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Trump administration reportedly reviving push to ban Chinese AI models following Kimi K3 launch, citing cybersecurity concerns — downloadable open weights could make an outright U.S. ban nearly impossible to enforce amid growing adoption

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Tom's Hardware · 07/20/2026 13:39 EDT

The U.S. may be reigniting efforts to push companies away from Chinese open-weight AI models such as Kimi and DeepSeek. Read more ›

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Shrink your PC setup with up to 25% off on Kamrui mini-PCs — big savings on the H1 for gamers and the Hyper H2 for pros

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Tom's Hardware · 07/20/2026 12:32 EDT

Kamrui's H1 and Hyper H2 mini-PCs go on sale at Amazon with discounts up to 25%. Read more ›

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Dutch chip sector at very high risk of Chinese interference, government-funded study warns — calls for stricter vetting at sites like ASML

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Tom's Hardware · 07/20/2026 11:04 EDT

The Hague Centre for Strategic Studies has rated the Dutch semiconductor industry as being at very high risk of Chinese foreign interference. Read more ›

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Microsoft will deploy AMD’s Helios rack-scale AI accelerator ‘at scale’ on Azure – Radeon Instinct MI455X and Epyc Venice power will be available through Redmond’s cloud infrastructure

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Tom's Hardware · 07/20/2026 09:05 EDT

Microsoft and AMD are teaming up to get Redmond more AI FLOPS for both internal and external use. Read more ›

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Power companies can seize private land to make way for new AI data center transmission lines, report says — takeovers could be implemented using eminent domain law when private citizens refuse to sell land

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Tom's Hardware · 07/20/2026 09:00 EDT

Utilities can use eminent domain to seize private land for new transmission lines needed to power data centers, though public-use and state-law limits still apply. Read more ›

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Samsung now supplying new VESA DisplayHDR True Black 1400 laptop displays — Lenovo, Asus, Dell, and MSI set to launch portables with the first 1,600 nits tandem OLED panels

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Tom's Hardware · 07/20/2026 08:18 EDT

Samsung Display has announced that it is now supplying its first mass-produced VESA DisplayHDR True Black 1400 monitor panels to laptop makers including Lenovo, Asus, Dell, and MSI. Read more ›

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3D printing enthusiast resurrects cancelled dbrand Steam Machine Companion Cube as DIY project — project shelved due to copyright can now be made and assembled at home

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Tom's Hardware · 07/20/2026 07:25 EDT

A 3D printing enthusiast has resurrected dbrand's cancelled Steam Machine Companion Cube as a DIY project. Read more ›

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Creality K2 SE 3D printer price slashed by 17%, now under $250 — grab a competitive entry-level high-speed multicolor device at a bargain price

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Tom's Hardware · 07/19/2026 11:04 EDT

The Creality K2 SE drops to $248.99 in this limited-time deal, making it a great option for anyone looking to start 3D printing but want to have access to some advanced features. Read more ›

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AMD's next-gen 10-core 'Medusa Point' APU shows up on Geekbench again, with its best score yet — leaked SKU outpaces every other x86 mobile chip in the single-core test

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Tom's Hardware · 07/19/2026 10:35 EDT

AMD's next 10-core mobile part from the Medusa Point family is looking a lot faster than its previous two Gorgon Point and Strix Point SKUs, respectively. Early leaks keep highlighting an ever-improving part that has just benched its best score yet. Read more ›

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Zilog Z80 turns 50 as an open-source replacement heads to drop-in DIP40 silicon — iconic 8-bit CPU launched in July 1976 and was discontinued in 2024

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Tom's Hardware · 07/19/2026 10:12 EDT

The original Z80 packed 8,500 transistors on a 4μm process and typically ran at 2.5 MHz. Read more ›

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Memory chip boss admits RAM prices are 'abnormally high' — SK Group chairman considering building a semiconductor plant in the US to expand supply, calm ‘chipflation’

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Tom's Hardware · 07/19/2026 09:55 EDT

SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won said that prices for memory chips are "abnormally high" and that the industry must take steps to increase production and reduce prices. If it fails to do that, new entrants could challenge the incumbent leaders and make the market much more competitive, especially once demand falls back down to more manageable levels. Read more ›

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‘Phantom Twist’ drone spins so fast that it is nearly invisible — flying device adds motion blur to the real world

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Tom's Hardware · 07/19/2026 09:27 EDT

Researchers from Northwestern University in Illinois have built a drone that rotates so fast it is cloaked by motion blur. Read more ›

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Samsung cuts hundreds of US consumer electronics jobs ahead of Texas HQ move — 739 roles affected in New Jersey as chip division posts record profit

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Tom's Hardware · 07/19/2026 08:48 EDT

Samsung told Reuters that a majority of the affected New Jersey employees received relocation offers, while others were let go. Read more ›

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Russian drones spotted using screwed-on magnetic compasses as navigation aids — the on-board camera can occasionally tilt down to check bearings if satellite comms are lost

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Tom's Hardware · 07/19/2026 08:05 EDT

Russian drone troops are adding cheap magnetic compasses to help find their bearings. Crude add-on helps them find their bearings and locate their targets even without GPS. Read more ›

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Coil whine can be musical, demonstrates engineering student — this usually hated noise can make some people happy

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Tom's Hardware · 07/19/2026 07:20 EDT

Video shows that electronic noise pollution can become music. Read more ›

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Crazed enthusiast runs PC on 192 AA batteries, successfully boots into Hannah Montana Linux — System is stable during stress testing and even plays FreeDoom

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Tom's Hardware · 07/19/2026 06:00 EDT

A creator by the name of "Uwoslab" just jerry-rigged three battery banks together, each made up of 64 AA Alkaline cells, to form a giant 192-cell array that's enough to power an AM4 system. Read more ›

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Clever hacker fits 537,000 domains in a tiny $5 ESP32 ad-blocking dongle — firmware uses only around 50KB of RAM and can answer blocked lookups in 10 milliseconds

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Tom's Hardware · 07/19/2026 06:00 EDT

This project uses a clever hashing trick to fit over half a million blocked domains into just 4MB of flash memory. Read more ›

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GTA 3 and Vice City are now playable inside San Andreas — a mod lets you revisit Liberty City and Vice City without leaving San Andreas

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Tom's Hardware · 07/18/2026 13:48 EDT

A GTA modder has embedded GTA 3 and Vice City within San Andreas, even nesting Vice City within GTA 3, with all three games continuing to run simultaneously. Read more ›

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AMD’s new Ryzen 7 7700X3D plummets to $279 days after launch — the X3D chip rules the mid-range at its discounted price

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Tom's Hardware · 07/18/2026 13:40 EDT

The Ryzen 7 7700X3D has suddenly become a solid value thanks to a $50 promo code, knocking its price down from $329 to just $279 on Newegg. Read more ›

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Strapping 11 fans and a 360mm AIO to an RTX 3080 sounds crazy until you see the 30°C temp drop — modded GPU delivered less than 5 FPS uplift at turbojet noise levels

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Tom's Hardware · 07/18/2026 13:22 EDT

TrashBench recently decided to test whether adding more and more fans to a powerful GPU would improve its performance. Read more ›

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