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by ashilov@gmail.com (Anton Shilov) on (#6Z8PE)
President Donald Trump met with Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan at the White House, days after calling for his resignation over alleged China-linked conflicts of interest, to discuss the company's future amid its technology struggles.
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| Updated | 2026-01-09 06:30 |
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by ashilov@gmail.com (Anton Shilov) on (#6Z8K4)
As Intel battles technology delays, mixed-bag products, stalled foundry growth, and internal boardroom rifts, there are now political calls for CEO Lip-Bu Tan's resignation over alleged ties to Chinese investments.
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on (#6Z8K5)
A good PC toolkit that has everything that you need to get work done, and it fits into a tin? It can't be done, right? Wrong!
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by ashilov@gmail.com (Anton Shilov) on (#6Z8GH)
Trump signaled he may allow Nvidia to sell heavily downgraded Blackwell AI processors to China in exchange for 15% of related sales revenue to the U.S. government, a move that could give Chinese firms far faster hardware than current H20-based offerings.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Hassam Nasir) on (#6Z8GJ)
A Zotac RTX 5090 seems to have caught fire during a gaming session, damaging not only the GPU, but also the motherboard, SSD, and cooler. Likely caused by a MOSFET or VRM phase failure on the memory power rail, this marks yet another 5090 going down in flames in the long list of 40 and 50-series GPUs.
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on (#6Z8GK)
My Asus Prime X370 Pro refuses to listen to my demand to turn off the lights when I turn off the system. I've resigned myself to it.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Kunal Khullar) on (#6Z8GM)
The newly launched 2025 variant of the Asus ROG Zephyrus G14 is already selling at a discounted price.
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on (#6Z8E1)
GitHub, one of the most used code repositories in the world, is being folded into Microsoft following the departure of longtime CEO Thomas Dohmke. GitHub was acquired by Microsoft in 2018 but remained largely independent until today.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Hassam Nasir) on (#6Z8E2)
Ex-Intel chief Craig Barrett warns the US could lose its only advanced chip foundry without urgent $40B funding from major customers like Apple and Nvidia, pushing for High-NA EUV, 14A development, and tariffs on imports.
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SK hynix has taken to Twitter/X to compare its delicately stacked HBM4 to some deliciously layered s'mores.
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French retailers have started to list Intel's unannounced Core Ultra 3 205, an eight-core Arrow Lake processor.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Aaron Klotz) on (#6Z8E5)
AMD's Ryzen 7 5700X3D has finally reached end-of-life status. Various retailers have allegedly confirmed that AMD is no longer selling the 5700X3D.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Hassam Nasir) on (#6Z8AP)
SK Hynix sees the AI-focused High Bandwidth Memory market growing about 30% each year to 2030, approaching $98B. Holding 70% share, it's banking on custom designs, HBM4, and U.S. expansion to keep its edge-despite looming oversupply, rising competition, and the uncertainty of trade politics.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Aaron Klotz) on (#6Z884)
Nvidia has announced 2U server form factor compatibility with its latest RTX 6000 Pro Server Edition GPU, providing enterprise customers with the most compact method of deploying Blackwell AI GPUs yet.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Jowi Morales) on (#6Z883)
Nvidia just released more affordable variants of Blackwell AI GPUs.
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Google's AI could be tricked into enabling spam, revealing a user's location, and leaking private correspondence, among other things, with just a calendar invite.
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Nvidia and AMD have reportedly agreed to pay the U.S. government 15% of China-sourced revenues to unlock export licenses for previously restricted chips.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Hassam Nasir) on (#6Z85P)
Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan, facing pressure from Trump over China ties, will reportedly meet the president to clarify his background and stress Intel's national security role. Tan, who led Cadence Design, aims to secure support for Intel's U.S. manufacturing amid strategic board tensions and slowed plant progress.
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A joint team has successfully 3D printed a titanium fuel tank that was able to pass a durability test for space travel.
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Stack up on frames with PNY's GeForce RTX 5080 OC at its lowest price
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Apple's manufacturing partners in Taiwan are reportedly preparing a MacBook deluge with a new level of affordability, according to industry sources.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Aaron Klotz) on (#6Z83T)
Adaptec has introduced a new enterprise RAID card that uses software-defined storage to support up to 32 PCIe 5.0 SSDs with speeds of up to 291 GB/s.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Hassam Nasir) on (#6Z828)
A high-resolution CT scan of Intel's legendary 386 processor reveals its hidden inner world without breaking it open. See the complete 3D map of gold bond wires, detailed pin connections, and the layered power planes that powered one of computing's most influential CPUs.
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The Asus Vivobook 16 Flip Laptop is available at Amazon for one of its best prices to date - $949 instead of its usual $1,999.
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Firefox rolled out update 141 last month with AI enhanced tab groups, but an issue simmering under the hood has only now come to a head.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Hassam Nasir) on (#6Z7PZ)
A lifeless RTX 4090 with 48GB of VRAM landed on a repair bench, showing no display output. What followed was a deep dive into diagnostics, power rail checks, and trace hunting-only to reveal hidden PCB damage so severe that even expert fixes couldn't bring the GPU back from the dead.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Jowi Morales) on (#6Z7Q0)
Microsoft is putting Copilot Gaming (Beta) on the Game Bar for Xbox Insiders, while giving every creator access to its new AI-driven 2D to 3D feature (as long as you have a Microsoft Account).
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Jowi Morales) on (#6Z7NH)
A social media account linked to China state media says that users should avoid Nvidia chips.
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Linux creator Linus Torvalds has publicly dismissed a RISC-V code contribution from a Google engineer as 'garbage.'
by editors@tomshardware.com (Jowi Morales) on (#6Z7NK)
Natalie built the schematics and circuit herself, but ordered the clear PCB from a third-party supplier.
by editors@tomshardware.com (Hassam Nasir) on (#6Z7M7)
Core configs for Intel's Nova Lake mobile lineup has reportedly leaked, with the top HX variant featuring up to 28 CPU cores and 4 GPU cores. Nova Lake-H and Nova Lake-U families also detailed.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Kunal Khullar) on (#6Z7M8)
WinRAR flaw CVE-2025-8088 was serious but has been fixed in version 7.13.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Aaron Klotz) on (#6Z7M9)
Intel is continuing to drop more Linux maintainers and Linux drivers due to corporate restructuring within the company.
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A software engineer, who previously accused AWS of 'digital execution,' has shared the good news that his data has now been restored.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Hassam Nasir) on (#6Z7FK)
If success could be measured by numbers, Battlefield 6 would invent new math. The game, which is in its open beta right now, has just crossed the 500,000 player count on Steam, beating not only every other Battlefield before it, but also every COD title ever.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Hassam Nasir) on (#6Z7DQ)
Newegg is offering Seagate's legendary BarraCuda hard drive in its 24TB variant for only $250 right now, that amounts to a cent per gigabyte. These are great savings for a NAS-ready, 7200 RPM hard drive that use the fat better CMR tech instead of the archaic SMR method.
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Dial-up connectivity stalwart AOL has set a date for cutting off the remainder of its old-tech internet holdouts.
by editors@tomshardware.com (Hassam Nasir) on (#6Z7CN)
Battlefield 6 has been receiving critical and fan acclaim over the past few days, and Mike Ybarro, Blizzard's former president, has shared a similar sentiment. He says Call of Duty has "gone downhill" and that Battlefield 6 will "boot stomp" COD this year for several reasons.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Jowi Morales) on (#6Z7CP)
Microsoft is ending support for Windows 10 by October 2025, but someone is suing the company to stop it from doing so.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Aaron Klotz) on (#6Z7CQ)
Another victim has been scammed out of an RTX 5090 from Amazon's French location. Despite buying an RTX 5090 from an Amazon-hosted listing, the buyer received a card with a missing GPU core and missing memory modules.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Jowi Morales) on (#6Z7CR)
The PC, which was rescued from a dumpster, has an Intel Core i5-6600 CPU and an AMD Radeon R9 380 GPU.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Hassam Nasir) on (#6Z7BG)
Battlefield 6's open beta is crashing on Intel Arc A-series GPUs, with issues tied to the game's default Borderless mode. Intel is working on a driver fix, but players can avoid crashes by switching to Full Screen/Windowed or using a risky legacy control panel tweak.
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The AOC CQ27G4ZH, our favorite gaming monitor and Editor's Choice, is currently available at Amazon for $269, its lowest price to date according to data from CamelCamelCamel.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Jowi Morales) on (#6Z7BJ)
A Redditor built several PC components out of cardboard with intricate detail to build a cardboard PC that spins and lights up. It's not a real computer, though.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Jowi Morales) on (#6Z7BK)
A Japanese company has started selling the My Key Keychain that accepts Cherry MX-compatible switches and keycaps, allowing you to bring your favorite keyboard feel wherever you go.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Jowi Morales) on (#6Z7A4)
Researchers have developed a fully recyclable 3D-printed PCB that utilizes PVA and liquid metal.
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AMD has launched the Radeon RX 7400 for budget gamers and the Radeon Pro W7400 for workstation users.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Hassam Nasir) on (#6Z6XQ)
Thermal Grizzly's der8enchtable, co-developed with der8auer and ElmorLabs, brings an integrated PCB, centralized power delivery, and built-in I/O to the open test bench market, slashing setup times for overclockers, reviewers, and serious PC enthusiasts.
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by ashilov@gmail.com (Anton Shilov) on (#6Z6XR)
Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan's push to retain in-house chip manufacturing has put him at odds with chairman Frank Yeary and other directors who explored spinning off or selling Intel Foundry to TSMC.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Jowi Morales) on (#6Z6V8)
The Taiwanese government wants to get to the bottom of this industrial espionage case.
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