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Microsoft will force install the Copilot AI app for users with desktop versions of 365 apps like Word and Excel — coming October, with no way to opt out for personal users

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Tom's Hardware · 09/16/2025 08:53 EDT

Microsoft 365 users will now have Copilot installed on their systems, whether they like it or not. Read more ›

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Nvidia's unreleased 'GTX 2080 Ti' surfaces online with 12 GB VRAM and 384-bit memory bus — engineering sample has better specs than the final retail 'RTX' version

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Tom's Hardware · 09/16/2025 08:42 EDT

A purported engineering sample for Nvidia's RTX 2080 Ti has surfaced online, except it's a "GTX" 2080 Ti with 12 GB VRAM and upgraded specs across the board. The card still has its RT cores and performs similarly to a regular 2080 Ti. It was discovered by a Reddit user who was repairing the GPU for a friend, and now it's been added to the TPU database, immortalizing it. Read more ›

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Intel Core Ultra 3 205 delivers impressive results in early review — reportedly surpasses previous-gen Core i3-14100 and Core i5-14400

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Tom's Hardware · 09/16/2025 08:33 EDT

Intel's Core Ultra 3 205 has impressed in early testing, with decent performance scores surpassing previous Intel budget picks. Read more ›

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Nvidia's China-exclusive RTX 6000D reportedly gets lukewarm reception in China due to hobbled performance — could leave Nvidia with huge backlog of unwanted GPUs

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Tom's Hardware · 09/16/2025 07:20 EDT

Nvidia may struggle to sell the reported two million RTX6000D Chinese GPUs it's set to produce this year, as Chinese firms are showing lukewarm interest amidst ongoing trade negotiations and the uncertain future of Nvidia's B30A GPU. Read more ›

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Desktop GPU roadmap: Nvidia Rubin, AMD UDNA & Intel Xe3 Celestial

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Tom's Hardware · 09/16/2025 07:00 EDT

We put our thinking caps on to come up with a desktop CPU roadmap for all brands, with all of the expected details for what's to come for Nvidia, AMD, and Intel's next-generation architectures. Read more ›

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Start-up hails world's first quantum computer made from everyday silicon — fits in three 19-inch server racks and is touted as 'quantum computing's silicon moment'

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Tom's Hardware · 09/16/2025 06:45 EDT

A UK start-up says that it has built the world’s first full-stack quantum computer using the same silicon chip technology used in laptops and phones. Read more ›

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Rare Apple-1 with storied ownership could fetch over $300,000 at auction — unit housed in original wood case thought to be one of just nine surviving examples

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Tom's Hardware · 09/16/2025 06:37 EDT

A rare Apple-1 housed in its original wooden case is expected to fetch more than $300,000 at auction. Read more ›

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Google terminates 200 AI contractors — 'ramp-down' blamed, but workers claim questions over pay and job insecurity are the real reason behind layoffs

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Tom's Hardware · 09/16/2025 06:21 EDT

Google has fired over 200 AI response rating contractors as part of what it claims is a "ramping down" of that role. They join hundreds of other low-paid AI workers who have been let go at various AI developers in recent weeks. Read more ›

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Nvidia tipped to be TSMC's first 16A customer, ahead of Apple — Feynman GPUs could make full use of GAA transistors and backside power

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Tom's Hardware · 09/16/2025 06:17 EDT

Nvidia will be the first customer to use TSMC’s A16, a 1.6nm-class process that marries gate-all-around (GAA) transistors with backside power delivery. Read more ›

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Researchers embed digital 'fingerprints' into 3D printed parts — tech may make future ghost guns more traceable

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Tom's Hardware · 09/16/2025 06:00 EDT

Washington University researchers have developed a way to embed traceable fingerprints into 3D printed objects, which could make it easier to track ghost guns in the future. Read more ›

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China's entry-level GPU with AMD RX 550-level of performance is ready for tapeout — Loongson 9A1000 is finally off the drawing board and headed to fabs

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Tom's Hardware · 09/15/2025 14:19 EDT

Chinese manufacturer Loongson Technology has completed development on the company's 9A1000 graphics card, and it's ready for tapeout. Read more ›

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ASRock's revamped AI Quickset WSL virtualization tool makes it easy to run Linux AI apps on Windows

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Tom's Hardware · 09/15/2025 14:01 EDT

ASRock has developed a new iteration of its AI Quickset tool that provides users with an automated method of deploying Linux-based AI models on Windows with the help of virtualization. Read more ›

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Is Borderlands 4 the new Crysis? Official GPU setting recommendations peg 4K performance with the RTX 5090 at 60 FPS, with DLSS and frame generation enabled

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Tom's Hardware · 09/15/2025 12:28 EDT

Borderlands 4’s official recommended graphics settings point to steep GPU requirements across resolutions, raising concerns over optimization. Read more ›

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Intel Arc A750 prototype spotted with 16GB VRAM — Engineering sample made by Gunnir sports sticker claiming a 512-bit memory bus

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Tom's Hardware · 09/15/2025 12:01 EDT

A new engineering sample for the Intel Arc A750 has just surfaced with 16 GB of VRAM, double the memory that was in the standard A750. It also has dual 8-pin power connectors and somehow a 512-bit memory bus. The prototype is made by Gunnir and it works when connected to a computer, just like any other GPU. Read more ›

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Engineer creates ‘blazingly fast’ web server powered by a disposable vape — 'VapeServer' powered by 24 MHz Arm chip with 24 kilobytes of flash, 3KB of SRAM

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Tom's Hardware · 09/15/2025 11:53 EDT

Engineer and origami artist Bogdan Ionescu has created a web server that runs on a disposable vape. Read more ›

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Expect HDD, SSD shortages as AI rewrites the rules of storage hierarchy — multiple companies announce price hikes, too

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Tom's Hardware · 09/15/2025 11:37 EDT

The computing market is absolutely ablaze with growth, and what's driving it is AI, of course. The most common headlines on this topic tend to revolve around GPUs, but the storage market is under heavy pressure as well — especially hard drive vendors who purportedly haven't done much to increase manufacturing capacity in a decade. The AI hardware crunch is hitting storage as well as GPUs. Sources say lead times... Read more ›

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Samsung's 4TB 990 Evo Plus SSD drops to a new all-time low of 5 cents per gigabyte — speedy and spacious drive drops to $199 at B&H

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Tom's Hardware · 09/15/2025 10:56 EDT

Hitting a new low price of $199 at B&H for 4TB, Samsung's 990 EVO Plus is a fast mainstream drive at a great price. Read more ›

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Save up to a whopping $1500 on Corsair gaming PCs

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Tom's Hardware · 09/15/2025 10:31 EDT

If you are looking for your first gaming PC or are wanting to upgrade you’ll be glad to hear that right now customers can save up to $1500 on Corsair gaming PCs. Read more ›

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Wearable mouse designed to deliver precision with no flat surface required — 'Finger Maus' uses '80% less plastic' than a typical mouse

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Tom's Hardware · 09/15/2025 09:02 EDT

Finger Maus is claimed to improve on your typical deskbound mouse in several ways - as a lightweight, comfortable, accurate and eco-friendly wireless pointing device. Read more ›

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I built a configurable ADB-to-USB adaptor to use a vintage 1990 Apple keyboard with modern Windows and USB — modern keyboards and magnetic switches can't compete with Alps

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Tom's Hardware · 09/15/2025 09:00 EDT

I satisfied my retro 1990s keyboard longings by building an Apple ADB to USB converter with a handful of cheap components and some cool configurable firmware. Read more ›

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