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Telecom group to build new $116m undersea cable in the Black Sea, bypassing Russia — project set to connect Bulgaria, Georgia, Turkey, and Ukraine

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Tom's Hardware · 10/21/2025 10:01 EDT

The Vodafone Group and Vodafone Ukraine build a new undersea cable to connect Europe and Asia over the Black Sea. Read more ›

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Hyte X50 Case Review: rounded, colorful style meets excellent build quality

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Tom's Hardware · 10/21/2025 10:00 EDT

Hyte’s X50 delivers excellent build quality paired with a unique choice of colors and aesthetics, plus a tool-free design. Read more ›

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New Deepseek model drastically reduces resource usage by converting text and documents into images — 'vision-text compression' uses up to 20 times fewer tokens

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Tom's Hardware · 10/21/2025 09:04 EDT

Developers of the Chinese Deepseek artificial intelligence have found a novel way to reduce the number of tokens it uses, particularly when accessing memories. By converting blocks of text into images and leveraging visual processing rather than text parsing, the AI can reduce the number of tokens required by between seven and 20 times. Read more ›

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Crucial Pro Overclocking DDR5-6400 C32 2x16GB Review: Performance Through Optimization

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Tom's Hardware · 10/21/2025 09:00 EDT

Crucial has optimized its Pro Overclocking DDR5-6400 2x16GB memory kit with tighter timings. Can it finally compete with the other DDR5-6400 rivals? Read more ›

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CPU collector stitches 216 micrographs to create high resolution die shot of the legendary i8008 — Intel’s 54-year-old milestone 8-bit CPU seen like never before

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Tom's Hardware · 10/21/2025 08:25 EDT

A CPU collector has shared some fantastically detailed new images of Intel's first 8-bit processor. Read more ›

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Chinese memory maker reportedly preparing for $42 billion IPO — CXMT plans to go public in early 2026

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Tom's Hardware · 10/21/2025 08:18 EDT

CXMT is reportedly planning to go public, hoping to raise $2.5 to $6 billion in fresh funds. Read more ›

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Cherry's XTRFY M50 wireless gaming mouse gets 71% price cut to $19.99 all-time low — a great choice for a budget gaming or backup mouse

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Tom's Hardware · 10/21/2025 08:14 EDT

Pick up a quality little wireless gaming mouse from Cherry for a staggeringly low $19.99. The XTRFY M50 enjoys a 71% price cut at Amazon. Read more ›

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Nvidia's China presence hits zero, says CEO Jensen Huang, and companies are already working around it — Alibaba reduces reliance on H20 as U.S. and China division deepens

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Tom's Hardware · 10/21/2025 08:11 EDT

Alibaba Cloud has revealed a new GPU pooling system that slashed the number of Nvidia accelerators needed for large-scale inference by more than 80%. Read more ›

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Asus ROG Strix XG27AQDPG 27-inch 500 Hz OLED gaming monitor review: Amazing speed and glorious color

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Tom's Hardware · 10/21/2025 08:00 EDT

Asus pushes the speed benchmark higher with its first 500 Hz OLED, the ROG Strix XG27AQDPG. It’s a 27-inch QHD panel with Adaptive-Sync, ELMB, Quantum Dot color, HDR10 and over 500 nits of peak brightness. Read more ›

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Apple MacBook successfully runs an Nvidia GPU through USB4 using an external GPU docking station - Tiny Corp's coding wizardry unlocks Mac+Nvidia magic

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Tom's Hardware · 10/21/2025 07:00 EDT

AI-startup TinyCorp has successfully created Nvidia drivers for ARM-powered MacBooks that make them compatible with RTX 30-50 series GPUs through USB4 docking stations. Read more ›

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Starlink and Muon fuse space lasers and satellites to deliver ‘industry-first’ persistent optical connectivity in orbit — will enable 25 Gbps data transfer at distances up to 4,000km

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Tom's Hardware · 10/21/2025 07:00 EDT

Muon Space has announced that it has worked with Starlink to establish an 'industry-first [of] persistent optical connectivity in orbit.' Read more ›

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AMD's Krackan Point APUs tipped to arrive for desktop soon as Ryzen 9000G series — New AGESA code adds support for Ryzen AI 300 series in BIOS update

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Tom's Hardware · 10/21/2025 06:30 EDT

AMD might be on the verge of refreshing its more-than-a-year-old desktop APU lineup, the Ryzen 8000G, with new Krackan Point SKUs lifted straight from mobile. These APUs are built on Zen 5 architecture, using RDNA 3.5 graphics, and will offer a big jump in performance, paired with a 65W TDP. Read more ›

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Zotac's newest mini-PC picks a fight with the Mac Studio, claims to be world's smallest - crams desktop 5060 Ti 16 GB into a mere 2.65 liters

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Tom's Hardware · 10/21/2025 06:00 EDT

The Zotac Zbox Magnus EN275060TC includes a desktop-class RTX 5060 Ti in its 2.65-liter chassis. Read more ›

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'Diamond blanket' transistor cooling method delivers incredible success in testing, drops temps by 70C — micrometer-scale diamond layer grown directly on transistors reduces heat by 90%

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Tom's Hardware · 10/21/2025 05:30 EDT

A team at Stanford University has developed a new method of printing a micrometer-thin diamond layer directly onto semiconductors, directly coating transistors with incredible thermal dissipation. The Stanford team expects the tech to reach the U.S. government and beyond. Read more ›

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Atari just resurrected its most potent foe in the console wars from 45 years ago, the Intellivision Spirit — $149 console comes with 45 games, was brought into the Atari fold through IP acquisition last year

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Tom's Hardware · 10/21/2025 05:00 EDT

Atari has taken retro gamers by surprise with its announcement of the Intellivision Sprint- a console celebrating 45 years of its old foe. Read more ›

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Trump says Intel has made a 'fortune' and America has made $40 billion after the US invested in ailing chipmaker — Intel has gained $73 billion in market cap since investment

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Tom's Hardware · 10/21/2025 05:00 EDT

The U.S. government’s 10% stake in Intel, acquired in August, transformed a struggling chipmaker's fortunes into a $73 billion market share uptick while reinforcing America's national security and industrial sovereignty. Read more ›

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ASML launches revolutionary lithography scanner for advanced 3D chip packaging — Twinscan XT:360 machine quadruples throughput

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Tom's Hardware · 10/20/2025 22:19 EDT

ASML has introduced the Twinscan XT:260, the industry's first lithography scanner designed specifically for advanced 3D packaging, wedding front-end precision with back-end productivity to quadruple throughput, marking a new era of tools purpose-built for heterogeneous integration. Read more ›

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China says it has foiled a series U.S. cyberattacks on its critical infrastructure — Ministry of State Security says it has 'irrefutable evidence' NSA tried to cause 'international time chaos'

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Tom's Hardware · 10/20/2025 12:48 EDT

China’s Ministry of State Security has taken to social media to boast about foiling a series of cyberattacks it says were directed by the U.S. National Security Agency. Read more ›

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Microsoft let Asus set the prices for Xbox Rog Ally, confirms Xbox President — work on next-gen console hardware is already underway with AMD

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Tom's Hardware · 10/20/2025 10:44 EDT

Xbox President Sarah Bond has just confirmed that Microsoft relied on Asus' experience in handhelds to help determine the price of the Xbox Ally. The team at Xbox is confident and proud of the device, with sold-out preorders. Sarah also talks about how the next-gen Xbox console is also in the works with AMD as we speak. Read more ›

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Cooler Master Hyper 212 3DHP Review: Engineering better heatpipes, improving thermal efficiency

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Tom's Hardware · 10/20/2025 09:50 EDT

Cooler Master’s 3DHP heatpipes promise to be the biggest evolution for cooling in years. Do they deliver? We tested the Hyper 212 3DHP with AMD’s Ryzen 9 9950X to determine if Cooler Master’s heatpipes live up to the hype. Read more ›

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