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Save $500 on this beastly gaming rig with an RTX 5060 Ti 16GB, Ryzen 7800X3D, and 32GB of RAM — Skytech's desktop gaming PC now just $1,499

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Tom's Hardware · 06/13/2026 10:29 EDT

Looking for a solid gaming PC but tired of seeing exorbitant prices on every retailer's website? We've got you covered with this prebuilt, equipped with high-quality components ready for 1440p gaming and more, with a clear upgrade path once prices settle down. 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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Intel opens pop-up stores across five cities featuring AI PCs from laptop manufacturers — we stopped by the NYC store, and one visitor in Munich found Panther Lake

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Tom's Hardware · 10/30/2025 13:11 EDT

Intel opens pop-up stores in New York City, London, Munich, Paris, and Seoul to show off some of its latest laptop tech. Read more ›

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LG's 32-inch, 4K OLED gaming monitor falls to $799 — dual-mode display is $500 off

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Tom's Hardware · 10/30/2025 12:22 EDT

Big and glossy, LG's 32-inch OLED UltraGear 32GX850A-B gaming monitor enjoys a $500 discount. Read more ›

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Police bust chip counterfeiting outfit in China, fakes may have made it into PC hardware — GPUs, motherboards, and power supplies potentially impacted by Infineon and TI fakes

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Tom's Hardware · 10/30/2025 12:04 EDT

Shenzhen authorities have dismantled a counterfeit chip operation that allegedly sold reclaimed and rebranded integrated circuits as premium imports from Infineon and others. Read more ›

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Asus' first-ever ROG AI gaming router costs as much as a mini PC and has the specs to match — device boasts quad-core CPU, 4GB of RAM, and 32GB of storage for $899

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Tom's Hardware · 10/30/2025 11:57 EDT

The Asus ROG Rapture GT-BE19000AI router integrates an NPU to make your network way smarter. Read more ›

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New AMD driver snubs Radeon RX 5000, 6000 GPUs with latest updates — also disables USB-C functionality on RX 7900 series

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Tom's Hardware · 10/30/2025 11:04 EDT

The latest AMD Radeon graphics driver skips older GPUs for feature updates and drops functionality from last-gen flagships. Read more ›

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$2,000 PC Build Spotlight: Rising Phoenix

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Tom's Hardware · 10/30/2025 09:00 EDT

The Rising Phoenix build is the first in a series of new builds at Tom's Hardware. Featuring an AMD 7800X3D, AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT, built into a gorgeous Phanteks Evolv X2, and some leather as a creative touch, this is a unique machine at under $2000. Read more ›

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Ambitious enthusiasts buy entire Boeing 747 cockpit in race to build flight simulator — three-month project recreates gauges, dials, and other mechanical instruments for X-Plane sim

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Tom's Hardware · 10/30/2025 08:33 EDT

A group of flight sim enthusiasts bought an old Boeing 747 cockpit to convert it into the ultimate flight sim setup. Read more ›

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Elon Musk says idling Tesla cars could create massive 100-million-vehicle strong computer for AI — 'bored' vehicles could offer 100 gigawatts of distributed compute power

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Tom's Hardware · 10/30/2025 08:18 EDT

During Tesla’s Q3 2025 earnings call, the firm’s CEO, Elon Musk, proposed that the cars take part in 'a giant distributed inference fleet' to tap into their incredible compute power "if they are bored." Read more ›

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U.S. and China agree on one-year tariff truce, including semiconductor and rare earth breakthroughs — the future of Nvidia AI chip sales to the nation remains murky

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Tom's Hardware · 10/30/2025 06:47 EDT

President Trump and Xi Jinping have agreed a one-year tariff truce. Read more ›

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OpenAI's Microsoft contract negotiation is a necessary step toward a future IPO — Altman's goal is to build 30 gigawatts of compute infrastructure, valued at $1.4 trillion

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Tom's Hardware · 10/30/2025 06:16 EDT

Microsoft and OpenAI have finalised the wording of their working relationship for the next five years and beyond. This brings to a close the negotiations which had held up major investments from Softbank, as well as OpenAI's for-profit restructuring. Read more ›

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QNAP's new NAS brings exotic data center 'ruler' SSDs into your house — massive ES.1 form factor SSDs for up to 19.2TB of storage for $4,399

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Tom's Hardware · 10/30/2025 06:00 EDT

QNAP launches TBS-h574TX all-flash NASbook with pre-installed 9.6TB or 19.2TB of enterprise E1.S storage. Read more ›

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Australia's police to use AI to decode criminals' emoji slang to curb online crime — "crimefluencers" will be decoded and translated for investigators

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Tom's Hardware · 10/30/2025 05:40 EDT

Australia's police are looking to build an AI tool that would detect and interpret emoji slang online in an effort to curb crime among bad actors in hateful communities, dubbed "crimefluencers." The AI will understand the difference between harmless lingo and coded messages to help police combat violent crime. Read more ›

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WD launches investigation into problems with its controversial SMR hard drives — same drives that got WD sued in 2021 now reporting failure rates due to 'fundamental' flaws

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Tom's Hardware · 10/30/2025 05:20 EDT

Western Digital Blue and Red HDDs from 2020 that use SMR technology are experiencing enough failures to prompt an investigation from WD itself. These same drives, which included SMR without telling customers, resulted in a class action lawsuit against WD in 2021. Read more ›

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3D-printed full-auto bullpup 'ghost guns' can now be made for a couple of hundred dollars — designs have evolved dramatically outside the U.S.

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Tom's Hardware · 10/30/2025 05:00 EDT

3D-printed gun designs evolve and can print a full-auto bullpup for $200 Read more ›

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Huge Microsoft outage hit 365, Xbox, and beyond — deployment of fix for Azure breakdown rolled out

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Tom's Hardware · 10/29/2025 13:10 EDT

There's another AWS outage. Read more ›

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