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Asus ROG Strix XG27AQWMG 27-inch 280 Hz OLED gaming monitor review: Premium piece and performance at a lower price point

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Tom's Hardware · 01/22/2026 08:00 EDT

Asus brings premium OLED imagery and performance to a lower price point with the ROG Strix XG27AQWMG. It’s a 27-inch QD-OLED with 280 Hz, Adaptive-Sync, HDR500 and wide gamut color. Read more ›

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Nvidia CEO expects AI to create more jobs for construction workers, electricians, plumbers, and many others

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Tom's Hardware · 01/22/2026 07:40 EDT

AI is set to wipe out many routine white-collar jobs while simultaneously fueling a historic infrastructure boom that boosts demand and wages for skilled blue-collar workers, believes Jensen Huang from Nvidia. Read more ›

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SSDs now cost 16x more than HDDs — hybrid SSD + HDD datacenter deployments are now significantly cheaper to deploy than SSD-only equivalents

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Tom's Hardware · 01/22/2026 07:20 EDT

A new report reveals that enterprise SSDs now cost a whopping 16x more than hard drives. Read more ›

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Customer buys ROG Astral RTX 5080, cancels order but receives GPU and $1,850 refund anyway — Amazon tells him to keep GPU and the $1,850 refund

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Tom's Hardware · 01/22/2026 07:00 EDT

Amazon ended up shipping an RTX 5080 that the customer had already been refunded for. The cancelled order was received by a lucky Redditor who was told to keep the GPU worth $1,850 along with the original refund money, marking one of the more positive Amazon delivery "fails" in recent memory. Read more ›

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GameStop patches 'infinite money glitch' for Nintendo Switch 2 trade-in — crafty YouTuber trades $415 console in for $472 with purchase of pre-owned game multiple times

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Tom's Hardware · 01/22/2026 06:40 EDT

YouTuber RJCmedia exploited a loophole in GameStop's trade-in system that allowed him to get back store credit exceeding the retail value of a Switch 2. He managed to accumulate $150 in trade credit, along with a basically a free console and a bunch of games across a two-day haul. GameStop has now patched this "infinite money glitch." Read more ›

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Chinese companies reportedly considering sourcing H200 chips from the black market as chips held at the border — demand for Nvidia AI GPUs remain high despite political uncertainty

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Tom's Hardware · 01/22/2026 06:34 EDT

Days after Beijing stopped the entry of H200 chips at the border, Chinese tech companies are reportedly considering purchasing them from the black market at a higher price just to get their hands on the powerful AI GPU. Read more ›

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AMD ROCm CES 2026 press Q&A roundtable transcript — 'ROCm from 2023 is completely unrecognizable to ROCm today' company details, as it seeks to break down barriers to AI development

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Tom's Hardware · 01/22/2026 06:29 EDT

We had the opportunity to sit down with AMD at CES 2026 for a press roundtable discussion, where we discussed ROCm and other AMD software, as captured in this transcript of AMD's Q&A session. Read more ›

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This absurdly fast five-star 540Hz ROG Swift OLED gaming monitor is now available for pre-order — 27-inch QHD panel packs eye-searing 1500 nits of peak brightness and 720Hz mode

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Tom's Hardware · 01/22/2026 06:26 EDT

If you're on the hunt for a new premium monitor, the new Asus ROG Swift OLED PG27AQWP-W could be a winner. Read more ›

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3D-printed fan-less and pump-less liquid cooler can deliver 600 watts of cooling for data centers — passive design provides reusable heat, exceeds project performance expectations by 50%

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Tom's Hardware · 01/22/2026 06:20 EDT

3D-printed passive cooler can pull 600 W off a datacenter chip Read more ›

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Alien fan builds a better Raspberry Pi cyberdeck — The MU/TH/UR of all homages to a classic movie series

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Tom's Hardware · 01/22/2026 06:00 EDT

Powered by the Raspberry Pi Zero 2W, Jeff Merrick's slab of 1970 / 1980s aesthetic screams the "charm" of the worn and broken Alien universe that belies the powerful single board computer within. Read more ›

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Elon Musk's xAI Colossus 2 is nowhere near 1 gigawatt capacity, satellite imagery suggests — despite claims, site only has 350 megawatts of cooling capacity

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Tom's Hardware · 01/21/2026 13:00 EDT

Despite Elon Musk's claim that xAI’s Colossus 2 has already reached a 1 GW scale, satellite analysis by Epoch AI indicates the supercomputer is still far below that level due to limited cooling capacity. Read more ›

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V-Color Manta XFinity RGB DDR5-6400 C32 2x64GB Review: Two-Module Powerhouse

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Tom's Hardware · 01/21/2026 12:51 EDT

The Manta XFinity RGB DDR5-6400 ranks among the fastest 128GB memory kits available today. But does it truly live up to the hype? Read more ›

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Intel axes 12th Gen Alder Lake and 4th Gen Xeon Sapphire Rapids — final orders for Intel's first hybrid CPUs end in just a few months

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Tom's Hardware · 01/21/2026 12:05 EDT

Intel's 12th Generation Alder Lake and 4th Generation Xeon Sapphire Rapids Scalable processors have reached end-of-life (EOL) status. Read more ›

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Chinese semiconductor industry gears up for domestic HBM3 production by the end of 2026 — CXMT to produce chips, while Naura, Maxwell, and U-Preseason design tools for assembly

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Tom's Hardware · 01/21/2026 11:30 EDT

Chinese semiconductor industry is working to localize production of HBM3 memory, in addition to the tools required for HBM assembly. However, the exact progress of these projects is unknown. Read more ›

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Quantum computing firm dangles $22,500 Bitcoin prize — all you have to do is uncover a private key hidden inside a quantum-optimized problem

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Tom's Hardware · 01/21/2026 11:00 EDT

The Quantum Advantage Challenge offers a 0.25 BTC wallet prize to anyone who can answer a specialized problem that can be solved in under two hours on today’s quantum hardware. Read more ›

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Jensen Huang says Nvidia has dethroned Apple as TSMC’s largest customer — rumor suggests that the chip fab is increasing its prices for Cupertino

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Tom's Hardware · 01/21/2026 10:54 EDT

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang confirmed in a podcast that his company has overtaken Apple as TSMC's biggest customer, once again becoming its top client after more than 20 years. Read more ›

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Steam client allegedly continues sharing your status with your friends even if you set it ‘Offline,’ report claims — setting is a ‘UI illusion’ and your friends still receive real-time updates when you log on or log off

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Tom's Hardware · 01/21/2026 10:41 EDT

An anonymous blog claims that your Steam client continues broadcasting your log-on and log-off times, regardless of your privacy status. Your friends' clients just hide your profile, but your log data is still stored on the devices of other people. Read more ›

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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang to visit China as company prepares to start H200 shipments to the country — plans to meet with state officials unclear despite Beijing curbs on the chip

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Tom's Hardware · 01/21/2026 09:27 EDT

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang is heading to China in late January for a customary Lunar New Year visit that has taken on outsized importance, as it coincides with negotiations over how many H200 AI GPUs Beijing will allow into the country amid U.S. export approval. Read more ›

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Creality K1C 3D printer price plummets to $399 for a fast, fully enclosed Core XY machine — $160 saving nets you a beginner-friendly printer packed with prosumer features

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Tom's Hardware · 01/21/2026 08:57 EDT

A $160 saving can be had right now on this Creality K1C 3D printer, fully enclosed and capable of fast printing, and available for just $399 right now, just $30 off its Black Friday pricing. Read more ›

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Microsoft CEO says AI needs to have a wider impact or else it risks quickly losing ‘social permission’ — also says that the technology should benefit more people to avoid a bubble

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Tom's Hardware · 01/21/2026 08:26 EDT

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella discusses AI's wider impact and what it needs to do to not be a bubble. Read more ›

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