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Google's new laptop platform, 'Googlebook,' leaks ahead of reveal event — new laptops powered by Android and Google Gemini, meant to succeed Chromebook (tomshardware.com)

2026-05-12 | by Hassam Nasir | get Google Pixelbook Go → | tags: android, gemini, google

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Build the perfect RTX 5070 Ti gaming PC for $2074 — Save $769 on 32GB of Corsair RAM, 9850X3D, 2TB Samsung 9100 Pro SSD, and more (tomshardware.com)

2026-05-12 | by Stewart Bendle | get Corsair Vengeance DDR4 RAM → | tags: deals, gaming, hardware

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SoftBank to manufacture its own batteries with water-based tech to power AI data centers — targets gigawatt-hour-scale production by 2028 (tomshardware.com)

2026-05-12 | by Luke James | get Water-Based Battery Kit → | tags: battery, halogen, hardware

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2TB Samsung 9100 Pro SSD and 32GB of Corsair Vengeance RAM is just $363 in this staggering Newegg 9850X3D bundle — $558 off this $1,200 AM5 haul includes an X870E motherboard and a cooler (tomshardware.com)

2026-05-12 | by Stephen Warwick | get Samsung 970 EVO Plus SSD → | tags: gaming, hardware, image

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Can hackers break encrypted USB drives? I tried to find out (zdnet.com)

2026-05-11 | by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes | get USB Data Encryption Tool → | tags: kingston, ironkey, usb drives

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The tech industry is moving faster than ever. Keep up with Tom’s Hardware Premium, available from just $7 per month (tomshardware.com)

2026-05-11 | by The Editors Of Tom'S Hardware | get Tom’s Hardware Premium Subscription → | tags: hardware, hardware premium, industry

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Save $210 on this 9800X3D bundle that includes 32GB of Corsair Vengeance RAM and a 1TB Samsung 9100 Pro SSD — start your AM5 build for just $979 and get a free power supply (tomshardware.com)

2026-05-11 | by Stephen Warwick | get AMD Ryzen 9 9800X3D Processor → | tags: bundle, credit, credit tom

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$500 slashed off this potent gaming PC with RTX 5060 Ti 16GB and an AMD Ryzen 7800X3D — mid-range iBuypower beast is just $1,599 in this deal (tomshardware.com)

2026-05-11 | by Stewart Bendle | get iBuypower Gaming PC → | tags: card, deals, gaming

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Scammers are selling fake DDR5 with empty plastic chips relabeled to pass as legit — fake components mounted to PCBs are yet another sign of the RAMpocalypse (tomshardware.com)

2026-05-11 | by Hassam Nasir | get DDR5 Fake RAM Tester → | tags: authentic, fake, hardware

160.

Forza Horizon 6 leaks online a week before launch, Microsoft starts banning players (techspot.com)

2026-05-11 | get Forza Horizon 6 Collector's Edition → | tags: forza horizon 6, microsoft, playground games

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SoftBank Launches Japan Battery Venture Amid AI Hardware Push (feeds.content.dowjones.io)

2026-05-11 | get Portable Power Bank → | tags: softbank, cosmos lab, delta x

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Hardware Attestation as Monopoly Enabler (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-10 | get TPM 2.0 Security Module → | tags: hardware attestation, monopoly, cybersecurity

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iBuyPower’s Trace X Gaming PC Is the Fishbowl You Want to Swim In (gizmodo.com)

2026-05-10 | get iBuyPower Trace X Gaming PC → | tags: ibuypower, trace x, gaming pc

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Best budget gaming laptops of 2026: The best cheap laptops we've tested and benchmarked (tomshardware.com)

2026-05-09 | by Andrew E. Freedman | get Acer Nitro 5 Gaming Laptop → | tags: nvidia geforce rtx, intel core ultra, amd ryzen

165.

Why Humans Are Obsessed With Numbers Too Big to Understand (gizmodo.com)

2026-05-09 | get Large Number Visualization Book → | tags: richard elwes, ginormous numbers, mathematics

166.

My first in-prod corrupted hard drive problem (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-08 | get External Hard Drive Enclosure → | tags: hard drive, ms sql, cybersecurity

167.

AI Hard Drive Shortage Makes Archiving the Internet Harder (slashdot.org)

2026-05-08 | get External SSD Storage Drive → | tags: hard drive, fermat, archiving

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The Nintendo Switch 2 is getting more expensive later this year (arstechnica.com)

2026-05-08 | get Nintendo Switch OLED → | tags: nintendo switch 2, sony ps5, xbox series

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Internet archival sites struggling to preserve the internet because of skyrocketing hard drive prices due to the AI boom — Wayback Machine and Wikimedia punished by stratospheric storage pricing and stricter anti-scraping measures blocking the wrong bots (tomshardware.com)

2026-05-08 | by Hassam Nasir | get Seagate External Hard Drive → | tags: wayback machine, wikimedia foundation, hard drive shortages

170.

Inside the return of Xbox (theverge.com)

2026-05-07 | by Tom Warren | get Xbox Series X Console → | tags: xbox, microsoft, asha sharma

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The Situation With Richard Dawkins’ AI Girlfriend Just Got Way Weirder (futurism.com)

2026-05-07 | by Frank Landymore | get AI Companion Robot → | tags: anthropic, claude ai, richard dawkins

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A PC trade-in rush is on the way—and it’s coming at the worst possible time (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-05-07 | get Laptop Trade-In Kit → | tags: pc trade-in, pandemic-era pcs, hardware prices

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The Galaxy S26 Ultra is a huge success — and that’s terrible news for all of us (androidauthority.com)

2026-05-07 | get Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra Case → | tags: samsung, galaxy s26 ultra, android authority

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ZAYA1-8B matches DeepSeek-R1 on math with less than 1B active parameters (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-07 | by Mohit Geryani | get AI Model Comparison Chart → | tags: zaya1-8b, amd, deepseek-r1

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Crypto gang member gets 6.5 years for role in $230 million heist (bleepingcomputer.com)

2026-05-07 | get Crypto Security Hardware Wallet → | tags: cryptocurrency, hardware wallets, social engineering

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RAM prices are forcing companies to choose higher prices, worse specs, or both (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-06 | get Corsair Vengeance DDR5 RAM → | tags: ram prices, tech companies, hardware specs

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AMD warns gaming revenue will plunge over 20% as memory prices drive up PC hardware costs (techspot.com)

2026-05-06 | get AMD Ryzen 7 Processor → | tags: amd, epyc, instict

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Pollinators support the nutrition and income of vulnerable communities (feeds.nature.com)

2026-05-06 | by Timberlake | get Pollinator Garden Kit → | tags: pollinators, jumla district, smallholder agriculture

179.

What makes a good smartphone camera? (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-05 | get Smartphone Camera Lens Kit → | tags: smartphone cameras, apple iphone, camera hardware

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Easy Random Trees (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-05 | get Random Forests T-Shirt → | tags: brandon wilson, catalan numbers, richard p. stanley