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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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More than half of Battlefield 6 sales are from Steam, claim analysts — blockbuster shooter sells 6.5m units, generating an estimated $350 million in revenue

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Tom's Hardware · 10/16/2025 10:37 EDT

Battlefield's triumphant return to form has been met with an equally impressive launch record, with the latest title in the series moving over 6.5 million copies at its launch, across PC and console. EA has reportedly generated $350M+ in revenue, with 56.7% of that coming from PC, followed by PlayStation and Xbox. Read more ›

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TSMC posts record quarter results as skyrocketing AI and HPC demand drives two-thirds of revenue — company pulls in $33.1 billion

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Tom's Hardware · 10/16/2025 10:35 EDT

TSMC posted a record $33.1 billion in quarterly revenue driven by surging demand for AI and HPC processors, the ramp of Apple's latest SoCs, and the continued strength of advanced nodes. Read more ›

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PayPal crypto partner accidentally mints stablecoins worth double the world’s total GDP — Paxos undersells $300 trillion incident as an ‘internal technical error’

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Tom's Hardware · 10/16/2025 10:26 EDT

PayPal’s crypto partner, Paxos, accidentally minted $300 trillion PYUSD on Wednesday. Firm admits 'internal technical error.' Read more ›

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Tragic OceanGate Titan submersible’s $62 SanDisk memory card found undamaged at wreckage site — 12 stills and nine videos have been recovered, but none from the fateful implosion

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Tom's Hardware 3 place · 10/16/2025 09:02 EDT

Recovery teams working on the Titan submersible have found the vessel's specialist stills and video camera intact. Read more ›

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Nvidia’s RTX 5070 breaks the $500 barrier — MSI RTX 5070 Shadow 2X OC available for $499 on Amazon

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Tom's Hardware · 10/16/2025 09:01 EDT

Nvidia’s RTX 5070 just broke the $500 barrier, offering a sweet spot of performance and efficiency for 1440p gamers. Read more ›

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Microsoft wants you to talk to Windows 11 PCs again — Copilot gets 'conversational' input to complement your mouse and keyboard

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Tom's Hardware · 10/16/2025 09:00 EDT

Microsoft is going deep on AI with Windows 11, making voice a third input aside the keyboard and mouse with new wake words and additional features. Read more ›

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Lian Li Lancool 207 Digital review: The best on the market, now with a six-inch screen

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Tom's Hardware · 10/16/2025 09:00 EDT

Lian Li has refreshed the classic Lancool 207 PC case with a 6-inch front display. We’ve benchmarked this case using Intel’s i9-14900K for thermal testing. Read more ›

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Fantikk T1 Max Soldering Iron Review: Simplicity to the Max

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Tom's Hardware · 10/16/2025 08:00 EDT

Fantikk’s T1 Max soldering iron drops the OLED display from smart soldering irons, but it doesn’t drop the ball when it comes to simplicity. Read more ›

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Microsoft Surface and data center production to be moved out of China by 2026, claims report — components, parts, and assembly of laptops and servers moving to counter trade war uncertainty

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Tom's Hardware · 10/16/2025 07:47 EDT

Sources say that Microsoft is telling its suppliers to find non-China alternatives for its Surface and data center production. Read more ›

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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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