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$500 fiber optic HDMI cable delivers flawless 48 Gbps performance across a staggering 990 feet — crushes 8K at 60 Hz and 4K at 120 Hz over long distances
The HDMI standard can often be unclear, with the same version number referring to completely different capabilities across products. You can technically pay your way out of this confusion by going with an expensive fiber-optic HDMI cable that maintains its full bandwidth over much longer distances. That's what this Twitter user did, and their cable has one more trick up its sleeve.
Intel Arrow Lake Refresh CPU prices shot up to 17% above MSRP just 48 hours after launch — dynamic pricing trumps manufacturer's recommended pricing
The new Core Ultra 200S Plus series has received widespread acclaim within the community, and we liked it as well for rejuvenating Intel's otherwise underwhelming CPU generation. Part of the reason they're getting good reviews is their excellent price-to-performance ratio, which seems to be slightly undone at the moment.
Samsung 49-inch OLED Odyssey G9 hits unbelievable all-time low of $799 — gaming monitor comes with a free copy of Resident Evil Requiem
Samsung's Odyssey G9 OLED G91SD hits $799.99 again, offering strong value for a 49-inch ultrawide gaming and productivity monitor.
Radeon RX 9070 XT bundle bonanza includes free SSDs, AIO coolers, and power supplies for $699 — Red Team rescues gamers with reasonably-priced GPU bundles
AMD's RX 9070 XT drops to $699 with bundled extras, offering better overall value in a volatile market.
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X 12-core CPU hits all-time low of $199 — Zen 4 chip brings unbeatable value at $16.58 per core
The AMD Ryzen 9 7900X is currently on sale, offering a 63% discount and saving you nearly $350 off its MSRP.
Samsung preps PCIe 5.0 QLC SSD with a controller based on open-source RISC-V architecture — BM9K1 delivers speeds up to 11.4 GB/s for 'personal AI workloads'
The BM9K1 reportedly delivers sequential read speeds of up to 11.4 GB/s, which Samsung said is 1.6 times faster than its predecessor, the PCIe 4.0 BM9C1.
Microsoft's new gaming boss axed 'This is an Xbox' campaign because 'it didn't feel like Xbox' — Xbox brand undergoes transformation to redefine its identity
The "This is an Xbox" marketing campaign was met with severe backlash from pretty much everyone outside Microsoft's top brass. Now, it seems like the brand is course-correcting with new Xbox chief Asha Sharma leading the charge for a rejuvenated Xbox, and personally killing the controversial campaign.
Sony freezes memory card orders in Japan amid growing storage crisis — the company attributes the cause to ‘shortage of semiconductors’
Sony Japan has announced that it will no longer accept orders for almost its entire lineup of CFexpress and SD memory cards as of March 27.
Win a prize by entering your build into the inaugural Tom's Hardware Rig Rundown — submit a build to get your setup evaluated by our expert staff
Enter your build to the Tom's Hardware Rig Rundown for a chance of winning a $100 / 75 gift card, and have your setup reviewed by our team of experts.
Asus ROG Swift PG34WCDN 34-inch QD-OLED 360 Hz gaming monitor review: New levels of speed and brightness
Asus embraces RGB Stripe OLED tech in its new ROG Swift PG34WCDN. It's a 34-inch curved ultra-wide panel with 360 Hz, Adaptive-Sync, HDR500 and Quantum Dot color. It raises the bar for speed and brightness in the WQHD segment.
Meta to fund seven new natural gas power plants to fuel AI data centers — Entergy partnership to deliver 7 gigawatts of power for Louisiana AI facility
Meta is paying for the construction of seven new natural gas plants to supply its largest data center, massively expanding the fossil fuel infrastructure underpinning its AI buildout.
Chinese universities performing military research acquired Super Micro servers with sanctioned Nvidia AI chips — public documents reveal purchases were completed in 2025 and 2026 despite US expo
Public documents revealed that four Chinese universities, including two that worked on military research for the PLA, were able to acquire servers with Nvidia A100 AI chips despite the U.S.'s export controls.
Hong Kong border agents and police can demand device passwords, including from US citizens, under penalty of imprisonment — border controls become more invasive worldwide
Hong Kong border agents and police can demand device passwords under penalty of imprisonment
Minisforum AI X1 Pro 470 review: AMD's Gorgon Point in a sleek mini PC desktop
Minisforum's AI X1 Pro 470 mini PC is just an incremental update to last year's well-regarded AI X1 Pro 370, but the barebones model isn't much more expensive.
Razer Kiyo V2 Review: USB-C required
The Kiyo V2 is a 4K / 30 fps webcam with a large sensor, a built-in privacy shutter, and a USB-C cable that you absolutely must use for that resolution.
Ambitious modder bolts a 360mm server AIO onto an RTX 3080, slashes VRAM temps in half — enormous workstation cooler powers 54 degree drop, 9% performance uplift
Trashbench decided to take an Arctic WS360 360mm server AIO cooler and strap it directly to a GeForce RTX 3080
Lucky PC builder scores brand new RTX 5060 Ti worth $420 for just $80 at Walmart — clearance sale find saves buyer hundreds upgrading from a GTX 1060
Nvidia launched the RTX 5060 Ti 8GB at $379 but you've been able find it for lower for around $350 ever since. That's what Walmart was selling an MSI Ventus 2X variant for, before slapping an insane clearance sale on it and letting it go for just $80. You can't get this GPU for less than $420 anywhere else right now.
Apple’s Mac OS X turns 25, has prospered across three hardware architecture changes — from PowerPC, through Intel x86, to Apple Silicon
This week Apple's Mac OS X enjoyed its quarter century anniversary.
Trucker shows off $6,000 PC driving sim rig in passenger seat — driver slides over to RTX 5080-powered setup when stuck in traffic
There's at least one trucker in the U.S. who looks forward to getting stuck in traffic.
DIYer upcycles an old PC PSU into a flexible bench power supply — 20-year-old relic rescued from dusty neglect
Your old, unwanted, PC PSU could enjoy a new life as a bench power supply, after a bit of DIY.
RTX 5060 gaming laptop brings epic power for under $1,500 — save $580 on Dell's Alienware 16X Aurora
Best Buy is selling the Dell Alienware 16X Aurora with a Core Ultra 9 275HX and GeForce RTX 5060 for $580 off its normal price.
Air Liquide opens Taiwan factory as helium shortage tightens around chip makers — 200 specialized helium containers stranded near the Strait of Hormuz
French industrial gas supplier Air Liquide opened a new factory near the port of Taichung, Taiwan, on Wednesday, as the semiconductor industry faces a worsening helium shortage.
Testing DirectStorage with GPU decompression — do Blackwell GPUs have the upper hand?
We tested DirectStorage with GPU decompression on Blackwell GPUs to see if they perform better than prior generations.
Sony increasing PlayStation 5 prices across all consoles, starting April 2 — PS5 and PS5 Digital Edition receive $100 hikes, while PS5 Pro will now sell for $900
PlayStation 5 consoles are once again receiving price hikes due to the global economic crisis. The disc and digital editions of the base console are $100 more expensive now, while the PS5 Pro is up $150, now costing $900. You still have a few days to secure these consoles before the new pricing comes into effect from April 2.
SMIC sent chipmaking tools to Iran's military, Trump administration officials say — report claims exchange began a year ago, 'almost certainly included technical training on SMIC's semiconductor
The officials said the collaboration "almost certainly included technical training on SMIC's semiconductor technology."
US Supreme Court says ISPs aren’t liable for their users’ piracy — top judiciary body unanimously rules that Cox Communications did not commit copyright infringement
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled against Sony Music Entertainment in its case against Cox Communications alleging that the ISP is liable for its users' illegal sharing of copyrighted content.
HP Omen Max 45L review: Flagship desktop gaming PC performance with a price tag to match
The HP Omen Max 45L's $6,499 configuration throws in almost every technology available, if you can afford it.
Corsair's Scimitar RGB Elite gaming mouse hits an all-time low of $49 — 17 programmable buttons built for MMO gaming
Pick up a Corsair Scimitar RGB Elite gaming mouse for the all-time low price of $49 in Amazon's Big Spring Sale.
Grab this beginner-friendly Creality 3D printer for as little as $186 right now — Ender 3 V3 SE drops to record-low Amazon price with direct-drive extruder and auto bed-leveling features
Amazon has slashed the price of this Creality Ender 3 V3 SE 3D printer down to just $186.15 right now, a record low for this retailer, and cheaper than you'll find it at Creality's own store, making it one of the most affordable options on the market.
US judge sides with Anthropic, says company supply chain risk branding over Pentagon disagreement 'Orwellian' — Trump slapped AI company with designation after it refused to lower its guardrails
A U.S. federal judge ruled that the Pentagon cannot brand Anthropic as a "supply chain risk" simply because it refused to give in to its demands.
Logitech G522 Lightspeed Wireless Gaming Headset Review
The Logitech G522 Lightspeed Wireless is a mid-range flagship that's worth its price for comfort as much as sound. I wish it felt a little sturdier, but it's a pick you won't be disappointed in.
Epomaker RT82 Review: Quietly retro
Epomaker's RT82 is a retro-inspired all-plastic wireless mechanical keyboard with a detachable mini LCD screen and ultra-quiet keypresses.
MacBook Neo mods include copper and liquid cooling — temps drop and boost performance by up to 18%
While designed for basic tasks, the MacBook Neo shows clear thermal constraints that can be solved with better cooling.
Exceptional fake SSD clone of Samsung 990 Pro is almost impossible to spot — near-identical performance blurs the line between real and fake as AI crunch drives knock-off market
Japanese news outlet Akiba PC Hotline! examines a fake Samsung 990 Pro SSD that's starting to show up in the Japanese market.
Samsung Display debuts 'QuantumBlack' coating for QD-OLED monitors — screen tech boosts ambient black levels while reducing glare
If you've been putting off buying a QD-OLED monitor because of your room's lighting setup, Samsung Display might have solved your dilemma. The company's new "QuantumBlack" coating finally cuts down on black level raise, reducing purple tint and improving contrast under ambient lighting, among other upgrades.
Startup builds first responder drone connected via Starlink that enables eight mile range — UAV can fly for over an hour, swap batteries automatically, and carry various payloads
The BRINC Guardian has a built-in Starlink module, allowing operators to continue operating the drone even if it falls outside the range of its base station, cellular networks, and other terrestrial signals.
Apple discontinues Mac Pro after 20 years — system had been in stuck in stasis with M2 Ultra since 2023
Apple has discontinued its Mac Pro tower, which hasn't been updated since a version with the M2 Ultra processor arrived in 2023.
Intel confirms rumored Core Ultra 9 290K Plus has been scrapped — potential Core Ultra 9 285KS Special Edition also off the table as Arrow Lake refresh rolls out
Intel has confirmed it has scrapped the Core Ultra 9 295K Plus, and will not be releasing a Special Edition "KS" part for its Core Ultra 200S series lineup.
AMD makes the flagship Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 official — first dual-cache X3D CPU arrives in April, with 208MB cache, 200W TDP, promising modest performance gains
The new flagship packs a total of 208MB cache, helping deliver modest gains in gaming, rendering, and content creation.
Where to buy Intel's Core Ultra 5 250K Plus and Core Ultra 7 270K Plus — grab these impressive Arrow Lake Refresh CPUs from these retailers, starting from $219
Two of Intel's latest CPUs, the Intel Core Ultra 5 250K Plus and Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus, are now available to buy.
Intel's upcoming 'Wildcat Lake' low-power series breaks cover in Geekbench listing — 'Core 3 304' is twice as fast in single-core performance versus last-gen
Wildcat Lake is the successor to Twin Lake, which itself was a refresh of Alder Lake-N. These are ultra-budget CPUs aimed at embedded devices, cheap laptops, mini-PCs, NAS devices, and more, where efficiency is key. The Core 3 304 is part of the Wildcat Lake family and represents a huge jump over its predecessors in early Geekbench results.
US Senators call for a halt to Nvidia GPU exports in the wake of the Super Micro scandal — looming Chip Security Act may put a wrench into Huang's China ambitions
As the Super Micro smuggling scandal unfolds, U.S. senators have urged the government to halt Nvidia GPU exports to China, as the Foreign Affairs Committee prepares the Chip Security Act, which will impose location tracking for all exported AI accelerators.
OLED monitor sales surged 92% in 2025 — Asus led with 2.7 million units shipped as gamer-friendly panel tech goes mainstream
Gamers are finally buying OLEDs thanks to bumps in durability and brightness as well as drops in prices.
Class action alleges Nvidia hid more than $1B crypto-GPU income within its gaming revenues — investor lawsuit concerns business spanning 2017 and 2018
Nvidia is back in court over whether a significant chunk of its revenue through 2017 and 2018 was reliant on the whims of the cryptocurrency market.
Super Micro shareholders sue company over securities fraud after AI chip smuggling bust — furious investors claim company concealed dependence on illicit sales to China
Supermicro shareholders argue that the company committed securities fraud because it did not tell them that illegal activities made up a huge portion of its sales and that it had issues with export controls compliance.
Gigabyte Aero X16 Review: Capable hardware, compromised experience
Gigabyte's Aero X16 is a solid productivity machine, but its screen and audio hold it back from true creative credibility.
Intel’s Binary Optimization Tool tested and explained — how the iBOT translation delivers up to 18% faster gaming performance, 8% on average
Intel's new Core Ultra 200S Plus CPUs come with a unique feature: Binary Optimization Tool. We've put it to the test in 10 games with the 250K Plus and 270K Plus, and came out with an 8% uplift on average.
Save big on Intel's Arrow Lake refresh with almost $300 off on this 3-item bundle — new Core Ultra 270K Plus processor, MSI Z890 Carbon Wifi motherboard, and 32GB of G.Skill Trident Z5 DDR5-6400
Buy a powerful Intel Core Ultra 270K Plus bundle with a MSI Z890 Carbon Wifi and 32GB of RAM for $899.99 - get pre AI-apocolypse RAM pricing on this awesome launch day Newegg bundle
Corsair's discounted 32GB Vengeance is the cheapest DDR5 on the market by a big margin — $300 sale price is $60 less than next best option
You can grab 32GB of DDR5-6200 Corsair Vengeance RAM for $300.99 right now. That's a $130 discount on its (current) list price, a serious saving in a market that the AI boom has left in ruin.
Arzopa Z3FC 16.1-inch portable monitor review: 1440p resolution and 180 Hz for mobile gamers
The Arzopa Z3FC has performance and build quality on its side, but it could use some better speakers.
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