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New 2 GB/s external SSD has a tiny screen for real-time updates on SSD health and performance — Nextorage's NX-PFS1PRO includes hardware encryption and an auto-erase security feature to protect against intruders

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Tom's Hardware · 11/10/2025 11:51 EDT

Nextorage launches the NX-PFS1PROB external SSD with capacities ranging from 1TB to 8TB, featuring added security features. Read more ›

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China suspends ban on rare earth exports to the U.S., but licensing controls remain — vital semiconductor manufacturing materials get one-year reprieve

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Tom's Hardware · 11/10/2025 11:20 EDT

China has lifted its ban on exports of gallium, germanium, and antimony to the United States, temporarily halting restrictions that had reshaped global materials markets over the past year. Read more ›

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Phison CEO confirms NAND prices have more than doubled and will continue to rise, all 2026 production already sold out — SSDs facing pricing apocalypse throughout 2027

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Tom's Hardware · 11/10/2025 11:11 EDT

Khein-Seng Pua, the CEO of Phison, speaking to Digitimes, has painted a damning picture of the storage market to come. With NAND prices already on the rise, the CEO believes there's no alleviation in sight and the landscape will remain rough for the following years. Data centers are rapidly shifting to SSDs to avoid already scarce HDDs, which will only exacerbate the situation. Read more ›

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Popular camera company dishes out gold keycaps worth up to $45,000 to top employees — more than 50 prizes given out by Insta360

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Tom's Hardware · 11/10/2025 10:56 EDT

Webcam brand Insta360 has gifted real gold keycaps, worth up to $45,000 each, to its most valued employees. Read more ›

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Hardware hacker installs Minecraft server on a cheap smart lightbulb — single 192 MHz RISC-V core with 276KB of RAM, enough to run tiny 90K byte world

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Tom's Hardware · 11/10/2025 09:02 EDT

A hardware hacker has installed a Minecraft server on a cheap smart lightbulb. Read more ›

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Biwin NV7200 2TB SSD Review: The Budget Winner

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Tom's Hardware · 11/10/2025 09:00 EDT

The Biwin NV7200 is a compelling new budget SSD that fits the bill for many users. Read more ›

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Micron's New York chipmaking fabs by five years, but accelerates second fab in Idaho and reallocates CHIPS Act funding

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Tom's Hardware · 11/10/2025 07:56 EDT

Micron has reportedly postponed its New York fab project near Clay by several more years: Fab 1 is not expected is now expected to be completed in 2030 and full campus build-out is now projected to be fully ramped in 2045. At the same time, the company reallocates CHIPS Act funding toward its Idaho fabs. Read more ›

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Hoto's epic mini electric screwdriver set with 12 bits drops to less than £30 — this half-price kit is perfect for PC building and DIY

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Tom's Hardware · 11/10/2025 07:39 EDT

Save 50% on this impressive Hoto NEX O1 Pro mini electric screwdriver set with 12 bits Read more ›

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Silicon Valley data centers totalling nearly 100MW could 'sit empty for years' due to lack of power — huge installations are idle because Santa Clara can't cope with surging electricity demands

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Tom's Hardware · 11/10/2025 07:36 EDT

In the heart of Silicon Valley, two freshly built data centers designed for the world’s most power-hungry computing workloads are standing empty. Read more ›

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Only $399 for the Bambu Lab P1S 3D printer — an all-time low price in its early Black Friday sales blowout

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Tom's Hardware · 11/10/2025 07:22 EDT

Only $399 for one of our favorite 3D printers. The Bambu Lab P1S hits an all-time low price. Read more ›

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Nvidia's Jensen Huang upstaged at TSMC annual Sports Day by TSMC-branded sneakers — CEO's 'Made In Taiwan' footwear is the talk of the town

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Tom's Hardware · 11/10/2025 07:09 EDT

TSMC-branded sneakers were 'the focus of the audience' at the firm's annual Sports Day event this weekend. Read more ›

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Seasonic G12 GC-750 750W power supply review

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Tom's Hardware · 11/10/2025 07:00 EDT

A premium-engineered power supply masquerading as a budget option, delivering exceptional electrical performance in a conservative package, though its high retail price and dated connectivity undermine its value proposition. Read more ›

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AMD Ryzen 5 3600 with Wraith Stealth Cooler drops to all-time low $67 on Amazon

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Tom's Hardware · 11/09/2025 13:14 EDT

AMD's Ryzen 5 3600 processor has hit its lowest ever price on Amazon, according to popular price tracking websites, and it comes with a boxed cooler. Read more ›

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Microsoft announces first test build for Windows 11 26H1, aimed at 'specific silicon' — Rumor mill suggests first "H1" release in Windows 11's history might be reserved for upcoming Arm PCs

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Tom's Hardware · 11/09/2025 12:45 EDT

Windows 11 26H1 has just been made official by Microsoft, with its first build released in the Canary channel for Insiders. Unlike what the name might suggest, this is not a feature update, rather a special update meant to roll in support for ARM-based devices, with lots of juicy rumors floating around. Read more ›

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AMD’s rare PlayStation 5 APU-based BC-250 mining board resurfaces for $120 and can actually run Cyberpunk 2077

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Tom's Hardware · 11/09/2025 12:30 EDT

An AMD BC-250 mining board powered by the PS5’s custom APU has reappeared in China for around $120. Read more ›

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The 'Phantom' claims to be the world's first transparent computer monitor, touts 5,000 nits of HDR brightness — 24-inch 4K panel from Virtual Instruments launches Q4

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Tom's Hardware · 11/09/2025 12:06 EDT

The Phantom employs beam-splitting technology similar to what's used in aviation HUDs, or teleprompters, to reflect a screen onto a half-glass, half-mirror surface, giving it that transparent look. It also claims to have adjustable transparency, meaning you can have a completely opaque monitor if you wanted. Read more ›

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Bank of America sued over not paying workers for PC boot up time in proposed class action lawsuit

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Tom's Hardware · 11/09/2025 11:15 EDT

Bank of America is facing a proposed class and collective action lawsuit that accuses the company of failing to pay hundreds of hourly workers for time spent booting their computers. Read more ›

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Computer technician refurbs GPU clogged with tar and nicotine from 17 years of use by a smoker — 'I am not blowing on that; I’m getting cancer from this' says repair tech

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Tom's Hardware · 11/09/2025 10:50 EDT

This is what 17 years of smoking could do to your graphics card. Read more ›

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25 years ago today, Microsoft released DirectX 8 and changed PC graphics forever — How programmable shaders laid the groundwork for the future of modern GPU rendering

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Tom's Hardware · 11/09/2025 10:10 EDT

The games we enjoy today would be unimaginably different without the improvements ushered in by DirectX 8 and its programmable shaders. Shader Model 1.0 introduced per-pixel programmable lighting, letting developers write custom code to control how light interacted with objects, rather than relying solely on the GPU’s built-in fixed-function logic. Read more ›

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Clean-sheet open source 8-bit console surprisingly preparing for launch in 2025 — the GameTank uses twin 6502 processors instead of FPGAs or microcontrollers

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Tom's Hardware · 11/09/2025 09:25 EDT

There’s a new open source contender being prepared for the 8-bit console arena. Read more ›

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