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1051.

Russia allegedly still using Starlink-guided drones in Ukraine, report claims — Starlink Mini strapped to grounded drone points to ongoing issue, despite U.S. DoD claims threat was blunted (tomshardware.com)

2025-12-06 | by Mark Tyson | get Starlink → | tags: defense, drone, express

1052.

New report sheds a bit more light on who at Apple has been departing for OpenAI (9to5mac.com)

2025-12-05 | by Marcus Mendes | get Cloud → | tags: apple, apple hardware, design

1053.

Meta acquires AI device startup Limitless (techcrunch.com)

2025-12-05 | by Sarah Perez | get Limitless → | tags: hardware, limitless, meta

1054.

Framework Sponsors CachyOS (news.ycombinator.com)

2025-12-05 | get CachyOS → | tags: cachyos, community, donations

1055.

Best Cordless Vacuums: Our New Winners Prove You Don't Need to Spend a Lot for the Best Cleaning (cnet.com)

2025-12-05 | by See Full Bio | get Vacuum Cleaner → | tags: carpet, cordless, hardwood

1056.

Jony Ive's OpenAI Device Barred from Using 'Io' Name (news.ycombinator.com)

2025-12-05 | by Hartley Charlton | get OpenAI Bar → | tags: altman, court, hardware

1057.

AMD CEO Lisa Su 'emphatically' rejects talk of an AI bubble — says claims are 'somewhat overstated' (tomshardware.com)

2025-12-05 | by Luke James | get GPU → | tags: hardware, openai, shipments

1058.

IBM unveiled its Deep Blue chess supercomputer prototype 30 years ago today — two years later in its second attempt, it defeated Grandmaster Garry Kasparov (tomshardware.com)

2025-12-05 | by Mark Tyson | get Deep Blue → | tags: blue, chess, deep

1059.

Senators lobby for SAFE Chips Act, which would curb leading-edge AI chip exports to China — proposed bill would restrict AMD and Nvidia to H20/MI308-class accelerator sales until 2028 (tomshardware.com)

2025-12-05 | by Anton Shilov | get Accelerator → | tags: china, hardware, nvidia

1060.

Amazon launches Trainium3 AI accelerator, competing directly against Blackwell Ultra in FP8 performance — new Trn3 Gen2 UltraServer takes vertical scaling notes from Nvidia's playbook (tomshardware.com)

2025-12-05 | by Anton Shilov | get Trainium3 → | tags: hardware, nvidia, performance

1061.

AI gadget makers are chasing problems that don't exist, Logitech CEO says — also details supply chain and pricing strategy (tomshardware.com)

2025-12-05 | by Luke James | get Gadget → | tags: device, devices, faber

1062.

Why won’t Steam Machine support HDMI 2.1? Digging in on the display standard drama. (arstechnica.com)

2025-12-04 | get Display Standard → | tags: hardware, hdmi, machine

1063.

AI boom forces delays on Transcend SSDs, SD cards and flash drives — SanDisk and Samsung short on supplying NAND chips (tomshardware.com)

2025-12-04 | by Bruno Ferreira | get NAND chips → | tags: flash, hardware, higher

1064.

AMD isn't increasing prices on CPUs, at least for now — Ryzen appears to be safe from the AI hysteria (tomshardware.com)

2025-12-04 | by Zhiye Liu | get Ryzen → | tags: hardware, market, price

1065.

Intel drops plans to sell networking and communication division — says keeping NEX in-house will strengthen integration and customer offerings (tomshardware.com)

2025-12-04 | by Anton Shilov | get Network Interface Card (NIC) → | tags: center, data center, hardware

1066.

Chinese tech firm Cambricon looks to step into Nvidia void, triple AI chip production next year — seeks to rival Huawei, but production remains a concern (tomshardware.com)

2025-12-04 | by Jon Martindale | get AI Chip → | tags: cambricon, chips, hardware

1067.

Emulating PC games on Android is easier than ever, and you can thank Valve (androidauthority.com)

2025-12-04 | get Steam Engine → | tags: android, games, hardware

1068.

Ancient 3dfx Voodoo2 graphics card coaxed into working in modern AMD Ryzen 9 9900X-powered Windows 11 system — 12MB relic from 1998 successfully runs Quake 2 but crumbles in SLI configuration (tomshardware.com)

2025-12-04 | by Mark Tyson | get Voodoo2 → | tags: driver, drivers, hardware

1069.

AI devices are just "solutions looking for a problem," says Logitech CEO (techspot.com)

2025-12-04 | get Gaming Mouse → | tags: agents, agents present, ai agents

1070.

Nvidia lobbies White House and wins loosened AI GPU export control to China — U.S. lawmakers reportedly reject GAIN AI Act (tomshardware.com)

2025-12-03 | by Anton Shilov | get Graphics Processing Unit → | tags: advanced, american, china

1071.

Micron is killing Crucial SSDs and memory in AI pivot — company refocuses on HBM and enterprise customers (tomshardware.com)

2025-12-03 | by Anton Shilov | tags: consumer, crucial, enterprise

1072.

IBM CEO warns that ongoing trillion-dollar AI data center buildout is unsustainable — says there is 'no way' that infrastructure costs can turn a profit (tomshardware.com)

2025-12-03 | by Luke James | get Cloud → | tags: billion, gigawatts, hardware

1073.

Enthusiast adds OCuLink port to Framework 16 Laptop — offering PCIe 4.0 x8 bandwidth for big GPU performance gains (tomshardware.com)

2025-12-03 | by Zak Killian | get OCuLink → | tags: connection, express, framework

1074.

De-Risk the Energy Transition with Hardware-in-the-Loop Testing (spectrum.ieee.org)

2025-12-03 | get Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) Testing → | tags: hardware, loop, paper

1075.

AI data-centre buildout pushes copper toward shortages, analysts warn — only 70% of 2035 demand could be met, 2025 deficit thought to be 304,000 tonnes (tomshardware.com)

2025-12-03 | by Luke James | get Datacentre → | tags: copper, megawatt, supply

1076.

Linux usage hits an all-time high in Steam Hardware Survey—and AMD processors continue their march against Intel (tomshardware.com)

2025-12-03 | by Bruno Ferreira | get GPU → | tags: hardware, linux, share

1077.

HPE adopts AMD’s Helios rack architecture for 2026 AI systems — new rack form factor gets its first major partner ahead of 2026 availability (tomshardware.com)

2025-12-02 | by Luke James | get HPE RackIO → | tags: ethernet, hardware, helios

1078.

AWS announces new capabilities for its AI agent builder (techcrunch.com)

2025-12-02 | by Rebecca Szkutak | get AI Builder → | tags: agent, agentcore, agents

1079.

‘Silent upgrade’ to the PS5 Slim delivers Pro console's groovy heatsink design to the cheaper models — improves thermals and reliability (tomshardware.com)

2025-12-02 | by Mark Tyson | get Thermal Guardian → | tags: hardware, heatsink, slim

1080.

Seagate's 24TB BarraCuda is back in stock for just $0.01 per gigabyte — the storage steal of the weekend returns, still great value (tomshardware.com)

2025-12-01 | by Aaron Klotz | get BarraCuda → | tags: barracuda, deals, drive