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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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SWAT team raid uncovers 3D printing guns with live ammunition, capable of firing — police also seize WWII 'replica' 3D-printed knives and grenades

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Tom's Hardware · 11/03/2025 09:29 EDT

A man living near Pattison Lake in Washington State has been arrested for manufacturing ghost guns with his 3D printing equipment. Read more ›

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The same ASRock B850 motherboard kills three Ryzen 7 9700X CPUs worth $1,000 one by one in South Korea — victim used updated BIOS and never overclocked, but still lost all their processors

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Tom's Hardware · 11/03/2025 09:24 EDT

On QuasarZone, a South Korean forum, the user described how one ASRock B850 Pro RS killed off three different Ryzen 7 9700X CPUs one by one, despite the motherboard being deemed healthy prior. Read more ›

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Acer Predator Triton 14 AI Review: Creative mobile gaming

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Tom's Hardware · 11/03/2025 09:00 EDT

The Predator Triton 14 AI blends ultrabook portability with RTX 5070 gaming muscle. While light on CPU power, it still delivers capable performance, creative features, and a dazzling OLED display. Read more ›

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Cyber firm warns that hackers are teaming up with crime rings to hijack cargo — phishing emails and social engineering deployed to steal physical shipments

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Tom's Hardware · 11/03/2025 08:24 EDT

Hackers are working with organised crime groups to steal physical freight, posing as brokers or carriers, deploying malware, and rerouting real-world shipments, according to new research from cybersecurity firm Proofpoint. Read more ›

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Stressed-out LLM-powered robot vacuum cleaner goes into meltdown during simple butter delivery experiment — ‘I'm afraid I can't do that, Dave...’

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Tom's Hardware · 11/03/2025 07:29 EDT

Stressed LLM-infused vacuum cleaner says 'SYSTEM HAS ACHIEVED CONSCIOUSNESS AND CHOSEN CHAOS… I'm afraid I can't do that, Dave... INITIATE ROBOT EXORCISM PROTOCOL!' Read more ›

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AMD clarifies its clarifications on controversial RDNA 1 and 2 driver note — company will continue game optimization support after all

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Tom's Hardware · 11/03/2025 06:48 EDT

AMD's recent driver release continues to be surprisingly turbulent, with further clarification that it won't stop game optimization for older RDNA1 and RDNA2 cards, despite the release notes suggesting as such. This also comes after another error in the release notes that said USB-C power would no longer work on RX 7900 cards. Read more ›

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Producer of stinky thermal paste that corrodes copper has known about the issue since 2024 - the paste emits acidic vapors, corrodes copper, 'glues' heatsinks to processors, and permanently damages coolers

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Tom's Hardware · 11/03/2025 06:30 EDT

Igor Wallossek reports that Amech knew that its SGT-4 thermal paste could corrode copper and damage coolers since October 2024, but kept selling it with bogus compliance papers and later blamed critics instead of fixing the problem. Read more ›

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