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Future Nostalgia Project asks retro hoarders to ‘Copy That Floppy!’ — flips the early 1990s anti-piracy campaign on its head to encourage budding archivists (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-09 | by Mark Tyson | tags: drive, floppy, hardware

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AMD EXPO ULL shows middling performance gains in initial tests despite eye-watering price increase — first benchmarks show up to a 4% improvement with DDR5-6000 CL36 (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-09 | by Jake Roach | tags: expo, hardwareluxx, kits

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Rewriting Bun in Rust (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-08 | by Object Object | tags: build, build shard, failures

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Global consumer Wi-Fi router shipments fell 6% in Q1 2026, down 34% from 2021 peak — mesh systems and gaming routers still prove popular (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-08 | by Brandon Hill | tags: counterpoint, global, hardware

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Cooler Master V4 and V8 3DHP Review: A masterful engineering achievement (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-08 | by Albert Thomas | tags: cooler, credit, hardware

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Save $527 on this 1440p gaming PC from Newegg with a 16GB RTX 5060 Ti right now — huge discount for high-end performance rig with an Intel Core i7-14700F, 32GB DDR5, and a 1TB SSD (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-08 | by Ben Stockton | tags: deals, gaming, gaming pc

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Valve releases drivers, notes to make Windows work on Steam hardware, but refuses to support it — tells users it doesn’t offer support for ‘Windows on Steam Hardware,’ gaming company provides resources ‘as is’ (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-08 | by Jowi Morales | tags: gamers, hardware, steam

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Nvidia touts Vera CPU's single-threaded performance as its agentic AI advantage, reveals next-gen 'Rigel' Arm CPU cores — frames chip as a 'max single-threaded CPU at scale,' not a parallel monster (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-08 | by Bruno Ferreira | tags: core, design, hardware

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This Former DeepMind Exec Thinks the AI Arms Race Could End in Disaster (wired.com)

2026-07-08 | by Joel Khalili | tags: arms, arms race, framing

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The Nintendo Switch's days are numbered—but what is that number? (arstechnica.com)

2026-07-07 | tags: hardware, hardware sales, nintendo

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Why the global memory bottleneck may signal early innings in the cyber stock comeback (cnbc.com)

2026-07-07 | by Zev Fima | tags: alto, crowdstrike, cybersecurity

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Companies are now using automatic Windows installers to display Adware through the Microsoft Store when you install new hardware — customer immediately gets McAfee ads on their PC after connecting new LG monitor; here's how to block the new ads (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-07 | by Hassam Nasir | tags: hardware, just, microsoft

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PlayStation disc petition approaches 200,000 signatures as backlash grows over Sony's decision to stop producing new physical media — firm still plans to produce optical media for existing titles, but new games will be digital only (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-07 | by Luke James | tags: disc, discs, games

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9 Mothers (YC P26) Is Hiring in Austin, TX (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-07 | tags: autonomous, autonomous perception, hardware

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Dev ports Linux to Atari's notorious Jaguar console from 1993 — the first 64-bit console features 2MB of RAM, 13.3 MHz CPU, and Tom and Jerry co-processors; the Jag was notoriously difficult to program and flopped (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-07 | by Mark Tyson | tags: atari, atari jaguar, console

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Modder builds 8,192-core GPU at home out of RISC-V microcontrollers — full "graphics card" draws over 2,000 watts of power, requires a 3D printer to program (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-07 | by Bruno Ferreira | tags: balwierz, chips, designed

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Stealth robotics startup (YC S26) is hiring principal engineers (Palo Alto) (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-06 | tags: engineer, hardware, principal

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Working prototype of open-source printer that promises user-repairability and no subscriptions appears in first video — DRM-free 'Open Printer' inkjet still has no announced price, ship date, or print speed, nine months after it first appeared (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-06 | by Luke James | tags: hardware, open, open tools

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AMD Ryzen AI Halo review: AMD builds a DGX Spark of its own (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-06 | by Jeffrey Kampman | tags: ai halo, halo, hardware

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Nvidia's Kyber rack for Rubin Ultra reportedly delayed to 2028, stopgap solution also axed due to customer pushback — Analyst firm SemiAnalysis says PCB midplane problems led to the delay [Updated] (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-06 | by Luke James | tags: hardware, kyber, nvidia

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China’s Huawei to enter South Korean AI chip market with new Atlas SuperPods, clusters pack 8,192 Ascend 950 accelerators per deployment — reportedly challenges Nvidia dominance with 'tripled inference performance' of H20 at one-quarter the cost (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-06 | by Etiido Uko | tags: ascend, hardware, huawei

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Score a massive $1,050 saving on this RTX 5090 gaming PC that's just 16% more than the GPU's standalone price right now — epic discount secures you a formidable 4K gaming rig with a 9800X3D, 32GB DDR5, and a 2TB SSD (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-06 | by Ben Stockton | tags: deals, gaming, hardware

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Nintendo will stop selling the original Switch in Europe next year (theverge.com)

2026-07-06 | by Andrew Webster | tags: hardware, nintendo, nintendo switch

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‘Mob Psycho 100’ Crew Reflect on the Make‑or‑Break Journey of the Decade‑Defining Anime (gizmodo.com)

2026-07-05 | tags: actors, actors setsuo, anime

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Windows 11 Identifier Code Used to Arrest 19-Year-Old Over Alleged Ransomware Spree (slashdot.org)

2026-07-05 | by Posted | tags: arrest, criminal, hardware

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F1 25: 2026 Season Edition GPU benchmarks – From Pole Position to the Back of the Grid (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-05 | by Dan Mateescu | tags: credit, credit tom, hardware

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Jim Keller's startup is building a factory to mass-produce small semiconductor fabs —Atomic Semi rebrands as 'Fab2' underlining intended role as a 'fab fab' (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-05 | by Luke James | tags: fabs, hardware, production

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Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 14 Aura Edition review: A masterclass in mobility and usability (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-05 | by Charles Jefferies | tags: carbon, carbon gen, hardware

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Windows 11 identifier code used to track Scattered Spider perp after Microsoft shared info with FBI — 19-year-old US-Estonian hacker arrested over alleged ties to infamous extortion group (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-05 | by Hassam Nasir | tags: device, gdid, hardware

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Turtle Beach Command Series KB7 Review: A keyboard with a touchscreen and a lot of potential (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-05 | by Sarah Jacobsson Purewal | tags: credit, credit tom, hardware