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Memory price surge begins to cool as consumers hit affordability limit — AI demand still keeps DRAM and NAND prices climbing through Q3 2026

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Tom's Hardware · 07/04/2026 07:47 EDT

TrendForce says DRAM and NAND prices will continue to rise through Q3 2026, but AI-driven gains are slowing as PC and smartphone makers reach their affordability limits. Read more ›

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The ultimate 4K RTX 5090 gaming titan plummets $2,580 — huge discount makes the Alienware Area-51 with 24-core CPU and 64GB RAM irresistible

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Tom's Hardware · 07/04/2026 07:43 EDT

Dell has slashed the price of the Alienware Area-51 with a Core Ultra 9 285K, GeForce RTX 5090, and 64GB of DDR5 RAM by $2,580. Read more ›

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Windows guru uses 19th-century Stirling Engine tech for auxiliary cooling on AMD Threadripper 3970X system — waste heat energy spins the $40 engine's flywheel

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Tom's Hardware · 07/04/2026 07:30 EDT

Windows development guru Dave W. Plummer shared a brief video demonstrating a novel Stirling Engine powered cooling solution for his AMD Threadripper chipset. Read more ›

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Startup unveils 3D-printed nuclear reactor module to power AI data centers —touted as ‘the world’s first subcritical, solid-state, factory-built thorium nuclear reactor’

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Tom's Hardware · 07/04/2026 07:00 EDT

Nuclear tech startup Ampera revealed a small modular reactor manufactured using 3D printing techniques. The company says that it expects to be the first one to mass produce these power sources for data centers and other applications. Read more ›

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Enthusiast hides gaming PC inside living room fan using 3D-printed parts — disassembled AtomMan G7 cooled by Dreo tower fan that shifts air at 28 feet per second

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Tom's Hardware · 07/04/2026 07:00 EDT

Creator Zac Builds mounted their mini-PC to the side of their living room fan to hide it plain sight. Read more ›

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Fire hydrant signs with Starlink antennas tested for emergency Wi-Fi in disaster-prone Japan— existing widespread grid of street-level furniture can be used for communications network fallback

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Tom's Hardware · 07/04/2026 06:00 EDT

Japan’s Fire Hydrant Sign Co., Ltd. has demonstrated an expansive Wi-Fi network that melds its established infrastructure of street signs with Starlink satellite broadband antennas. Read more ›

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Companies join hands to collectively dunk on PlayStation's all-digital future — Domino's pizza, KFC, and GameSir all threaten an end to physical production

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Tom's Hardware · 07/04/2026 06:00 EDT

Companies on social media are coming together to mock Sony's decision of ceasing production of physical discs for PlayStation games. These brands are shifting to a digital-only model in an even more absurd manner. Read more ›

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Turtle Beach KP7 Review: The accessory that does everything

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Tom's Hardware · 07/03/2026 12:26 EDT

Turtle Beach's KP7 keypad can be used with its KB7 keyboard or as a standalone macropad. And it's nice — but pricey. Read more ›

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Intel reportedly adding two new 22-core SKUs with game-boosting cache to Nova Lake-S lineup — 125W unlocked and 65W locked part rumored to be part of single-tile Core Ultra 5 tier

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Tom's Hardware · 07/03/2026 11:44 EDT

Intel is apparently cooking up two new 22-core Nova Lake-S SKUs with up to 144MB of bLLC. One is a locked 65W variant and one is an unlocked 125W part, and both are said to be part of the Core Ultra 5 tier. Read more ›

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Intel confirms price hikes on select consumer and server CPUs citing supply costs and demand — select Xeon processors now over $1,000 more expensive

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Tom's Hardware · 07/03/2026 10:45 EDT

Intel confirms price increases for Core Ultra 200S Plus, Xeon 6 processors, cites market dynamics, rising costs, soaring demand. Read more ›

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Inside the history of DRAM price-fixing lawsuits — how HBM allocations could make a difference after two decades of failed cases

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Tom's Hardware · 07/03/2026 10:13 EDT

17 plaintiffs sued Samsung, SK hynix, and Micron in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California in late June. Read more ›

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Brand new Steam Machine hit with 'red line of death' GPU failure after playing No Man's Sky for just five minutes — console 'bricked itself' following update in failure that echoes the horror of the Xbox 360's infamous RROD

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Tom's Hardware · 07/03/2026 09:58 EDT

A Redditor experience the deadly "Red Line of Death" on their Steam Machine, indicating GPU failure. They've just been playing for five minutes and then updated the console before experiencing the issue. Read more ›

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HP OmniBook Ultra 14 review: Potent Snapdragon performance, great endurance, premium pricing

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Tom's Hardware · 07/03/2026 09:34 EDT

HP hits the mark on performance and battery life, but you’ll pay a hefty price for its OmniBook Ultra with Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite. Read more ›

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Blackstone-owned QTS abandons planned world’s largest data center campus after years of lawsuits — 2,100-acre Virginia Digital Gateway project dies over a newspaper-notice technicality

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Tom's Hardware · 07/03/2026 09:32 EDT

Blackstone-owned QTS has withdrawn its final appeal for Virginia’s 22-million-square-foot Digital Gateway campus, ending the massive data center project. Read more ›

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SK hynix, Samsung, Micron among semiconductor industry group lobbying against government intervention on domestic memory chip supply — says move would worsen situation, suggests tax deductions on consumer electronics instead

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Tom's Hardware · 07/03/2026 09:17 EDT

A lawmaker suggested to the administration that it should prioritize American manufacturers when it comes to memory chip supplies, but the SEMI industry group is pushing back against this. It says that doing so would only extend the memory chip shortages. Read more ›

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Save up to 47% on Dell and Alienware gaming PCs and laptops in this July 4th flash sale — big sale discounts on pricey kit including gaming chairs and monitors for a limited time only

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Tom's Hardware · 07/03/2026 09:00 EDT

Grab a bargain on these Dell and Alienware PCs, laptops, and monitors over the July 4th holiday weekend. Read more ›

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Save up to 71% on HP gaming desktops and laptops this July 4 — weekend sale could land you a gaming PC for less

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Tom's Hardware · 07/03/2026 07:49 EDT

Get up to 71% off HP gaming desktops, laptops, and accessories this July 4. Read more ›

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Up to $129 off Secretlab gaming chairs and desks in July 4 sale — save on the Titan Evo, Magnus, and more

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Tom's Hardware · 07/03/2026 07:13 EDT

Save up to $129 on Secretlab gaming chairs and desks thanks to a July 4 sale. Read more ›

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Intel 18A wafer-to-wafer yield issues fixed, report claims — says production up to 15,000 wafers per month at both sites

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Tom's Hardware · 07/03/2026 06:49 EDT

Intel reportedly solves one of the key issues that plagued its 18A process technology, but others may still be there. Read more ›

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GitHub thumbs nose at Sony's controversial end to physical media with its introduction of Repo CDs — offers limited run of 1,000 CD-ROM copies of public GitHub repos for preservation

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Tom's Hardware · 07/03/2026 06:27 EDT

GitHub has announced that it will be giving developers a way to obtain their public repo on a CD-ROM. Context is provided by Sony's recent decision to abandon game discs. Read more ›

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