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Thermal Grizzly pops the top on Ryzen 7 9850X3Ds for you, charges eyewatering premium for delidded chips — almost double the cost of a regular model, comes with its own warranty
1+ hour, 48+ min ago (129+ words) Zak is a freelance contributor to Tom's Hardware with decades of PC benchmarking experience who has also written for HotHardware and The Tech Report. A modern-day Renaissance man, he may not be an expert on anything, but he knows just…...
OpenAI's Sam Altman warns that firms are using 'AI washing' to mask layoffs across the globe — AI boss calls out corporate excuses while warning of 'palpable' job disruption ahead
2+ hour, 19+ min ago (336+ words) Tom's Hardware Premium equips you with world-class coverage and detailed insights into the evolving hardware landscape. Some traditional layoffs are being blamed on AI, Altman believes Artificial intelligence is already proving to be a disruption to the workplace, with the…...
AWS outages caused by AI coding bot blunder, report claims
7+ hour, 9+ min ago (234+ words) Tom's Hardware Premium equips you with world-class coverage and detailed insights into the evolving hardware landscape. You really shouldn't give AI free rein to do anything it wants on your system. Amazon Web Services (AWS) has reportedly suffered from a…...
30 years later, the iconic 'Bliss' green hill from Windows XP is still thriving — lucky passerby captures the hill looking almost identical to the 1996 photograph in 'super rare' event
10+ hour, 58+ min ago (234+ words) 30 years later, the iconic 'Bliss' green hill from Windows XP is still thriving " lucky passerby captures the hill looking almost identical to the 1996 photograph in 'super rare' event'Tom's Hardware Unparalleled insights. Industry analysis. Insider access. Tom's Hardware Premium equips you…...
Microsoft's new Windows 11 speed test is just a link to Ookla's Speedtest via Bing — button housed in the taskbar in latest Insider Preview build
1+ day, 11+ min ago (253+ words) It opens inside Bing in your default browser. In these updates pushed to the Release Preview channel, you'll now see an option to "Perform speed test" when you right-click on the network icon or open the Wi-Fi/cellular quick settings....
Quantum teleportation demonstrated over existing fiber networks — Deutsche Telekom’s T‑Labs used commercially available Qunnect hardware for the demo, claims 90% average accuracy
1+ day, 4+ hour ago (315+ words) Major milestone in quantum internet demoed in Berlin, and separately by Cisco in New York. Many believed that readying quantum networks for a future quantum internet would require the deployment of new infrastructure. However, in both the Berlin and NYC…...
China’s AI build-out forces a rapid shift to liquid cooling — massive clusters put pressure on domestic suppliers to shift cooling methods
1+ day, 9+ hour ago (308+ words) Exaflop-scale" clusters pressure domestic suppliers to localize a supply chain for liquid cooling. As an example, Nvidia"s B200 operates at more than 1,000 watts per processor, and its GB200 NVL72 rack-scale platform, which integrates 72 Blackwell GPUs and 36 Grace CPUs, ships in a liquid-cooled…...
AI hyperscalers move to secure long-term uranium supply from mining companies — fuel required for nuclear plants to power future data centers
2+ day, 1+ hour ago (202+ words) NexGen is allowing AI tech companies to secure uranium before there's a rush for the nuclear fuel. The Saskatchewan mine looks to be a promising find, with the location possibly supplying up to 20% of global demand by 2030. It has already…...
Over 80% of companies report no productivity gains from AI so far despite billions in investment, survey suggests — 6,000 executives also reveal 1/3 of leaders use AI, but only for 90 minutes a week
2+ day, 2+ hour ago (211+ words) AI isn't having a huge impact on productivity yet, but hopes are still high The survey, published by the National Bureau of Economic Research (h/t Fortune), reveals the disparity between expectation and reality. While 70% of the businesses questioned were…...
Save $600 on this RTX 5080-powered Alienware gaming PC, down to its best price in months — just $2,399.99 for 4K-capable rig equipped with a 24-core Intel CPU, 32GB of DDR5 RAM, and a 1TB SSD
2+ day, 5+ hour ago (356+ words) An astonishing price for an RTX 5080 gaming PC Don't let the doom and gloom surrounding the cost of PC hardware put you off an upgrade. There's a seriously good deal to be had right now on an Alienware gaming PC,…...