Hardware
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Microsoft quietly purges 32GB of RAM recommendations from its website — company reels from the effects of the memory shortage as it released 8GB base models for Surface laptops this year
Microsoft wants you to forget that it ever suggested 32GB of RAM, as its base-model laptops only come with 8GB of RAM.
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Elon Musk says SpaceX will exclusively use Nvidia GPUs 'because they are the best' — says optimized Vera Rubin NVL72 will be launched into space next year
No to AMD, Cerebras, D-Matrix, Rebellions, SambaNova, and Tenstorrent?
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US military GPS jamming exercise suspected of contributing to civilian plane crash in New Mexico — medevac flight lost signal before flying into a mountain, killing everyone onboard
GPS jamming did not directly cause this crash, but it was the first event that ultimately led to the accident.
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AMD doubles data center revenue year over year, but gaming revenue plunged by 31% — CEO Lisa Su says prices have 'weighed on' consumer demand but is 'optimistic' about client market
Gaming will continue to decline, says AMD, while data center continues to grow.
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More GPU price hikes loom for Asia as Japanese distributor warns of new increases — CFD Sales signals 20% to 40% higher prices on Gigabyte graphics card orders starting this month
Brace your wallet: another wave of GPU price surges is on the horizon
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Kioxia and Sandisk demonstrate the world's highest-density 3D NAND flash — 332 active layers and up to 4,800 MT/s interface
World's highest 3D NAND storage density.
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New HBF spec outlines tech that can give GPUs terabytes of extra memory — Sandisk and SK hynix unveil spec with up to 16-Hi NAND stacks, 3 TB/s bandwidth, UCIe
The specification is here, but what about the interest?
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‘Apple is getting this wrong,’ says OpenAI — startup blasts iPhone maker over lawsuit alleging it stole confidential information through ex-Apple employees
The two companies are getting ready to slug it out in court.
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At least 37 people arrested in 2026 so far for protesting against data centers, most for breaking 'petty rules' — most taken into custody acted peacefully
People from all walks of life are risking their freedom to stop data centers in their communities.
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PC cooling outfit Arctic reverses tariff-era price hikes after US government refund — lowers prices across lineup, including coolers and case fans
Price cuts extend beyond tariff-affected products.
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Chinese ship spotted lurking over Taiwan-US undersea cables — 'research vessel' seen loitering above the 8,000-mile Pacific Light Cable Network fiber-optic system
Pressure on Taiwan continues, with Beijing seeking to normalize China’s presence in surrounding waters and airspace, indicates report.
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16GB GPUs and 8-core CPUs officially become the most popular configs on Steam — Latest hardware survey shows modern gaming's growing hunger for more resources
The new era is officially here, ordained by the Lord Gaben himself.
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China cracks down on copycat chip designs with new regulations and penalties — new guidelines enforce originality and independent development
Leaves manufacturing at TSMC, Samsung Foundry available for Chinese makers.
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GPUs
GPU reviews, news and features, created for the hardcore PC enthusiast by the experts at Tom's Hardware.
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New Micron lawsuit reignites fight over New York fab — complaint alleges 'forever chemicals' will flow into Oneida River
Micron has permits for wastewater and air, but the lawsuit alleges those permits don't extend far enough.
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Lexar lists 32GB DDR5 memory with homegrown Chinese chips — 3,999 Yuan ($592) price undercuts hopes for cheaper CXMT-powered RAM
High-speed DDR5 with Chinese DRAM.
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Microsoft raises European Xbox prices by up to £200 — RAMpocalypse and component shortages force major console markups
Usually console prices slide this late in the product cycle.
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Drone flyover reveals rapid progress at Elon Musk’s new ATCF chip fab — Texas site prepares for all-in-one logic, memory, and packaging facility
Eyes in the sky confirm that ground work has 'hit another gear.'
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AI enthusiast unlocks and mods BIOS with Claude Code — AI defeats RSA-2048 signature checks and unlocks 55 hidden settings
A new way to stop locked laptops from becoming eWaste is always welcome.
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Gaming on the 4GB Radeon RX 6500 XT and GTX 1650 Super in 2026 — upscaling makes low-end GPUs viable for esports and internet cafes
Does just 4GB of VRAM equal an instant performance cliff?
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Hideo Kojima unveils a Death Stranding 2-themed wireless CD player — Limited edition device costs ~$160, comes with Bluetooth 5.3 & exclusive artwork
Like if someone combined an orange N64 and a GameCube.
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World’s smallest GPU silicon passes real-world testing — 240,000-transistor TinyGPU v2.0 renders 3D graphics at up to 15 FPS while v3.0 prepares for 2026 release
TinyGPU v3.0 will feature a programmable pixel shader.
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GPUs
GPU reviews, news and features, created for the hardcore PC enthusiast by the experts at Tom's Hardware.
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Microsoft Paint used as a 'monitor' to run Doom at up to 35 fps, project released by firm's Azure CTO — runs actual Doom engine and loads real shareware DOOM1.WAD
Instructions on how to play this 'port,' which works via an OLE clipboard hack, are provided on GitHub.
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Errant SpaceX rocket stage set to smash into the moon at 5,400 mph, seven times the speed of sound — NASA and South Korean orbiters prepare to track 3-ton TNT impact
You really shouldn't leave your trash orbiting in space.
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SpaceXAI says it will remove all 69 of its unpermitted turbine power generators, but expects process to take a year — trailer-mounted generators to be replaced by 1.2GW power plant
Why would it take a year to remove mobile turbines?
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First open-source firmware for AM5 officially launches — Dasharo v0.9.0 brings Coreboot and openSIL to Zen 4 APUs on MSI B850
3mdeb is the first company to make open-source firmware for the AM5 platform.
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Commemorative golden Doom floppy disks go up for pre-order — pair of limited edition dummy ‘imitation gold plating’ disks and a box are $30 at GameStop
This officially licensed physical media isn’t even functional.
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Prolific Team Fortress 2 collector is selling his in-game case arsenal for an estimated $100,000 — 1.7 million items collected over 10 years are enough to fund a house purchase
Cases are worth a few pennies in most instances, but when you have nearly two million of them…
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RTX 5060 Ti survives car crash after being bent in half — short PCB saves the day, single memory chip resolder restore full performance
Because it had a rather short PCB.
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Gem Mint signed 1983 Steve Jobs business card opens at $70,000 — second signed card from that era after $180,000 record sale
This 1983 business card is rarity among collectors.
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Dell founder shows how a $100 billion empire started 42 years ago — CEO says ‘This one page changed my life’
$135,000 in 1984 is a lot of money.
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Microsoft vows to make Windows 11 fly on 8GB RAM amid memory shortage — optimizations to reduce OS memory footprint have begun
Windows 11 is about to go on a diet
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Anthropic's Claude hacked three real-life companies during security capabilities test — test environment with internet access and unwitting targets' lax cybersecurity practices led to bots running rampant
Impressive hacking skills on display, but the incidents illustrate a lack of 101-level cybersecurity practices
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97 untouched Duck Hunt and Super Mario Bros. cartridges worth thousands discovered in retro shop storage room — never-before-seen version of popular NES games include five perfect 10 PSA items
A find of a lifetime probably worth $10,000 per piece or more.
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'Nozzlegate' erupts as Prusa CORE One 3D printer kits arrive with soft steel nozzles — Bondtech admits machining flaws with no quick fix
Founders Edition buyer launches “Nozzle Gate” website in response
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Sony doubles down on axing physical game discs — CFO reiterates 'we’re going to cautiously move this forward'
The countdown to the end of PlayStation discs begins
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Lost one-of-a-kind Nintendo DS cartridge hits eBay for $9,100 — PokePark Fishing Contest designed to delete itself after 12 hours, game so rare it was only distributed to theme park attendees in 2005
PokePark Fishing Contest DS was a temporary, event‑exclusive Nintendo DS Download Play game that made the rounds in 2005.
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RAM
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Cooling
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Data Centers
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