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Enthusiast hacks Valve’s AMD-first gaming OS to run on Intel hardware — SteamOS boots on Intel Arc B580 desktop GPU, but it takes a Radeon card, installer workaround, and Resizable BAR fix

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Tom's Hardware · 06/16/2026 05:30 EDT

A Reddit user has shown SteamOS running on an Intel Arc B580 desktop GPU, but the early proof of concept required a Radeon-assisted install workaround and Resizable BAR to recover performance. Read more ›

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AMD takes over MEXT to 'address growing memory constraints' in the data center — memory tiering technology enables flash to appear as DRAM to applications

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Tom's Hardware · 06/15/2026 15:00 EDT

AMD acquires MEXT to get Predictive Memory Engine that offloads infrequently accessed data from DRAM to NAND storage. Read more ›

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Multiple small Tennessee counties pass temporary data center bans — Nashville also passed near-unanimous moratorium on first reading

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Tom's Hardware · 06/15/2026 14:06 EDT

Two jurisdictions in Tennessee just passed a data center moratorium as three more a set to vote on bills that delay these projects. These temporary bans have gained widespread support, especially in rural regions where developers are increasingly looking to for building their massive projects. Read more ›

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Marvell details vision of optically-interconnected data centers spanning across thousands of kilometers — new interconnects sampling later this year would allow CSPs to pool resources based on workload

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Tom's Hardware · 06/15/2026 12:49 EDT

Marvell shares its vision for optically connected data centers, connecting devices across hundreds of kilometers, and the company already has hardware to build them. Read more ›

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China's supreme court bans Infineon from selling GaN power chips in China — market-leader Innoscience secures major victory in multi-region patent war

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Tom's Hardware · 06/15/2026 10:27 EDT

China's Supreme People's Court on Friday upheld an injunction prohibiting Infineon from selling disputed GaN products in mainland China. Read more ›

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Bambu Lab's big anniversary sale is live with up to 52% off — score huge discounts on their most popular 3D printers and accessories

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Tom's Hardware · 06/15/2026 10:14 EDT

Save on some of the best 3D printers in Bambu Lab's Anniversary sale Read more ›

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Cancelled Xbox 360 version of GoldenEye 007 gets recompiled for PC — ‘No emulator, the game runs as a real native executable,’ insists dev

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Tom's Hardware · 06/15/2026 09:43 EDT

GoldenEye Recomp v1.0 has been released, providing 'a native PC port of GoldenEye 007 built by statically recompiling the original game into C++' with no emulation involved. Read more ›

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Cooler Master MasterHUB review: A modular stream deck with potential

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Tom's Hardware · 06/15/2026 09:10 EDT

Cooler Master's MasterHUB is a modular customizable macropad that's perhaps a little too ambitious. Its modularity is nicely implemented, but it's limited by its software and lack of plugins. Read more ›

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Score 32GB of DDR5 RAM from only $240 in these Newegg hardware bundles for Intel and AMD gaming PC builds — huge savings on premium Gigabyte motherboards coupled with popular Corsair Vengeance memory

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Tom's Hardware · 06/15/2026 08:19 EDT

These Newegg bundles for Intel and AMD gaming PC builds feature 32GB of Corsair Vengeance DDR5 RAM from only $240, featuring Gigabyte motherboards. Read more ›

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Asus ProArt PA27USD 27-inch OLED review: Precision color with high-speed gaming prowess

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Tom's Hardware · 06/15/2026 08:10 EDT

Asus combines professional and gaming cred in the ProArt PA27USD. It’s a 27-inch QD-OLED with 4K resolution, professional image modes, auto-calibration, 240 Hz, Adaptive-Sync, HDR10, HLG, Dolby Vision and wide gamut color. Read more ›

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Google Chromebook marks its 15th anniversary — slow feature rollouts and a canceled Steam beta leave it largely stuck in classrooms

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Tom's Hardware · 06/15/2026 08:00 EDT

Today marks 15 years since the first Chromebooks hit the market. Read more ›

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Samsung's 49-inch ultrawide Odyssey G9 gaming monitor dips to the lowest-ever price of $664 at Amazon — get 240Hz refresh rate and dense 109 PPI for 34% off

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Tom's Hardware · 06/15/2026 07:18 EDT

Save 34% on Samsung's Odyssey G9 gaming monitor and pick up this massive 49-inch display for just $664.99. Its lowest-ever price. Read more ›

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FBI dismantles Chinese phishing service that coached buyers to generate scam sites using AI —$88 cybercrime product linked to $1.9 billion in losses, 3.87 million stolen cards

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Tom's Hardware · 06/15/2026 07:10 EDT

The FBI, Google, and Lumen Technologies say they’ve dismantled a China-based phishing-as-a-service operation called Outsider Enterprise. Read more ›

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42% slashed of Samsung's 990 Pro SSD, 2TB now $369 — $270 savings brings one of the fastest PCIe 4.0 SSDs to its lowest price in months

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Tom's Hardware · 06/15/2026 06:49 EDT

Samsung's 990 Pro 2TB is one of the fastest PCIe 4.0 M.2 SSDs around, delivering excellent performance and efficiency and backed by a 5-year warranty - now priced at $369.99, it's not the cheapest around, but is a well-rounded storage upgrade for any build. Read more ›

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2021 Honda Civic infotainment system can be jailbroken via USB — flaw uses public Android test keys to install unauthorized apps, enables for 'EvilValet' attacks

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Tom's Hardware · 06/15/2026 06:00 EDT

A software architect determined that they could practically install anything they want on the infotainment system of their 2021 Honda Civic through the front USB port. While the head unit required a signed AOSP file to update itself, the AOSP test key is publicly known, meaning anyone with the knowledge could potentially build their own update file and load it with malware. Read more ›

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Intel's upcoming 'Raptor Lake Next' will reportedly top out at 20 cores and retain Core 200 branding — Lineup may include a special 10-core SKU with 24MB of L3 cache

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Tom's Hardware · 06/14/2026 10:57 EDT

Intel's Raptor Lake family might be coming back for a third time and sit alongside Nova Lake on shelves as the budget-oriented offering from the company. Read more ›

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Amazon says its data centers consume only 0.075% of the water Americans use for watering their lawns and gardens — company also boasts of its improvements in water efficiency

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Tom's Hardware · 06/14/2026 10:25 EDT

Amazon says that it uses 2.5 billion gallons of water annually for data center cooling but compares it to the 3.3 trillion gallons of water used for watering lawns and gardens in the U.S. every year. Read more ›

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Computer History Museum recalls ‘astonishing’ retro haul recovered from abandoned German warehouse — over 2,000 artifacts spanning the 1930s to 1980s required seven tractor-trailers after a WWII bomb scare

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Tom's Hardware · 06/14/2026 10:00 EDT

The Computer History Museum recalls one of its biggest ever retro treasure troves. This ‘astonishing’ haul was rescued from an abandoned warehouse in the town of Castrop-Rauxel, Germany. Read more ›

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Apple made marketing gold from the Power Mac G4 'supercomputer' export ban in 1999 — Pentagon banned sales of the 400 MHz G4 in 50 countries when it launched and became the first PC to be classed as a weapon

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Tom's Hardware · 06/14/2026 10:00 EDT

In the context of the recent tech export bans, we look back at the Apple PowerMac G4 export ban from 1999 and Steve Jobs making marketing gold from the situation. Read more ›

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Researchers recycle old phones and cluster them into ‘computing platforms’ — says processors on modern smartphones deliver higher single-core performance than comparable multicore servers

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Tom's Hardware · 06/14/2026 09:34 EDT

A team of researchers from UC San Diego found that 'old' smartphones from 2023 could be combined to build a server capable of running apps locally, instead of relying on cloud servers located on a distant site. Read more ›

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