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Dutch Nexperia takeover saga partly driven by CEO misappropriating $200 million to rescue failing private interests, court records show — U.S. diplomatic pressure may also have played a role

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Tom's Hardware · 10/16/2025 07:39 EDT

The Dutch government's decision to take over control of Dutch chip manufacturer, Nexperia, wasn't just driven by its desire to retain the company's technology within the bounds of the EU and the Netherlands. The CEO is alleged to have tried to use company funds to make purchase orders at his private, unaffiliated companies. Read more ›

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Tachyum's 'general-purpose' Prodigy chip delayed again — now with 256 cores per chiplet and a $500 million purchase order from EU investor

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Tom's Hardware · 10/16/2025 05:00 EDT

Tachyum upgrades its Prodigy to 256 cores and announced and fresh funding for its AI and HPC processor, but admitted the chip has not yet been taped out or finalized, so the project remains far from production despite years of delays. Read more ›

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Mint Mobile launches 5G home internet service — 415 Mbps MINTernet plans start as low as $30 per month for unlimited data

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Tom's Hardware · 10/15/2025 11:07 EDT

MINTernet runs on T-Mobile’s nationwide 5G wireless network Read more ›

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Apple launches new 14-inch MacBook Pro with M5 chip — boasts 2x SSD speeds and increased GPU performance for AI over M4

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Tom's Hardware · 10/15/2025 10:42 EDT

Apple's MacBook Pro lineup is getting a refresh, with the 14-inch model now equipped with the company's new M5 chip. Most of the specs remain unchanged, but so does the price, and the main focus is on AI improvements under the hood with M5. It's up to 3.5x more powerful in AI workflows, while still carrying a 24-hour battery. Read more ›

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Apple unveils M5 chip with 10-core CPU and 10-core GPU — company says 3nm chip offers 4x peak GPU performance over M4 for AI, 45% graphics uplift

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Tom's Hardware · 10/15/2025 10:18 EDT

Apple just announced the arrival of the 5th-generation Apple Silicon, with the 14-inch MacBook Pro, iPad Pro, and Apple Vision Pro among the first devices to get it. Read more ›

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ASML is prepared for China's rare-earth export controls — finance head says company has stock thanks to long lead times

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Tom's Hardware · 10/15/2025 09:38 EDT

ASML's finance head, Roger Dassen, said the company has sufficient rare-earth reserves to keep production running despite China's new export-control regime that kicks in on December 1 and can halt shipments of rare earth materials across the world. Read more ›

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Groups including BlackRock, Microsoft, Nvidia, and xAI join forces to acquire Aligned Data Centers — $40B deal delivers 5GW of operational and planned data center capacity

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Tom's Hardware · 10/15/2025 09:37 EDT

Microsoft, Nvidia, and xAI partner with asset management firm BlackRock under AIP to make massive investments in data center infrastructure. Read more ›

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SpaceX shows off massive new V3 Starlink satellites — expanded technology will deliver gigabit internet to customers for the first time and enable 60 Tera-bits-per-second downlink capacity

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Tom's Hardware · 10/15/2025 09:06 EDT

Much larger and heavier V3 satellites set to boost Starlink connectivity to gigabit speeds. Deployment begins early next year. Read more ›

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Asus ROG Xbox Ally X review: Getting a grip on Windows gaming

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Tom's Hardware · 10/15/2025 09:00 EDT

The Asus ROG Xbox Ally X excels in ergonomics and has a full-screen Xbox UI that is easy to use with a controller. Read more ›

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MSI fervently denies RTX 5090 sales in China after pallets of illicit GPUs spotted in the country — company says it has identified 'unauthorized distribution unrelated to our sales policy'

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Tom's Hardware 3 place · 10/15/2025 08:56 EDT

Pallets of RTX 5090 GPUs from MSI had been spotted on Reddit a few days ago, sparking concern and curiosity over export controls. The White House has barred China from receiving most high-end GPUs, so these cards arrived via illegal channels, as MSI clarifies and denies any involvement in a press release. Read more ›

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S&P 500 companies totalling $20 trillion in market cap have medium-to-high AI exposure — concerns of an impending bubble collapse extend to almost half of the index

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Tom's Hardware · 10/15/2025 08:44 EDT

Investors are keeping a close eye on potential signs of the AI industry reaching the point of bursting its inflated bubble, as it's revealed that almost half of all the largest companies on the S&P 500 have medium-to-high exposure to AI. The risks associated with the industry collapsing under its own weight are greater than ever. Read more ›

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Samsung M9 M90SF 32-inch OLED Smart Monitor review: A dual-mission monitor for gaming and TV

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Tom's Hardware · 10/15/2025 08:00 EDT

The Samsung M9 M90SF is a 4K TV and gaming monitor in one. With 165 Hz and Adaptive-Sync, it offers TV Plus Streaming apps featuring HDR10, HDR10+, and a wide gamut of colors, making it a great personal TV for small spaces. Read more ›

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Asus' accomplished ROG Azoth is just $155 thanks to this 44% Amazon discount — get your hands on this 'almost perfect' wireless gaming keyboard for less

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Tom's Hardware · 10/15/2025 07:47 EDT

Cheaper than ever before, get an Asus ROG Azoth keyboard for just $155 with this 44% Amazon discount. Read more ›

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Commodore needles Microsoft over end of Windows 10, tries to lure disgruntled users to its Linux-based OS Vision 3.0 — 'Microsoft may be leaving you behind. We Won't.'

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Tom's Hardware · 10/15/2025 07:06 EDT

Hesitating about the move to Windows 11? Part of you wants to upgrade to Commodore OS Vision 3.0. Read more ›

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Samsung joins Nvidia's NVLink Fusion program to produce custom AI chips — additional Spectrum-X platform to be deployed by Meta and Oracle for data center use

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Tom's Hardware · 10/15/2025 06:33 EDT

The partnership brings Samsung Foundry into Nvidia’s high-speed interconnect ecosystem, expanding NVLink’s reach beyond TSMC and deepening Nvidia’s control over AI system design. Read more ›

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Frore's new LiquidJet coldplates are equipped to handle the spiralling power demands of future AI GPUs — built to handle up to 4.4Kw TDPs, solution could be deployed in power-hungry Feynman data centers

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Tom's Hardware · 10/15/2025 05:43 EDT

Frore Systems's LiquidJet coldplate uses semiconductor-style metal wafer fabrication and 3D short-loop jet microstructures to double cooling density and cut pressure loss fourfold, setting the stage for multi-kilowatt AI GPUs. Read more ›

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Ber8auer rigs up exotic spray cooling for Ryzen 7 9800X3D, but don't get excited just yet — supercomputer cooling method underperforms due to partial IHS coverage

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Tom's Hardware · 10/15/2025 05:37 EDT

Famous german overclocker Der8auer tests spray cooling, a cooling solution used in supercomputers, on a Ryzen 7 9800X3D with decent results. The chip was able to run through Cinebench R23 successfully without overheating. Read more ›

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DoJ seizes $15 billion in Bitcoin from Cambodian fraudster who ran 'pig butchering' scam using forced labor — accused could face 40 years in prison following department's biggest ever crypto confiscation

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Tom's Hardware · 10/15/2025 05:27 EDT

The DoJ has seized $15 billion in Bitcoin, thought to be proceeds from a 'pig butchering' scam run from forced-labor compounds in Cambodia. Read more ›

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Adata chairman says AI datacenters are gobbling up hard drives, SSDs, and DRAM alike — insatiable upstream demand could soon lead to consumer shortages

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Tom's Hardware · 10/15/2025 05:24 EDT

Adata chairman says AI datacenters are gobbling up all memory and storage. Read more ›

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This 'gaming PC' is actually a Bluetooth speaker — replica pumps out the jams with faux dual GPUs, liquid cooling, and RGB

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Tom's Hardware · 10/15/2025 05:00 EDT

Edifier launches the Huazai New Cyber speaker, which looks like a compact gaming PC, for $210. Read more ›

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