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AMD B650 expansion cards hit retail starting at $199 — add four M.2 PCIe 4.0 slots and 11 USB ports to any PC with a PCIe slot

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Tom's Hardware · 06/06/2026 12:29 EDT

A couple of new add-in cards exemplify the trend of slapping AMD's Promontory 21 chipset onto a card for extra I/O expansion. Read more ›

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AMD begins production ramp of 256-core EPYC Venice — first 2nm HPC chip claims 70% performance leap

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Tom's Hardware · 05/21/2026 08:12 EDT

AMD has announced that its 6th Gen EPYC processor, codenamed Venice, has entered production ramp on TSMC's N2 process in Taiwan. Read more ›

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MSI MPG 322UR QD-OLED X24 4K 240 Hz gaming monitor review: Blistering performance with pro-level color

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Tom's Hardware · 05/21/2026 08:00 EDT

MSI delivers blistering performance and pro-level color accuracy from its MPG 322UR QD-OLED X24 gaming monitor. It’s a 32-inch 4K QD-OLED panel with 240 Hz, Adaptive-Sync, DisplayHDR 400 True Black, and accurate color to rival any pro display. Read more ›

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Lenovo G02 retro handheld allegedly comes preloaded with thousands of copyrighted games, including Nintendo ROMs — company confirms that it’s an officially white-labeled device meant for the Chinese market

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Tom's Hardware · 05/21/2026 07:56 EDT

Lenovo confirms that it partnered with a third-party manufacturer to build, sell, and market the G02 retro gaming handheld in China. However, it allegedly contained thousands of gaming ROMs, many from Nintendo, right out of the box, raising questions about the validity of the licenses of these titles. Read more ›

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Audi enthusiast upgrades 2001 A4 gear shift with old smartwatch in 3D-printed housing — vide-coded WearOS app displays gear selection, can be used to control in-car media

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Tom's Hardware · 05/21/2026 07:45 EDT

An electronics, automobile, and DIY enthusiast has turned an old smartwatch into an interactive gear shift display in his 2001 Audi. Read more ›

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Pick up an $1100 discount on this RTX 5080-powered HP Omen Max gaming laptop — 32GB of DDR5 RAM and powerful Intel 275HX CPU help to crush the competition in-game

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Tom's Hardware · 05/21/2026 07:30 EDT

Save $1100 on this HP Omen Max 16 gaming laptop. Powerful Intel CPU and RTX 5080 graphics for dominating the gaming opposition. Read more ›

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Save over $1,120 on this 4K-ready RTX 5070 Ti gaming PC with 32GB DDR5 and a 2TB SSD — score a big discount on this ABS Kaze II rig from Newegg with a 24-core Intel CPU and powerful Nvidia GPU

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Tom's Hardware · 05/21/2026 07:08 EDT

This Newegg deal on an ABS Kaze II Aqua gaming PC drops the price down to just $2,175.49 with discount code ABSGAMER5, netting you a PC with a 24-core Intel Core i9-14900KF CPU, an Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 Ti GPU, a 2TB SSD, and 32GB of DDR5 RAM. Read more ›

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Intel leans on LPDDR5X to dodge global HBM crisis, leaked Crescent Island AI GPU pics reveal massive Xe3P core — chip sidesteps HBM shortage with 160GB of cheaper memory

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Tom's Hardware · 05/21/2026 07:00 EDT

Images of the PCB Intel will be using with Crescent Island has been published on X, showing a single-GPU design and pads for the graphics card's 20 LPDDR5X modules. Read more ›

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Flipper One computing multitool bristles with network, GPIO, and M.2 connectivity — new keychain device is also a fully open Arm Linux computer

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Tom's Hardware · 05/21/2026 07:00 EDT

The creators of the Flipper Zero “portable multi-tool device for geeks” have announced the Flipper One. Read more ›

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ASML CEO says Elon Musk is 'very serious' about TeraFab chipmaking megaproject, confirms direct talks — Musk targets $119 billion Texas semiconductor facility

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Tom's Hardware · 05/21/2026 06:40 EDT

ASML CEO Christophe Fouquet said on Wednesday that he has spoken directly with Elon Musk about the TeraFab semiconductor project. Read more ›

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Don't settle for less and grab one of the finest Chromebooks for $699 — a 30% discount on the only Chromebook you'll ever need

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Tom's Hardware · 05/21/2026 06:30 EDT

Lenovo's Chromebook Plus has a regular price of $999, but for a limited time, it is on sale for $699. Read more ›

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China's new homegrown gaming GPU flops in performance and price — flagship $485 LX 7G100 can't keep pace with Nvidia's older RTX 4060

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Tom's Hardware · 05/21/2026 06:20 EDT

Lisuan Tech's LX 7G100 gaming graphics card goes up for preorder at $485, along with reviews from Chinese media outlets. Read more ›

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Angry tiny Texas town council member proposes total ban on cellular and GPS devices in protest over AI dispute — says 'Let’s take Bandera back to 1880' after town votes to dump AI-powered license plate reader

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Tom's Hardware · 05/21/2026 06:00 EDT

A town councilor proposes banning all technology in a small Texas town after they lose vote on keeping Flock AI cameras running in the area. Read more ›

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Save hundreds of dollars on these fantastic Best Buy Memorial Day PC deals — Nvidia RTX 50-series laptops and OLED gaming monitors, among hefty hardware discounts

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Tom's Hardware · 05/21/2026 05:47 EDT

Curated deals from Best Buy's Memorial Day sale event. These are the best discounts we've spotted on tech at Best Buy this weekend. Read more ›

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Nvidia no longer reports sales of graphics solutions as a separate segment — posts eye-watering $81.6 billion Q1 profit thanks to AI boom

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Tom's Hardware · 05/21/2026 05:41 EDT

Nvidia to split its revenue streams based on deployment markets rather than product segments going forward. Read more ›

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Korean funeral services company lost $33 million of its customers' money over a bad crypto bet — firm was secretly investing client funds into leveraged crypto ETFs

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Tom's Hardware · 05/21/2026 05:40 EDT

Bumo Sarang, a funeral services company in Korea, lost $33 million after it invested $40 million of its own customers' money into a leveraged crypto ETF. These funds were meant for prepaid funeral services, but the company exploited loopholes to siphon them into creative investments. Unfortunately, almost half of the industry in involved in similar practices. Read more ›

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AMD Ryzen AI Max 400 ‘Gorgon Halo’ packs up to 192GB of unified memory — refreshed APU uses Zen 5 and RDNA 3.5, and can clock up to 5.2 GHz

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Tom's Hardware · 05/20/2026 20:00 EDT

AMD is refreshing its Ryzen AI Max chips with the new 400 series, known as Gorgon Halo, and they’ll show up in the Ryzen AI Halo development box. That box, with last-gen Strix Halo chips, is going up for pre-order in June, starting at $3,999. Read more ›

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Samsung narrowly avoids 18-day chip strike after last-minute wage deal with 48,000-worker union — tentative deal, subject to workers' vote, suspends billions of dollars worth of potential losses

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Tom's Hardware · 05/20/2026 13:53 EDT

Samsung Electronics has temporarily avoided a major 18-day strike at its South Korean semiconductor operations after reaching a tentative wage agreement with its 48,000-member union. Read more ›

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Memory makers brace for hydrogen fluoride pricing shock as Hormuz blockade impacts supply chain — key etching and cleaning material faces sharp cost increase amid trade disruption

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Tom's Hardware · 05/20/2026 13:07 EDT

Rising production costs for key chip etching and cleaning material, anhydrous hydrogen fluoride, could lead to further price rises for consumers on memory and storage products, even as salvation lies in the latter months of the year. Read more ›

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Ryzen 7 5800X3D AM4 10th Anniversary Edition surfaces online for $310 — return of iconic gaming CPU for budget builders seems imminent

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Tom's Hardware · 05/20/2026 12:49 EDT

Indian retailer lists AMD's Ryzen 7 5800X3D AM4 10th Anniversary Edition processor for $310. Read more ›

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Team Group agrees to $1.1 million DRAM settlement in another false advertising lawsuit — claimed advertised memory speeds required BIOS tweaks and overclocking settings

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Tom's Hardware · 05/20/2026 12:32 EDT

Team Group denies all wrongdoing but has agreed to settle the lawsuit involving advertised RAM performance and overclocking-related settings. Read more ›

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