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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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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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