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AMD B650 expansion cards hit retail starting at $199 — add four M.2 PCIe 4.0 slots and 11 USB ports to any PC with a PCIe slot

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Tom's Hardware · 06/06/2026 12:29 EDT

A couple of new add-in cards exemplify the trend of slapping AMD's Promontory 21 chipset onto a card for extra I/O expansion. Read more ›

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Scientists create electronic devices that function reliably at extreme temperatures from 500 degrees Celcuis to absolute zero — advanced semiconductor material unlocks new possibilities in space tech and quantum computing

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Tom's Hardware · 04/28/2026 07:20 EDT

Scientists have demonstrated a new semiconductor material that can operate at extreme temperatures, from 500°C and down to -271.1°C. Read more ›

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Decades-old pre-Stuxnet cyber sabotage tool breaks cover, NSA listed it as 'nothing to see here' — fast16 targeted nuclear reactors, dam design, and other high-precision civil engineering software years before Stuxnet broke cover

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Tom's Hardware · 04/28/2026 07:04 EDT

Security researchers have uncovered a cyber-sabotage platform that targeted software used for major civil engineering projects and predates Stuxnet by at least half a decade. Read more ›

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EXPO 1.2 only brings partial CUDIMM support due to lack of native IMC compatibility — Asus also working on updating older B650 and X670 boards with EXPO 1.2

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Tom's Hardware · 04/28/2026 07:00 EDT

New AGESA updates are bringing EXPO 1.2 support to more and more 800-series AM5 motherboards, but CUDIMM support remains only partial. Because Zen 4 and 5's IMC is incompatible with CUDIMM, it can only run in bypass mode with limited speeds. Moreover, older 600-series motherboards are now also expected to get EXPO 1.2 support later. Read more ›

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Vendor slaps extra 'memory fee' on each tech purchase amid global chip crunch — the more you buy, the more you pay

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Tom's Hardware · 04/28/2026 06:40 EDT

Ubiquiti Inc. has started charging customers a 'Memory Surcharge' of up to 5.8% on some of the products sold in its online store. Read more ›

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News site linked to OpenAI super PAC sent bots posing as journalists to interview real people — site has published nearly 100 articles with real quotes gathered by fake writers

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Tom's Hardware · 04/28/2026 06:20 EDT

The site has published 94 articles since late December using a fully automated pipeline that drafts stories, reviews them, and deploys bots to solicit quotes from real people under fake bylines. Read more ›

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Denuvo has been cracked in all single-player games it previously protected — 2K Games and Denuvo reportedly retaliate with mandatory 14-day online checks

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Tom's Hardware · 04/28/2026 06:00 EDT

Denuvo has been bypassed in all single-player, non-VR games it previously protected with the widely-publicized hypervisor bypass. Read more ›

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AMD Ryzen 9950X3D tops Amazon best sellers as it falls to all-time low price of $573.99 — 32-core X3D chip is now 18% off its launch price

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Tom's Hardware · 04/27/2026 15:05 EDT

AMD's Ryzen 9 9950X3D has climbed to the top of Amazon's best sellers charts, likely due to a deep discount and the release of the Ryzen 9 9950X3D2. Read more ›

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Russian-Chinese Irtysh 32-core CPU runs The Witcher 3 at 30+ FPS — heavyweight chip still imposes CPU bottleneck despite impressive specs

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Tom's Hardware · 04/27/2026 14:27 EDT

Russian YouTube channel PRO Hi-Tech shows what the 32-core Irtysh C632 processor can achieve in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt when paired with an AMD Radeon RX 9600 XT graphics card. Read more ›

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Noctua releases free 3D CAD files for top-rated fans and accessories — enthusiasts can now print and modify their own versions

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Tom's Hardware · 04/27/2026 13:32 EDT

Noctua has opened Pandora's Box by releasing 3D CAD files of many of its fans and accessories, though with some slight modifications to protect Noctua's IP. Read more ›

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Inside Google's TPU V8 strategy, delivering two chips for two crucial tasks — scale up size gives chips an advantage over Nvidia AI accelerators

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Tom's Hardware · 04/27/2026 13:12 EDT

Google announced its eighth-gen TPUs at Cloud Next, shipping two distinct chip designs for the first time in the TPU program's decade-long history. Read more ›

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Steam Controller developer interview — Valve talks design, the learning curve, and the lack of kernel drivers

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Tom's Hardware · 04/27/2026 13:00 EDT

Valve programmer Pierre-Loup Griffais and engineer Steve Cardinali talked to Tom's Hardware about the Steam Controller, it's deep-dive learning experience, and why you really need to play games through Steam to get the best experience. Read more ›

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Valve Steam Controller review: Every input to PC game from the sofa

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Tom's Hardware · 04/27/2026 13:00 EDT

Valve's Steam Controller ($99) is vastly customizable, comfortable, and has a ton of input options. You probably don't strictly need it, but you can make it your own. Read more ›

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Microsoft and OpenAI end exclusivity agreement, opening up potential partnerships with Amazon and Google — Microsoft will continue to receive revenue share through 2030

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Tom's Hardware · 04/27/2026 12:13 EDT

Microsoft and OpenAI are ending their long-standing exclusivity agreement, allowing OpenAI to leverage cloud providers like Amazon and Google. Read more ›

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Complex that supplies 70% of global critical PCB base targeted in Iranian strike — attack could fracture the already disrupted electronics supply chain

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Tom's Hardware · 04/27/2026 11:47 EDT

War-related disruptions in the Middle East are hitting global electronics supply chains, triggering shortages in critical PCB and chipmaking materials that could drive up prices of gadgets Read more ›

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Claude-powered AI coding agent deletes entire company database in 9 seconds — backups zapped, after Cursor tool powered by Anthropic's Claude goes rogue

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Tom's Hardware · 04/27/2026 11:20 EDT

After the company database was wiped in just 9 seconds, the founder of PocketOS penned a social media post to warn others about the 'systemic failures' of flagship AI and digital services providers. Read more ›

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New AI data center in Utah will generate and consume more than twice the amount of power the entire state uses — Kevin O'Leary's 9 Gigawatt Utah data center campus approved

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Tom's Hardware · 04/27/2026 10:58 EDT

Utah's Military Installation Development Authority on Friday approved a development agreement for a hyperscale data center campus in Box Elder County. Read more ›

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Hacktivists share a guide on making working electronics PCBs made from natural clay with prehistoric technique — ethical hardware tutorial explains how to find clay, stamp 3D printed circuits, paint traces, and fire tablets

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Tom's Hardware · 04/27/2026 08:28 EDT

Feminist Hackers share a compelling solution for custom PCB-needy DIYers - a hand-made wild clay prehistoric-fired alternative. Read more ›

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TSMC's details next-gen CoWoS roadmap: over 14-reticle packages and 48x leap in compute power expected by 2029 — massive size enables 24 HBM5E stacks and additional memory bandwidth jump

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Tom's Hardware · 04/27/2026 07:56 EDT

TSMC claims that CoWoS innovations will enable 48x more compute and 34x more memory bandwidth for 2029 AI processors. Read more ›

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Save a colossal $1,184 on a 9950X3D2, 64GB DDR5, and a 4TB Samsung SSD for a powerhouse gaming PC build — epic Newegg deal comes with AMD's first dual X3D chip and a flagship Asus ROG board for $2,899

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Tom's Hardware · 04/27/2026 07:55 EDT

Save nearly $1,200 on a $4,000+ gaming PC build with this Newegg combo deal, featuring the 9950X3D2, flagship Asus ROG Crosshair X870E motherboard, 64GB of G.Skill Ripjaws DDR5 RAM, and a 4TB Samsung 990 Pro SSD. Read more ›

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3D printing community organizes against California law that would restrict sales to state-approved models to prevent printing gun parts

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Tom's Hardware · 04/27/2026 06:43 EDT

Experts warn that "safety algorithms" are a death sentence for makerspaces, schools, and innovation. Read more ›

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