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Lenovo hikes Legion Go 2 handheld gaming PC to almost $3,000 for 2 TB model — Handheld now costs more than AMD's Strix Halo devices despite relatively weaker Z2 Extreme chip

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Tom's Hardware · 04/12/2026 11:31 EDT

Lenovo has raised the prices of its Legion Go 2 handhelds (with Z2 Extreme) across the board, with the worse offended being the 2 TB model, receiving a 93% hike. It went from $1,480 at launch to a staggering $2,850 in the span of just a few months, while the 1 TB model is now $2,000, up from $1,350 at launch. Read more ›

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Iran's forced nationwide internet blackout becomes second-longest on record as it passes 1,000 hours offline — possessing Starlink terminals punishable by death, country using 'military-grade jamming' against terminals

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Tom's Hardware · 04/12/2026 11:20 EDT

Iran's nationwide Internet blackout has crossed the 1,000-hour mark and is now the second longest nation-scale shutdown ever measured. Read more ›

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Tiny 3-inch cube PCs bring a splash of color to the passive PC market with red, orange, green and blue options — Intel Twin Lake-powered Kubb Mini PCs start at $500

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Tom's Hardware · 04/12/2026 10:38 EDT

Kubb's colorful and compact 3-inch cube PCs are priced from $500 (€430) with 16GB RAM and 256GB SSDs. Read more ›

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Linux lays down the law on AI-generated code, yes to Copilot, no to AI slop, and humans take the fall for mistakes — after months of fierce debate, Torvalds and maintainers come to an agreement

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Tom's Hardware · 04/12/2026 10:18 EDT

After months of fierce debate, Linus Torvalds and the Linux kernel maintainers have laid down the law on AI-generated code. Read more ›

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Veteran Microsoft engineer says original Task Manager was only 80KB so it could run smoothly on 90s computers — original utility used a smart technique to determine whether it was the only running instance

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Tom's Hardware · 04/12/2026 08:51 EDT

Dave Plummer used several clever techniques to ensure that Windows Task Manager will always run while cutting the performance hit on your hardware when when it's opened. Read more ›

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Tech enthusiast gets Doom to run on a 40-year-old printer controller — ancient Agfa Compugraphic 9000PS came with a Motorola 68020 onboard for fast processing

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Tom's Hardware · 04/12/2026 08:34 EDT

A TechTuber with a fondness for older hardware has managed to get Doom to run on a 40-year-old print controller. Read more ›

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Keychron Q6 Ultra 8K Review: 660 hours of battery life at 8 KHz

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Tom's Hardware · 04/12/2026 08:00 EDT

The Keychron Q6 Ultra 8K is a full-size wireless mechanical gaming keyboard with an 8 KHz polling rate and an impressive 660 hours of battery life at that polling rate. However, its high-profile keycaps and slightly heavy tactile switches weren't our favorite. Read more ›

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Startup secures $30 million contract to 3D print jet engines for the USAF — company to test and develop small turbojets for drones and long-range weapons

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Tom's Hardware · 04/12/2026 07:39 EDT

Beehive Industries will test its 3D-printed engines for use by the USAF, which are reportedly cheaper to build, use, and service compared to traditionally manufactured engines. Read more ›

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Linux 7.0 enables three new AI-specific keys for keyboards, an apparent expansion beyond the Copilot key — Google authors both the HID spec and the kernel patch

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Tom's Hardware · 04/12/2026 07:00 EDT

The Linux 7.0 kernel has merged support for three new keycodes intended for a coming wave of laptops with dedicated AI agent keys. Read more ›

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$27 platypus PCIe adapter converts half-height GPUs into full-height while adding two M.2 slots for SSDs — enthusiast demos low-profile RTX 4060 with two SSDs thanks to PCIe bifurcation

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Tom's Hardware · 04/12/2026 06:40 EDT

A Redditor got his hands on this PCIe adapter that does the job of two different ones at the same time. It converts half-height GPUs into full height while adding M.2 slots for storage expansion. All this is possible thanks to PCIe bifurcation, splitting an x16 slot into x8 for the GPU, and two x4 lanes for the SSDs. Read more ›

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South Korea’s telecom giants surprise 7 million users with unlimited, universal internet — net access declared a 'basic telecommunications right,' 400 Kbps data after monthly plans run out

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Tom's Hardware · 04/12/2026 06:20 EDT

South Korea's Ministry of Science and ICT said that the country’s three major carriers will provide more than seven million mobile subscribers with unmetered 400 Kbps data. Read more ›

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Valve engineer shocks Linux community with game-changing VRAM hack for 8GB GPUs — breakthrough solution turbocharges gaming by prioritizing VRAM for games while background tasks take a back seat

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Tom's Hardware · 04/12/2026 06:00 EDT

Natalie Vock, a dev on Valve's Linux graphics driver team has introduced new fixes that optimize VRAM usage for games in Linux. Previously, any background task could make the OS evict game data from VRAM and throw it into system memory, but now it'll be able to correctly prioritize the game running in foreground. Read more ›

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Rockstar Games confirms it was hacked by malicious group — 'ShinyHunters' takes credit, gives until April 14 to pay ransom or risk leaking confidential data, 'ShinyHunters'

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Tom's Hardware · 04/11/2026 14:05 EDT

The hacker group "Shiny Hunters" has been able to breach Rockstar Games by accessing authentication tokens and getting inside the company's cloud infrastructure. The stolen data doesn't include any sensitive company or player information, according to a Rockstar spokesperson, but it's still being put up for ransom. Read more ›

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Clippy, Microsoft’s hapless Office assistant, was retired 25 years ago today — its irritating spirit lives on in 100+ Copilots

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Tom's Hardware · 04/11/2026 12:27 EDT

Microsoft’s Clippy was put out to pasture a quarter century ago. This hapless, and some would add ‘irritating,’ productivity assistant would no longer be enabled by default in Office, starting April 11, 2001. Read more ›

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Save $680 instantly on this massive Corsair 96GB DDR5-6000 RAM kit — 57% discount slashes price tag to $499

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Tom's Hardware · 04/11/2026 11:59 EDT

If you've been looking to score a high-capacity kit of RAM but the AI boom has destroyed any chance of that happening, Newegg might have just the deal for you. The 96GB Corsair Vengeance DDR5-6000 RAM kit usually costs over $1,100, but you can get it for less than half if you act quickly. Read more ›

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Two manufacturers commit to keep Blu-ray alive after others quit manufacturing — Verbatim and I-O Data extend Blu-ray supply pledge as manufacturers exit the market

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Tom's Hardware · 04/11/2026 11:40 EDT

Verbatim Japan and I-O Data have widened their joint commitment to keep recordable Blu-ray products on shelves in Japan, this time covering drive hardware as well as media. Read more ›

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MacBook user explains why he files the sharp metal edges off his Apple laptops — unibody design facilitates a surprisingly deep roundover

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Tom's Hardware · 04/11/2026 11:15 EDT

Tech DIYer Kent Walters has used a metalworking file to round over the corners of his MacBook. Apparently, some people freak out about this. Read more ›

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Best Laptops 2026: Our benchmarked picks for productivity, portability, and battery life

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Tom's Hardware · 04/11/2026 10:35 EDT

We test dozens of laptops a year for their performance, screen quality, and battery life, to find the best laptops right now across Windows, macOS, Intel, AMD, and Qualcomm notebooks. Read more ›

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Denuvo properly cracked in Resident Evil: Requiem, bypasses become plug-and-play — cracked version runs faster, smoother, and uses way less VRAM and RAM

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Tom's Hardware · 04/11/2026 08:20 EDT

Denuvo properly cracked in Resident Evil: Requiem, while HV bypasses become plug-and-play Read more ›

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HyperX Eve 1800 Review: Not worth $50

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Tom's Hardware · 04/11/2026 08:00 EDT

The HyperX Eve 1800 is not a good keyboard, even for $50, as it’s lacking in features and not pleasant to use. Read more ›

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