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Nvidia RTX 3060 comeback in 2026 could alleviate soaring GPU prices and memory shortages — rumored RTX 5050 9GB abruptly shelved amid speculation

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Tom's Hardware · 04/18/2026 11:53 EDT

If relaunched at the right price, the RTX 3060 could re-enter the market as a viable option in a segment facing increasing cost pressures. Read more ›

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$27 platypus PCIe adapter converts half-height GPUs into full-height while adding two M.2 slots for SSDs — enthusiast demos low-profile RTX 4060 with two SSDs thanks to PCIe bifurcation

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Tom's Hardware · 04/12/2026 06:40 EDT

A Redditor got his hands on this PCIe adapter that does the job of two different ones at the same time. It converts half-height GPUs into full height while adding M.2 slots for storage expansion. All this is possible thanks to PCIe bifurcation, splitting an x16 slot into x8 for the GPU, and two x4 lanes for the SSDs. Read more ›

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South Korea’s telecom giants surprise 7 million users with unlimited, universal internet — net access declared a 'basic telecommunications right,' 400 Kbps data after monthly plans run out

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Tom's Hardware · 04/12/2026 06:20 EDT

South Korea's Ministry of Science and ICT said that the country’s three major carriers will provide more than seven million mobile subscribers with unmetered 400 Kbps data. Read more ›

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Valve engineer shocks Linux community with game-changing VRAM hack for 8GB GPUs — breakthrough solution turbocharges gaming by prioritizing VRAM for games while background tasks take a back seat

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Tom's Hardware · 04/12/2026 06:00 EDT

Natalie Vock, a dev on Valve's Linux graphics driver team has introduced new fixes that optimize VRAM usage for games in Linux. Previously, any background task could make the OS evict game data from VRAM and throw it into system memory, but now it'll be able to correctly prioritize the game running in foreground. Read more ›

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Rockstar Games confirms it was hacked by malicious group — 'ShinyHunters' takes credit, gives until April 14 to pay ransom or risk leaking confidential data, 'ShinyHunters'

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Tom's Hardware · 04/11/2026 14:05 EDT

The hacker group "Shiny Hunters" has been able to breach Rockstar Games by accessing authentication tokens and getting inside the company's cloud infrastructure. The stolen data doesn't include any sensitive company or player information, according to a Rockstar spokesperson, but it's still being put up for ransom. Read more ›

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Clippy, Microsoft’s hapless Office assistant, was retired 25 years ago today — its irritating spirit lives on in 100+ Copilots

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Tom's Hardware · 04/11/2026 12:27 EDT

Microsoft’s Clippy was put out to pasture a quarter century ago. This hapless, and some would add ‘irritating,’ productivity assistant would no longer be enabled by default in Office, starting April 11, 2001. Read more ›

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Save $680 instantly on this massive Corsair 96GB DDR5-6000 RAM kit — 57% discount slashes price tag to $499

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Tom's Hardware · 04/11/2026 11:59 EDT

If you've been looking to score a high-capacity kit of RAM but the AI boom has destroyed any chance of that happening, Newegg might have just the deal for you. The 96GB Corsair Vengeance DDR5-6000 RAM kit usually costs over $1,100, but you can get it for less than half if you act quickly. Read more ›

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Two manufacturers commit to keep Blu-ray alive after others quit manufacturing — Verbatim and I-O Data extend Blu-ray supply pledge as manufacturers exit the market

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Tom's Hardware · 04/11/2026 11:40 EDT

Verbatim Japan and I-O Data have widened their joint commitment to keep recordable Blu-ray products on shelves in Japan, this time covering drive hardware as well as media. Read more ›

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MacBook user explains why he files the sharp metal edges off his Apple laptops — unibody design facilitates a surprisingly deep roundover

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Tom's Hardware · 04/11/2026 11:15 EDT

Tech DIYer Kent Walters has used a metalworking file to round over the corners of his MacBook. Apparently, some people freak out about this. Read more ›

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Best Laptops 2026: Our benchmarked picks for productivity, portability, and battery life

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Tom's Hardware · 04/11/2026 10:35 EDT

We test dozens of laptops a year for their performance, screen quality, and battery life, to find the best laptops right now across Windows, macOS, Intel, AMD, and Qualcomm notebooks. Read more ›

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Denuvo properly cracked in Resident Evil: Requiem, bypasses become plug-and-play — cracked version runs faster, smoother, and uses way less VRAM and RAM

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Tom's Hardware · 04/11/2026 08:20 EDT

Denuvo properly cracked in Resident Evil: Requiem, while HV bypasses become plug-and-play Read more ›

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HyperX Eve 1800 Review: Not worth $50

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Tom's Hardware · 04/11/2026 08:00 EDT

The HyperX Eve 1800 is not a good keyboard, even for $50, as it’s lacking in features and not pleasant to use. Read more ›

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Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus vs Ryzen 7 9700X faceoff — a new midrange CPU champ emerges

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Tom's Hardware · 04/11/2026 08:00 EDT

Intel's new Core Ultra 7 270K Plus is going after the Ryzen 7 9700X with its $300 price point. We put the two head-to-head in a series of rounds based on our own testing to see which comes out on top. Read more ›

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Chinese Nvidia Cloud Partner procured 300 servers with banned AI GPUs worth $92 million — shares of data center supplier Sharetronic plummet following Super Micro smuggling arrest

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Tom's Hardware · 04/11/2026 07:40 EDT

Publicly available documents reveal that a Chinese AI data center company sold servers that were designed for Nvidia H100 chips despite the U.S. export ban. Read more ›

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Original Apollo 11 code open-sourced by NASA — original Command Module and Lunar Module code repos are now public domain resources

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Tom's Hardware · 04/11/2026 07:20 EDT

The historic computer software code that took Apollo 11 to the moon has been open-sourced and is available to anyone to read, download, and tinker with. Read more ›

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Garage sale haul finds 2013 'trash can' Mac Pro nestled inside 2010 Mac Pro enclosure — Mac Pro inception still needs some work to get running

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Tom's Hardware · 04/11/2026 07:00 EDT

A lucky buyer on Reddit found a 2010 Mac Pro in a garage sale and it had a whole 'nother 2013 Mac Pro sitting inside. The tower didn't have any internals, which implies that the owner was likely using it as a sort of DIY enclosure for the trash-can Mac Pro, to perhaps mount extra stuff since the 2013 Mac Pro has no expansion slots. Read more ›

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Benchmarking Nvidia's RTX Neural Texture Compression tech that can reduce VRAM usage by over 80%

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Tom's Hardware · 04/11/2026 07:00 EDT

We put RTX Neural Texture Compression to the test with multiple GPUs and on a laptop. Read more ›

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FAA courts gamers to become air traffic controllers — boasts $155k average annual salary after three years as the agency prepares for 8,000 applicants

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Tom's Hardware · 04/11/2026 06:40 EDT

The FAA's latest YouTube video is encouraging gamers to apply to become an air traffic controller, telling them that they've been training for this challenge. The agency is tapping on the younger demographic to help expand its numbers as the ATC shortage is hampering safety and airport operations. Read more ›

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Tests show $30,000 AI GPUs are terrible password crackers — RTX 5090 gaming GPU outperforms Nvidia H200 and AMD MI300X

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Tom's Hardware · 04/11/2026 06:20 EDT

A research team at Specops benchmarked an RTX 5090, against two AI datacenter GPUs with Hashcat to see which GPU is the better password cracker. Spoiler alert, the RTX 5090 was the winner. Read more ›

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Microsoft simplifies Windows Insider program — fewer channels, and switching without wiping your device

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Tom's Hardware · 04/10/2026 14:00 EDT

Microsoft is simplifying the Windows Insider program with fewer channels, making it easier to switch between them and enable the latest features. Read more ›

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HWMonitor and CPU-Z developer CPUID breached by unknown attackers — cyberattack forced users to download malware instead of valid apps for approximately six hours

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Tom's Hardware · 04/10/2026 12:27 EDT

Unknown attackers compromised the CPUID website, redirecting users to malware laden versions of popular tools. Read more ›

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