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Anthropic sues Pentagon over 'supply chain risk' designation, citing free speech and due process violations — company refused to allow its AI to be used for autonomous attacks, mass surveillance

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Tom's Hardware · 03/09/2026 16:05 EDT

Anthropic has filed two federal lawsuits against the Pentagon and other U.S. federal agencies, seeking to overturn the Department of War's decision to designate the AI company a "supply chain risk." Read more ›

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Apple MacBook Pro (14-inch, M5 Max) review: Blazing-fast super cores

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Tom's Hardware · 03/09/2026 16:00 EDT

The 14-inch MacBook Pro with M5 Max is a portable powerhouse with a fast CPU and a massive integrated GPU that can share 128GB of RAM. Read more ›

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EA lays off staff across Battlefield-related studios in "alignment" move as game bleeds players — billions in revenue and record sales figures not enough to save staff from the axe

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Tom's Hardware · 03/09/2026 15:43 EDT

EA has laid off staff across Battlefield-related studios in "alignment" move as the game continues to lose players, despite the most recent Battlefield 6 topping an estimated 20 million copies sold. Read more ›

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New Windows-native NVMe driver benchmarks reveal transformative performance gains, up to 64.89% — lightning-fast random reads and breakthrough CPU efficiency

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Tom's Hardware · 03/09/2026 15:35 EDT

StorageReview evaluated the performance benefits of Microsoft's native NVMe driver on Windows Server 2025 and found substantial performance increases, particularly in random reads. Read more ›

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New Commerce Department AI export rules could be seismic change for CSPs and data center operators — buying American GPUs at scale means committing to building American infrastructure

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Tom's Hardware · 03/09/2026 13:43 EDT

The Trump administration is considering new export controls for high-end AI chips, with the suggestion that it may start requiring investment in U.S. Read more ›

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Why AMD motherboards now come with bigger BIOS chips—and why it matters to you

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Tom's Hardware · 03/09/2026 13:36 EDT

We take a quick look at the evolution of BIOS chip capacities on AMD motherboards over the years. Read more ›

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Oracle hits back at Stargate data center cancellation reports — claims 4.5GW Oracle-OpenAI agreement still on track

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Tom's Hardware · 03/09/2026 13:28 EDT

In a statement posted to X today, Oracle said it and developer Crusoe are “operating in lockstep” to deliver one of the world’s largest AI data centers at the Abilene campus. Read more ›

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Sony takes aim at Steam with dynamic discounts on the PlayStation Store — new report claims over 150 games in 50+ regions are showing varying lower prices for some users

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Tom's Hardware · 03/09/2026 13:25 EDT

A new report from PSprices claims that Sony has been experimenting with cheaper prices on a variety of titles for certain users. Since November 2025, gamers in at least 68 regions have been getting personalized, discounted prices across 150+ games, including Sony's first-party exclusives. Read more ›

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Grab a Creality 3D printer for as little as $199 in this discount-heavy Spring sale — limited-time deals include Creality K1C down to just $399, with filament spools slashed in price by nearly 50%

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Tom's Hardware · 03/09/2026 13:12 EDT

It's time for a new 3D printer, with Creality's Spring Sale offering a discount of up to 40% on its range of printers, with the K1C, K2 Plus, and Ender 3 V3 all on sale at reduced prices. Read more ›

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First solar-powered rugged laptop announced — features a solar panel on the back of the display and a backup battery with 5,200mAh of capacity

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Tom's Hardware · 03/09/2026 12:59 EDT

A Chinese laptop manufacturer has announced the world's first rugged industrial laptop with a solar panel. The device is geared towards professionals who need a device that can work for long periods of time away from a power outlet. Read more ›

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Intel keeps socket LGA 1700 alive with new P-core-only CPUs — 'Bartlett Lake' is official, but targets embedded applications with up to 12 cores

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Tom's Hardware · 03/09/2026 12:30 EDT

Intel’s heavily-rumored Bartlett Lake 12P CPUs are finally official, with a P-core-only design that is compatible with LGA 1700 motherboards. However, they’re targeting embedded and edge applications, not a broad consumer release. Read more ›

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'Borderline scam' 1.1TB HP laptop deal on Amazon draws consumer ire, laptop has 128GB SSD and 1TB of OneDrive cloud storage — 'generous' $499 third-party laptop deal sounds too good to be true, because it is

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Tom's Hardware · 03/09/2026 11:44 EDT

A number of third-party sellers are selling laptops with descriptions that claim over 1TB of storage, despite only physically containing a 128GB SSD, despite public disapproval over the practice. Read more ›

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Shortages of crucial chip packaging material threatens AI accelerator supply chains — Nittobo's Fukushima plant is tripling capacity, but it'll take years before market

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Tom's Hardware · 03/09/2026 11:22 EDT

One Japanese company called Nittobo controls roughly 90% of the global supply of specialist glass-fiber cloth (T-glass), which sits inside every advanced AI chip package — and demand is now so high and supply so squeezed that it’s causing issues. Read more ›

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Thermal Grizzly scammed out of $46,000 by Alibaba metals suppliers — company spread the risk across two copper and aluminum suppliers, only for both to send cheaper, fake materials

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Tom's Hardware · 03/09/2026 10:42 EDT

Thermal Grizzly (TG) has been stung by fake materials sellers based in China, with nearly $50,000 down the drain. Read more ›

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3D printer that can mine Bitcoin uses excess heat for temperature control — throttled ASICs use printing bed as a heatsink

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Tom's Hardware · 03/09/2026 08:18 EDT

The creator of a 3D printer that mines Bitcoin took part in an interview on the Home Mining Podcast at the weekend. Read more ›

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Save $484 on a Ryzen 7 9850X3D, 32GB of Kingston DDR5 RAM, and an Asus X870 motherboard — start your AM5 build on the right foot with this $949 bundle

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Tom's Hardware · 03/09/2026 08:13 EDT

Get an awesome deal on this Newegg combo - $949.99 gets you the fastest gaming processor around, a Ryzen 7 9850X3D, 32GB of dual-channel DDR5 Kingston RAM, and a solid Asus X870 AYW Gaming Wifi motherboard Read more ›

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The best Amazon UK Spring Deals Days tech sales 2026 — featuring the best prices on the latest gaming PCs, GPUs, laptops, monitors, peripherals, and more

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Tom's Hardware · 03/09/2026 08:05 EDT

The best Amazon Spring Deals Day UK deals on gaming PCs, laptops, tools, and accessories. Also featuring deals from Argos, Currys, Overclocker, Scan, and more. Read more ›

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Save an incredible $620 on this Newegg combo with an RTX 5070, 64GB DDR5 RAM and a PC case — $1,299.99 deal secures you dual-channel Corsair memory and a 3500X case alongside an Nvidia GPU for 1440p gaming

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Tom's Hardware · 03/09/2026 08:00 EDT

Another great Newegg deal nets you 64GB (2x32GB) of Corsair Vengeance ARGB RAM, alongside a Gigabyte RTX 5070 graphics card and a Corsair 3500X PC case, all for only $1,299.99, saving you a massive $619.98. Read more ›

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Researchers build atom-thin 2D thermometers that can be embedded directly in processors — can detect temperature changes in 100 nanoseconds, millions of times faster than the blink of an eye

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Tom's Hardware · 03/09/2026 06:40 EDT

Processors currently rely on temperature sensors positioned outside the chip die itself, which limits both the speed and precision of thermal monitoring. Read more ›

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Amazon's Rufus AI shopping assistant can be easily jailbroken and tricked into answering other questions — specific prompts break the chatbot's guidelines and reach underlying AI engine

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Tom's Hardware · 03/09/2026 06:20 EDT

Rufus, the AI assistant meant to make shopping on Amazon easier, can actually just answer any question you throw at it as long as it's prompted right. It allegedly runs Claude under the hood, and people have been able to get it to answer complex mathematical questions, and we almost got it to say whether the AI bubble will burst this year. Read more ›

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