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Get AMD's flagship Ryzen 7 9800X3D with 32GB of DDR5 memory and an MSI B850 Wi-Fi 7 motherboard at a discount — Micro Center bundles are now available on Amazon

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Tom's Hardware · 06/20/2026 13:57 EDT

Micro Center is now selling some of its bundles on Amazon, including this 9800X3D combo that gives you an excellent motherboard and fast RAM without breaking the bank. Read more ›

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U.S. semiconductor design company fined $140 million over China dealings — sold software to a military institution thought to be conducting nuclear explosion simulations

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Tom's Hardware · 07/29/2025 06:27 EDT

Cadence admits to selling EDA tools to sanctioned entities from 2015 to 2020. Read more ›

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China forms AI alliances to cut U.S. tech reliance — Huawei among companies seeking to create unified tech stack with domestic-powered standardization

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Tom's Hardware · 07/29/2025 05:25 EDT

Chinese AI hardware and software developers form alliances to develop AI standards to compete against American AI technologies and deploy AI across a broad set of applications. Read more ›

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Ayaneo crams dedicated GPU-class Strix Halo and battery inside next-gen gaming handheld — second Ryzen AI Max+ 395 handheld boldly features an internal battery

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Tom's Hardware · 07/29/2025 05:15 EDT

Ayaneo has announced that its upcoming Next 2 handheld gaming PC will be powered by AMD's flagship Ryzen AI Max+ 395 APU, sporting an integrated Radeon 8060S GPU with dedicated GPU-levels of performance. Read more ›

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Edge browser's new Copilot Mode lets you talk to AI about your tabs if you opt in — but it's only free for 'a limited time'

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Tom's Hardware · 07/28/2025 13:00 EDT

Microsoft is launching an AI Copilot Mode in the Edge browser, allowing users to talk to the AI about their browser and allow Copilot to see across tabs. Read more ›

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Yes, you can store data on a bird — enthusiast converts PNG to bird-shaped waveform, teaches young starling to recall file at up to 2MB/s

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Tom's Hardware · 07/28/2025 13:00 EDT

A music and science lover has demonstrated the capacity of birds to store and retrieve digital image data. Read more ›

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Positron AI says its Atlas accelerator beats Nvidia H200 on inference in just 33% of the power — delivers 280 tokens per second per user with Llama 3.1 8B in 2000W envelope

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Tom's Hardware · 07/28/2025 12:38 EDT

Cloudflare is testing Positron AI's Atlas machine based on Archer accelerators, an inference-only solution that claims to outperform Nvidia's H200 DGX using one-third the power. Read more ›

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Best Buy has more stock of the Nintendo Switch 2: Don't miss out on this dorm-room doorbuster

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Tom's Hardware · 07/28/2025 11:55 EDT

Stock Alert: You can grab the latest Nintendo Switch 2 game console at MSRP at Best Buy Read more ›

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MSI on track to ship 10 million motherboards in 2025 despite a reportedly cautious AI strategy — milestone would be first for the company, matching Gigabyte

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Tom's Hardware · 07/28/2025 11:34 EDT

MSI is set to ship over 10 million motherboards in 2025, tying with Gigabyte—and without going full-throttle on AI servers. While rivals like ASUS and ASRock push into server gear, MSI is keeping its core consumer boundaries strong and ramping notebook and GPU volumes cautiously. Read more ›

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Charge all the things for over 50% off with this superb deal on Sabrent's LCD screen-equipped 252W 8-port USB charger

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Tom's Hardware · 07/28/2025 09:37 EDT

Over 50% off this 252W Sabrent charger with 8 USB ports and 100W fast-charging Read more ›

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Chinese scientists develop infinitely recyclable 3D printer resin — can be broken down at the molecular level using a thermally reversible photo-click reaction

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Tom's Hardware · 07/28/2025 09:16 EDT

A team of scientists from Zhejiang University has developed 3D printer resin that can be easily recycled over and over again. Read more ›

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Zalman's jet engine-inspired CPU cooler hits the shelves — striking design lands in Korea for less than $60

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Tom's Hardware · 07/28/2025 09:15 EDT

Korean cases and cooling specialist Zalman Technologies has released the jet-engine inspired Zet5 CPU cooler to retail. Read more ›

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Trump freeze on export restrictions to China reportedly in aid of trade talks — White House seeking face-to-face with Xi Jinping this year as dissenters warn H20 reversal is a dangerous mis-step

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Tom's Hardware · 07/28/2025 08:48 EDT

The U.S. administration has removed technology-based export restrictions to China in an effort to ease trade negotiations, prompting swift responses from industries announcing a resumption of sales and shipments. Read more ›

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Samsung inks $16.5 billion Tesla AI chip deal — Elon Musk says Samsung will produce new A16 chips: 'The strategic importance of this is hard to overstate'

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Tom's Hardware · 07/28/2025 08:36 EDT

Samsung has secured a $16.5 billion deal to produce Tesla's future AI6 self-driving SoC at its Texas fab, a major strategic win for Samsung Foundry. Read more ›

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MSI Katana 15 HX review: RTX 5050 gaming for under $1,000

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Tom's Hardware · 07/28/2025 08:00 EDT

The MSI Katana 15 HX is a gaming laptop with an RTX 5050 and a sub-$1,000 price tag, but the display could use some work. Read more ›

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Apple's M4 Macbook Air plunges to its lowest ever price in the ultimate back to school deal — Amazon's $799 price tag trounces Apple's official deal program

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Tom's Hardware · 07/28/2025 07:53 EDT

Grab an M4 MacBook Air for just $799, or a 15-inch model for $999 Read more ›

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Crazed modder discovers RTX 5050 is actually faster than a 1080 Ti — ends up overclocking Nvidia's plucky budget card to 3300MHz, swipes top six scores in 3DMark Time Spy with 28% clock speed increase

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Tom's Hardware · 07/28/2025 07:30 EDT

Plans to 'overclock a GTX 1080 Ti hard enough to embarrass Nvidia’s new RTX 5050' didn't go quite as expected. Read more ›

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Get AMD's 7800X3D gaming CPU, plus a white Gigabyte B650E Aorus Elite motherboard for $449 at Newegg

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Tom's Hardware · 07/27/2025 14:46 EDT

You can get the AMD 7800X3D CPU and Gigabyte B650E Aorus Elite X Ice motherboard for just $449 in a combo deal at Newegg. Read more ›

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Wuchang: Fallen Feathers' latest patch accused of faking internal render resolution to boost FPS — game runs at 'Quality' upscaling even when the render scale is set to 100% native

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Tom's Hardware · 07/27/2025 11:44 EDT

Wuchang: Fallen Feathers' latest patch boosts FPS but behind a veil, players aren’t getting true native resolution anymore. Testing by Daniel Owen reveals the game clamps internal resolution to below native, faking performance gains while misleading players about 100% resolution scaling. Read more ›

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Eco-friendly 3D-printed house uses soil, not cement — building still scores top earthquake resistance rating

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Tom's Hardware · 07/27/2025 10:59 EDT

Japanese company advances 3D house building materials, relying on soil as its primary constituent. Read more ›

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Kioxia and SanDisk start shipping BiCS9 3D NAND samples — hybrid design combining 112-layer BiCS5 with modern CBA and DDR6.0 interface for higher performance and cost efficiency

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Tom's Hardware · 07/27/2025 09:44 EDT

Kioxia has started shipping samples of its ninth‑generation BiCS FLASH 512 Gb TLC chips built with CBA tech — pairing legacy memory cell layers with modern CMOS controllers. The result: improved performance, efficiency, and lower cost, while paving way for high‑capacity BiCS 10 launches. Read more ›

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