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on (#70923)
The iBuyPower Y40 Pro is competitively priced for its performance, though its priority on form over function introduces compromises that make it hard to recommend.
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Latest from Tom's Hardware
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| Updated | 2026-02-17 07:30 |
by editors@tomshardware.com (Jowi Morales) on (#708ZD)
This web app tracks the locations of issued parking tickets in real time using the City of San Francisco's own parking ticket payment portal.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Hassam Nasir) on (#708ZE)
Intel might be working on its own multi-frame generation to combat Nvidia and AMD. Buried within the latest Arc graphics fiver, someone on Reddit found mentions of "Multi-Frame Generation (XeSS)" along with a potential logo - all hinting at Intel's own multi-frame gen tech.
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by lukejamesalden@gmail.com (Luke James) on (#708ZF)
AMD's APUs now rival entry GPUs, but Intel and NVIDIA aim higher: RTX chiplets, NVLink and Foveros promise scalable SoCs beyond what AMD can easily match.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Aaron Klotz) on (#708XJ)
More content creators have benchmarked GPD's bleeding-edge Win 5 handheld sporting AMD's flagship Strix Halo APU. The high-end SoC produces twice the frame rate of Ryzen AI 9 HX 370-powered handhelds, even at the same power levels.
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on (#708DN)
Innosilicon has announced its latest flagship GPU on board the Fenghua No.3 graphics card.
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on (#708A5)
There's finally an RTX 5060 Ti 16 GB for a historic low of $379. PNY has one on sale, which is welcome when GPU prices have been so high.
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by ashilov@gmail.com (Anton Shilov) on (#7086N)
Nvidia's planned $100 billion investment in OpenAI represents a historic alliance between the dominant AI GPU developer and a leading AI model developer, but it raises serious antitrust concerns over potential market favoritism, supply chain imbalances, and regulatory scrutiny.
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on (#7086P)
Valve's original gaming handheld is still a great performer for thousands and thousands of Steam games, and $320 is the cheapest it's been in a while.
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on (#7083P)
The plague of cookie consent alerts, banners, and pop-ups that have added a sliver of sandpaper to web surfing since 2009 might be eradicated in December.
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by lukejamesalden@gmail.com (Luke James) on (#7083Q)
A new report by Bain & Company says AI's compute appetite will require more than $500 billion per year in global data center investment by 2030.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Jowi Morales) on (#7083R)
Intel essentially said that the integrated GPUs on its 11th- to 14th-generation Intel Core CPUs are obsolete.
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on (#7083S)
For those still using physical media, this $12 budget CD/DVD drive is the perfect solution to the modern problem of disk-driveless computers.
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on (#7083T)
The Sandisk WD Blue SN5100 is the fastest QLC SSD we've seen so far, and it's power-efficient, too.
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on (#7083V)
OpenAI is making major moves to secure future GPUs and accelerate its hardware plans in a flurry of major deals worth billions of dollars, though questions remain about its future funding.
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on (#7083W)
Nvidia has released a statement to make it clear that, no matter what deals it does with companies to provide hardware or take an equity stake in their business, it will ensure all companies have equal access to next-generation GPU hardware.
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on (#7080X)
The king of gaming processors used to be almost impossible to get your hands on, but now you can get it for $50 off its MSRP.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Jowi Morales) on (#7080Y)
Lenovo has canceled some Legion Go 2 pre-orders due to supply issues, with other customers' deliveries delayed by five to ten weeks.
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by ashilov@gmail.com (Anton Shilov) on (#707KZ)
MediaTek is in talks with TSMC to manufacture certain chips at its Arizona fab to satisfy U.S. customer demands and potentially avoid tariffs.
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on (#707H6)
OpenAI and Nvidia partner for 10 gigawatts of AI datacenters
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by ashilov@gmail.com (Anton Shilov) on (#707H7)
TSMC's upcoming 2nm-class node has attracted around 15 customers - mostly in high-performance computing - making it the company's most widely adopted leading-edge process at this stage, with Apple, AMD, Intel, and MediaTek among the early adopters.
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on (#707EK)
Get the complete color-3D printing setup in this colossal combo saving deal at Bambu Lab
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on (#707EM)
Afghanistan's fiber networks are being disconnected by the governing Taliban to 'prevent immorality.'
by editors@tomshardware.com (Hassam Nasir) on (#707BV)
FSR 4 is supposed to only work on RX 9000 series GPUs, but modders were quick to figure out how to run it on older RDNA graphics cards when AMD accidentally published the entire source code on GitHub. Several users have since tested their GPUs with tweaked DLLs, with all results pointing toward improved visuals at the cost of worse FPS.
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on (#707BW)
Samsung's HBM3E finally got the coveted Nvidia certification for use in its AI accelerators.
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by lukejamesalden@gmail.com (Luke James) on (#707BX)
U.S. pressure has cut China off from ASML's EUV tools, forcing SMIC and peers to stretch DUV and build local scanners. It may be costly now, but it could be key to the country's road to self-reliance in semiconductor manufacturing.
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on (#7078R)
A draft ordinance, proposing a limit of two hours of recreational smartphone use, passed a vote in Toyoaki City, Japan.
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on (#7078S)
Twitch streamer "RastalandTV" had $32,000 worth of cryptocurrency stolen via malware hidden in a Steam game.
by editors@tomshardware.com (Hassam Nasir) on (#70766)
China is building its own Stargate in the Wuhu region, where an island is being converted from farmland into massive data centers for a bunch of companies. These servers are close to upper-class urban centers on purpose; they will speed up inference in these regions, while China works to link together remote data centers otherwise.
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by stldenise@gmail.com (Denise Bertacchi) on (#70767)
A new Pursa mobile slicer update brings support for competitor 3D printers, including Bambu.
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on (#70745)
A very rare Apple-1 computer sold for a significant amount more money than auctioneer estimates, in Boston this weekend.
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by ashilov@gmail.com (Anton Shilov) on (#70746)
DDR5 continues to evolve with higher speeds, larger capacities, and new technologies like CUDIMMs and MRDIMMs, solidifying its dominance through the decade as DDR6 remains years away.
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by lukejamesalden@gmail.com (Luke James) on (#70747)
Nvidia's newly announced $5 billion partnership with Intel hinges not on fab capacity, but advanced packaging. By tapping Intel's Foveros and EMIB technologies, Nvidia can accelerate the rollout of next-gen AI SoCs.
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on (#706N7)
The Asus TUF Gaming monitor (VG27AQM1A) is available at Amazon for one of its lowest prices ever-$229 instead of its usual $329.
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on (#706KB)
We cast a glance back at Windows' forebears, as it was 31 years ago today that Windows NT 3.5 released to the public.
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by lukejamesalden@gmail.com (Luke James) on (#706KC)
SoftBank successfully delivered end-to-end 5G connectivity to standard smartphones using an airborne base station, in a live field trial conducted in June, above Hachij Island, Japan.
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on (#706KD)
Often cited as the world's first lethal software bug, at least three people died between 1985 and 1987, after receiving doses of radiation that were 100x too powerful.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Hassam Nasir) on (#706KE)
A Redditor just showcased themselves receiving a brick instead of the PNY GeForce RTX 5080 graphics card they ordered. The brick came wrapped in an anti-static bag, which further suggests that it was possibly a return item that Amazon didn't check the contents of. As long as the weight matched, the bricked 5080 shipped...
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on (#706H1)
Commodore 64 Ultimate sales eclipse the 10,000 units sold milestone.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Kunal Khullar) on (#706H2)
Flashing the XT BIOS breathes new life into the RX 9070, though stability isn't guaranteed.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Hassam Nasir) on (#706H3)
An AI-generated image posted by President Trump depicts him buying Intel stock at $20 and selling it at $30 to make a considerable profit. These prices are mostly accurate, given that the real-life purchase occurred at $20.47 per share, and Intel stock reached over $30 just two days ago, although that rise can be attributed to the Nvidia deal instead.
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on (#706H4)
Postage stamp sized second screen is cheap but of questionable value.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Hassam Nasir) on (#706H5)
Microsoft is reviving a fan-favorite feature after decades of dormancy. DreamScene, a utility from the Vista days is making a spiritual comeback in the latest Windows 11 Insider build where you can now select any video to use as your desktop background.
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by lukejamesalden@gmail.com (Luke James) on (#706H6)
An incident at Collins Aerospace shut down the cloud back-end for its cMUSE platform this weekend, crippling kiosks and forcing manual fallback at Heathrow, Berlin, and Brussels.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Hassam Nasir) on (#706FR)
Northwest Repair is back with another legendary fix, this time it's an RTX 4080 Super being transplanted onto an RTX 4080's body. The core and memory from an otherwisen dead 4080 Super was salvaged to be put onto a very similar-looking 4080 non-Super donor board. The task was far from simple, but Tony made it work by the end.
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on (#706FS)
ComMarker has launched its new Omni X, delivering several advantages over its predecessor, the Omni 1.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Hassam Nasir) on (#706FT)
The Vectrex has just time travelled from the 80s to today, reimagined with a modern twist. The Vectrix Mini is half the size of its original counterpart, features an OLED screen, wireless controllers, MicroSD Card slot, TV output and a modest price that may just make it the perfect retro gaming console.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Aaron Klotz) on (#70639)
AMD re-releases the Zen-based Athlon 3000G for the third time, this time overseas, with a price tag of around $40.
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on (#70638)
Apollo Computing stepped forward to reveal its 'Proper next-gen Amiga' to the masses earlier this week.
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by lukejamesalden@gmail.com (Luke James) on (#70621)
Microsoft has began rolling out its new Gaming Copilot assistant to Windows users as part of a public beta, following a previous rollout to Xbox Insiders in August.
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