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Portable USB DVD writer with 2.5-inch SATA and SD card dock slashed by 30% to $21 — optical drive can read and write CDs at 24X, and DVDs at 8X

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Tom's Hardware · 02/23/2026 13:56 EDT

Optical drives can still be handy in 2026, though desktop and PC laptop makers very rarely offer them. Here's a USB-attached device that is also a SATA dock, and more, for under $21. Read more ›

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Intel preps CPUs with 'Unified Core' architecture — job listing hints at evolution beyond Intel's hybrid design

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Tom's Hardware 2 place · 02/23/2026 13:52 EDT

Intel's confirms 'Unified Cores' project in a job listing, but actual CPUs with these unified cores could be years away. Read more ›

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Hetzner hikes prices up to 37% starting April 1 — German data center giant cites rising hardware costs for price increases

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Tom's Hardware · 02/23/2026 13:43 EDT

German data center operator Hetzner announced today that it’s raising prices across its cloud, dedicated server, storage, and load balancer products starting April 1. Read more ›

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Linux 7.0 launches with enablement for Intel Nova Lake, AMD Zen 6 — major kernel update expected in Ubuntu 26.04 LTS and Fedora 44 first

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Tom's Hardware 3 place · 02/23/2026 13:24 EDT

A major kernel update, Linux 7.0, has been officially released. Although it'll take some time to show up in various Linux distros, the kernel comes with preliminary support for AMD's upcoming Zen 6 and Intel's Nova Lake. Read more ›

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DDR5 RAM gets another fleeting discount, lowest price in months — Corsair's 32GB Vengeance kit is $329 at Woot

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Tom's Hardware · 02/23/2026 12:58 EDT

A 23% discount on Corsair Vengeance DDR5. Read more ›

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Lenovo and Asus handheld owners warned as Ryzen Z1 Extreme driver support reportedly ends — lack of official updates threatens longevity for Legion Go, Go S, and ROG Ally X devices on Windows 11

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Tom's Hardware · 02/23/2026 12:56 EDT

AMD has reportedly stopped delivering new driver updates to handheld gaming PCs with the AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme APU, including Asus ROG Ally X and Lenovo Legion Go S. Read more ›

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Trump tariff turbulence risks handing TSMC a win over American chip manufacturers — prior exemptions for onshoring manufacturing may hinder the likes of Intel

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Tom's Hardware · 02/23/2026 10:06 EDT

The Trump Administrations' new sweeping tariffs for all American imports could end up hurting American companies and benefitting their international competition at the same time, thanks to existing tariff carve-outs and rising material costs for U.S. producers. Read more ›

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Asus ROG Swift PG32UCDM3 240 Hz QD-OLED gaming monitor review: Asus delivers a true flagship OLED

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Tom's Hardware · 02/23/2026 09:43 EDT

Asus delivers a flagship 32-inch OLED with the ROG Swift PG32UCDM3. It sports 4K resolution, 240 Hz, Adaptive-Sync, Quantum Dot wide gamut color, DisplayHDR 500, and HDR10, and is one of the few monitors to support Dolby Vision. Read more ›

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MSI RTX 5090 Lightning Z GPUs listed on eBay for almost $27,000 — limited edition graphics card demands 500% premium from resellers

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Tom's Hardware · 02/23/2026 09:01 EDT

Resellers are now putting up MSI RTX 5090 Lightning Zs on eBay, pricing it from $6,700 all the way to nearly $27,000. Read more ›

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Stargate AI data centers for OpenAI reportedly delayed by squabbles between partners — sources say OpenAI, Oracle, and SoftBank disagreed on who would have ultimate control of the planned data centers

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Tom's Hardware · 02/23/2026 08:53 EDT

OpenAI, Oracle, and SoftBank have reportedly spent several months negotiating over who would have ultimate control of the data centers planned for Stargate. Read more ›

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Newegg slashes $176 off this potent AMD gaming bundle, which includes $437.99 of RAM - Ryzen 7 9800X3D CPU, 32GB of Corsair Vengeance, and X870E Aorus Elite Wifi 7 motherboard for $1,020

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Tom's Hardware · 02/23/2026 08:26 EDT

Score a powerful AM5 bundle with the AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D, 32GB Corsair DDR5-6400 RAM, and Gigabyte X870E Aorus Elite WiFi 7 motherboard for $1,020— an ideal foundation for a high-end gaming PC. Read more ›

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US exports from Taiwan now exceed exports from China for the first time in decades — AI gold rush fuels 93.5% jump in advanced system exports

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Tom's Hardware · 02/23/2026 08:19 EDT

Recent trade statistics indicate that Taiwan now supplies more goods to the U.S. than China does, but this is only a part of the picture, as Taiwan is rapidly increasing its exports to everywhere in the world. Read more ›

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Get 20TB of Seagate external storage for just $11 per terabyte — rare discount lands during the AI-driven storage crunch

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Tom's Hardware · 02/23/2026 08:01 EDT

This 20TB Seagate expansion drive is a great external storage solution that defies the AI price crunch. Read more ›

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Save $558 on a Ryzen 7 9850X3D and X870 motherboard bundle at Newegg — $1,339 includes RAM priced at $1,129, free 2TB portable SSD, and AMD's latest gaming chip

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Tom's Hardware · 02/23/2026 07:15 EDT

RAM, CPU, and Mobo are all included in Newegg's latest bundle deal. Save $177 on 64GB of Corsair Vengeance memory. Read more ›

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Nintendo's Game & Watch hacked and turned into retro emulation beast — Solder job unlocks device from its Zelda-only cage thanks to a custom SD card slot

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Tom's Hardware · 02/23/2026 06:20 EDT

Macho Nacho Productions has modded an original Zelda-edition Game & Watch to run Retro-Go, a custom firmware that unlocks the hardware's full potential. This hacked Game & Watch can now emulate various consoles, includes support for save states, and even has a microSD card slot. But getting here wasn't easy. Read more ›

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User accidentally gains control of over 6,700 robot vacuums while tinkering with their own device to enable control with a PlayStation controller — security flaw reveals floor plans and live video feeds

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Tom's Hardware 1 place · 02/23/2026 06:00 EDT

An AI strategist used Claude Code to reverse engineer his robot vacuum and control it with a PlayStation controller, but it accidentally gave him control of thousands of similar devices spread all across the world. Read more ›

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Grab this $8.99 TP-Link gigabit Ethernet switch before it sells out — compact 5-port unmanaged switch offers instant wired LAN expansion and silent operation for 4K streaming and gaming

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Tom's Hardware · 02/23/2026 05:58 EDT

There's a nearly half-price discount on this TP-Link 5-port unmanaged ethernet switch, down to just $8.98 in this limited-time Amazon deal, unlocking five extra ports for your network at a brilliantly low price. Read more ›

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Hard drive pricing in the UK is so high that a person flew to the US to buy them instead, saving money despite flight and hotel costs — HDD deal seeker saved more than $2,000 by taking a trip

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Tom's Hardware · 02/22/2026 11:58 EDT

The $370 price difference between the U.S. and the U.K. on 28TB hard drives meant that it's more cost effective to pay for a round-trip ticket and a hotel stay than to just purchase 10 drives locally. Read more ›

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55 years ago, the first computer search warrant was issued — in February 1971, a Santa Clara judge authorized police to seize punch cards and a 'computer memory bank'

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Tom's Hardware · 02/22/2026 11:05 EDT

In February 1971, an order authorized Oakland Police to enter offices in Palo Alto and homes in Menlo Park to look not just for papers but also for data stored on machines. Read more ›

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Hands-on: G’AIM’E 30th Anniversary Time Crisis Light Gun Game

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Tom's Hardware · 02/22/2026 10:39 EDT

Peripheral maker G’AIM’E brings the lightgun back to the living room, with a bang. Celebrating 30 years since Time Crisis was out in the arcades, Richard Miller is back and ready to mow down hordes of bad guys in this officially licensed release. Read more ›

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