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Applied Materials to pay $252 million civil penalty — settles alleged 56 exports of ion implanters to SMIC following Entity List designation

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Tom's Hardware · 02/12/2026 15:30 EDT

Applied Materials must pay a $252 million civil penalty to settle allegations that it illegally exported semiconductor manufacturing equipment to SMIC subsidiaries. Read more ›

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Nvidia DGX Spark update cuts idle power by 32% or more — hot-plug detection on ConnectX NIC makes for a more efficient AI workstation

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Tom's Hardware · 02/12/2026 15:15 EDT

The latest software update for Nvidia's DGX Spark reduces idle power by 32% or more, thanks to better power management on its 200 Gbps ConnectX NIC. Read more ›

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Get up to $470 off in Dell's weekend sale — President's Day prices on popular laptop and desktop PCs

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Tom's Hardware · 02/12/2026 15:00 EDT

Check out these great Presidents' Day deals at Dell on Desktop and Laptop PCs. Read more ›

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Corsair fights back against RAM scammers and thieves with packaging shift — ditches iconic yellow boxes for transparent plastic and anti-tampering labels

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Tom's Hardware · 02/12/2026 13:21 EDT

Corsair has informed its customers that it is revamping the packaging for its Vengeance DDR5 memory kits to enhance security and transparency. Read more ›

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Get $139 off Secretlab's gaming chairs and desks this weekend — Presidents' Day sale now live

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Tom's Hardware · 02/12/2026 12:48 EDT

Save up to $139 in Secretlab's Presidents' Day sale. Read more ›

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Samsung's brand-new QD-OLED tech can double the panel's lifespan — durable 'Penta Tandem' displays can reach up to 1,300 nits of peak brightness

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Tom's Hardware · 02/12/2026 12:17 EDT

The latest and greatest QD-OLED panels from Samsung are now "Penta Tandem," signaling the move to a five-layer OLED stack from the previous 4-layer one. Three panel classes — 4K 27" (2025), 31.5" 4K (2026), and 34" ultrawide (2026) — are already using this tech, while the 49" is next in line for the upgrade. Read more ›

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MyMiniFactory acquires Thingiverse to save 3D printing file sharing from AI — Thingverse has eight million users and 2.5 million 'things'

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Tom's Hardware · 02/12/2026 10:57 EDT

MyMiniFactory has announced the surprise acquisition of the world’s oldest and largest 3D printing file sharing site, Thingiverse. Read more ›

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MSI GeForce RTX 5090 Lightning Z review: RTX 5090 Ti, anyone?

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Tom's Hardware · 02/12/2026 10:26 EDT

The MSI RTX 5090 Lightning Z unleashes a surprising amount of extra performance from Nvidia’s highest-end gaming GPU, thanks to dual power connectors and much higher power limits than the RTX 5090 Founders Edition. We’d go so far as to call it the best RTX 5090 yet made. Read more ›

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Cadence embeds AI 'super agent' to assist engineers when designing EDA tools — company aims for ‘over a trillion transistors’ by 2030, with AI helping to debug and verify complex projects

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Tom's Hardware · 02/12/2026 10:24 EDT

“We’re easily going to get over a trillion transistors… in the package, by the end of the decade,” Cadence Senior Vice President Paul Cunningham claims. Read more ›

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Epic Games brings Secure Boot and TPM to competitive Fortnite — most players unaffected by new measures

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Tom's Hardware · 02/12/2026 09:45 EDT

Epic Games has announced new security measures for Fortnite, but the elevated requirements only apply to tournament play — for now. Read more ›

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30% of x86 CPUs sold are now made by AMD, as company's market share grows thanks to a flagging Intel — enjoys growth across all segments as competition intensifies

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Tom's Hardware · 02/12/2026 09:26 EDT

As AMD gains market share in desktops, laptops, and servers, its overall x86 share hits all time high at 29.2%. Read more ›

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Asus ROG Strix XG27JCG 27-inch 5K gaming monitor review: Performance that raises the bar

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Tom's Hardware · 02/12/2026 08:00 EDT

Asus brings bar-raising performance and extreme pixel density to its ROG Strix line with the XG27JCG. It’s a 27-inch 5K IPS screen with 5120x2880 pixels, 218ppi, 180 Hz, 330 Hz at QHD resolution, Adaptive-Sync, HDR600 and wide gamut color. Read more ›

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Anthropic promises to pay for electricity price increases due to it's AI data centers — firm to pay 100% of its grid infrastructure costs, produce new power sources as sector predicted to hit 50 GW in coming years

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Tom's Hardware · 02/12/2026 07:46 EDT

The company says that it will pay for the infrastructure upgrades needed for its power demand and that it will also find new sources to keep electricity prices down for the average consumer. Read more ›

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Linux Mint team considers longer gaps between releases in attempt to accelerate development efforts — current six-month cycle means ‘we spend more time testing, fixing, and releasing than developing’

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Tom's Hardware · 02/12/2026 07:40 EDT

Linux Mint developers want to break from their self-imposed six-monthly cycle to build more ambitious updates. Read more ›

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Montage's strong IPO highlights Chinese investment rush into AI and data center ecosystems — push for self-sufficiency demands immense amounts of capital

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Tom's Hardware · 02/12/2026 07:38 EDT

AI and microelectronics boom in China drives IPOs as investors put money both in AI startups and adjacent sectors. Read more ›

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Not all cables are born equal, so test your USB cables with these cheap USB testers — these budget-priced tools help you protect your expensive gear from faulty or bad-quality leads

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Tom's Hardware · 02/12/2026 07:22 EDT

I never trust a USB cable I've not tested, which is why I recommend USB testers like these to help you separate the bad from the good. Read more ›

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This discounted gaming desktop comes with an RTX 5070 Ti, 32GB of DDR5, and 2TB of storage for just $2,199 — AMD Ryzen 7 9700X Gigabyte Aorus build now $300 off

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Tom's Hardware · 02/12/2026 07:09 EDT

Score a gaming desktop with RTX 5070 Ti at a discount thanks to Newegg. Read more ›

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Get 32GB of Kingston Fury Beast DDR5-6000 RAM for $170 when you also purchase the Ryzen 7 9850X3D processor in this Newegg combo deal

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Tom's Hardware · 02/12/2026 07:08 EDT

The best CPU for gaming, AMD's Ryzen 7 9850X3D, paired with 32GB of Kingston Fury Beast DDR5-6000 Memory for just $659.99 Read more ›

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Using AI actually increases burnout despite productivity improvements, study shows — data illustrates how AI made workers take on tasks they would have otherwise avoided or outsourced

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Tom's Hardware · 02/12/2026 07:06 EDT

A new study published in the Harvard Business Review suggests that although AI has the potential to marginally improve productivity, it also leads to workers taking on more pressure, resulting in unforced errors and an increase in employee burnout. Read more ›

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Memory hoarding and skyrocketing prices hit entry-level electronics demand, foundry orders — China's top chipmaker points to supply chain pressures squeezing out consumers

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Tom's Hardware · 02/12/2026 06:40 EDT

Rising DRAM and NAND prices driven by AI megatrend and amplified by memory overbooking are hitting sales of inexpensive consumer electronics and smartphones, which affects orders of entry-level processors to foundries, according to SMIC. Read more ›

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