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OpenAI Abandons ‘io’ Branding for Its AI Hardware (wired.com)

2026-02-10 | by Maxwell Zeff | get Neural Network → | tags: device, filing, hardware

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John Carmack muses using a long fiber line as an L2 cache for streaming AI data — programmer imagines fiber as alternative to DRAM (tomshardware.com)

2026-02-09 | by Bruno Ferreira | get Fiber Optic → | tags: carmack, fiber, tom hardware

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John Carmack muses using a long fiber line as as an L2 cache for streaming AI data — programmer imagines fiber as alternative to DRAM (tomshardware.com)

2026-02-09 | by Bruno Ferreira | get Fiber Optic → | tags: carmack, fiber, tom hardware

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Torvalds confirms Linux Kernel 7.0 is almost ready for release, bringing many performance improvements with it — desktop use and gaming may see boost, Ubuntu 26.04 LTS hopes to use as default Kernel (tomshardware.com)

2026-02-09 | by Bruno Ferreira | get Linux Kernel → | tags: gaming, kernel, performance

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Nvidia now produces three times as much code as before AI — specialized version of Cursor is being used by over 30,000 Nvidia engineers internally (tomshardware.com)

2026-02-09 | by Hassam Nasir | get Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) → | tags: code, cursor, nvidia

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3D printing with one of the world’s hardest Tungsten-based materials is now possible — material’s incredible hardness made it difficult to additively manufacture (tomshardware.com)

2026-02-08 | by Mark Tyson | get Tungsten Carbide → | tags: materials, melting, printing

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G.Skill Trident Z5 Neo RGB DDR5-6000 C34 2x64GB Review: The Sweet Spot For 128GB (tomshardware.com)

2026-02-08 | by Zhiye Liu | get Trident → | tags: credit, credit tom, hardware

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I’d buy Google’s AI glasses over Apple’s AI pin any day (androidauthority.com)

2026-02-08 | get Google Glass → | tags: glasses, google, hardware

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Microsoft purges Windows 11 printer drivers, putting millions of devices on borrowed time — legacy printers face extinction as Microsoft stops distributing V3 and V4 drivers (tomshardware.com)

2026-02-07 | by Luke James | get Printer drivers → | tags: driver, drivers, hardware

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Snag this premium WD Black SN850 2TB for a mere $199 while it lasts — 2TB SSD hits lowest price in months (tomshardware.com)

2026-02-07 | by Kunal Khullar | get SSD → | tags: cache, deals, drive

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3D printing legend Josef Prusa takes emergency command of Printed Solid after CEO exit — Prusa holds the fort as successor hunt begins (tomshardware.com)

2026-02-07 | by Denise Bertacchi | get 3D printer → | tags: hardware, printed, printed solid

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Builder's dream PC case vanished from stores, so they 3D printed a masterpiece and shared the design — SFF case benchmarked, recreated to fit new GeForce RTX 50-series GPU (tomshardware.com)

2026-02-07 | by Jowi Morales | get Case → | tags: build, custom, design

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Minisforum MS-02 Ultra mini workstation hands-on — can it replace my hulking desktop PC that is 11 times larger? (tomshardware.com)

2026-02-07 | by Mark Tyson | get Mini PC → | tags: hardware, image, minisforum

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Asus ProArt PA32KCX 32-inch 8K professional monitor review: A reference for color, pixel density, and brightness (tomshardware.com)

2026-02-07 | by Christian Eberle | get Display → | tags: asus, color, credit

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3D-printed batteries aim to reshape energy storage in small devices (techspot.com)

2026-02-07 | get Smart Batteries → | tags: aerospace, aerospace hardware, aims

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Apple Is More Serious About AI Devices Than We Thought (gizmodo.com)

2026-02-06 | get Artificial Intelligence → | tags: acquisition, acquisition painting, ai hardware

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Valve's Steam Machine: How Much It Will Cost, When It Comes Out and More (cnet.com)

2026-02-06 | by See Full Bio | get Steam Machine → | tags: console, hardware, machine

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Valve Delays Steam Frame and Steam Machine Pricing as Memory Costs Rise (cnet.com)

2026-02-06 | by See Full Bio | get Steam Frame → | tags: frame, frame steam, hardware

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Noctua celebrates sending out its 500,000th CPU cooler mounting upgrade kit — milestone marks two decades of the free program (tomshardware.com)

2026-02-06 | by Bruno Ferreira | get CPU Cooler Mounting Kit → | tags: cooler, coolers, hardware

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PNY CS2342 2TB SSD Review: High-Capacity TLC Performance In M.2 2230 (tomshardware.com)

2026-02-06 | by Shane Downing | get SSD → | tags: drive, drives, flash

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One-third of consumers reject AI on their devices, with most saying they simply don’t need it — latest report highlights privacy fears and potential costs among other real-world concerns (tomshardware.com)

2026-02-06 | by Ben Stockton | get Smartphone → | tags: devices, functionality, responded

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Anycubic Kobra X Review: Hidden AMS (tomshardware.com)

2026-02-05 | by Denise Bertacchi | get Kobra X → | tags: anycubic, anycubic kobra, filament

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Jim Keller's Tenstorrent is downgrading Blackhole p150 cards from 140 to 120 tensor cores via firmware update — will ship cards with 120 tensor cores going forward, company claims existing users should expect 1-2% performance drop (tomshardware.com)

2026-02-05 | by Bruno Ferreira | get Tensor Core → | tags: blackhole, cards, change

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Intel clawed back CPU market share from AMD in the Steam Hardware survey for the first time in months — PC component crisis could be pushing builders to value-for-money builds (tomshardware.com)

2026-02-05 | by Mark Tyson | get CPU → | tags: hardware, intel, latest

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Peloton’s gamble on expensive new hardware has yet to pay off (theverge.com)

2026-02-05 | by Victoria Song | get Elevate Bike → | tags: hardware, peloton, stern

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Valve delays Steam Machine and Steam Frame as memory prices surge (techspot.com)

2026-02-05 | get Steam Frame → | tags: amd recently, announcing, blog

147.

Wirth's Revenge (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-02-05 | get Smartwatch → | tags: hardware, llms, problem

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Debian's Challenge When Its Developers Drift Away (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-02-04 | get Linux → | tags: articles, author, hardware

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‘Most of you steal your software’ — Bill Gates complained about software piracy 50 years ago, and was openly irked by community's Altair BASIC ‘theft’ (tomshardware.com)

2026-02-04 | by Mark Tyson | get Altair BASIC → | tags: altair, basic, computer

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GMKtec Evo X2 AI Mini PC review: Compact Strix Halo Powerhouse (tomshardware.com)

2026-02-04 | by Charles Jefferies | get Strix → | tags: gmktec, hardware, image