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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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Intel details 18A process technology — boosts performance by 25% or lowers power consumption by 36%

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Tom's Hardware 3 place · 06/23/2025 05:59 EDT

Intel has fully detailed its 18A (1.8nm-class) process at VLSI 2025, highlighting major performance, power, and density improvements enabled by RibbonFET transistors and PowerVia backside power delivery. Read more ›

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Iconic Nvidia GeForce 7800 GTX hits 20 years old today — PS3 GPU forbearer was 'graphics champion' of performance and efficiency in its day

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Tom's Hardware · 06/22/2025 12:03 EDT

The Nvidia GeForce 7800 GTX launched 20 years ago, today, and it marked a ground-breaking achievement at the time for the green team. Read more ›

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MIT researchers repair bridges by 3D printing steel onto corroded beams — Tech uses compressed gas to heat and accelerate powdered steel particles

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Tom's Hardware · 06/22/2025 11:27 EDT

The University of Massachusetts at Amherst worked with MIT researchers to create a cost-effective way to repair bridges and extend their lives until they can be replaced. Read more ›

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New US restrictions could prevent leading chip manufacturers from installing chipmaking tools in their China fabs — TSMC, Samsung, and SK hynix potentially impacted

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Tom's Hardware · 06/22/2025 10:12 EDT

The U.S. government may cancel a program for multinational chipmakers, with impacts to firms like Samsung, SK hynix, and TSMC which operate in China. Read more ›

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Long-time rivals Bill Gates and Linus Torvalds meet for the first time, have dinner — 'No major kernel decisions were made, but maybe next dinner'

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Tom's Hardware · 06/22/2025 09:10 EDT

Photo shows the first meeting between two legends of the tech world, Bill Gates and Linus Torvalds, standing together after a dinner. Read more ›

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Unreal Engine 5.6 up to 30% faster than the the infamously bad version it succeeds -- better graphics fidelity promised, too

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Tom's Hardware · 06/22/2025 08:15 EDT

Unreal Engine 5.6 has been benchmarked, revealing up to a 30% performance improvement over version 5.4 of the same engine while boasting improved visual fidelity. Read more ›

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Authorities saw open Bitcoin ATM to recover scammed money — almost $32,000 seized from machine

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Tom's Hardware 3 place · 06/22/2025 08:00 EDT

A Jasper County citizen was scammed out of $25,000, and the authorities used a power saw to seize the deposited amount from a Bitcoin ATM. Read more ›

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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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