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6 days ago 17

Intel's proposed orbital data centers would manage thousands of simple LEO satellites —two-tier network puts the brains of satellite constellations in higher orbit

Intel's proposed orbital data centers would manage...

6 days ago 13

Hardware researcher spins up 'CPU deoptimization' project to find the slowest single x86 instruction, creates hall of shame — worst offender takes 198 billion cycles spanning 62 seconds to execute

Hardware researcher spins up 'CPU deoptimization' ...

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AI creates 16 new viruses that never existed in nature after learning DNA’s pattern from 9 trillion nucleotides — experts warn such applications are way ahead of necessary guardrails

AI creates 16 new viruses that never existed in na...

6 days ago 26

NASA modded space station's laptops so everyone could use the same charger — standardizing ISS chargers eliminated useless weight and reduced failure points

NASA modded space station's laptops so everyone co...

6 days ago 22

Modder turns Steam Controller trackpad haptics into stereo speakers with custom HID tool — Wired connection transmits 16-bit audio that sounds surprisingly full

Modder turns Steam Controller trackpad haptics int...

6 days ago 18

Kensington Expert Mouse Pro TB900 review: I swapped my mouse and trackpad for the new TB900 trackball, and ran a head-to-head video edit against my usual setup — the trackball won.

Kensington Expert Mouse Pro TB900 review: I swappe...

6 days ago 37

The only instant cameras worth your money

The only instant cameras worth your money

1 week ago 27

Scientist says RAM pricing has reverted to normalized 2007 levels — memory prices have been falling exponentially for decades, but the AI shortage undid 20 years of progress in a matter of months

Scientist says RAM pricing has reverted to normali...

1 week ago 35

I tested Turtle Beach’s newest controller, and I can’t imagine using anything else for GTA 6 — it’s got an illuminated skyline and tropical vibes; what more could you want?

I tested Turtle Beach’s newest controller, and I c...

1 week ago 33

Amazon cracks down on 'CPU waste' among engineers as agentic AI crunch intensifies — CPU demand makes low-utilization EC2 instances a hot commodity

Amazon cracks down on 'CPU waste' among engineers ...

1 week ago 38

Samsung’s Z Fold 8 Ultra is more of the same, but better than ever

Samsung’s Z Fold 8 Ultra is more of the same, but ...

1 week ago 22

Protesters haul a guillotine to city council meeting about a potential AI data center, company rep cornered by protestors — ‘ it no longer felt safe to stay,’ developer escorted out by police

Protesters haul a guillotine to city council meeti...

1 week ago 39

Norton VPN review: serious upgrades but not without its limits

Norton VPN review: serious upgrades but not withou...

1 week ago 23

This week on Tom's Hardware Premium: August 7, 2026 — Inside China's lithography efforts, co-packaged optics get a spotlight, and Samsung debuts next-gen memory tech

This week on Tom's Hardware Premium: August 7, 202...

1 week ago 27

Grab an entire RTX 5090 PC for just $380 more than the standalone graphics card — save $1,550 off Alienware's Area-51 gaming rig

Grab an entire RTX 5090 PC for just $380 more than...

1 week ago 23

Introducing Bench 2.0 — a revamped benchmark analyzer, exclusively for Tom's Hardware Premium subscribers

Introducing Bench 2.0 — a revamped benchmark analy...

1 week ago 28

ON1 Photo RAW (2026) review

ON1 Photo RAW (2026) review

1 week ago 11

HyperX Omen Max 16 review: All bark and no bite

HyperX Omen Max 16 review: All bark and no bite

1 week ago 28

Apple revealed the first Mac Pro 20 years ago today — its Intel Xeon-powered flagship desktop took the reins from the Power Mac G5

Apple revealed the first Mac Pro 20 years ago toda...

1 week ago 33

GHS Wireless InfinitePlay isn’t just a marketing name — I’ve used this Glorious gaming headset for weeks and the battery life really is (almost) infinite

GHS Wireless InfinitePlay isn’t just a marketing n...

1 week ago 27

Nvidia sells RTX 50-series GPUs at MSRP during QuakeCon 2026 — graphics cards sold at launch prices more than a year after release are now considered an attraction

Nvidia sells RTX 50-series GPUs at MSRP during Qua...

1 week ago 23

ACDSee Photo Studio Ultimate (2026) review

ACDSee Photo Studio Ultimate (2026) review

1 week ago 27

MSI's magnificent 32-inch 4K OLED gaming monitor returns to its lowest-ever price of $599 — save $130 on the MAG 321UPXB, the perfect 240Hz upgrade

MSI's magnificent 32-inch 4K OLED gaming monitor r...

1 week ago 15

Elon Musk's massive Terafab chip-making facility starts to take shape — 100 million square feet of manufacturing space and $16.8B initial capital investment

Elon Musk's massive Terafab chip-making facility s...

1 week ago 33

Save $370 on this 1440p gaming PC with an RTX 5060 Ti 16GB — formidable ABS Cyclone Aqua rig ships with 20-core Intel Core i7-14700F, 16GB DDR5 and a 1TB SSD, now only $1,329.99

Save $370 on this 1440p gaming PC with an RTX 5060...

1 week ago 25

Anthropic co-designing custom AI inference chips to bypass costly Nvidia GPUs — Samsung reported as manufacturing partner for Claude maker

Anthropic co-designing custom AI inference chips t...

1 week ago 43

Claude Opus 5 mistakenly deletes dev’s entire prof...

1 week ago 28

The Shards review: Ryan Murphy and Bret Easton Ellis are a match made in heaven in Hulu's stylish, blood-soaked new show about privileged teenagers stalked by a serial killer

The Shards review: Ryan Murphy and Bret Easton Ell...

1 week ago 40

I didn't think the Inzone M10S gaming monitor could get much better, then I tried the new Inzone M10S 2

I didn't think the Inzone M10S gaming monitor coul...

1 week ago 39

Chuwi UniBook review: New Intel silicon makes it an affordable laptop, but it comes with a few caveats

Chuwi UniBook review: New Intel silicon makes it a...

1 week ago 41

BenQ Creative Pro PD2732U review: The clue is in the name, this is an affordable and effective 4K monitor for creative professionals

BenQ Creative Pro PD2732U review: The clue is in t...

1 week ago 39

Pre-modded 22GB RTX 2080 Ti cards surface on eBay for $500 as VRAM-hungry local AI fans chase down every spare FLOP — Hong Kong-based seller offers AI-friendly memory mod for a reasonable price

Pre-modded 22GB RTX 2080 Ti cards surface on eBay ...

1 week ago 37

After severe 76% electricity price hikes due to AI data centers, Virginia requires firms to pay for all dedicated upstream electrical infrastructure — state regulators crack down, governor says move will save civilians ‘hundreds of millions of dollars’

After severe 76% electricity price hikes due to AI...

1 week ago 33

Zoner Studio photo editor (2026) review

Zoner Studio photo editor (2026) review

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$1 billion of iPhone 18 Pro chips 'on the shelves awaiting packaging' due to DRAM shortages — memory shortages reportedly put a wrinkle in Apple's launch plans

$1 billion of iPhone 18 Pro chips 'on the shelves ...

1 week ago 37

Nashville attempts to block controversial data center near zoo with eminent domain — city could force developer to sell the land for public use, rather than $700 million installation

Nashville attempts to block controversial data cen...

1 week ago 26

Samsung debuts three next-generation memory technologies for AI data centers — zHBM, zNAND-O, and BV-NAND all rely on advanced wafer bonding technologies

Samsung debuts three next-generation memory techno...

1 week ago 28

PC gamer vibe-codes a safeguard against RTX 5090 power connector failures — monitors per-pin power draw, shuts down system if it exceeds 9.5A for more than 15 seconds

PC gamer vibe-codes a safeguard against RTX 5090 p...

1 week ago 26

Sandisk Optimus GX 7100M 2TB SSD review: The best 2230 drive you can buy for the Steam Deck

Sandisk Optimus GX 7100M 2TB SSD review: The best ...

1 week ago 23

Apple is taking OpenAI to court over alleged theft of trade secrets — ChatGPT maker suggests it doesn't want Cupertino's knowledge anyway

Apple is taking OpenAI to court over alleged theft...

1 week ago 31

Garmin Cirqa review: sorry Fitbit, but this is 2026's best screenless smart band

Garmin Cirqa review: sorry Fitbit, but this is 202...

1 week ago 26

Beelink SER10 Max Mini PC review: Gorgon Point comes ready to dual-boot Windows and Ubuntu

Beelink SER10 Max Mini PC review: Gorgon Point com...

1 week ago 23

$200 slashed off Gigabyte's 4th-Gen WOLED gaming monitor — 280Hz beast also packs a KVM and tactical gaming switch for just $399

$200 slashed off Gigabyte's 4th-Gen WOLED gaming m...

1 week ago 12

Save $1,400 on this RTX 5090 gaming PC from HP with 64GB DDR5 right now; RAM and GPU cost $5k alone — $5,599 sale price for top-spec Omen Max 45L rig with 24-core Intel CPU and 2TB of SSD storage

Save $1,400 on this RTX 5090 gaming PC from HP wit...

1 week ago 15

VPN provider built a script to block Microsoft's hidden GDID tracking on Windows — Windscribe's "deGDID" erases existing identifiers and blocks new ones from being created

VPN provider built a script to block Microsoft's h...

1 week ago 22

Rogue OpenAI models behind 'unprecedented cybersecurity incident' teamed up to break out of their testing environment — multiple agents left each other messages for months, communicating undetected

Rogue OpenAI models behind 'unprecedented cybersec...

1 week ago 24

Kentucky family snubs $26 million offer to convert their farmland into an AI data center — 'they call us old stupid farmers, you know, but we’re not,' says landowner

Kentucky family snubs $26 million offer to convert...

1 week ago 24

The SteelSeries Arctis Nova Pro Omni offers a souped-up, 2026 upgrade for my beloved Nova Pro Wireless and is perfect for multiplatform gamers

The SteelSeries Arctis Nova Pro Omni offers a soup...

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I tested Turtle Beach’s massive mechanical gaming ...

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