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Security flaw in Vatican’s ‘Click to Pray’ app leaves over 700,000 global users exposed — app has been leaking user data for over six months and still does

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Tom's Hardware · 07/25/2026 13:56 EDT

An app linked to the Vatican with hundreds of thousands of users was found to have zero authentication and security. That means anyone can access its backend and siphon users' data, including names, email addresses, and birthdates. While the issue has since been resolved, it remained open for six months (or longer) with the developers not taking any action. Read more ›

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TSMC leads healthy growth in foundry industry for Q3 2023

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Tom's Hardware · 12/07/2023 09:52 EDT

Foundry industry demonstrated healthy growth in Q3 2023 led by TSMC, Samsung, SMIC, and Intel Foundry Services. Read more ›

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Leaks suggest Nvidia's RTX 4090D will lack overclocking and be TDP-Capped

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Tom's Hardware · 12/07/2023 09:00 EDT

More details leak about Nvidia's China-only GeForce RTX 4090D, meaning that the product is potentially on the horizon Read more ›

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Minisforum announce $559 AR900i Mini ITX motherboard with Intel Core 13900HX and four M.2 2280 slots

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Tom's Hardware · 12/07/2023 08:45 EDT

Minisforum AR900i Mini ITX motherboard with pre-fitted Intel Core i9-13900HX and cooler, plus four M.2 2280 PCIe4.0 SSD slots now available for $559. Read more ›

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This Raspberry Pi Pico umbrella puts on a light show, while keeping you dry

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Tom's Hardware · 12/07/2023 08:31 EDT

ASloth is using a Raspberry Pi Pico to drive a custom light show built into an umbrella for a cool upgrade to your next rainy day. Read more ›

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2TB Silicon Power UD90 2230 SSD Review: Power to the Portables

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Tom's Hardware · 12/07/2023 08:00 EDT

The Silicon Power UD90 2230 performs efficiently and as expected without any standout blemishes. Read more ›

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Researchers store multiple bits of data in diamond defects by encoding across different light frequencies, achieving a data density of 25GB per square inch

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Tom's Hardware · 12/06/2023 17:18 EDT

Researchers with the City University of New York (CUNY) have showcased the ability to write multiple bits onto the same diamond defect by taking advantage of quantum interactions. Read more ›

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LogoFAIL exploit bypasses hardware and software security measures and is nearly impossible to detect or remove

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Tom's Hardware · 12/06/2023 15:26 EDT

Newly discovered LogoFAIL vulnerability acts early enough to bypass hardware and software security measures, making it nearly impossible to detect or remove. Read more ›

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Acer announces Nitro V 16, first AMD Ryzen 8040 series gaming laptop, just ahead of Intel’s Meteor Lake Launch

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Tom's Hardware · 12/06/2023 15:00 EDT

The Acer Nitro V 16 gaming laptop with sport up to a Ryzen 7 8845HS and an RTX 4060 when it arrives in March. Read more ›

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Nvidia reportedly releasing a new and weaker RTX 3050 6GB to replace the already anemic 8GB variant

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Tom's Hardware · 12/06/2023 15:00 EDT

Nvidia is reportedly preparing to kill off the RTX 3050 8GB in favor of a lower-end RTX 3050 6GB presumably to save on production costs. Read more ›

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The refresh that wasn’t - AMD announces ‘Hawk Point’ Ryzen 8040 Series with Zen 4, RDNA3, and XDNA

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Tom's Hardware · 12/06/2023 14:59 EDT

AMD announced its Ryzen 8040 series of mobile processors, codenamed “Hawk Point,” here at its Advancing AI event in San Jose, California. They're a refresh of the existing "Phoenix Point" 7040 series processors. Read more ›

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AMD unveils Instinct MI300X GPU and MI300A APU, claims up to 1.6X lead over Nvidia’s competing GPUs

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Tom's Hardware · 12/06/2023 14:57 EDT

AMD launched its Instinct MI300X AI accelerator and the Instinct MI300A, the world’s first data center APU, during its Advancing AI event in San Jose, California. Read more ›

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Lenovo's new PCIe 5 SSD hits 12.4 GB/s speeds, starts at $210 for 1TB

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Tom's Hardware · 12/06/2023 13:32 EDT

Lenovo has released the SL7000 50E PCIe 5.0 SSD with capacities between 512GB and 4TB and performance speeds up to 12.4 GB/s. Read more ›

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AMD RX 7000-series' high idle power draw finally appears to be fixed with the latest 23.12.1 drivers

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Tom's Hardware · 12/06/2023 13:01 EDT

AMD RX 7000-series' high idle power draw finally appears to be fixed with the latest 23.12.1 drivers. We've tested the RDNA 3 GPUs and found they're all now idling at less than 20W. Read more ›

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Google launches Gemini, its 'newest and most capable AI model' — and a full-frontal assault on OpenAI's GPT-4

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Tom's Hardware · 12/06/2023 12:55 EDT

Google's Gemini is its newest AI model which has been built for multimodality, scalability and perfromance. Read more ›

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AMD Advancing AI Event Live Blog: Instinct MI300 Launch, Ryzen 8000 "Hawk Point" Expected

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Tom's Hardware · 12/06/2023 12:46 EDT

AMD CEO Lisa Su will take to the stage here in San Jose, California, to share the company's latest progress on enabling AI from the cloud to the edge and PCs. The show begins today, December 6, at 10am PT, and we're here to provide live event coverage. Read more ›

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AMD finally adds hardware accelerated GPU scheduling support to some of its GPUs — three years after the feature first debuted in Windows

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Tom's Hardware · 12/06/2023 12:04 EDT

AMD's most recent Adrenalin driver finally enables hardware accelerated GPU scheduling to select Radeon GPUs. Read more ›

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Best Motherboards 2023 for Gaming, by Socket and Chipset

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Tom's Hardware · 12/06/2023 11:09 EDT

Here are the best AMD and Intel motherboards we've tested, for all the recent CPU platforms. Read more ›

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Best Graphics Cards for Gaming in 2023

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Tom's Hardware · 12/06/2023 11:03 EDT

We've benchmarked all the latest GPUs to select the best graphics cards for gaming. These graphics cards offer the best performance at their price and resolution, from 1080p to 4K. Read more ›

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Inland Gaming MK Pro 75% Barebone Edition Review: Solid Custom Starter Kit

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Tom's Hardware · 12/06/2023 10:09 EDT

The Inland Gaming MK Pro 75% keyboard kit features a premium all-aluminum case and a hot-swappable gasket mount PCB and is surprisingly budget-friendly. Read more ›

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be quiet! Pure Base 500DX mid-tower PC case is now just $84

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Tom's Hardware · 12/06/2023 10:03 EDT

The be quiet! Pure Base 500DX is just $84 in Newegg's DealCember promotion, down from $109. Read more ›

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