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Save $349 on a 9850X3D, bundled with 32GB of RAM and a motherboard at Newegg — RAM effectively $150 when paired with X870E Aorus and AMD's fastest gaming chip

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Tom's Hardware · 02/25/2026 07:05 EDT

Get an AMD Ryzen 9850X3D CPU, 32GB of DDR5, and an X870E Aorus motherboard at Newegg. Read more ›

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LG opens pre-orders for massive 52-inch 5K2K curved monitor — $1,999 monster is built for both gaming and productivity, with 240Hz refresh rate

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Tom's Hardware · 02/25/2026 07:01 EDT

LG’s UltraGear evo G9 aims to serve both gamers and productivity professionals by pairing a high-resolution 5K2K panel with a fast 240Hz refresh rate in an ultra-wide 52-inch form factor. Read more ›

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Lian Li SP1000P SFX power supply review: Exceptional power density in compact form

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Tom's Hardware · 02/25/2026 07:00 EDT

The Lian Li SP1000P SFX offers outstanding power density in compact form, though thermal management warrants attention at sustained maximum loads. Read more ›

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Modder pushes rare 20GB RTX 3080 Ti past 550W with risky power shunts and liquid metal cooling — project reveals full performance potential of the unreleased GPU sample

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Tom's Hardware · 02/25/2026 07:00 EDT

A Reddit user, after acquiring an engineering sample of an unreleased 20GB Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti, has modded it to bypass its power limits and take it to its maximum performance to make it behave "much more like the 3080 Ti class GPU it should have been," according to the modder. Read more ›

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MacBook Pro with OLED touch screen arriving in the fall, claims leaker — new laptops to feature Dynamic Island and revamped UI optimized for both fingers and cursors

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Tom's Hardware · 02/25/2026 06:50 EDT

Apple will reportedly finally launch a touchscreen MacBook Pro later this year. The new devices will reportedly have a revamped UI to make it easier to use both touch gestures and cursor movements on macOS. Read more ›

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Sambanova introduces new AI accelerator, partners with Intel to deploy Xeon CPUs for inferencing and agentic workloads — Sambanova claims SN50 chip is three times more efficient than Nvidia B200

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Tom's Hardware · 02/25/2026 06:40 EDT

SambaNova says its SN50 AI accelerator platform is about five times faster and three times more efficient than Nvidia's B200. In addition, the company signs a pact with Intel to offer Xeon-based AI systems to enterprises and governments. Read more ›

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Tinkerer builds VR headset with CRTs repurposed from Sony Watchman — makeshift VR rig isn't the sharpest, but eliminates screen-door effect

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Tom's Hardware · 02/25/2026 06:40 EDT

A YouTuber has taken two old Sony Watchman devices, pulled out their 2.7-inch black-and-white CRT displays, and put them into a Google Cardboard contraption for the ages. Read more ›

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Enterprising developer somehow writes an x86 CPU emulator in plain CSS — no Javascript, no WASM, just stylesheet computing

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Tom's Hardware · 02/25/2026 06:20 EDT

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The world’s first transatlantic fiber-optic cable is being ripped up after 37 years on the sea floor — TAT-8 to be removed after entering service in 1988, broke in 2002

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Tom's Hardware · 02/25/2026 06:00 EDT

Subsea Environmental Services is currently hauling TAT-8 off the seabed near Portugal, more than two decades after it was decommissioned. Read more ›

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DJI sues the FCC over its prohibition on importing new foreign-made drones into the US — Chinese firm contests its placement on the regulator's 'covered list'

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Tom's Hardware · 02/25/2026 05:59 EDT

Following the FCC's decision last year to put DJI on its "Covered List' of blacklisted companies, the drone firm has just sued the agency. It argues that the import ban undermines the principles of a fair market, while denying Americans access to the latest technology. Read more ›

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Nvidia's N1/N1X chips leak once again, this time tipped for release in first half of 2026 — hotly-anticipated chips to reportedly debut on Dell and Lenovo laptops

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Tom's Hardware · 02/24/2026 11:17 EDT

After years of rumors and leaks, something feels different in the air as multiple reports are now pointing toward an actual, official launch for Nvidia's N1/N1X SoCs. These highly elusive chips have been in the works for years, have faced multiple delays, but the excitement for their release never died down. Read more ›

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US gov't warned Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, Tim Cook, and Lisa Su that China could invade Taiwan by 2027 — Apple CEO reportedly said he sleeps 'with one eye open'

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Tom's Hardware · 02/24/2026 11:15 EDT

A new investigative report from The New York Times reveals that, in July 2023, senior US intelligence officials privately briefed some of the tech industry's most powerful executives on classified assessments regarding China and Taiwan. Read more ›

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Qualcomm's 2019-vintage AI100 chip finally scores a major deployment — Saudi Arabia's Humain takes delivery of 1,024 systems

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Tom's Hardware · 02/24/2026 11:09 EDT

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AI boosted US economy by 'basically zero' in 2025, says Goldman Sachs chief economist — 'We think there's been a lot of misreporting of the impact that AI investment had on GDP growth'

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Tom's Hardware · 02/24/2026 10:44 EDT

The U.S. economy isn't being propped up by AI investment, despite the common narrative. According to Goldman Sachs, despite hundreds of billions in investment announcements, AI has done little to uplift American financial interests. Read more ›

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ATABoy bridges old IDE drives to the 21st century with Open Source USB host bridge — powered by a Raspberry Pi RP2350 and with custom "Award" BIOS menu

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Tom's Hardware · 02/24/2026 09:02 EDT

Using the power of the Raspberry Pi Pico 2's RP2350, ATAboy bridges the hard drives of old, with the computers of today. Read more ›

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Save over $400 on this awesome Newegg combo with an AMD Ryzen 7 9850X3D — just $849.99 for high-spec haul that comes with an MSI X870E Tomahawk and 32GB of fast DDR5 RAM

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Tom's Hardware · 02/24/2026 08:47 EDT

Save $408 on this AM5 combo featuring the Ryzen 7 9850X3D, 32GB DDR5-6400, and MSI X870 Tomahawk motherboard—yours for only $849.99 at Newegg while the deal lasts. Read more ›

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Ambitious developer showcases slick triple-level Quake-like game stored in tiny 64KB executable — every game asset tucked inside what could be a ‘rounding error’ in modern app payload terms

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Tom's Hardware · 02/24/2026 08:43 EDT

Developer Daivuk has released QUOD, a 64KB ‘boomer shooter’ with an uncanny resemblance to id Software’s seminal FPS title, Quake. Read more ›

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Apple to produce Mac Minis in Houston for the first time — US chip sourcing tops 20 billion units

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Tom's Hardware · 02/24/2026 08:01 EDT

Apple announced that it will begin producing the Mac Mini in Houston, Texas later this year, marking the first time that the compact desktop has ever been manufactured in the United States. Read more ›

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AMD and Meta strike $100 billion AI deal that includes 10% stock deal — 6 gigawatt agreement includes up to 160 million AMD shares

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Tom's Hardware · 02/24/2026 07:33 EDT

AMD and Meta have announced an AI chips deal thought to be worth more than $100 billion. Read more ›

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Save $649 by buying 64GB of DDR5-6000 G.Skill RAM with an Nvidia RTX 5070 GPU — Newegg will even throw in a free Cooler Master CPU cooler to sweeten the deal

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Tom's Hardware · 02/24/2026 07:28 EDT

Pair an MSI Shadow RTX 5070 graphics card with 64GB of G.Skill Trident Z5 Neo DDR5-6000 Memory for $1,049.99 - Newegg combo deal strikes again. Read more ›

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