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Nvidia RTX 3060 comeback in 2026 could alleviate soaring GPU prices and memory shortages — rumored RTX 5050 9GB abruptly shelved amid speculation

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Tom's Hardware · 04/18/2026 11:53 EDT

If relaunched at the right price, the RTX 3060 could re-enter the market as a viable option in a segment facing increasing cost pressures. Read more ›

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Engineer installs 3.5-inch floppy drive in a Tesla — modern EV recognizes and runs ancient storage device, even plays an MP3 file from diskette

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Tom's Hardware · 04/10/2026 06:00 EDT

An engineer and software developer was able to make a 3.5-inch floppy drive work seamlessly with the Tesla with just a USB-to-FDD converter. Read more ›

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Ambitious hacker reduces worst-case memory latency by up to 93%, but with severe downsides — 1960s bottleneck overcome by hedging memory accesses to avoid running into DRAM refresh stalls

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Tom's Hardware · 04/10/2026 05:26 EDT

The clever software trick works on both x86 and Arm to radically reduce worst-case memory latency, but it has severe limitations, too. Read more ›

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Intel Arc GPUs can finally boot up and play 'Crimson Desert' — but you'll probably want to wait for official support

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Tom's Hardware · 04/09/2026 15:36 EDT

Intel's latest GPU driver is capable of booting Crimson Desert and can reportedly run at nearly 60 FPS at ultra settings on an Arc B580. But the game suffers from occasional crashing and visual artifacts. Read more ›

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Fueled by Musk's TeraFab tie-in, Intel's market cap hits highest level in 25 years — tops $300 billion on CPU, AI, and foundry momentum

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Tom's Hardware · 04/09/2026 15:21 EDT

Intel tops $300 billion, its highest market capitalization in 25 years on AI, CPU, and foundry announcements momentum. Read more ›

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Geekbench 6.7 adds Intel BOT detection to spoof out 'unrealistic' CPU scores — Benchmark runs with BOT enabled will be marked as invalid

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Tom's Hardware · 04/09/2026 15:11 EDT

Geekbench 6.7 comes with Intel BOT detection to ensure any runs using it are flagged. The developer argues BOT gives unrealistic performance bumps to select workloads that don't represent real-world performance. Read more ›

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Alleged images of the long-awaited Nvidia N1/N1X SoC surface on laptop motherboard — board features 128 GB of LPDDR5X memory alongside 8+6+2 phase VRM

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Tom's Hardware · 04/09/2026 12:40 EDT

Nvidia's N1 SoC leaks yet again, but this time in the flesh, with potentially a laptop motherboard featuring the long-rumored chip. It was spotted on sale on a Chinese marketplace for roughly $1,400. The pictures show the PCB rocking 128 GB of LPDDR5X-8533 RAM, robust power delivery, and a decent I/O selection. Read more ›

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Intel and Google announce multi-year chip deal — Google will deploy Intel Xeon with custom IPUs for next-gen AI, cloud infrastructure

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Tom's Hardware · 04/09/2026 12:35 EDT

Although Google now has its own Arm-based Axion CPUs, Intel's Xeon processors with custom IPUs will continue to be used for AI and other demanding workloads in Google's data centers for years. Read more ›

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Intel's EMIB-T packaging technology set for fab rollout this year — as TSMC CoWoS capacity remains limited,EMIB-T is preparing for advanced AI accelerator designs

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Tom's Hardware · 04/09/2026 11:09 EDT

If these “billions per year” in deals close, it’d mark quite the turnaround for Intel Foundry, which generated just $307 million in external revenue last year. Read more ›

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Bryson DeChambeau to use 3D-printed 5-iron at 2026 Masters in golfing first — club he fabricated himself 'finally ready' to face Augusta

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Tom's Hardware · 04/09/2026 11:08 EDT

Bryson DeChambeau will use a 3D-printed 5-iron at the Masters this weekend. Read more ›

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UK navy tracked three Russian submarines near undersea cables, damage would 'have serious consequences,' Putin warned — US and allies expand seabed protection efforts

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Tom's Hardware · 04/09/2026 08:59 EDT

A Royal Navy warship and P8 maritime patrol aircraft have tracked three Russian submarines, including two Gugi-class deep-sea vessels, attempting to survey undersea cables and pipelines. Read more ›

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Build a $5,000 AM5 gaming PC for just $2,771 with this Newegg combo deal — 9800X3D and RTX 5070 also come with 128GB of DDR5 RAM, 4TB SSD, X870E motherboard, and AIO cooler

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Tom's Hardware · 04/09/2026 08:07 EDT

Build a gaming PC worth $5,019 for just $2,771.98 in this epic Newegg combo deal with a 9800X3D, a whopping 128GB of DDR5 RAM, an MSI X870E motherboard, and a RTX 5070, along with a free 4TB SSD, MSI MAG liquid cooler, and three free games, saving you over $2,247 in total. Read more ›

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Intel developing two-lever retention mechanism for LGA 1954 socket, according to new leak — Premium Nova Lake-S motherboards will feature 2L-ILM sockets

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Tom's Hardware · 04/09/2026 08:01 EDT

Some high-end motherboards for Intel's upcoming Nova Lake processors have been tipped to include a dual-lever retention mechanism called "2L-ILM." We've seen something similar before with LGA 2011, but that a server platform. Boards with 2L-ILM will live alongside standard ILM (1L-ILM?) variants that are cheaper to produce. Read more ›

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Acer Predator X27 X1 27-inch 240 Hz OLED gaming monitor review: Blending performance and value

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Tom's Hardware · 04/09/2026 08:00 EDT

Acer delivers a solid value with the Predator X27 X1. It’s a 27-inch QD-OLED gaming monitor with 4K resolution, 240 Hz, Adaptive-Sync, HDR400 and wide gamut color. It delivers high speed and saturated color in equal measure. Read more ›

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Under $30, GameSir's Super Nova wireless controller has an unbelievable 40% slashed off the price in this limited-time offer — includes stick drift eliminating Hall Effect thumbsticks and switches

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Tom's Hardware · 04/09/2026 07:14 EDT

A fully loaded wireless gaming controller from GameSir for under $30. Read more ›

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Korean government to take action over soaring DRAM costs, including monitoring markets and pricing — internet data plans to be restructured and recycled PCs to be distributed to vulnerable groups

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Tom's Hardware · 04/09/2026 07:00 EDT

South Korea is taking government action to reduce the pressure of the DRAM and NAND crisis on its population. Read more ›

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Go maintainer joins collective klaxon about encryption-breaking quantum computers — developer urges immediate switch to post-quantum methods to prevent worldwide disaster

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Tom's Hardware · 04/09/2026 06:40 EDT

Go maintainer joins collective klaxon about encryption-breaking quantum computers and urges immediate switch to post-quantum methods to prevent disaster. Read more ›

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Steam files suggest Valve is developing internal'SteamGPT' AI bot — aimed at tackling customer support tickets and CS2 anti-cheat

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Tom's Hardware · 04/09/2026 06:20 EDT

Leaked Steam files show that Valve is developing a "SteamGPT" AI bot that will help its employees with customer support and anti-cheat in CS2. Read more ›

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$21 billion stolen from more than 1 million Americans due to cybercrime in 2025 — $11 billion come from stolen crypto, $8.6 billion taken from investment scams, while AI-related attacks cost $893 million

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Tom's Hardware · 04/09/2026 06:00 EDT

The FBI breaks down the $21 billion lost by over a million Americans through online scams, with more than half involving cryptocurrency. Read more ›

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10 petabytes of sensitive data stolen from China's National Supercomputing Center, hackers claim — daring heist would be largest ever China hack, covering 6,000 clients across science, defense, and beyond

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Tom's Hardware · 04/09/2026 05:42 EDT

Hacker or hacker group steals secret data concerning aerospace engineering, bioinformatics, fusion modeling from China's National Supercomputing Center. Read more ›

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Intel and SambaNova team up on heterogenous AI inference platform — different hardware performs different workloads

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Tom's Hardware · 04/08/2026 15:45 EDT

Intel and SambaNova announce heterogeneous inference platform that can take advantage of Intel Xeon 6 CPUs, SambaNova SN50 RDUs, and Nvidia GPUs. Read more ›

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