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How to watch Nvidia GTC 2025 keynote — Jensen Huang shares the latest in AI and beyond

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Tom's Hardware · 10/28/2025 10:31 EDT

Nvidia is hosting GTC and its keynote to reveal what's next in agentic AI, robotics, and accelerated computing. Read more ›

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OpenAI calls on U.S. to build 100 gigawatts of additional power-generating capacity per year — says electricity is a 'strategic asset' in AI race against China

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Tom's Hardware · 10/28/2025 10:22 EDT

OpenAI has called on the US to build out more power-generating infrastructure, claiming that it is needed to help provide the backbone for the AI race the US is now in with China. With enormous infrastructure projects planned, it wants the US to build an additional 100 gigawatts of new energy capacity every year. Read more ›

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Korea's cardboard drones address UAV shortages and climate crisis — inspired by the Ukraine war, drone inventor looked for the most easily sourced and repairable materials

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Tom's Hardware · 10/28/2025 10:16 EDT

The AirSense UAV drone is constructed from eco-friendly packaging boards and paper fiber. Read more ›

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Save up to 43% off a new Bambu Lab 3D printer in their Black Friday sale — massive savings on 3D printers and accessories beginning today

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Tom's Hardware · 10/28/2025 09:32 EDT

Save on some of the best 3D printers in Bambu Lab's Black Friday sale Read more ›

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PNY's speedy PCIe 5.0 SSD with 14.9 GB/s speeds starts at $125 — the first Phison E28-powered drive to reach the retail market

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Tom's Hardware · 10/28/2025 08:30 EDT

PNY launches the CS3250, a PCIe 5.0 SSD with speeds up to 14.9 GB/s at a starting price of $125.99 Read more ›

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Server DRAM prices surge up to 50% as AI-induced memory shortage hits hyperscaler supply — U.S. and Chinese customers only getting 70% order fulfillment

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Tom's Hardware · 10/28/2025 08:22 EDT

The DRAM supply chain is choking, and server memory is taking the first hit, with major U.S. and Chinese hyperscalers now receiving just 70% of the server DRAM they order. Read more ›

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SanDisk Extreme Pro with USB4 (2 TB) review: Bursty USB4 speed, but not great for pros

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Tom's Hardware · 10/28/2025 08:00 EDT

Can SanDisk’s Extreme Pro USB4 SSD compete with impressive options from Corsair and LaCie? We ran the drive through our benchmark suite to find out. Read more ›

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Nearly 90% of Windows Games now run on Linux, latest data shows — as Windows 10 dies, gaming on Linux is more viable than ever

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Tom's Hardware 2 place · 10/28/2025 07:26 EDT

The latest data shows that almost 90% of Windows games now run on Linux. Read more ›

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RTX 4090 laptop GPU gets 20% performance boost after shunt mod, beats the mobile RTX 5090, on average — reduced resistance boosts power to 240W

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Tom's Hardware · 10/28/2025 06:45 EDT

A user on Reddit shunt-modded their Zephyrus M16's RTX 4090 laptop GPU, which led to a 20% bump in performance compared to stock, while even beating RTX 5090 mobile on average. This was achieved by just stacking one resistor atop the existing one to trick the GPU into consuming way more power than it thinks it is. Read more ›

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Unlucky buyer purchases external Seagate HDD, gets an SD card glued inside a plastic shell

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Tom's Hardware · 10/28/2025 06:30 EDT

An unfortunate user on Reddit bought a 1TB Seagate Backup Plus Slim external hard drive, only to find out that they've been scammed. Inside the enclosure was an SD card for storage, with metal blocks attached to a fake weight. Read more ›

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SK hynix unveils AI NAND strategy, including gargantuan petabyte-class QLC SSDs — ultra-fast HBF and 100M IOPS SSDs also in the pipeline

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Tom's Hardware · 10/28/2025 06:18 EDT

SK hynix introduced its AI NAND lineup — AIN D, AIN P, and AIN B — at the 2025 Global Summit, outlining a new strategy to deliver high-density, high-performance, and high-bandwidth storage tailored for AI servers and workloads. Read more ›

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China builds brain-mimicking AI server the size of a mini-fridge, claims 90% power reduction — BI Explorer 1 packs in 1,152 CPU cores and 4.8TB of memory, runs on a household power outlet

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Tom's Hardware · 10/28/2025 06:00 EDT

China's GDIIST research institute has announced the development and soon release of the BIE-1, an AI supercomputer inspired by the operation of the human brain. This neuromorphic computing tech is one of the first standalone, non-rack-based brain-based computers we've ever seen. Read more ›

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Intel's revolutionary 54-year-old 4004 chip was the world's first programmable microchip — 2,300-transistor 10,000nm processor exposed

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Tom's Hardware · 10/28/2025 05:30 EDT

A CPU collector/enthusiast has taken the top off of an Intel 4004 processor and taken pictures of the chip's insides, showing the 10,000nm chip in all its glory. Read more ›

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Scientists claim you can't see the difference between 1440p and 8K at 10 feet in new study on the limits of the human eye — would still be an improvement on the previously-touted upper limit of 60 pixels per degree

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Tom's Hardware · 10/28/2025 05:00 EDT

Researchers at the University of Cambridge and Meta Reality Labs have conducted a new study on just how many pixels the human eye can take in at certain distances, and determined it's fewer than we might think. They claim in their results that it means most humans wouldn't be able to tell the difference between 1440p and 4K on a 50-inch screen at 10 feet distance. Read more ›

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Battlefield 6's long-awaited battle royale mode officially drops tomorrow, October 29 — "RedSec" will be free to play across PC and console

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Tom's Hardware · 10/27/2025 19:43 EDT

EA announced a battle royale mode was in development for Battlefield 6 a while ago, and now we know what it'll be called. RedSec releases tomorrow, alongside the game's first season update, and it will be completely free to play. More details will be revealed tomorrow, but we already know that RedSec will feature an insta-kill zone system, far less lenient than any other game. Read more ›

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Tom's Hardware · 10/27/2025 18:13 EDT

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Jet engine shortages threaten AI data center expansion as wait times stretch into 2030 — the rush to power AI buildout continues

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Tom's Hardware · 10/27/2025 13:53 EDT

The greatest threat to AI datacenter expansion in 2026 might not be compute, land, or capital, but jet engines, as hyperscalers face multi-year waits for turbines earmarked for AI deployments. Read more ›

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U.S. Department of Energy and AMD cut a $1 billion deal for two AI supercomputers — pairing has already birthed the two fastest machines on the planet

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Tom's Hardware · 10/27/2025 13:50 EDT

U.S. DoE and AMD cut a $1 billion deal for two AI supercomputers. Read more ›

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Qualcomm unveils AI200 and AI250 AI inference accelerators — Hexagon takes on AMD and Nvidia in the booming data center realm

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Tom's Hardware · 10/27/2025 13:31 EDT

Qualcomm has unveiled its AI200 and AI250 rack-scale AI inference solutions relying on data center-grade Hexagon NPUs with near-memory computing, micro-tile inferencing, and confidential computing support. Read more ›

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AMD rebrands Ryzen 7035, 7020 series mobile processors — Zen 2 and Zen 3+ chips receive new identities

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Tom's Hardware · 10/27/2025 13:13 EDT

AMD has rebranded its Ryzen 7035 (Rembrandt-R) and Ryzen 7020 (Mendocino) series of mobile processors. Read more ›

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