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TeamGroup GE Pro 2TB SSD Review: A makeshift high-end SSD (tomshardware.com)

2026-01-19 | by Shane Downing | get Solid State Drive → | tags: controller, drive, flash

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Acer Sues Verizon, AT&T, and T-Mobile, Alleging Infringment on Acer's Cellular Networking Patents (slashdot.org)

2026-01-18 | by Posted | get Cellular Network → | tags: acer, carriers, filed

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Save over $300 on this powerful MacBook Pro with an M4 chip — Apple's laptop with upgraded 24GB RAM & 1TB storage is $300 off right now (tomshardware.com)

2026-01-18 | by Hassam Nasir | get MacBook → | tags: apple, deals, hardware

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Erroneously assembled 1974 Altair 8800 computer gets fixed and enjoys first run in 2026 — Intel 8080 powered machine ran its first program 52 years later (tomshardware.com)

2026-01-18 | by Mark Tyson | get Microprocessor → | tags: altair, assembled, computer

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It’s been 8 years of phone AI chips — and they’re still wasting their potential (androidauthority.com)

2026-01-18 | get Artificial Intelligence Chips → | tags: device, google, hardware

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xTool F2 Ultra Fiber Laser review: Fast metal engraving in color (tomshardware.com)

2026-01-18 | by Denise Bertacchi | get Fiber Laser → | tags: hardware, image, laser

397.

Wikipedia is now 25 years old — world’s 7th most popular website now has over 7 million English articles and 7 billion monthly visitors (tomshardware.com)

2026-01-17 | by Mark Tyson | get Wikipedia → | tags: edit, hardware, knowledge

398.

KTC H27E6 27-inch 320 Hz QHD gaming monitor review: Super quick and a great value (tomshardware.com)

2026-01-17 | by Christian Eberle | get Gaming Monitor → | tags: color, image, panel

399.

Chinese AI developers explore renting Nvidia’s Rubin GPU in the cloud — cost, complexity, and regulatory hurdles could limit deployments (tomshardware.com)

2026-01-17 | by Anton Shilov | get GPU → | tags: chinese, cloud, developers

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Nvidia China market share to drastically decrease from 66% to 8%, analysts claim — export curbs and homegrown success to blame (tomshardware.com)

2026-01-16 | by Anton Shilov | get GPU → | tags: china, domestic, gpus

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ASUS changes mind, will continue selling the RTX 5070 Ti after all (engadget.com)

2026-01-16 | get RTX 5070 Ti → | tags: asus, hardware, hardware unboxed

402.

be quiet! Pure Power 13 M 650W power supply review: Balanced performance and reliability (tomshardware.com)

2026-01-16 | by E. Fylladitakis | get Power Supply → | tags: cell, credit, credit tom

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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman raises $252 million for brain computer interface venture — but Merge Labs is still in an early research phase (tomshardware.com)

2026-01-16 | by Mark Tyson | get Brain Computer Interface → | tags: bcis, brain, hardware

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Asus denies RTX 5070 Ti and RTX 5060 Ti discontinuation after conflicting end-of-life claims — says it has no plans to stop selling these models, but confirms memory supply has impacted production and restocking (tomshardware.com)

2026-01-16 | by Kunal Khullar | get RTX 5070 Ti → | tags: asus, geforce, hardware

405.

The spectrum of isolation: From bare metal to WebAssembly (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-01-16 | get WebAssembly → | tags: containers, dependencies, environment

406.

HP Series 5 Pro 514PN Portable Monitor Review: Premium performance and price (tomshardware.com)

2026-01-15 | by Brandon Hill | get Display → | tags: credit, credit tom, hardware

407.

Raspberry Pi AI HAT+ 2 Review: The brains and the brawn (tomshardware.com)

2026-01-15 | by Les Pounder | get Raspberry Pi → | tags: ai hat, hardware, image

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U.S. posts official H200 and MI325X AI GPU export rules to China, but with plenty of caveats — a string of requirments greatly limits the total number of GPUs that can be shipped to China (tomshardware.com)

2026-01-14 | by Anton Shilov | get GPU → | tags: bandwidth, china, hardware

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Steam Machine to have fewer 'Verified' badge constraints — Valve says Verified on Steam Deck titles expected to run smoothly on upcoming PC console (tomshardware.com)

2026-01-14 | by Jowi Morales | get Steam Deck → | tags: deck, gaming, hardware

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Phison demos 10X faster AI inference on consumer PCs with software and hardware combo that enables 3x larger AI models — Nvidia, AMD, MSI, and Acer systems demoed with aiDAPTIV+ (tomshardware.com)

2026-01-14 | by Anton Shilov | get AI DAPTIV → | tags: credit, credit tom, hardware

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This HP Omen 45L gaming PC at $1,245 off is the cheapest way to bag an RTX 5090 graphics card — massive New Year code saving makes the whole PC cheaper than buying the card by itself (tomshardware.com)

2026-01-14 | by Stewart Bendle | get RTX 5090 → | tags: card, deals, gaming

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SK hynix shows 16-Hi HBM4 memory for AI accelerators — 48 GB at 10 GT/s over a 2,048 interface (tomshardware.com)

2026-01-14 | by Anton Shilov | get NAND → | tags: backside, memory, power

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Show HN: Liberty – Hardware-bound secret manager (no more .env files) (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-01-14 | get Vault → | tags: bound, features, hardware

414.

Asus SFF-ready RTX 5070 falls below MSRP — deal saves $70 and gives you a GPU for small PC builds (tomshardware.com)

2026-01-13 | by Jowi Morales | get GPU → | tags: credit, credit tom, hardware

415.

The Tulip Creative Computer (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-01-13 | get Tulip Computer → | tags: hardware, midi, music

416.

3D Printing for consumers at CES 2026 — Creality, Snapmaker, AtomForm and Protopasta show their latest systems (tomshardware.com)

2026-01-13 | by Denise Bertacchi | get 3D Printer → | tags: credit, credit tom, hardware

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Australian modder solves PC in a freezer conundrum with sheer size, socks filled with silica gel powder — condensation conquered and minimal overclocking gains on display at minus 28C (tomshardware.com)

2026-01-13 | by Zak Killian | get Modular PC → | tags: cold, didn, freezer

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Australian modder solves PC in a freezer conundrum with sheer size, socks filled with silica gel power — condensation conquered and minimal overclocking gains on display at minus 28C (tomshardware.com)

2026-01-13 | by Zak Killian | get Modular PC → | tags: cold, didn, freezer

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U.S. House passes bill to stop Chinese companies from accessing export-controlled American AI chips using offshore rental loophole — Remote Access Security Access Act effectively extends export controls to the cloud (tomshardware.com)

2026-01-13 | by Stephen Warwick | get Artificial Intelligence Chips → | tags: access, chips, cloud

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Meta sets up 'Meta Compute' organization for gigawatt-scale AI data centers — initiative is said to consume hundreds of gigawatts over time (tomshardware.com)

2026-01-12 | by Anton Shilov | get Compute → | tags: compute, gigawatts, hardware