News from Tom's Hardware

ChatGPT could prioritize sponsored content as part of ad strategy — sponsored content could allegedly be given preferential treatment in LLM’s responses, OpenAI to use chat data to deliver highly personalized results

Add to bookmarks Don't show Tom's Hardware

Tom's Hardware · 12/27/2025 12:10 EDT

OpenAI is reportedly still working on baking in ads into ChatGPT's results despite Altman's 'Code Red' earlier this month. Read more ›

97

Xbox Full-Screen Experience support come to Lenovo Legion Go devices in latest update, with native FSE toggle — Legion Space now available as a widget in Xbox Game Bar

Add to bookmarks Don't show Tom's Hardware

Tom's Hardware · 12/27/2025 11:46 EDT

Lenovo Legion Go devices that already have FSE support can now enjoy richer integration with Microsoft's console-like UI, thanks to a new Legion Space update. Lenovo has added new shortcuts and a native Xbox Game Bar widget to expand Xbox FSE functionality, along with an FSE toggle right inside Legion Space. Read more ›

0

Some Japanese shops start rationing GPUs — graphics cards with 16GB VRAM and up are becoming harder to find, says one store

Add to bookmarks Don't show Tom's Hardware

Tom's Hardware · 12/27/2025 09:32 EDT

Some Japanese computer stores are limiting GPU purchases because of supply uncertainty, especially for models with 16GB of VRAM and up. Read more ›

81

This RTX 5070 Ti gaming laptop is the cheapest we've seen at $700 off — Get MSI's Vector 16 with a Ryzen 9 8940HX CPU, 16 GB DDR5 RAM, and a 240Hz screen for just $1,299

Add to bookmarks Don't show Tom's Hardware

Tom's Hardware · 12/27/2025 09:06 EDT

MSI has put its Vector 16 gaming laptop on sale for just $1,299 at Walmart, offering a 35% discount for a beastly hardware combo. You get a Ryzen 9 8940HX, an RTX 5070 Ti, 16 GB of RAM, and a 1 TB SSD, all backed up with a 90Wh battery. As far as RTX 5070 Ti laptops go, it has never gotten any cheaper. Read more ›

22

Amiga motherboard project to add NVMe SSD boot support and a driver for the onboard Ethernet — Mirari project hopes to ‘breathe new life into the next-gen Amiga platform’

Add to bookmarks Don't show Tom's Hardware

Tom's Hardware · 12/27/2025 07:31 EDT

Mirari, a Micro-ATX mainboard designed to "breathe new life into the next-gen Amiga platform," is set to launch mid-2026. Read more ›

69

Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 power wire reportedly caught fire despite using the original cable

Add to bookmarks Don't show Tom's Hardware

Tom's Hardware 1 place · 12/27/2025 07:10 EDT

We might be looking at literally the most cooked RTX 5090 yet, with a burnt power connector that has melted into itself, despite using a native 12V-2x6 cable on an ATX 3.1 certified PSU. The person smelled fire, saw it, and lived to tell the tale, all on Christmas eve. Read more ›

279

Old Ryzen AM4 CPUs top US, UK Amazon charts as DDR5 pricing pushes buyers to last-gen platform — DDR4-friendly Ryzen 5 5800X, XT claim spots in the top 5

Add to bookmarks Don't show Tom's Hardware

Tom's Hardware · 12/26/2025 12:36 EDT

The five-year-old Ryzen 7 5800X and its 2024 refresh, the 5800XT, are among the best-selling CPUs this holiday season despite being two generations behind Zen 5. Read more ›

0

Seagate's 22TB Expansion external hard drive drops to an all-time low of $249.99 — ideal for massive backups and data archives

Add to bookmarks Don't show Tom's Hardware

Tom's Hardware · 12/26/2025 12:19 EDT

The Seagate Expansion 22TB external HDD delivers huge storage capacity at a steep discount, making it a compelling choice for users who need dependable, plug-and-play mass storage. Read more ›

0

No, Asus isn't going into memory manufacturing — Taiwanese tech giant issues statement smashing rumor

Add to bookmarks Don't show Tom's Hardware

Tom's Hardware · 12/26/2025 11:30 EDT

Asus has directly shut down a spurious rumor claiming it would enter the memory market within the next six months. Read more ›

244

AMD's dual-cache Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 appears in first benchmark leaks — gaming-focused CPU features 192MB of L3 cache stacked across both CCDs

Add to bookmarks Don't show Tom's Hardware

Tom's Hardware · 12/26/2025 10:15 EDT

AMD is preparing a new flagship gaming chip, the Ryzen 9 9950X3D2, which is said to have 192MB of L3 cache thanks to its dual-cache design that will add 3D V-Cache across both CCDs. The CPU originally leaked months ago, but it has finally appeared on benchmarking databases PassMark and Geekbench, with amicable scores to boot. Read more ›

56

Nvidia reportedly backs away from its effort to make its own public cloud with team reorg, easing friction with customers — chipmaker shifts unit's focus to internal R&D

Add to bookmarks Don't show Tom's Hardware

Tom's Hardware · 12/26/2025 10:13 EDT

Nvidia has reorganized its cloud computing group, further scaling back its ambitions to operate a public cloud service that would directly compete with Amazon Web Services. Read more ›

24

The best Boxing Day tech deals at Amazon UK, Argos, Currys, Very, and more — huge price drops on gaming PCs, 3D printers, laptops, and peripherals

Add to bookmarks Don't show Tom's Hardware

Tom's Hardware · 12/26/2025 10:13 EDT

Christmas might be over with, but it's time to secure yourself a Boxing Day tech deal. We've put together a list of the best discounts from retailers including Amazon, Currys, Argos, Very, and more. Read more ›

0

Shrug off the RAM price crisis with this $180 off ASRock X870 Taichi bundle — 32GB V-Color DDR5-6000 RAM and Cooler Master 212 CPU cooler included

Add to bookmarks Don't show Tom's Hardware

Tom's Hardware · 12/26/2025 09:48 EDT

Buy this combo deal and get a flagship-class X870E Taichi motherboard, 32GB of V-Color XFinity+ DDR5-6000 RAM, and a free CPU heatsink for $529.99. Read more ›

1

LG UltraGear evo gaming monitor lineup announced ahead of CES 2026 — 27-inch 5K Mini LED, 39-inch curved Tandem OLED, and a 52-inch 5K2K large format display

Add to bookmarks Don't show Tom's Hardware

Tom's Hardware · 12/26/2025 09:45 EDT

LG is expanding its gaming monitor portfolio with the launch of UltraGear evo, a premium sub-brand that brings a 5K Mini LED monitor with 2,304 dimming zones, a curved 5K2K OLED ultrawide, and the world’s largest 5K2K gaming display Read more ›

9

How China’s control of battery supply chains is becoming a critical risk for U.S. military power and AI initiatives — reducing reliance will take nearly a decade

Add to bookmarks Don't show Tom's Hardware

Tom's Hardware · 12/26/2025 09:39 EDT

According to a special report by the New York Times, the U.S. government is concerned about how China sits at the center of that ecosystem, controlling large portions of battery manufacturing and processing. Read more ›

69

Intel displays tech to build extreme multi-chiplet packages 12 times the size of the largest AI processors, beating TSMC's planned biggest — floorplan the size of a cellphone, armed with HBM5, 14A compute tiles and 18A SRAM

Add to bookmarks Don't show Tom's Hardware

Tom's Hardware · 12/26/2025 09:18 EDT

Intel Foundry has released a video of a multi-chiplet 2.5D/3D processor with a 10,296 mm^2 silicon footprint, including leading-edge technologies such as 14A and 18A. Read more ›

58

Browser-run copy of Grand Theft Auto gets taken down by DCMA — Take Two says DOS Zone infringed company’s intellectual property rights despite disclaimers and requirement to own original copy of title to run full game online

Add to bookmarks Don't show Tom's Hardware

Tom's Hardware · 12/26/2025 08:13 EDT

Take-Two takes down the online demo of GTA: Vice City found on DOS Zone — says it violates its copyright. Read more ›

98

Samsung Odyssey OLED G6 S27FG60 27-inch 500 Hz QD-OLED gaming monitor review: Phenomenal performance and color

Add to bookmarks Don't show Tom's Hardware

Tom's Hardware · 12/26/2025 08:00 EDT

Samsung brings maximum performance to one of its most colorful monitors with the Odyssey OLED G6 S27FG60. It’s a 27-inch QD-OLED with 500 Hz, Adaptive-Sync, HDR True Black 500, HDR10, HDR10+ and wide gamut color. Read more ›

2

Elon Musk says xAI will have more AI compute than everyone else combined within five years — Macrohard-branded Colossus 2 data center a nod to Musk's AI project to challenge Microsoft

Add to bookmarks Don't show Tom's Hardware

Tom's Hardware 3 place · 12/26/2025 07:00 EDT

Elon Musk claimed on X that xAI will have more computing power than everyone else combined in less than five years. Read more ›

299

Robots fashioned from dead lobster exoskeletons have awesome strength, light weight, and flexibility — necrobotics advance mixes sustainable food waste with synthetic components

Add to bookmarks Don't show Tom's Hardware

Tom's Hardware · 12/26/2025 06:30 EDT

Swiss scientists have demonstrated the use of dead lobster tails as robotic appendages. Read more ›

0