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GTA 3 and Vice City are now playable inside San Andreas — a mod lets you revisit Liberty City and Vice City without leaving San Andreas

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Tom's Hardware · 07/18/2026 13:48 EDT

A GTA modder has embedded GTA 3 and Vice City within San Andreas, even nesting Vice City within GTA 3, with all three games continuing to run simultaneously. Read more ›

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Kioxia and Sandisk sample world's densest 3D NAND — new 332-Layer beats Samsung’s 400-Layer NAND

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Tom's Hardware · 07/07/2026 07:10 EDT

Kioxia, Sandisk begin to sample BiCS10 3D NAND: 332 active layers and over 29 Gb/mm2 areal capacity. Read more ›

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Unix copyright code infringement lawsuit is back from the dead — IBM still under fire from Xinuos about 2003-era bytes

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Tom's Hardware · 07/07/2026 06:45 EDT

Unix copyright code infringement back from the dead — IBM is still under fire from Xinuos about 2003-era bytes, with a hearing as recent as June 22. Read more ›

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Modder builds 8,192-core GPU at home out of RISC-V microcontrollers — full "graphics card" draws over 2,000 watts of power, requires a 3D printer to program

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Tom's Hardware · 07/07/2026 06:20 EDT

Well-known engineer Matthias Balwierz (aka Bitluni) designed and created an 8,192-core RISC-V GPU at home. Read more ›

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Intel patent reveals new XBM memory architecture that ditches HBM's costly silicon interposer — backend-transistor DRAM stack uses UCIe links and built-in repair to ease AI's memory bottleneck

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Tom's Hardware · 07/07/2026 06:00 EDT

Intel’s XBM patent proposes an HBM alternative that uses backend-transistor DRAM, UCIe chiplet links, and repair logic to reduce packaging costs and complexity. Read more ›

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Samsung chip division's single-year profits beat its past 40 years of profits, combined — Samsung passes Nvidia to become most profitable company in the world

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Tom's Hardware · 07/07/2026 05:30 EDT

Brokerage consensus puts Samsung's full-year 2026 operating profit near 300 trillion won. Read more ›

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China-made CXMT memory now supports faster speeds on MSI's AMD motherboards — new BIOS adds DDR5-8200 validation on dual-DIMM, DDR5-7200 on quad-DIMM models

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Tom's Hardware · 07/06/2026 12:20 EDT

MSI has officially validated region-bound Chinese RAM using CXMT modules to run at up to 8,200 MT/s on its AM5 motherboards. Models with two RAM slots can handle these high frequencies a bit better than four-DIMM variants. Read more ›

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Microsoft 'resets' Xbox by cutting 3,200 jobs this year, divesting five game studios — firm cites 'margins that are 3-10x lower than comparable platform and publishing businesses'

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Tom's Hardware · 07/06/2026 11:39 EDT

Xbox CEO Asha Sharma announced that Microsoft's gaming division will cut 3,200 jobs throughout FY27 and is spinning out studios but not canceling any games. Read more ›

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Working prototype of open-source printer that promises user-repairability and no subscriptions appears in first video — DRM-free 'Open Printer' inkjet still has no announced price, ship date, or print speed, nine months after it first appeared

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Tom's Hardware · 07/06/2026 11:30 EDT

Open Tools, a Paris-based startup, has announced that its Open Printer has been nominated for two French Design Awards. Read more ›

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AMD Ryzen AI Halo review: AMD builds a DGX Spark of its own

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Tom's Hardware · 07/06/2026 11:00 EDT

The Ryzen AI Halo is a turn-key AMD local AI box that’s backed up with first-party software support, handy utilities, and plenty of documentation for local AI explorers. But the performance and application compatibility of the Ryzen AI Max+ 395 (aka Strix Halo) SoC still trails Nvidia’s GB10, and it’s pricey for what it offers. Read more ›

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You can now use your Sony headphones as a free real-time head tracker for race and flight simulators on PC, several hundred games already supported — enthusiast creates open-source app that translates live sensor data into in-game camera controls

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Tom's Hardware · 07/06/2026 10:36 EDT

A new open-source app called Sony Head Tracker, developed by Nicholas Slattery, reads raw sensor data from Sony headphones and earbuds and converts them into something OpenTrack can understand. From there, it can be used for head tracking in over 200 PC games. Read more ›

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Nvidia's Kyber rack for Rubin Ultra reportedly delayed to 2028, stopgap solution also axed due to customer pushback — Analyst firm SemiAnalysis says PCB midplane problems led to the delay

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Tom's Hardware · 07/06/2026 09:33 EDT

Nvidia reportedly won't ship its Kyber NVL144 rack until 2028, a delay of more than 12 months. Read more ›

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Nvidia and Intel tout homegrown American chip supply chain prowess as country bolsters local production, but gaps remain — crucial Blackwell packaging steps remain offshore as projects grow in scope and scale

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Tom's Hardware · 07/06/2026 08:51 EDT

America's AI supply chain now starts and ends in the U.S., while its most valuable middle steps remain entirely offshore until at least 2028. Read more ›

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Electric drone breaks world air speed record at 434 mph, designed for anti-aircraft interceptor roles — German firm convincingly smashed the official 409 mph record, hopes to get stamp of approval from Guinness soon

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Tom's Hardware · 07/06/2026 08:39 EDT

Quantum Systems Group reckons it has broken the flight speed record for an electric drone. During internal testing last month the Munich-based firm recorded its Apex Recordhunter drone hitting a top speed of 434 mph in straight and level flight. Read more ›

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China’s Huawei to enter South Korean AI chip market with new Atlas SuperPods, clusters pack 8,192 Ascend 950 accelerators per deployment — reportedly challenges Nvidia dominance with 'tripled inference performance' of H20 at one-quarter the cost

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Tom's Hardware · 07/06/2026 08:31 EDT

Huawei is reportedly preparing to enter South Korea's AI accelerator market with its Ascend 950 chips and Atlas 950 SuperPod, challenging Nvidia through aggressive pricing, amid a broader push to expand its AI ecosystem beyond China Read more ›

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Score a massive $1,050 saving on this RTX 5090 gaming PC that's just 16% more than the GPU's standalone price right now — epic discount secures you a formidable 4K gaming rig with a 9800X3D, 32GB DDR5, and a 2TB SSD

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Tom's Hardware · 07/06/2026 07:45 EDT

Save $1,050 on this epic ABS Kaze II Ruby gaming PC, fitted with a 9800X3D, RTX 5090, 32GB DDR5, and 2TB SSD for just $4,749.05 for a limited time only. Read more ›

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Steam Machine interview full transcript: Valve engineers discuss $1,049 pricing, compact design, component shortages, and Windows support

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Tom's Hardware · 07/06/2026 07:32 EDT

Valve's Pierre-Loup Griffais and Yazan Aldehayyat talked to Tom's Hardware about the Steam Machine, it's pricing, engineering, and even Windows support. Read more ›

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Wisconsin residents file class-action lawsuit against Microsoft's 'world's most powerful AI data center' due to data center noise — plaintiffs also mention construction noise and extreme light pollution from $7.3 billion facility

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Tom's Hardware · 07/06/2026 07:00 EDT

Wisconsin residents file class-action lawsuit against Microsoft due to data center noise — plaintiffs also mention construction noise and extreme light pollution Read more ›

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Bigme introduces a color e-ink monitor that could reportedly hit 60 FPS — 25.3-inch display will come with a 3200 x 1800 resolution and support for 4096 colors

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Tom's Hardware · 07/06/2026 06:00 EDT

This is the first e-ink monitor that can hit 60 FPS, making it useful in more tasks outside of just reading. While you likely won't be able to play fast-paced games on this display, it should still make other everyday tasks on it easier while reducing eye strain. Read more ›

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Get an RTX 3060 with 12 GB of VRAM for just $329.99 at Newegg — MSI Ventus 2X OC model back in stock with free shipping

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Tom's Hardware · 07/05/2026 15:08 EDT

Get an RTX 3060 with 12 GB of VRAM for just $329.99 at Newegg — MSI Ventus 2X OC model back in stock with free shipping Read more ›

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SpaceX vaporizes 260 Starlink satellites in six months using Earth's atmosphere — new environmental concerns emerge over burning 2,700-pound orbital data centers, FCC seeks to exempt satellites from regulations

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Tom's Hardware · 07/05/2026 12:00 EDT

SpaceX retired 260 Starlink satellites in six months, with hundreds more to follow, as debate grows over the atmospheric impact of satellite burn-ups. Read more ›

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