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Drone breaks world speed record with 453 mph in test run — exotic sawtooth carbon fiber propeller blades one of the key advances in the Blackbird design

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Tom's Hardware · 05/24/2026 11:09 EDT

A YouTuber duo unofficially broke the world record using a custom-made carbon fiber propeller blade that featured exotic sawtooth leading edges. The first test ended in a disaster, though, after the drone lost contact and crashed at 393 mph. Read more ›

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After $2.5 billion Supermicro smuggling bust, Nvidia CEO urges company to fix export control compliance — Taiwan also begins to crack down on AI GPU chip smuggling to China

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Tom's Hardware · 05/24/2026 10:20 EDT

Huang told reporters at Songshan Airport that Nvidia insists its partners follow U.S. trade rules. Read more ›

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First ever Cray T3D Supercomputer goes up for auction with $81,000 reserve — Europe’s fastest supercomputer in June 1996 goes on the block

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Tom's Hardware · 05/24/2026 09:35 EDT

The first Cray T3D supercomputer ever produced, serial number 6001, was recently put up for auction, with opening bids from £60,000 (~$81,000) invited. Read more ›

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Steam Machine appears in Vulkan’s conformant product database — upcoming Valve console is certified compliant with the graphics API

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Tom's Hardware · 05/24/2026 09:17 EDT

The Khronos Group, which created the Vulkan API standard and continues to develop and maintain it, added the Steam Machine to its list of conformant products. This does not indicate how far or soon a product will come to the market, but it's a step in the right direction showing that much-awaited console will arrive... someday. Read more ›

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We tested Advanced Shader Delivery on the RX 9070 XT in six games — up to 95% improvement in load times and 33 percent faster 1% Low FPS

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Tom's Hardware · 05/24/2026 08:58 EDT

Today, we will take a look at Advanced Shader Delivery (ASD) – a new gaming feature aimed at improving the overall user experience by reducing load times dramatically and improving 1% low FPS. We tested six games, measuring up to a 95% improvement in game loading times and solid improvements in 1% Low FPS in some titles. Read more ›

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Ubisoft reportedly testing generative AI in Far Cry 7, insider says it 'looks like sh*t' — company recently posted a record €1.3 billion loss

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Tom's Hardware · 05/24/2026 08:44 EDT

Ubisoft is using an early build of its unannounced Far Cry 7 as a testbed for generative AI tools, according to Tom Henderson of Insider Gaming. Read more ›

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Researcher develops 'spray-on' stealth coating for drones — volcanic rock formulation claims to reduce radar return signals by up to 43dB, compared to 20 to 30dB for typical radar absorbent material

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Tom's Hardware · 05/24/2026 08:25 EDT

Users can easily spray on this radar absorbent material on any drone to increase their survivability in contested skies. Read more ›

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Autonomous ErgoChair Pro Review: Comfortable, but that's it

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Tom's Hardware · 05/24/2026 08:00 EDT

The Autonomous ErgoChair Pro is a solid entry in the ErgoChair line, offering good back support and adjustability. However, it lacks any standout features that separate it from the wide range of office chairs available. Read more ›

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Electronics buff hand-draws and etches custom PCBs at home — functional home-etched PCB runs a 3D-printed fume extractor fan

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Tom's Hardware · 05/24/2026 07:53 EDT

A maker bored with the staid designs of modern factory-produced PCBs has perfected their own hand-inking and home-etching process. Read more ›

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New video of melted Bambu Lab A1 sparks debate about whether the A1 3D printer is still a fire hazard — critics push for recall while redditors suspect external factors

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Tom's Hardware · 05/24/2026 07:30 EDT

Bambu Lab is once more in hot water after user Moreiras3D posted a video of a melted A1 3D printer to Instagram. The footage shows an A1 with its side completely melted down to the metal chassis, but some of the key details behind the incident remain unknown. Read more ›

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Cyberpunk 2077 cosplay jacket features a $1,200 flexible OLED collar that you can game on with a Steam Controller — dual Raspberry Pi 4s power the wearable tech

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Tom's Hardware · 05/24/2026 07:18 EDT

A robotics and animatronic cosplay enthusiast has made a real-life Cyberpunk 2077 NUSA Infiltrator jacket with a built-in collar display. Read more ›

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Russia moves four satellites to close gap with commercial radar satellite delivering intelligence to Ukraine, while fifth satellite makes similar move — US officials believe some of them to be part of an anti-satellite weapons program

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Tom's Hardware · 05/24/2026 07:00 EDT

These Russian satellites are getting uncomfortably close to a U.S.- and European-operated radar satellite, particularly in Ukraine, used for reconnaissance missions. While their intentions are unclear, these maneuvers consume a lot of fuel and are not typically undertaken by other satellites. Read more ›

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Save almost $200 on a flagship AMD 9850X3D CPU and 9070 XT GPU with this Newegg combo bundle — AMD's Ryzen 9 9850X3D and Radeon RX 9070 XT can be yours at a great price

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Tom's Hardware · 05/23/2026 13:31 EDT

If you've been looking to build a 4K-ready but the prices during the AI boom has scared you off, we've got just the deal to start you off. You can grab AMD's top-tier Ryzen 9 9850X3D CPU and RX 9070 XT GPU for less than $1,000 right now on Newegg. You're getting a combined savings of almost $200 across both items. Read more ›

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007: First Light drops last-minute Denuvo DRM bombshell, leaving pre-order customers and fans furious — Bond title risks FPS drops and strict online check-ins, Pirates eagerly await repack as day-one cracks become the norm

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Tom's Hardware · 05/23/2026 12:08 EDT

IO Interative's latest James Bond adventure has been hit with the curse of Denuvo DRM, leaving many paying customers frustrated over a deliberate roadblock. With all versions of Denuvo now cracked anyways, there's a high chance 007: First Light will be cracked within a few days of its launch anyways. Read more ›

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Samsung's $400,000 payout for memory workers sparks revolt as other divisions get only $4,000, fueling intentional production slowdowns — internal resentment disrupts packaging operations, major AI chip project decisions to a complete halt

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Tom's Hardware · 05/23/2026 09:49 EDT

It’s understood that meetings are being canceled across Samsung's non-memory and shared business units. Read more ›

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AI cost crisis hits tech giants as employee 'tokenmaxxing' backfires — agentic AI eats up to 1000x more tokens than standard AI, sparks corporate pullback at Microsoft, Meta, and Amazon

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Tom's Hardware · 05/23/2026 09:43 EDT

Agentic AI is consuming so many tokens that it's draining AI budgets way faster than expected. Jevons Paradox rings true 161 years after it was coined. Read more ›

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Micron's Virginia fab begins producing America's most advanced DRAM memory — fab expansion to quadruple output, easing DDR4 shortage for automotive and defense sectors

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Tom's Hardware · 05/23/2026 08:00 EDT

Micron is scaling up DDR4 production as the supply of the older memory standard has become unexpectedly tight. Read more ›

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$100 CPU Shootout: Comparing the Ryzen 5 5500, Core i3-14100F, and Core i3-12100F to find the top DDR4 CPU

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Tom's Hardware · 05/23/2026 08:00 EDT

As RAM prices continue to climb, budget CPUs are becoming more important. Here, we look at the three leading CPUs around $100 that use DDR4 memory to find which one is right for your next budget PC build. Read more ›

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Huawei develops 122TB SSD with new packaging tech to sidestep US sanctions on 3D NAND chips — Chinese firm develops proprietary tech to cram more NAND dies in a smaller footprint

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Tom's Hardware · 05/23/2026 07:40 EDT

Huawei developed a new die-on-board packaging, which directly mounted NAND dies on the SSD PCB, to get around the sanctions that prevented it from acquiring high-layer-count 3D NAND chips that used American tech. This allowed the company to pile in more 3D NAND on its storage devices without the limitations of traditional NAND packaging to deliver higher capacity using less dense 3D NAND dies. Read more ›

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768GB of cheap Intel Optane DIMM memory sticks used to run 1-trillion-parameter LLM on a system with a single GPU — local Kimi K2.5 install achieved roughly 4 tokens per second

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Tom's Hardware · 05/23/2026 07:20 EDT

A Redditor has caused a stir by coaxing a workstation build using Optane PMem DIMMs as RAM to run a 1-trillion parameter LLM. Read more ›

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