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Can a Computer Science Student Be Taught to Design Hardware? (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-02-17 | by Liz Allan | get Microprocessor → | tags: chip, design, engineering

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Dell XPS 14 (2026) review: Two steps forward (tomshardware.com)

2026-02-17 | by Andrew E. Freedman | get XPS Laptop → | tags: dell, dell xps, hardware

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$50 junk second-hand motherboard turns into a SSD treasure trove worth $1,500 — 12 terabytes of blazing-fast storage finds a new owner amid crushing shortages (tomshardware.com)

2026-02-17 | by Zhiye Liu | get SSD → | tags: ebay, hardware, motherboard

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The ‘Father of Sega Hardware' has passed away, designed all of Sega's consoles — Hideki Sato worked his way up from engineer to become Sega’s acting president, spending 33 years at the company (tomshardware.com)

2026-02-16 | by Mark Tyson | get Sega Genesis → | tags: console, gaming, hardware

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The ‘Father of Sega Hardware' has passed away — Hideki Sato worked his way up from engineer to become Sega’s acting president, spending 33 years at the company (tomshardware.com)

2026-02-16 | by Mark Tyson | get Sega Genesis → | tags: console, gaming, hardware

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Corsair AI Workstation 300 review: Strix Halo sets sail in a compact and classy (but pricey) package (tomshardware.com)

2026-02-16 | by Jeffrey Kampman | get Corsair → | tags: ai workstation, hardware, image

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BenQ Mobiuz EX271UZ 27-inch 240 Hz 4K OLED gaming monitor review: BenQ shines with its first gaming OLED monitor (tomshardware.com)

2026-02-16 | by Christian Eberle | get OLED → | tags: benq, color, credit

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LaserPecker LX2 review: Large scale dual laser cutter (tomshardware.com)

2026-02-16 | by Denise Bertacchi | get Laser Cutter → | tags: credit tom, hardware, image

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Turkish wedding party receives Nvidia RTX 5090, RAM necklaces, and Intel CPU for elaborate wedding gifts — A Turkish tech delight for the age of PC shortages (tomshardware.com)

2026-02-16 | by Mark Tyson | get GPU → | tags: bride, gold, groom

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Turkish wedding party receives Nvidia RTX 5090, RAM necklaces, and Intel CPU for elaborate wedding gifts — A Turkish tech delight for age of PC shortages (tomshardware.com)

2026-02-16 | by Mark Tyson | get GPU → | tags: bride, gold, groom

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Turkish wedding party receive RTX 5090, RAM and Intel CPU wedding gifts — A Turkish tech delight for the AI age (tomshardware.com)

2026-02-16 | by Mark Tyson | get RTX 5090 → | tags: bride, gold, groom

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Grab this gigantic, 1600W 80+ Platinum power supply for just 33 cents per watt — Seasonic's Prime TX 1600W is down to just $532 (tomshardware.com)

2026-02-15 | by Hassam Nasir | get Power Supply → | tags: hardware, image, prime

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Advanced Pentagon laser weapon shot down party balloons instead of drone by mistake, says report — airport shut down after Customs and Border Protection mistakenly believed it was targeting Mexican cartel drones (tomshardware.com)

2026-02-15 | by Mark Tyson | get Laser gun → | tags: laser, party, pentagon

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M5Stack AI Pyramid charms with translucent, RGB infused tetrahedral shell and $199 price tag — but it is far more of an edge-AI appliance than a mini-PC (tomshardware.com)

2026-02-15 | by Mark Tyson | get M5Stick Plus → | tags: ai pyramid, edge, hardware

435.

DXRacer Martian Pro Red Triangle review: Built for the fans (tomshardware.com)

2026-02-15 | by Jake Roach | get DxRacer → | tags: chair, dxracer, hardware

436.

Living neurons integrated into modern AI processing, claims SF startup — biological computing power used to boost computer vision, generative video, and more (tomshardware.com)

2026-02-15 | by Mark Tyson | get Neuralink → | tags: biological, biological computing, computing

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Linux kernel 7.0 finally abandons the 28-year-old Intel 440BX chipset's EDAC driver — removal marks goodbye to the legendary motherboard chipset (tomshardware.com)

2026-02-15 | by Bruno Ferreira | get Motherboard → | tags: chipset, hardware, incompatibilities

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Linux kernel 7.0 finally abandons the 28-year-old Intel 440BX chipset — driver removal marks goodbye to the legendary motherboard chipset (tomshardware.com)

2026-02-15 | by Bruno Ferreira | get Motherboard → | tags: chipset, hardware, incompatibilities

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Unbeatable Presidents Day deal slashes $580 off powerful OLED RTX 5080 Lenovo Pro 7i Gen 10 gaming laptop - comes armed with 64GB of memory and 1TB SSD (tomshardware.com)

2026-02-14 | by Aaron Klotz | get OLED → | tags: credit, credit tom, hardware

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Sony-led program offers PS5 rentals starting at $13.50 a month in the UK across 12, 24, or 36-month leases — console has to be returned at the end of the contract (tomshardware.com)

2026-02-14 | by Hassam Nasir | get PlayStation 5 → | tags: console, hardware, lease

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President's Day GPU bonanza brings RTX 5060 Ti 8GB back to $379 MSRP — score a Blackwell GPU at MSRP, and get a free 650W power supply (tomshardware.com)

2026-02-14 | by Kunal Khullar | get RTX 5060 Ti → | tags: deals, hardware, image

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Brain inspired machines are better at math than expected (sciencedaily.com)

2026-02-14 | get Neural Network → | tags: neuromorphic hardware, sandia national laboratories, nature machine intelligence

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AMD Ryzen 7 9850X3D vs Ryzen 7 9800X3D faceoff — an extra $30 buys you very little performance (tomshardware.com)

2026-02-14 | by Hassam Nasir | get Ryzen 9 → | tags: credit, credit tom, hardware

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Valve's latest Steam beta lets you add your PC's specs to game reviews (engadget.com)

2026-02-13 | get Steam Specs → | tags: beta, game, hardware

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The Steam Deck is sold out, but the SteamOS-powered Legion Go S is still available for $50 off — get Lenovo's handheld for $599 (tomshardware.com)

2026-02-13 | by Kunal Khullar | get Steam Deck → | tags: best, deals, hardware

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Steam to add hardware specs to reviews — optional feature could help you dodge poorly optimized games (tomshardware.com)

2026-02-13 | by Jowi Morales | get Steam Hardware → | tags: feature, game, hardware

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Steam beta lets users add their PC specs to reviews (theverge.com)

2026-02-13 | by Stevie Bonifield | get Steam OS → | tags: game, hardware, option

448.

WD Green SN3000 1TB SSD Review: A diamond in the rough (tomshardware.com)

2026-02-13 | by Paul Alcorn | get Green SSD → | tags: drive, endurance, flash

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Save $438 on a Ryzen 7 9850X3D, Asus X870, and 32GB of DDR5 RAM — Newegg strikes with another blistering sub-$800 AM5 bundles (tomshardware.com)

2026-02-13 | by Stephen Warwick | get Ryzen 7 9850X3 → | tags: credit tom, deals, gaming

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Get 32GB of DDR5-6400 RAM for $150 when you buy the new AMD Ryzen 7 9850X3D, thanks to this Newegg combo deal (tomshardware.com)

2026-02-13 | by Stewart Bendle | get RAM → | tags: credit, credit tom, deals