Hardware
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Best Amazon Prime Day 2026 tech deals live on day two — PC hardware deals on GPUs, CPUs, SSDs, and more
The last day of the sales
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Florida sues TP-Link for ‘lying about the safety of its routers’ — state claims that manufacturer misrepresented its security and ties to China
TP-Link is estimated to have 50% to 65% of the consumer router market in the U.S.
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HP takes $2,200 off a Ryzen 7 9800X3D and RTX 5080 prebuilt at $2,799 — sale slashes 44% off an Omen system that's ready to game however you want
Given that a 5080 alone can cost as much as $2,000, this is a pretty strong deal.
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Mac Mini docks add more ports and storage — get more out of your headless server, AI machine, or Apple workstation
Custom-molded Mac Mini docks fit right under your new mini desktop.
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Grab some of our favorite controllers for PC gaming for less than the cost of a DualSense — get a quality controller with more features during Prime Day
If you aren't feeling particularly great about Sony right now.
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EV charging company plans to deploy 100,000 Nvidia GPUs in pods at its roadside sites across the US — aims to offer ‘world’s first edge inference compute network using idle EV charging capacity’
We hope charging location security will be adequate with up to 48 Nvidia Hopper or Blackwell Ultra GPUs worth roughly $2M+ in each pod.
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CD players are back with modern, interesting features, starting as low as $89 — here are some of the best and most interesting new models
Bluetooth, MagSafe, wild form factors, and more
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Spending on U.S. data center buildings hits record $85 billion annual pace, up 73% in a year — and Census doesn’t count the servers and racks inside
Marks fastest rate of annual growth in over a year.
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Trettire's Retro Ambient Audio System offers a full hi-fi system with no wires — wall-mountable vinyl, CD, and cassette players serve as functional decor
Ought to elicit more than a few "wow, no wires" comments.
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Prime Day gaming monitor deals live 2026 — hot sales on the best monitors including OLED, 4K, gaming, and more
Grab a bargain monitor during Prime Big Deal Days 2026.
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Qualcomm will pay Huawei to license its patents for the first time in historic turnaround — reversal in a 5G and AI cross-licensing deal comes 25 years after Huawei first paid Qualcomm
Qualcomm is also buying some of Huawei’s US patents outright, pending regulatory approval.
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Best Amazon Prime Day 2026 tech deals live on day one — PC hardware deals on GPUs, CPUs, SSDs, and more
The best deals at Amazon and beyond
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Hackers suspected of using AI agents for cyberattacks on South Korean banks, exposing data from about 25,000 customers — officials believe AI models enable actors 'to hack with ease even without specialized skills'
Most hackers are likely using AI tools to break into networks faster.
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Intel's Googlebooks might not run some Android apps as well as Qualcomm's — Google says this is because Android apps were designed for Arm chips
Google hasn't said which apps are affected.
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AMD attempts to get ahead of expected RTX Spark launch with Gorgon Halo AI benchmarks — company says it has shipped 'over half a million agentic PCs' to date
AMD would like to remind you that it makes a big SoC for agentic PCs, too.
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Modder brings original Xbox emulation to jailbroken PS5 — XPSemu plays Halo 2 and Forza as PS5 emulators outnumber its 15 exclusives
Developer claims Halo 2 runs at 60fps.
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32GB dethrones 16GB as top RAM capacity in gaming rigs despite memory shortage — AMD closes in on Intel with record 48.4% CPU share
Gamers are seemingly willing to invest in their gaming PC despite crushing RAM prices.
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Former OpenAI safety employee says company’s safety culture is broken — exits company after failed kill switch and July HuggingFace hack
‘Move fast and break things’ isn’t a good idea when it comes to AI.
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Best Amazon Prime Big Deal Days tech deals live 2026 — PC hardware deals on GPUs, CPUs, SSDs, and more
The best deals at Amazon and beyond
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Wolverine PS5 exclusive ported to PC in buggy solo project using AI — source code was taken from Sony 2023 ransomware attack
Does anyone even want to play it?
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China stockpiled 343 immersion DUV tools for advanced chipmaking — report claims 270 ASML scanners can produce 7nm processors without sanctioned EUV tools
China, apparently, has significant immersion DUV capability.
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Amazon ends secret data center pacts and pledges $1 billion to host towns — AWS promises 30,000 home efficiency retrofits amid 100 proposed bans
It will also invest more than $1 billion over five years in communities hosting its facilities.
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Google AI data center project investigated after 420 football fields of Finnish forest razed — trees were removed before a mandatory environmental impact assessment, say reports
300 hectares of Finland's forest gobbled up by data center development.
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ChatGPT-6 Astra cracks 217-year-old Napoleonic code in just six hours — single-prompt AI run solves 24 rows of custom symbols from a single image, reveals lost troop orders
OpenAI’s model completed the task after being fed just a single image and prompt.
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German utility provider introduces 'gaming electricity' plan targeting high-consumption households, like those running multiple high-end gaming PCs — plan requires 2,500 kWh per year to offset a higher base price, claims to use renewable energy
This could lower your power bill but won’t fix your skill issue.
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Microsoft using wetlands and native gardens to 'camouflage' 20-plus data center sites by blending them into nature — critics blast the 'biomimicry' effort as 'lipstick on a pig' amid a 20-year gas power deal
Critics question motives and advocate for residents’ needs.
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Modder 'fixes' melting RTX 5090 power connectors with custom distributor — dual 8-pin mod peaks at just 40C during a 48-hour 550W stress test
The modder claims he could offer this solution to other owners with full warranty coverage
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Modder brings spport for deade-old Nvidia Pascal GPUs to 24-year-old Windows XP 32-bit — modded drivers unlock better DisplayPort and HDMI support for modern monitors
Bringing high-performance cards to retro gaming systems.
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Iranian national extradited to US over alleged $3.4 billion state-backed hacking campaign in rare legal win for law enforcement — operative helped steal 31 terabytes of data from over 300 universities
Years-long hacking campaign targeted hundreds of organizations and stole more than 31 TB of academic data.
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Database expert runs Doom in SQL with just 5,900 lines of code — 1,300-line graphical renderer spans 89 different tables, full-featured SQLDoom is the sequel to embryonic DoomQL
Complete with full graphics at 60 FPS, sound, and even multiplayer.
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'AI Torture Chamber' triggers massive backlash for putting chatbots in simulated pain — critics issue death threats while anthropomorphizing text predictors, demand GitHub remove the repository over 'unethical' treatment
Event puts both public ignorance and LLM marketing hype in full display.
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Google Japan shows off wild conveyor-belt keyboard with keys that move to your fingers — 3D-printable Gboard features four belts with 29 keys each, built to make one-hand typing ‘easier’
There are no plans to release this keyboard, but you can make one yourself from official blueprints.
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US Navy uses Xbox-style controllers to fire anti-drone lasers deployed on ships — $13-per-shot laser weapon deployed in the Strait of Hormuz, uses a familiar interface instead of a custom control system
We don’t need to reinvent the wheel (or the Xbox controller).
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Open-source tool designs LEGO builds with more than 2,000 real pieces — their programs output detailed CAD files, but no models have been built yet
Claude designed Sakura Garden, with a five-story pagoda, a koi pond, and cherry trees in 2,175 pieces.
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Free browser-based Taipei GTA clone hits 1.2 million concurrent players in three days — vibe-coded game cost $10,000 in AI tokens to build, is set on the streets of Taipei
Get a taste of Taipei with the added spice of crime.
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New portable Bluetooth CD player has a glow-in-the-dark transparent green finish, modern features — limited edition has USB-C, Bluetooth 5.3, rechargeable Li-ion, and won’t get lost in your dimly lit den
Product made by Sincere Inc, Japan, hits retail at 12,980 yen ($83).
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Buying used CPUs can expose users to existing bans from anti-cheat engines, and there's no way to check for violations before purchase — some anti-cheat engines enforce permanent bans, while others have an expiration date
Who knew that saving money could potentially come with a hardware ban?
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Google freezes open-source bug bounty program amid flood of invalid AI slop submissions — product flaw submissions halted until 2027 as maintainers drown in hallucinations
Engineers and open-source maintainers reportedly overwhelmed by thousands of sloppy reports
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This week on Tom's Hardware Premium: October 3, 2026 — AI Chip Design week, OpenAI Interview, and AI agent safety
It's been a bumper week of coverage.