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AMD B650 expansion cards hit retail starting at $199 — add four M.2 PCIe 4.0 slots and 11 USB ports to any PC with a PCIe slot

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Tom's Hardware · 06/06/2026 12:29 EDT

A couple of new add-in cards exemplify the trend of slapping AMD's Promontory 21 chipset onto a card for extra I/O expansion. Read more ›

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Corsair MP700 Micro 4TB SSD Review: A monster in the tiny M.2 2242 form factor

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Tom's Hardware · 12/29/2025 08:00 EDT

The Corsair MP700 Micro is everything you want from a drive with high performance and power efficiency in a small form factor. Read more ›

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Fujifilm to begin shipping 40TB Ultrium tape cartridges in January 2026 — updated LTO Ultrium 10 archival storage can hold 100TB of compressed data in 0.8-inch thick cartridge

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Tom's Hardware · 12/29/2025 07:20 EDT

Fujifilm has confirmed that its new LTO Ultrium 10 data cartridges with 40TB native capacity will begin shipping in January 2026. Read more ›

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Grab this RTX 4050 HP Victus gaming laptop for just $599.99 — save $300 on budget-friendly 15.6-inch laptop featuring AMD Ryzen CPU and 16GB of RAM

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Tom's Hardware · 12/29/2025 07:04 EDT

This sub-$600 HP Victus 15 is a budget-friendly 1080p gaming laptops featuring an AMD Ryzen 7 7445HS CPU, Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 GPU, 16GB of RAM, and a 512GB SSD. Read more ›

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FBI issues wanted notice for alleged North Korean remote IT workers accused of $900,000 crypto theft — $5 million reward up for grabs for information on DPRK-linked suspects

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Tom's Hardware · 12/29/2025 07:00 EDT

The FBI has published a public wanted notice naming four individuals accused of operating as fraudulent remote IT workers on behalf of North Korea. Read more ›

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Thermaltake's new AIO cooler uses Dall-E 3 to generate custom backgrounds for $0.04 per prompt, requires paid OpenAI subscription — "AI Forge" feature taps into OpenAI's platform and JiMeng

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Tom's Hardware · 12/29/2025 06:40 EDT

AI has run havoc through the entire industry and as we suffer the drying inventories of RAM and storage, we might as well see what it's all going to, right? Well, some of it is being used to generate custom backgrounds for Thermaltake's "AI Forge" feature present on its latest MagFloe AIOs and screens, which uses Dall-E and/or JiMeng. Read more ›

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Micro Center puts up 8TB WD_Black SSD at $2,419 MSRP, real price tag up 50% since October — pricing surges on high-capacity SSDs in response to AI demand

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Tom's Hardware · 12/29/2025 06:20 EDT

A mismarked 8TB SSD at Micro Center is sounding the alarm on surging SSD prices in response to demand from AI data centers. Read more ›

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Motorized aim assist system uses a moving mousepad for laser-accurate headshots — a cannibalized GRBL drawing system and computer vision software deliver perfect shots

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Tom's Hardware · 12/29/2025 06:00 EDT

Boost your targeting skills with a mechanized mousepad-driven aim assist system Read more ›

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Louis Gerstner, the man who saved IBM, dies at 83 — industry mourns the passing of transformative CEO

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Tom's Hardware · 12/28/2025 17:46 EDT

Louis Gerstner, who took over IBM in 1993 as it stood on the brink of breakup and bankruptcy, died at 83, leaving behind a legacy defined by preserving IBM as an integrated company and changing its direction nearly entirely. Read more ›

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Anycubic promises its Kobra X high-speed multi-filament printer can print over twice as fast and with half the material for $259 — redesigned head keeps the cutter close to the nozzle

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Tom's Hardware · 12/28/2025 16:28 EDT

Anycubic's upcoming Kobra X 3D printer boasts impressive capabilities, and you can lock in an early adopter price right now. Read more ›

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Save $125 on the high-end, direct-drive Thrustmaster T598 with new all-time low price — grab Thrustmaster racing wheels up to 40% off at Amazon

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Tom's Hardware · 12/28/2025 14:50 EDT

Thrustmaster is offering up to 40% off its popular racing wheels on Amazon, including a $125 discount on the high-end, direct-drive T598. Read more ›

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Save over $500 on the cheapest RTX 5070 gaming laptop we've seen with an OLED screen — Grab Lenovo's Legion 5 with a Ryzen 7 350 CPU for as low as $1,137 with discount code

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Tom's Hardware · 12/28/2025 13:55 EDT

If you've been looking for a high-performance laptop that comes with a modern OLED screen, end your search with the Lenovo Legion 5 (Gen 10). It's the cheapest we've ever seen an OLED laptop with an RTX 5070, saving you over $500 right now on both its base spec and the upgraded one we recommend. Read more ›

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TSMC chipmaking factories rocked by magnitude 7.0 earthquake that was the strongest in 27 years, but facilities escaped unharmed — company's earthquake protection measures pay off

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Tom's Hardware · 12/28/2025 12:40 EDT

Yesterday, the ground shook off the coast of Taiwan, slamming the country with the strongest earthquake in 27 years. The seismic wave registered 7.0 in Taiwan's scales, or 6.6 to 6.7 according to the USGS standard. Thankfully, according to reports, TSMC's factories are all intact, saving the world from yet another spike in chip prices. Read more ›

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World’s smallest fully-programmable autonomous robots are 'smaller than a grain of salt,' cost one penny apiece — researchers expect new micron-scale robots to be used in medicine, microscale manufacturing, and other areas

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Tom's Hardware · 12/28/2025 11:57 EDT

Fully programmable, autonomous robots 'smaller than a grain of salt' have been developed by research teams from the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Michigan. Read more ›

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Cyberpunk 2077 transformed into a stunning VHS visual experience using new ReShade preset — so 1980s real you start watching for mullets, another enthusiast benchmarks preset's visuals using an actual VHS recording

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Tom's Hardware · 12/28/2025 10:57 EDT

A retro 'VHS tape' ReShade present targeting Cyberpunk 2077 is earning glowing plaudits on social media. Read more ›

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'World's first' 1,080 Hertz gaming monitor with dual-mode support announced — HKC's super speedy panel hits peak speeds at 720p, steps down to 540Hz at 1440p, will reportedly feature DP 2.1 UHBR20

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Tom's Hardware · 12/28/2025 10:48 EDT

HKC is bringing a 1,080 Hz gaming monitor to CES under its AntGamer brand, showing off a native 1440p 540 Hz panel that can use dual-mode to switch to a blistering 1,080 Hz at 720p. It's a Fast TN panel that is supposed to have DP 2.1 UHBR20 support. Read more ›

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Nexperia China seeks new wafer suppliers amid legal standoff with Dutch parent, could take 6 months for qualification — chip shortages have suspended some automotive production lines as Nexperia faces wafer shortage

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Tom's Hardware · 12/28/2025 09:28 EDT

Nexperia’s China unit is moving to line up new wafer suppliers over the next six to nine months amid a deepening legal and operational dispute with its Dutch parent company. Read more ›

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Razer laptop motherboard repair video showcases superhuman hand-soldering skills — PCB damage was the result of a misplaced screw on a motherboard 'a fatal design flaw'

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Tom's Hardware · 12/28/2025 08:58 EDT

An electronics technician succeeds in the most intricate gaming laptop motherboard repair we have seen completed. Read more ›

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Rainbow Six Siege is under siege by hackers, Ubisoft forced to take all servers offline — players randomly received billions of credits, ultra-exclusive skins, and bans or unbans

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Tom's Hardware · 12/28/2025 08:32 EDT

Unknown entities have seemingly taken control of Rainbow Six Siege, giving away billions in credits and other rare goodies to random players. Ubisoft took down all online services, with servers still unavailable at the time of writing. Read more ›

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You can now buy 2 terabytes of DDR5 server RAM for the low price of just $39,000, and 4 TB for $77,000 — Nemix offers chart-topping capacities amidst an industry shortage

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Tom's Hardware · 12/28/2025 08:13 EDT

As we face an unprecedented memory crisis, some vendors are still upping the ceiling, introducing higher capacity RAM kits for eye-gouging prices. This time, though, it's registered ECC server memory not meant for consumers, and therefore, asking the price of a borderline luxurious car is justified here. Read more ›

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Intel Core i7-14700K vs Intel Core Ultra 7 265K Faceoff

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Tom's Hardware · 12/28/2025 08:00 EDT

Raptor Lake vs Arrow Lake Clash! Read more ›

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