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Industry coalition urges Trump administration to take urgent action as AI data centers' extreme memory consumption threatens other industries — AI-driven memory chip shortage could raise prices in automotive, medical, telecommunications sectors

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Tom's Hardware · 06/05/2026 08:20 EDT

A coalition of nine U.S. trade associations has urged the Trump administration to address an AI-driven memory chip shortage, warning that soaring DRAM prices and constrained supply could raise costs for consumer electronics, automobiles, medical devices, and broadband infrastructure while disrupting supply chains through at least 2027. Read more ›

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Elegoo announces bizarre 3D printer collab with Emoji brand — special edition Centauri Carbon 2 Combo is priced at $489 USD

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Tom's Hardware · 06/05/2026 08:00 EDT

Elegoo announced the new machine as a fun and creative collab with the emoji® brand, a German company that has trademarked the commercial use of emojis on physical merch and media. Read more ›

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Tom's Hardware · 06/05/2026 07:39 EDT

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Anthropic warns Claude AI is building itself faster than expected, calls for option to halt frontier development —'recursive self improvement' increases risk humans lose control of AI

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Tom's Hardware · 06/05/2026 07:29 EDT

Anthropic has published a report warning that the development path it’s on could eventually leave humans unable to control AI systems. Read more ›

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Save $550 on this 4K-ready gaming PC with a 9800X3D and RX 9070 XT, now just $1,749 — huge discount makes this the cheapest PC with these specs on sale right now, shipping with 32GB DDR5 and a 1TB SSD

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Tom's Hardware · 06/05/2026 07:18 EDT

This $1,749 Skytech gaming PC is an elite-level rig for 1440p and 4K gaming, fitted with a 9800X3D, RX 9070 XT, 32GB DDR5, and a 1TB SSD. Read more ›

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Tom's Hardware Unfiltered: Computex 2026, Day 4 — the B2B shift, and we say farewell to Taipei

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Tom's Hardware · 06/05/2026 07:12 EDT

In the final entry in our series of daily Computex blogs, our team ruminates on their thoughts from the show itself. Read more ›

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Jensen Huang says 'every edge device will become autonomous' — Nvidia maps one computing pattern from the cloud to robotics

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Tom's Hardware · 06/05/2026 07:00 EDT

"There's a new computing pattern," the Nvidia CEO told reporters at a press gaggle the day after his GTC Taipei keynote. Read more ›

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Meta putting up tents across the US to house AI servers, like ‘a scene out of the movie Mad Max’ — structures take three months to build and use jet engines for power

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Tom's Hardware · 06/05/2026 06:59 EDT

Meta is reportedly building more tents that house expensive data centers across the U.S., as it reportedly cuts construction time from two to three years to just a few months. It's also bringing its own power instead of relying on electricity from the grid. Read more ›

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Outlook may have allowed unencrypted connections for decades, report claims — Fedora and Dovecot upgrade reveal protocol downgrade issue present since at least 2007

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Tom's Hardware · 06/05/2026 06:30 EDT

Ssh, don't tell the customer anything. Read more ›

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Lightning strike enters apartment through coaxial internet cable, blows up gamer's PC — surge causes extensive damage to motherboard, destroys router, and leaves burn marks on the wall

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Tom's Hardware · 06/05/2026 06:00 EDT

While direct lightning strikes are difficult to defend against, proper grounding and protection for coaxial and network lines can help reduce the risk of costly hardware damage. Read more ›

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Indiana mayor secretly recorded saying AI data center protestors only live in 'sh***y' houses — office issues statement of clarification over controversial comments

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Tom's Hardware · 06/05/2026 05:00 EDT

Shelbyville mayor Scott Ferguson (R) made these remarks likelly without knowing that he was being recorded, and it has ignited a political firestorm in the small town. Read more ›

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Take your OpenClaw box back to the future with retro Mac Mini, Mac Studio docks — Wokyis tempts Nintendo and Apple lawyers, while adding a screen, ports, and style to your modern Mac

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Tom's Hardware · 06/04/2026 16:00 EDT

Wokyis is already selling its M5 dock that turns your Mac Mini into a mini Macintosh. But it plans to add G7 NES-themed docks, as well, with up to 80Gbps of throughput and larger 7-inch screens. Read more ›

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AMD's Frank Azor pushes back against claim that FSR 4.1 won't be ported to RDNA 3.5 GPUs — says 'no such decision' has been made

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Tom's Hardware · 06/04/2026 15:18 EDT

AMD's Frank Azor hits back against allegations suggesting AMD will skip RDNA 3.5 integration with FSR 4.1. Read more ›

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8GB of RAM is back on laptops — companies are lowering memory offerings to make affordable notebooks during component crisis

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Tom's Hardware · 06/04/2026 12:34 EDT

At Computex, Dell and Acer both introduced systems starting with 8GB of RAM to compete with the MacBook Neo, following a rush to 16GB systems in the last two years to bolster local AI. Read more ›

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TSMC CEO C.C. Wei says, ‘It will be a long time before we can meet customer demand’ — tells shareholders that he will keep prices stable, refrain from implementing price hikes

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Tom's Hardware · 06/04/2026 12:18 EDT

TSMC says it does not have enough capacity to handle all the demand from AI hyperscalers, with CEO C.C. Wei saying that it will take a long time before it can match customer demand. This is an opportunity for Intel, though, as companies desperate to get their hands on advanced chips might be willing to use Intel 18A or 14A nodes for their needs instead. Read more ›

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Qualcomm Roundtable Interview transcript — SVP of Compute and Gaming talks Snapdragon C, RTX Spark, and the agentic AI future

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Tom's Hardware · 06/04/2026 12:00 EDT

Qualcomm has Snapdragon C to compete in the exciting low-cost laptop market, but it's also looking to build an entire agentic AI ecosystem on Qualcomm silicon. Read more ›

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This RTX 5070 Ti gaming laptop is just $1,499 — Walmart fights AI price crisis with $500 discount

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Tom's Hardware · 06/04/2026 11:56 EDT

Get $500 off this MSI Vector A16 laptop. Read more ›

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Nintendo Switch 2 with user-replaceable batteries coming to the EU — console maker confirms it will comply with regulations set to take effect from 2027

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Tom's Hardware · 06/04/2026 11:51 EDT

The European Union's new directives for easily user-replaceable batteries will force Nintendo to update its Switch 2 console with a revised model. The law goes into effect from February 18, 2027, which means an updated Switch 2 that complies with these new regulations needs to come out before that deadline. Read more ›

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Elon Musk's SpaceX secures 100% property tax exemption for planned $55 billion Terafab semiconductor factory in Texas — county approves 35-year deal worth hundreds of millions despite resident backlash

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Tom's Hardware · 06/04/2026 10:46 EDT

SpaceX has secured a 35-year, 100% property tax abatement for its proposed $55 billion TeraFAB semiconductor facility in Texas. Elon Musk argues the exemption is essential to compete with global chipmakers, while residents raise concerns over transparency, infrastructure, and environmental impacts. Read more ›

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US tech layoffs record single-highest month in two years, and more than any other sector — nearly 40,000 get the axe, AI the most cited reason for layoffs

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Tom's Hardware · 06/04/2026 10:28 EDT

U.S. tech companies announced 38,242 job cuts in May, more than any other sector and the industry's heaviest month of reductions in nearly two years. Read more ›

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