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Linux Mint 22.2 ‘Zara’ released with native fingerprint support – also has a new syncing sticky note system

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Tom's Hardware · 09/04/2025 12:38 EDT

Linux Mint 22.2 ‘Zara’ has been released today, offering native fingerprint biometrics, an updated Sticky Notes app, and improved update management. Read more ›

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Grab this $179 Mini LED gaming monitor before it's gone — Woot puts 4.5-star, 165 Hz, quantum dot Cooler Master screen on clearance for $270 off its 2024 list price

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Tom's Hardware · 09/04/2025 12:13 EDT

Cooler Master's Tempest GP2711 is discounted 61%. Now, you can get a great Mini LED monitor from a reliable company for just $170 that offers OLED-like image quality without any of the worries. Read more ›

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China injects tens of billions of dollars in chipmaking tools, but it's easily more than a decade behind the market leaders — Here's why

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Tom's Hardware · 09/04/2025 12:06 EDT

China’s chip industry excels at mature nodes but remains at least a decade behind in advanced lithography. Read more ›

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Report says North Korea is also posting fake jobs to steal crypto — because using AI to get fake employees real jobs at US tech firms wasn't enough

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Tom's Hardware · 09/04/2025 12:00 EDT

North Korea is reportedly posting fake jobs in the cryptocurrency sector as part of a bid to steal applicants' crypto assets. Read more ›

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Intel’s old NAND plant in China is now officially registered as SK hynix after US imposes new sanctions that limit fab upgrades in China

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Tom's Hardware · 09/04/2025 11:33 EDT

According to Chinese registry filings, the plant's name officially changed to reflect its ownership by SK hynix on September 1. Read more ›

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AMD preps Mega Pod with 256 Instinct MI500 GPUs, Verano CPUs — Leak suggests platform with better scalability than Nvidia will arrive in 2027

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Tom's Hardware · 09/04/2025 10:52 EDT

First details about AMD's next-generation AI rack solution emerge: three racks, 64 compute racks, 256 Instinct MI500-series GPUs, 64 EPYC 'Verano' CPUs, 18 switch trays. Read more ›

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Bill Gates’ 48-year-old Microsoft 6502 BASIC goes open source

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Tom's Hardware · 09/04/2025 10:09 EDT

Microsoft BASIC for 6502 Microprocessor - Version 1.1 source code is now available on Github, under the MIT license. Read more ›

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Nvidia's next-gen AI chip could double the price of H20 if China export is approved — Chinese firms still consider Nvidia's B30A a good deal

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Tom's Hardware · 09/04/2025 09:45 EDT

Chinese companies are hungry for more computing power and are willing to pay for it. Read more ›

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Samsung's massive 49-inch ultrawide OLED gaming monitor is back down to its lowest ever price at Amazon

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Tom's Hardware · 09/04/2025 09:19 EDT

The Samsung Odyssey OLED G9 curved ultrawide gaming monitor originally launched at $1,599. Read more ›

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Seagate IronWolf Pro 30TB HDD Review: Seagate Drops the HAMR with the Biggest NAS Drive on the Market

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Tom's Hardware · 09/04/2025 08:00 EDT

The Seagate IronWolf Pro is a massive drive with a good warranty at an okay price. Read more ›

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Noctua's first AIO liquid cooler delayed to Q2 2026, company reveals new roadmap — cooler was originally slated for a Q1 2026 release

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Tom's Hardware · 09/04/2025 07:35 EDT

Noctua announced its first-ever mainstream AIO liquid cooler back at Computex earlier this year, where it said it would launch sometime in the first quarter of 2026. Now, thanks to an updated roadmap, we know that it's planned for Q2 2026. Noctua's AIO will be based on Asetek's G8 V2 pump design. Read more ›

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U.S. legislators want Nvidia to give American buyers 'first option' in AI GPU purchases before selling chips to other countries, including allies — GAIN AI Act debuts in defense spending bill

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Tom's Hardware · 09/04/2025 06:51 EDT

U.S. lawmakers have proposed the GAIN AI Act, a bill that would block exports of cutting-edge AI chips — like Nvidia's H100 and B300 — and require developers to prioritize American buyers before fulfilling foreign orders, even to allied nations. Read more ›

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New 3D-stacked memory tech seeks to dethrone HBM in AI inference — d-Matrix claims 3DIMC will be 10x faster and 10x more efficient

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Tom's Hardware · 09/04/2025 06:00 EDT

Santa Clara-based startup d-Matrix looks to replace HBM in AI inference with 3DIMC, or 3D digital in-memory-compute. The company's goals for the tech are to create a memory chip that is 10x more efficient and 10x faster than HBM in AI inference tasks. Read more ›

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Acer unveils Project Digits supercomputer featuring Nvidia's GB10 superchip with 128GB of LPDDR5x

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Tom's Hardware · 09/03/2025 14:19 EDT

Acer announces its own version of Project Digits, named the Veriton GN100 AI Mini Workstation, that comes with Nvidia's GB10 superchip, 128GB of LPDDR5x memory, and supports up to 4TB of NVMe storage. The system is designed for AI developers who want an AI accelerator that is fast and compact for local use. Read more ›

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Microsoft-backed research team builds hollow-core cable with lowest signal loss recorded in optical fiber

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Tom's Hardware · 09/03/2025 13:49 EDT

Researchers from Southampton spinout Lumenisity have built a hollow-core cable with what they claim is the lowest signal loss ever in any optical fiber. Read more ›

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New 3D printing process could improve superconductors — scientists use 3D-printed ink and heat to create record-breaking surface area

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Tom's Hardware · 09/03/2025 12:45 EDT

Scientists at Cornell have created a 3D printing process that can help improve superconductor performance with record-breaking surface area on compound superconductors. Read more ›

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Anycubic Kobra 3 V2 Review: Kobra Gets an Upgrade

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Tom's Hardware · 09/03/2025 12:00 EDT

Anycubic gives much needed tweaks to its color bedslinger. Read more ›

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Intel Panther Lake breaks cover in Acer Swift 16 AI — company also touts world's largest trackpad with stylus support

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Tom's Hardware · 09/03/2025 11:18 EDT

The Acer Swift 16 AI debuted at IFA with support for Intel's upcoming Panther Lake processors. Read more ›

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Despite whispers of a bubble, OpenAI is planning a gigawatt-scale data center in India

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Tom's Hardware · 09/03/2025 11:16 EDT

OpenAI is looking to ink closer ties with its second-largest customer market, India, with rumors that it is courting local officials in a bid to build one of the country's largest data centers for AI development and use. Read more ›

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Nvidia says its H100/H200 GPUs are not sold out, despite Jensen alluding otherwise during earnings call — company clarifies it has plenty of GPU supply

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Tom's Hardware · 09/03/2025 10:55 EDT

Nvidia has released a statement clarifying that its H100 and H200 GPUs are not sold out, saying that it can meet demand for every order. China-exclusive H20 GPUs also have no impact on existing production lines for Hopper AI accelerators. That's all fine and dandy, but Nvidia's own CEO said otherwise last week. Read more ›

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