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Asus GeForce RTX 5080 Noctua Edition review: Silent running

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Tom's Hardware · 03/06/2026 07:00 EDT

Asus’ GeForce RTX 5080 Noctua Edition is built with a single-minded focus on quiet operation. It takes the world’s second-fastest gaming GPU and reduces its noise levels to the absolute minimum thanks to an enormous heatsink and three cutting-edge Noctua fans. But its size, weight, high price, and polarizing design all make it a product for the Noctua faithful and quiet computing obsessives only. Read more ›

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Arc Raiders was accidentally recording Discord conversations into an unencrypted local game file — vulnerability in SDK could log messages and credentials in plaintext

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Tom's Hardware · 03/06/2026 06:30 EDT

A vulnerability in Discord's SDK allowed Arc Raiders to unintentionally log private DMs and user account credentials to the game's log files. Embark Studios has since hotfixed the problem. Read more ›

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DoJ, Europol, and others bring down LeakBase cybercrime site of 142,000 member, multiple arrests made — seized website reportedly among world's largest hacker forums

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Tom's Hardware · 03/06/2026 06:00 EDT

United States DoJ, Europol, and friends bring down LeakBase cybercrime forum Read more ›

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Microsoft confirms next-gen Xbox will play PC games — 'Project Helix' teased as more than just a console

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Tom's Hardware · 03/05/2026 16:03 EDT

Microsoft CEO Asha Sharma confirmed that the next-gen Xbox, codenamed Project Helix, will be capable of playing both Xbox and PC games. Read more ›

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US gov't preps sweeping export controls for Nvidia, AMD AI hardware — worldwide licensing system would give Trump admin broad authority to block global sales

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Tom's Hardware · 03/05/2026 14:24 EDT

The Trump administration is working on sweeping export regulations over AI hardware that will make large AI clusters a topic of intergovernmental talks. Read more ›

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TCL intros two premium dual-mode gaming monitors — 27-inch 1,040 Hz QHD Mini-LED and 32-inch 4K OLED with striped subpixel layout

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Tom's Hardware · 03/05/2026 13:27 EDT

The TCL 32X3A is a 31.5-inch 4K OLED monitor with dual-mode support enabling 1080p at 480 Hz for esports gaming. It features a "Matrix-Pure" true RGB subpixel layout for better text clarity, along with speakers integrated into its stand. On the other hand, the TCL 27P2A is a 1440p Mini-LED monitor that can boost to 1,040 Hz at likely 720p resolution. Read more ›

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As Frank Yeary retires from Intel, the company picks an engineer to chair its board — Intel Foundry governance issues to be resolved, and looking back at the Yeary years

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Tom's Hardware · 03/05/2026 13:14 EDT

Intel’s board of directors is getting a new independent chair, effective May 13, following the company’s Annual Stockholders’ Meeting. Read more ›

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China's top chip execs claim ASML alternative 'small, fragmented, and weak' — Chinese industry titans call for national effort to invest in advanced chipmaking tools

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Tom's Hardware · 03/05/2026 13:09 EDT

China's most senior semiconductor executives issued a public call this week for a consolidated national effort to build a domestic alternative to Dutch lithography giant ASML. Read more ›

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‘CPUs are cool again,' Intel and AMD reporting spikes in CPU demand due to agentic AI, shortages — Lisa Su says business exceeded expectations while Intel is looking at long-term agreements with potential customers

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Tom's Hardware · 03/05/2026 11:44 EDT

Both AMD and Intel reports increased demand for CPUs, driven by AI agents' need for general computing power. Read more ›

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Go beyond the review with Bench, the deepest consumer hardware benchmarking database on the internet — compare hundreds of products across a range of categories

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Tom's Hardware · 03/05/2026 11:13 EDT

Take advantage of Bench, the ultimate resource for PC hardware enthusiasts, offering a large database of benchmarks for you to browse through. We detail how the tool works, and what we're doing to keep results up-to-date here. Read more ›

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Labubu sues 3D printer maker Bambu Lab for items made by its users — MakerWorld design repository in hot water over IP theft by its users

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Tom's Hardware · 03/05/2026 09:02 EDT

While Bambu Lab builds tools to protect creators, a Chinese court case over 3D-printed Labubu fakes turns the tables on the 3DP giant. Read more ›

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Orico IG740-Pro 1TB SSD Review: A small budget sleeper

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Tom's Hardware · 03/05/2026 09:00 EDT

The Orico IG740-Pro is a competent, no-frills SSD that hits the right performance and power efficiency marks. Read more ›

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China seeks to enhance rare earth advantages, take 'extraordinary measures' to achieve semiconductor breakthroughs — new five-year plan marks doubling down on technological self-reliance

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Tom's Hardware · 03/05/2026 08:47 EDT

China just released the latest draft of its five-year plan, which mentions it goal of building a more robust "response mechanism" to supply chain threats and focusing on enhancing its "competitive advantages in rare earths." Read more ›

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AI vibe-coded operating system is so bad it can't even run Doom — Vib-OS can't connect to the internet, browser app is an image viewer

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Tom's Hardware · 03/05/2026 08:47 EDT

A new vibe-coded operating system performed as woefully as expected during a 9-point check process. Read more ›

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Spiralling memory spot prices could trigger 'industry cycle collapse,' report warns — NAND wafer costs surge 25% in a single month

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Tom's Hardware · 03/05/2026 07:42 EDT

DDR5 16G (2Gx8) chips averaged $39, up 7.4% month-over-month, while 1Tb TLC flash wafers jumped 25% to $25. Read more ›

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M4 MacBook Air with 24GB of RAM plunges to lowest-ever price following M5 announcement — $300 off is a steal on Apple's highest-spec RAM configuration

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Tom's Hardware · 03/05/2026 07:08 EDT

Apple's 15-inch MacBook Air with the M4 goes on sale for $1,299, its lowest-ever price at Amazon. Read more ›

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For under $1000, land the fastest gaming CPU, motherboard, and 32GB of RAM — AMD's Ryzen 7 9850X3D, MSI MAG X870, and Corsair Vengeance RAM saves you $196 in today's Newegg combo deal

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Tom's Hardware · 03/05/2026 07:05 EDT

AMD's Ryzen 7 9850X3D, MSI MAG X870, and Corsair Vengeance RAM are just $999 in today's Newegg combo deal. Read more ›

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OpenAI building GitHub alternative after frequent platform outages and disruptions — a public OpenAI code repository would directly compete with one of its biggest investors

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Tom's Hardware · 03/05/2026 07:00 EDT

OpenAI is building its own code repository, prompted by a rise in GitHub outages and disruptions that left its engineers unable to work for hours at a time. Read more ›

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Nintendo Switch 2 users buying fewer games because of AI storage crisis, report claims — game demand under threat as titles get bigger and storage gets more expensive

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Tom's Hardware · 03/05/2026 07:00 EDT

The lack of storage capacity on the Nintendo Switch 2 and increasing game sizes are forcing some Switch 2 owners to reconsider shopping for game titles, especially as microSD Express Card prices skyrocket due to the global memory and storage chip shortage. Read more ›

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Nvidia reportedly working on RTX 5050 with 9GB of VRAM on a 96-bit bus, featuring 28 Gbps GDDR7 modules — RTX 5060 with cut-down GB205 GPU also planned

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Tom's Hardware · 03/05/2026 06:40 EDT

Nvidia is reportedly working on a new RTX 5050 with 9GB of GDDR7 VRAM, up from 8GB GDDR6 on the existing model. Moving from 20 Gbps chips to 28 Gbps chips, the memory interface is also said to be reduced to 96-bit, from 128-bit on the original. Moreover, an RTX 5060 with a cut-down GB205 die is also said to be in the works, with otherwise same specs. Read more ›

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