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China raises security concerns over Nvidia's H20 Chips — hardware may expose user data or hidden tracking functions

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Tom's Hardware · 07/31/2025 08:47 EDT

China has raised security concerns over Nvidia’s H20 GPU shortly after a U.S. export ban was lifted, signaling potential political pushback against American hardware. Read more ›

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Future Games Show announces hosts for Gamescom showcase — 'Metal Gear Solid' and 'Resident Evil' actors to present

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Tom's Hardware · 07/30/2025 15:27 EDT

The Future Games Show has picked video game actors David Hayter and Maggie Robertson to host its showcase at Gamescom on August 20. Read more ›

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RDNA 4's Unreal Engine 4 ray-tracing stutters may not be AMD-specific

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Tom's Hardware · 07/30/2025 14:58 EDT

A YouTuber has discovered that AMD's RDNA 4 ray-tracing stutter problems in Unreal Engine 4 games goes deeper than expected. Intel Arc GPUs also suffer from the same stuttering problems, suggesting it is an engine issue rather than a driver problem. Read more ›

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Researchers find automated financial traders will collude with each other through a combination of 'artificial intelligence' and 'artificial stupidity'

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Tom's Hardware · 07/30/2025 14:31 EDT

Researchers at Wharton and the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology have a working paper detailing the ways automated tools that rely on reinforcement learning can end up colluding with each other. Read more ›

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Meta's Zuckerberg outlines vision for 'personal superintelligence' in a letter — says that, unlike rivals, his approach isn't about automating everything

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Tom's Hardware · 07/30/2025 14:14 EDT

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg outlines his vision for “personal superintelligence” just ahead of the company’s Q2 earnings. With billions poured into AI hires and hardware partnerships, Meta's new direction hints at a future shaped by open-source models and personalized AI infrastructure. Read more ›

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Acer's 32-inch 4K monitor drops to just $189 — 37% off this VA screen for back to school and basic gaming

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Tom's Hardware · 07/30/2025 13:13 EDT

A deal that seems too good to be true. Acer's 32-inch EK321QK 4K gaming monitor is just $189.99 Read more ›

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Apple's M4 MacBook Pro hits record low — get $300 off the ultimate back-to-school companion

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Tom's Hardware · 07/30/2025 12:55 EDT

Get an M4 MacBook Pro for the lowest price it has ever been at Amazon. Read more ›

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Chinese CPUs are closing the gap on AMD — next-gen Zhaoxin chips feature 96 cores, 12-channel DDR5 memory, and 128 PCIe 5.0 Lanes

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Tom's Hardware · 07/30/2025 12:53 EDT

Zhaoxin has announced the new KaiXian KX-7000N and Kaisheng KH-50000 processors at the World Artificial Intelligence Conference 2025. Read more ›

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HPE gets approval for $14B acquisition of Juniper, to defend AI networking edge against China's Huawei — White House stepped in after agencies flagged national security concerns

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Tom's Hardware · 07/30/2025 11:27 EDT

U.S. intelligence reportedly pushed the DOJ to approve HPE’s $14B Juniper acquisition, viewing it as a strategic move against Huawei. Despite internal DOJ tension, the merger seeks to strengthen US networking capabilities amid rising tech competition with China. Read more ›

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Micron's industry-first PCI 6.0 SSD promises sequential reads up to 28,000 MB/s — 245 TB SSD also coming for those who need capacity more than cutting-edge speed

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Tom's Hardware · 07/30/2025 11:05 EDT

Micron launched the 9650 SSD with PCIe 6.0 and 5.5M IOPS for AI workloads, and unveiled the 6600 ION series with up to 245TB for high-density, energy-efficient storage. Read more ›

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Asus ROG G700 review: Premium performance at a sensible price

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Tom's Hardware · 07/30/2025 09:01 EDT

The Asus ROG G700 is a solid entry for value-minded gamers, offering excellent performance and well-rounded features. Read more ›

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Nvidia's upcoming ARM-based N1X SoC leaks again, this time on FurMark — modest benchmark score indicates early engineering sample but confirms Windows evaluation

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Tom's Hardware · 07/30/2025 08:04 EDT

NVIDIA’s N1X SoC has surfaced in FurMark, revealing RTX 2060-tier performance despite packing 6,144 CUDA cores—more than an RTX 5070. Running under Windows 11 with new 590.22 drivers, the chip appears to be in validation. Read more ›

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Power usage in Wyoming AI data center could eclipse consumption of the state's human residents by 5x — tenant of colossal investment remains a mystery

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Tom's Hardware 2 place · 07/30/2025 07:44 EDT

Plans are afoot to create a massive new data center in Cheyenne, Wyoming, with power demands many multiples of the state's population. Read more ›

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EU fab tool makers get reprieve in EU-U.S. tariffs deal — ASML and others to be exempted from 15% duty

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Tom's Hardware · 07/30/2025 06:32 EDT

A new U.S.–EU trade deal exempts semiconductor equipment from tariffs, avoiding steep cost hikes for American chipmakers and protecting the competitiveness of U.S. fabs. Read more ›

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Nvidia-backed startup invents Ethernet memory pool to help power AI — claims it can add up to 18TB of DDR5 capacity for large-scale inference workloads and reduce per-token generation costs by up to 50%

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Tom's Hardware · 07/30/2025 05:24 EDT

Enfabrica is piloting its Emfasys Ethernet-connected DDR5 memory pool that adds up to 18TB of CXL-attached memory to any AI server to ease memory bottlenecks in large-scale inference workloads. Read more ›

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FBI seizes $2.4 million in Bitcoin from member of recently ascendant Chaos ransomware group

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Tom's Hardware · 07/29/2025 15:42 EDT

The FBI in Dallas, Texas, has seized 20 Bitcoins from a member of the Chaos Ransomware gang, amounting to almost $2.4 million in value. Read more ›

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V-Color announces 2TB RDIMM kits for Threadripper Pro 9000 — 256GB modules promise stability at absurdly high RAM capacities

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Tom's Hardware · 07/29/2025 14:34 EDT

V-Color has announced its newest line of OC RDIMMs purpose-built for the Ryzen Threadripper 9000 Pro line, reaching up to 256GB on a single RDIMM. In some Pro motherboards, these kits are rated for up to 2TB total installed capacity. Read more ›

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AMD's Zen 5 gets down to business with new Ryzen Pro 9000 CPUs, according to leak — next-gen enterprise chips to predictably feature up to 12 Zen 5 cores, 65W TDPs

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Tom's Hardware · 07/29/2025 14:07 EDT

A hardware leaker has shared the alleged specifications for AMD's upcoming Ryzen Pro 9000-series processors, designed for business users. Read more ›

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AMD X3D CPUs get big discounts — 7800X3D returns to Prime Day price, 9950X3D even cheaper than Prime Day lows

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Tom's Hardware · 07/29/2025 12:09 EDT

There are two great deals on some of AMD's best gaming chips right now. Read more ›

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EU plans $30 billion investment in gigawatt AI data centers — multiple sites to host 100,000 AI GPUs each as bloc plays catch-up to US and China

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Tom's Hardware · 07/29/2025 10:30 EDT

The European Union is launching a $30 billion initiative to build a network of gigawatt-class AI data centers across 16 member states in a bid to catch up with the U.S. and China, though concerns remain over power supply, unclear specifications, and long-term business viability. Read more ›

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