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Apple's MacBook Air M4 is now down to $799 — you're unlikely to find a better laptop deal within this price range

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Tom's Hardware · 10/31/2025 14:13 EDT

Apple's 13-inch MacBook Air with the M4 goes on sale for $799.99, saving 20% off the regular price. Read more ›

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Elon Musk’s SpaceX will reportedly receive $2 billion for Trump’s Golden Dome project — system to include up to 600 satellites to track fast-moving airborne targets

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Tom's Hardware · 10/31/2025 13:14 EDT

SpaceX will reportedly deliver 600 satellites for Trump's Golden Dome missile shield project. Read more ›

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American startup Substrate promises 2nm-class chipmaking with particle accelerators, at a tenth of the cost of EUV — X-ray lithography system has potential to surpass ASML's EUV scanners

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Tom's Hardware · 10/31/2025 11:43 EDT

A U.S. startup is developing a compact particle-accelerator-based X-ray lithography system that could surpass ASML's EUV scanners in resolution and cut wafer costs tenfold by the end of the decade, but its plan to build its own fabs rather than sell tools means it must reinvent the entire semiconductor production supply chain from the ground up. Read more ›

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AMD clarifies that RDNA 1 and 2 will still get day zero game support and driver updates — discrete GPUs and handhelds will still work with future games

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Tom's Hardware · 10/31/2025 11:36 EDT

AMD has backtracked on putting RDNA 1 and 2 into a maintenance mode that wouldn't include game optimizations, telling Tom's Hardware new features will be included based on "market needs." Read more ›

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Blackwell GPU's exclusion from high-level trade talks highlights deepening AI ecosystem rift between nations — China aims to build sovereign hardware and software systems without Nvidia

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Tom's Hardware · 10/31/2025 10:59 EDT

Under the newly announced trade ceasefire, China will delay its sweeping new export controls on rare earth elements, while the U.S. holds off on fresh tariffs. But Blackwell's exclusion from talks highlights the deepening rift between the two nations. Read more ›

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Korean fried chicken stocks surge 30% as Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang dines out on local delicacy — entire industry buoyed by secret ingredient, Jensanity

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Tom's Hardware · 10/31/2025 10:33 EDT

Korean fried chicken glows extra hot on the stock market after Jensen Huang was seen enjoying this spicy delicacy in Seoul. Read more ›

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Save $440 on the Lenovo Legion Pro 5i 16-inch 2.5K OLED gaming laptop with RTX 5070

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Tom's Hardware · 10/31/2025 09:52 EDT

Save $440 on Best Buy's Lenovo Legion Pro 5i (Gen 10) gaming laptop deal. RTX 5070 and slick 2.5K OLED screen for smooth gaming. Read more ›

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Nexperia conflict spills overseas as it halts exports to China — German automotive manufacturers slow production due to semiconductor shortages from Dutch chipmaker

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Tom's Hardware · 10/31/2025 09:28 EDT

The fallout of the Nexperia ownership scuffle between the Dutch government and Chinese business interests is spilling overseas, with German automotive parts suppliers slowly reducing production due to semiconductor shortages. Meanwhile, Nexperia's Dutch facilities have now blocked exports to its Chinese facilities. Read more ›

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Prusa launches two new 3D printers, open source filament tags, and printable silicone at private event

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Tom's Hardware · 10/31/2025 09:01 EDT

Prusa channels Steve Jobs for new launch. Read more ›

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HighPoint RocketAIC 7608AW Review: The Fast Gets Even Faster with 56 GB/s of throughput

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Tom's Hardware · 10/31/2025 09:00 EDT

The HighPoint RocketAIC 7608AW is a boundary-pusher when configured with 8x8TB Samsung 9100 Pro SSDs. It’s super fast, but the consumer application is limited. Read more ›

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AMD decision to put RDNA 2 GPUs in maintenance mode could spell trouble for handheld gaming systems including ROG Xbox Ally — company backtracks on RX 7900 series USB-C functionality, but not on RDNA 2 support

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Tom's Hardware · 10/31/2025 08:25 EDT

AMD ended mainstream driver support for its RDNA 1 and 2 GPUs in a new update that sought to focus on the RX 7000 and 9000 series for day-one optimizations for new releases. This could mean trouble for handhelds that rely on tuning to achieve their full potential on Windows, and without AMD's driver to back them up, they might be left high and dry. Read more ›

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Mini PC maker Minisforum to hike prices, citing 'significant increase in our overall costs' — barebones models not affected, suggesting change caused by memory chip shortages

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Tom's Hardware · 10/31/2025 07:45 EDT

Minisforum is increasing the prices of its items that come with DDR5 memory and SSDs, although the cost of barebones products remains unchanged. Read more ›

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Veteran Windows insider creates Windows 7 install measuring just 69MB in size — system boots, but has been pruned so severely ‘virtually nothing can run’ for now

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Tom's Hardware 2 place · 10/31/2025 07:43 EDT

A bootable Windows 7 install that consumes a mere 69MB of disk space has been shared online. However, it isn't a very practical release, right now. Read more ›

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Bolt Graphics brings its RISC-V graphics cards to Ubuntu Summit — Zeus path tracing GPUs target film and animation industry

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Tom's Hardware · 10/31/2025 06:20 EDT

Bolt Graphics sent its Graphics Engineering Director to the Ubuntu Summit 25.10 to speak on the software behind its promising Zeus GPU lineup. Set to come in 2026, the Zeus GPU will be a RISC-V powered path-tracing giant, perfect for animators and VFX artists. Read more ›

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Colorful claims new BIOSes deliver 15% FPS boost in Battlefield 6 through extra-tight memory timings — fresh update also has a new "Moore" UI

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Tom's Hardware · 10/31/2025 06:00 EDT

Colorful's new BIOSes can get you a 15% FPS boost in BF6 Read more ›

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Strix Halo Radeon 8060S iGPU benchmarked in games, delivers butter-smooth 1080p performance —AMD's AI-focused Ryzen AI Max 395+ APU also excels at gaming

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Tom's Hardware · 10/31/2025 05:40 EDT

YouTuber tests AMD's flagship Ryzen AI Max 395+ APU in several games, and is astonished at the chip's gaming chops. Integrated 8060S iGPU delivers solid 60 FPS 1080p gaming performance in almost all titles tested. Read more ›

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Taiwan increases penalty for damaging undersea cables amid increased suspected sabotage attempts — offenders face up to 7 years in prison and $325,000 in fines

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Tom's Hardware · 10/31/2025 05:20 EDT

It would also require vessels to have automatic identification systems and make the undersea infrastructure easier to find with published mapping data. Read more ›

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TP-Link routers face potential U.S. ban over alleged China-related national security concerns — company "vigorously disputes" Department of Commerce's findings

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Tom's Hardware 1 place · 10/31/2025 05:00 EDT

Already under intense scrutiny for alleged ties to China, TP-Link, a now-U.S.-based and operated company is on the verge of being banned. In a new proposal concocted by the Department of Commerce, and backed by the Department of Justice, Defense and Homeland Security, TP-Link routers might no longer be allowed to be sold in America. Read more ›

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Samsung unleashes high-speed P9 Express microSD Express cards for the Switch 2 at highly competitive prices — 256GB and 512GB available for $54 and $99

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Tom's Hardware · 10/30/2025 14:33 EDT

Samsung finally launches the P9 Express microSD Express cards, available in 256GB and 512GB options, for Nintendo's latest Switch 2 handheld gaming console. Read more ›

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Ex-Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger praises cutting-edge Nvidia chip production with TSMC on US soil, despite Intel missing out — hails manufacturing milestone of US-based supply chain

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Tom's Hardware · 10/30/2025 13:41 EDT

Intel's ex-CEO, Pat Gelsinger, has praised the news that Nvidia's latest graphics chips are now in full production on American soil. Highlighting how important the silicon supply chain is for national security, he said that he hopes this will allow Nvidia to go harder and faster in its future developments, too. Read more ›

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