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PC novice hits the jackpot with free RTX 3090 PC from kindly neighbour — potent build features $1,500 GPU paired with liquid-cooled i9-10850K and Asus Maximus motherboard (tomshardware.com)

2026-02-20 | by Mark Tyson | get GPU → | tags: free, hardware, tom hardware

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Acer and Asus shut down support for PC and laptops in wake of patent dispute ruling, drivers and updates inaccessible to existing customers — German website finds a workaround (tomshardware.com)

2026-02-19 | by Bruno Ferreira | get GPU → | tags: german, german websites, germany

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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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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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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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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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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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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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MSI GeForce RTX 5090 Lightning Z review: RTX 5090 Ti, anyone? (tomshardware.com)

2026-02-12 | by Jeffrey Kampman | get RTX 5090 → | tags: card, hardware, lightning

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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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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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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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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

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RayNeo Air 3s Pro AR glasses review: A meaningful usability upgrade for already stellar glasses (tomshardware.com)

2026-02-02 | by Brandon Hill | get Ray Neo → | tags: air pro, glasses, image

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Malicious OpenClaw ‘skill’ targets crypto users on ClawHub — 14 malicious skills were uploaded to ClawHub last month (tomshardware.com)

2026-02-01 | by Luke James | get OpenClaw → | tags: code, openclaw, security

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Malicious OpenClaw ‘skill’ targets crypto users on ClawHubv — 14 malicious skills were uploaded to ClawHub last month (tomshardware.com)

2026-02-01 | by Luke James | get OpenClaw → | tags: code, openclaw, security

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Ryzen 7 9800X3D drops within dollars of all-time low price in wake of 9850X3D launch — previous gaming champ now down to $443 from $479 (tomshardware.com)

2026-01-29 | by Zhiye Liu | get AMD Ryzen 7 9800X → | tags: gaming, hardware, price

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Undersea cable cutting shenanigans lead Finland to create a dedicated maritime surveillance center — Russian shadow fleet operations heighten concerns in the Baltic Sea (tomshardware.com)

2026-01-28 | by Bruno Ferreira | get Satellite → | tags: finland, region, routes

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Nvidia DGX Spark review: the GB10 Superchip powers a fast and fun AI toolbox that beats out AMD’s Ryzen AI Max+ 395 (tomshardware.com)

2026-01-27 | by Jeffrey Kampman | get GPU → | tags: hardware, nvidia, spark

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Asus Zenbook Duo (2026) review: Premium Panther Lake (tomshardware.com)

2026-01-26 | by Andrew E. Freedman | get Panther Lake → | tags: asus, hardware, image

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Xi Jinping calls AI ‘epoch-making’ as China’s focus tightens on domestic tech — likens change to Industrial Revolution or the dawn of the internet (tomshardware.com)

2026-01-26 | by Luke James | get Artificial Intelligence → | tags: china, chinese, tom hardware

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Best Budget Wi-Fi Routers roundup: Wi-Fi 6 versus Wi-Fi 7 benchmarked across seven low-cost routers (tomshardware.com)

2026-01-26 | by Brandon Hill | get Router → | tags: hardware, image, mbps

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Nvidia CEO expects AI to create more jobs for construction workers, electricians, plumbers, and many others (tomshardware.com)

2026-01-22 | by Anton Shilov | get Graphics Card → | tags: huang, impact, professions

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Nvidia's Arm-based N1X-equipped gaming laptops are reportedly set to debut this quarter, with N2 series chips planned for 2027 — new roadmap leak finally hints at consumer release Windows-on-ARM machines (tomshardware.com)

2026-01-20 | by Hassam Nasir | get Nvidia GPU → | tags: digitimes, nvidia, quarter