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User says access to ’30 years of photos and work’ in OneDrive denied by Microsoft, can't get a response after filing form 18 times — 'Microsoft suspended my account without warning, reason, or any legitimate recourse'

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Tom's Hardware · 06/22/2025 07:45 EDT

A OneDrive subscriber is in despair after Microsoft suspended their account without reason, and won't respond to inquiries. It was stuffed with 30 years of precious data, deposited as a relocation stop-gap. Read more ›

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Nvidia GPU owners may be losing performance because of a simple setting that's disabled by default — enabling Resizable Bar with Profile Inspector can enhance GPU performance by up to 10% in 3DMark

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Tom's Hardware · 06/22/2025 07:30 EDT

YouTuber JayzTwoCents discovered that manually enabling ReBAR in 3DMark can provide a 10% boost in performance, particularly on Intel Raptor Lake-based machines. Read more ›

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Engineer creates ad-block for the real world with augmented reality glasses — no more products or branding in your everyday life

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Tom's Hardware · 06/22/2025 07:12 EDT

A software engineer on X has built an augmented reality app for Snap's Spectacles, using Google's Gemini AI to identify advertisements and brands in the real world. Read more ›

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China's first 6nm gaming GPU matches 13-year-old GTX 660 Ti in first Geekbench tests — Lisuan G100 surfaces with 32 CUs, 256MB VRAM, and 300 MHz clock speed

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Tom's Hardware · 06/22/2025 07:00 EDT

The Lisuan G100 has been spotted on Geekbench (OpenCL), where it outputs performance similar to the GTX 660 Ti. That's largely due to early drivers and silicon. Read more ›

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TP-Link releases $250 Wi-Fi 7 access point that can be submerged in 1.5 meters of water without issue — the heavy-duty wireless router boasts an IP68 rating, six antennas, and PoE

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Tom's Hardware · 06/22/2025 06:30 EDT

The EAP772-Outdoor Wi-Fi 7 access point can withstand the elements, allowing you to not worry about it after installation. Read more ›

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Greek man gets 5 years in prison for running a now-defunct torrenting site 10 years ago — Greece goes tough on torrenting

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Tom's Hardware · 06/21/2025 12:56 EDT

A Greek man appealing his judgment in a case involving a 10-plus-year-old torrenting site was handed down an immediate 5-year jail sentence and €11,800 in fines in court this week. Read more ›

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3D-printed drill press can drill through metal — costs around $45 to create your own drill press

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Tom's Hardware · 06/21/2025 12:21 EDT

DC Sets' YouTube channel shows off its 3D printable drill press, which it created to drill holes in brass PCB M2 standoffs. Read more ›

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Truly ‘iconic’ WinRAR Messenger bags are available — at $150, they cost more than five WinRAR licenses

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Tom's Hardware · 06/21/2025 11:54 EDT

WinRAR and Tern are restocking their truly ‘iconic’ handbag design after initial sales success. Read more ›

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MSI announces beautiful Toy Story 30th anniversary PC — plastered in branding from the GPU down to the CMOS battery

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Tom's Hardware · 06/21/2025 11:09 EDT

MSI has announced a new collection of PC parts themed around the Toy Story films, purchasable only as a boxed set limited to 500 units. The parts, sold with the parts to build a complete PC, will only be available for sale in Taiwan. Read more ›

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Massive DDoS attack delivered 37.4TB in 45 seconds, equivalent to 10,000 HD movies, to one victim IP address — Cloudflare blocks largest cyber assault ever recorded

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Tom's Hardware · 06/21/2025 10:54 EDT

Cloudflare says that it blocked the 7.3 Tbps of junk traffic in mid-May — the largest DDoS attack to happen in recorded history. Read more ›

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Nintendo Switch 2 motherboards with chips are already available for $124 in China — PCBs sourced directly from the production line

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Tom's Hardware · 06/21/2025 10:27 EDT

A user on the Chinese online marketplace Goofish is offering what appears to be the Nintendo Switch 2's motherboard for just $124. Read more ›

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Acer Predator GM9000 2TB SSD Review: The Bargain High-End PCIe 5.0 SSD

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Tom's Hardware · 06/21/2025 10:10 EDT

The Acer Predator GM9000 is a high-end PCIe 5.0 drive positioned as a budget entry in an enthusiast market segment. Read more ›

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Legendary Sound Blaster ISA sound card gets a driver update 30 years later — patch squashes first bug report after 25 years

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Tom's Hardware · 06/21/2025 09:40 EDT

Creative Sound Blaster AWE32 fixes arrive for the Linux 6.16-rc3 kernel. Read more ›

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Overclockable Alienware 27-inch QHD gaming monitor is now just $199 at Amazon — 180 Hz IPS panel with 1 ms response time

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Tom's Hardware · 06/21/2025 09:02 EDT

The Alienware AW2724DM has a QHD resolution measuring 2560 x 1440px, features a 27-inch IPS panel, and is AMD FreeSync Pro certified. Read more ›

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Chinese researchers invent silicon photonic multiplexer chip that uses light instead of electricity for communication — CCP says China's early steps into light-based chips precede 'major breakthroughs' in three years

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Tom's Hardware · 06/21/2025 07:55 EDT

Fudan University researchers have allegedly developed a photonics-based multiplexer chip, supporting up to 38 Tbps data transmission. While not yet a full CPU, Chinese industry observers believe China's big breakthrough in photonics will arrive in "three to five years". Read more ›

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Intel to outsource marketing to Accenture and AI, resulting in more layoffs

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Tom's Hardware · 06/21/2025 07:49 EDT

Intel is outsourcing much of its marketing work to Accenture, aiming to cut costs and automate tasks using AI, which will reshape the company's longtime approach to customer engagement. Read more ›

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New display hits 1 million FPS, but it's not for gaming — display and high-speed camera could enable 1 Terabit per second communication speeds, beating current network interfaces

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Tom's Hardware · 06/21/2025 07:44 EDT

XDC has unveiled a microLED-based optical system that transmits data at one million frames per second through free space using a high-speed display and camera pair. Read more ›

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Nvidia reportedly books entire server plant capacity through 2026 to build Blackwell and Rubin AI servers, pushing out other potential customers

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Tom's Hardware · 06/21/2025 07:30 EDT

Nvidia has secured all available capacity at Wistron’s new facility in the Southern Taiwan Science Park, with confirmed orders extending through 2026. Read more ›

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Even PowerGPU's founder can't escape thermal gel leakage from the Gigabyte RTX 50-Series Master GPU

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Tom's Hardware · 06/21/2025 07:00 EDT

PowerGPU founder Jese Martinez discovered that his Gigabyte GPU is leaking its thermal gel after switching it out on his personal system. Read more ›

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Windows updates might finally be getting better — Microsoft to remove legacy drivers from Windows Update to boost security

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Tom's Hardware · 06/21/2025 06:00 EDT

Microsoft is planning on removing unwanted/legacy drivers from its Windows update catalog to boost the security of its Windows user base. The first phase of this cleanup will encompass older legacy drivers that already have newer replacements in Microsoft's database. Read more ›

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