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Tencent is reportedly in talks to acquire Manus from Meta, following Beijing intervention — company expects to remain independent of Chinese tech giant

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Tom's Hardware · 07/10/2026 11:00 EDT

Tencent is in talks with Manus and other investors to raise the $2 billion needed to buy back the startup from Meta. Beijing ordered the two companies to unwind the deal six months after the surprise announcement of its purchase. Read more ›

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SK hynix raises a record $26.5 billion in historic U.S. IPO — South Korean memory giant to fund massive HBM manufacturing expansions

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Tom's Hardware · 07/10/2026 10:27 EDT

SK hynix raised $26.5 billion in a record-breaking Nasdaq IPO, as it plans to channel the windfall from surging AI demand and sold-out HBM supply to fund new fabs. Read more ›

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Nanya to quadruple capital spending to $6.2 billion in 2027 as DRAM prices push gross margin to 79.5% — Q2 revenue skyrockets as ASPs for memory continue to surge

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Tom's Hardware · 07/10/2026 09:31 EDT

Nanya Technology plans capex of more than TW$200 billion ($6.2 billion) in 2027, roughly four times its budget for this year. Read more ›

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Japanese chipmaker Rapidus to offer lower wafer pricing than TSMC — 2nm class silicon to be priced around $20,000 on 2027 launch

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Tom's Hardware · 07/10/2026 08:56 EDT

Japanese chipmaker Rapidus discloses one more aspect of its strategy: to offer lower quotes than TSMC. Read more ›

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Save 84% on a two-year ExpressVPN subscription, offering four additional months for free — upgrade your privacy for under $70 with no-logs access to servers in 105 countries worldwide

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Tom's Hardware · 07/10/2026 07:41 EDT

Right now, you'll save $378 in total on over two years' worth of ExpressVPN, now priced at $69.72, with four extra months thrown in for free. Read more ›

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Researchers turn HBM on its side to tackle AI memory’s heat wall — Korean V-Die and Japanese MOSAIC designs promise higher bandwidth, denser stacks, and cooler future GPUs

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Tom's Hardware · 07/10/2026 07:40 EDT

Researchers in Korea and Japan have proposed sideways-stacked DRAM designs that could push future AI memory beyond conventional HBM limits by improving cooling, bandwidth, and capacity while reducing reliance on TSV-heavy vertical stacks. Read more ›

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Logitech's MX Master 4 hits $102 at Lenovo — up your productivity game with haptic feedback and effortless scrolling

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Tom's Hardware · 07/10/2026 07:34 EDT

Pick up the fantastic Logitech MX Master 4 productivity mouse from Lenovo and make a saving when you stack these two Lenovo e-coupon codes. Read more ›

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Chat Control 1.0 sneaks through the EU Parliament, letting companies scan user data without warrants — legal tactic used to force a majority-required re-vote on eve of Parliament break

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Tom's Hardware · 07/10/2026 07:00 EDT

Chat Control 1.0 sneaks through the EU Parliament, letting companies scan user data without warrants — legal skullduggery used to force a majority-required re-vote on eve of Parliament break Read more ›

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Micron lifts U.S. spending to $250 billion — company takes $500 million position in America's only 300 mm wafer plant

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Tom's Hardware · 07/10/2026 06:40 EDT

Micron has said it will invest up to $3 billion in the US semiconductor supply chain, with $500 million of that going to GlobalWafers. Read more ›

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Samsung readies Gaia AI accelerator for PCs — HP and Lenovo are reportedly validating the NPU

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Tom's Hardware · 07/10/2026 06:20 EDT

Samsung reportedly preps Gaia AI accelerator for client devices that is already being tested by HP and Lenovo. Read more ›

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Minecraft shown running on Game Boy Color and Game Boy in 3D with textures — developer coaxed 3D look out of barely-there hardware

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Tom's Hardware · 07/10/2026 06:00 EDT

Because getting it to run on the Game Boy Advance clearly wasn't hard enough. Read more ›

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TeamGroup G70 Pro 2TB SSD Review: Low latency meets affordable DRAM

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Tom's Hardware · 07/09/2026 13:17 EDT

The TeamGroup G70 Pro is a high-end drive without a high-end price. Good performance, but poor power efficiency keeps it in check. Read more ›

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Redditor buys suspicious drives on eBay just to report the scamming sellers if they get a fake SSD or HDD — latest '16TB' find has weights and microSD card hot-glued inside the enclosure to make it feel legit

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Tom's Hardware · 07/09/2026 12:03 EDT

u/Hartkralle says that eBay refunds them when they report these fake drives, so getting scammers banned from the platform is worth their effort. While fake sellers would likely just create a new account on eBay in an hour or so, they say that it's still another hour before an unsuspecting victim buys these fraudulent items. Read more ›

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Ingenious father fixes dead RTX 3070 with a jerry-rigged capacitor from an old radio — Saves worried son $120 in repair costs, GPU 'works better than before' now

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Tom's Hardware · 07/09/2026 11:53 EDT

A Russian family has just saved the house $120 in GPU repairs after the father fixed it with a salvaged capacitor from an old radio. Read more ›

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While the U.S. flip-flops on chip sanctions, China is building its own chip supply market — export controls are creating conditions for a Sino-Russian chip trade alliance

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Tom's Hardware · 07/09/2026 11:24 EDT

As the U.S. makes up its mind on export controls for Chinese chips, China has been developing its own supply chain, and associated trade network. Read more ›

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AMD revives aging Zen 2 processor for budget PCs — Ryzen 7 4700LE resurfaces in a new $800 RTX 3050 prebuilt

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Tom's Hardware · 07/09/2026 10:30 EDT

AMD's quiet revival of older Ryzen processors continues, with the Ryzen 7 4700LE now appearing in a prebuilt gaming desktop priced at $799.99. Read more ›

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Intel preps 28-core Nova Lake-S CPUs for Dunlow workstation platform — Entry-level Xeon chip features LGA1954 socket

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Tom's Hardware · 07/09/2026 10:24 EDT

Intel readies Xeon 'Dunlow' platform with 28 cores in LGA1954 packaging for entry-level servers and workstations. Read more ›

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Nvidia shows off GeForce Trading Cards Series 1 — collectible cards show off games, GPUs, and tech demos, and will be available for free at upcoming events

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Tom's Hardware · 07/09/2026 10:12 EDT

Nvidia is creating a set of collectible trading cards that will be given away for free during live events and giveaways this summer. Read more ›

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Professor suspected AI-powered cheating on take-home midterms, makes finals in-person — only two students scored within 10% of their midterm score

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Tom's Hardware · 07/09/2026 10:10 EDT

A Brown University professor suspected that almost his entire class cheated on take-home mid-term exams using AI tools after they scored unusually high. In-person final exams showed that only two students scored within 10% of their midterm score, with just one getting a higher grade compared to their midterms. Read more ›

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Sega’s $5M investment saved Nvidia in 1996, now Jensen Huang is heading to Tokyo to mark 30 years of partnership — Akihabara event will include a GeForce RTX 5090 FE lottery, an RTX Spark presentation, and more

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Tom's Hardware · 07/09/2026 09:32 EDT

Nvidia and Sega have scheduled an event next week to celebrate their history and longstanding friendship. Read more ›

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