by editors@tomshardware.com (Kunal Khullar) on (#74QAN)
LG's 27-inch 280 Hz OLED gaming monitor sees a massive price drop, with a promo code bringing it down to $399.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Jowi Morales) on (#74QAP)
Internal company communications indicate that multiple zones at AWS Bahrain and Dubai are "hard down," with no timeline for service restoration.
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Sharge's Disk Pro pairs a snappy 10 Gbps SSD with a handy port hub and active cooling, all in a compact, eye-catching shell with a magnetic back. It's an impressive package for gamers and road warriors, but you'll pay a high price for all these features.
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Modos Tech sent us a couple of its latest e-paper monitors for some hands-on time.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Aaron Klotz) on (#74Q81)
A modder has successfully booted a 12-core Bartlett Lake-S CPU into Windows using a modified BIOS on an Asus Z790 motherboard.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Kunal Khullar) on (#74Q83)
Windows 11 24H2 systems are being upgraded to 25H2 automatically, as Microsoft aims to streamline updates before support ends.
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on (#74Q82)
The Enermax Revolution III S 1000W features certified Platinum efficiency, good power quality, and an absurdly confident 13-year warranty, though its small cooling fan and peculiar cable layout create limitations that deserve attention.
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A former president of Microsoft's Windows Division has been reminiscing about the lean and efficient coding regime at Microsoft in the 1980s.
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A retro computing connoisseur has bare-metal installed and booted Microsoft Windows 3.1X on a Ryzen 9 9900X and RTX 5060 Ti PC system.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Hassam Nasir) on (#74Q86)
Two new Rowhammer attacks for GPUs have been discovered that can cause bit flips in VRAM to gain arbitrary read/write access over it. These attacks target page files and the page directory that are otherwise protected from electrical disturbance by the driver. By "massaging" these data structures into vulnerable regions where a bit flip can occur, the attacker can access even the CPU memory.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Jowi Morales) on (#74Q76)
Researchers from the Leiden University in The Netherlands used cutting-edge 3D printing technology to create these microrobots that measure just 0.5 micrometers across.
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on (#74PXF)
Intel's chip matches similarly-priced AMD parts in gaming and mercilessly wallops them in multi-threaded work.
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Newegg puts up a new Core Ultra 5 250K Plus and ASRock B860 Rock WiFi 7 bundle for grabs at $299.
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by ashilov@gmail.com (Anton Shilov) on (#74PVA)
As hyperscalers seek efficiency and control from custom CPUs they build in house, they adopt Arm and 90% of servers running custom silicon will use the Arm ISA in 2029.
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Via LA, the patent pool administrator for H.264/AVC, restructured its streaming license fees earlier this year, replacing a flat $100,000 annual cap with a tiered system.
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If you're looking for a deal on a gaming PC, it tends to be cheaper these days to buy a prebuilt, and this deal from Newegg delivers a powerful RTX 5070 / 7800X3D for significantly less than it would cost to build the system yourself.
by ashilov@gmail.com (Anton Shilov) on (#74PS3)
As cloud giants plan to spend $650 billion on AI infrastructure this year, the availability of power infrastructure components has become a significant obstacle to deploying AI data centers.
by editors@tomshardware.com (Jowi Morales) on (#74PS4)
This hardened Wi-Fi receiver is designed to work for at least six months in some of the most radioactive spaces on earth.
on (#74PS5)
Score Intel's latest Core Ultra 7 270K Plus with a Z890 motherboard and 32GB of DDR5-6000 memory for $240 off with this bundle.
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We interview experts, including Chris McGuire, senior fellow for China and emerging technologies at the Council on Foreign Relations, and former senior director in the U.S. National Security Council on the Trump Administration's shifting stance toward AI accelerator export control rules.
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Anycubic's latest resin printer, the Photon P1, is packed with new tech for all your resin printing needs, like a heated vat and Wave Release technology.
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SemiAnalysis estimates on Thursday that memory will account for roughly 30% of total hyperscaler capex in calendar year 2026.
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by brandon.hill@futurenet.com (Brandon Hill) on (#74PPY)
Router manufacturers will now need to jump through some restrictive hoops to sell products in the U.S.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Jowi Morales) on (#74PM9)
Microsoft Copilot's terms of service explicitly say that it's "for entertainment purposes only," but its marketing says otherwise.
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by brandon.hill@futurenet.com (Brandon Hill) on (#74PMA)
The ZenWiFi BD5 Outdoor shines with a wired backhaul, but is hit or miss with a wireless backhaul.
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by ashilov@gmail.com (Anton Shilov) on (#74PMB)
New rumor indicates that TSMC is looking forward to expand its presence in the U.S. to 12 fabs and four packaging facilities.
by editors@tomshardware.com (Hassam Nasir) on (#74PJA)
A console modder has created a custom PCB featuring components from the original PS1 and PS One motherboards. The PCB also integrated an XStation to add native microSD card support and an HDMI modkit to enable 1080p HDMI out to modern displays. The entire motherboard consumes less than 2 watts and runs at just 3V.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Jowi Morales) on (#74PJB)
Drift Protocol says that the platform is currently under attack from hackers, with multiple sources estimating that it lost somewhere between $130 million and $270 million in assets.
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Super Micro Computer co-founder Yih-Shyan "Wally" Liaw pleaded not guilty on Wednesday in a Manhattan federal court.
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by ashilov@gmail.com (Anton Shilov) on (#74PJD)
Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said on Thursday that it had hit a data center linked to Oracle in Dubai as part of its war against the U.S. and U.S. technology companies in the region.
by editors@tomshardware.com (Hassam Nasir) on (#74PJE)
The r/programming subreddit has banned all discussions related to LLMs to foster a more thoughtful community that focuses on high-quality discourse around AI. Posts on AI are still allowed, but only if they're technical and contribute meaningfully instead of promoting things like vibe coding. LLM-generated content is also strictly no-go.
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Multiple users report that the ROG Swift OLED PG32UCDM Gen3 (PG32UCDM3) gaming monitors are damaged in transit due to poor packaging.
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'Two Microsoft Outlooks, and neither one of those are working,' complains Artemis II astronaut.
by editors@tomshardware.com (Bruno Ferreira) on (#74P0P)
Denuvo promises countermeasures against the recent hypervisor-based DRM bypasses
on (#74P0Q)
Nvidia's market share in the Chinese data center market has shrunk, with a wealth of options coming from Huawei, Cambricon and more, bringing their total share up to 41%.
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by ashilov@gmail.com (Anton Shilov) on (#74P0R)
Cloud-native AI and data intensive workloads coming to IBM Z and LinuxONE systems as IBM wants to make its machines more relevant for today's workloads.
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Brace yourselves for exciting high-resolution 4K footage live-streamed from the surface of the moon via NASA's cutting-edge O2O system.
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The release notes for Ubuntu 26.04 LTS show that Canonical has quietly raised the minimum RAM requirement for its popular Linux-based operating system by 50%.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Jowi Morales) on (#74NV6)
The Dell XPS 14 achieved battery life that's nearly three times as long as the M5 MacBook Air thanks to its 120Hz VRR display that can go as low as 1Hz.
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The GameStop NVMe SSD is a decent gamer-oriented drive with good performance and a nice heatsink at a reasonable price. SMI and Samsung hardware come together for a compelling package.
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Grab this Alienware Area-51 gaming PC with performance that few can rival. It's on sale with a huge $950 discount right now, shipping with an RTX 5090, AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D, 32GB of RAM, and a 2TB SSD, all for only $5,299.99
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Grab the core components of a new AM5 PC build for under $500. Newegg combo bundle includes a CPU, motherboard, RAM, and AIO CPU cooler.
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A YouTuber resurrects a damaged RTX 4090 with a bent PCB, using a custom BIOS to disable one of its memory channels, reducing its VRAM to 20GB but stabilizing it in the process.
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by ashilov@gmail.com (Anton Shilov) on (#74NS0)
In a mutually beneficial deal, Intel repurchases 49% of Fab 34 from Apollo for $14.2 billion, reducing pressure on its margins, but paying a hefty $3 billion premium to the financial company.
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Nvidia has announced that it has invested $2 billion in Marvell and entered a partnership through NVLink Fusion.
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on (#74NS2)
The global semiconductor foundry market generated a record $320 billion in revenue in 2025, growing 16% year-over-year, according to Counterpoint Research's Foundry Market Supply Tracker.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Aaron Klotz) on (#74NS3)
Raspberry Pi prices for various models have increased yet again, with the flagship 500+ 16GB model increasing by nearly 50% thanks to the DRAM shortage.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Jowi Morales) on (#74N50)
Local chip makers take 41% of the Chinese AI semiconductor market, while Nvidia's market share falls to 55% - down from the company's claimed high of 95%.
by editors@tomshardware.com (Kunal Khullar) on (#74N51)
The Ryzen 5 7600X3D delivers X3D-level gaming performance at a significantly lower cost than higher-end models
by editors@tomshardware.com (Hassam Nasir) on (#74N52)
The Nvidia App can now automatically recompile shaders for you in the background after every GPU driver update. This should save gamers several minutes across different titles, especially blockbuster ones, where shader compilation can often delay your session. You still need to compile shaders for the first time after a new install, however.