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AMD B650 expansion cards hit retail starting at $199 — add four M.2 PCIe 4.0 slots and 11 USB ports to any PC with a PCIe slot

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Tom's Hardware · 06/06/2026 12:29 EDT

A couple of new add-in cards exemplify the trend of slapping AMD's Promontory 21 chipset onto a card for extra I/O expansion. Read more ›

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Alienware's budget gaming laptop starts at $1,299 — Last-gen parts and a plastic shell bring the premium brand into the mainstream

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Tom's Hardware · 05/14/2026 09:00 EDT

The Alienware 15 Gaming Laptop uses last-gen Intel, AMD, and Nvidia components to bring the brand to a wider audience and replace Dell's former G-Series notebooks. Read more ›

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Fully-functional RTX 3070 16GB gets frankensteined into existence by harvesting dead PCBs and RX 6800 XT's VRAM chips — doubles frame rate in games like Spider Man 2 at 4K and includes switch for 8GB mode

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Tom's Hardware · 05/14/2026 08:00 EDT

A tech enthusiast has combined an Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 (8GB) with defective memory and an AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT (16GB) with a damaged GPU to make a working RTX 3070 with 16GB of VRAM. Read more ›

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Leading-edge foundry roadmaps for TSMC, Intel and Samsung — outlining the path to 1.4nm nodes and beyond

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Tom's Hardware · 05/14/2026 07:55 EDT

All three leading foundries have now entered the 2nm era, but their paths from now on diverge sharply: TSMC bets on predictability, Intel wagers on aggressive architectural shifts, and Samsung's primary focus is on improving yields. Read more ›

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70% of Americans oppose data centers near their homes, now less popular than nuclear power plants — opposition towards nearby AI infrastructure heating up as tech companies ramp up projects to acquire more compute

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Tom's Hardware · 05/14/2026 07:43 EDT

A new survey revealed that 7 out of 10 Americans are against data center developers building projects within the vicinity of their homes. This is a massive increase from the late 2025 survey which showed that 47% of people are against AI data centers near their homes. Read more ›

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$1,149 for this 1440p gaming rig is an absolute steal in this Limited-time Woot sale — get an RTX 5060 Ti GPU inside Lenovo's Legion Tower 5i, now $410 off

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Tom's Hardware · 05/14/2026 07:25 EDT

An RTX 5060 Ti-powered gaming rig for only $1149 from Lenovo. The Legion Tower 5i is discounted by $410 in today's limited-time Woot sale. Read more ›

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AMD reaches 46% of server x86 CPU revenue — Intel still controls 70% of the consumer PC market share

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Tom's Hardware · 05/14/2026 06:40 EDT

AMD now commands 38.1% of total x86 CPU revenue share, skyrockets past 46.2% x86 server CPU market share, according to Mercury Research. Read more ›

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$499 case turns your PC into a liquid cooling masterpiece for your wall — Portal Advanced comes with an integrated distribution plate and reservoir to start of your build

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Tom's Hardware · 05/14/2026 06:20 EDT

Singularity Computers has announced the Portal Advanced, an open wall-mounted display case with liquid-cooling support, starting at $499. Read more ›

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Bitcoin trader recovers $400,000 using Claude AI after losing wallet password 11 years ago — bot tried 3.5 trillion passwords before decrypting an old wallet backup

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Tom's Hardware · 05/14/2026 06:19 EDT

An X user shared how they were able to recover the password on their old cryptocurrency wallet using Claude and some luck. Read more ›

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Louis Rossmann taunts Bambu Lab by hosting banned 3D Printer firmware fork, dares $1 billion company to sue him — more creators pledge support and boycotts, Snapmaker donates equipment to embattled developer

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Tom's Hardware · 05/14/2026 06:00 EDT

Louis Rossmann posted yet another YouTube video taunting the 3D printing juggernaut into taking legal action. In the video, he stated the contentious fork of OrcaSlicer-BambuLab was now hosted on his own FULU (Freedom from Unethical Limitations) Foundation GitHub. Read more ›

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This $329.99 32GB Corsair Pro Overclocking kit is the cheapest DDR5 RAM on sale right now — ultra-fast 6400 MT/s memory upgrade for your gaming PC comes with $70 price drop that makes it $40 cheaper than its next-best rival

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Tom's Hardware · 05/14/2026 05:48 EDT

You can grab 32GB of fast DDR5-6400 Corsair Pro Overclocking RAM for just $329.99 right now. That's a $70 price drop compared to its list price and one that makes it the cheapest option on sale, turning it into an unmissable deal for a gaming PC upgrade. Read more ›

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49,000 Lake Tahoe residents could be left powerless as AI data centers inhale electricity supply — power company looking to redirect power to 12 data centers, high demand plus a regulatory limbo equals a dim situation

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Tom's Hardware · 05/14/2026 05:40 EDT

Around 49,000 Lake Tahoe residents are finding out in the worst way that they might become literally powerless come May 2027, as provider NV Energy is poised to redirect the spice flow elsewhere, according to an article on Fortune. Read more ›

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Klipsch Pro Media Lumina Review: Slimmer subwoofer, even slimmer bass

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Tom's Hardware · 05/13/2026 14:14 EDT

Klipsch's new ProMedia Lumina brings customizable LED backlighting to the company's iconic PC speaker lineup and redesigns both the speakers and the subwoofer. Read more ›

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Asus Prime Z890-P Wifi Motherboard Review: Primed and ready for your Core Ultra processor

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Tom's Hardware · 05/13/2026 11:39 EDT

The Asus Prime Z890-P Wifi is a solid, all-around budget-class board for Z890 and the latest Core Ultra chips. However, other boards around its price offer compelling features and better value. Read more ›

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Japanese chemical giant JSR expands to Taiwan for EUV photoresist production near TSMC — plant to fill missing chemical link to scale EUV materials

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Tom's Hardware · 05/13/2026 11:37 EDT

The plant, located in Yunlin County, is expected to come online as early as 2028 and will co-develop advanced photoresists with TSMC. Read more ›

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$1,260 off a Sandisk 8TB external SSD is a deal you can't ignore at 11 cents per gigabyte — pro storage at blistering 1GB/s speeds for $739

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Tom's Hardware · 05/13/2026 11:36 EDT

The Sandisk Desk Drive 8TB normally retails for $1,999.99, but you can have it today for just $739.99, saving $1,260. Read more ›

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Microsoft BitLocker-protected drives can now be opened with just some files on a USB stick — YellowKey zero-day exploit demonstrates an apparent backdoor

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Tom's Hardware · 05/13/2026 11:02 EDT

Microsoft Bitlocker-protected drives can be opened with just some files on a stick Read more ›

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AMD expands its Ryzen 9000 PRO lineup with six new SKUs, now featuring 3D V-Cache for the first time — new workstation CPUs have up to 170W TDPs, available with OEMs later this year

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Tom's Hardware · 05/13/2026 09:17 EDT

The Ryzen 9000 family is expanding with six new PRO series models that break two rules: higher than 65W TDPs and 3D V-Cache stacked underneath the CCDs. It's the first time we're seeing 120W to 170W SKUs in this lineup, along with the introduction of X3D models. General availability beings in Q3 2026. Read more ›

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Microsoft launches Cloud‑Initiated Driver Recovery for remote rollback of faulty updates — no user action or OEM intervention will be needed to handle broken drivers delivered via Windows Update

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Tom's Hardware · 05/13/2026 08:42 EDT

Microsoft introduces Cloud-Initiated Driver Recovery, an important Windows reliability change designed to minimize buggy driver mayhem. Read more ›

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Grab a big $250 savings on this RTX 5070 Ti and 9850X3D combo deal for your next 4K gaming PC build — Newegg discount brings together one of AMD's fastest X3D gaming CPUs for just $1,264

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Tom's Hardware · 05/13/2026 07:48 EDT

Save over $250 on this Newegg combo deal that nets you the AMD Ryzen 7 9850X3D with an Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 Ti graphics card from Gigabyte, now just $1,264.99. Read more ›

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Samsung's critical union negotiations break down eight days before planned 18-day chip factory strike that's projected to cost $700 million per day — Korean PM calls emergency meeting as strike looms

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Tom's Hardware · 05/13/2026 07:41 EDT

South Korean Prime Minister Kim Min-seok responded by convening an emergency ministerial meeting. Read more ›

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