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China's CXMT reportedly delays mass production of DDR5 chips to late 2025 — state-backed manufacturer could still be disruptive market force

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Tom's Hardware · 07/23/2025 05:53 EDT

CXMT has reportedly delayed DDR5 mass production to late 2025 to improve quality and yields, but its growing capabilities and state backing are starting to worry global DRAM rivals despite ongoing tool access challenges. Read more ›

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MetaMask crypto wallet Chrome extension is eating SSD storage at an alarming rate — owner confirms bug 'has been writing hundreds of gigabytes of data per day into [users'] solid-state drives'

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Tom's Hardware · 07/23/2025 05:35 EDT

A bug in the cryptocurrency tracking browser extension has been causing it to write heaps of data to users' SSDs. Read more ›

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Mystery AMD Radeon GPU cooler spotted on Chinese forums is larger than RX 7900 XTX, with a massive heatsink and 3x 8-pin connectors — possibly the RX 7950 XTX that never was

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Tom's Hardware · 07/22/2025 14:25 EDT

A massive triple-slot cooler with space for three 8-pin connectors has surfaced from China, hinting at an unreleased AMD Radeon RX 7000 GPU prototype. Likely meant for a never-launched “7950 XTX,” the design suggests AMD once flirted with an RTX 4090-class card during the RDNA 3 era. Read more ›

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Palmer Luckey considering entering laptop market with fully US-made model, wants to know if you'd spend 20% more for an American-made PC

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Tom's Hardware · 07/22/2025 14:04 EDT

Oculus and Anduril founder Palmer Luckey has repeatedly floated the idea of producing a laptop in the U.S. that would cost 20% more than competitive offerings. Read more ›

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Microsoft finally has a Surface Laptop with 5G — Intel Core Ultra-powered laptop will ship as part of business line

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Tom's Hardware · 07/22/2025 13:00 EDT

Microsoft has announced its first Surface Laptop with cellular connectivity and designed a custom antenna for it. Read more ›

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AMD Strix Halo Mini-ITX motherboard flaunts 128GB LPDDR5X — add a CPU cooler, boot drive, and power supply for a slim gaming or AI rig

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Tom's Hardware · 07/22/2025 12:57 EDT

Shanghai Sixunited Intelligent Technology Co, Ltd. has revealed the company's upcoming STHT1 powered by AMD's Ryzen AI Max 300-series (Strix Halo) processor. Read more ›

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Bambu Lab's entire 3D printer lineup is still discounted at anniversary-sale pricing — for how long, we don't know

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Tom's Hardware · 07/22/2025 12:18 EDT

Start your 3D printing journey while these popular Bambu Lab printers are still heavily discounted. Read more ›

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FCC proposal aims to nix long-term gigabit internet speed goals, pricing analysis

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Tom's Hardware · 07/22/2025 11:55 EDT

An FCC proposal seeks to undo the Biden administration's efforts to encourage increased availability of gigabit download speeds. Read more ›

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OpenAI and Oracle ink deal to build massive Stargate data center, total project will power 2 million AI chips — Stargate partner SoftBank not involved in the project

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Tom's Hardware · 07/22/2025 11:20 EDT

OpenAI and Oracle plan to add 4.5 GW of U.S. data center power for the Stargate project, boosting total capacity past 5 GW to support millions of AI processors. Read more ›

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DNS Mad Libs is a hacker-inspired version of the popular word game — built on networking infrastructure to provide distributed version

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Tom's Hardware · 07/22/2025 10:52 EDT

Malware embedded in the ubiquitous Domain Name System inspired the creation of the world's most cursed take on mad-libs. Read more ›

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Only £128 for this 27-inch MSI MAG monitor with a blazing 180 Hz refresh rate — that's unbelievable 1440p gaming value

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Tom's Hardware · 07/22/2025 09:35 EDT

MSI's high-spec 27-inch 1440p gaming monitor is only £128 for a limited time. Read more ›

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158-year-old company forced to close after ransomware attack precipitated by a single guessed password — 700 jobs lost after hackers demand unpayable sum

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Tom's Hardware · 07/22/2025 09:28 EDT

The 158-year established Knights of Old transportation company has collapsed in the wake of a ransomware attack, with 700 jobs lost. Read more ›

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Nvidia's desktop PC chip holdup purportedly tied to Windows delays — ongoing chip revisions and weakening demand also blamed

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Tom's Hardware · 07/22/2025 08:26 EDT

Nvidia and MediaTek have allegedly delayed the N1X AI PC platform to early 2026, possibly because of Microsoft’s next-gen OS delays, ongoing Nvidia chip revisions, and weakening consumer notebook demand. The launch will now prioritize enterprise PCs, while GB10-based AI workstations are expected to debut much sooner. Read more ›

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Lenovo Legion Go 2 prototype spotted ahead of launch in China — Ryzen Z2 and OLED display reportedly complemented by 1TB SSD, 32GB RAM, and more

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Tom's Hardware · 07/22/2025 08:04 EDT

With AMD’s latest mobile chip and a new OLED panel, Lenovo’s next-gen handheld looks powerful, but competition is heating up fast. Read more ›

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TP-Link Archer BE9700 Wi-Fi 7 router review: Tri-band Wi-Fi 7 at an affordable price

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Tom's Hardware · 07/22/2025 08:00 EDT

The TP-Link Archer BE9700 comes in at roughly half the price of its closest competition. Read more ›

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Tiny GPD MicroPC 2 smashes crowdfunding goal – sequel to 2019 original improves mobile productivity yet remains under 500g

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Tom's Hardware · 07/22/2025 07:21 EDT

GPD has launched the MicroPC 2, a refreshed version of its ‘true pocket sized’ productivity powerhouse, to crowdfunding. Read more ›

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AMD unveils industry-first Stable Diffusion 3.0 Medium AI model generator tailored for XDNA 2 NPUs — designed to run locally on Ryzen AI laptops

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Tom's Hardware · 07/22/2025 05:47 EDT

AMD and Stability AI have launched the first Stable Diffusion 3.0 Medium model optimized for BF16 and XDNA 2 NPUs, enabling high-quality, offline image generation on Ryzen AI laptops. Read more ›

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Kioxia unveils 245TB SSD, the world's highest capacity storage device - could store 12,500 4K movies

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Tom's Hardware · 07/21/2025 22:00 EDT

Kioxia's LC9 SSD family offers capacities of up to 245.76TB, but its performance is far less impressive. Read more ›

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Nvidia H20 AI GPU inventory is limited — but Nvidia is making a new B30 model for China to comply with export restrictions

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Tom's Hardware · 07/21/2025 15:33 EDT

Nvidia has reportedly told Chinese customers it will not resume production of its H20 AI GPUs despite a U.S. policy reversal, and is reportedly preparing a slower but cheaper Blackwell-based B30 GPU to comply with export restrictions and remain competitive in China. Read more ›

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Microsoft adds telemetry to monitor Windows 11 sluggishness in latest beta, dev builds — logs reportedly only sent when users submit feedback

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Tom's Hardware · 07/21/2025 15:06 EDT

Microsoft adds additional telemetry to latest beta and dev builds of Windows 11 to monitor and log performance sluggishness within the OS. The logs will reportedly only be shared with Microsoft when users publish performance issues in the Feedback Hub. Read more ›

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