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Updated 2026-03-06 23:00
Intel mobile CPUs have achieved up to 95x performance uplift over the past two decades — benchmarking the gains from 45nm Penryn to 18A Panther Lake
Leading Linux publication Phoronix has tested 15 Intel mobile processors launched over an 18-year period.
Amazon invests $50 billion in OpenAI, comitting to 2 gigawatts of Trainium silicon — AWS to become exclusive cloud distributor for Frontier enterprise platform
The investment is part of a $110 billion funding round that values OpenAI at $730 billion pre-money, with Nvidia and SoftBank each contributing $30 billion.
Claude won't be allowed to engage in mass surveillance or power fully autonomous weapons — Anthropic refuses to lower AI guardrails for the Pentagon
Anthropic CEO has pushed back strongly against the Pentagon's requests to remove AI guardrails from Claude. Anthropic takes a concrete stance against mass surveillance and autonomous killing machines, arguing that the former is undemocratic, while frontier AI is not ready for the latter.
Secretlab has three Pokémon-themed Titan Evo chairs in honor of game's 30th anniversary — special edition seats available in Pikachu, Gengar, and Eevee flavors
Secretlab and The Pokemon Company International just collaborated to bring three limited-edition Pokemon-themed gaming chairs, featuring Pikachu, Gengar, or Eevee, in celebration of the popular franchise's 30th anniversary.
ISSCC 2026: AMD discloses how the Instinct MI355X doubled per-CU throughput despite lower compute unit count — 'We are actually matching the performance of the more expensive and complex GB200'
Taking to the stage at ISSCC, AMD's Ramasamy Adaikkalavan talked through how AMD managed to fit nearly double the compute throughput into the same die area as its predecessor,
Nvidia DGX Spark gets $700 price hike as memory shortages bite — Founders Edition price jumps 18% to $4,699, up from $3,999
Nvidia has raised the DGX Spark's MSRP by $700, blaming constrained memory supplies as AI hardware demand continues to strain global availability.
Corsair Sabre v2 Pro Wireless MG Review: Not enough magnesium?
Corsair's Sabre v2 Pro Wireless MG is an ultra-lightweight wireless mouse with a perforated magnesium shell. It's $50 cheaper than the carbon fiber version, but at $150, it's still not cheap.
Rapidus secures $1.7 billion from Japan’s government and private investors for 2nm chip production — company says it is in active discussions with more than 60 potential customers
Under the arrangement, the government will initially hold roughly 10% of Rapidus's voting shares and the majority of its stake in non-voting stock.
Behind the scenes of our massive CPU retest for Bench — testing at 1080p, choosing new apps, and gathering data for a decade of CPUs
We're retesting a decade's worth of CPUs for our CPU hierarchy and Bench database, and we're taking Tom's Hardware Premium users behind the scenes to show you how it's done.
Save $465 and get an 8TB SSD for $715 when paired with an RTX 5070 — Newegg Combo gets you a new GPU and a WD Black SN850X at pre-RAM crunch prices
MSI Shadow RTX 5070 graphics card with an 8TB Gen 4 WD Black SN850X for $1,364.98
RayNeo Air 4 Pro AR glasses review: Now enhanced with HDR10 and enhanced audio
The RayNeo Air 4 Pro is the new standout star when it comes to AR performance and value.
Save $177 on this epic Newegg combo with AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D, 32GB DDR5 RAM, and a Gigabyte X870E motherboard — $1,000 deal gets you the barebones of a powerhouse 4K rig with one of the fastest
Another seriously good Newegg combo deal combines the AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D, 32GB of fast DDR5 RAM, and a Gigabyte AM5 X870E motherboard for $1,000.77, saving you a huge $176.99 as a result.
Imec's new post-exposure bake method speeds up EUV chipmaking tools, boosting production for the most advanced chips — 20% gain in photoresist improvement from increased oxygen concentration
Increased oxygen concentration during the EUV lithography post-exposure bake step can increase photoresist performance by 15% - 20%, according to Imec's findings.
Japanese firm stops production of Blu-ray disc drives — Buffalo says there will be no successors to its current trio of portable USB-attached drives
Further signs that the Blu-ray tide is going out, never to return, come from Japanese peripherals maker Buffalo.
Razer launches $130 laptop sleeve featuring two wireless charging pads — Base variant with no tech costs $80, supports up to 16-inch devices
Razer has just launched its own lineup of laptop sleeves for devices up to 16 inches. The higher-end variant costs $130 and features two wireless charging pads in its flap. The top pad is capable of charging at up to 15W, while the bottom one's output is limited to 5W. The cheaper $80 variant is comparatively basic with just a standard magnetic flap.
Finance techie says they cloned Bloomberg's $30k-a-year Terminal with Perplexity's Computer — project draws both praise and sizable skepticism
Finance techie tries cloning Bloomberg's $30k-a-year Terminal with AI
Klevv Cras V RGB DDR5-9600 C46 2x48GB review: Binned for pure speed, not your wallet
Klevv's latest DDR5-9600 memory kit commands a strong premium. Can the high-speed memory kit justify its price?
Intel Foundry boss leaves for Qualcomm — Naga Chandrasekaran takes charge of the unit
Naga Chandrasekaran promoted to Chief Technology and Operations Officer as well as the general manager of Intel Foundry responsible for development of advanced process technologies and day-to-day operations.
SK hynix and SanDisk announce new High Bandwidth Flash — speedy HBF standard is targeted at inference AI servers
SK hynix and SanDisk announce speedy HBF flash chip standard
Nvidia rolls back its latest driver update — Game Ready Driver 595.59 reportedly causes fan issues on RTX 3000, 4000, and 5000-series GPUs
GeForce Game Ready Driver 595.59 is said to disable one of the fans on Nvidia RTX 30-series and newer GPUs, even without third-party apps like MSI Afterburner.
Researchers discover massive Wi-Fi vulnerability affecting multiple access points — AirSnitch lets attackers on the same network intercept data and launch machine-in-the-middle attacks
A team of researchers discovered that they can break cryptographic client isolation on a number of wireless routers by taking advantage of how Wi-Fi networks work.
Asus ROG Ally receives timely GPU driver update despite rumors of AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme deprecation — new release follows recent speculation that driver support for some Windows 11 handhelds had
A new AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme GPU update for the Asus ROG Ally has alleviated some concern about its deprecation, although some questions remain about its longevity.
Corsair Sabre v2 Pro Wireless CF review: Feels like carbon fiber
Corsair's Sabre v2 Pro Wireless CF is an ultra-lightweight wireless mouse made of carbon fiber. It works well and comes with a fancy carrying case, but it also costs $200.
Nvidia warns of constrained supply of gaming GPUs, potentially signaling higher prices and shortages to come — 'we do believe for a couple of quarters it is going to be very tight'
Jensen Huang expects the supply of gaming hardware to be insufficient in the next two quarters and has limited visibility beyond that.
Best PC case fans tested 2026: Improve your airflow, silence your system, or add more RGB glow
We test several different fans to figure out which impellers are sellers and which spinners are sinners.
Asus ROG Rapture GT-BE19000Ai Wi-Fi 7 gaming router review – Bringing Edge AI to the consumer router market
The ROG Rapture GT-BE19000Ai delivers on performance and expandability, but the price is a bitter pill to swallow.
Chipmakers still suffering from rare earth shortages, says report — US-China trade truce apparently still hasn’t eased pressures despite agreement taking place in October last year
Sources told Reuters that some U.S. chipmaking firms are running low on scandium - a crucial rare earth material for making 5G chips - as they suffer delays from acquiring export licenses from Beijing.
Save a massive $1,570 on this Lenovo Legion gaming PC with an Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 Ti — just $2,199.99 for 4K-ready rig with a 24-core Intel CPU, 32GB of DDR5 RAM, and a 1TB SSD
A 41% saving on this Lenovo Legion Tower 7i Gen 10 gaming PC isn't one to miss. It includes an Intel Core Ultra 285K CPU, Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 Ti GPU, 32GB of DDR5-5600 RAM, and a 1TB NVMe SSD, all for just $2,199.99, saving you a massive $1,570 on the list price.
Shave $150 off the bill with this 32GB DDR5-6400 RAM and Asus Rog Strix B850 motherboard bundle, just $449 — or opt for 64GB and save $210
Newegg has two combo offerings featuring an identical motherboard and Patriot Viper Venom RAM
Trump orders Big Tech to generate its own power for AI data centers — reveals new 'ratepayer protection pledge' to curb rising electricity prices in the US
Building upon his Social Truth post from last month, President Trump has formally asked the big tech players to build their own power plants. Data centers have been eating at the national grid, causing electricity prices to rise across the board - for the average household. The "ratepayer protection pledge" will combat this by ensuring companies generate their own energy.
HP says memory costs doubled in one quarter, now account for 35% of PC build materials
Interim CEO Bruce Broussard told investors the company has responded by securing long-term supply agreements for the year and has "qualified new suppliers".
MSI's $80 AMD motherboards with DDR4 support swoop in to rescue gamers amid the global RAM crisis — AM4 emerges as the unexpected hero with RAM prices skyrocketing
MSI launches the Pro B550M-B and B550M-A Pro motherboards for previous-generation Ryzen processors that reside on the AM4 socket.
Testing CPU scaling in Resident Evil Requiem — and why we weren’t able to finish the job
We tested CPU scaling in Capcom's Resident Evil Requiem with some fascinating results. However, we weren't able to get through a full suite of CPUs due to Capcom's use of Denuvo Anti-Tamper in Resident Evil 9.
LLMs used tactical nuclear weapons in 95% of AI war games, launched strategic strikes three times — researcher pitted GPT-5.2, Claude Sonnet 4, and Gemini 3 Flash against each other, with at lea
A researcher made three different AI LLMs the heads of state of nuclear-powered nations and made them face off with each other using historical scenarios. Out of the total of 21 matches, 20 ended with a tactical nuke detonation while three resulted in a full-on strategic nuclear exchange, essentially ending the world.
Lucky PC builder orders 32GB Corsair RAM kit for $300, gets a box of 10 worth $3,000 instead — plans to sell all the extra units to the community at pre-AI crunch prices
A Reddit user's order for a pack of 32GB Corsair DDR5 RAM turns into a box of 10, totalling 320GB of memory.
Nvidia posts record $215 billion annual revenue in latest quarterly earnings report — gaming GPUs now only 11.45% of revenue
As sales of gaming GPUs drop quarter-over-quarter, Nvidia enjoys record results amid massive AI craze and lack of rivals for the Blackwell platform.
Valve says it misreported VRAM capacity on some graphics cards in Steam Hardware Surveys — latest data depicting 30% adoption of 8GB GPUs now foggy
In January's Steam Hardware Survey, adoption of 8 GB GPUs was at almost 30% despite marking a 3.11% decline, while 16 GB GPUs were up an impressive 5.85%. Unfortunately, it seems like Valve misreported those numbers as the latest Steam Client Beta update includes a patch node admitting so.
Nvidia delivers first Vera Rubin AI GPU samples to customers — 88-core Vera CPU paired with Rubin GPUs with 288 GB of HBM4 memory apiece
Nvidia begins to ship samples of its Vera Rubin platforms for AI to partners, on track for revenue shipments in the second half of the year.
Micron joins the 3GB GDDR7 party, introduces 36 Gbps modules for GPUs — lags behind speeds of Samsung and SK Hynix
Micron officially introduces its own 3GB GDDR7 memory module, with an official bandwidth rating of 36 Gbps.
Inside Meta and AMD's $100 billion deal, and why AMD is giving up a slice of the company in return for GPU orders — Meta stays platform-agnostic as it develops AI compute strategy
AMD and Meta's blockbuster deal could see the company signing away 10% of shares in the business to Meta. We examine why AMD is keen to secure AI hardware orders, and explore Meta's AI compute strategy.
Microsoft clarifies Windows 11 printer driver policy — support for legacy printers is not ending
Microsoft confirmed today that Windows 11 is not ending support for legacy V3 and V4 printer drivers despite previous reports
China to increase leading-edge chip output by 5x in two years, report claims — aims to lift 7nm and 5nm production to 100,000 wafers per month, targeting half a million monthly by 2030
Chinese foundries looking to increase 7nm and below capacity to 100,000 wafer starts per month in one or two years, says Nikkei.
Newegg’s 25th anniversary sale is here, unlocking huge discounts on gaming PCs, laptops, RAM, SSDs, and more — jaw-dropping Doorbuster deals include a rare RTX 5070 at MSRP and an iFixit t
To celebrate Newegg's 25th anniversary, the retailer is releasing some epic Doorbuster deals at 9 am PT, with huge discounts on a range of tech.
Nvidia still hasn’t sold a single H200 to China nearly three months after getting the green light from the White House — U.S. Commerce official says department hasn’t approved any sa
U.S. Department of Commerce Assistant Secretary for export enforcement David Peters said that his agency has not approved a single H200 export license since President Donald Trump allowed Nvidia to sell them to China.
Razer Iskur V2 NewGen gaming chair review: A much-needed ‘cooler’ update to an already solid chair
The Razer Iskur V2 NewGen replaces the Iskur V2 in the lineup, and upgrades materials to make you cooler.
Choose an Intel or AMD CPU and save up to $1200 on an RTX 5080-powered Omen Max 16 laptop — high-end gaming just got cheaper
Save up to $1200 on a new HP Omen Max 16 RTX 5080-powered gaming laptop.
Trump administration to use Pentagon AI to set mineral reference prices — gallium and germanium among first four targets
The Trump administration wants to use DARPA's Open Price Exploration for National Security (OPEN), an AI tool launched in 2023, to calculate what supplies of strategically important rare earths should cost once labor, processing, and other inputs are factored in and the effects of alleged Chinese market manipulation are removed.
Save $349 on a 9850X3D, bundled with 32GB of RAM and a motherboard at Newegg — RAM effectively $150 when paired with X870E Aorus and AMD's fastest gaming chip
Get an AMD Ryzen 9850X3D CPU, 32GB of DDR5, and an X870E Aorus motherboard at Newegg.
LG opens pre-orders for massive 52-inch 5K2K curved monitor — $1,999 monster is built for both gaming and productivity, with 240Hz refresh rate
LG's UltraGear evo G9 aims to serve both gamers and productivity professionals by pairing a high-resolution 5K2K panel with a fast 240Hz refresh rate in an ultra-wide 52-inch form factor.
Modder pushes rare 20GB RTX 3080 Ti past 550W with risky power shunts and liquid metal cooling — project reveals full performance potential of the unreleased GPU sample
A Reddit user, after acquiring an engineering sample of an unreleased 20GB Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti, has modded it to bypass its power limits and take it to its maximum performance to make it behave "much more like the 3080 Ti class GPU it should have been," according to the modder.
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