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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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First truly 3D chip fabbed at US foundry, features carbon nanotube transistors and RAM on a single die — future devices could have up to 1000x improvement in energy-delay product

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Tom's Hardware · 12/14/2025 10:25 EDT

A collaborative research team has demonstrated what it says is the first monolithic 3D integrated circuit manufactured at a commercial U.S. foundry. Read more ›

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New fabric speakers use flexible electronics to be thin, light, and flexible — AIST Japan's latest breakthrough; audiophile ready, or only suitable for cloth ears?

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Tom's Hardware · 12/14/2025 09:47 EDT

Thin, light, and flexible electronics technology commercialized in new ‘Fabric Speaker Portable’ product. Read more ›

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MSI X870E Godlike X Motherboard Review: 10th anniversary edition brings more exclusivity, numbered placard, and a Lucky plushy

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Tom's Hardware · 12/14/2025 09:00 EDT

The Godlike X is an excellent flagship motherboard offering the best of what’s available. The X’s limited run and included goodies make it collectible, but the price for exclusivity could be prohibitive. Read more ›

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Commodore International challenges Italian rival’s trademarks in escalating brand dispute — firm says clarity needed to clear the path for new licensed products

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Tom's Hardware · 12/14/2025 08:45 EDT

Commodore International Corporation has initiated legal action against Italian start-up Commodore Industries, claiming that a set of Commodore trademarks registered in Europe in 2017 were improperly granted. Read more ›

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id Software released its first game 35 years ago today — Commander Keen title showcased John Carmack’s breakthrough side-scroller engine

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Tom's Hardware · 12/14/2025 08:20 EDT

35 years ago today, Commander Keen in Invasion of the Vorticons - Episode 1: Marooned on Mars was released by a dev team including John Carmack and John Romero. Read more ›

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Russian media finally admits Putin is under fire from angry citizens, but it's for the recent Roblox ban — Kremlin says kids have written 63,000 complaint letters, half said they wanted to leave Russia due to the ban

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Tom's Hardware 3 place · 12/14/2025 08:00 EDT

There's been a Russian youth uprising, with tens of thousands of kids writing to say they want to emigrate because Roblox has been blocked. Read more ›

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53 years later, bus standard launched by HP in 1972 gets stable Linux driver — General Purpose Interface Bus has blistering 8 MB/s of bandwidth

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Tom's Hardware · 12/14/2025 07:42 EDT

HP's GBIP interface will finally receive stable drivers for Linux (6.19 kernel release), 53 years after its debut. Read more ›

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Dev hacks Xiaomi's Smart Humidifier to free it from the cloud, now works with Home Assistant locally — custom firmware allows the product to evade planned obsolescence

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Tom's Hardware · 12/14/2025 07:36 EDT

If the one thing about smart home appliances that deterred you from ever investing in this connected future was how your data was always being routed through servers, you're in for a treat. A skilled developer has hacked his new Xiaomi Humidifier with ESPHome, making the device compatible with Home Assistant. Read more ›

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Experiment to train rats to play Doom reaches a new level; rats can now shoot enemies — wraparound AMOLED screen provides virtual environment for neuroengineers' expanded open source project

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Tom's Hardware 3 place · 12/14/2025 07:20 EDT

The project, led by neuroengineer Viktor Tóth, has evolved into a second-generation setup that significantly expands what the rats can do inside the Doom engine. Read more ›

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Get a Creality 3D printer at an all-time low pricing until Christmas — up to $300 off K2 series with CFS bundle

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Tom's Hardware · 12/13/2025 12:35 EDT

Get your hands on one of Creality's K2 combo deals across the K2 lineup this Christmas season; the K2, K2 Pro, and K2 Plus combos are all on sale for up to $300 off. Read more ›

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Dell preps massive price hikes up to 30% citing memory pricing 'out of our control' — company reminds commercial customers that placing an order today for future delivery will not guarantee current prices

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Tom's Hardware · 12/13/2025 11:52 EDT

Dell's commercial sales department is set to announce a wave of price hikes affecting RAM, storage, GPU, and monitor upgrades to all corporate clients starting on December 17, according to leaked internal documents. Read more ›

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New app injects AMD's AI-driven FSR Redstone framegen into unsupported games — pre-alpha OptiScaler build demo shows nice improvements over legacy FSR frame gen

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Tom's Hardware · 12/13/2025 11:17 EDT

A Reddit user has demonstrated AMD’s new ML-powered FSR Redstone frame generation running in Monster Hunter Wilds, a game that was never designed to support it. Read more ›

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Industry preps 'cheap' HBM4 memory spec with narrow interface, but it isn't a GDDR killer — JEDEC's new SPHBM4 spec weds HBM4 performance and lower costs to enable higher capacity

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Tom's Hardware · 12/13/2025 11:10 EDT

JEDEC is nearing completion of SPHBM4, a standard that enables full HBM4 bandwidth over a 512-bit interface using a 4:1 serialization, reusing standard HBM DRAM dies and a base die. The tech promises to enable a 2.5D integration on organic substrates to support up to 64 GB per stack and more stacks than HBM4 and HBM4E. Read more ›

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Snag $760 worth of hardware for $469, including 32GB of DDR5 memory worth $407, in this stellar bundle deal — 32GB of DDR5 memory, Intel Z890 motherboard, and 280mm liquid cooler included

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Tom's Hardware · 12/13/2025 10:17 EDT

This RAM-inspired bundle deal from Newegg includes a 32GB DDR5 kit from Corsair, an Intel Z890 motherboard, and a 280mm AIO cooler. Read more ›

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Nvidia details new software that enables location tracking for AI GPUs — opt-in remote data center GPU fleet management includes power usage and thermal monitoring

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Tom's Hardware · 12/13/2025 08:30 EDT

Nvidia's GPU fleet management software can track spikes in power usage, monitor utilization, detect hotspots, spot anomalies, identify software errors, and detect the physical location of processors. However, the software is completely optional for its clients. Read more ›

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$40 billion-plus crypto fraud scheme results in 15-year prison sentence for its creator — nine criminal counts include wire fraud and money laundering

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Tom's Hardware · 12/13/2025 08:20 EDT

Terra Project's crypto mogul Do Kwon jailed for 15 years Read more ›

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Creality Falcon2 Pro 60 Watt Laser Engraver review: Deep cuts and fine engravings

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Tom's Hardware · 12/13/2025 08:00 EDT

The Creality Falcon2 Pro 60W is a fully enclosed diode laser engraver with multiple safety features, intuitive first-party software, and a pull-out tray for easy clean-up that can be purchased on sale for $1,899 for the Single Unit package. With the included 1.6W laser module, the Falcon2 Pro is capable of cutting through thick material as easily as it can produce detailed engravings. Read more ›

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Germany summons Russian ambassador over GRU-linked cyberattacks — air traffic control and elections systems targeted

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Tom's Hardware · 12/13/2025 08:00 EDT

Germany has formally summoned Russia’s ambassador in Berlin after publicly attributing a series of cyber and influence operations to Moscow’s GRU military intelligence agency. Read more ›

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Bitcoin creator Satoshi disappeared on this day 15 years ago, leaving a final public message — 'I've moved on to other things,' true identity of Satoshi Nakamoto entity remains unknown

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Tom's Hardware · 12/13/2025 07:20 EDT

The presumed pseudonymous Bitcoin creator, Satoshi Nakamoto, disappeared without a trace on this day in 2010. Read more ›

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AMD, Intel, and TI are ‘merchants of death’ says lawyer representing Ukrainian civilians — five new suits complain that Russian drones and missiles continue to use high-tech components from these brands

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Tom's Hardware 1 place · 12/13/2025 07:00 EDT

Five lawsuits were filed in Texas this week, putting some of the biggest names in PC tech under an uncomfortable spotlight, as their components are still being found in Russian weaponry. Read more ›

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