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Intel's upcoming 'Raptor Lake Next' will reportedly top out at 20 cores and retain Core 200 branding — Lineup may include a special 10-core SKU with 24MB of L3 cache

Intel's upcoming 'Raptor Lake Next' will reportedly top out at 20 cores and retain Core 200 branding — Lineup may include a special 10-core SKU with 24MB of L3 cache

💡 Verdict: Intel's upcoming Raptor Lake Next processors will reportedly feature up to 20 cores under the Core 200 branding, alongside a unique 10-core model equipped with 24MB of L3 cache. Check Price: Raptor Lake Next ⚡ Quick Hits * The flagship processors in the upcoming lineup will reportedly max out

Netgear countersues TP-Link, saying firm 'remains, at its core, a Chinese company selling Chinese-made products' — alleges its 'American company' rebrand is false advertising

Netgear countersues TP-Link, saying firm 'remains, at its core, a Chinese company selling Chinese-made products' — alleges its 'American company' rebrand is false advertising

AMD challenges Nvidia's DGX Spark with $3,999 Ryzen AI Halo with Windows 11 support — Strix Halo desktop undercuts Nvidia by $700, packs 128GB of unified memory

AMD challenges Nvidia's DGX Spark with $3,999 Ryzen AI Halo with Windows 11 support — Strix Halo desktop undercuts Nvidia by $700, packs 128GB of unified memory

More than 75 data center build-outs worth $130 billion have been successfully blocked in the first three months of 2026 — bipartisan opposition mounts nationwide over fears of soaring power and water costs

More than 75 data center build-outs worth $130 billion have been successfully blocked in the first three months of 2026 — bipartisan opposition mounts nationwide over fears of soaring power and water costs

Save $500 on this beastly gaming rig with an RTX 5060 Ti 16GB, Ryzen 7800X3D, and 32GB of RAM — Skytech's desktop gaming PC now just $1,499

Save $500 on this beastly gaming rig with an RTX 5060 Ti 16GB, Ryzen 7800X3D, and 32GB of RAM — Skytech's desktop gaming PC now just $1,499

Thrustmaster's new specialized T.Flight Hotas 5 Microsoft Flight Simulator Edition provides a plug-and-play flight sim setup for just $109 — featuring 5-axis control with 16-bit precision and dual-rudder system

Thrustmaster's new specialized T.Flight Hotas 5 Microsoft Flight Simulator Edition provides a plug-and-play flight sim setup for just $109 — featuring 5-axis control with 16-bit precision and dual-rudder system

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Netgear countersues TP-Link, saying firm 'remains, at its core, a Chinese company selling Chinese-made products' — alleges its 'American company' rebrand is false advertising

Netgear countersues TP-Link, saying firm 'remains, at its core, a Chinese company selling Chinese-made products' — alleges its 'American company' rebrand is false advertising

💡 Verdict: Check out this gear. Check Price: See Deal ⚡ Quick Hits ** * Netgear has launched a fiery countersuit against networking competitor TP-Link. * The lawsuit centers on accusations of false advertising regarding corporate identity. * Netgear alleges that despite the rebrand, TP-Link remains fundamentally a Chinese company selling Chinese-made goods. ** ** Welcome back, savvy

More than 75 data center build-outs worth $130 billion have been successfully blocked in the first three months of 2026 — bipartisan opposition mounts nationwide over fears of soaring power and water costs

More than 75 data center build-outs worth $130 billion have been successfully blocked in the first three months of 2026 — bipartisan opposition mounts nationwide over fears of soaring power and water costs

Thrustmaster's new specialized T.Flight Hotas 5 Microsoft Flight Simulator Edition provides a plug-and-play flight sim setup for just $109 — featuring 5-axis control with 16-bit precision and dual-rudder system

Thrustmaster's new specialized T.Flight Hotas 5 Microsoft Flight Simulator Edition provides a plug-and-play flight sim setup for just $109 — featuring 5-axis control with 16-bit precision and dual-rudder system

Nvidia preps to sell its Vera CPUs into China as its GPU sales stay frozen — customers encouraged to place orders for CPU shipments as early as August

Nvidia preps to sell its Vera CPUs into China as its GPU sales stay frozen — customers encouraged to place orders for CPU shipments as early as August

Radeon RX 9070 XT finally appears in Steam Hardware Survey — RDNA 4 flagship surprisingly lands just behind RTX 5080

Radeon RX 9070 XT finally appears in Steam Hardware Survey — RDNA 4 flagship surprisingly lands just behind RTX 5080

Several police officers arrested for using controversial Flock AI license plate reader system to stalk romantic partners, says report — investigators have unearthed at least 18 such cases in the US over recent years

Several police officers arrested for using controversial Flock AI license plate reader system to stalk romantic partners, says report — investigators have unearthed at least 18 such cases in the US over recent years

OpenAI bans China-linked ChatGPT accounts that amplified US data center electricity price backlash — used AI-generated cartoons to stoke fears over U.S. data center energy costs

OpenAI bans China-linked ChatGPT accounts that amplified US data center electricity price backlash — used AI-generated cartoons to stoke fears over U.S. data center energy costs

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Intel's upcoming 'Raptor Lake Next' will reportedly top out at 20 cores and retain Core 200 branding — Lineup may include a special 10-core SKU with 24MB of L3 cache

Intel's upcoming 'Raptor Lake Next' will reportedly top out at 20 cores and retain Core 200 branding — Lineup may include a special 10-core SKU with 24MB of L3 cache

💡 Verdict: Intel's upcoming Raptor Lake Next processors will reportedly feature up to 20 cores under the Core 200 branding, alongside a unique 10-core model equipped with 24MB of L3 cache. Check Price: Raptor Lake Next ⚡ Quick Hits * The flagship processors in the upcoming lineup will reportedly max out

AMD challenges Nvidia's DGX Spark with $3,999 Ryzen AI Halo with Windows 11 support — Strix Halo desktop undercuts Nvidia by $700, packs 128GB of unified memory

AMD challenges Nvidia's DGX Spark with $3,999 Ryzen AI Halo with Windows 11 support — Strix Halo desktop undercuts Nvidia by $700, packs 128GB of unified memory

Memory famine compels GPU vendors to re-release 2020 graphics cards — GeForce RTX 3060 and GeForce RTX 3050 return to Asian market

Memory famine compels GPU vendors to re-release 2020 graphics cards — GeForce RTX 3060 and GeForce RTX 3050 return to Asian market

AMD fires back at Nvidia, claiming 256-core Zen 6 'Venice' CPU beats Vera by 3.3x in rack-level performance — company shares first estimated EPYC Venice benchmarks

AMD fires back at Nvidia, claiming 256-core Zen 6 'Venice' CPU beats Vera by 3.3x in rack-level performance — company shares first estimated EPYC Venice benchmarks

Intel's upcoming Z970 and Z990 flagship chipsets will reportedly consume up to 14W at peak load, courtesy of more PCIe 5.0 support — Nova Lake motherboards may feature a 22% smaller PCH than Z890

Intel's upcoming Z970 and Z990 flagship chipsets will reportedly consume up to 14W at peak load, courtesy of more PCIe 5.0 support — Nova Lake motherboards may feature a 22% smaller PCH than Z890

Razer Seiren V3 Pro Review: USB, XLR, and 32-bit float

Razer Seiren V3 Pro Review: USB, XLR, and 32-bit float

Demand for data center CPUs has surged, and AI agents are responsible – why the CPU to GPU ratio is more important than ever for hyperscalers

Demand for data center CPUs has surged, and AI agents are responsible – why the CPU to GPU ratio is more important than ever for hyperscalers

Deals

Save $500 on this beastly gaming rig with an RTX 5060 Ti 16GB, Ryzen 7800X3D, and 32GB of RAM — Skytech's desktop gaming PC now just $1,499

Save $500 on this beastly gaming rig with an RTX 5060 Ti 16GB, Ryzen 7800X3D, and 32GB of RAM — Skytech's desktop gaming PC now just $1,499

💡 Verdict: Score a massive $500 discount on a high-performance Skytech gaming desktop packed with a Ryzen 7800X3D, RTX 5060 Ti 16GB, and 32GB of RAM for just $1,499. Check Price: Skytech Gaming PC ⚡ Quick Hits * Massive Savings: Get $500 off the normal retail price, bringing the cost down to

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Anycubic Photon Mono 4 dips below $190 saving you 21% off its retail price — Amazon deal saves $50 on this entry-level resin 3D printer

Anycubic Photon Mono 4 dips below $190 saving you 21% off its retail price — Amazon deal saves $50 on this entry-level resin 3D printer

Upgrade your PC with a 2TB PCIe 4.0 SSD, 750W power supply, and 240mm AIO for $300 — hardware bundle saves you nearly $200

Upgrade your PC with a 2TB PCIe 4.0 SSD, 750W power supply, and 240mm AIO for $300 — hardware bundle saves you nearly $200

This RTX 5070 Ti gaming laptop is just $1,499 — Walmart fights AI price crisis with $500 discount

This RTX 5070 Ti gaming laptop is just $1,499 — Walmart fights AI price crisis with $500 discount

Save $1,280 on this 4K-ready Alienware Aurora desktop PC with RTX 5080 — high-performance gaming at your fingertips for $2,919

Save $1,280 on this 4K-ready Alienware Aurora desktop PC with RTX 5080 — high-performance gaming at your fingertips for $2,919

Access Tom’s Hardware Premium’s Computex 2026 coverage for free — sign up for an account to read insider reports from the show

Access Tom’s Hardware Premium’s Computex 2026 coverage for free — sign up for an account to read insider reports from the show

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Nvidia is finally ditching its iconic GPU Control Panel after 20 years — new driver updates only ship in the Nvidia App

Microsoft is working on a fix to downgraded GPU drivers in Windows Update — new system uses multiple IDs

Former Epic director is building a European rival to the Unreal and Unity game engines — 'The Immense Engine' dev sees opportunity for AI agents to 'do the work of ten or fifteen people'

macOS has a 49.7-day networking time bomb built in that only a reboot fixes — comparison operation on unreliable time value stops machines dead in their tracks

Artemis II astronaut finds two Outlook instances running on computers, calls on Houston to fix Microsoft anomaly — puzzled caller describes ‘two Outlooks, and neither one of those are working’

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Why building a quiet PC is harder than you think — what to know, and how to make your rig quieter

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