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This external disc drive can play 4K 3D Blu-rays, along with all your old CDs and DVDs, now for 43% off — TROPRO's media player is just $79.99

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Tom's Hardware · 02/16/2026 11:22 EDT

If you've been looking for a way to access your Blu-ray collection on PC without breaking the bank, TROPRO's external disc drive has got you covered. With up to 6X Blu-ray, 8X DVD, and 24X CD read/write speeds, it can play essentially any disc on your computer thanks to its USB 3.0 connection with both Type-A and Type-C plugs. Read more ›

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Grab the HP Omen 35L prebuilt gaming PC for $360 off with 64GB RAM, Intel Core Ultra 9 and RTX 5080 — Presidents' Day deal sees price drop to under $3,000

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Tom's Hardware · 02/16/2026 11:04 EDT

HP’s flagship Omen 35L gaming desktop packs Intel’s Core Ultra 9 285K, an RTX 5080, and 64GB of DDR5 memory. Read more ›

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Become the predator with an RTX 5070 Ti gaming laptop with $740 off the MSRP — revolutionary laptop deal during the President's Day sale

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Tom's Hardware · 02/16/2026 10:48 EDT

The Acer Predator Helios Neo 16 AI, featuring the Core Ultra 9 275HX and GeForce RTX 5070 Ti, goes on sale for $1,359.99, $740 off its regular price. Read more ›

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TSMC considers an additional $100 billion investment into Arizona fabs to bolster American chipmaking efforts — move would help TSMC's chips avoid tariffs due to local production

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Tom's Hardware · 02/16/2026 10:36 EDT

TSMC, other companies to invest $250 billion in the U.S. as part of trade deal, TSMC reportedly mulls additional $100 billion investment and four more fab modules. Read more ›

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The ‘Father of Sega Hardware' has passed away — Hideki Sato worked his way up from engineer to become Sega’s acting president, spending 33 years at the company

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Tom's Hardware · 02/16/2026 08:55 EDT

Hideki Sato, the ‘Father of Sega Hardware,' passed away just ahead of the weekend. Read more ›

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The future of Quantum computing — the tech, companies, and roadmaps that map out a coherent quantum future

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Tom's Hardware · 02/16/2026 08:48 EDT

In this roadmap, we analyze what the future of Quantum Computing might look like over the next decade, including the future of qubit scaling, trapped ions, and superconducting chips. Read more ›

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Corsair AI Workstation 300 review: Strix Halo sets sail in a compact and classy (but pricey) package

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Tom's Hardware · 02/16/2026 08:46 EDT

Corsair’s AI Workstation 300 wraps up AMD’s popular Strix Halo platform in a compact and classy chassis that delivers all of that chip’s performance potential, along with plenty of connectivity options for general PC use. But a recent price hike and stiff competition in the local AI market from Nvidia GB10 systems make it a tougher sell than it once was. Read more ›

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IBM triples entry-level hires for 2026 despite AI adoption, bucking industry trends — Chief HR officer says that AI can do most entry-level jobs, but work still requires a human touch

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Tom's Hardware · 02/16/2026 08:33 EDT

IBM is tripling its entry-level hiring in the U.S. in 2026, according to a new report. This stands in stark contrast to many of the country’s largest firms, especially in the tech world, which have conducted large-scale layoffs. Read more ›

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BenQ Mobiuz EX271UZ 27-inch 240 Hz 4K OLED gaming monitor review: BenQ shines with its first gaming OLED monitor

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Tom's Hardware · 02/16/2026 08:00 EDT

BenQ rocks out its first-ever OLED gaming monitor with the Mobiuz EX271UZ. It’s a 27-inch 4K panel with Quantum Dot color, 240 Hz, Adaptive-Sync, HDR400 and a few unique features. Read more ›

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Seagate's enormous 20TB IronWolf HDDs are just $419, or $21 per-terabyte — large-capacity storage deal from Newegg is perfect for your NAS

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Tom's Hardware · 02/16/2026 07:19 EDT

Newegg's Presidents' Day dealon storage lists the 20TB Seagate IronWolf Pro for just $419 Read more ›

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LaserPecker LX2 review: Large scale dual laser cutter

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Tom's Hardware · 02/16/2026 07:00 EDT

Excellent cutting with the 40W diode and engraving with the 2W IR laser, let down by inconsistent positioning and measuring probe. Read more ›

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Turkish wedding party receive RTX 5090, RAM and Intel CPU wedding gifts — A Turkish tech delight for the AI age

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Tom's Hardware 2 place · 02/16/2026 06:45 EDT

A video from a Turkish wedding reveals a delighted bride and groom being showered with opulent PC tech gifts. Read more ›

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$5,000 RTX 5090 Lightning Z gets killed in extreme overclocking attempt, thermal shock cracks the GPU core — MSI's 2,500-Watt XOC BIOS pushed too high a voltage to the core

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Tom's Hardware · 02/16/2026 06:20 EDT

In a sudden moment of thermal shock, a $5,000 RTX 5090 ended up cracking under pressure when too much voltage was pushed to the core at once. The dead card aided in achieving a world record in Geekbench 5 GPU Compute before, with the help of liquid nitrogen. Read more ›

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Western Digital is already sold out of hard drives for all of 2026 — chief says some long-term agreements for 2027 and 2028 already in place

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Tom's Hardware · 02/16/2026 06:00 EDT

Western Digital's production for 2026 is completely earmarked for its top seven customers, with a few long-term agreements already in place for the next couple of years. Read more ›

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Grab this gigantic, 1600W 80+ Platinum power supply for just 33 cents per watt — Seasonic's Prime TX 1600W is down to just $532

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Tom's Hardware · 02/15/2026 11:44 EDT

Seasonic makes some of the best power supplies on the market, and its Prime TX-1600 is a great option for high-end builds. Thanks to the native PCIe 5.0 and ATX 3.1 compatibilty, it can easily power any component out there. It's fully modular, rated 80+ Platinum by Cybernetics, and features quite operation all in one solid package. Read more ›

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OpenClaw-fueled ordering frenzy creates Apple Mac shortage — delivery for high Unified Memory units now ranges from 6 days to 6 weeks

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Tom's Hardware · 02/15/2026 10:53 EDT

The Unified Memory architecture used by Apple Macs and MacBooks make it the ideal device for locally run agentic AI, driving demand for high-memory models and increasing order lead times to more than a month. Read more ›

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Chinese scientists 3D print tiny items in half a second using holographic light fields — scientists precision fabricate complex millimeter-scale objects in record time

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Tom's Hardware · 02/15/2026 09:45 EDT

A team of scientists have revealed a new technique for the super-high-speed 3D printing of complex objects. Read more ›

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Netgear Nighthawk M7 5G Wi-Fi 7 mobile hotspot review – Global eSIM marketplace is a game-changer

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Tom's Hardware · 02/15/2026 09:35 EDT

With a price tag of $499, the Netgear Nighthawk M7 isn’t cheap. However, it is unmatched in its ability to connect up to 32 devices and supports both physical SIM and eSIM. Read more ›

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You can now file your G.Skill class action claim, to get a cut of the $2.4 million settlement — deceptive marketing class action now accepting payout submissions

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Tom's Hardware · 02/15/2026 09:23 EDT

Angeion Group is calling for eligible customers to file a claim for the G.Skill class action settlement. The portal is open until April 7, 2026, giving affected people less than two months to submit a claim form. Read more ›

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Microsoft’s AI boss says AI can replace every white-collar job in 18 months — ‘We’re going to have a human-level performance on most, if not all, professional tasks’

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Tom's Hardware · 02/15/2026 08:40 EDT

Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman claims that AI models will become powerful enough in the next 12 to 18 months that they would start replacing humans in white-collar jobs like lawyers, accountants, project managers, and marketers. Read more ›

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