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FCC reverses course, allows software updates for foreign-made drones and routers until 2029 — agency says blocking security patches could create cybersecurity risks

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Tom's Hardware · 05/09/2026 10:35 EDT

The FCC has extended waivers allowing certain covered foreign-produced drones, drone components, and routers to continue receiving software and firmware updates until at least 2029, citing cybersecurity and consumer protection concerns. Read more ›

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Examining DDR4 PC build options in 2026 — With high DDR5 prices, a PC build with DDR4 is worth considering, especially if you have RAM you can carry over from a previous build

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Tom's Hardware · 01/15/2026 11:23 EDT

If you’ve been looking to build a PC but have been put off by the high price of DDR5, it might be worth considering a DDR4 system. You can get great performance and save some money – especially if you already own a RAM kit that you can carry over to a new build. Read more ›

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AMD's upcoming Ryzen AI Max+ 392 hot on the heels of 9800X3D in early benchmarks — New Strix Halo APU almost matches Ryzen 7 beast in multi-core performance

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Tom's Hardware · 01/15/2026 10:38 EDT

The new Ryzen AI Max+ 392 has popped up on Geekbench with a single-core score of 2,917 points and a multi-core score of 18,071 points, posting impressive results across the board that match high-end desktop SKUs. The test stems from an Asus TUF Gaming A14 laptop that we checked out at CES 2026. Read more ›

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Dell's mega award-winning 34-inch Alienware QD-OLED gaming monitor drops to $499 all-time low pricing — grab yours in today's clearance sale

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Tom's Hardware · 01/15/2026 08:05 EDT

One of our favorite monitors, the Dell Alienware AW3423DWF, is back down to last year's Black Friday prices. Read more ›

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HP Series 5 Pro 514PN Portable Monitor Review: Premium performance and price

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Tom's Hardware · 01/15/2026 08:00 EDT

HP is targeting the upper echelon of portable monitors with the $299 Series 5 Pro 514PN. Read more ›

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Buying all DLC for Monster Hunter Wilds unlocks twice the FPS performance — higher FPS accidentally paywalled by resource-hogging background check for paid content

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Tom's Hardware · 01/15/2026 07:58 EDT

A performance-crushing bug in Monster Hunter Wilds appears to vanish as more DLC is purchased and added to the game. Read more ›

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Amazon buys first American-mined copper in a decade — Arizona mine to fuel AWS AI data centers in seismic two-year deal

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Tom's Hardware · 01/15/2026 07:51 EDT

Amazon has struck a two-year deal to receive copper from an Arizona mine, for use in its AWS data centers in the U.S. Read more ›

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Shareholders sue Oracle over misleading statements related to $300 billion OpenAI data center build-out — disgruntled plaintiffs say the company lied about how much money it needed to borrow

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Tom's Hardware · 01/15/2026 07:26 EDT

A group of investors have filed a class action lawsuit against Oracle, contending that it made misleading statements during its initial $18 billion bond drive, resulting in potential losses of $1.3 billion. Read more ›

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Raspberry Pi AI HAT+ 2 Review: The brains and the brawn

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Tom's Hardware · 01/15/2026 07:22 EDT

Raspberry Pis latest AI accessory brings a more powerful Hailo NPU, capable of LLMs and image inference, but the price tag is a key deciding factor. Read more ›

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Beijing blocks Chinese entities from using U.S. and Israeli cybersecurity software — VMWare and Fortinet among the affected vendors

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Tom's Hardware · 01/15/2026 06:40 EDT

China tells entities to ditch U.S. and Israeli cybersecurity software Read more ›

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New York State takes steps to ban 3D-printed guns — proposal requires 3D printer manufacturers to prevent weapon printing

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Tom's Hardware 1 place · 01/15/2026 06:20 EDT

NY State Governor Kathy Hochul wants 3D printer manufacturers to make it impossible to 3D print guns. Read more ›

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Troublesome 16-pin connector sidelines $30,000 H200 Hopper GPU — repair technician saves the data center day by fixing power port

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Tom's Hardware · 01/15/2026 06:00 EDT

Technician repairs 16-pin power connector on a $30,000 H200 PCIe Hopper graphics card. Connector's sense pins were damaged and had to be fixed by soldering new pins to the card. Read more ›

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Intel’s comeback weapon to fight AMD reportedly drops this spring — Core Ultra 200K Plus and 200HX Plus CPUs set for March or April launch

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Tom's Hardware · 01/14/2026 13:38 EDT

Hardware insider shares launch and embargo information for Intel's upcoming Arrow Lake Refresh and Panther Lake processors. Read more ›

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SK hynix to spend $13 billion on the world's largest HBM memory assembly plant amid the worst shortage on record — South Korea facility to handle packaging and testing for AI memory campus

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Tom's Hardware · 01/14/2026 13:00 EDT

SK hynix is investing $12.9 billion to build a campus-scale, HBM-only advanced packaging and test facility in Cheongju, South Korea, designed for the next generation of HBM memory and intended to ensure SK hynix's leadership in the booming market. Read more ›

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U.S. posts official H200 and MI325X AI GPU export rules to China, but with plenty of caveats — a string of requirments greatly limits the total number of GPUs that can be shipped to China

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Tom's Hardware · 01/14/2026 11:56 EDT

The U.S. may allow shipments of rather powerful AI processors to China on a case-by-case basis, but with the U.S. supply priority, do not expect AMD or Nvidia ship a ton of AI GPUs to the People's Republic. Read more ›

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AI chip design is pushing advanced chip packaging to its limits – workarounds exist for limits of 2.5D packaging, but are years away from viability

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Tom's Hardware · 01/14/2026 11:54 EDT

As AI accelerators and HPC devices grow larger and more complex, advanced chip design continues to move away from the transistor and toward the package. Read more ›

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Asus's recently released ROG Xbox Ally handheld gets a $100 price drop - get the Ryzen Z2 A-powered version with 16GB of RAM for under $500

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Tom's Hardware · 01/14/2026 10:48 EDT

Powered by AMD’s Ryzen Z2 A chip and featuring a 120Hz display, the ROG Xbox Ally is now cheaper than ever Read more ›

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Tom's Hardware · 01/14/2026 09:57 EDT

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Steam Machine to have fewer 'Verified' badge constraints — Valve says Verified on Steam Deck titles expected to run smoothly on upcoming PC console

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Tom's Hardware · 01/14/2026 09:23 EDT

Valve designer Lawrence Yang confirmed that 'Verified on Steam Deck' games will also work well on the Steam Machine, giving gamers a ton of titles that will work well with the console right on launch. Read more ›

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Nvidia DLSS 4.5 Super Resolution leaves beta, available now to Nvidia app users — update includes support for over 400 titles with new presets

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Tom's Hardware · 01/14/2026 09:00 EDT

Nvidia's DSLL 4.5 Super Resolution feature is now available to all users of the Nvidia app, having left beta. Read more ›

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Phison demos 10X faster AI inference on consumer PCs with software and hardware combo that enables 3x larger AI models — Nvidia, AMD, MSI, and Acer systems demoed with aiDAPTIV+

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Tom's Hardware · 01/14/2026 08:50 EDT

Phison's aiDAPTIV+ stack enables large Mixture of Experts AI models and agentic AI workloads to run on client systems with limited memory capacity. Read more ›

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