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Wean yourself off of Windows with Linuxfx — I've tried many Linux distros designed to look and feel like Windows, and this is the best one yet

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Tom's Hardware · 08/14/2025 05:00 EDT

It may look like Windows 11, but Linuxfx is really Ubuntu 24.04.2 LTS in disguise. But to go far in the world of Linux you need more than good looks! Read more ›

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Intel promises to keep updating its game-boosting software despite recent delays — APO will only focus on current and upcoming Intel CPUs

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Tom's Hardware · 08/13/2025 14:39 EDT

An Intel engineer has reiterated the company's commitment to APO on a Reddit thread, promising new features. Read more ›

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Battlefield 6 open beta won't run if you have Valorant installed, thanks to Riot's anti-cheat — uninstall if you plan to joint the second open beta this weekend

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Tom's Hardware · 08/13/2025 14:05 EDT

Battlefield 6 will refuse to load if you have Valorant installed on your computer because its anti-cheat software, Riot Vanguard, conflicts with Battlefield's own. The issue boils down to kernel-level anti-cheat software looking for control over the computer to prevent exploits on the deepest possible level, maybe a little too deep. Read more ›

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Intel releases new software for GPU-powered Project Battlematrix workstations — Arc Pro B-series GPUs get LLM Scaler 1.0 software to optimize performance in AI workloads

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Tom's Hardware · 08/13/2025 13:50 EDT

Intel announces its first container for its upcoming software that will power Project Battlematrix workstations. Intel has released its first version of its LLM Scaler on GitHub, which features early enablement support and optimizations for several AI model types for Arc Pro B-series GPUs. Read more ›

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World's first 'thermodynamic computing chip' reaches tape out — Normal Computing's physics-based ASIC changes lanes to train more AI

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Tom's Hardware · 08/13/2025 13:24 EDT

Normal Computing announces successful tape-out of the world's first thermodynamic computing chip for AI training. Read more ›

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White House confirms it's still figuring out the legality of revenue-sharing Nvidia and AMD deal for China GPU sales — 'The legality of it, the mechanics of it, is still being ironed out'

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Tom's Hardware · 08/13/2025 13:16 EDT

Trump's 15% deal with Nvidia and AMD needs to go through some legal hoops. Read more ›

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I use one simple tool to update my Linux OS and all of its software in minutes — Topgrade auto-detects and updates all of of my system via one command

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Tom's Hardware · 08/13/2025 12:39 EDT

Topgrade is one command that updates everything on your Linux, Windows and macOS machine. Read more ›

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AMD's beastly Ryzen AI Max+ 395 chip to power 14-inch OLED gaming 2-in-1 — One-Netbook claims it delivers RTX 4060 Ti-level performance

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Tom's Hardware · 08/13/2025 12:03 EDT

A portable gaming PC with a 14-inch OLED display and AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 395 processor is being teased by One-Netbook. Read more ›

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French 12-color 3D printer claims to be 'the fastest multi-color 3D printer in the galaxy' — Kickstarter pricing starts at $195 and stretches to $775

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Tom's Hardware · 08/13/2025 11:47 EDT

A new Kickstarter 3D printer boasts 12 color prints and massive speed. Read more ›

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ChatGPT users revolt over GPT-5 release — OpenAI battles claims that the new model's accuracy and abilities fall short

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Tom's Hardware · 08/13/2025 11:29 EDT

OpenAI is facing backlash over its introduction of the new GPT-5 model, while removing older options. Users claim it's significantly worse, despite it achieving greater scores on a range of benchmarks. Read more ›

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Major UK PC retailer, Ebuyer, bought out of administration by notorious backer — PC component listings mostly nuked in favor of furniture, garish iPhone cases, and air fryers as Frasers Group takes the helm

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Tom's Hardware · 08/13/2025 11:21 EDT

Long-time PC and component retail website, Ebuyer, has been bought out by Frasers Group, which owns House of Fraser, Game, and Jack Wills, among other companies. Read more ›

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AMD Threadripper Pro 9995WX can run 400 copies of Doom or eight instances of Crysis simultaneously — CPU is so powerful that tester left 100 copies of the classic game running accidentally without realizing

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Tom's Hardware 1 place · 08/13/2025 09:50 EDT

PC enthusiast channel Level1Techs has shown off a new AMD Threadripper system running 400 copies of Doom simultaneously, Read more ›

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Samsung's 4TB 990 Pro SSD tumbles to lowest-ever price — our top SSD pick returns to a low price not seen since October 2024

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Tom's Hardware · 08/13/2025 09:27 EDT

Samsung's 9100 Pro 4TB and 2TB SSDs with heatsinks leap to an all-time low price Read more ›

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Samsung’s 500Hz QHD OLED monitor, the first of its kind, is now available in the U.S. for $999 — two new curved monitors under the Odyssey G7 lineup also go on sale

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Tom's Hardware · 08/13/2025 09:07 EDT

Samsung's ultra-fast 500 Hz refresh rate OLED gaming monitor is finally available for purchase. Read more ›

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I'm building a media server out of leftover PC parts and a 3D printed case

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Tom's Hardware · 08/13/2025 09:03 EDT

Why buy a PC server when you can build one using spare parts and a 3D printer Read more ›

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U.S. authorities allegedly placed secret tracking devices in AI chip shipments to China — report claims targeted shipments from Dell and Super Micro containing Nvidia and AMD chips had trackers in packaging and servers themselves

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Tom's Hardware · 08/13/2025 08:59 EDT

Several anonymous sources claim that U.S. authorities sometimes implant trackers on AI servers that are bound for export to see where they end up. Read more ›

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Students 3D print drone that can swim underwater and fly through the air — 'variable-pitch propeller system' paves way for amphibious breakthrough

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Tom's Hardware · 08/13/2025 08:37 EDT

Students from Aalborg University in Denmark have 3D printed a custom drone that is able to operate underwater and can seamlessly jump between flight and submerged travel. Read more ›

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I swapped my mini-LED display for a $1,300 OLED monitor. Here’s what happened

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Tom's Hardware · 08/13/2025 07:12 EDT

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Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan has become a lightning rod of controversy in the semiconductor space amid US and China geopolitical tensions — here's why

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Tom's Hardware · 08/13/2025 06:10 EDT

The CEO of Intel, Lip-Bu Tan, is under serious pressure from government administrators and watchdogs over alleged ties to Chinese technology firms, and his recent leadership of a US company that was fined for selling chip design software to firms linked to the Chinese military. Read more ›

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Huawei releases new tool to get Chinese firms around crushing HBM export blacklist — new UCM software claims up to 22x throughput gain and 90% latency reduction for traditional cache hierarchies in AI workloads

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Tom's Hardware · 08/13/2025 05:50 EDT

Huawei's newest software tool, called the Unified Cache Manager, seeks to optimize utilization across the traditional cache hierarchy for AI inference, allowing China's AI firms to be more competitive without the need for exotic HBM memory that is near-impossible to obtain in the country. Read more ›

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