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External disc drive now a mere $9.99 on Woot — Access any CD or DVD with a modern USB-C interface at 55% off

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Tom's Hardware · 01/31/2026 13:22 EDT

If you're looking for a cheap but straightforward solution to access your old media locked behind an outdated storage medium, or just want to respect tradition and hold onto DVD/CDs, this external disc drive is the perfect tool for you. For just $10, you can read and write all your old discs with a USB connection on any computer or laptop. Read more ›

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Wisconsin towns reportedly signed secret NDAs for billion-dollar data center deals — Microsoft and Meta hide behind confidential agreements

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Tom's Hardware · 01/31/2026 12:03 EDT

At least four Wisconsin municipalities are understood to have signed underhanded nondisclosure agreements concerning new data centers while negotiating their development. Read more ›

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RTX 5070 OLED gaming laptop slashed to $1,294 in Lenovo's blowout sale — premium 1440p 280 Hz OLED monitor drops down to $485

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Tom's Hardware · 01/31/2026 11:29 EDT

We spotted some outstanding Saturday deals on Lenovo's website, including powerful gaming laptops and high-end gaming displays. Read more ›

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Gaming market melts down after Google reveals new AI game design tool — Project Genie crashes stocks for Roblox, Nintendo, CD Projekt Red, and more

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Tom's Hardware · 01/31/2026 10:46 EDT

Google's Project Genie can generate games using the company's Genie 3 model, which is trained on prompts from Gemini. It's an experimental tool that doesn't even create fully playable games, but it was still enough to shiver the timbers of video game shareholders. Unity saw a 20% drop in its stock price following the reveal of Project Genie, along with several other firms. Read more ›

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Nvidia's plan to invest $100 billion in OpenAI appears unlikely — Jensen reportedly criticizing OpenAI's business decisions in private discussions

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Tom's Hardware · 01/31/2026 10:22 EDT

Nvidia and OpenAI are still in talks about the $100-billion MOU the two parties signed in September 2025, and it seems that deal will be modified for a much "smaller" sum of tens of billions of dollars. Read more ›

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Maingear brings back the 90s nostalgia with old-school pre-built PCs with RTX 5090 and Ryzen 9 9950X3D — limited edition Retro98 PCs are available now

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Tom's Hardware · 01/31/2026 09:10 EDT

Maingear is offering a high-end retro gaming PC based on the Silverstone FLOP02 "beige box" case, with a limited run of 38 units. Read more ›

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RTX 4090’s 16-pin power connector erupts in smoke in shocking live footage — GPU melts during Marvel Rivals gameplay

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Tom's Hardware · 01/31/2026 08:29 EDT

An RTX 4090 has been caught melting on camera, with streamer "jessick" being lucky enough to record the incident for the internet. The GPU caught fire while playing and streaming Marvel Rivals on Twitch, and the video shows a wire melting with visible smoke. For some reason, jessick didn't immediately turn off her PC after seeing something on fire inside. Read more ›

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How to save memory in Windows — RAM is expensive; here’s how to maximize the RAM that you already have!

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Tom's Hardware · 01/31/2026 08:00 EDT

As RAM prices soar, we show you how to do more with less RAM! Read more ›

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SanDisk stock price jumps by 1,500% in almost a year — growth fueled by strong demand from AI data centers and enterprise clients, consumer revenue also up by 52%

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Tom's Hardware · 01/31/2026 07:30 EDT

SanDisk stock price went from $36 to nearly $590 per share in just a year, driven by a seven-fold increase in profits year-over-year, hitting $803 million. Read more ›

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Duke Nukem 3D turns 30 years old, brought swaggering FPS action to real-world environments — 1996 release broke the Doom clone mold while adding humor and personality

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Tom's Hardware · 01/31/2026 07:20 EDT

Duke Nukem 3D smashed the 3D FPS Doom clone mold in 1996. Read more ›

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Sandisk crushes wallets with up to 2.8X SSD price hikes as NAND shortage strangles the market — WD Black SN8100 8TB skyrockets past $2,500, more than a high-end gaming PC

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Tom's Hardware · 01/31/2026 07:00 EDT

SanDisk has significantly increased prices on SSDs sold through its online store, with some models seeing increases of up to xx. Read more ›

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Biwin Black Opal NV7400 2TB SSD Review: Another Arrow in Biwin’s Quiver

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Tom's Hardware · 01/31/2026 07:00 EDT

The Biwin Black Opal NV7400 is a solid performer with reasonable power efficiency and no real downsides. Read more ›

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Botnet smashes DDoS traffic record, equivalent to streaming 2.2 million Netflix 4K movies at once — 31.4 Tb/s attack was large enough to take entire countries offline

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Tom's Hardware · 01/31/2026 06:40 EDT

Aisuru-Kimwolf botnet smashes DDoS traffic record at 31.4 Tb/s Read more ›

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World's largest particle accelerator begins warming thousands of local French residents with waste energy from the 16-mile Large Hadron Collider — CERN's accelerator leverages its massive cooling network to help slash local carbon emissions

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Tom's Hardware · 01/31/2026 06:20 EDT

A new heat exchange system between the LHC and the French town of Ferney-Voltaire is directing waste heat energy from CERN's accelerator to warm thousands of homes and businesses. Read more ›

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U.K. internet provider's bailout cancelled because rats chewed through its fiber optic cables — biodegradable cable jackets use soy- or corn-based materials, attracting hungry rats

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Tom's Hardware · 01/31/2026 06:00 EDT

A British broadband internet provider refused to buy a distressed competitor as its entire fiber network has reportedly been chewed up by rats and rodents. Read more ›

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Scientists share design so you can make your own 3D-printable 'eFlesh' for robots — affordable, easy to produce, and highly-tactile robot sensor grips can be printed at home

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Tom's Hardware · 01/31/2026 05:40 EDT

Scientists share plans for highly-tactile 'eFlesh' robot sensor grips Read more ›

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UK Ministry of Defense backs new Drone Engineering Degree to make the army 10X more lethal using know-how from Ukraine

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Tom's Hardware · 01/31/2026 05:20 EDT

A new cutting-edge Drone Engineering Degree course will welcome its first intake of students in the UK, this year. Read more ›

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Here are the tools you need to clean up and upgrade your laptop — Does your laptop need a refresh?

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Tom's Hardware · 01/30/2026 13:49 EDT

While you can’t replace most things on a laptop these days, but you can still maintain it and upgrade some things to keep it running its best. Read more ›

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Rumor claims AMD Zen 6 will feature 48MB of L3 cache — keeping L3 cache-to-core ratio the same as Zen 5 with Zen 6's 12-core CCD

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Tom's Hardware · 01/30/2026 12:35 EDT

A new rumor suggests that AMD will be upgrading Zen 6 to 48MB of L3 cache to compensate for the four additional cores that will be introduced to Zen 6's CCD. Read more ›

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Apple-1 ‘Prototype Board #0’ sells for $2,750,000 at auction, blows past estimates — sells for 5x anticipated value, obliterates previous record

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Tom's Hardware · 01/30/2026 11:35 EDT

Super-rare and extremely early Apple Computer motherboard sale blasts past auctioneer estimates to achieve hammer price of $2,750,000. Read more ›

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