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by brandon.hill@futurenet.com (Brandon Hill) on (#72MB0)
CES 2026 is off to a fast start, with a flurry of announcements coming in from your favorite tech companies
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by ashilov@gmail.com (Anton Shilov) on (#72M7N)
AMD announces CDNA 6-based Instinct MI500-series GPUs with HBM4E memory set to arrive in 2027 and offer 1000X higher performance compared to Instinct MI300X.
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TechTuber shows that the Commodore 1541 floppy disk electronics were powerful and capable enough to work as a standalone computer.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Kunal Khullar) on (#72M7Q)
Gigabyte's latest Aorus flagship GPU combines a double flow-through design, advanced thermal materials, and a reduced footprint.
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This budget-friendly Razer Iskur V2 X gaming chair is back down to a record low $249.99 sale price right now, thanks to a limited-time Amazon deal.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Aaron Klotz) on (#72M7S)
The nostalgia hits hard with Thermaltake's new products
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David Rosen, one of the co-founders of Sega, passed away on Christmas Day.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Jowi Morales) on (#72M5X)
Two new ROG Zephyrus laptops, available with a 14-inch or 16-inch display, come with either an Intel Core Ultra 300 or AMD Ryzen AI CPU, plus up to an RTX 5090 GPU.
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Leading Chinese fabless semiconductor company Rockchip has had one of its major software repositories taken down in response to a DMCA takedown notice.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Kunal Khullar) on (#72M5Z)
The Wi-Fi 8 concept router emphasizes stable performance, smarter bandwidth use, and improved mesh networking all wrapped up in a D20 looking 'dice'.
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by stldenise@gmail.com (Denise Bertacchi) on (#72M48)
Snapmaker rides its U1 tool changer to the big leagues.
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LEGO has pulled the wraps off a familiar-looking product that behaves like a small computer. The new Smart Play platform centers on a standard 2x4 LEGO brick that packs processing, sensing, audio, wireless networking, and charging into a familiar form factor.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Aaron Klotz) on (#72M49)
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang announced during his keynote speech at CES that Vera Rubin NVL72 is now officially in production. The new datacenter AI platform offers up to 5x the performance of Blackwell counterparts.
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Nvidia might not be introducing new gaming GPUs at CES 2026, but version 4.5 of its DLSS upscaler and an upcoming MFG 6x mode promises better image quality and smoother performance.
by ashilov@gmail.com (Anton Shilov) on (#72KXP)
AMD reveals additional details about its strategy for AI and HPC deployments this year with EPYC 'Venice' and 'Venice-X' CPUs as well as Instinct MI430X, MI440X, and MI455X accelerators.
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Alienware is bringing its 16-inch laptops up to speed with other high-end offerings, introducing a 240Hz OLED panel for the first time ever across its Area-51 and Aurora designs.
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The long-rumored Ryzen 7 9850X3D is official, but AMD's own benchmarks paint an underwhelming picture for performance gains.
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AMD's new Ryzen AI 400 Gorgon Point' APUs are primarily driven by a clock speed bump, featuring similar silicon as the previous generation otherwise.
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Keychron launches new Q Ultra keyboard series with up to 660 hours of battery life with an 8K wireless polling rate, thanks to open source ZMK firmware. Also announces high-end luxury keyboards made of rock.
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AMD CEO Lisa Su will take to the stage at 6:30 p.m. PT to outline the company's latest advances at CES 2026.
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There are also new gaming laptops.
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Acer announced the Predator Galea 570 wireless gaming headset and the Predator Cestus 530 wireless gaming mouse alongside its new gaming laptops at CES 2026.
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by brandon.hill@futurenet.com (Brandon Hill) on (#72KTA)
Acer has three new gaming monitors for CES 2026, including a 27-incher that can do 1,000 Hz at 720p.
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by brandon.hill@futurenet.com (Brandon Hill) on (#72KTB)
MSI is updating the design languages for its Stealth and Raider laptops, with the former going for a more professional" look.
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Acer's new Predator and Nitro gaming laptops are getting bumps up to Intel's 3rd Gen Core Ultra Series processors, but we don't know how much they'll cost.
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by brandon.hill@futurenet.com (Brandon Hill) on (#72KQH)
HP is ringing in the new year at CES 2026 with the HyperX Omen 34 gaming monitor, which boasts next-generation V-Stripe QD-OLED technology and a wealth of gaming features
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Acer is refreshing its Swift, Swift Edge, and Swift Go laptops at CES 2026 with the latest Intel processors, but we still don't know how much they'll cost.
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HP has put HyperX front and center as its gaming system brand, combining it with Omen as it updates systems to Panther Lake and Gorgon Point.
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by brandon.hill@futurenet.com (Brandon Hill) on (#72KQM)
MSI includes Intel Panther Lake processors across the board (up to a Core Ultra X9) with its new Prestige family.
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Dell is bringing back the XPS laptop brand, and has redesigned the system to remove the controversial capacitive function row. This year's XPS 14 and 16 are getting Intel's Panther Lake processors, and a new 13-incher is coming later this year.
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Intel finally unveiled the specs and speeds of its Panther Lake processors at CES, with the headline addition being a new lineup of X-series chips that sport a bigger GPU.
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Jim Johnson, Intel's Senior VP and GM of the Client Computing Division, will come on stage at 3:00 p.m. PT to talk about the Core Ultra Series 3 processors.
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by sayem.ahmed@futurenet.com (Sayem Ahmed) on (#72KMV)
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang is set to take the stage at CES 2026, following a record year for the company. The keynote, held in Las Vegas, Nevada, is set to begin at 1 p.m PT, and we'll be covering it live, with the latest updates.
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by sayem.ahmed@futurenet.com (Sayem Ahmed) on (#72KHT)
Newegg has listed two 128GB G.Skill DDR5 RAM kits with a free $50 Starbucks gift card. Both kits are more expensive than a brand-new RTX 5080, as the DRAM pricing crisis hits DIY PC builders hard.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Hassam Nasir) on (#72KHV)
Nvidia has just announced on X that its CES 2026 keynote will not include "any new GPUs," breaking a five-year long streak of unveiling new hardware at every Las Vegas show. Instead, the company will focus on AI developments.
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OWC unveils a game-changing capacity boost for its ThunderBlade X12 RAID storage solution- now offering an astonishing 192TB of storage, doubling its previous maximum.
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Wi-Fi 8 is the most exciting revision to the spec since the mid-2010s, and MediaTek is one of the first to announce real hardware for it.
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China's two largest pure-play foundries, SMIC and Hua Hong Semiconductor, are in the middle of significant consolidation efforts that demonstrate how industrial policy is reshaping the country's chip sector.
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HP's new top-of-the-line consumer laptop is focused on slim AI performance with Qualcomm's new Snapdragon X2 chips and Intel's Panther Lake processors inside.
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Qualcomm is expanding its second generation of Windows chips with the X2 Plus lineup, which claims a 35% jump in single-core and a 17% increase in multi-threaded performance.
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Due to DRAM demand and the rapid scale-up of AI infrastructure, the automotive industry faces a fresh chip crisis, which means that the industry stands on the precipice of a tightened supply, as stocks dwindle.
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by brandon.hill@futurenet.com (Brandon Hill) on (#72KB7)
Asus taps Xreal to bring some gaming cred to its new AR glasses, and the ROG Xreal R1 delivers with a 240 Hz refresh rate.
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The pbm2track tool repurposes a floppy disk's track timing diagram into a secret tool for hiding pixel images.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Jowi Morales) on (#72K8A)
The AI infrastructure boom is pushing the national electricity grid to its limit, but artificial intelligence is too lucrative for companies to wait for a connection. So, they're taking the solution for their power supply problem into their own hands.
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Cyberpower is coming to CES 2026 with the stunning MA-01 case with analog RGB knobs, resonance-killing steel mesh exhaust, and component and cable-hiding angled vents that also direct airflow.
by editors@tomshardware.com (Hassam Nasir) on (#72K8C)
For a few weeks now, we've known about MSI's RTX 5090 Lightning, a return to form for an iconic lineup of GPUs targeted at extreme overclocking. This new 5090 Lightning is no different with a 1600W power limit (2500W XOC BIOS) split across dual 12V-2x6 connectors, a large screen, and liquid-cooled design, now all confirmed by CES.
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Sandisk has reimagined its WD Black and WD Blue SSDs, unveiling the new Optimus series designed specifically for gamers, creators, and professionals.
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One of our favorite 3D printers, the Bambu Lab P1S, is back down to an all-time low price, and it can be yours for just $399.99.
by editors@tomshardware.com (Hassam Nasir) on (#72JQB)
Intel's elusive Arc B770 graphics card, the successor to the Arc A770 has been part of the rumor mill for what seems like forever now, but it's finally close to a release. New code on an Intel GitHub repository mentions "b770" specifically, suggesting the company has pushed out an update to add support for the GPU ahead of a timely CES launch.
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Samsung is teasing some intriguing new OLED products, ready to showcase at CES 2026 over the next few days.
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