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Supermicro co-founder pleads not guilty to smuggling billions of dollars of Nvidia servers to China — suspected smuggler released on $5 million bond

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Tom's Hardware · 04/03/2026 06:47 EDT

Super Micro Computer co-founder Yih-Shyan "Wally" Liaw pleaded not guilty on Wednesday in a Manhattan federal court. Read more ›

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Iran claims it has hit Oracle data center in Dubai, Amazon data center in Bahrain — country has threatened to attack Nvidia, Intel, and others, too

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Tom's Hardware · 04/03/2026 06:26 EDT

Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said on Thursday that it had hit a data center linked to Oracle in Dubai as part of its war against the U.S. and U.S. technology companies in the region. Read more ›

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The largest programming community on Reddit just banned all content related to AI LLMs — r/programming is prioritizing only high-quality discussions about AI

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Tom's Hardware · 04/03/2026 06:20 EDT

The r/programming subreddit has banned all discussions related to LLMs to foster a more thoughtful community that focuses on high-quality discourse around AI. Posts on AI are still allowed, but only if they're technical and contribute meaningfully instead of promoting things like vibe coding. LLM-generated content is also strictly no-go. Read more ›

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Asus $1,299 OLED gaming monitors are arriving with cracked panels for many buyers — cut-down packaging with no protection for the panel gets the blame

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Tom's Hardware · 04/03/2026 06:00 EDT

Multiple users report that the ROG Swift OLED PG32UCDM Gen3 (PG32UCDM3) gaming monitors are damaged in transit due to poor packaging. Read more ›

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America’s AI chip rules keep changing — and the rest of the world is paying the price

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Tom's Hardware · 04/02/2026 12:58 EDT

We interview experts, including Chris McGuire, senior fellow for China and emerging technologies at the Council on Foreign Relations, and former senior director in the U.S. National Security Coundil on the Trump Administration's shifting stance toward AI accelerator export control rules. Read more ›

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Artemis II astronaut finds two Outlook instances running on computers, call on Houston to fix Microsoft anomaly — puzzled caller describes ‘two Outlooks, and neither one of those are working’

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Tom's Hardware · 04/02/2026 12:11 EDT

'Two Microsoft Outlooks, and neither one of those are working,' complains Artemis II astronaut. Read more ›

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Denuvo has been broken, company promises countermeasures against new DRM bypasses — zero-day game releases become norm as security concerns mount over hypervisor-based bypass

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Tom's Hardware · 04/02/2026 11:41 EDT

Denuvo promises countermeasures against the recent hypervisor-based DRM bypasses Read more ›

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China's homegrown silicon suppliers gain traction as Nvidia struggles to get its chips into the market — Huawei, Cambricon and more step up to fill crucial market gap

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Tom's Hardware · 04/02/2026 11:26 EDT

Nvidia's market share in the Chinese data center market has shrunk, with a wealth of options coming from Huawei, Cambricon and more, bringing their total share up to 41%. Read more ›

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IBM spruces up its mainframes with new support for modern Arm workloads — firm teams up with Arm to run Arm workloads on IBM Z mainframes

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Tom's Hardware · 04/02/2026 11:07 EDT

Cloud-native AI and data intensive workloads coming to IBM Z and LinuxONE systems as IBM wants to make its machines more relevant for today's workloads. Read more ›

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Artemis II will use laser beams to live-stream 4K moon footage — one giant step beyond the S-band radio comms of the Apollo era

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Tom's Hardware · 04/02/2026 10:38 EDT

Brace yourselves for exciting high-resolution 4K footage live-streamed from the surface of the moon via NASA's cutting-edge O2O system. Read more ›

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Ubunto Linux raises minimum system requirements to 6GB of RAM — it was previously raised from 1GB to 4GB in 2018

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Tom's Hardware · 04/02/2026 09:15 EDT

The release notes for Ubuntu 26.04 LTS show that Canonical has quietly raised the minimum RAM requirement for its popular Linux-based operating system by 50%. Read more ›

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1Hz laptop display reportedly helps deliver outstanding 43-hour battery life on the XPS 14 during web browser use — beats the M5 MacBook Air by more than 28 hours in the same test

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Tom's Hardware · 04/02/2026 08:54 EDT

The Dell XPS 14 achieved battery life that's nearly three times as long as the M5 MacBook Air thanks to its 120Hz VRR display that can go as low as 1Hz. Read more ›

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GameStop NVMe SSD 2TB SSD Review: A surprisingly capable budget drive for the PS5

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Tom's Hardware · 04/02/2026 08:00 EDT

The GameStop NVMe SSD is a decent gamer-oriented drive with good performance and a nice heatsink at a reasonable price. SMI and Samsung hardware come together for a compelling package. Read more ›

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Save a massive $950 on this epic Alienware Area-51 gaming PC with an RTX 5090 and 9950X3D — grab this liquid-cooled 4K gaming powerhouse with 32GB DDR5 and a 2TB SSD for just $5,299 while you can

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Tom's Hardware · 04/02/2026 07:56 EDT

Grab this Alienware Area-51 gaming PC with performance that few can rival. It's on sale with a huge $950 discount right now, shipping with an RTX 5090, AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D, 32GB of RAM, and a 2TB SSD, all for only $5,299.99 Read more ›

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Amazing $490 Newegg combo includes an AMD Ryzen 5 9600X CPU, 16GB of G.Skill DDR5-6000 RAM, MSI Pro B850-S motherboard, and 240mm MSI MAG Coreliquid A13 AIO CPU cooler — all for under $500

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Tom's Hardware · 04/02/2026 07:02 EDT

Grab the core components of a new AM5 PC build for under $500. Newegg combo bundle includes a CPU, motherboard, RAM, and AIO CPU cooler. Read more ›

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Modders use jumper wires and a custom BIOS to save a damaged RTX 4090 from the trash — resurrected Nvidia gaming GPU loses 4GB of VRAM to overcome terminal PCB sagging

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Tom's Hardware · 04/02/2026 07:00 EDT

A YouTuber resurrects a damaged RTX 4090 with a bent PCB, using a custom BIOS to disable one of its memory channels, reducing its VRAM to 20GB but stabilizing it in the process. Read more ›

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Intel buys back 49% stake in Ireland Fab Joint Venture — takes full control over Fab 34

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Tom's Hardware · 04/02/2026 06:40 EDT

In a mutually beneficial deal, Intel repurchases 49% of Fab 34 from Apollo for $14.2 billion, reducing pressure on its margins, but paying a hefty $3 billion premium to the financial company. Read more ›

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Why Nvidia just poured $2 billion into AI ASIC competitor Marvell — NVLink Fusion turns into soft ecosystem lock-in

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Tom's Hardware · 04/02/2026 06:30 EDT

Nvidia has announced that it has invested $2 billion in Marvell and entered a partnership through NVLink Fusion. Read more ›

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Global semiconductor foundry market hit a record $320 billion in 2025 as TSMC pulled further ahead

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Tom's Hardware · 04/02/2026 06:20 EDT

The global semiconductor foundry market generated a record $320 billion in revenue in 2025, growing 16% year-over-year, according to Counterpoint Research's Foundry Market Supply Tracker. Read more ›

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Raspberry Pi flagship 500+ model now costs almost as much as a Mac Mini — firm Pi launches 3GB model to fight increasing DRAM prices

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Tom's Hardware · 04/02/2026 06:00 EDT

Raspberry Pi prices for various models have increased yet again, with the flagship 500+ 16GB model increasing by nearly 50% thanks to the DRAM shortage. Read more ›

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