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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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Cooler Master V4 and V8 3DHP Review: A masterful engineering achievement

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Tom's Hardware · 07/08/2026 09:02 EDT

Cooler Master’s 3DHP heatpipes, in its Master V4 and V8 coolers, are the biggest advancement in air cooling technology in years. But early adoption comes at a price. Read more ›

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Cracked version of Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced leaked days prior to official release despite Denuvo DRM protection — Denuvo unable to stop crackers, with some finding ways to completely remove it from other titles

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Tom's Hardware · 07/08/2026 08:29 EDT

Ubisoft's remake of the 2013 game has been circulating online more than a month before its official release date, despite Denuvo DRM protection. Incident questions the effectivity of anti-piracy app, which causes performance hits and requires intrusive online check-ins. Read more ›

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Modding tool 'DLSS Swapper' might infect your PC with malware if you download the wrong files — App creator warns against using random, user-submitted DLLs

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Tom's Hardware · 07/08/2026 08:18 EDT

The creator of DLSS Swapper is warning against using random DLLs that claim to fix issues pertaining to DLSS, FSR, or XeSS, even if said file is available on the app's GitHub repo. Read more ›

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Save $527 on this 1440p gaming PC from Newegg with a 16GB RTX 5060 Ti right now — huge discount for high-end performance rig with an Intel Core i7-14700F, 32GB DDR5, and a 1TB SSD

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Tom's Hardware · 07/08/2026 07:44 EDT

This great value gaming PC from Newegg's ABS brand features a 16GB RTX 5060 Ti GPU and 32GB of DDR5-6400 RAM, giving you a rig ready for 1440p gaming. Read more ›

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Valve releases drivers, notes to make Windows work on Steam hardware, but refuses to support it — tells users it doesn’t offer support for ‘Windows on Steam Hardware,’ gaming company provides resources ‘as is’

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Tom's Hardware · 07/08/2026 07:20 EDT

These drivers will make it easier for your Steam Deck or Steam Machine to play nicely with Windows 11. However, Valve says it does not offer customer support for 'Windows on Steam Hardware,' and instead points stuck users to the SteamOS recovery instructions. Read more ›

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8Bitdo's wireless Pro 2 gaming controller falls to all-time low price — hall-effect gamepad is 38% off, just $37.19

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Tom's Hardware · 07/08/2026 07:18 EDT

Hitting an all-time low price at Amazon, 8Bitdo's wireless Pro 2 gaming controller with hall-effect joysticks is 38% off for Prime members. Read more ›

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Nvidia touts Vera CPU's single-threaded performance as its agentic AI advantage, reveals next-gen 'Rigel' Arm CPU cores — frames chip as a 'max single-threaded CPU at scale,' not a parallel monster

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Tom's Hardware · 07/08/2026 07:00 EDT

Nvidia lifts the veil a little bit more on its Vera CPU and reveals a single-thread performance monster — company claims a 1.8x uplift versus x86 competition in agentic workloads and 1.5x in coding. Read more ›

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Arrest and extradition of Scattered Spider hacker shines light on how Windows telemetry GDIDs can identify and track users — Microsoft device identifier is just one digital fingerprint in a software world rife with them

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Tom's Hardware · 07/08/2026 06:30 EDT

While the use of Windows' GDID to catch Scattered Spider hacking group member Peter Stokes is unusual, that device identifier is only one bit of telemetry that can be used to fingerprint a user across the wider Internet these days. Read more ›

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Space Force gets first mobile high-powered electromagnetic beam weapon to cripple enemy satellites — plans to deploy 32 ‘Meadowlands’ units to detect, deny, disrupt, and degrade hostile space assets

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Tom's Hardware · 07/08/2026 06:00 EDT

Space Force has announced that the first high-energy 'Meadowlands' electronic warfare system has been delivered for operational duty. Read more ›

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Unannounced Nvidia RTX 50 Super GPUs appear in Seasonic PSU calculator — unreleased graphics cards shown with 10-17% higher TGP over original models

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Tom's Hardware · 07/07/2026 17:34 EDT

Total graphics power figures for Nvidia's unanounced, unreleased RTX 50 Super-series graphics cards have appeared in Seasonic's PSU capacity calculator, revealing potentially higher TGPs of those products. Read more ›

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South Korea's $880 billion chip and AI plan faces big power and water challenges — a single megacluster requires a quarter of Seoul's total power demand

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Tom's Hardware · 07/07/2026 13:27 EDT

The ₩1,350 trillion total combines a $520 billion semiconductor program with AI data center and robotics spending, mostly made up of corporate capex. Read more ›

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Chinese memory and storage firm expected to post more than 60,000% jump in profits due to exploding demand — Lexar owner Longsys forecasts nearly $1.5 billion profit for 1H26 compared to $2.1 million last year

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Tom's Hardware · 07/07/2026 12:13 EDT

Chinese memory and storage manufacturer Longsys expects to post a massive increase in profits due to the AI-driven chip shortage. Read more ›

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Save nearly $2,000 on this RTX 5090 OLED gaming laptop right now — massive discount on powerhouse 16-inch Lenovo rig with 240Hz refresh rate, 32GB DDR5 RAM, 2TB SSD, and a 24-core Intel CPU, all for $3,199

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Tom's Hardware · 07/07/2026 10:52 EDT

Grab this Lenovo Legion Pro 7i gaming laptop with an RTX 5090 for just $3,199 right now at B&H Photo, saving you $1,800. Read more ›

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AVX-512 support is reportedly returning with Intel's next-gen Nova Lake CPUs — Latest Linux kernel patches reveal P-cores and E-cores will gain native 512-bit execution

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Tom's Hardware · 07/07/2026 10:47 EDT

It looks like Intel is adding back AVX-512 support to its client CPUs starting from the upcoming Nova Lake desktop lineup. Previously, we expected to see AVX-256 debut on a consumer family, allowing E-cores to execute 256-bit code, but now it seems that even the E-cores will gain native 512-bit registers. Read more ›

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