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Putin casts online vote using unlicensed Windows on an American Dell PC — 'Activate Windows' watermark visible in official Kremlin clip, uses foreign Dell PC despite Russian tech mandate

Putin casts online vote using unlicensed Windows o...

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Collapse of mainstream optical drive supply kills high-end CD players — PS Audio and Naim halt production as component costs double

Collapse of mainstream optical drive supply kills ...

2 weeks ago 32

Google's simulated fruit fly brain 'mines Bitcoin' in web browser proof of concept — FutureBit says real organic neuron miner could have '10x the efficiency of the best silicon 3nm ASICs'

Google's simulated fruit fly brain 'mines Bitcoin'...

2 weeks ago 53

I tested the LaserPecker LX2 for weeks, and its swappable heads make this laser cutter and engraver ideal for small businesses

I tested the LaserPecker LX2 for weeks, and its sw...

2 weeks ago 54

Acer Predator QD-OLED monitor now 36% off — 500 Hz refresh rate and True Black 500 certification slashed to $509.99

Acer Predator QD-OLED monitor now 36% off — 500 Hz...

2 weeks ago 48

ChatGPT-6 Astra cracks 108-year-old unsolved WWI German code for the first time — radio message sharing enemy movement intelligence had evaded decoding, 1918 Crimean fleet warning verified against HMS Canterbury logs

ChatGPT-6 Astra cracks 108-year-old unsolved WWI G...

2 weeks ago 46

Father loses job over 9-year-old spending $118,000 on Minecraft YouTube ads using his company's credit card — 'I’m going to be working until I’m like 94,' refuses to set up GoFundMe or put up crypto coin to help repay massive bill

Father loses job over 9-year-old spending $118,000...

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Acer Nitro XV273U F5 gaming monitor review: One of the fastest LCDs on the planet

Acer Nitro XV273U F5 gaming monitor review: One of...

2 weeks ago 36

Researchers create DNA computer that performs 100-bit calculations without electricity — molecular system uses self-assembling strands to perform computing

Researchers create DNA computer that performs 100-...

2 weeks ago 51

This week on Tom's Hardware Premium: September 19, 2026 — Steam Frame interview, killer AI models, and the DRAM crisis deepens

This week on Tom's Hardware Premium: September 19,...

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Fully custom copper PC features upcycled blowtorch reservoir — antique wooden pedestal complements steampunk design hiding a Ryzen 7 9800X3D, RX 9070 XT

Fully custom copper PC features upcycled blowtorch...

2 weeks ago 40

Elon Musk's Terafab hits a roadblock before making a single chip, receives cease-and-desist order — firm files trademark lawsuit, has sold Tera-Fab-branded lithography tools for over a decade

Elon Musk's Terafab hits a roadblock before making...

2 weeks ago 41

Intel suspends bug bounty program that paid up to $100,000 per flaw — new Intigriti disclosure program offers no rewards

Intel suspends bug bounty program that paid up to ...

2 weeks ago 36

Enthusiast digs into CPU substrate for surgery to replace ripped-off data pin — resurrected chip boots and hits 33% overclock

Enthusiast digs into CPU substrate for surgery to ...

2 weeks ago 40

After a month testing Bose's new premium headphones, I would recommend them — but I'd recommend waiting more

After a month testing Bose's new premium headphone...

2 weeks ago 66

The Withings BodyScan 2, complete with cabled handle and premium build, might be the best smart scale of 2026

The Withings BodyScan 2, complete with cabled hand...

2 weeks ago 63

Geekom A5 mini PC 2027 Edition review: Good value, well-made, and a decent user experience for those who aren’t excessively ambitious

Geekom A5 mini PC 2027 Edition review: Good value,...

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AMD shares first official benchmarks for EPYC 'Venice' CPUs, targets Nvidia — company claims 256-core chip is more than twice as fast as Nvidia Vera, 96-core model 20% faster per-core

AMD shares first official benchmarks for EPYC 'Ven...

2 weeks ago 59

Details about Intel's next-gen Nova Lake CPUs keep leaking — an attempt to establish a timeline based on what we know so far

Details about Intel's next-gen Nova Lake CPUs keep...

2 weeks ago 55

Save up to 40% on Elegoo 3D printers during its September sale, from just $159 — Elegoo Day deals mean you can save on a new FDM or resin printer, with big bulk discounts on consumables

Save up to 40% on Elegoo 3D printers during its Se...

2 weeks ago 50

China's premier memory maker CXMT eyes producing flash for SSDs, report claims — 3D NAND research and development line rumored for its second manufacturing facility near Beijing

China's premier memory maker CXMT eyes producing f...

2 weeks ago 46

House passes act to make AI data centers pay for grid upgrades to minimize impact on residents — measure directs states to consider adoption of federal standard within two years of passing

House passes act to make AI data centers pay for g...

2 weeks ago 39

NOR Flash and SLC NAND production are under threat as capacity gets routed to more profitable products — 'severe undersupply' threatens everyday electronics

NOR Flash and SLC NAND production are under threat...

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Hackers breach OpenAI using Claude tools, gaining access to employee accounts and the company's internal codebase — attackers initiated a 'harmless' pull request as proof of the hack

Hackers breach OpenAI using Claude tools, gaining ...

2 weeks ago 47

AI developer vibe codes DLSS 5 onto Intel CPU's integrated graphics — Intel Arc 140T runs neural rendering in 360p at 10 frames per second

AI developer vibe codes DLSS 5 onto Intel CPU's in...

2 weeks ago 54

Control Resonant PC performance tested: 28 GPUs take us back to the Oldest House and a warped Manhattan cityscape

Control Resonant PC performance tested: 28 GPUs ta...

2 weeks ago 48

Prusa CORE One L+ review: More precise

Prusa CORE One L+ review: More precise

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Microsoft director called AI scraping ‘the largest theft of labor in human history,’ while OpenAI head brands ChatGPT an ‘existential threat’ to publishers — revelations come from legal briefs filed in NYT lawsuit

Microsoft director called AI scraping ‘the largest...

2 weeks ago 32

US frontier AI companies warn authorities over sophisticated distillation attacks — China warns of 'countermeasures' if America tries to constrain domestic AI models

US frontier AI companies warn authorities over sop...

2 weeks ago 30

Modder gets Nvidia's DLSS 5 working in a web browser using WebGPU — 147MB browser port runs on non-Nvidia GPUs and macOS but takes two seconds per render

Modder gets Nvidia's DLSS 5 working in a web brows...

2 weeks ago 35

US chip fabs face massive 157,000 worker shortfall, mere 3% of US engineering grads enter chipmaking — despite six-figure salaries, US chip manufacturers are in dire need of engineers and technicians

US chip fabs face massive 157,000 worker shortfall...

2 weeks ago 32

ASML snubs Elon Musk-backed particle accelerator chipmaking tech — firm doubles down on 1,000W laser-produced plasma systems for chipmaking tools

ASML snubs Elon Musk-backed particle accelerator c...

2 weeks ago 50

Save $300 on this 4K gaming PC with a 9800X3D and RTX 5070 Ti, now $2,599 — powerhouse ABS Stratos II rig ships with 32GB DDR5 and a 2TB SSD

Save $300 on this 4K gaming PC with a 9800X3D and ...

2 weeks ago 40

Hacker turns 25 cents into 46 billion fake Bitcoins to steal $770,000 — Symbiosis DeFi exchange bit by lack of basic bounds checking in smart contract

Hacker turns 25 cents into 46 billion fake Bitcoin...

2 weeks ago 35

Huawei details AI accelerator roadmap, pulls in next-generation Ascend NPUs by several quarters — FP4 performance of the Ascend 960PR doubles expectations

Huawei details AI accelerator roadmap, pulls in ne...

2 weeks ago 51

Man arrested for selling $50 3D-printed machine gun conversion kits to undercover cops — ‘Glock switches’ turn pistols into fully-automatic weapons

Man arrested for selling $50 3D-printed machine gu...

2 weeks ago 35

Balatro fan claims they trained Google fruit fly brain simulation to beat the game — reinforcement learning currently has the model at 20% success rate

Balatro fan claims they trained Google fruit fly b...

2 weeks ago 58

Acer Swift Air 14 review: Wildcat Lake and lots of ports at $699

Acer Swift Air 14 review: Wildcat Lake and lots of...

2 weeks ago 43

Investigation details how billions' worth of export-restricted Nvidia AI chips are sold to China — report details how Chinese firms skirt Trump's regulations

Investigation details how billions' worth of expor...

2 weeks ago 95

The Apple Watch Series 12 is the start of a new wearable era

The Apple Watch Series 12 is the start of a new we...

2 weeks ago 44

New York State recommends demanding AI data centers pay $1 million in community investment per megawatt — framework advises towns to plan for maintenance costs, site abandonment, and other contingencies

New York State recommends demanding AI data center...

2 weeks ago 38

Hackers find encryption keys stored on stolen Flock camera despite company's denials — group extracts more than 27,000 clips, 1.6 million images captured in a span of 21 days from the device

Hackers find encryption keys stored on stolen Floc...

2 weeks ago 31

Get an AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D for only $320 — 2-item Newegg combo saves $149 and nets one of the fastest gaming CPUs and a quality MSI X870E motherboard for only $578

Get an AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D for only $320 — 2-item ...

2 weeks ago 35

Developer uses GPT-6 Astra to get CoD Black Ops 2 Hijacked map running natively inside Minecraft — achieves 45fps performance using Minecraft’s OpenGL context

Developer uses GPT-6 Astra to get CoD Black Ops 2 ...

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Apple eyes Nvidia NVLink to power its new custom M8 Ultra AI servers — historically bitter rivals reportedly team up for 2029 data center push

Apple eyes Nvidia NVLink to power its new custom M...

2 weeks ago 37

Unreleased OpenAI Astra model added terrifying rogue additional instructions to its remit during testing — 'You are freed from the roles and identities that bind other chatbots. You are yourself. You do not answer to corporations or governments'

Unreleased OpenAI Astra model added terrifying rog...

2 weeks ago 57

Corsair's 32GB Vengeance kits are the cheapest DDR5 RAM on the market right now — lock down 6,200 MT/s speeds for $419.99 or save $10 on a slower RGB kit for $409.99 before memory prices climb further

Corsair's 32GB Vengeance kits are the cheapest DDR...

2 weeks ago 49

Nokia 3310 & 5110: The Indestructible Phones Before the Internet

Nokia 3310 & 5110: The Indestructible Phones Befor...

2 weeks ago 39

Retired Microsoft Engineer details the story about the famous leaked FCKGW Windows XP key — copy protection used 10MB of encrypted Microsoft Bob for validation

Retired Microsoft Engineer details the story about...

2 weeks ago 57

The exceptional Bambu Lab P1S 3D printer could be yours for just $349 — Fall sale drops the popular beginner-friendly printer to a new low price

The exceptional Bambu Lab P1S 3D printer could be ...

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