquid coolers are selling at ludicrously low prices ahead of the new year as Newegg looks to liquidate all of its remaining inventory. Pricing on the 240mm model is just $29.99, making it possibly the cheapest AIO cooler on the market.
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by ashilov@gmail.com (Anton Shilov) on (#72FRY)
The Russian government plans to penalize 'illegal' mining of cryptocurrency to prison terms of up to five years.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Jowi Morales) on (#72FRZ)
Two former cybersecurity experts pled guilty to conspiracy to obstruct commerce by extortion for deploying ransomware against several victims. The perpetrators are facing 20 years in prison each, with sentencing set in March 2026.
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Razer's BlackWidow V4 Low Profile TKL gaming keyboard is on sale right now at Woot for just $139.99, a record low for this model from an Amazon company, and with three different switch types to choose from.
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Vintage Nintendo 3DS gaming handhelds are soaring in price, with the XL version selling for between $200 and $350 on eBay.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Hassam Nasir) on (#72FP3)
A new tip suggests the pricing of AMD's Ryzen 7 9850X3D will be close to the 9800X3D. Listings show a $511.4 ask for the new chip, but no official MSRP is mentioned. Running a few calculations gives us a value of around $499 as the supposed list price.
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SoftBank has agreed to acquire DigitalBridge in a deal valuing the digital infrastructure investor at roughly $4 billion, including debt.
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The U.S. government has approved annual export licenses allowing Samsung Electronics and SK hynix to ship chipmaking equipment to their manufacturing facilities in China throughout 2026.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Jowi Morales) on (#72FP6)
Tech companies are spending more on AI-focused employees even as the rest of the industry is laying off hundreds of thousands.
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MSI's B850 MPower is a solid all-around motherboard, but excels at memory overclocking, specifically with 8000-series APUs, where speeds over 10,000 MT/s are possible.
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The first Iron Beam laser defense system was deployed by Israel on Sunday. This 100kW laser weapon thus became the world's first drone defense zapper to be operationally deployed.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Hassam Nasir) on (#72FK9)
The decisions to put a 16-pin power connector on a non-Nvidia GPU has started to show its consequences on the RX 9070 XT. Sapphire's Nitro+ variant uses a 12v-2x6 connector, which has burnt down thrice already, making this the fourth case so far, joining the first ASRock Taichi card that broke the dam.
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by ashilov@gmail.com (Anton Shilov) on (#72FKA)
China has quietly mandated that at least 50% of equipment used for new semiconductor capacity be domestically sourced. However, as China's industry cannot produce enough lithography tools, authorities tend to get flexible and allow foreign alternatives in.
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on (#72FJ1)
An open source USB to GPIB adapter will soon reach version 3, bringing an integrated Ethernet port with PoE support.
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This $2,499 Skytech gaming PC is an elite-level rig for gaming at 4K, fitted with an Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 and an AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D, along with 32GB of DDR5 RAM and a 1TB SSD.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Jowi Morales) on (#72FJ3)
CD Projekt sells 100% of GOG to co-founder Micha Kiciski, allowing the company to focus on new games and upcoming titles under its existing franchises.
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by ashilov@gmail.com (Anton Shilov) on (#72FG8)
When copper is not enough and yet optical interconnections are overkill, waveguide-based cables can do the job.
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on (#72FG9)
Nostalgia addicts can now get their Unix v4 fix in a browser
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Aaron Klotz) on (#72FGA)
Blur Busters has released an overlay that enables its CRT motion clarity emulator to run in Windows and PC games. Gamers can now enjoy the motion-blur-reduction effects of CRT emulation in PC titles.
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A maker has shared their take on the Makeyo MK01 3D printed PC case, implementing several worthwhile mods.
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D7VK has added experimental Direct3D 6 support, opening up near-native performance for older PC games without emulation.
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Asus teases forthcoming Neo AM5 motherboards supporting AMD's Ryzen processors, to be officially announced at CES 2026.
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Cinebench 2026 out and ready to hammer CPUs and graphics cards six times as hard
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Hassam Nasir) on (#72F2T)
China's first 6nm-class discrete GPUs, the G100 series from Lisuan, has apparently started to ship out to customers, months after their initial announcement. These GPUs, if as performant as claimed, hold the potential to fuel China's self-reliance ambitions in producing homegrown alternatives to Nvidia and AMD.
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by ashilov@gmail.com (Anton Shilov) on (#72F2V)
TSMC has quietly begun volume production of its 2nm-class N2 process in Q4 2025 as planned, marking the company's first GAA nanosheet node that will be ramping production at two new fabs to meet strong demand from various customers.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Aaron Klotz) on (#72F05)
Rainbow Six Siege has recovered from yesterday's attack, with servers now fully operational once again. The only issues players will experience re-entering the game are a possible wait queue.
by ashilov@gmail.com (Anton Shilov) on (#72F06)
EUV lithography era in chipmaking began in 2019 and there are no signs that this is going to stop as process technologies are getting more complex. However, there are fundamental reasons why TSMC's quotes are rising quicker than its costs and its customers are not leaving for other foundries.
by editors@tomshardware.com (Hassam Nasir) on (#72EXZ)
Intel has officially sold over 217 million of its common stock to Nvidia in a historic equity investment worth $5 billion. The stake was originally announced in September, after the U.S. government had invested its own $8.9 billion into Intel. Following FTC approvals in early December, the sale has now been completed.
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A former Samsung Engineer accused of offering the secrets behind the company's 10nm DRAM data to China's ChangXin Memory Technologies has been accused of making hundreds of handwritten notes on detailed process steps.
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Nvidia has announced a $20 billion deal to acquire Groq's intellectual property, though not the company itself, and absorb key members of its engineering team.
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An IDC report revises earlier guidance, warning of a shrink in the PC market that could approach 9%.
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The Corsair MP700 Micro is everything you want from a drive with high performance and power efficiency in a small form factor.
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Fujifilm has confirmed that its new LTO Ultrium 10 data cartridges with 40TB native capacity will begin shipping in January 2026.
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This sub-$600 HP Victus 15 is a budget-friendly 1080p gaming laptops featuring an AMD Ryzen 7 7445HS CPU, Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 GPU, 16GB of RAM, and a 512GB SSD.
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The FBI has published a public wanted notice naming four individuals accused of operating as fraudulent remote IT workers on behalf of North Korea.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Hassam Nasir) on (#72EV6)
AI has run havoc through the entire industry and as we suffer the drying inventories of RAM and storage, we might as well see what it's all going to, right? Well, some of it is being used to generate custom backgrounds for Thermaltake's "AI Forge" feature present on its latest MagFloe AIOs and screens, which uses Dall-E and/or JiMeng.
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A mismarked 8TB SSD at Micro Center is sounding the alarm on surging SSD prices in response to demand from AI data centers.
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Boost your targeting skills with a mechanized mousepad-driven aim assist system
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by ashilov@gmail.com (Anton Shilov) on (#72EKP)
Louis Gerstner, who took over IBM in 1993 as it stood on the brink of breakup and bankruptcy, died at 83, leaving behind a legacy defined by preserving IBM as an integrated company and changing its direction nearly entirely.
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Anycubic's upcoming Kobra X 3D printer boasts impressive capabilities, and you can lock in an early adopter price right now.
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Thrustmaster is offering up to 40% off its popular racing wheels on Amazon, including a $125 discount on the high-end, direct-drive T598.
by editors@tomshardware.com (Hassam Nasir) on (#72EFB)
If you've been looking for a high-performance laptop that comes with a modern OLED screen, end your search with the Lenovo Legion 5 (Gen 10). It's the cheapest we've ever seen an OLED laptop with an RTX 5070, saving you over $500 right now on both its base spec and the upgraded one we recommend.
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Yesterday, the ground shook off the coast of Taiwan, slamming the country with the strongest earthquake in 27 years. The seismic wave registered 7.0 in Taiwan's scales, or 6.6 to 6.7 according to the USGS standard. Thankfully, according to reports, TSMC's factories are all intact, saving the world from yet another spike in chip prices.