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Nvidia’s Blackwell gaming GPUs go through blower-style transformation to fuel AI data centers — RTX 5080, RTX 5070 Ti, RTX 5060 Ti blower GPUs up for purchase in China

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Tom's Hardware · 01/10/2026 11:40 EDT

China's underground GPU operations have birthed a few more spectacles, new Nvidia RTX 50-series SKUs with blower-style coolers, aimed at data centers and server farms. Listed on Taobao, the RTX 5080, 5070 Ti, 5060 Ti & more are all priced higher than their retail counterparts, and that's for their stock VRAM versions. Read more ›

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Admins finally get the power to uninstall Microsoft Copilot on Windows 11 Pro, Enterprise, and EDU versions — devices must meet specific conditions to allow the removal of the AI app

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Tom's Hardware · 01/10/2026 11:03 EDT

Microsoft finally allows administrators to remove the Microsoft Copilot app from managed versions of Windows 11 Pro, Enterprise, and EDU. However, you need to have Microsoft 365 Copilot installed, among other conditions. Read more ›

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GPU crisis hits Japan as RTX 5060 Ti and up are in short supply — GPUs sell out as soon as they arrive

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Tom's Hardware · 01/10/2026 10:52 EDT

Multiple shops are reportedly saying that GPUs are selling almost as soon as they arrive, with higher-end models becoming increasingly challenging to keep in stock. Read more ›

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HP reportedly eyes Chinese suppliers for DRAM as global shortage sparks shake-up — analyst says memory chips are commodities that can easily be replaced

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Tom's Hardware · 01/10/2026 09:59 EDT

A tech analyst claims that HP told the Bank of America that it's considering buying memory chips from China to help alleviate the ongoing shortage. Read more ›

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Asus adds 64MB ROM to Strix Neo AM5 motherboards, following Gigabyte — capacity large enough to fit pre-installed Wi-Fi drivers

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Tom's Hardware 3 place · 01/10/2026 08:00 EDT

Asus has incorporated a 64MB ROM into its all-new Strix Neo AM5 motherboards to support future Ryzen releases. For now, though, Asus is using the extra capacity to hold an integrated Wi-Fi driver, handy for new Windows 11 installs. Read more ›

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Steam Machine pricing soars past PS5 Pro and Xbox Series X in new retailer listing — 1TB SKU shatters $1,000 barrier

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Tom's Hardware 2 place · 01/10/2026 07:30 EDT

Czech retailer Smarty has listed Valve’s highly anticipated Steam Machine at $950 for the 512GB version and $1,070 for the 1TB model—both before taxes. Read more ›

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Dev creates UEFI games compendium you have to beat in order to boot your computer — 10-month project will shut down your PC if you lose

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Tom's Hardware 1 place · 01/10/2026 07:00 EDT

Dev creates a quintet of UEFI games with the premise of Win -> Boot, Lose -> Shutdown. Read more ›

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This $2,000 Bitcoin mining water heater can pay for itself by slashing your energy bills, company claims — can rake in $1,000 a year in BTC, offset 80% of electricity and water costs

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Tom's Hardware 1 place · 01/10/2026 06:50 EDT

Superheat was at CES 2026 to showcase what it describes as “a water heater that pays for itself.” Instead of a resistive heating element, it warms your H2O with heat generated by a Bitcoin ASIC miner. Read more ›

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Jensen Huang discusses the economics of inference, power delivery, and more at CES 2026 press Q&A session — 'You sell a chip one time, but when you build software, you maintain it forever'

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Tom's Hardware · 01/09/2026 12:26 EDT

In a press Q&A at CES 2026, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang addressed everything from Rubin’s design philosophy to inference economics, power constraints, open models, and more. Read more ›

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Nvidia hires first-ever CMO, snatches former Google exec for the tough job of helping sell more chips — Alison Wagonfield spent nearly 10 years at Google building its Cloud project

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Tom's Hardware · 01/09/2026 12:18 EDT

As the AI hardware market is about to change, Nvidia is hiring its first chief marketing officer. Read more ›

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Intel showed up for consumers at the 'Consumer Electronics Show;' AMD didn’t

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Tom's Hardware · 01/09/2026 11:53 EDT

At this year's CES, AMD felt like a dominant force, too focused on AI potential to talk about (or to) consumers. Intel looked more like a laser-focused startup, confidently pitching its Panther Lake chips to gamers, laptop users, and even robot makers. Read more ›

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Meta inks deals to supply a staggering 6 gigawatts in nuclear power for data center ambitions — enough wattage to supply 5 million homes

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Tom's Hardware · 01/09/2026 11:26 EDT

The 6GW will come from various suppliers — both existing and upcoming — to deliver the estimated 1GW that Meta's Prometheus site will require in 2026, and the 5GW its Hyperion data center will need by 2028. Read more ›

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Intel Panther Lake press Q&A transcript — EVO is still alive, and the company ditches prior-generation naming scheme

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Tom's Hardware · 01/09/2026 10:26 EDT

Following Intel's keynote at CES 2026, we attended a press Q&A at CES in Las Vegas, featuring some of the senior staff behind Intel's Panther Lake architecture, with some illuminating commentary about the new products. Read more ›

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Researchers turn spoiled milk into 3D printing materials — extracted proteins from dairy waste combined with polymers to create plastic alternative

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Tom's Hardware · 01/09/2026 08:57 EDT

This work turns what would otherwise be an agricultural liability into a potential input for advanced manufacturing. Read more ›

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President Trump, Sec. Lutnick praise Intel after the launch of Panther Lake chips — says investment in company already bringing ‘tens of billions of dollars for the American people’

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Tom's Hardware · 01/09/2026 07:56 EDT

President Donald Trump and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick went on their respective social media platforms to praise Intel and its CEO, Lip-Bu Tan, for the launch of the first chips made using the Intel 18A process node. They also said that it's another step towards the U.S. regaining its lead in cutting-edge chip manufacturing. Read more ›

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Intel is 'going big time into 14A,' says CEO Lip-Bu Tan — 'serve the customer well' remark hints at external client

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Tom's Hardware · 01/09/2026 07:56 EDT

Intel's CEO says he expects 'great momentum in terms of yields and IP' on the company's 14A process technology. Read more ›

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Chinese researchers hail breakthrough in DRAM-like cells, which could be used in embedded or 3D stacked memory — absence of manufacturing detail casts doubt on mass production

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Tom's Hardware 3 place · 01/09/2026 07:02 EDT

Chinese researchers have demonstrated a 4F² dual-gate 2T0C capacitor-less, DRAM-like memory cell with multi-bit storage, fast writes, and long retention. In theory, the technology could be used as embedded or stacked 3D memory, but questions remain about its manufacturability and commercial viability. Read more ›

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Apple-1 ‘Prototype Board #0’ system is expected to fetch $500,000+ at a 50th Anniversary auction — and the firm’s first ever check is valued at the same amount

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Tom's Hardware · 01/09/2026 07:00 EDT

An auction featuring 191 lots of historic Apple Computer artifacts, some with estimates of $500,000+, has begun. Read more ›

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Woot's 'reconditioned' MSI PC deals might be your ticket to an affordable upgrade — For $719, get an RTX 5060-based 14400F PC with 16GB of DDR5 and 1TB of storage

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Tom's Hardware · 01/09/2026 06:32 EDT

Woot is flogging a range of reconditioned MSI pre-built PCs. Read more ›

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Acemagic presents mini-PCs inspired by the NES and PlayStation 1 — retro shells conceal Ryzen AI 9 465, up to 64GB of RAM, and up to 4TB of SSD storage

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Tom's Hardware · 01/09/2026 06:00 EDT

Acemagic presents mini-PCs inspired on the NES and PlayStation 1 Read more ›

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