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Nvidia RTX 3060 comeback in 2026 could alleviate soaring GPU prices and memory shortages — rumored RTX 5050 9GB abruptly shelved amid speculation

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Tom's Hardware · 04/18/2026 11:53 EDT

If relaunched at the right price, the RTX 3060 could re-enter the market as a viable option in a segment facing increasing cost pressures. Read more ›

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Intel Chairman Frank Yeary retires, Craig Barrat to become the new chairman of the Board of Directors

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Tom's Hardware · 03/03/2026 17:39 EDT

The man who tried to split Intel retires from the board of directors. Read more ›

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Seagate begins shipping 44TB hard drives with HAMR tech to data centers — Mozaic 4+ platform expands to 10 platters

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Tom's Hardware · 03/03/2026 15:06 EDT

Seagate has begun shipping its 44TB Exos HDDs based on its HAMR technology to one hyperscale customer as others qualify the all-new Mozaic 4+ hard drive platform. Read more ›

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AI memory crunch forces DRAM market into 'hourly pricing' model, report claims — small and medium-sized businesses fighting for survival

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Tom's Hardware · 03/03/2026 12:11 EDT

According to DigiTimes, these companies began struggling to absorb soaring memory costs in the second half of 2025. Read more ›

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Intel's make-or-break 18A process node debuts for data center with 288-core Xeon 6+ CPU — multi-chip monster sports 12 channels of DDR5-8000, Foveros Direct 3D packaging tech

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Tom's Hardware · 03/03/2026 11:59 EDT

Intel formally announces Xeon 6+ CPUs with up to 288 cores that are made on 18A process technology. Read more ›

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Nvidia RTX 5070 mobile GPU looks set to get more VRAM despite global memory crisis — 8GB could be boosted to 12GB, according to new listings

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Tom's Hardware · 03/03/2026 11:51 EDT

Multiple manufacturer listings show a new Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 Mobile graphics card with 12GB of GDDR7 memory. Read more ›

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2026 will bring sharpest PC declines in over a decade — PC shipments to fall 10.4%

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Tom's Hardware · 03/03/2026 11:27 EDT

The forecast puts 2026 on track for the steepest device shipment contraction in over a decade, according to Ranjit Atwal, senior director analyst at Gartner. Read more ›

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Apple's new MacBook Air gets M5 and doubles starting storage — base price increases to $1,099

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Tom's Hardware · 03/03/2026 10:12 EDT

Apple today announced updates to its best-selling laptop, the MacBook Air. Read more ›

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Drones attack several AWS Middle East region data centers amid Iran war, leading to outages — service health been disrupted after power cut due to fire risk

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Tom's Hardware · 03/03/2026 10:04 EDT

Amazon’s data center business in the Middle East has been adversely impacted amid the 2026 Iran Conflict. Read more ›

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Apple launches new MacBook Pros powered by M5 Pro, M5 Max, and 2x faster SSDs — new 'Super Cores' help deliver up to 30 percent performance boost

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Tom's Hardware · 03/03/2026 09:47 EDT

Apple's MacBook Pros get a healthy uplift in performance for CPU, graphics, and storage, but prices also increase across the board. Read more ›

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Nvidia-backed trial shows AI data centers can flexibly adjust power use in near real time, with global implications for energy consumption — suggests hyperscalers can reduce consumption as necessary, ensuring grid isn’t overloaded during peak demand

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Tom's Hardware · 03/03/2026 09:35 EDT

A U.K. study suggests that AI data centers can reduce their power demands during peak hours instead of running at maximum capacity at all times. Read more ›

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Biwin Black Opal X570 Pro SSD Review: An 8TB unobtanium monster

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Tom's Hardware · 03/03/2026 09:00 EDT

The Biwin Black Opal X570 Pro is a monster of a drive and a compelling alternative to the 8TB Samsung 9100 Pro. Read more ›

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South Korean authorities lose over $4.8 million in crypto after posting mnemonic recovery phrase online — stolen PRTG tokens part of funds seized by National Tax Service from high-value tax evaders

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Tom's Hardware · 03/03/2026 08:02 EDT

South Korea's National Tax Agency added a photo of a hardware wallet in a press release, which also listed its mnemonic seed phrase. This led to an unknown user using the code to recover the wallet and steal over US$4.8 million in crypto seized by the government. Read more ›

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New DNA HDD can be ‘erased and overwritten repeatedly’ — University of Missouri researchers aiming for next-gen thumb-drive-sized storage

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Tom's Hardware · 03/03/2026 07:42 EDT

The University of Missouri (Mizzou) is developing a 'DNA hard drive,' which 'moves the field closer to a practical, rewritable system.' Read more ›

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DRAM bots reportedly being deployed to hoover up memory chips and components — one operation ran 10 million web scraping requests, hitting DDR5 RAM product pages every 6.5 seconds

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Tom's Hardware · 03/03/2026 07:15 EDT

Online security firm DataDome just reported that it has stopped a massive scalping effort to buy memory modules and resell them at inflated prices, turning the memory situation from bad to worse. Read more ›

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Save $650 with this Newegg GPU and RAM combo deal — get a $1,349.99 64GB Kingston DDR5-6000 RAM kit for just $700 when you bundle it with an MSI Ventus RTX 5070 Ti graphics card

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Tom's Hardware · 03/03/2026 06:38 EDT

Grab Newegg's GPU and RAM bundle to make savings on a new gaming PC build. Read more ›

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Pocket $219 in savings when you buy this blistering 9800X3D, motherboard, and 32GB RAM bundle — start your AM5 4K gaming rig for less than $1,000

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Tom's Hardware · 03/03/2026 06:32 EDT

Get AMD's 9800X3D processor along with a B850 motherboard and 32GB of RAM for less than $1,000. Read more ›

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Microsoft adds Shader Execution Reordering (SER) in latest DirectX SDK for more efficient ray tracing — Intel Arc B-series GPUs show 90% performance uplift

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Tom's Hardware · 03/03/2026 06:00 EDT

Microsoft has officially brought Shader Execution Reordering (SER) and Opacity Micromaps (OMMs) out of preview with the latest DXR 1.2 update, as part of DirectX Agility SDK 1.619. With SER and OMM now standardized, more game developers and GPU makers will be able to adopt it to make ray/path-traced scenes run much faster. Read more ›

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Phison is now demanding customers pre-pay with shorter timelines — NAND squeeze affecting everyone in the SSD supply chain

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Tom's Hardware · 03/02/2026 14:51 EDT

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Nvidia’s RTX 5070 seemingly crushes memory shortages to reign supreme as Steam’s number one GPU — but there are questions about why

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Tom's Hardware · 03/02/2026 14:05 EDT

The latest Steam Hardware & Software Survey for February 2026 has shown that the GeForce RTX 5070 has become the platform's most popular gaming graphics card, but there are some doubts about the survey methodology. Read more ›

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Nvidia releases new GeForce 595.71 driver to fix serious fan control bug — new update resolves issues for RTX 30, 40, and 50-series GPUs that reportedly stopped some fans from working

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Tom's Hardware · 03/02/2026 12:56 EDT

A new Nvidia GPU driver, 595.71, has been released which resolves issues in its since-recalled 595.59 driver which reportedly caused some graphics card fans to stop working. Read more ›

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