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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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Keychron K8 HE Special Edition Review: magnetic mid-century aesthetics

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Tom's Hardware · 07/20/2025 09:00 EDT

Keychron's K8 HE delivers great mid-century looks and modern magnetic switches with an 80% layout that feels comfortable, even if it has some oddities in key spacing. Read more ›

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Cyberpunk 2077 has been tested on several Apple Silicon generations, results range from around 13 to 105fps at 1080p, depending on Mac and game settings tested

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Tom's Hardware · 07/20/2025 08:49 EDT

This could open the way for more AAA games to land natively on macOS. Read more ›

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A Windows Insider user discovers an undocumented ‘Shared audio’ feature in the latest build — quick setting allows you to play audio through multiple outputs

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Tom's Hardware · 07/20/2025 08:10 EDT

Windows Insiders are getting a useful new feature for sharing audio. Read more ›

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TeamGroup T-Create Expert DDR5-6000 C34 2x32GB Review: Expertly Designed For Professionals

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Tom's Hardware · 07/20/2025 08:00 EDT

TeamGroup's T-Create Expert lineup targets the professional market, but can its DDR5-6000 C34 memory kit outperform enthusiast memory kits? Read more ›

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Nvidia's CUDA platform now supports RISC-V — support brings open source instruction set to AI platforms, joining x86 and Arm

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Tom's Hardware · 07/20/2025 07:45 EDT

Nvidia announces support for its CUDA software stack on RISC-V CPUs, positioning the open architecture as a potential host processor for future AI and HPC systems. Read more ›

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Police link 3D printers to ghost guns using 'fingerprints' from printers — toolmarks left behind during printing can make ghostguns traceable

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Tom's Hardware · 07/20/2025 07:25 EDT

Kirk Garrison has identified toolmarks left behind on 3D-printed ghost gun pieces that can suggest what printer was used to print them. Read more ›

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Sending a Steam sticker 'burned through a month of data in five minutes' complains unhappy gamer

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Tom's Hardware · 07/20/2025 06:55 EDT

A Steam Chat user who “burned through a month of mobile data in 5 minutes” blames Valve's animated stickers. Read more ›

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Microsoft buys more than a billion dollars’ worth of excrement, including human poop — company will pump waste underground to offset AI carbon emissions

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Tom's Hardware · 07/19/2025 12:25 EDT

Microsoft signed a contract with Vaulted Deep to sequester 4.9 million metric tons of waste deep underground, offsetting its carbon emissions. Read more ›

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Polish programmer beats OpenAI's custom AI in 10-hour marathon, wins World Coding Championship — possibly the last human winner

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Tom's Hardware · 07/19/2025 12:00 EDT

Przemysław “Psyho” Dębiak, a Polish programmer and former OpenAI engineer, defeated the company’s own advanced AI model in the 2025 AtCoder World Tour Finals. In a grueling 10-hour coding contest, he outscored the AI by 9.5%, proving human ingenuity still has an edge, at least for now. Read more ›

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The AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D drops to an all-time low pricing — the fastest CPU for gaming goes on sale

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Tom's Hardware · 07/19/2025 11:51 EDT

You can find the AMD Ryzen7 9800X3D gaming CPU at both Newegg and Amazon for just $451—its lowest price to date. Read more ›

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Tinkerers discover boot exploit for software-bricked WII U consoles by repairing destroyed and discarded SD cards from Nintendo factory — team posts 'paid the beak' exploit to Github

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Tom's Hardware · 07/19/2025 10:26 EDT

The discarded Nintendo SD cards contained a boot image that Nintendo used for the factory setup of its Wii U consoles. Read more ›

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GTA 5 finally launches in Saudi Arabia and the UAE 12 years after its global release — will be age-rated 21+ as part of the new regulatory framework

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Tom's Hardware · 07/19/2025 10:09 EDT

GTA 5 was released worldwide in 2013. Now, almost 12 years later, gamers in Saudi Arabia and the UAE can finally enjoy the game legally, as it launches in the region under a new 21+ age rating. Read more ›

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We 'built' the Alienware Area-51 out of Lego bricks — limited edition model only available through Alienware rewards

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Tom's Hardware · 07/19/2025 10:00 EDT

Alienware is giving away models of its Area-51 desktop made from Lego bricks, but the limited edition models are only available through its reward program. Read more ›

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Intel axes Clear Linux, the fastest distribution on the market — company ends support, effective immediately

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Tom's Hardware · 07/19/2025 09:40 EDT

Intel shuts down Clear Linux OS as part of the broad global cost-cutting strategy, but it is set to continue upstreaming Linux innovations to the Linux kernel. Read more ›

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