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Get a 27" 1440p OLED monitor with a blazing-fast 240 Hz refresh rate for just $499 — LG's 27GS93QE-B is $400 off right now, features 1,300 nits of peak HDR brightness

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Tom's Hardware · 04/05/2026 11:17 EDT

The LG 27GS93QE-B is perfect for gaming, productivity, and media consumption, thanks to its versatile feature set. It's a 27-inch 1440p OLED monitor with an MLA+ panel so it's really bright at 1,300 nits (peak) and it has a 240 Hz refresh rate with support for both G-Sync and FreeSync, so it's really smooth, too. Read more ›

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Iran threatens ‘complete and utter annihilation’ of OpenAI's $30B Stargate AI data center in Abu Dhabi — regime posts video with satellite imagery of ChatGPT-maker's premier 1GW data center

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Tom's Hardware · 04/05/2026 11:02 EDT

IRGC spokesperson threatens the “complete and utter annihilation” of U.S. and Israeli facilities. Singles out the $30bn Stargate AI data center. Read more ›

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Researchers train living rat neurons to perform real-time AI computations — experiments could pave the way for new brain-machine interfaces

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Tom's Hardware · 04/05/2026 10:33 EDT

Japanese researchers trained cultured rat cortical neurons to autonomously generate complex temporal signals using a real-time machine learning framework. Read more ›

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Limited edition Atari wristwatches dip under $500 in 20% off sale — classic console inspired rainbow designs available in five colorways

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Tom's Hardware · 04/05/2026 09:46 EDT

Watchmaker Nubeo has put its Torrent Automatic Atari Rainbow Limited Edition timepieces on sale, all at 20% off. Read more ›

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Intel's upcoming Wildcat Lake low-budget CPUs leak out again — OEM confirms specs for Core 7 350, Core 5 320, & Core 3 305 in first retail product datasheet

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Tom's Hardware · 04/05/2026 09:25 EDT

Wildcat Lake is Intel's upcoming family of low-budget and low-power CPUs intended for OEMs. We've already seen many leaks surrounding this family, but now a new product from Advantech has listed three SKUs in a datasheet for its MIO-5356 SBC. This confirms the specs from prior leaks and signals that a launch is due soon. Read more ›

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Delisted Xbox 360 games briefly reappear on the Xbox Store — Microsoft prepares backward compatibility revival

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Tom's Hardware · 04/05/2026 09:05 EDT

This follows Xbox Vice President Jason Ronald's commitment at GDC 2026 in March to revive the company's backward compatibility program. Read more ›

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Steam starts gathering FPS data with latest client update — company to estimate framerates based on your hardware, Beta feature to focus on SteamOS devices

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Tom's Hardware · 04/05/2026 08:49 EDT

The latest Steam client update included an FPS data gathering component in Beta, allowing the platform to monitor your framerates and compare it with your hardware. Read more ›

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Autonomous ErgoChair Core Review: You get what you pay for

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Tom's Hardware · 04/05/2026 08:00 EDT

The Autonomous EroChair Core is an entry-level office chair that offers a few comfort features but is limited by its overall dimensions. Read more ›

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BenQ DesignVue PD2770U 27-inch 4K professional monitor review: A blend of flexibility, control, and precision

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Tom's Hardware · 04/05/2026 08:00 EDT

BenQ’s DesignVue PD2770U is a flexible and capable professional monitor with a 27-inch IPS panel, 4K resolution, wide-gamut color, HDR10, a built-in calibrator, software control, and premium build quality. Read more ›

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Nvidia Pascal GPUs debuted 10 years ago today, best known for the GTX 1060 and GTX 1080 Ti — architecture kicked off with the Tesla P100

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Tom's Hardware · 04/05/2026 08:00 EDT

Nvidia delivered 'five architectural breakthroughs' with the launch of the Tesla P100 accelerator 10 years ago today. Read more ›

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Hobbyist builds a homebrew Intel 8086 ISA accelerator card — maker’s project improves integer multiplication on these retro systems by 250%

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Tom's Hardware · 04/05/2026 07:40 EDT

Computer scientist showcases their hardware multiplication ISA card accelerator for Intel 8086 and Intel 8088 PC systems. Read more ›

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Intel's upcoming 42-core Nova Lake SKU allegedly upgraded to 44 cores — New config frees up 6P+12E tiles that could trickle down as locked bLLC variants

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Tom's Hardware · 04/05/2026 07:20 EDT

A 42-core SKU from the upcoming Nova Lake-S CPU family has reportedly been upgraded to 44 cores by swapping the 6P+12E tile with an 8P+12E tile, allowing the chip to achieve symmetry across its dual-tile config. Those leftover 6P+12E tiles could now become locked variants with 144 MB of bLLC as a new 22-core SKU (6P+12E+4LPE). Read more ›

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Sequoia Capital shares founder’s 1977 memo for investing in Apple — initial $600,000 investment is worth $26.4 billion today, firm said it was ‘tough to do this deal’

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Tom's Hardware · 04/05/2026 07:00 EDT

The VC firm shared its founder's notes on Apple recognizing the company's potential while also doubting its management team. Read more ›

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PlayStation 3 emulator makes Cell CPU 'breakthrough' that improves performance in all games — 'All CPUs can benefit from this, from low-end to high-end!' says RPCS3 devs

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Tom's Hardware · 04/05/2026 06:40 EDT

Developers behind the open-source PlayStation 3 emulator RPCS3 claim that they’ve achieved a breakthrough in emulating the PS3's Cell Broadband Engine processor. Read more ›

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$1,700 liquid-cooled phone can run GTA V at up to 100 FPS, Red Dead 2 at 50+ FPS via emulation — Redmagic 11 Pro packs 24 GB of RAM and pulls more than 40W at peak load

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Tom's Hardware · 04/05/2026 06:20 EDT

The Golden Saga Edition of the Redmagic 11 Pro is equipped with 24 GB of RAM and an even more robust liquid cooling system that can pull upwards of 45W while emulating Red Dead 2, delivering 50+ FPS. The phone costs around $1,700, but for that money, you're getting GTA V running at up to 100 FPS on a device that just happens to make calls, too. Read more ›

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Apple approves drivers that let AMD and Nvidia eGPUs run on Mac — software designed for AI, though, and not built for gaming

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Tom's Hardware · 04/05/2026 06:00 EDT

The company behind the tiny box AI accelerator says that its macOS driver for Nvidia eGPUs has just been signed by Apple, making it a legitimate software for Macs and no longer needs workarounds to work with the device. Read more ›

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Player defeats Darks Souls II using only poop — 42 hits of dung pie defeats the final boss

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Tom's Hardware · 04/05/2026 05:45 EDT

Gamer and YouTuber ymfah spent a lot of time figuring out how to farm dung pies in Dark Souls II to defeat the game using just poop. Read more ›

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LinkedIn is spying on you, according to a new 'BrowserGate' security report — scripts stealthily scan visitors' browsers for over 6,000 Chrome extensions and harvest hardware data

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Tom's Hardware · 04/04/2026 12:46 EDT

LinkedIn is understood to inject a JavaScript fingerprinting script on every page load that probes visitors' browsers for 6,236 installed Chrome extensions and collects detailed device telemetry. Read more ›

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McDonald’s debuts one-finger gadget that lets you move your character to 'keep you in the game' while you chow down — Pro Gamer Menu's ‘Archie’ designed to keep you from being kicked for inactivity

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Tom's Hardware · 04/04/2026 11:36 EDT

McDonald’s Türkiye AFK solution will help keep gamers online during meal breaks without getting kicked from the match. Read more ›

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Nvidia AI tech claims to slash VRAM usage by 85% with zero quality loss — Neural Texture Compression demo reveals stunning visual parity between 6.5GB of memory and 970MB

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Tom's Hardware · 04/04/2026 11:33 EDT

Nvidia has just demoed its Neural Texture Compression technique again at a GTC talk, where it showed VRAM usage dropping from 6.5 GB to just 970 MB in a scene. NTC uses a neural network to decompress textures instead of standard block-based compression, reducing texture size and VRAM usage while also improving final image quality. Read more ›

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