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Alienware breaks price barriers with its AW2725D 27-inch QD-OLED gaming monitor. It's a 280 Hz panel with QHD resolution, Adaptive-Sync, HDR10, wide gamut color and very attractive price.
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| Updated | 2026-01-03 00:00 |
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TSMC to reportedly raise quotes on advanced process nodes by up to 10% next year to pay for new fabs
by ashilov@gmail.com (Anton Shilov) on (#6ZQV1)
TSMC will raise 3nm-5nm chip prices by up to 10% in 2026 to fund new fabs and sustain margins as it expands 2nm production.
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by lukejamesalden@gmail.com (Luke James) on (#6ZQV2)
Amkor Technology has confirmed it will build a $2 billion advanced packaging and test facility on a 104-acre site in Peoria, Arizona, with construction beginning imminently.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Jowi Morales) on (#6ZQV3)
Software developer Bowerbyte built a game that had similar mechanics to Minecraft but relied on a spherical planet instead of a flat surface.
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32GB of system RAM looks set to become the most popular configuration among Steam gamers later this year.
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Recreating the Commodore 64's famous 1982 datasette using 1993 tech and 2025 know-how
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Major Chinese social media firms have begun introducing labels for AI generated content that are both explicitly visible to users, and include a digital watermark that bots and algorithms can read when crawling through content.
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Corsair has slashed its prices and is offering a range of high-capacity DRAM deals, including a range of storage solutions.
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by lukejamesalden@gmail.com (Luke James) on (#6ZQ7R)
The second quarter of 2025 was a windfall for the world's chipmakers, with global foundry revenue climbing 14.6% to an unprecedented $41.7 billion.
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by lukejamesalden@gmail.com (Luke James) on (#6ZQ62)
China has just drawn its battle lines in a new frontier of computing, with a sweeping new policy document laying out its ambition to build an internationally competitive BCI industry within five years.
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Customize your case and build with Corsair's 4000D Frame RS ARGB mid-tower PC case - only $104.99 this Labor Day.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Aaron Klotz) on (#6ZQ64)
Save $90 on this 40 inch ultrawide gaming monitor for Labor Day
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U.S. retailers list AMD's Ryzen 7 9700F and Ryzen 5 9500F, as well as the Ryzen 9 Pro 9945, Ryzen 7 Pro 9745, and Ryzen 5 Pro 9645.
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The Framework Desktop is plenty quiet already, but with a Noctua 3D printed side panel, duct, and fan, it can run even quieter.
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Samsung's 4TB 990 Pro drops to less than 7 cents per GB on Labor Day, making this great 4TB drive only $270.
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Gamers are frustrated by the high prices of current generation consoles which haven't seen the usual mid-generation price drops. Indeed, they're actually much higher than they were at launch as much as five years ago.
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by stldenise@gmail.com (Denise Bertacchi) on (#6ZQ1H)
Hot on the heels of Snapmaker's U1 launch, Bambu and Prusa chime in with new machine teasers.
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by lukejamesalden@gmail.com (Luke James) on (#6ZQ1J)
According to recent findings by Digitimes, DDR4 spot prices have stabilized after a frenzied second quarter, yet contract pricing continues to rise as supply remains tight.
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Kazeta promises to 'bring the console gaming experience of the '90s to modern PC hardware'
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by ashilov@gmail.com (Anton Shilov) on (#6ZPZV)
Intel's Software Defined Supercore (SDC) lets multiple CPU cores fuse into a virtual high-performance core to boost single-thread speed without building wider physical cores.
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Small form factor (SFF) PC specialist Shuttle has rolled out a semi-rugged compact PC system dubbed the XPC slim DH810.
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China's AntGamer has teased the release of a 1,000 Hz eSports monitor in 2026.
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The Alienware AW3423DWF is available at Amazon for $549 - the lowest price we've ever seen for this monitor since it first launched.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Jowi Morales) on (#6ZPGY)
BF6 dev says that they won't add a ray tracing feature to focus on making the game run great 'for everyone else'.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Jowi Morales) on (#6ZPEX)
One customer made up more than 20% of Nvidia's second-quarter revenue.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Hassam Nasir) on (#6ZPD9)
A tinkerer on Reddit has taken immersion cooling way too seriously. Using ATF, yes, transmission fluid, an enthusiast dipped a GTX 1060 and a 1080 Ti to run some overclocking experiments. Turns out, the transmission actually helped the 1060 quite a bit faster, but the 1080 Ti only exhibited mild improvements.
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A software engineer has been experimenting with techniques to transform an ASCII game renderer using AI-powered visuals - in real-time.
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Kioxia's Exceria Plus G2 external drive is compact and feels premium, while delivering mostly the performance you'd expect from a 10 Gbps SSD.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Hassam Nasir) on (#6ZPDB)
Lenovo, no stranger to concept designs, is bringing a new proof-of-concept laptop to IFA next week. Project Pivo, or "VertiFlex" as it will be called at the show, has a rotating screen that flips from landscape to portrait orientation in real-time with a slight nudge. Think LG Wing, but subsequent generation.
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A Lego model of the classic Apple iMac G3 has a chance to become an official, commercially available Lego set. The submission to Lego's Ideas website needs 4,000 more votes to be approved, at which point it will compete against around 50 other similar models for approval by Lego corporate.
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It's raining MacBooks, folks. Get Apple's latest laptops on a discount from Amazon this Labor Day weekend. Both the MacBook Air and MacBook Pro are on sale, with up to $300 off on the base 14-inch MacBook Pro with an M4 chip and get the base 15-inch MacBook Air with the same processor for just $999!
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Aaron Klotz) on (#6ZP52)
Geekbench 6 benchmarks featuring the Core Ultra 3 205 have emerged, revealing a 30% multi-core performance improvement for Intel's upcoming entry-level Arrow Lake chip compared to the Core i3-14100, Intel's outgoing entry-level processor.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Jowi Morales) on (#6ZP3D)
EA just confirmed the final specifications for Battlefield 6, and it's excellent news.
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A recently elected mayor has brought to light a suspiciously expensive computer systems deal, which was signed, sealed, and delivered by their predecessor.
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The SK hynix Beetle X31 2TB portable SSD is currently available at Amazon for one of its best prices to date.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Hassam Nasir) on (#6ZP1V)
Intel's latest workstation GPU, the Arc Pro B50, has made its first appearance on Geekbench, where it scored respectable numbers, placing it ahead of its predecessor but still trailing the B570 gaming GPU, which utilizes the full BMG-21 die.
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by lukejamesalden@gmail.com (Luke James) on (#6ZP1W)
Valve has started enforcing a new UK-only rule on Steam: If you want to browse or buy mature" games, you'll need to put a valid credit card on file.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Jowi Morales) on (#6ZP1X)
Microsoft says that the KB5063878 update did not cause the drive failures that have been widely reported on social media.
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by stldenise@gmail.com (Denise Bertacchi) on (#6ZP0C)
A draft of Creality's IPO shows the receipts
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by ashilov@gmail.com (Anton Shilov) on (#6ZP0D)
Intel sees performance of Panther Lake processors as competitive, but it admits lower-than-desired 18A yields and weak offerings on desktop and data center markets.
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ASRock has launched the X870 LiveMixer WiFi for AMD's Ryzen processors.
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by ashilov@gmail.com (Anton Shilov) on (#6ZP0F)
AMD's upcoming SP7 platform is purportedly being engineered to support CPUs with power consumption as high as 1,400W, prompting partners to develop advanced liquid cooling systems and high-capacity CDUs to manage the thermal demands of these kilowatt-class processors.
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Two-decades old ATI Radeon R300 GPUs get updated Linux driver love.
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Tech enthusiast gets Windows 8.1 to install on a system restricted by the ancient (1984) EGA graphics standard.
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We tested the Proteus 360 AIO, from cooling newcomer Sudokoo, with Intel's i7-14700K and AMD's Ryzen 9 9950X3D. This AIO has many desirable features, but it's not cheap.
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You can share your files across the network with just one line of code, handy for when you need to get lots of files out to a group or you're missing your trusty USB flash drive.
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Nvidia's consumer software stack moves closer to simplification
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Fabric8Labs has created a new 3D printing method that allows for printing copper cooling plates onto chips with extreme precision and intricate detail.
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A recent experiment by University of Pennsylvania researchers found that quantum signals can be sent over standard internet protocol (IP). The research, done on the University's fiber network, uses a locomotive-style approach to pair a traditional light signal "engine" with quantum signal cargo and send quantum signals over the internet without observing the particles.