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Google signs $920M monthly compute deal with SpaceX — company’s projected annual data center revenue to exceed its combined proceeds from Starlink, launch services, and AI in 2025

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Tom's Hardware · 06/07/2026 08:45 EDT

Google's $920-million-a-month deal with SpaceX will let it secure 110,000 Nvidia GPUs starting October 2026. This is the second data center deal that SpaceX has secured in a matter of weeks, especially as it's quickly approaching its IPO on June 12, 2026. Read more ›

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RetroPad is a ‘full-feature-parity version of Notepad from XP’ in just 2,749 bytes — x86 assembly coded apps comes from Windows legend Dave W Plummer

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Tom's Hardware · 06/07/2026 08:20 EDT

A 'full-feature-parity version of Notepad' has been written in x86 assembly and it weighs in at under 3KB. Read more ›

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Russia’s new ‘Starlink‑Style’ Rassvet fleet loses its first satellite after weeks — Object 4 drops out of orbit but 15 others remain

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Tom's Hardware · 06/07/2026 08:00 EDT

Object 4, one of 16 satellites in the first operational batch of Russia's Rassvet broadband network, re-entered Earth's atmosphere on approximately June 6th. Read more ›

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Developer gets Half-Life running at 30 FPS on a Nokia N95 — proves 2007 phones can just about match 1998 PCs

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Tom's Hardware · 06/07/2026 07:33 EDT

Argentine developer Dante Leoncini has gotten the original Half-Life running at 30 FPS on a Nokia N95, the Symbian slider phone that launched in 2007. Read more ›

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AMD reaches almost 45% CPU share in the latest Steam Hardware Survey for Windows gaming PCs — Ryzen is steadily gaining ground against Intel's legacy domination

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Tom's Hardware · 06/07/2026 07:00 EDT

The latest Steam Hardware Survey is out and it's showing positive signs of growth for AMD, while Intel is unfortunately on a decline. The Red Team posted its best-ever CPU market share numbers in May 2026 with 45% of all CPUs on Windows being from AMD, while Intel is down to 55%, which is still more for now. Read more ›

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Elegoo Jupiter 2 Resin 3D Printer review: The giant returns for round two

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Tom's Hardware · 06/07/2026 07:00 EDT

Elegoo’s Jupiter 2 is a resin powerhouse with a large print area and 16K high-quality 3D printing at a reasonable price. Read more ›

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Ludicrous overclock slams 1.7 volts into 6700K in an attempt to stop CPU from bottlenecking an RTX 3080 — 5.2 GHz on aging four-core pushes GPU utilization from 60% to 74%

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Tom's Hardware · 06/07/2026 07:00 EDT

YouTuber challenges himself to alleviate a CPU bottleneck with a Core i7-6700K paired with an RTX 3080 through overclocking. Read more ›

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Intel adds iGPU-less mobile chips to Core 200H lineup — Raptor Lake-based Core 7 230H and Core 5 205H sport disabled graphics for small form factor desktop boards

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Tom's Hardware · 06/07/2026 06:00 EDT

Intel introduces two new Raptor Lake CPUs in its Core 200H series lineup featuring disabled integrated graphics chips. The new CPUs are likely geared towards SFF desktops rather than laptops and 2-in-1 devices. Read more ›

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AMD B650 expansion cards hit retail starting at $199 — add four M.2 PCIe 4.0 slots and 11 USB ports to any PC with a PCIe slot

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Tom's Hardware · 06/06/2026 12:29 EDT

A couple of new add-in cards exemplify the trend of slapping AMD's Promontory 21 chipset onto a card for extra I/O expansion. Read more ›

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Gaming soundbar can be hijacked from over 16 yards away without touch or pairing — the company allegedly refuses to label the blatant security flaw a cybersecurity risk

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Tom's Hardware · 06/06/2026 12:06 EDT

Security researcher Rasmus Moorats has demonstrated that Creative's Sound Blaster Katana V2X gaming soundbar can be hijacked over Bluetooth from up to 16 yards away. Read more ›

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Upgrade your PC with a 2TB PCIe 4.0 SSD, 750W power supply, and 240mm AIO for $300 — hardware bundle saves you nearly $200

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Tom's Hardware · 06/06/2026 11:33 EDT

Even though power supplies and CPU coolers have remained unaffected by the AI boom, storage costs have skyrocketed, which makes this deal even more lucrative. You're getting a blazing-fast 2TB SSD, a genuinely solid power supply, and a decent AIO that can help you stop worrying about the small things and focus on sourcing cheaper memory and GPUs. Read more ›

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$6000 semi-truck gaming rig just got a massive upgrade — cabin overhaul includes new racing bucket seat, pedals, and other accessories to level up their truck

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Tom's Hardware · 06/06/2026 11:22 EDT

The trucker worked with Conspit to install a new seat, pedals, and other parts and accessories to level up their already insane semi-truck sim rig. Read more ›

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The Floppy Disk patent was granted today in 1972 — when 80KB took up 8 inches and were really floppy

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Tom's Hardware · 06/06/2026 10:45 EDT

The patent application for the floppy disk was granted to two IBM engineers on this day in 1972. Read more ›

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Prusa Research goes full spectrum in anticipation of INDX

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Tom's Hardware · 06/06/2026 09:34 EDT

Prusa Research has announced a new open-source ColorMix engine for both PrusaSlicer and its web-based EasyPrint slicer. Read more ›

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Gigabyte Z890 Aorus Elite Wifi7 Plus Motherboard Review: Cost-conscious refresh board delivers (almost) all the fixens

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Tom's Hardware · 06/06/2026 09:13 EDT

At under $270, the Gigabyte Z890 Aorus Elite Wifi7 Plus is a worthwhile mainstream motherboard. Fast networking and ample storage options are just two of the highlights of this refreshed Z890 offering. Read more ›

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Lexar regional manager says that RAM prices are expected to double by the end of the year — 'discounts' and stabilized prices result from distributors getting rid of old stock or sourcing products from other regions

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Tom's Hardware · 06/06/2026 09:00 EDT

Industry insiders say that RAM prices will continue to go up in the next eight to nine months, as the memory chip crisis goes from bad to worse. While retailers make moves to temporarily reduce prices, these will eventually run out, so if you need to buy RAM, you should buy it now. Read more ›

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Taiwanese startup FormulaV Line wants to break into US market with two new unique cases — company expects products to become available on Newegg later this year

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Tom's Hardware · 06/06/2026 08:40 EDT

Taiwanese startup FormulaV Line wants to break into the U.S. market with these two new and unique cases. It also showed off a plethora of other components, including PSUs, cooling solutions, and even a gaming chair on the showfloor at Computex 2026. Read more ›

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G.Skill explains how AMD EXPO ULL unlocks additional performance — expanded profiles allow memory makers to include subtiming tweaks for the first time

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Tom's Hardware · 06/06/2026 08:20 EDT

AMD's EXPO Ultra Low Latency program, announced at Computex 2026, aims to give users a one-click route to lower memory latencies than its existing EXPO profiles Read more ›

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Huawei-led team claims it post-trained DeepSeek's 1.6-trillion-parameter model — 1,000 Ascend 910C chips used in training

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Tom's Hardware · 06/06/2026 08:00 EDT

A research group that includes Huawei Technologies says it completed full-parameter post-training of DeepSeek's V4-Pro, a 1.6-trillion-parameter model. Read more ›

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Unreleased RTX 3050 Ti engineering sample appears in photos and benchmarks — the RTX 3060 alternative that never happened

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Tom's Hardware · 06/06/2026 07:40 EDT

Hardware leaker shares photographs and benchmarks for Nvidia's GeForce RTX 3050 Ti desktop graphics card that was never released. Read more ›

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