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Corsair RM850x SHIFT 850W power supply review: Platinum performance at Gold pricing (tomshardware.com)

2025-12-25 | by E. Fylladitakis | get Power Supply → | tags: cell, credit tom, hardware

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Microsoft promises to nearly double Windows storage performance after forcing slow software-accelerated BitLocker on Windows — new CPU hardware-accelerated crypto will also improve battery life, but requires new CPUs (tomshardware.com)

2025-12-24 | by Kunal Khullar | get Windows Storage → | tags: accelerated, accelerated bitlocker, bitlocker

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After forcing slow software-accelerated BitLocker on Windows, Microsoft will nearly double storage performance with new CPU hardware-accelerated crypto — will improve battery life also, but feature requires new CPUs that aren't available on the market yet (tomshardware.com)

2025-12-24 | by Kunal Khullar | get BitLocker → | tags: accelerated, accelerated bitlocker, bitlocker

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Former Chinese gaming company with China govt ties accused of smuggling banned AI GPUs — Nvidia’s biggest Southeast Asia customer exposes the limits of U.S. AI export controls (Updated) (tomshardware.com)

2025-12-23 | by Luke James | get Nvidia GPU → | tags: china, controls, export

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Former Chinese gaming company with China govt ties accused of smuggling banned AI GPUs — Nvidia’s biggest Southeast Asia customer exposes the limits of U.S. AI export controls (tomshardware.com)

2025-12-23 | by Luke James | get Nvidia GPU → | tags: china, controls, export

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Legacy AMD GPUs receive 30% performance boost in Linux with new drivers — latest kernel update finally drops obsolete Radeon graphics driver after more than two decades (tomshardware.com)

2025-12-23 | by Zhiye Liu | get GPU → | tags: cards, driver, graphics

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Microsoft rolls out hardware-accelerated BitLocker in Windows 11 (bleepingcomputer.com)

2025-12-23 | get BitLocker → | tags: accelerated, bitlocker, hardware

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Grab this snappy gaming PC with Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 and 32GB of RAM right now for under $1,000 — 1080p-capable ABS rig also has 1TB of storage (tomshardware.com)

2025-12-23 | by Ben Stockton | get Gaming PC → | tags: deals, gaming, hardware

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Samsung One UI 8.5 includes new support for professional camera accessories (androidauthority.com)

2025-12-23 | get Camera → | tags: camera, galaxy, hardware

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This $589 Lenovo Legion Go S is the ultimate Steam Deck LCD replacement right now — snag this 8-inch handheld gaming PC running SteamOS with a 1TB SSD and 16GB RAM (tomshardware.com)

2025-12-22 | by Ben Stockton | get Steam Deck → | tags: gaming, handheld, hardware

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Be quiet! Power Zone 2 850W power supply review: Silent, Platinum efficiency at an affordable price (tomshardware.com)

2025-12-22 | by E. Fylladitakis | get Power Supply → | tags: cell, credit tom, hardware

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Hardware Touch, Stronger SSH (news.ycombinator.com)

2025-12-22 | get Smartwatch → | tags: hardware, keys, private

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Get a pre-built PC with 32GB of RAM for under $1,000 — this mid-range gaming desktop delivers decent performance for an affordable price during these trying times (tomshardware.com)

2025-12-21 | by Jowi Morales | get gaming keyboard → | tags: credit tom, gaming, gaming pc

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‘LeBron James of Excel spreadsheets’ celebrates 2025 Microsoft Excel World Championships win — beat 256 other spreadsheet whizzes to claim the $60,000 first prize in Las Vegas tournament (tomshardware.com)

2025-12-21 | by Mark Tyson | get Microsoft Excel → | tags: early, esports, excel

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RayNeo X3 Pro AR glasses review: Intriguing, high-priced glasses with alarming battery life (tomshardware.com)

2025-12-21 | by Brandon Hill | get Ray-Ban → | tags: credit, hardware, image

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Search pioneer AltaVista’s star shone bright with a clean and minimal UI 30 years ago — engine lost momentum after multiple ownership changes and the embrace of the web portal trend (tomshardware.com)

2025-12-21 | by Mark Tyson | get Search engine → | tags: altavista, google, hardware

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You can force FSR 4 Redstone to work on RDNA 3 GPUs with new workaround for Linux systems — solution requires Proton compatibility to work properly (tomshardware.com)

2025-12-20 | by Jowi Morales | get NVIDIA GeForce RTX 40 → | tags: gpus, hardware, older

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Savvy PC builder finds GeForce GTX 1660 Super for just $8.40 at thrift store — Goodwill purchase comes with 6GB of VRAM for 1080p gaming, still sells for up to $100 (tomshardware.com)

2025-12-20 | by Kunal Khullar | get NVIDIA GeForce → | tags: gtx super, hardware, managed

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LG responds swiftly to user backlash, will allow users to remove Microsoft Copilot link from TVs — clarifies service is not an app, future update will include tile removal option from WebOS (tomshardware.com)

2025-12-19 | by Luke James | get Microsoft Copilot → | tags: copilot, hardware, microsoft

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From Roombas to e-bikes, why are hardware startups going bankrupt? (techcrunch.com)

2025-12-19 | by Theresa Loconsolo | get Roomba → | tags: amazon, chain, equity

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HP Omen 34c G2 34-inch WQHD 180 Hz gaming monitor review: Delivering style, speed and value (tomshardware.com)

2025-12-19 | by Christian Eberle | get Omen 34c → | tags: credit, hardware, image

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Critical motherboard flaw allows game cheats, Riot Games blocks 'Valorant' players that don't update BIOS — security patches pushed live by all major motherboard vendors (tomshardware.com)

2025-12-18 | by Jowi Morales | get BIOS → | tags: bios, boot, hardware

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Windows Server 2025 gains native NVMe support, 14 years after its introduction — groundbreaking I/O stack drops SCSI emulation limitations for massive throughput and CPU efficiency gains (tomshardware.com)

2025-12-18 | by Bruno Ferreira | get NVMe → | tags: drives, lower, performance

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Unreal Engine 5.7 brings significant improvements over the notoriously demanding 5.4 version, tester claims — benchmark shows up to 25% GPU performance increase, 35% CPU boost (tomshardware.com)

2025-12-18 | by Hassam Nasir | get Game Engine → | tags: engine, hardware, mxbenchmarkpc

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HyperX SoloCast 2 Review: A built-in stand that you'll want to mount (tomshardware.com)

2025-12-18 | by Sarah Jacobsson Purewal | get Podcast Stand → | tags: credit, hardware, image

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Video Game Hardware Sales Are the Worst in Decades: Here's Why You Should Buy Now (cnet.com)

2025-12-18 | by See Full Bio | get Graphics Card → | tags: circana, consoles, game

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Evidence of Intel's 'Big Battlemage' GPU continues to mount, as BMG-G31 chip gets another official confirmation (tomshardware.com)

2025-12-17 | by Zak Killian | get GPU → | tags: battlemage, hardware, intel

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Meta is pausing its dream of sharing Quest’s Horizon OS with third-party headset makers (techcrunch.com)

2025-12-17 | by Lucas Ropek | get Meta Quest → | tags: hardware, horizon, meta

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Android XR may not have to worry about pressure from Meta and Horizon OS, after all (androidauthority.com)

2025-12-17 | get Google Pixel → | tags: android, hardware, horizon

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Linux Kernel Rust Code Sees Its First CVE Vulnerability (news.ycombinator.com)

2025-12-17 | get Linux Kernel → | tags: articles, author, hardware