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Basement AI lab captures 10,000 hours of brain scans to train thought-to-text AI models — largest known neural dataset collected from thousands of humans over six months

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Tom's Hardware · 12/11/2025 06:00 EDT

Conduit says it has collected roughly 10,000 hours of noninvasive neural data from “thousands of unique individuals” in a basement studio. Read more ›

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China starts list of government-approved AI hardware suppliers: Cambricon and Huawei are in, Nvidia is not

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Tom's Hardware · 12/10/2025 14:24 EDT

Chinese government began to add government-approved AI suppliers to the Information Technology Innovation List in a bid to accelerate deployment of domestic hardware. But can Chinese semiconductor industry satisfy the needs of domestic AI industry? Read more ›

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User reports claim December Windows 11 security update fixes AMD GPU hanging and driver crashing

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Tom's Hardware · 12/10/2025 14:07 EDT

A multitude of AMD GPU owners claim the December security update for Windows 11 has fixed GPU hanging and driver crashing, primarily on RX 9000 series GPUs. Read more ›

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Framework puts Dell and Apple on blast over egregious RAM prices — modular laptop maker will be forced to increase memory prices, but won't "gouge customers" like other vendors

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Tom's Hardware · 12/10/2025 13:02 EDT

Memory prices are rising everywhere, and the latest to be hit in the aftermath of this crisis is modular laptop manufacturer Framework, which just announced its own price hike in a very interesting fashion. The company replied to a tweet showing Dell's allegedly insane markup on RAM upgrades that later turned out to be incorrect. Read more ›

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Bambu Lab's end-of-year sale is live with up to 35% off — score huge discounts on 3D printers and accessories while you can

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Tom's Hardware · 12/10/2025 12:40 EDT

Save on some of the best 3D printers in Bambu Lab's end-of-year sale Read more ›

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The Nvidia H200 export saga, as it happened — Beijing ponders response and buyers line up, while Blackwell remains locked behind restrictions

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Tom's Hardware · 12/10/2025 11:59 EDT

The U.S. government has formally approved the export of Nvidia’s high-performance H200 AI chips to China, reinstating access to a class of silicon previously barred under national security rules. Read more ›

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Nvidia decries 'far-fetched' reports of smuggling in face of DeepSeek training reports — unnamed sources claim Chinese company is involved in Blackwell smuggling ring

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Tom's Hardware · 12/10/2025 11:41 EDT

DeepSeek is allegedly involved in a "phantom data center" smuggling scheme to get Blackwell GPU servers into China as part of training its newest LLM generation. While Nvidia refutes the claims as "farfetched", some proof indicates otherwise. Read more ›

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China holds 'emergency meetings' to discuss Nvidia H200 purchases following export rule change, report claims — ByteDance, Tencent, and Alibaba asked to assess demand

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Tom's Hardware · 12/10/2025 10:50 EDT

China convened emergency meetings with its largest technology companies on Wednesday to assess how many of Nvidia’s H200 accelerators they intend to buy. Read more ›

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Nvidia develops software-based tracking for AI GPUs to quash smuggling concerns — solution devised to prevent shipments to nations with export controls in place

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Tom's Hardware · 12/10/2025 10:21 EDT

Nvidia has quietly developed a software-based location-verification system for its Blackwell-generation GPUs that can approximate where the hardware is operating, which could prevent smuggling of AI GPUs to China. Read more ›

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This prebuilt MSI gaming PC includes 32GB of DDR5-6000 RAM and an RTX 5060 GPU for $929 — a superb value system

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Tom's Hardware · 12/10/2025 09:25 EDT

MSI's Codex R2 gaming PC is just $929, an unbelievable value in the current climate. Read more ›

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Prusa CORE One L 3D printer review: Bigger and better

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Tom's Hardware · 12/10/2025 09:18 EDT

Prusa Research releases a roomy new bed size. Read more ›

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Microsoft promises to make Windows 11 the best operating system for gaming — says it will focus on background workloads, power and scheduling, graphics stack, and drivers

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Tom's Hardware · 12/10/2025 08:56 EDT

Microsoft says Windows 11 will receive major gaming-focused enhancements in 2026, including broader support for Xbox Full Screen Experience, Auto Super Resolution for handhelds, expanded Advanced Shader Delivery, and more. Read more ›

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White House U-turn on Nvidia H200 AI accelerator exports down to Huawei's powerful new Ascend chips, report claims — U.S. committed to 'dominance of the American tech stack'

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Tom's Hardware · 12/10/2025 08:09 EDT

According to a new report, the Trump Administration's U-turn on allowing exports of the Nvidia H200 AI accelerator chip is down to competition from China's native Huawei, which offers comparable power. Read more ›

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Snapmaker Raises Millions as Chinese Big Tech Investors Pile Into 3D Printing

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Tom's Hardware · 12/10/2025 08:00 EDT

Snapmaker rides its U1 tool changer to the big leagues. Read more ›

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This £849 Asus V16 is the cheapest RTX 5060 gaming laptop you can buy right now — 10-core Intel CPU, 16GB RAM and a 1TB SSD make up this brilliant Christmas bargain

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Tom's Hardware · 12/10/2025 07:56 EDT

This 16-inch Asus V16 gaming laptop features an RTX 5060, 16GB RAM, and a 1TB SSD, and all for just £849.99. Read more ›

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Buy a Gigabyte Z890 board and 32GB of DDR5 RAM, get a free Cooler Master AIO and Star Wars Outlaws game for under $650 — incredible Newegg bundle is cheaper than buying the RAM by itself

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Tom's Hardware · 12/10/2025 07:20 EDT

Avoid outlandish DDR5 prices in this tremendous deal from Newegg. $649.99 buys an enthusiast-class Gigabyte Z890 motherboard, 32GB of DDR5-6000 RAM, a 360mm AIO, and free Star Wars Outlaws game Read more ›

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Supersonic airline outfit Boom unveils turbine for AI data centers — 42 MW Superpower turbine uses the same tech designed to power Concorde successor to Mach 1.7 at 60,000 ft

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Tom's Hardware · 12/10/2025 07:00 EDT

Superpower gas turbine will efficiently feed AI datacenters Read more ›

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Secretlab's Christmas Holiday gaming chair deals — up to $249 off select products, including deals on desks and accessories

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Tom's Hardware · 12/10/2025 06:38 EDT

Save up to $249 in Secretlab's Christmas Holiday sale. Read more ›

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Corsair builds multi-function touchscreen LCD into a $400 case — Frame 4000D enclosure gets a modular Xeneon Edge upgrade

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Tom's Hardware · 12/10/2025 06:30 EDT

Corsair ensconces a Xeneon Edge touchscreen in its Frame 4000D case Read more ›

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Nvidia Dawn and Dusk demo PC resurfaces alongside its original FX 5950 Ultra graphics card — state-of-the-art dream machine made gamers' hearts race in 2004

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Tom's Hardware · 12/10/2025 06:00 EDT

The Dawn and Dusk demo PC, an enchanting artifact dating back to when Nvidia was very firmly a gaming-first company, has resurfaced many years on. Read more ›

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