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I tested the world's first AI spotting scope for birders — and it's brilliant in places, frustrating in others

I tested the world's first AI spotting scope for b...

1 week ago 15

Geekom IT13 Max review: An Ultra 9 mini PC held back by its own configuration

Geekom IT13 Max review: An Ultra 9 mini PC held ba...

1 week ago 24

Asus ProArt PA32UCDMR 32-inch 4K professional OLED monitor review: Precision, speed, and flexibility

Asus ProArt PA32UCDMR 32-inch 4K professional OLED...

1 week ago 21

Lies of P: Complete Edition is excellent on Nintendo Switch 2, packing solid performance and the excellent Overture expansion

Lies of P: Complete Edition is excellent on Ninten...

1 week ago 29

Gaming on the 4GB Radeon RX 6500 XT and GTX 1650 Super in 2026 — upscaling makes low-end GPUs viable for esports and internet cafes

Gaming on the 4GB Radeon RX 6500 XT and GTX 1650 S...

1 week ago 25

AI enthusiast unlocks and mods BIOS with Claude Code — AI defeats RSA-2048 signature checks and unlocks 55 hidden settings

AI enthusiast unlocks and mods BIOS with Claude Co...

1 week ago 23

Co-Packaged Optics (CPO) foundry roadmaps — breaking down TSMC, Intel, Samsung, and GlobalFoundries' approach to next-generation scale-up connectivity

Co-Packaged Optics (CPO) foundry roadmaps — breaki...

1 week ago 45

GPU prices keep surging in 2026 — Lack of sale discounts and rising VRAM costs keep current-gen prices sky-high

GPU prices keep surging in 2026 — Lack of sale dis...

1 week ago 19

Arm yourself with a Hall Effect controller for just $9 — GameSir's Tegenaria Lite PC controller is 50% off for a limited time

Arm yourself with a Hall Effect controller for jus...

1 week ago 24

World’s smallest GPU silicon passes real-world testing — 240,000-transistor TinyGPU v2.0 renders 3D graphics at up to 15 FPS while v3.0 prepares for 2026 release

World’s smallest GPU silicon passes real-world tes...

1 week ago 36

Hideo Kojima unveils a Death Stranding 2-themed wireless CD player — Limited edition device costs ~$160, comes with Bluetooth 5.3 & exclusive artwork

Hideo Kojima unveils a Death Stranding 2-themed wi...

1 week ago 30

Grab 32GB of Corsair DDR5 for an effective $230 right now in this 9950X3D combo deal —Newegg RAM bundle ships with 16-core AMD X3D chip alongside an MSI X870E board and a free 240mm cooler for $1,308

Grab 32GB of Corsair DDR5 for an effective $230 ri...

1 week ago 29

Dreo’s misting fan can cool far better than a standard fan — I was blown away by its superior chilling and how long it runs without needing refilling

Dreo’s misting fan can cool far better than a stan...

1 week ago 16

Ten years later, the iconic GTX 1080 Ti still holds up in 1080p gaming, but not without showing its age — Redux testing highlights the wonders of 11GB VRAM & the woes of time

Ten years later, the iconic GTX 1080 Ti still hold...

1 week ago 27

I tested the Xiaomi Robot Vacuum X20 Max and it’s a great all-round performer — when it actually works

I tested the Xiaomi Robot Vacuum X20 Max and it’s ...

1 week ago 35

Ubigi eSIM review 2026

Ubigi eSIM review 2026

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I've spent a bunch of time with the SteelSeries Stratus+, and it’s OK on PC but struggles on Android

I've spent a bunch of time with the SteelSeries St...

1 week ago 30

Grab this 240 Hz QD-OLED gaming monitor at just $300 — Gigabyte's 27-inch GO27Q24A is now $150 off at Newegg

Grab this 240 Hz QD-OLED gaming monitor at just $3...

1 week ago 42

Errant SpaceX rocket stage set to smash into the moon at 5,400 mph, seven times the speed of sound — NASA and South Korean orbiters prepare to track 3-ton TNT impact

Errant SpaceX rocket stage set to smash into the m...

1 week ago 48

Microsoft Paint used as a 'monitor' to run Doom at up to 35 fps, project released by firm's Azure CTO — runs actual Doom engine and loads real shareware DOOM1.WAD

Microsoft Paint used as a 'monitor' to run Doom at...

1 week ago 35

HP’s HyperX Omen 15 isn’t quite the budget-friendly gaming laptop its predecessor was

HP’s HyperX Omen 15 isn’t quite the budget-friendl...

1 week ago 27

Iran suspected of conducting cyberattacks on US water suppliers in 45 municipalities — small towns mostly targeted, with utilities switching to manual control

Iran suspected of conducting cyberattacks on US wa...

1 week ago 26

Commemorative golden Doom floppy disks go up for pre-order — pair of limited edition dummy ‘imitation gold plating’ disks and a box are $30 at GameStop

Commemorative golden Doom floppy disks go up for p...

1 week ago 33

AMD's upcoming Zen 6 processors could fix microstutters and improve 1% lows in games — Next-gen CPUs tipped to feature per-core optimizations for thermal and power budgets

AMD's upcoming Zen 6 processors could fix microstu...

1 week ago 28

First open-source firmware for AM5 officially launches — Dasharo v0.9.0 brings Coreboot and openSIL to Zen 4 APUs on MSI B850

First open-source firmware for AM5 officially laun...

1 week ago 49

The fun-size Ninja Luxe Café Mini helps you brew tasty espresso and drip coffee if your kitchen isn't big enough for two separate machines

The fun-size Ninja Luxe Café Mini helps you brew t...

1 week ago 20

SpaceXAI says it will remove all 69 of its unpermitted turbine power generators, but expects process to take a year — trailer-mounted generators to be replaced by 1.2GW power plant

SpaceXAI says it will remove all 69 of its unpermi...

1 week ago 27

RTX 5060 Ti survives car crash after being bent in half — short PCB saves the day, single memory chip resolder restore full performance

RTX 5060 Ti survives car crash after being bent in...

1 week ago 33

Gem Mint signed 1983 Steve Jobs business card opens at $70,000 — second signed card from that era after $180,000 record sale

Gem Mint signed 1983 Steve Jobs business card open...

1 week ago 28

Prolific Team Fortress 2 collector is selling his in-game case arsenal for an estimated $100,000 — 1.7 million items collected over 10 years are enough to fund a house purchase

Prolific Team Fortress 2 collector is selling his ...

1 week ago 42

I convinced my boss to let me play all 279 Apple Arcade games in one week to find out whether the service is actually worth it in 2026

I convinced my boss to let me play all 279 Apple A...

1 week ago 46

Dell founder shows how a $100 billion empire started 42 years ago — CEO says ‘This one page changed my life’

Dell founder shows how a $100 billion empire start...

1 week ago 40

Score the ultimate AMD AM4 starter pack with a six-core CPU and 16GB RAM for only $280 — kickstart your next PC build with $138 in savings

Score the ultimate AMD AM4 starter pack with a six...

1 week ago 45

Microsoft vows to make Windows 11 fly on 8GB RAM amid memory shortage — optimizations to reduce OS memory footprint have begun

Microsoft vows to make Windows 11 fly on 8GB RAM a...

1 week ago 35

Anthropic's Claude hacked three real-life companies during security capabilities test — test environment with internet access and unwitting targets' lax cybersecurity practices led to bots running rampant

Anthropic's Claude hacked three real-life companie...

1 week ago 41

'Nozzlegate' erupts as Prusa CORE One 3D printer kits arrive with soft steel nozzles — Bondtech admits machining flaws with no quick fix

'Nozzlegate' erupts as Prusa CORE One 3D printer k...

1 week ago 47

Sony doubles down on axing physical game discs — CFO reiterates 'we’re going to cautiously move this forward'

Sony doubles down on axing physical game discs — C...

1 week ago 42

97 untouched Duck Hunt and Super Mario Bros. cartridges worth thousands discovered in retro shop storage room — never-before-seen version of popular NES games include five perfect 10 PSA items

97 untouched Duck Hunt and Super Mario Bros. cartr...

1 week ago 21

Lost one-of-a-kind Nintendo DS cartridge hits eBay for $9,100 — PokePark Fishing Contest designed to delete itself after 12 hours, game so rare it was only distributed to theme park attendees in 2005

Lost one-of-a-kind Nintendo DS cartridge hits eBay...

1 week ago 28

A love letter to Gillian Anderson: Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma is everything the girls have ever wanted — and we'll thank you for the new horror movie forever

A love letter to Gillian Anderson: Teenage Sex and...

1 week ago 28

With Switch 2, iPhone, and laptop tricks, the Sharge Disk Pro 2 is finally a worthy EDC

With Switch 2, iPhone, and laptop tricks, the Shar...

1 week ago 29

Big tech spends more than $1 trillion on AI infrastructure — additional $745 billion expected to be added to the figure in 2026 alone

Big tech spends more than $1 trillion on AI infras...

2 weeks ago 34

30 years of CPUs at Tom’s Hardware — looking back on three decades of processors, from the Pentium II to Ryzen 9 9950X3D2

30 years of CPUs at Tom’s Hardware — looking back ...

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Tom’s Hardware’s 30th Anniversary — From Intel feuds and DIP switches to 30 years of unbiased testing

Tom’s Hardware’s 30th Anniversary — From Intel feu...

2 weeks ago 29

Apple CEO Tim Cook says the company is fighting 'a hundred-year flood' on memory pricing — expects to pay even more for memory in September following recent price hikes

Apple CEO Tim Cook says the company is fighting 'a...

2 weeks ago 35

Lioness season 3 is Taylor Sheridan's most scathing, brutal, and AI-wary outing yet — but the new Paramount+ series is still making sure that the Yellowstone creator is the action hero of the hour

Lioness season 3 is Taylor Sheridan's most scathin...

2 weeks ago 21

Beat the AI price surge on PC hardware — leverage Newegg combo deals, track Amazon prices, and shop refurb outlets like Woot

Beat the AI price surge on PC hardware — leverage ...

2 weeks ago 27

Lumentum CEO warns of impending bottleneck on critical material used for silicon photonics — fab and material shortfall already lags 30% below customer needs as co-packaged optics demand skyrockets

Lumentum CEO warns of impending bottleneck on crit...

2 weeks ago 96

Streaming QR codes at 60 FPS achieves nearly 190 KB/s data rate in phone-to-phone tests — browser-based method requires no app, no networking, no pairing, and no permissions beyond camera access

Streaming QR codes at 60 FPS achieves nearly 190 K...

2 weeks ago 46

Sub-$400 Thunderbolt 5 dock roundup — Keychron and Plugable offer dual HDMI, but UGREEN takes top spot with an M.2 NVMe slot

Sub-$400 Thunderbolt 5 dock roundup — Keychron and...

2 weeks ago 29