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Tom's Hardware · 11/04/2025 12:49 EDT

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Chinese provinces offer steep power discounts to AI companies using China-made chips — country continues its aggressive push towards AI independence and homegrown silicon

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Tom's Hardware · 11/04/2025 11:40 EDT

Chinese provinces offer steep power discounts to AI companies using domestic chips Read more ›

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Nvidia unexpectedly replaces a damaged RTX 5090 GPU despite user blunder — $1,999 flagship GPU escapes paperweight status against all odds

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Tom's Hardware · 11/04/2025 11:33 EDT

A GeForce RTX 5090 owner damaged his graphics card while attempting to install a water block, but Nvidia agreed to replace it anyway. Read more ›

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2008 financial crisis prophet bets against the AI bubble with potential $1 billion payout — Michael Burry reveals put options on Nvidia and Palantir

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Tom's Hardware · 11/04/2025 11:21 EDT

Big bets are being put on the imminent decline of several big AI industry players. Read more ›

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Bewildered enthusiasts decry memory price increases of 100% or more — the AI RAM squeeze is finally starting to hit PC builders where it hurts

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Tom's Hardware · 11/04/2025 11:18 EDT

PC builders and enthusiasts are starting to notice catastrophic increases in the price of RAM kits. Read more ›

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Windows 10 update incorrectly tells some users they've reached end-of-life, despite having extended support — Microsoft confirms message sent to Enterprise, Pro, and Education users in error

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Tom's Hardware · 11/04/2025 10:12 EDT

Users over the weekend reported seeing incorrect end-of-life messages on Windows 10 despite either being enrolled in the ESU program or running Enterprise/LTSC versions of the OS that are automatically set to receive security updates for a few more years. Microsoft has already said this was a bug and pushed a cloud configuration fix. Read more ›

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Huawei launches new homegrown PCs with homemade Chinese CPUs and operating systems

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Tom's Hardware · 11/04/2025 09:00 EDT

Huawei has launched its new Qingyun W515y and W585y desktop systems, powered by the Kirin 9000X processor. Read more ›

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ASRock X870 LiveMixer Wifi motherboard review: Connectivity for the creator

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Tom's Hardware · 11/04/2025 09:00 EDT

The X870 LiveMixer is designed for creators who use lots of USB ports and need room for expansion cards. It’s priced right and checks a lot of key boxes, but there is a lot of lane-sharing between storage and PCIe/USB. Read more ›

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On this day in 1988, the Morris worm infected 10% of the Internet within 24 hours — worm slithered out and sparked a new era in cybersecurity

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Tom's Hardware · 11/04/2025 08:45 EDT

Cornell graduate student Robert Tappan Morris unleashed his eponymous worm upon the Internet 37 years ago, changing the face of cybersecurity. Read more ›

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Elon Musk's SpaceX to launch reusable "fabships" for orbital chip manufacturing experiments — 'the ultimate egg drop challenge,' Besxar's orbital chipmaking experiments to occur over 12 launches

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Tom's Hardware · 11/04/2025 08:30 EDT

The new D.C.-based startup is hoping to use the vacuum of space as its clean room for chip fabrication. Read more ›

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3D printing enthusiast creates camera with a gutted optical mouse's sensor — lo-fi 30x30 pixel camera took 65 hours to build

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Tom's Hardware · 11/04/2025 08:15 EDT

A 3D printing enthusiast has made a cute, functional lo-fi digital camera using an optical sensor salvaged from a discarded mouse PCB. Read more ›

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xTool Black Friday Laser Deals on premium laser cutters and engravers are available now — essential kit for the serious crafter

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Tom's Hardware · 11/04/2025 08:07 EDT

The Black Friday discounts for xTool have already started. Find discounts on xTool's range of Laser printers and cutters. Read more ›

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HyperX Pulsefire Saga Pro Review: Modular, but slightly behind

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Tom's Hardware · 11/04/2025 08:05 EDT

HyperX's modular wireless mouse comes with swappable parts in the box and up to a 4,000 Hz wireless polling rate, but it doesn't really stand out. Read more ›

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DRAM prices surge 171% year-over-year, outpacing the price of gold — AI demand drives massive price increases as shortage takes hold

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Tom's Hardware 3 place · 11/04/2025 08:00 EDT

DRAM prices are skyrocketing out of control, with contract prices increased by a whopping 171% for the year. Read more ›

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How to enroll for Windows 10 ESU — Get a year of free Windows 10 Extended Security Updates

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Tom's Hardware 3 place · 11/04/2025 07:23 EDT

Microsoft may want us all to switch to Windows 11, but for those not ready to make the jump, there is still a way to keep your Windows 10 PC safe from harm. Read more ›

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AMD hit with lawsuit over hybrid bonding tech behind potent 3D V-Cache — Adeia claims company's gaming chip infringe 10 of its patents

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Tom's Hardware · 11/03/2025 12:48 EDT

Adeia has filed a pair of patent infringement lawsuits against AMD in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas, accusing the chipmaker of using its hybrid bonding and advanced node technologies without permission. Read more ›

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Get an RTX 4060-powered gaming laptop for just $649 — the amazingly priced Asus TUF A15 is $250 off

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Tom's Hardware · 11/03/2025 12:42 EDT

Laptop gaming for only $679, the Asus TUF Gaming A15 is an exceptional value at this price. Read more ›

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Anycubic Early Black Friday 3D Printers deals begin with up to 39% off — massive savings on printers and accessories beginning today

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Tom's Hardware · 11/03/2025 12:39 EDT

Save big and print big on the best FDM and resin Anycubic 3D printers Read more ›

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Trump says no Blackwell chips to be sold to China — Nvidia re-entry into Beijing nixed despite temporary trade truce

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Tom's Hardware · 11/03/2025 11:50 EDT

Despite a trade truce, Trump has just made it clear that Nvidia's flagship AI GPUs from its Blackwell lineup will not be allowed to be sold to China. Read more ›

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AMD confirms security vulnerability on Zen 5-based CPUs that generates potentially predictable keys — RDSEED fix coming through an AGESA firmware update for desktop chips

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Tom's Hardware · 11/03/2025 10:53 EDT

AMD has confirmed that Zen 5's RDSEED random number generator is failing, causing it to generate potentially predictable cryptography keys for attackers to exploit. Mitigations for the security flaw are launching throughout the next few months for consumer and datacenter versions of AMD's Ryzen 9000 series CPUs. Read more ›

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