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SanDisk debuts Type-C 'Plug and Stay' flash drive that never needs to be taken out of your laptop — get up to 1TB of extra storage for just $120, with 400MB/s transfer speeds

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Tom's Hardware · 11/11/2025 12:19 EDT

SanDisk has created a new flash drive designed to be permanently integrated into your device, serving as a secondary storage solution. Read more ›

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SoftBank offloads entire $5.83 billion stake in Nvidia — firm sells off stock, cash will fund major investment in OpenAI, also in talks over Stargate

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Tom's Hardware · 11/11/2025 11:25 EDT

SoftBank has confirmed it sold its entire stake in Nvidia in October, offloading 32.1 million shares for $5.83 billion. The disclosure came Tuesday alongside the Japanese conglomerate’s latest earnings report. Read more ›

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PC hardware vendor PNY suspends Black Friday storage deals — cites rising NAND costs and says 'no new deals are being put in place'

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Tom's Hardware · 11/11/2025 11:20 EDT

PNY tells Tom's Hardware that it is suspending upcoming Black Friday and Cyber Monday promotions on storage due to rising NAND costs. Read more ›

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$650 billion in annual revenue required to deliver 10% return on AI buildout investment, J.P. Morgan claims — equivalent to $35 payment from every iPhone user, or $180 from every Netflix subscriber 'in perpetuity'

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Tom's Hardware · 11/11/2025 11:13 EDT

A J.P. Morgan report says that the AI industry needs to make at least $650 billion annually for investors to get a 10% return on all the money going into it until 2030. Read more ›

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BTF 3.0 reveals the future of cable-less PC builds — single 50-pin connector supports up to 2,145 watts to power a CPU and GPU

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Tom's Hardware · 11/11/2025 11:11 EDT

DIY-APE has just revealed a next-gen concept for back-connect PCs, using the new BTF 3.0 spec. A single 50-pin connector powers most of the PC, with front panel I/O being simplified into one connector as well. BTF 3.0 is backward compatible with prior BTF standards and even compatible with non-BTF components with the help of adapters. Read more ›

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AOC Q27G4ZMN 27-inch QHD Mini LED 240 Hz gaming monitor review: Incredible performance and value

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Tom's Hardware · 11/11/2025 08:00 EDT

AOC packs tremendous value and performance into its Q27G4ZMN. It’s a 27-inch QHD VA panel with a 1,152-zone Mini LED backlight, DisplayHDR 1000, HDR10, a 240 Hz refresh rate, Adaptive-Sync, and wide-gamut Quantum Dot color. Read more ›

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AMD Ryzen 5 7500X3D debuts in Micro Center pre-built PC — affordable gaming CPU seemingly exclusive to retailer for now

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Tom's Hardware · 11/11/2025 07:56 EDT

This chip enables Micro Center to offer sub-$1,000 X3D pre-built gaming PCs. Read more ›

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Pay just $1299 for the MSI Vector 16 with RTX 5070 Ti graphics and 240Hz QHD screen in this early Black Friday deal — superb specs for such a well-priced gaming laptop

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Tom's Hardware · 11/11/2025 07:51 EDT

Save $700 on the 16-inch MSI Vector 16 gaming laptop in this early Black Friday deal. Read more ›

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Intel's CTO and AI chief leaves for OpenAI after just seven months in role — follows another AI data center exec out the door, Lip Bu-Tan to take up the slack

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Tom's Hardware · 11/11/2025 07:47 EDT

Intel's Chief Technology Officer and AI head has jumped ship to OpenAI to take over the company's compute infrastructure projects. Intel CEO, Lip Bu-Tan, will take over the role of managing Intel's AI efforts going forward. Read more ›

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Veteran dev’s newest computer is ‘200,000 times’ faster than his oldest in custom benchmarks — single-thread Dhrystone performance charted across 25 systems released between 1976 and 2023

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Tom's Hardware · 11/11/2025 07:44 EDT

Veteran Windows dev Dave W Plummer has run a simple performance test across his 25 computers, released between 1976 and 2023, and he observed a huge 200,000X CPU performance delta. Read more ›

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Undersea comms cable investments double to $13 billion in over two years — ever-growing danger of cable cuts looms

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Tom's Hardware · 11/11/2025 07:00 EDT

$13 billion in two years towards undersea data cables Read more ›

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Grab this Zotac RTX 5060 Ti 16GB graphics card for below RRP — just £379.99 for this punchy GPU before Black Friday

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Tom's Hardware · 11/11/2025 06:43 EDT

OCUK has dropped the price of this Zotac-branded RTX 5060 Ti 16GB to below its RRP, making it a brilliant bargain before Black Friday kicks off. Read more ›

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The 'worst-selling Microsoft product of all time' sold just 11 times, and eight people returned it — why you've never heard of OS/2 for the Mach 20

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Tom's Hardware · 11/11/2025 06:23 EDT

A specialized version of the ill-fated OS/2 holds the dubious record, and probably will forever. Read more ›

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Frankly dangerous hot dog-based LED tester could be a Weiner in the 2025 Hackaday Component Abuse Challenge

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Tom's Hardware · 11/11/2025 05:00 EDT

An LED testing ‘device’ which largely consists of a hot dog, two forks and a power supply has been entered into an electronics competition Read more ›

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Elgato Facecam Neo Review: Versatile and cheap

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Tom's Hardware · 11/10/2025 16:04 EDT

Elgato's Facecam Neo is a budget-friendly plug-and-play webcam that performs well in low-light scenarios and works on just about any device with a USB-C port (including non-traditional devices, such as iPads). It cost $99.99 when it first launched, but the price has since been permanently cut to $59.99, which might be an unbeatable deal. Read more ›

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Chinese scientists discover method to cut defects by 99% with DUV chipmaking equipment, but it destroys EUV pattern fidelity — analyzing photoresist clustering with cryo-ET at 105°C

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Tom's Hardware · 11/10/2025 14:55 EDT

Chinese researchers have visualized how photoresist polymers cluster during development using cryogenic electron tomography and found that slightly raising post-exposure bake temperature could reduce defect density, but the finding has limited practical impact since this temperature is already typical for DUV processes and unsuitable for EUV lithography, where it would harm resolution and yield. Read more ›

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Musk confirms Tesla AI5 and AI6 will be made at both Samsung and TSMC, reinforcing dual-foundry strategy

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Tom's Hardware · 11/10/2025 13:59 EDT

Elon Musk has confirmed that Tesla’s AI6 chip will be manufactured at both Samsung’s Taylor facility and TSMC’s Arizona fab. The update from the company’s CEO follows earlier comments in which he described Samsung’s site as technically superior. Read more ›

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Minisforum launches its first ARM-based Mini PC with a full x16 PCIe slot for discrete GPUs — The MS-R1 packs a 12-core Cixin P1 SoC with up to 64 GB of RAM and generous IO, starting at $500

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Tom's Hardware · 11/10/2025 13:57 EDT

Popular Mini PC manufacturer Minisforum has just stepped into the ARM market with the MS-R1. It's a 1.7-liter compact system with the CIX CD8180 SoC, consisting of 12-cores clocked at up 2.6 GHz, with a 28W TDP. There's a full-size dedicated GPU slot and support for UEFI built-in, allowing you to easily boot into mainstream operating systems. Read more ›

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Early UK Black Friday PC and hardware deals — PCs, laptops, SSDs, and monitors already on sale

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Tom's Hardware · 11/10/2025 13:36 EDT

The best early UK Black Friday deals on PC hardware, accessories, and 3D printers. Read more ›

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T-Mobile refreshes 5G Home Internet service with new tiers and Wi-Fi 7 gateways — new $70 plan includes Hulu and Paramount+ subscriptions

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Tom's Hardware · 11/10/2025 12:02 EDT

T-Mobile's new 5G Home Internet plans go into effect on November 13 Read more ›

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