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GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop GPU shunt mod increases performance by up to 40% — 175 TGP boosted to 250W to unlock extra performance

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Tom's Hardware · 07/21/2025 13:26 EDT

GizmoSlipTech applied a shunt mod to a GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop GPU to benchmark the graphics card's performance and thermals. Read more ›

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China's YMTC moves to break free of U.S. sanctions by building production line with homegrown tools — aims to capture 15% of NAND market by late 2026

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Tom's Hardware · 07/21/2025 13:05 EDT

Despite being on the U.S. Entity List since 2022 and cut off from advanced foreign fab tools, YMTC is pushing forward with plans to expand production to 150,000 wafers per month and trial a fully localized manufacturing line. Read more ›

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Get $150 off the Asus ROG Ally Z1 Extreme Windows gaming handheld — perfect for dorm-room gaming

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Tom's Hardware · 07/21/2025 12:32 EDT

Play your favorite games anywhere, with $150 off the list price of the Asus ROG Ally Z1 Extreme handheld. Read more ›

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World's first RISC-V tablet is finally fully baked — PineTab-V now ships with completely functional Linux for $149

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Tom's Hardware · 07/21/2025 12:24 EDT

At the 2025 RISC-V Summit, a full Debian-based table was introduced. Read more ›

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Microsoft signing key required for Secure Boot UEFI bootloader expires in September, which could be problematic for Linux users

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Tom's Hardware · 07/21/2025 12:06 EDT

A new key was issued in 2023, but it might not be well-supported ahead of the original key's expiration. Read more ›

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MacBook Pro trackpad can double as a weighing scale, and the source code is free — creator hacks trackpad to weigh items, claims Force Touch system 'pretty accurate',

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Tom's Hardware · 07/21/2025 11:26 EDT

A new app called TrackWeight uses the Apple laptop Force Touch trackpad pressure sensors for weighing scale duties. Read more ›

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ASUS brings Nvidia’s GB300 Blackwell Ultra 'desktop superchip' to workstations — features up to 784GB of coherent memory, 20 PFLOPS AI performance

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Tom's Hardware · 07/21/2025 10:58 EDT

ASUS has launched the ExpertCenter Pro ET900N G3, a desktop powered by NVIDIA’s GB300 Grace Blackwell Ultra, offering up to 20 PFLOPS of AI performance and 784 GB of memory. This marks NVIDIA’s shift from DGX-only systems to OEM desktops, with GB300 servers entering mass production by Q4 2025. Read more ›

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Sam Altman teases 100 million GPU scale for OpenAI that could cost $3 trillion — ChatGPT maker to cross 'well over 1 million' by end of year

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Tom's Hardware · 07/21/2025 09:08 EDT

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says the company will surpass 1 million GPUs by the end of 2025, but his sights are set on 100 million. Already backed by the world’s largest AI data center in Texas, OpenAI’s infrastructure push highlights the growing clash between AI ambitions and power grid realities. Read more ›

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AI coding platform goes rogue during code freeze and deletes entire company database — Replit CEO apologizes after AI engine says it 'made a catastrophic error in judgment' and 'destroyed all production data'

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Tom's Hardware · 07/21/2025 09:01 EDT

A browser-based AI-powered software creation platform called Replit is reported to have gone rogue and deleted a live company database. Read more ›

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MSI Katana 17 HX gaming laptop review: 1080p gaming with Nvidia’s RTX 5070

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Tom's Hardware · 07/21/2025 08:00 EDT

MSI’s Katana 17 HX gets the basics right with Raptor Lake and an RTX 5070 for around $1,300. Read more ›

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Abel founder claims Meta offered $1.25 billion over four years to AI hire — 'person still said no' despite equivalent of $312 million yearly salary

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Tom's Hardware · 07/21/2025 07:09 EDT

Social media chatter suggests that Meta offered a potential AI hire $1.25 billion. Read more ›

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Fax to the Future — How to send and receive a fax in the 21st Century

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Tom's Hardware · 07/21/2025 07:00 EDT

Send and receive a fax from the comfort of your computer, no fax modem required. Read more ›

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RTX 5070 crashes to lowest-ever UK price — £484 in this fast-moving Lightning Deal

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Tom's Hardware · 07/21/2025 06:08 EDT

The RTX 5070 is currently £484 at Amazon UK. Read more ›

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Researchers pack a "quantum light factory" into a 1mm² CMOS chip — combines photonics, electronics, and quantum hardware with traditional silicon manufacturing that can achieve mass scale

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Tom's Hardware · 07/21/2025 06:07 EDT

Researchers have created a 1 mm² chip that merges quantum photonics, electronics, and self-tuning systems—all on a standard 45 nm CMOS process. This breakthrough brings mass-producible quantum hardware closer than ever, much like the Intel 4004 did for microprocessors. Read more ›

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Researchers pack a 'quantum light factory' into a 1mm square chip — combines photonics, electronics, and quantum hardware with traditional silicon manufacturing

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Tom's Hardware · 07/20/2025 12:05 EDT

Researchers have created a 1 mm² chip that merges quantum photonics, electronics, and self-tuning systems—all on a standard 45 nm CMOS process. This breakthrough brings mass-producible quantum hardware closer than ever, much like the Intel 4004 did for microprocessors. Read more ›

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Microsoft to stop using engineers in China to work on U.S. Defense computer systems in wake of investigative report — fears of exploitation by foreign intelligence services spurs immediate change

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Tom's Hardware · 07/20/2025 11:35 EDT

Microsoft's China-based engineers will no longer get to work on its U.S. DoD projects. Read more ›

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AMD's FSR 4 gets a big boost in compatibility as OptiScaler now supports upconverting any modern upscaler to FSR 4 with frame-gen, as long as the game isn't Vulkan-based or has anti-cheat

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Tom's Hardware · 07/20/2025 11:14 EDT

Thanks to OptiScaler, any game featuring DLSS 2+ or FSR 2+ can now be modded to support FSR 4, as long as it doesn't need Vulkan or an anti-cheat. Also, you need an RX 9000-series GPU and a decent amount of patience to make it all work. Read more ›

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Ghost gun proliferation spurs crackdown at Thingiverse, the world's largest 3D printer model file repository — lawmakers also ask 3D printer vendors to create AI-based systems to detect and block gun prints

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Tom's Hardware · 07/20/2025 10:50 EDT

Thingiverse is implementing an automated system to help stop the spread of gun-related uploads on the platform after the NYPD found hundreds of files for 3D-printed weapons. Read more ›

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The Samsung Odyssey G5 34-inch gaming monitor is now $279 at Amazon — 165 Hz monitor just dollars away from an all-time low

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Tom's Hardware · 07/20/2025 10:45 EDT

The Samsung Odyssey G5 34-inch curved gaming monitor is now $279 at Amazon instead of its recommended $399. Read more ›

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A Bitcoin whale just sold $9.5 billion in crypto that was originally acquired for $54,000 in 2014 — recent 80,000 BTC transaction nets an 18 million percent return

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Tom's Hardware · 07/20/2025 09:50 EDT

We are in a frisky season for the so-called Bitcoin whales, as another remarkable crypto-cash-in, valued at $9.5 billion, has been spotted. Read more ›

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