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HyperX's Cloud Alpha 2 is a wireless over-ear headset with several impressive features: up to 250 hours of battery life, simultaneous dual-wireless connectivity, and a customizable desktop base station.
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| Updated | 2026-01-31 11:45 |
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An enthusiast has showcased an open-source Intel 486 motherboard that they claim was 'made from scratch' in under six months.
by editors@tomshardware.com (Aaron Klotz) on (#7332S)
RTX 2080 Ti Hall of Fame graphics card gets transplanted with a Titan RTX core and 24GB of GDDR6 memory. Paired with a 900W power limit modification, the card achieved a TimeSpy Extreme score better than an RTX 3090 on air.
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A YouTube engineer has built a coin-operated power switch for a gaming PC, allowing users to pay for the privilege of turning on their own PC's - which is unfortunately not a cry too distant from encroaching reality.
by editors@tomshardware.com (Hassam Nasir) on (#73312)
A GPU running ice-cold water through its heatpipes without being a part of a massive liquid-nitrogen-fueled overclocking session is not something you see every day. That's exactly what TrashBench did by cutting up an RTX 2060's heatsink and attaching his own tubes to the cooler to push sub-zero liquid to the die.
by editors@tomshardware.com (Kunal Khullar) on (#732PH)
This 1440p UltraGear monitor delivers a 300 Hz refresh rate at a price usually reserved for slower panels.
by editors@tomshardware.com (Hassam Nasir) on (#732PJ)
AMD has just reminded us that its X3D CPUs don't require fast memory speeds. In a new marketing slide for the upcoming Ryzen 7 9850X3D, we see only a 1% difference in average FPS across five games. We've known about this phenomenon since the DDR4-era 5800X3D, but this marks the first time AMD is explicitly marketing it.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Jowi Morales) on (#732MX)
A Redditor decided to give their RTX 3080 more life by replacing its backplate with a massive heatsink.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Kunal Khullar) on (#732MY)
Launched initially as a strong 1080p and 1440p gaming card, the Radeon RX 5700 XT was revived with basic maintenance after being picked up for just $4.99.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Hassam Nasir) on (#732MZ)
A customer who ordered an MSI Suprim RTX 5090 worth at least $3,000 was scammed out of their money when they received a box filled with rocks instead. The story shared on Reddit highlights another entrant in the long line of GPU scam-swap cases, but this time it was an Amazon Resale item, where you might expect more dubious activity.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Jowi Morales) on (#732N0)
Zotac is said to have hiked prices on multiple Nvidia RTX GPUs, with one user claiming that the company canceled their order before the MSRP increase.
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MSI MPG X870E Edge Ti WiFi delivers USB4, Wi-Fi 7, 5GbE, dual PCIe 5.0 M.2, and strong performance in a stylish $299 X870E board.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Jowi Morales) on (#732J0)
Applied Digital is apparently keeping the location of its new 430 MW secret at the moment to give the town where it's building it time to adjust for "national media attention."
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Nintendo's 20-year-old Wii console is still useful for making online Domino's Pizza orders in the U.S. and Canada.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Jowi Morales) on (#732J3)
Microsoft is said to have cooperated with the FBI and released the backup BitLocker encryption key of one user stored in its servers to the agency after receiving a valid search warrant.
by editors@tomshardware.com (Jowi Morales) on (#732J4)
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang laments selling some of his stock in the company to buy a Mercedes Benz S-Class for his parents in 1999. They are said to still have the vehicle in their possession, although they also regret the gift.
by editors@tomshardware.com (Hassam Nasir) on (#732J5)
Twitch streams of different AI models playing old Pokemon games have garnered hundreds of thousands of comments as the audience watches robots try to emulate human thinking. Unlike Pong or its derivatives, a game like Pokemon is much more complex, requiring risk assessment and logical reasoning, all great metrics to test and improve an AI.
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An Atari computer enthusiast is planning to produce a new TKL-sized FPGA-powered remake dubbed the MiniST.
by editors@tomshardware.com (Jowi Morales) on (#732GS)
The People's Liberation Army revealed its latest drone swarm tech with 200 units that's resistant to jamming, can make autonomous decisions, and is controlled by a single soldier.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Aaron Klotz) on (#7329F)
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Check the best prices on Nvidia RTX and AMD Radeon graphics cards.
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by ashilov@gmail.com (Anton Shilov) on (#731SH)
Intel's management stabilized the company in 2025, but after posting rather good results in Q4, the company claims that it will face supply constraints in Q1 2026.
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A new report claims that Alibaba's chip manufacturing business, T-head, is preparing to IPO. It's likely that Alibaba is pinning its hopes on T-head to raise capital for the company's domestic AI accelerator solutions, and to fund further infrastructure projects.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Jowi Morales) on (#7321Z)
The OPP program allegedly allowed Nvidia's board partners to sell GPUs at MSRP.
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by ashilov@gmail.com (Anton Shilov) on (#73220)
Intel claims that customers show interest in the 14A process technology; however, they have yet to make a commitment to use it.
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The Turtle Beach Atlas 200 is a budget-friendly, lightweight wired headset with surprisingly solid audio performance.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Kunal Khullar) on (#731YX)
The SteelSeries Arctis Nova 1 delivers solid audio, comfort, and broad platform support, and it's now available at its lowest price ever on Woot
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Newegg's CPU, RAM, and Mobo bundle saves you $269.99, plus you also get a free Corsair M75 wireless mouse worth $69.99 chucked in for free.
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The Lian Li RS1200G ATX 3.1 offers rotational innovation and reliable performance, though case compatibility remains a legitimate concern.
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by stephen.warwick@futurenet.com (Stephen Warwick) on (#731VP)
Asus says it is investigating reports concerning its 800-series motherboards and 9800X3D processors following user complaints of hardware failures.
by ashilov@gmail.com (Anton Shilov) on (#731VQ)
Intel earns $52.9 billion in revenue for 2025, which is flat with the previous year, and losses of $300 million, which looks good compared to an $18.8 billion loss in 2024. However, to post such results, the company had to get external financial injection of $20.4 billion.
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Toilet manufacturer Toto has seen its shares soar at their most rapid pace in five years, as it benefits from AI memory market tailwinds.
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Intel says it is facing wafer supply shortages, but it's not going to "completely vacate the client market" as a result.
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As Jensen Huang plans to jet off to China to smooth over H200 imports, companies are racing to secure supply chains amid the big AI squeeze. Now, the future of the tech industry is being negotiated in boardrooms and restaurants.
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Samsung today refuted claims from the internet that it was set to raise prices on all memory products by 80%. The claims, circulating on X, were quickly refuted by Samsung itself, but the messy RAM market still doesn't look any better for it.
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AMD has confirmed that the Ryzen 7 9850X3D will hit retail on January 29 at an MSRP of $499.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Jowi Morales) on (#7314P)
Microsoft is making the Xbox app compatible with Arm-based processors, giving gamers more options when it comes to gaming laptops and practically opening the road for Arm-powered handheld gaming PC consoles.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Kunal Khullar) on (#7314Q)
The MSI MAG 275UPD E14 isn't a flagship monitor, but at $199 it delivers impressive value with dual-mode refresh rates, good color coverage, and console compatibility
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Hassam Nasir) on (#7311D)
Ubisoft just announced a massive internal restructuring that involves gutting the company of a few studios and cancelling six games, including a Prince of Persia remake. The news caused Ubisoft's stock price to fall to a historic low, wiping hundreds of millions off its market cap, reducing the company's worth to less than a billion Euros.
by ashilov@gmail.com (Anton Shilov) on (#7311E)
U.S. lawmakers have advanced the AI Overwatch Act, a bill that would lock the highest-performance AMD and Nvidia data center AI processors behind Congressional approval and veto power for exports to China and other adversaries.
by editors@tomshardware.com (Kunal Khullar) on (#7311F)
Designed as an all-in-one computing device, NexPhone lets users switch between Android, Linux, and Windows 11 depending on the task
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Jowi Morales) on (#7311G)
NASA has started the government software approval process to use CapFrameX on its simulators to benchmark the performance of its systems.
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Asus brings premium OLED imagery and performance to a lower price point with the ROG Strix XG27AQWMG. It's a 27-inch QD-OLED with 280 Hz, Adaptive-Sync, HDR500 and wide gamut color.
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by ashilov@gmail.com (Anton Shilov) on (#730YG)
AI is set to wipe out many routine white-collar jobs while simultaneously fueling a historic infrastructure boom that boosts demand and wages for skilled blue-collar workers, believes Jensen Huang from Nvidia.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Aaron Klotz) on (#730YH)
A new report reveals that enterprise SSDs now cost a whopping 16x more than hard drives.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Hassam Nasir) on (#730YJ)
Amazon ended up shipping an RTX 5080 that the customer had already been refunded for. The cancelled order was received by a lucky Redditor who was told to keep the GPU worth $1,850 along with the original refund money, marking one of the more positive Amazon delivery "fails" in recent memory.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Hassam Nasir) on (#730YK)
YouTuber RJCmedia exploited a loophole in GameStop's trade-in system that allowed him to get back store credit exceeding the retail value of a Switch 2. He managed to accumulate $150 in trade credit, along with a basically a free console and a bunch of games across a two-day haul. GameStop has now patched this "infinite money glitch."
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Jowi Morales) on (#730YM)
Days after Beijing stopped the entry of H200 chips at the border, Chinese tech companies are reportedly considering purchasing them from the black market at a higher price just to get their hands on the powerful AI GPU.
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We had the opportunity to sit down with AMD at CES 2026 for a press roundtable discussion, where we discussed ROCm and other AMD software, as captured in this transcript of AMD's Q&A session.
by stephen.warwick@futurenet.com (Stephen Warwick) on (#730YP)
If you're on the hunt for a new premium monitor, the new Asus ROG Swift OLED PG27AQWP-W could be a winner.