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Razer unveils Core X V2 eGPU enclosure with TB5 bandwidth — costs $400, but no longer has a power supply and I/O expansion requires a separate Thunderbolt 5 Dock

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Tom's Hardware · 07/16/2025 10:50 EDT

Razer’s new Core X V2 eGPU supports quad-slot cards, 140W charging, and Thunderbolt 5 bandwidth—but drops I/O, PSU, and macOS support. The matching Dock fills the gaps, but at $390, the full setup gets expensive. It’s modular, sleek, but not quite the upgrade eGPU users were hoping for. Read more ›

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Intel reportedly prepping supercharged Nova Lake-AX mobile chips for gaming — Team Blue’s high-performance APU to rival AMD’s Strix Halo

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Tom's Hardware · 07/16/2025 10:00 EDT

A popular Intel leaker says that Team Blue is preparing a competitor to AMD's Strix Halo chips, slated to arrive in 2027. Read more ›

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Tariff fears caused a surge in entry-level 3D printer sales — Chinese companies accounted for 95% of entry-level machines shipped globally

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Tom's Hardware · 07/16/2025 08:25 EDT

New data shows “entry-level” 3D printer sales are up in 2025. Read more ›

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Intel releases new tool to measure gaming image quality in real time —AI tool measures impact of upscalers, frame gen, others; Computer Graphics Video Quality Metric now available on GitHub

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Tom's Hardware · 07/16/2025 08:05 EDT

Intel has just released its new Computer Graphics Video Quality Metric on GitHub, a new measure designed to capture the complex artifacts found in modern rendering techniques in computer graphics. Read more ›

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HP OmniBook X Flip 14 review: Speedy and spicy

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Tom's Hardware · 07/16/2025 08:00 EDT

The HP OmniBook X Flip 14 is a strong AMD-powered 2-in-1 with a lot of ports, but its battery life is too short and it gets hot under load. Read more ›

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Firefox dev says Intel Raptor Lake crashes are increasing with rising temperatures in record European heat wave — Mozilla staff's tracking overwhelmed by Intel crash reports, team disables the function

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Tom's Hardware · 07/16/2025 07:35 EDT

Mozilla's engineering staff reports that Intel Raptor Lakes are sensitive to increasing ambient temperatures, resulting in several crash reports flooding in from areas affected by heat waves. Read more ›

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Switch 2 account ban saga continues as Redditor taunts Nintendo after ripping 20 cartridges and playing online — others warn that it's just a matter of time

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Tom's Hardware · 07/16/2025 05:42 EDT

A Reddit user claims to have used a Mig-Flash on their online Switch 2 console extensively and not gotten banned. Read more ›

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U.S. earmarks $1B for 'offensive cyber operations' despite broader efforts to slash cybersecurity spending

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Tom's Hardware · 07/15/2025 15:44 EDT

The "One Big Beautiful Bill Act" specifically looks to bolster the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command. Read more ›

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Nvidia reportedly preparing RTX 6000D for Chinese market to comply with U.S. export controls — fabricated on TSMC N4, featuring GDDR7 memory capable of delivering 1,100 GB/s of bidirectional bandwidth

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Tom's Hardware · 07/15/2025 13:00 EDT

NVIDIA is reportedly launching the RTX 6000D GPU for China to offset U.S. export restrictions. Built on TSMC’s 4nm process and armed with GDDR7 memory delivering 1,100 GB/s bandwidth, the card targets AI workloads and could help NVIDIA reclaim lost revenue in the Chinese market. Read more ›

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Lucky data hoarder pays $360 for six 8TB WD external hard drives, lands five more for free — scores 11 shuckable HDDs for $4 per TB

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Tom's Hardware · 07/15/2025 12:44 EDT

A Redditor bought six WD Easystore 8TB external hard drives for $60 each and ended up getting five more for free. Read more ›

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Speedily craft 3D prints with this Elegoo Neptune 4 Plus deal — an Editor's Choice Award Winner

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Tom's Hardware · 07/15/2025 12:27 EDT

Elegoo's Neptune 4 Plus is only $289 in this exceptional deal. Read more ›

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Seagate unveils 30TB HDDs for the masses — laser-powered HAMR drives are now widely available

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Tom's Hardware · 07/15/2025 12:01 EDT

Seagate has released its first mass-market HAMR hard drives — the Exos M and IronWolf Pro up to 30TB — marking a milestone in storage density for such HDDs. Read more ›

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Chip collector showcases 'rarest x86 CPU' in their hoard — Rise mP6 266 ticked along at 200MHz in 1998

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Tom's Hardware · 07/15/2025 11:11 EDT

Some images demonstrating one of the rarest x86 CPUs still running have been shared online. Read more ›

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Critical UEFI vulnerabilities found in Gigabyte motherboards — allow attackers to bypass Secure Boot and install firmware backdoors

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Tom's Hardware · 07/15/2025 10:33 EDT

Security researchers warn of persistent firmware threats affecting hundreds of models. Read more ›

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Investigation reveals Google Gemini for Workspace flaw that could have been exploited to enlist the AI in phishing schemes —' Summarize this email' tool would faithfully obey malicious instructions hidden inside an email

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Tom's Hardware · 07/15/2025 10:14 EDT

Mozilla's 0-Day Investigative Network (0din) revealed on July 10 that Google Gemini for Workspace could be tricked into telling users their accounts had been compromised. Read more ›

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MIT engineers 3D print implant for diabetic patients that releases medicine under the skin — chip can be wirelessly activated to melt an alloy that releases powdered glucagon

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Tom's Hardware · 07/15/2025 10:02 EDT

Engineers from MIT have put together a 3D-printed chip that can release medicine under the skin with a wireless trigger. Read more ›

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G.Skill sets new 12,872MT/s DDR5 memory overclocking world record with bl4ckdot — blazing frequencies delivered by liquid nitrogen, using Intel Core Ultra 9 285K and ROG Maximus Z890 Apex motherboard

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Tom's Hardware · 07/15/2025 09:41 EDT

Overclocker bl4ckdot set a new DDR5 world record, pushing G.Skill’s Trident Z5 to an incredible 12,872 MT/s using LN2 cooling. The run was validated on CPU-Z, placing him at the top of HWBOT’s Memory Frequency Hall of Fame once again. Read more ›

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'Cyberpunk 2077' comes to the Mac July 17 — patient Apple gamers get support for every Apple Silicon chip, new Metal features, and Spatial Audio

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Tom's Hardware · 07/15/2025 09:00 EDT

Cyberpunk 2077: Ultimate Edition is finally hitting the Mac on July 17, with support for Spatial Audio, MetalFX upscaling, and a version of AMD FSR that is optimized for Apple Silicon. Read more ›

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Trump lightens chip bans on China, AMD to restart MI308 AI chip sales in the country, joining Nvidia's H20 — 'We plan to resume shipments as licenses are approved'

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Tom's Hardware · 07/15/2025 08:32 EDT

AMD has confirmed it plans to resume shipments of its MI308 chip to China. Read more ›

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CoreWeave to invest $6 billion in Pennsylvania AI center — targeting up to 300 MW capacity, just days after the governor threatened to pull the state from the grid over skyrocketing demand

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Tom's Hardware · 07/15/2025 08:30 EDT

The site is expected to come online by 2026. Read more ›

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