Hardware
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AMD is planning targeted per-core optimizations with the Zen 6 generation to reduce microstutters and improve frame rate stability in games.
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At least 45 municipalities in the US have been affected by cyberattacks on their water supply, allegedly originating from Iran. Many suppliers are switching to manual control to ensure security.
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A decommissioned SpaceX rocket stage will crash into the lunar surface at around 8,700 km/h. NASA and South Korean satellites are monitoring the event to gain insights for future moon missions.
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The Gigabyte GO27Q24A offers a 27-inch QD-OLED panel with 240 Hz and HDMI 2.1 for just 299.99 USD – an attractive deal for gaming enthusiasts.
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Manufacturer Bondtech admits that the nozzles supplied with the Prusa CORE One+ INDX 3D printer kit do not meet the advertised hardened steel standard, sparking discussions in the 3D printing community.
Bild: Berat BAKI / Pexels · Pexels LizenzMicrosoft launches comprehensive adjustments to make Windows 11 run smoothly on devices with 8 GB RAM – a response to the ongoing memory chip shortage and the return of affordable laptops.
Bild: Nicolas Foster / Pexels · Pexels LizenzAn attractive bundle of AMD AM4 processor and 16 GB RAM offers PC builders a cost-effective entry into modern hardware.
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Three Thunderbolt 5 docking stations under 400 US dollars were tested – UGREEN stands out with an integrated M.2 NVMe slot, offering more flexibility than the competition.
Bild: Josh Sorenson / Pexels · Pexels LizenzThe demand for high-performance PC hardware driven by AI applications is pushing prices up. However, targeted strategies can still help find attractive bargains.
Bild: Nicolas Foster / Pexels · Pexels LizenzApple is facing drastically rising costs for memory chips and has nearly doubled its inventory to over 11 billion US dollars to avoid supply shortages.
Bild: Nicolas Foster / Pexels · Pexels LizenzTom’s Hardware looks back on three decades of independent testing and reporting in the hardware industry – from early Intel conflicts to modern innovations.
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Amazon, Google, Meta, and Microsoft have invested more than one trillion USD in AI hardware and infrastructure since 2023 and plan an additional 745 billion USD in spending for 2026.
Bild: panumas nikhomkhai / Pexels · Pexels LizenzThe Apple M4 Max in the Mac Studio demonstrates impressive performance in local AI applications, outperforming competitors despite not having outstanding memory bandwidth.
Bild: Nicolas Foster / Pexels · Pexels LizenzAccording to a report by Fubon Research, Google could produce more AI accelerators in 2028 than Nvidia sells and rely on Intel Foundry as a manufacturing partner.
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Prices for Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 and RTX 5090 continue to rise in the USA, with the RTX 5080 now being sold for more than the RTX 5090 at MSRP.
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Magnetic clasps on watch bands can trigger lid sensors on laptops, leading to unexpected logouts – a little-known issue so far.
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An internal analysis reveals that Amazon lost 1.8 million USD through a failed AI application for simple programming tasks, exceeding the budget by 860 percent.
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A repair service in the UAE expands the VRAM of the RTX 2080 Ti from 11 GB to 22 GB through hardware modification and BIOS adjustment.
Bild: Matheus Bertelli / Pexels · Pexels LizenzAn Nvidia employee is at the center of an escalating smuggling scandal involving Supermicro components, while demand for Nvidia products remains consistently high.
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Valve announces that all Steam Machine pre-orders will be delivered by the end of 2026. Additionally, the company provides CAD files of the PC console under Creative Commons.
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Seagate is preparing to launch its new 50-terabyte hard drives in 2027, while demand for storage solutions driven by AI applications continues to rise sharply.
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During the Xbox outage in July 2026, users were actually still able to use their physical game discs offline according to Microsoft. However, a problem with license checks caused confusion.
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RAM prices have risen sharply since the AI boom a year ago. How is the market currently developing, and is there hope for more affordable modules?
Bild: Sergei Starostin / Pexels · Pexels LizenzApple now offers an official leasing program in the USA for Macs, iPads, Watches, and iPhones – including flexible terms of 24 and 36 months.
Bild: Nicolas Foster / Pexels · Pexels LizenzOpenAI CEO Sam Altman explains that AI systems have now surpassed the technological singularity – a milestone with far-reaching consequences for hardware and software development.
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A recently discovered prototype of the Nvidia RTX Spark laptop shows promising performance but also reveals typical teething problems of an early development stage.
Bild: Ahmed Lishane / Pexels · Pexels LizenzAcer offers the Swift Go 16 AI, an affordable OLED laptop for 699 US dollars, which is especially suitable for pupils and students.
Bild: Ahmed Lishane / Pexels · Pexels LizenzThe Framework Laptop 13 Pro sets new standards in modularity and sustainability, combined with a bright display and improved performance.
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MMO mice with numerous buttons are no longer just interesting for gamers but also offer significant advantages in everyday work for automation and efficiency enhancement.
Bild: Helena Lopes / Pexels · Pexels LizenzMoonshot AI makes the weights of its new AI model Kimi-K3 freely available, offering a powerful alternative to OpenAI and Anthropic that also runs significantly more resource-efficiently.
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More than 30 companies join forces in the Open Secure AI Alliance to develop open AI models and security tools – without participation from OpenAI, Google, and Anthropic.
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Zeiss Semiconductor Manufacturing Technology is expanding its production capacities in Oberkochen, creating around 25,000 square meters of new space for semiconductor manufacturing.
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Bild: Nicolas Foster / Pexels · Pexels LizenzThe XFX Radeon RX 9070 XT is currently available with a $90 discount, offering the cheapest opportunity of the summer for AMD's RDNA 4 flagship graphics card.
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Microsoft has significantly increased the minimum and recommended system requirements for Minecraft Java Edition to ensure the game's performance and future viability.
Bild: Andrey Matveev / Pexels · Pexels LizenzNew DRAM modules from CXMT in China are on the market, but their prices still align with established manufacturers and disappoint savings hopes.
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A new open-source project enables the construction of a portable MRI device using 3D printing technology for less than 7% of the cost of a conventional large-scale system.
Bild: RDNE Stock project / Pexels · Pexels LizenzA research team has constructed a novel liquid computer from hundreds of tiny particles, which is currently still significantly more error-prone than established memristor technologies.
Bild: Nicolas Foster / Pexels · Pexels LizenzThe Dell 14S offers a high-quality design and battery life of over 20 hours – an attractive alternative to more expensive models like the XPS 14.
Bild: Ahmed Lishane / Pexels · Pexels LizenzGeekom updates the A9 Max mini-PC with AMD’s latest Ryzen AI 9 HX470 and a redesigned cooling system that combines performance and efficiency in a compact case.
Bild: Nicolas Foster / Pexels · Pexels LizenzIntel reports a 25% year-over-year revenue increase and plans the mass production of its 14A chip technology for 2028 – an important step for the semiconductor industry.
Bild: Nicolas Foster / Pexels · Pexels LizenzGeekbench 7 receives a major update with realistic CPU tests, new media workloads, AI benchmarks, and support for Nvidia CUDA GPUs.
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AMD and Cerebras collaborate to create a powerful infrastructure for low-latency AI inference by combining EPYC processors with the Wafer-Scale Engine.
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The new semiconductor company TYLsemi secures $43 million in startup capital to offer custom chiplets and multi-tile processors at competitive costs.
Bild: Tima Miroshnichenko / Pexels · Pexels LizenzAMD introduces the powerful Instinct MI455X AI accelerator, which, thanks to CDNA 5 and the Helios Rack-Scale Architecture, directly competes with Nvidia in data centers.
Bild: panumas nikhomkhai / Pexels · Pexels LizenzAMD expands its portfolio with the X100 series, specifically designed for robotics and physical AI, combining Zen 5 CPU and RDNA 3.5 GPU cores.
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With USB4 Version 2 and Thunderbolt 5, new standards are ready that push the physical limits of copper cables and will shape connection technology in the coming years.
Bild: Brett Sayles / Pexels · Pexels LizenzAMD will equip Anthropic with 2 gigawatts of its Instinct MI450 GPUs and invest up to 5 billion US dollars in the AI developer Claude.
Bild: Nicolas Foster / Pexels · Pexels LizenzMicrosoft expands Xbox backward compatibility to PCs and handheld devices, allowing gamers to enjoy classic Xbox titles across platforms.
Bild: Mike M / Pexels · Pexels LizenzNvidia CEO Jensen Huang opposes calls from Washington to ban American firms from using Chinese AI models and emphasizes the benefits of open AI models for security and innovation.
Bild: Brett Sayles / Pexels · Pexels LizenzFramework significantly raises prices for 32GB and 64GB RAM modules in the Laptop 13 Pro due to increased supplier costs, affecting preorders.
Bild: Nicolas Foster / Pexels · Pexels LizenzNvidia has already shipped hundreds of thousands of Grace standalone servers and is increasingly shifting focus to CPUs for agentic AI applications in data centers.
Bild: panumas nikhomkhai / Pexels · Pexels LizenzNvidia reveals details about the Vera CPU with the new Olympus architecture and publishes initial benchmark results highlighting its performance for AI workloads in data centers.
Bild: panumas nikhomkhai / Pexels · Pexels LizenzNvidia presents the Rubin architecture with new optimizations that significantly increase the performance and energy efficiency of GPUs in AI inference tasks.
Bild: Nicolas Foster / Pexels · Pexels LizenzAn Amazon data center in Bahrain was severely damaged by Iranian cruise missiles after being targeted in response to alleged US strikes on an Iranian nuclear facility.
Bild: panumas nikhomkhai / Pexels · Pexels LizenzNvidia introduces DLSS 5, offering developers three AI upscaling models that adapt in real time to different levels of detail.
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The Logitech G Pro X2 Superstrike gaming mouse impresses with innovative Hall effect switches and extremely fast response times – currently available with an attractive discount of 54 US dollars.
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Samsung begins mass production of VESA DisplayHDR True Black 1400 OLED displays with up to 1,600 nits brightness for laptops, supplying major manufacturers like Lenovo, Asus, Dell, and MSI.
Bild: Bhavishya :) / Pexels · Pexels LizenzMicrosoft relies on AMD's Helios Rack-Scale AI Accelerator to significantly boost AI performance in Azure and create new opportunities for developers and businesses.
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