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Unlucky customer buys RTX 5080, receives relabelled RTX 5060 Ti in the box instead — GPU was sold and shipped by Amazon, hinting at return switcheroo

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Tom's Hardware · 01/21/2026 06:20 EDT

An Asus Prime RTX 5060 Ti was swapped for the RTX 5080 the customer actually ordered, with reapplied stickers to add another layer of deception. The malpractice is easy to spot as the 5060 Ti has a single 8-pin connector, while Nvidia's 80-class cards have used 16-pin connectors for a while now. This is another entrant in the "commingling" line of scams. Read more ›

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More than half of CEOs report seeing no benefits from AI deployment so far — only 12% of business leaders hit the jackpot of higher revenues and reduced costs

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Tom's Hardware 2 place · 01/21/2026 06:00 EDT

Only a third of CEOs report getting a benefit from AI deployments, while 55% saying they get no benefit or are worse off because of it. Read more ›

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Nvidia accused of trying to cut a deal with Anna’s Archive for high‑speed access to the massive pirated book haul — allegedly chased stolen data to fuel its LLMs

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Tom's Hardware · 01/21/2026 05:42 EDT

Nvidia has been accused of offering to pay for ‘high-speed access’ to Anna’s Archive, a notorious ‘shadow library’ portal, bursting with copyright-infringing materials. Read more ›

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Kioxia exec says the AI boom means the era of the cheap 1TB SSD is over —company's NAND supply is sold out for this year and likely through 2027

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Tom's Hardware · 01/21/2026 05:00 EDT

Kioxia's Memory Business Director warns that the global NAND flash shortage means affordable SSDs are gone for good. Read more ›

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Taiwan VP declares that U.S. deal won’t erode island’s chip industry — says Section 232 tariffs won't apply, ‘the U.S. will grant Taiwan the most favorable treatment: zero tariffs within the quota’

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Tom's Hardware · 01/20/2026 12:41 EDT

Taiwan Vice Premier Cheng Li-chiun said that the island hopes to become a partner to the U.S. in AI, hoping that the two parties can work together "to build a high-tech supply chain for the democratic camp." Read more ›

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Arctic Liquid Freezer III Pro 420 Review: Extreme cooling without compromise

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Tom's Hardware · 01/20/2026 11:55 EDT

We tested Arctic’s Liquid Freezer III Pro 420 on Ryzen 9 9950X. It loudly delivers exceptional thermals and has a very attractive price tag. Read more ›

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U.S company Noveon Magnetics raises $215 million to expand homegrown rare earth magnet supply — $630 million spent in 2025 on American reshoring efforts to divest from Chinese reliance

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Tom's Hardware · 01/20/2026 11:33 EDT

Texas-based rare-earth magnet company, Noveon Magnetics, has raised $215 million from investors to expand its U.S. operations in an effort to improve American access to magnets, a rare-earth mineral crucial to producing HDDs. Read more ›

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Save $40 on a Samsung P9 microSD Express storage card for your Switch 2 — Just $79 for 512GB of superfast capacity

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Tom's Hardware · 01/20/2026 09:19 EDT

Samsung's P9 Express microSD Express storage card drops $40 to the low price of $79.99 in today's Amazon deal Read more ›

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Grab $420 off this prebuilt gaming PC with an RTX 5070, 32GB of DDR5 RAM and 2TB storage — Ryzen-equipped MSI machine costs $1,549 and is perfect for 1440p gaming

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Tom's Hardware · 01/20/2026 07:54 EDT

Save 21% on the list price for this MSI Codex Z2 gaming PC, fitted with an Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070, AMD Ryzen 7 8700F, 32GB of DDR5 RAM, and a 2TB SSD, all for just $1,579. Read more ›

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Nvidia's Arm-based N1X-equipped gaming laptops are reportedly set to debut this quarter, with N2 series chips planned for 2027 — new roadmap leak finally hints at consumer release Windows-on-ARM machines

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Tom's Hardware · 01/20/2026 07:35 EDT

Nvidia's long-rumored N1/N1X SoCs have traded an actual launch for rumors for more than two years now. Going as far back as 2021, when MediaTek's partnership with Nvidia was first unveiled, we've only heard about the chip through leaks. With the N1 silicon powering the GB10 Superchip, it's perhaps finally time for it to debut in consumer products. Read more ›

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Micron acquires PSMC fab site in Taiwan for $1.8 billion, acquisition to expand the memory maker's operations within the region — move marks the end of the technology-for-capacity era

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Tom's Hardware · 01/20/2026 07:21 EDT

As fabs get dramatically more expensive than they used to be, technology for capacity partnerships lose their appeal, so Micron buys production facility from PSMC to upgrade it and run it itself. Read more ›

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New dock opens up FrameWork’s modular expansion card ecosystem to any full-function USB-C equipped computer — 'DockFrame' will also support its own 'Tool Cards' and even Lego

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Tom's Hardware · 01/20/2026 06:43 EDT

The first photos of the DockFrame, a modular USB-C hub built around the Framework-compatible Expansion Card standard, were released over the weekend. Read more ›

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DRAM shortage fuels fake GPU scams as China-based fraudsters exploit the supply crisis — RTX 4080 GPU sold at cut price was actually an RTX 3060 mobile chip with fake VRAM

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Tom's Hardware · 01/20/2026 06:20 EDT

Chinese GPU repair shop exposes massive fraud operation selling counterfeit GeForce RTX 40-series cards on the secondhand market. Read more ›

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Elon Musk restarts Dojo3 'space' supercomputer project as AI5 chip design gets in 'good shape' — will be first Tesla-built supercomputer to feature all-in-house hardware, with no help from Nvidia

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Tom's Hardware · 01/20/2026 06:12 EDT

Elon Musk confirms the restart of the Dojo3 supercomputer project. Success in AI5 chip design has enabled Tesla to start porting resources over to Musk's next-gen supercomputer aimed at "space AI". Read more ›

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Japanese city deploys anti-bear drones as 'human casualties at an all-time high' — non-lethal spray can be delivered with 10cm accuracy radius, 1km range

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Tom's Hardware · 01/20/2026 06:00 EDT

A Japanese city is rolling out an anti-bear drone system in response to 'record levels of bear casualties and sightings.' Over 12 people were killed by bears in Japan last year. Read more ›

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New York Stock Exchange building venue for 24/7 tokenized stock and ETF exchange — will leverage blockchain to work around the clock in a bid to modernize trading

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Tom's Hardware · 01/20/2026 05:31 EDT

New York Stock Exchange bullish on 24/7 tokenized stock exchange Read more ›

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Intel's Ohio One project shows healthy progress as new job listings pop up — construction seems to be well underway as contractor actively hiring for ambitious chip factory

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Tom's Hardware · 01/19/2026 11:54 EDT

Bechtel, the contractor behind Intel's ambitious Ohio One chip factory, has posted new job listings on its website with an overview mentioning Phase 1 of the project. These recruits will be responsible for accelerating construction to make the factory ready for its opening in 2030, after the last few months turned Intel's fate around. Read more ›

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Eric Demers leaves for Intel after 14 years at Qualcomm — father of Radeon and Adreno GPUs now sits at Lip-Bu Tan's table

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Tom's Hardware · 01/19/2026 11:34 EDT

Father of Radeon and Adreno GPUs leaves for Intel after 14 years at Qualcomm Read more ›

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TeamGroup GE Pro 2TB SSD Review: A makeshift high-end SSD

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Tom's Hardware · 01/19/2026 09:55 EDT

The GE Pro is a fast, PCIe 5.0 SSD that unfortunately has all the negative characteristics of an early high-end drive: high power consumption with inconsistent performance. Read more ›

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Acer Predator OLED 26.5-inch gaming monitor plummets to $429, hitting record-low price — $120 saving nets you 1440p QD-OLED panel, boasting a snappy 240Hz refresh rate

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Tom's Hardware · 01/19/2026 09:10 EDT

Grab this 26.5-inch Acer Predator X27U gaming monitor with a QD-OLED panel, 1440p resolution, and a 240Hz refresh rate, all for just $249.99, saving you 22%. Read more ›

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