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A PC gaming enthusiast has shared a video demo of the new DS5Dongle which unlocks the full gamut of Sony DualSense controller features for Windows users who prefer wireless.
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by stephen.warwick@futurenet.com (Stephen Warwick) on (#75AAM)
Get an Alienware Aurora 5080 desktop gaming PC for $2,899.
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The results come as Chinese chipmakers continue to absorb market share from Nvidia.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Jowi Morales) on (#75A8S)
Housing construction projects in Texas are facing delays of up to two months as contractors are having a harder time finding and keeping electricians. Data center projects are pricing out housing projects from the labor force as they offer 75% higher salaries and more benefits.
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Meta signed a multibillion-dollar, multi-year deal with Amazon Web Services last week to deploy tens of millions of Graviton5 CPU cores across AWS data centers.
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by stephen.warwick@futurenet.com (Stephen Warwick) on (#759PC)
Save 25% on this Corsair Vengeance 32GB DDR5-6000 RAM, on sale at Woot for a limited time only.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Jowi Morales) on (#759PD)
OpenAI has reportedly modified its arrangement on several Stargate projects, leaving the direct ownership set up and instead preferring to lease compute from other partners who took on the direct risk of investing in the infrastructure.
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Colorful's iGame X870E Vulcan OC V14 is a capable premium mid-range motherboard built for overclocking, thanks to its robust power delivery, cooling, and design. It faces tough competition at its price point, but remains a solid, feature-rich option under $700.
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on (#759M3)
Google joins OpenAI and Elon Musk's xAI in granting the Pentagon broad classified AI access.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Jowi Morales) on (#759H1)
Lenovo has reportedly stopped using magnesium alloy subframes in the ThinkPad P16 Gen 3 to save on weight and thickness. This feature was first introduced on the ThinkPad T60 in 2006 and was added to ensure rigidity for the brand's workstation laptops.
by ashilov@gmail.com (Anton Shilov) on (#759H2)
TSMC adds support for face-to-face stacking, 6.5 m and 4.5 m pitches for the next generation of SoIC 3D stacking.
by editors@tomshardware.com (Hassam Nasir) on (#759H3)
Framework has just launched a new graphics module featuring the RTX 5070 mobile 12GB, and it costs a cool $1,200, representing a 72% raise in pricing over the 8GB variant, that's $699. Both GPUs are identical apart from the memory capacity (and bandwidth), but Framework says pricing is out of its control.
by editors@tomshardware.com (Jowi Morales) on (#759H4)
Applied Materials, KLA, and Lam Research received letters from the U.S. Department of Commerce preventing them from shipping some of Hua Hong's orders for the latest chipmaking tools. These are reportedly being planned for use on the Chinese company's planned 7-nm fab in Shanghai.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Hassam Nasir) on (#759EQ)
Galax has moved under the direct control of Palit, owned by the Palit Group, but the brand itself isn't going anywhere. Official statements from both companies clarify that Galax will continue to design, produce, and release hardware like before, but will be managed by Palit now to streamline the business.
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by stldenise@gmail.com (Denise Bertacchi) on (#759ER)
Independent software developer Pawel Jarczak has voluntarily shuttered his popular OrcaSlicer-BambuLab" project following legal threats from Bambu Lab, ending one man's fight to restore direct control to the popular third-party slicer.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Bruno Ferreira) on (#759ES)
As advanced LLMs do more and more for modern businesses, the outlays to cover all those tokens can cost more than worker salaries alone. But some companies don't see the added costs as a negative as they look toward a more automated future.
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Save 20% on this Newegg combo kit with AMD's first dual-X3D chip in the AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2, along with an Asus ROG Strix motherboard, 32GB (2x16GB) of Corsair Vengeance DDR5-6400 RAM, and a 2TB WD Black SN7100 SSD, all for $1,704.99.
by stephen.warwick@futurenet.com (Stephen Warwick) on (#759EV)
Dell's 34-inch QD-OLED monitor has fallen back to its all-time-low Black Friday price of $649.
by ashilov@gmail.com (Anton Shilov) on (#759EW)
According to analyst reports, Intel is reducing wafer yield variability to get more useful CPU dies from wafer edges amid AI-driven demand.
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on (#759EX)
Only PS5 Phat consoles on older firmware 3.00, 3.10, 3.20, 3.21, 4.00, 4.02, 4.03, 4.50, or 4.51 are supported.
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on (#759EY)
Lisuan Tech has secured Windows Hardware Quality Labs (WHQL) certification for its 6nm graphics cards, making it only the fourth company to ever do so.
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Meta has announced plans to help power its AI data centers using sunlight beamed from space through a partnership with Overview Energy, alongside a 100 GWh long-duration storage deal with Noon Energy, as the AI industry's energy demands continue to surge.
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Researchers at Switzerland's Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne have developed a nanoscale device that generates continuous electricity from evaporating water, with heat and sunlight boosting the process.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Aaron Klotz) on (#7590A)
Despite ongoing memory shortages, Nvidia has launched a higher-capacity 12GB trim of its RTX 5070 laptop GPU. The new part has 50% more capacity compared to Nvidia's existing RTX 5070 8GB model.
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on (#758TS)
Grab a huge 34% discount on this TP-Link 5-port unmanaged Ethernet switch that'll let you upgrade the wired connectivity in your home or office with gigabit speeds, now down to a lowly 8.59 for a limited time only.
by editors@tomshardware.com (Jowi Morales) on (#758TT)
Nvidia, Oracle, SoftBank, and CoreWeave saw their stock prices go down because of news that OpenAI has been missing its internal targets. SoftBank stock lost 9.9% of its value on the Tokyo Stock Exchange. Nvidia, AMD, Oracle, and CoreWeave also dropped during pre-market trading and remain down after the market opened.
by editors@tomshardware.com (Hassam Nasir) on (#758TV)
PS4 and PS5 consoles are now apparently subject to a new DRM policy requiring users to check-in online every 30 days to maintain access.
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The system would pack 47,000 processors into 92 compute cabinets, making it the first exascale machine designed to reach that performance tier without GPU accelerators.
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Canonical has confirmed AI is coming to Ubuntu, with plans for local AI inference, agentic system tools, and AI-powered accessibility features - says everything will remain opt-in and privacy-focused.
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ZSNES is a legendary Super Nintendo emulator that has been reborn this week as Super ZSNES with 'super enhancements' powered by your GPU.
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The Astro A20 X is a wireless gaming headset designed to connect to two devices, such as a PC and a console, with a small, slim base station. It's nearly identical to the Logitech G522, with a lightweight plastic frame and bright, customizable RGB lighting.
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Microsoft and OpenAI have announced a restructuring of their relationship. No longer will Microsoft pay OpenAI a revenue share, but it will continue to flow the other way. Microsoft will also retain model access and a first-refusal for its Azure server services, but OpenAI will be able to work with other CSPs.
by editors@tomshardware.com (Jowi Morales) on (#758R7)
The residents of Archbald, Pennsylvania have started pushing back against the six planned data centers in the town, which will take up about 14% of its land area.
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on (#758NK)
Gigabyte's X870E Aorus Xtreme X3D AI Top delivers flagship-class hardware and excellent performance at a comparatively lower price, balancing high-end features, comprehensive connectivity, and even AI-focused tools for premium AM5 builds.
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A $400 saving means this MSI Aegis Z2 gaming PC, with an eight-core AMD Ryzen CPU, Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 Ti, 32GB of DDR5 RAM, and 2TB SSD, could be yours for just $1,849.99.
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on (#758KB)
We go over every GPU in the RTX 30-series lineup to determine whether or not it's the right time to leave the Ampere platform for newer Blackwell and RDNA4-based pastures.
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on (#758KC)
Scientists have demonstrated a new semiconductor material that can operate at extreme temperatures, from 500C and down to -271.1C.
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on (#758KD)
Security researchers have uncovered a cyber-sabotage platform that targeted software used for major civil engineering projects and predates Stuxnet by at least half a decade.
by editors@tomshardware.com (Hassam Nasir) on (#758KE)
New AGESA updates are bringing EXPO 1.2 support to more and more 800-series AM5 motherboards, but CUDIMM support remains only partial. Because Zen 4 and 5's IMC is incompatible with CUDIMM, it can only run in bypass mode with limited speeds. Moreover, older 600-series motherboards are now also expected to get EXPO 1.2 support later.
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Ubiquiti Inc. has started charging customers a 'Memory Surcharge' of up to 5.8% on some of the products sold in its online store.
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on (#758KG)
The site has published 94 articles since late December using a fully automated pipeline that drafts stories, reviews them, and deploys bots to solicit quotes from real people under fake bylines.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Bruno Ferreira) on (#758KH)
Denuvo has been bypassed in all single-player, non-VR games it previously protected with the widely-publicized hypervisor bypass.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Bruno Ferreira) on (#7585B)
AMD's Ryzen 9 9950X3D has climbed to the top of Amazon's best sellers charts, likely due to a deep discount and the release of the Ryzen 9 9950X3D2.
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Russian YouTube channel PRO Hi-Tech shows what the 32-core Irtysh C632 processor can achieve in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt when paired with an AMD Radeon RX 9600 XT graphics card.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Bruno Ferreira) on (#7582Y)
Noctua has opened Pandora's Box by releasing 3D CAD files of many of its fans and accessories, though with some slight modifications to protect Noctua's IP.
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Google announced its eighth-gen TPUs at Cloud Next, shipping two distinct chip designs for the first time in the TPU program's decade-long history.
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on (#75831)
Valve's Steam Controller ($99) is vastly customizable, comfortable, and has a ton of input options. You probably don't strictly need it, but you can make it your own.
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on (#75830)
Valve programmer Pierre-Loup Griffais and engineer Steve Cardinali talked to Tom's Hardware about the Steam Controller, it's deep-dive learning experience, and why you really need to play games through Steam to get the best experience.
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on (#757ZT)
Microsoft and OpenAI are ending their long-standing exclusivity agreement, allowing OpenAI to leverage cloud providers like Amazon and Google.
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on (#757ZV)
War-related disruptions in the Middle East are hitting global electronics supply chains, triggering shortages in critical PCB and chipmaking materials that could drive up prices of gadgets
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