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Memory vendor under fire for imposing hefty 15% depreciation fee on returns despite skyrocketing RAM value — user expected RMA replacement but gets hit with a loss instead

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Tom's Hardware · 02/28/2026 08:52 EDT

Silicon Power reportedly charged a 15% depreciation fee while refunding a user their 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4-3200 RAM, meaning they'll only receive $46.72, which isn't even enough to buy a single 8GB DDR4-3200 RAM stick at current prices. Read more ›

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OpenAI raises $110 billion in largest-ever private tech funding round, Nvidia throws in $30 billion — AI startup now valued at $730 billion

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Tom's Hardware · 02/28/2026 07:20 EDT

$50 billion from Amazon, $30 billion from Nvidia, and $30 billion from SoftBank, with additional investors expected to join as the round progresses. Read more ›

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AMD Ryzen 7 9850X3D vs Intel Core i9-14900K faceoff — Intel’s Raptor Lake platform continues to be relevant in 2026

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Tom's Hardware · 02/28/2026 07:00 EDT

The Ryzen 7 9850X3D now leads AMD’s gaming lineup, but Intel’s Core i9-14900K remains a powerful choice for productivity-focused users. We tested both in a head-to-head battle to see which CPU comes out on top. Read more ›

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Industry murmurs suggest Sony will no longer release PS5 exclusives on PC — New leadership might be willing to forgo PC revenue to fortify console platform

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Tom's Hardware · 02/28/2026 07:00 EDT

Reports from around the gaming world are heavily pointing toward the end of Sony's first-party AAA games being available on PC. Single-player PlayStation Studios titles are apparently now going to be assess on a game-by-game basis for launch on PC, with the general strategy pivoting to keeping them on console indefinitely. Read more ›

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Nostalgic developer recreates the 1994 Linux desktop as a modern web app for your browser — open-source project brings old-school CDE interface back from the dead and features classic 90s web browser, text editor, and more

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Tom's Hardware · 02/28/2026 06:40 EDT

A new GitHub project has resurrected the 1994 Linux experience with this Debian clone in your browser, a pixel-for-pixel recreation of the original Common Desktop Environment that early Unix system users will be familiar with. Read more ›

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Ultra rare floppy disk game twisted and slashed into shards by US Customs or DHL checkers — ruined Tsukihime 1999 demo was one of only 50 ever produced

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Tom's Hardware · 02/28/2026 06:20 EDT

An important Windows 9X era video gaming artifact appears to have been deliberately destroyed. Read more ›

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Device that can extract 1,000 liters of clean water a day from desert air revealed by 2025 Nobel Prize winner — claimed to work in desert air with 20% humidity or lower, delivering off-grid ‘personalized water’

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Tom's Hardware · 02/28/2026 06:00 EDT

Stand-alone device claimed to pull 1,000 liters (about 264 US Gal) of drinkable water a day from air with as little as 20% humidity. Read more ›

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Two suspects arrested over theft of $1.5 million in Bitcoin stolen from police custody in outrageous blunder — Korean cops left virtual assets stored with a third party, who handed over recovery key to hacker

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Tom's Hardware · 02/28/2026 05:40 EDT

The authorities found out about the theft of 22 BTC from the Gangnam Police Station during the investigation of another case of missing Bitcoin from government custody. Read more ›

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Trump bans Anthropic AI from federal agencies after firm refuses to unlock capabilities, citing autonomous military applications, mass domestic surveillance — Musk's Grok leading replacement candidate

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Tom's Hardware · 02/27/2026 17:27 EDT

"We don’t need it, we don’t want it, and will not do business with them again," said Trump. Read more ›

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Grab Razer’s offcially licensed Pokémon-themed gaming peripherals — themed keyboards, mice, and headsets celebrate 30 years of the franchise

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Tom's Hardware · 02/27/2026 15:00 EDT

Razer offers Pokémon-themed keyboards, mice, headsets, and deskpads to mark three decades of the iconic series. Read more ›

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Intel mobile CPUs have achieved up to 95x performance uplift over the past two decades — benchmarking the gains from 45nm Penryn to 18A Panther Lake

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Tom's Hardware · 02/27/2026 14:41 EDT

Leading Linux publication Phoronix has tested 15 Intel mobile processors launched over an 18-year period. Read more ›

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Amazon invests $50 billion in OpenAI, comitting to 2 gigawatts of Trainium silicon — AWS to become exclusive cloud distributor for Frontier enterprise platform

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Tom's Hardware · 02/27/2026 12:53 EDT

The investment is part of a $110 billion funding round that values OpenAI at $730 billion pre-money, with Nvidia and SoftBank each contributing $30 billion. Read more ›

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Claude won't be allowed to engage in mass surveillance or power fully autonomous weapons — Anthropic refuses to lower AI guardrails for the Pentagon

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Tom's Hardware · 02/27/2026 12:06 EDT

Anthropic CEO has pushed back strongly against the Pentagon's requests to remove AI guardrails from Claude. Anthropic takes a concrete stance against mass surveillance and autonomous killing machines, arguing that the former is undemocratic, while frontier AI is not ready for the latter. Read more ›

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Secretlab has three Pokémon-themed Titan Evo chairs in honor of game's 30th anniversary — special edition seats available in Pikachu, Gengar, and Eevee flavors

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Tom's Hardware · 02/27/2026 11:43 EDT

Secretlab and The Pokémon Company International just collaborated to bring three limited-edition Pokémon-themed gaming chairs, featuring Pikachu, Gengar, or Eevee, in celebration of the popular franchise's 30th anniversary. Read more ›

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ISSCC 2026: AMD discloses how the Instinct MI355X doubled per-CU throughput despite lower compute unit count — 'We are actually matching the performance of the more expensive and complex GB200'

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Tom's Hardware · 02/27/2026 10:42 EDT

Taking to the stage at ISSCC, AMD’s Ramasamy Adaikkalavan talked through how AMD managed to fit nearly double the compute throughput into the same die area as its predecessor, Read more ›

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Nvidia DGX Spark gets 18% price increase as memory shortages bite — Founders Edition now $4,699, up from $3,999

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Tom's Hardware · 02/27/2026 09:24 EDT

Nvidia has raised the DGX Spark’s MSRP by $700, blaming constrained memory supplies as AI hardware demand continues to strain global availability. Read more ›

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Corsair Sabre v2 Pro Wireless MG Review: Not enough magnesium?

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Tom's Hardware · 02/27/2026 09:00 EDT

Corsair's Sabre v2 Pro Wireless MG is an ultra-lightweight wireless mouse with a perforated magnesium shell. It's $50 cheaper than the carbon fiber version, but at $150, it's still not cheap. Read more ›

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Rapidus secures $1.7 billion from Japan’s government and private investors for 2nm chip production — company says it is in active discussions with more than 60 potential customers

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Tom's Hardware · 02/27/2026 08:51 EDT

Under the arrangement, the government will initially hold roughly 10% of Rapidus's voting shares and the majority of its stake in non-voting stock. Read more ›

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Behind the scenes of our massive CPU retest for Bench — testing at 1080p, choosing new apps, and gathering data for a decade of CPUs

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Tom's Hardware · 02/27/2026 08:19 EDT

We’re retesting a decade’s worth of CPUs for our CPU hierarchy and Bench database, and we’re taking Tom’s Hardware Premium users behind the scenes to show you how it’s done. Read more ›

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Save $465 and get an 8TB SSD for $715 when paired with an RTX 5070 — Newegg Combo gets you a new GPU and a WD Black SN850X at pre-RAM crunch prices

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Tom's Hardware · 02/27/2026 07:10 EDT

MSI Shadow RTX 5070 graphics card with an 8TB Gen 4 WD Black SN850X for $1,364.98 Read more ›

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