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Huawei’s Ascend and Kunpeng progress shows how China is rebuilding an AI compute stack under sanctions

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Tom's Hardware · 12/31/2025 13:21 EDT

Huawei used its New Year message to highlight progress across its Ascend AI and Kunpeng CPU ecosystems, pointing to the rollout of Atlas 900 supernodes and rapid growth in domestic developer adoption as “a solid foundation for computing.” Read more ›

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Finnish authorities seize ship and crew after undersea cable cut, pursuing criminal charges — Finnish special forces board ship, detain all 14 crewmembers

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Tom's Hardware · 12/31/2025 12:25 EDT

The cable was damaged for the fourth time in less than 1.5 years. Read more ›

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Logitech's legendary G502 Hero gaming mouse plummets to an irresistible $15.99 — free $20 gift card slashes best-selling mouse to its lowest ever price

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Tom's Hardware · 12/31/2025 11:11 EDT

Target is offering the Logitech G502 Hero for $35.99 with a complimentary $20 gift card—effectively bringing your cost down to just $15.99 for this top-rated gaming mouse. Read more ›

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UK company shoots a 1000-degree furnace into space to study off-world chip manufacturing — semiconductors made in space could be 'up to 4,000 times purer' than Earthly equivalents

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Tom's Hardware · 12/31/2025 10:47 EDT

British startup Space Forge has just successfully turned on its first in-orbit furnace, reaching 1,000 degrees Celsius in space. This is a crucial first step for the company in studying the feasibility of manufacturing chips in space. Read more ›

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Musk purchases third building at Memphis site to expand xAI's training capacity to a monstrous 2 gigawatts — announcement comes days after Musk vows to have 'more AI compute than everyone else'

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Tom's Hardware · 12/31/2025 10:06 EDT

Elon Musk has announced that xAI has purchased a third building at its Memphis, Tennessee site to bolster the company's overall compute power to a gargantuan two gigawatts. Read more ›

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Nvidia's CUDA Tile examined: AI giant releases programming style for Rubin, Feynman, and beyond — tensor-native execution model lays the foundation for Blackwell and beyond

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Tom's Hardware · 12/31/2025 09:32 EDT

Nvidia's CUDA 13.1 introduces CUDA Tile, a new tile-centric programming path that elevates GPU kernel development above SIMT. The innovation aligns CUDA with the tensor-native execution model of Blackwell-class GPUs, and lays the software foundation for future architectures built around increasingly specialized compute and data-movement engines rather than thread-level parallelism. Read more ›

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Chinese memory maker CXMT prepares to file for IPO, aiming to raise $4.2 billion USD to take advantage of tight memory market — company lays out path to profitability as DRAM demand skyrockets worldwide

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Tom's Hardware · 12/31/2025 09:31 EDT

Chinese memory maker CXMT prepares to file for IPO in Beijing, aiming to raise $4.2 billion USD in order to expand production and fund next-gen DRAM development. Read more ›

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Adata XPG Mars 980 Blade 2TB SSD Review — Affordable Luxury

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Tom's Hardware · 12/31/2025 09:27 EDT

The Adata XPG Mars 980 Blade is a high-end Gen 5 SSD with only mediocre performance for its class that’s saved by its pricing. Read more ›

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TikTok owner ByteDance to reportedly purchase $14 billion worth of Nvidia AI GPUs in 2026 — Company betting on Beijing's approval following Trump admin's ease on AI export controls

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Tom's Hardware · 12/31/2025 09:17 EDT

ByteDance is reportedly planning to spend 100 billion yuan, or $14 billion USD, on Nvidia's AI GPUs in 2026. Specifically, Bytedance is eyeing up Nvidia H200 chips, following Washington's announcement that it will allow them to be sold to approved parties in China. Beijing still has to approve these transactions, however. Read more ›

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How to connect an Xbox controller to your Windows PC — wired and wireless gaming made easy

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Tom's Hardware · 12/31/2025 09:00 EDT

Game controllers on PC has come a long way since early serial and game port devices, and Windows now makes it easier than ever to get your game on. Read more ›

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China warns the Netherlands to ‘immediately correct its mistakes’ over Nexperia saga that has disrupted auto production — chip shipments remain suspended, auto industry suffering from undersupply

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Tom's Hardware · 12/31/2025 08:01 EDT

Beijing says that the Netherlands is not taking steps to resolve the Nexperia issue, thus extending the chip shortage affecting automotive makers across the globe. Read more ›

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New York's Mayoral Inauguration bans Raspberry Pi and Flipper Zero — devices join drones, guns, and beach balls on prohibited items list

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Tom's Hardware · 12/31/2025 07:45 EDT

The invitation to Mayor-elect Mamdani's inauguration lists Raspberry Pi and Flipper Zero as prohibited items but does not provide a reason. Read more ›

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Linux's contemporary filesystem mount API went without documentation for six years — latest man-page package finally adds content for 2019 code

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Tom's Hardware · 12/31/2025 07:00 EDT

Linux's contemporary filesystem mount API has been missing documentation since 2019, Read more ›

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Asus announces product price hikes starting from January 5, and AI is to blame — RAM and storage cost pressure cited as main trigger for pricing increases

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Tom's Hardware · 12/31/2025 06:50 EDT

Asus says that it will increase prices on several product lines starting January 5, as prices for memory and storage components continue to rise. TrendForce estimates that laptop shipments could shrink by as much as 10.1% due to the memory shortage. Read more ›

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PCIe card housing AMD chipset unlocks more connectivity on any motherboard, including Intel models — or you can give any B650 motherboard the top-tier connectivity of X670

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Tom's Hardware 3 place · 12/31/2025 06:30 EDT

Open-source expansion card brings AMD's B650 chipset expansion capabilities to any system that has a PCIe 4.0 x4 expansion slot. Read more ›

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Tech modder transformed phone into his own foldable, portable Cyberdeck with integrated keyboard, speakers, and USB hub — portable PC crammed inside 3D-printed case

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Tom's Hardware · 12/31/2025 06:00 EDT

Tech modder rolls his own foldable, portable Cyberdeck with integrated keyboard, speakers, and USB hub Read more ›

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Unlucky RTX 5080 buyer who received rocks made whole after month-long investigation — Reddit user shows off new tattoo to commemorate

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Tom's Hardware · 12/30/2025 16:19 EDT

After nearly a month and with most options exhausted, one unlucky RTX 5080 buyer finally got their card. Read more ›

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SK hynix to build first U.S. packaging plant for HBM — a $3.9B bid to challenge TSMC and reshape AI supply chains

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Tom's Hardware · 12/30/2025 16:01 EDT

SK hynix is bringing its HBM ambitions to U.S. soil with a $3.9 billion plan to build its first domestic manufacturing facility — a 2.5D advanced packaging plant in West Lafayette, Indiana. Read more ›

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Grab a 240mm Razer AIO for as low as $30 — clearance sale brings the Hanbo Chroma RGB to rock-bottom price

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Tom's Hardware · 12/30/2025 13:42 EDT

Razer's old Hanbo Chroma AIO liquid coolers are selling at ludicrously low prices ahead of the new year as Newegg looks to liquidate all of its remaining inventory. Pricing on the 240mm model is just $29.99, making it possibly the cheapest AIO cooler on the market. Read more ›

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Russia cracks down on 'illegal' cryptomining with prison terms up to five years — Kremlin will begin prosecuting in 2027

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Tom's Hardware · 12/30/2025 13:09 EDT

The Russian government plans to penalize 'illegal' mining of cryptocurrency to prison terms of up to five years. Read more ›

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