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Tech Industry
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Modern OLEDs are just as vulnerable to burn-in as 2017 panels in 10,000-hour test — twice the brightness and 27% efficiency gains offer crucial headroom
The extra brightness can allow you to extend the panel's lifespan.
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3D-printing enthusiast creates ‘Flock Sock’ to blind controversial cameras, shares design — slip-on cover attaches to broom handle to make it easy to put on devices placed on traffic and streetlights
"The very least you can do is help protect these valuable civil servants from getting a bad sunburn."
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CPUs
CPU reviews, news and features, created for the hardcore PC enthusiast by the experts at Tom's Hardware.
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Rogue iOS developer creates app that simulates messages sent by carrier pigeon; messages only travel at 100mph — LA to NYC correspondence takes 22 hours to deliver; virtual birds can get distracted or even lost
Your virtual messenger pigeons fly at 100 mph ±25% speed variance.
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The PC age began 45 years ago with the breakthrough Intel 8088 processor — 8-bit bus fueled 45 years of x86 dominance
Earl Whetstone won the IBM PC account for Intel and became the salesman all others would be benchmarked against.
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Drones
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Data Centers
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3D-printed sound-powered jet engines propel micro drones — fliers are completely silent; researchers use ultrasonic frequencies to drive 12,000-RPM silent hovering fliers
This could potentially make drones completely quiet.
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Ukrainian drone regiment ‘decimates’ 3,500-strong U.S. armored brigade combat team in war game — High drone kill-rate forced continuous 'respawns,' reveals shortcomings in American response as drones easily spotted and destroyed tanks and armored vehicles
These wargames are designed to "defeat" visiting forces so that they learn something new in the battlefield.
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Applications
App reviews, news and features, created for the hardcore PC enthusiast by the experts at Tom's Hardware.
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3D Printing
3D Printer reviews, news, and features, created for the hardcore PC enthusiast by the experts at Tom's Hardware.
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Google reportedly taps AMD to design next-generation TPU — hybrid AI ASIC could integrate on-package CPU cores for reinforcement learning
A custom TPU for agentic and RL workloads?
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Monitors
Monitor reviews, news and features, created for the hardcore PC enthusiast by the experts at Tom's Hardware.
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Intel says it will launch new core with Nova Lake on desktop first, not in data center — VP Robert Hallock hopes enthusiasts ‘do the math’ compared to AMD
A (very diplomatic) shot across the bow at Robert Hallock’s former employer.
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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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Thieves swap RTX 5080 GPUs for RTX 3060s in Chinese gaming hotels — rogue 'downgrades' go unnoticed until sudden blackout exposes $12,000 heist
The two thieves have since been apprehended.
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Cybersecurity
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White House authorizes private companies to launch 'hack-back' cyberattacks that destroy data and systems, targeting foreign cybercrime organizations — vetted organizations can now conduct offensive cyber operations
Vetted U.S. firms can now conduct surveillance and destructive cyber operations under federal supervision.
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HDDs
HDD reviews, news and features, created for the hardcore PC enthusiast by the experts at Tom's Hardware.
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Nvidia turns $5B Intel stock bet into $30B windfall — filing reveals new $21B SpaceX stake and complete exit from Arm stock
Nvidia makes some good investments.
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Windows
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Peripherals
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SSDs
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Catastrophic optical disc shattering blamed on cleaning chemicals and packing foam — another data preservation concern to add to bit rot and laser rot
Polycarbonate substrate degradation can occur due to some polyurethane foam padding off-gassing.
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CPUs
CPU reviews, news and features, created for the hardcore PC enthusiast by the experts at Tom's Hardware.
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Tech Industry
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Intel says PC market is ‘a tale of two kingdoms’ with mainstream ‘taking a beating’ — VP suggests a split between mainstream and enthusiast sockets across the industry
“This is not just Intel,” Robert Hallock stressed.
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DRAM
DRAM reviews, news and features, created for the hardcore PC enthusiast by the experts at Tom's Hardware.
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This week on Tom's Hardware Premium: August 14, 2026 — Testing the BC-250, our interview with Intel's Robert Hallock, and a big week for optical
Exclusive testing, unredacted interviews, and much more.
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SK hynix runs out of replacement SSDs and defaults to original purchase price refunds — fine-print warranty clause shortchanges buyers as drive prices double
A refund means nothing when you cannot buy a replacement SSD in current times.
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Drones
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Anti-drone chain gun with 50mm precision-guided ammunition unveiled — Northrop Grumman's Raid Hunter is designed to wipe out drone swarms and cruise missiles
Built to address the fast, maneuverable, and massed aerial targets that are being used in the mid-2020s.
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US Navy 3D prints combat-ready drones and 1,000+ parts aboard aircraft carrier during exercise — containerized factory fabricated 80-mph FPVs and critical spares despite rough seas and 12-foot waves
This was the first maritime deployment of the Firestorm Labs xCell containerized manufacturing platform.
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Storage
Storage reviews, news and features, created for the hardcore PC enthusiast by the experts at Tom's Hardware.
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Cargo thieves ram security escorts to hijack AI hardware shipments in California — brazen thieves employ PIT maneuver, rear-ending tactics to secure goods for the black market
Stolen AI hardware can now fetch more than its U.S. retail price overseas.
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Tech Industry
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CPUs
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Modder straps two desktop CPU coolers to ZTE handset, turns smartphone into a gaming PC — Snapdragon 8 Elite SoC with 24GB of RAM runs The Witcher 3 at 1080p ultra
The Snapdragon 8 Elite-powered system runs Linux and PC games locally.
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Nvidia Jetson chip found in Russian cruise missile, Ukraine claims — presence in S-71 'Monochrome' weapon may indicate use of AI tech
AI accelerators are export controlled, hardware that can run AI models locally is not.
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Drones
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Gigabyte resurrects 8-year-old B450 chipset with new motherboards — AM4 budget king returns as another DDR4 solution to exorbitant RAM prices
If you gaze long into the abyss, the DDR4 also gazes into you.
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Cybersecurity
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Cooling
CPU Cooling reviews, news and features, created for the hardcore PC enthusiast by the experts at Tom's Hardware.