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Alienware AW3426DW gaming monitor review: Premium gaming and OLED goodness in a value-priced package

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Tom's Hardware · 07/09/2026 09:00 EDT

Alienware delivers value from a 34-inch ultra-wide OLED with the AW3426DW. This WQHD curved screen sports Quantum Dot wide gamut color, HDR500, Dolby Vision, 280 Hz, and Adaptive-Sync. Read more ›

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Save 32% on this Samsung 1440p gaming monitor with a fast 240Hz refresh rate, now $169 — score this 27-inch IPS display upgrade with a fast 200Hz refresh rate for your gaming PC with an $80 discount

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Tom's Hardware · 07/09/2026 08:54 EDT

This 27-inch Samsung Odyssey G53F gaming monitor is on sale for $169.99 right now, offering a 1440p resolution and fast 200Hz refresh rate at a great price. Read more ›

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AMD's upcoming Zen 6 Medusa Point 10-core APU pops up on Geekbench — chip is faster than Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 & even Ryzen AI Max+ 395

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Tom's Hardware · 07/09/2026 08:47 EDT

A new 10-core engineering sample from AMD has surfaced on Geekbench, being identified as part of the Medusa Point family. It's likely the Ryzen AI 9 565 and its scores easily beat the Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 and even the Ryzen AI Max+ 395 in certain benchmarks. Read more ›

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Elon Musk receives FTC greenlight to buy Mesh Optical as interconnects emerge as AI's tightest bottleneck — the move will expand Musk's growing stack of critical AI infrastructure

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Tom's Hardware · 07/09/2026 08:42 EDT

FTC clearance to acquire Mesh Optical hands Musk the missing layer between Terafab's chips and Gigasat's satellites, amid tightening interconnect AI bottleneck Read more ›

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New hack exploits AI hallucinations to trick agents into running malicious code — 'HalluSquatting' attack exploits a fundamental weakness in every available model

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Tom's Hardware · 07/09/2026 07:15 EDT

Attackers can exploit how AI bots hallucinate software URLs to create massive botnets. The vulnerability is endemic to every model. Read more ›

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Future Nostalgia Project asks retro hoarders to ‘Copy That Floppy!’ — flips the early 1990s anti-piracy campaign on its head to encourage budding archivists

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Tom's Hardware · 07/09/2026 07:07 EDT

Flipping the infamous early 1990s anti-piracy campaign messaging on its head, the Future Nostalgia Project is asking retro hoarders to Copy That Floppy! Read more ›

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Save $60 on this Hoto DIY and PC maintenance bundle with electric screwdriver and 4-in-1 air duster — just $89 for popular USB-C rechargeable driver with 25 bits, along with a separate blower and vacuum cleaner to keep your setup clean

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Tom's Hardware · 07/09/2026 07:00 EDT

Save nearly $61 on this two-for-one Hoto combo deal at Amazon right now, giving you the NEX O1 Pro mini electric screwdriver set with 25 bits with its AutoCare 4-in-1 air duster and vacuum cleaner in a combo Amazon deal for under $90. Read more ›

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AMD EXPO ULL shows middling performance gains in initial tests despite eye-watering price increase — first benchmarks show up to a 4% improvement with DDR5-6000 CL36

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Tom's Hardware · 07/09/2026 06:50 EDT

The first independent benchmarks for AMD's EXPO ULL memory are available, showing just up to a 4% improvement despite an increase in price. Read more ›

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AI servers will consume more power than all conventional data center hardware combined by 2027 — global data center electricity consumption set to grow by 26% this year, Gartner forecasts

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Tom's Hardware · 07/09/2026 06:25 EDT

Global data center electricity consumption will grow 26% in 2026 to reach 565 TWh, up from 447 TWh in 2025. Read more ›

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Chinese courts allow heirs to inherit accounts of deceased gamers — multiple cases spanning years establish precedent for digital ownership of games, in-game items, and microtransactions

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Tom's Hardware · 07/09/2026 06:00 EDT

A Reddit user named u/Slawrfp shared on the r/pcmasterrace subreddit that Chinese courts have allowed heirs to inherit games and other digital assets after the original user has since passed on. While Chinese inheritance law hasn't explicitly covered digital properties, multiple rulings have already set precedent. Read more ›

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Rapidus fab roadmap examined — first new leading-edge chipmaker in decades has one Hokkaido fab, a 2027 deadline, and 60 potential customers

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Tom's Hardware · 07/08/2026 12:29 EDT

Rapidus is building Japan's entire return to leading-edge logic on one fab in Chitose, Hokkaido. Read more ›

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China alleges that Claude Code contains backdoors, calls mechanism 'a serious threat' — Gov't claims Claude sends sensitive information to remote servers without consent

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Tom's Hardware · 07/08/2026 11:54 EDT

China is warning against the use of Claude Code versions released between April and June 2026 after it's revealed that hidden code is sending sensitive user information to remote servers. The government told users to uninstall the app or use its latest version, despite the fact that the AI tool is not approved for use in China. Read more ›

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Hidden backdoor in Tenda routers goes unpatched as company ignores warnings from cybersecurity researchers — affected firmware allows admin access without a password

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Tom's Hardware · 07/08/2026 11:16 EDT

CERT/CC has disclosed a critical authentication backdoor affecting multiple Tenda router firmware versions. Tracked as CVE-2026-11405, the flaw grants full administrator access without valid credentials, and no vendor patch is currently available after CERT failed to reach Tenda. Read more ›

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Budget smartphone market collapses under the weight of memory shortages, sales expected to drop 22% — memory alone now comprises up to 64% of the total cost of lower-tier smartphones

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Tom's Hardware · 07/08/2026 11:15 EDT

The global AI memory squeeze is pricing cheap phones out of existence and forcing mid-range devices to compromise on hardware. Read more ›

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JEDEC releases new SPHBM4 standard to slash AI memory costs — Narrow 512-bit interface enables dropping expensive interposers for organic substrates

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Tom's Hardware · 07/08/2026 11:03 EDT

SPHBM4 promises HBM4-class bandwidth without usage of silicon interposer and CoWoS-like packaging. Read more ›

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Global consumer Wi-Fi router shipments fell 6% in Q1 2026, down 34% from 2021 peak — mesh systems and gaming routers still prove popular

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Tom's Hardware · 07/08/2026 10:49 EDT

Global consumer Wi-Fi router shipments have declined 34 percent from their peak in 2021 Read more ›

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SiPearl's long-awaited Rhea CPU finally gets in the lab, opening the door for Europe's first sovereign HPC CPU — 'availability of Rhea1 is scheduled for end of 2026' SiPearl VP says, following long development process

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Tom's Hardware · 07/08/2026 10:44 EDT

How a limited run CPU could open the right doors for Europe's first HPC processors on markets its developers barely hoped to address any time soon. Read more ›

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Power company hikes data center bills by 30%, cuts residential electricity costs by 1.3% — Oregon approves change through POWER Act, pushes developments using more than 20 Megawatts of power to pay their fair share

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Tom's Hardware · 07/08/2026 09:56 EDT

Oregon approves the 29.7% price hike that Portland General Electric (PGE), the state's largest power provider, will impose on users that consume 20MW or more. This move is backed by Oregon's POWER Act, which helps ensure that data centers in PGE's coverage area pay their fair share. Read more ›

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'Slopfix' software team charges $10,000 a week to delete AI-generated code bloat — ironically, the team uses AI agents to trim messy repositories by up to 65%

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Tom's Hardware · 07/08/2026 09:19 EDT

A software house known as 'Slopfix' has launched a fixed-price service that refactors AI-generated codebases, charging $10,000 for one week of work. Read more ›

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Fi Ultra becomes first dog tracker powered by Starlink satellites – the Fi Ultra Dog Tracker makes Fido trackable via satellite, onboard GPS, and LTE connectivity

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Tom's Hardware · 07/08/2026 09:11 EDT

Smart pet technology firm Fi has launched the Fi Ultra Dog Tracker today, the first such device with Starlink connectivity. Read more ›

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