Tom's Hardware 11 hours ago

New Microsoft Surface for Business PCs pair Panther Lake chips with as little as 8GB of RAM — 13-inch Surface Laptop goes light on memory but still starts at $1,299

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New Microsoft Surface for Business PCs pair Panther Lake chips with as little as 8GB of RAM — 13-inch Surface Laptop goes light on memory but still starts at $1,299

The AI gold rush crimps the local AI ambitions of the cheapest business-focused Surface

Tom's Hardware 11 hours ago

AMD rumored to ready budget-friendly Ryzen 7 7700X3D for suffering gamers — chipmaker lowers clocks and price with new Zen 4 X3D CPU

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AMD rumored to ready budget-friendly Ryzen 7 7700X3D for suffering gamers — chipmaker lowers clocks and price with new Zen 4 X3D CPU

3D V-Cache could get even more affordable on AM5

Tom's Hardware 14 hours ago

SMIC founder and AMEC CEO urge Chinese fabs to test domestic chipmaking tools on active production lines — equipment makers post record revenue but falling margins

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SMIC founder and AMEC CEO urge Chinese fabs to test domestic chipmaking tools on active production lines — equipment makers post record revenue but falling margins

Can Chinese tools thrive in production?

Tom's Hardware 15 hours ago

Physical attacks against crypto holders, including kidnap and assault, up 75% in 2025 — 72 confirmed incidents see $41 million lost, real number likely higher

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Physical attacks against crypto holders, including kidnap and assault, up 75% in 2025 — 72 confirmed incidents see $41 million lost, real number likely higher

Cryptocurrency

Tom's Hardware 17 hours ago

Creative Sound Blaster Audigy FX Pro: A decent upgrade for analog audio

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Creative Sound Blaster Audigy FX Pro 7.1 channel sound card: A decent 2026 upgrade for analog audio

7.1 surround sound? In this economy?

Tom's Hardware 18 hours ago

Slash nearly $300 off a two-year ExpressVPN subscription and grab four extra months for free — massive 82% saving on this privacy-focused VPN service with servers across 105 different countries, down to just $64

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Slash nearly $300 off a two-year ExpressVPN subscription and grab four extra months for free — massive 82% saving on this privacy-focused VPN service with servers across 105 different countries, down to just $64

A huge discount on a VPN that helps to secure your privacy online

Tom's Hardware 18 hours ago

Standard Chartered plans to cut 7,000 jobs in AI push — lender wants to replace ‘lower-value human capital’ and focus on automation

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Standard Chartered plans to cut 7,000 jobs in AI push — lender wants to replace ‘lower-value human capital’ and focus on automation

Is AI more valuable than people?

Tom's Hardware 18 hours ago

Intel tells PC makers to adopt 18A CPUs or lose their supply, report claims — Intel 7 supply dries up, pressuring notebook and PC manufacturers in the US, China, and Taiwan

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Intel tells PC makers to adopt 18A CPUs or lose their supply, report claims — Intel 7 supply dries up, pressuring notebook and PC manufacturers in the US, China, and Taiwan

Older Intel 7-based processors are locked up for servers and industrial use, leaving OEMs with little choice.

Tom's Hardware 18 hours ago

MSI Raider 16 Max HX review: Elite gaming performance

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MSI Raider 16 Max HX review: Elite gaming performance

MSI’s Raider 16 Max HX impresses with excellent performance and battery life, though it’s particularly pricey with the RTX 5090.

Tom's Hardware 18 hours ago

Save a whopping $900 on this incredible 4-item AM5 combo from Newegg — for only $2,269, high-end parts including the flagship 9950X3D2 processor, 64GB of GSkill RAM, 4TB of fast M.2 storage, and a quality MSI motherboard

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Save a whopping $900 on this incredible 4-item AM5 combo from Newegg — for only $2,269, high-end parts including the flagship 9950X3D2 processor, 64GB of GSkill RAM, 4TB of fast M.2 storage, and a quality MSI motherboard

Snag a great deal on this high-end 4-item combo from Newegg. Start your new AM5 rig with this awesome combo and save almost $900.

Tom's Hardware 19 hours ago

LG unveils 'world's first' native 1000 Hz refresh rate at 1080p for serious competitive gaming — UltraGear 25G590B to launch in the second half of 2026

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LG unveils

LG’s fastest esports monitor yet.

Tom's Hardware 19 hours ago

Pick up an RTX 5090-powered prebuilt desktop for $5 less than the GPU alone — HP's Omen 45L costs $3,795 thanks to $1,265 discount

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Pick up an RTX 5090-powered prebuilt desktop for $5 less than the GPU alone — HP

Buy an RTX 5090 - get a free PC

Tom's Hardware 19 hours ago

Intel's Project Firefly creates sub-$600 laptops to compete with Apple's MacBook Neo — leverages China's smartphone manufacturing blueprint to produce affordable Wildcat Lake systems

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Intel

The sub-$600 laptop wave is coming.

Tom's Hardware 20 hours ago

Researchers attack AMD's Infinity Fabric to bypass hardware security protections with 'Fabricked' — flaw lets malicious cloud hosts silently read confidential VM memory and forge attestation reports

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Researchers attack AMD

Confidential computing protections can reportedly be broken before they even finish initializing

Tom's Hardware 20 hours ago

Fake Samsung SSD spotting comes to CrystalDiskInfo as AI crunch drives sophisticated counterfeit market — free open-source software can flag clones by checking firmware, PCI Vendor ID

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Fake Samsung SSD spotting comes to CrystalDiskInfo as AI crunch drives sophisticated counterfeit market — free open-source software can flag clones by checking firmware, PCI Vendor ID

CrystalDiskInfo learns to spot real Samsung SSDs from the cheap clones.

Tom's Hardware 20 hours ago

Custom-built passive water-cooled PC relies on convection chimney effect powered by triple-stacked radiators — 9800X3D build with RTX 5080 has no fans, copper, and radiator chimney, but struggles to keep temperatures down

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Custom-built passive water-cooled PC relies on convection chimney effect powered by triple-stacked radiators — 9800X3D build with RTX 5080 has no fans, copper, and radiator chimney, but struggles to keep temperatures down

But its use of copper and radiator chimney design makes it

Tom's Hardware 20 hours ago

Fans secretly mapped 24 terabytes of Minecraft’s infamous 2b2t server, million‑square‑block archive to be shared via torrent — Intense digital archaeology project has taken years, risked player wrath

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Fans secretly mapped 24 terabytes of Minecraft’s infamous 2b2t server, million‑square‑block archive to be shared via torrent — Intense digital archaeology project has taken years, risked player wrath

This huge venture was fueled by

Tom's Hardware 21 hours ago

Next-gen mobile gaming just got $1,150 cheaper — Dell slashes RTX 5090 gaming laptop price tag to $4,399

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Next-gen mobile gaming just got $1,150 cheaper — Dell slashes RTX 5090 gaming laptop price tag to $4,399

Who says you have to pay full price for peak gaming performance?

Tom's Hardware yesterday

Jury throws out Elon Musk's lawsuit against OpenAI after less than two hours of deliberation — Unanimous vote that Musk filed the lawsuit too late

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Jury throws out Elon Musk

All claims dismissed on statute of limitations grounds, clearing a major obstacle for OpenAI

Tom's Hardware yesterday

College students drown out AI-praising commencement speeches with boos — 'deal with it' one speaker fires back as students heckle positive pitches for AI's role

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College students drown out AI-praising commencement speeches with boos —

Arizona students reject ex-Google exec