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The best cheap tech you can grab this Amazon Prime Day — 13 bargains under $13 to improve your tech life

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Tom's Hardware · 10/06/2025 07:27 EDT

We've scoured Amazon Prime Day sales pages and found these 13 products that won't hurt your wallet too much Read more ›

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OpenAI and AMD announce multibillion-dollar partnership — AMD to supply 6 gigawatts in chips, OpenAI could get up to 10% of AMD shares in return

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Tom's Hardware · 10/06/2025 07:23 EDT

AMD and OpenAI have announced a multibillion-dollar partnership to collaborate on AI data centers powered by AMD chips. Read more ›

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Incessant gamer reaches fabled edge of Minecraft map after more than 14 years — has been walking towards mythical 'Far Lands' at the edge of the map since 2011, covering 12,500km in-game

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Tom's Hardware 1 place · 10/06/2025 07:00 EDT

A YouTuber and Twitch streamer finally reached Far Lands, the mythical 'edge' of early builds of Minecraft, after more than 14 years of in-game walking. Read more ›

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Japanese tech giant deploys laser drones to protect chickens — drones are hoped to prevent the spread of avian flu

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Tom's Hardware · 10/05/2025 11:52 EDT

NTT has designed a laser drone system to protect poultry farms from potential spreaders of avian flu. Read more ›

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Save over $1,200 on a RTX 4060 gaming laptop during Prime Day — pay less than half the normal price for the MSI Raider GE68HX

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Tom's Hardware · 10/05/2025 11:21 EDT

Last year’s MSI Raider GE68HX combines solid performance and premium features, and at this price, it’s a steal. Read more ›

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Ukraine’s rotating barbed wire drone barriers discovered by Russians — motorized barriers tear and slice the fiber-optic lines that jam-proof drones leave in their trail

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Tom's Hardware · 10/05/2025 10:47 EDT

Remote controlled fiber optic-tethered drones may have met their match with a new Ukrainian innovation. Read more ›

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Nintendo Switch 2 supports two different types of Nvidia DLSS — A second, 'light' version for upscaling beyond 1080p, along with the standard, PC-like CNN model

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Tom's Hardware · 10/05/2025 10:40 EDT

Nintendo apparently includes two different versions of DLSS on the Switch 2, corroborating long-standing rumors of a custom DLSS present on the console. Digital Foundry's latest testing reveals that the second, 'light' version of DLSS can upscale beyond 1080p at the cost of an inferior image while in motion. Read more ›

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Bitcoin rockets to all-time high of over $125,000 — rise fueled by increase in U.S. equities and interest in Bitcoin ETFs

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Tom's Hardware · 10/05/2025 09:51 EDT

Bitcoin just hit an all-time high of $125,000 due to a combination of investors seeking alternative assets and MegaWhales moving holdings to long-term storage. Read more ›

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Intel’s Core Ultra 5 225F is at an all-time low $170, making Arrow Lake more affordable ahead of Amazon's Prime Day sale

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Tom's Hardware · 10/05/2025 08:47 EDT

Intel’s entry-level Core Ultra 5 225F processor is now available for under $170, offering 10-core performance, PCIe 5.0 support, and an onboard NPU at a wallet-friendly price. Read more ›

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The age of silicon and software began 75 years ago with the patenting of the transistor

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Tom's Hardware · 10/05/2025 08:36 EDT

75 years ago, the three Bell Labs scientists behind the invention of the transistor would, at last, have the U.S. Patent in their hands. Read more ›

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OCuLink outpaces Thunderbolt 5 in Nvidia RTX 5070 Ti tests — latter up to 14% slower on average in gaming benchmarks

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Tom's Hardware · 10/04/2025 14:29 EDT

Independent tests confirm that while Thunderbolt 5 improves eGPU performance over Thunderbolt 4, OCuLink's direct PCIe connection delivers superior gaming and bandwidth results, although it remains impractical for most users. Read more ›

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Award-winning gaming keyboard reaches a historic low of $17 just before Prime Day — get 66% off on the Apex 3 TKL for a limited time

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Tom's Hardware · 10/04/2025 14:23 EDT

The SteelSeries Apex 3 TKL gaming keyboard is on sale for just $16.99 — a 66% discount from its $49.99 original price. Read more ›

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Microsoft reportedly mulls ad-infested free Xbox Cloud Gaming plan — Game Pass Ultimate subscriber allegedly catches ad during game loading

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Tom's Hardware · 10/04/2025 13:01 EDT

Microsoft is reportedly preparing to launch a new, ad-supported free tier of Xbox Cloud Gaming very soon. You'll have to watch two-minute ads before each session, which will be limited to one hour in duration. You get a total of five hours each month, and only a limited number of games will be available in this tier. Read more ›

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Hyper 212 Pro CPU air cooler drops to an all-time low of $18 just before Prime Day — save big with a 49% discount

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Tom's Hardware · 10/04/2025 11:41 EDT

Cooler Master's Hyper 212 Pro aRGB air cooler is on sale for half off, just before Amazon's Prime Big Deals Day, making it one of the most affordable tower-style CPU coolers available right now. Read more ›

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UK cops busted for faking productivity while working from home by holding down keys on keyboard — 26 officers and staff reportedly caught trying to trick keylogging software

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Tom's Hardware · 10/04/2025 11:17 EDT

Officers and staff are finding creative ways to trick the system. Read more ›

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One of the fastest 2TB PCIe 5.0 SSDs is down to its lowest price ever, 8 cents per gigabyte this Prime Day — Enjoy blazing-fast PCIe 5.0 storage for only $159

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Tom's Hardware · 10/04/2025 11:12 EDT

Crucial is offering its flagship 2TB T705 PCIe 5.0 SSD for just $160, this Prime Day. Utilizing Phison's E26 controller and 232-layer Micron TLC, the T705 achieves read and write speeds of 14.5 GB/s and 12.7 GB/s, respectively, backed by 1,200 TBW of endurance. It earned the Editor's Choice award in our review. Read more ›

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One of the fastest 2TB PCIe 5.0 SSDs is down to its lowest price ever, 8 cents per gigabyte this Prime Day — Enjoy blazing-fast PCIe 5.0 storage for only $159

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Tom's Hardware · 10/04/2025 10:13 EDT

Crucial is offering its flagship 2TB T705 PCIe 5.0 SSD for just $160, this Prime Day. Utilizing Phison's E26 controller and 232-layer Micron TLC, the T705 achieves read and write speeds of 14.5 GB/s and 12.7 GB/s, respectively, backed by 1,200 TBW of endurance. It earned the Editor's Choice award in our review. Read more ›

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Discord data hacked in latest customer service breach to expose user information — hackers gained access via third-party support systems but didn't steal passwords

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Tom's Hardware · 10/04/2025 08:49 EDT

Discord's support systems were recently compromised in a data breach, where hackers gained access to some user information via third-party service providers. The hackers intended to extort money from Discord by holding the data, but the company has already begun an investigation and severed the affected provider's access to its ticketing system. Read more ›

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Samsung’s QD-OLED 4K 240 Hz gaming monitors are now at their lowest-ever price for Prime Day — $879 for the 27-inch, $999 for the 32-inch

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Tom's Hardware · 10/04/2025 08:41 EDT

The new Odyssey G8 QD-OLEDs from Samsung bring flagship-grade visuals, 240 Hz smoothness, and advanced burn-in protection. Read more ›

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Ultra-rare unreleased Pentium 4 with 4.0 GHz clock speed discovered — CPU-Z confirms it is an Intel Pentium Extreme Edition 980

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Tom's Hardware 1 place · 10/04/2025 06:53 EDT

A rare Intel engineering sample from the twilight of the Pentium 4 era has surfaced on social media. Read more ›

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