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Over 1,800 North Korean applicants flood Amazon — suspected illicit applicants blocked by the company since April 2024

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Tom's Hardware · 12/21/2025 07:00 EDT

The Amazon CSO reported that the company has seen over 1,800 applicants that it suspects are North Koreans posing as Americans. Read more ›

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Search pioneer AltaVista’s star shone bright with a clean and minimal UI 30 years ago — engine lost momentum after multiple ownership changes and the embrace of the web portal trend

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Tom's Hardware · 12/21/2025 06:40 EDT

Pioneering search engine AltaVista opened its service to the public 30 years ago. Read more ›

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Russia has reportedly improved the range of its jam-proof optical drones to over 40 miles — purported Chinese-Russian collaborative production imagery reveals dramatically increased tethered drone range

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Tom's Hardware · 12/21/2025 06:20 EDT

Imagery of spools carrying 65km (~40.4 miles) of optical fiber, for FPV drone control, have been shared on Russian social media channels. Read more ›

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Moore Threads unveils next-gen gaming GPU with 15x performance and 50x ray tracing improvement — AI GPU with claimed performance between Hopper and Blackwell also in the works

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Tom's Hardware 2 place · 12/21/2025 06:00 EDT

Moore Threads has just revealed its next-gen GPU architecture coming in 2026, dubbed "Huagang," which will bring new gaming and AI GPUs. The "Lushan" gaming GPU is promising up to 15x increase in AAA gaming performance, while the "Huashan" AI GPU is gunning for a spot between Nvidia Hopper and Blackwell lineups. Read more ›

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Logitech’s top-selling G502 Hero gaming mouse is nearly half-price at just $38 on Amazon — save up to 53% on this fan favorite

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Tom's Hardware · 12/20/2025 12:50 EDT

The G502 Hero continues to attract gamers years after launch and at its current price, it delivers strong value for those looking for a customizable, well-built gaming mouse. Read more ›

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Steam app is now 64-bit only on systems that support it, 32-bit support enters final countdown — 32-bit users will stop receiving updates in 2026

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Tom's Hardware · 12/20/2025 11:50 EDT

Valve has begun the final phase of its plan to end Steam support for 32-bit versions of Windows, with a December Steam client update that changes how the platform runs on modern systems. Read more ›

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You can force FSR 4 Redstone to work on RDNA 3 GPUs with new workaround for Linux systems — solution requires Proton compatibility to work properly — GPU Drivers

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Tom's Hardware · 12/20/2025 11:26 EDT

AMD's answer to Nvidia's DLSS 4 seemingly works on older hardware but is currently not officially supported. Read more ›

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Three year test shows OLED is significantly more reliable than LCD, with most lasting more than 10,000 hours — 20 TVs failed out of 102 tested

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Tom's Hardware · 12/20/2025 11:23 EDT

After 18,000 hours of simulated use, RTINGS' longevity test reveals fascinating insights into the TVs that dominate our markets today. While OLED has clearly overcome its reliability woes to become the least vulnerable panel type, LCDs with local dimming are still competitive and fare better than their unified-backlight brethren. Read more ›

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Valve discontinues the most affordable Steam Deck — $399 LCD version on the way out as new starting point is $549

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Tom's Hardware · 12/20/2025 10:13 EDT

Valve announced on the Steam page that it's discontinuing the $399 LCD Steam Deck, saying that it's only available until stocks last. Read more ›

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China's new nation-spanning network eclipses 100 Gbps transferring 72 terabytes across 1,000km — experimental research network designed to connect thousands of virtualized networks across the country

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Tom's Hardware · 12/20/2025 09:33 EDT

China has brought online a national experimental research network designed to support experimentation on future network designs and to improve data transmission quality. Read more ›

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Registry hack enables new performance-boosting native NVMe support on Windows 11 — Windows Server 2025 feature can be unlocked for consumer PCs, but at your own risk

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Tom's Hardware · 12/20/2025 09:14 EDT

The Windows Server 2025 registry tweak that activates native NVMe support can also be activated in Windows 11, but at your own risk. Read more ›

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The USB Power Delivery (PD) Specification — everything you need to know about USB-PD

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Tom's Hardware · 12/20/2025 09:00 EDT

Learn the secrets of the USB PD specification as we delve into how the specification has changed in over a decade of revisions Read more ›

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Google killed the 25-year-old Sega Dreamcast PlanetWeb 3.0 web browser this week — big G's services no longer respond to this quarter-century-old software

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Tom's Hardware · 12/20/2025 08:00 EDT

The Sega Dreamcast’s ancient pack-in internet browser was killed by Google earlier this week. Read more ›

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Hands-on with the Thermal Grizzly Der8enchtable: Updating our longstanding motherboard test bench

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Tom's Hardware · 12/20/2025 08:00 EDT

The Thermal Grizzly Der8enchtable with an active PCB improves the open-air test bench by adding USB, storage, and integrated fan controls for easier extreme overclocking and hardware reviewing. Read more ›

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MSI adds auto BCLK overclocking to X870 MAX motherboards — claims new 'one-click' features add up to 15% extra performance on Ryzen 7 9800X3D

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Tom's Hardware · 12/20/2025 07:40 EDT

MSI adds several auto overclocking features, including BLCK overclocking profiles and DDR5 sub-timing overclocking profiles that boost performance up to 15% on AMD's Ryzen 7 9800X3D. Read more ›

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AMD publishes first Zen 6 document detailing ground-up redesign on 2nm process node — brand-new 8-wide CPU core with strong vector capabilities

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Tom's Hardware · 12/20/2025 07:20 EDT

AMD's Zen 6-based CPUs may be number crunching monsters, given their core design that is partially revealed in a performance counters document. Read more ›

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In a pinch? Last-minute digital gift ideas for Christmas 2025 for the techie in your life — here's the picks if you have no time left for deliveries

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Tom's Hardware · 12/20/2025 07:10 EDT

From gift cards to streaming services, these digital gifts can be purchased and delivered at any time, even on Christmas Day. Read more ›

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12 years ago, a whiskey-fuelled rant coined the iconic term HODL with a drunken mispelling — Bitcoin investment strategy would have turned $523 into over $87,000, a 16,666% gain

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Tom's Hardware · 12/20/2025 07:00 EDT

On December 18, 2013, a cryptocurrency investor felt compelled to pen a message rallying his fellow shellshocked troops on the Bitcointalk forums. Thus, the 'HODL' strategy was born. Read more ›

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Savvy PC builder finds GeForce GTX 1660 Super for just $8.40 at thrift store — Goodwill purchase comes with 6GB of VRAM for 1080p gaming, still sells for up to $100

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Tom's Hardware · 12/20/2025 06:40 EDT

The GTX 1660 Super remains a usable gaming GPU, making this $8.40 Goodwill purchase an exceptional value compared to typical secondhand prices. Read more ›

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GTA: Vice City is now playable right in your browser, 2002 title that once demanded Pentium 3 now runs in Chrome — requires upload of an original game file to save progress

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Tom's Hardware · 12/20/2025 06:20 EDT

DOS Zone launched an online, open-source version of GTA: Vice City, allowing you to play the classic game from practically any browser. Read more ›

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