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The award-winning Samsung 990 Pro 4TB SSD is only $279 — our favorite SSD drops to a great price

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Tom's Hardware · 08/17/2025 10:47 EDT

You can find the Samsung 990 Pro 4TB SSD over at Amazon for $279, one of its best prices to date and a great deal in general. Read more ›

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Microsoft Store change removes the ability to stop App updates — pausing automatic updates now limited to a 5-week duration

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Tom's Hardware · 08/17/2025 10:30 EDT

Microsoft wants to keep you safe by ensuring that you always update your apps. Read more ›

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The first commercial Compact Disc was created 43 years ago, today — nearly one billion CDs were shipped per year in early 2000's

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Tom's Hardware · 08/17/2025 10:00 EDT

Today marks 43 years since the first commercial compact disc (CD) pressing. Polygram in Germany is credited with pressing the first copies of Abba's The Visitors on this date, back in 1982. Read more ›

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Steam's new Performance Overlay is more accurate than Task Manager, says Valve — GPU utilization monitoring comes directly to Steam in latest client beta

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Tom's Hardware · 08/17/2025 08:55 EDT

Valve’s Steam Beta is testing an overlay that tracks GPU usage more accurately than Windows Task Manager, including multi-process games. Early rollout is inconsistent, but once stable, it could give gamers real-time, reliable performance stats without extra apps, rivaling tools like MSI Afterburner. Read more ›

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Nvidia's midrange GPUs through the years revisited — pitting the RTX 5070 versus the 4070, 3070 and 2070 in an all-encompassing gaming showdown

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Tom's Hardware · 08/17/2025 08:30 EDT

From the RTX 2070 to the 5070, Nvidia’s midrange GPUs show impressive leaps: 1080p ray tracing climbs from 56 to 130 FPS, while 4K performance grows from 36 to 107 FPS. The 4070 strikes the best balance of speed and efficiency, while the 5070 delivers raw power—though at a higher cost. Read more ›

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Is Wi-Fi bad for the environment? Eye-catching London ad suggests our digital habits are ‘damaging the climate’

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Tom's Hardware · 08/17/2025 08:15 EDT

The University of East London just put out an ad that seemingly says that Wi-Fi is bad for the environment, but it just wants you to look closer. Read more ›

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Asus ROG’s lavish RTX 5090 Dhahab Edition surfaces at a UAE retailer which offers worldwide shipping — currently discounted 11%, to $9,205

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Tom's Hardware · 08/17/2025 07:56 EDT

Asus’ gold-plated ROG Astral RTX 5090 Dhahab Edition has surfaced on UAE retailer Microless for $9,205 with global shipping, alongside the $2,589 RTX 5080 Dhahab Core. Both feature lavish Middle Eastern-themed designs, real 24K gold, and identical specs to their standard counterparts. Read more ›

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DIYer creates ‘RTX 5090 countermeasures’ with cabling spaghetti to mitigate 16-pin meltdowns — system automatically shuts down when the overcurrent protection is triggered

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Tom's Hardware · 08/16/2025 13:01 EDT

A DIY “RTX 5090 Countermeasures” system to prevent connector thermal damage implements a lot of wiring. Read more ›

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Intel's unannounced Core Ultra 7 254V Lunar Lake chip leaks out in new benchmarks — scores worse than entry-level Core Ultra 5 228V in early multi-core tests, but on par in single-core

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Tom's Hardware · 08/16/2025 12:24 EDT

A new Lunar Lake chips has leaked, the Core Ultra 7 254V, showing up on PassMark with middling multi-core benchmark scores that place it even below the base Core Ultra 5 228V. Single-core scores are on par with other Core Ultra 7 chips but we don't get any specs revelation. Read more ›

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Nvidia says H20 export controls didn’t stop China’s AI progress — claims 'they only stifled U.S. economic and technology leadership'

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Tom's Hardware · 08/16/2025 11:37 EDT

Nvidia shared an opinion piece by Aaron Ginn, co-founder of AI company Hydra Host, stating that despite the U.S.’s export controls on Nvidia’s H20 chips, China continued to achieve AI breakthroughs. Read more ›

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Get an RTX 5080 at MSRP — Yes, you read that right, Newegg has Zotac and MSI RTX 5080 GPUs at 'a discount' from their original prices

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Tom's Hardware · 08/16/2025 10:58 EDT

Both GPUs are currently available at Nvidia's original MSRP of $999 Read more ›

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You can now buy replacement trackball balls in red, blue, black, and violet colors — compatible with Logitech, Kensington, Elecom, and ProtoArc mice

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Tom's Hardware · 08/16/2025 10:43 EDT

Replacement trackball balls in red, blue, black, and violet are now available for sale. Read more ›

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Seagate spins up a raid on a counterfeit hard drive workshop — authorities read criminals' writes while they spill the beans

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Tom's Hardware 2 place · 08/16/2025 06:30 EDT

Seagate's security team from Singapore and Malaysia and local Malaysian authorities have raided a counterfeiting hard drive warehouse located outside Kuala Lumpur. Read more ›

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Trump mulls a 300% tariff on chips — levies coming within two weeks as Section 232 investigation nears completion

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Tom's Hardware · 08/15/2025 16:50 EDT

Trump’s floated plan for semiconductor tariffs as high as 300% has rattled the tech industry. Read more ›

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These are my favorite pretty PC peripherals that aren't pink, black, or white

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Tom's Hardware · 08/15/2025 15:39 EDT

Looking to add a pop of color that isn't pink to your desktop? Check out our favorite colorful peripherals. Read more ›

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I 3D printed an entire server case with the Elegoo Centauri Carbon – this is what happened and how much it cost

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Tom's Hardware · 08/15/2025 14:29 EDT

I spent a week 3D printing a PC server case using Elegoo’s first Core XY 3D printer and plenty of PETG filament. Read more ›

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Booking.com customers learn the hard way that Unicode is tricky

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Tom's Hardware · 08/15/2025 13:21 EDT

A phishing campaign targeting Booking.com users relies on a technique involving the ambiguity of Unicode characters. Read more ›

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The 4K Samsung Odyssey G70B is only $300, a massive $400 discount from its original price — perfect for back-to-school shoppers

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Tom's Hardware · 08/15/2025 13:17 EDT

Samsung is known to make some of the best gaming monitors on the market, and the G70B is no exception. With its 4K resolution and 144 Hz refresh rate, it's a perfect combination of specs and price, at just $300. It even has local dimming, G-Sync support, and a whole smart TV built in, thanks to Tizen OS support. Read more ›

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This 15.6-inch IPS portable monitor is 36% off — at only $69, this is a cheap answer to your Back to School second screen needs

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Tom's Hardware · 08/15/2025 13:07 EDT

The Arzopa S1 Table portable monitor checks a lot of boxes with its 15.6-inch FHD (1920 x 1080 pixels) resolution IPS display, convenient USB Type-C (power and display) and HDMI options, and even built-in speakers, for an alluring $69.99. The regular Amazon list price is $109.99. Read more ›

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Early RTX 5090D V2 benchmarks suggest that maybe 384-bit memory is just fine after all — 'nerfed' China-market GPU runs within 2.2% of 5090D in some tests

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Tom's Hardware · 08/15/2025 12:56 EDT

Early benchmarks of Nvidia's RTX 5090D V2 in games reveal that the GPU's neutered 384-bit interface and 24GB of GDDR7 memory don't downgrade its gaming capabilities at all. The RTX 5090D V2 performs on par with the RTX 5090D. Read more ›

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