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User accidentally gains control of over 6,700 robot vacuums while tinkering with their own device to enable control with a PlayStation controller - security flaw reveals floor plans and live video feeds

• User accidentally gains control of over 6,700 robot vacuums while tinkering with their own device to enable control with a PlayStation controller - security flaw reveals floor pl

Grab this $8.99 TP-Link gigabit Ethernet switch before it sells out - compact 5-port unmanaged switch offers instant wired LAN expansion and silent operation for 4K streaming and gaming

• Grab this $8.99 TP-Link gigabit Ethernet switch before it sells out - compact 5-port unmanaged switch offers instant wired LAN expansion and silent operation for 4K streaming and

NASA Return to Venus Depends on New Class of Ceramic Sensor

• To survive Venus, NASA is returning to advanced ceramic sensors that can operate where conventional silicon electronics rapidly fail. • The post NASA Return to Venus Depends on N

Rethinking Beam Management: Generalization Limits Under Hardware Heterogeneity

• Computer Science > Networking and Internet Architecture [Submitted on 20 Feb 2026] Title:Rethinking Beam Management: Generalization Limits Under Hardware Heterogeneity View PDF H

55 years ago, the first computer search warrant was issued - in February 1971, a Santa Clara judge authorized police to seize punch cards and a 'computer memory bank'

• 55 years ago, the first computer search warrant was issued - in February 1971, a Santa Clara judge authorized police to seize punch cards and a ‘computer memory bank’ Authorities

Hands-on: G'AIM'E 30th Anniversary Time Crisis Light Gun Game

• Hands-on: G’AIM’E 30th Anniversary Time Crisis Light Gun Game Aiming for your nostalgia Get Tom’s Hardware’s best news and in-depth reviews, straight to your inbox. • You are now

MIT-developed 3D printer can output a fully functional electric motor in a single process - team only needed to magnetize the linear motor after printing, motors cost just 50 cents each

• MIT-developed 3D printer can output a fully functional electric motor in a single process - team only needed to magnetize the linear motor after printing, motors cost just 50 cen

Be quiet! Silent Loop 3 420 review: Performance cooling with minimal noise

• Tom’s Hardware Verdict Be Quiet’s Silent Loop 3 420 outperforms most 360mm AIOs, while running quieter than the competition. • Pros +Strong cooling performance Strong cooling per

Sam Altman fires back at Elon Musk's proposal for space-based data centers, says orbiting data centers 'ridiculous' for now - cites high failure rates and cost as primary limiters

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Akasa launches its latest-generation fanless Mini-ITX case - Euler CMX supports modern Intel Core Ultra processors up to 35W TDP and standard mini-ITX mobos

• Akasa launches its latest-generation fanless Mini-ITX case - Euler CMX supports modern Intel Core Ultra processors up to 35W TDP and standard mini-ITX mobos It’s time to upgrade

AI energy efficiency comparisons 'unfair' bleats Sam Altman, citing amount of energy needed to evolve, then train a human - one 'takes like 20 years of life and all of the food you eat during that time before you get smart' he argues

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Computer History Museum unveils comically large-scale rendition of the 1986 Apple Macintosh Plus - 'Big Mac' celebrates 50th Apple anniversary towering all-in-one's keyboard looks disproportionately huge today

• Computer History Museum unveils comically large-scale rendition of the 1986 Apple Macintosh Plus - ‘Big Mac’ celebrates 50th Apple anniversary towering all-in-one’s keyboard look

Dell's new prebuilt PC has special custom power connector for Nvidia GPU - even large OEMs apparently fear the 16-pin power connector meltdowns

• Dell’s new prebuilt PC has special custom power connector for Nvidia GPU - even large OEMs apparently fear the 16-pin power connector meltdowns It’s still user error, right? • Ge

Intel shifts customer support to AI-powered assistant after scaling back phone support - 'Ask Intel' system built on Microsoft Copilot Studio

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You can log into 28 vintage computer systems in your browser for free, thanks to the Interim Computer Museum - Experience legendary OSes, architectures, programming languages, and games

• You can log into 28 vintage computer systems in your browser for free, thanks to the Interim Computer Museum - Experience legendary OSes, architectures, programming languages, an

Retail DDR5 memory prices slowly drop in Europe despite ongoing shortages - overdue pricing correction could be beginning in some regions

• Retail DDR5 memory prices slowly drop in Europe despite ongoing shortages - overdue pricing correction could be beginning in some regions Or rather showing signs of a drop? • Get

Nvidia's Chinese competitor Moore Threads beats it to launching a laptop featuring custom 12-core Arm chip - 'MTT AI Book' can run Windows, seems to have adopted Arm before Nvidia's N1X

• Nvidia’s Chinese competitor Moore Threads beats it to launching a laptop featuring custom 12-core Arm chip - ‘MTT AI Book’ can run Windows, seems to have adopted Arm before Nvidi

Colorado could ban 3D printers not under its surveillance to prevent creating gun parts - fourth state to propose new bans is expanding firearms laws to regulate digital files

• Colorado proposes bill to ban 3D printers not monitored, targeting ghost gun production. • Bill would criminalize possession of digital gun instructions and distribution as misde

Colorado law could force surveillance for 3D printers to prevent use for making gun parts - fourth state to propose new bans is expanding firearms laws to regulate digital files

• Colorado law could force surveillance for 3D printers to prevent use for making gun parts - fourth state to propose new bans is expanding firearms laws to regulate digital files

27-inch 1440p curved gaming beast is now 40% off - Samsung Odyssey G55C falls $9 short of historic low

• 27-inch 1440p curved gaming beast is now 40% off - Samsung Odyssey G55C falls $9 short of historic low Great value for anyone looking at a budget curved gaming monitor. • Get Tom

Steam Deck shortage goes global - Valve's handheld console now out of stock in Europe, Canada, the US, and Japan

• Steam Deck out of stock worldwide, including Europe, Canada, US, Japan. • Shortage caused by memory and storage chip shortages from AI boom. • Valve confirms lack of DDR5 and NAN

AMD Zen 6 and Intel Nova Lake CPUs reportedly arriving late, delayed to CES 2027 - next-gen chips rocked by industry turmoil

• AMD Zen 6 and Intel Nova Lake CPUs reportedly arriving late, delayed to CES 2027 - next-gen chips rocked by industry turmoil Zen 6 and Nova Lake are supposed to release this year

Intel Bartlett Lake-S CPUs reportedly wield 12 blazing P-cores and 5.8 GHz boost - turbocharged chips that will not make it to retail

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Lenovo alerts partners to looming price hikes on consumer and server products - soaring memory costs drive the surge

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Corsair Makr Pro 75 Review: Not DIY-priced (or DIY)

• Tom’s Hardware Verdict The Makr Pro 75 is a well-built, premium magnetic switch board, but an enthusiast board with similar features will feel and sound better and cost less. • P

Data center developers building private natural gas 'Shadow Grid' power plants to sidestep strained grids - off-grid GW Ranch project in Texas will reportedly use as much power as Chicago

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India joins America-led Pax Silica supply chain effort to build semiconductor talent and reduce reliance on China - agreement spans from rare earths to chipmaking tools

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Creator of Window's Task Manager shows off 'probably what Task Manager would look like if I were still around' - Tempest AI's retro-futuristic dashboard code shared to Github

• Creator of Window’s Task Manager shows off ‘probably what Task Manager would look like if I were still around’ - Tempest AI’s retro-futuristic dashboard code shared to Github Ima

Hands-on with Cooler Master's Cosmos Alpha full-tower chassis - sliding, configurable interior makes for lots of possibilities

• Hands-on with Cooler Master’s Cosmos Alpha full-tower chassis - sliding, configurable interior makes for lots of possibilities Near-endless configuration options in a stylish, mo

Wikipedia officially blacklists all links to Archive Today over bizarre DDOS attack and manipulated archives - website operator caught tweaking their own archive

• Wikipedia officially blacklists all links to Archive Today over bizarre DDOS attack and manipulated archives - website operator caught tweaking their own archive Vendetta against

'Mad scientist' visualizes Atari 2600 fetching data from ROM for mesmerizing light show - signal propagation through the 8-bit circuits animated

• ‘Mad scientist’ visualizes Atari 2600 fetching data from ROM for mesmerizing light show - signal propagation through the 8-bit circuits animated The view provided is from CMOS FE

Several PC games run on Snapdragon 8 Elite Android device with 16GB RAM and emulation - The Witcher 3, Spider-Man: Miles Morales, and Cyberpunk 2077 playable at 720p

• Several PC games run on Snapdragon 8 Elite Android device with 16GB RAM and emulation - The Witcher 3, Spider-Man: Miles Morales, and Cyberpunk 2077 playable at 720p PC gaming ha

Linux 7.0 Lands More AMDGPU Fixes For Old Radeon Hardware

• Linux 7.0 Lands More AMDGPU Fixes For Old Radeon Hardware Following last week’s main set of DRM kernel graphics driver feature updates for Linux 7.0, merged on Friday to Linux 7.

27 years after launch, Apple's decades-old iBook lineup can still get legacy updates from the company's servers - 21-year-old iBook G4 seamlessly connects to Wi-Fi, downloads updates with no mods

• 27 years after launch, Apple’s decades-old iBook lineup can still get legacy updates from the company’s servers - 21-year-old iBook G4 seamlessly connects to Wi-Fi, downloads upd

Electric Jeep With Modified Prius Hardware

• On the list of cars widely regarded as the most reliable vehicles ever built, up there with the Toyota Land Cruiser, the Honda Civic, and the Mercedes W123 diesels, is the unassu

AI craze leaves only one Nvidia RTX 50-series GPU at MSRP - RTX 5060 Ti 8GB makes the final stand, as even the RTX 5050 falls

• AI craze leaves only one Nvidia RTX 50-series GPU at MSRP - RTX 5060 Ti 8GB makes the final stand, as even the RTX 5050 falls Get Tom’s Hardware’s best news and in-depth reviews,

Supreme Court Overturns Trump Tariff Regime

Court blocks executive overreach on tariffs, enforcing a supply‑chain reset across industries. Decision triggers a budget crisis over billions in refunds, straining fiscal policy.

The great Bench GPU retest begins - how we're testing for our GPU Hierarchy in 2026, and why upscaling and framegen are still out

• The great Bench GPU retest begins - how we’re testing for our GPU Hierarchy in 2026, and why upscaling and framegen are still out It’s time to test. • Here’s how the sausage is m

U.S. Supreme Court shoots down President Trump's tariffs - Consumer Technology Association hails 'victory for all Americans,' calls for swift refunds to retailers

• Supreme Court shoots down President Trump’s tariffs - Consumer Technology Association hails ‘victory for all Americans,’ calls for swift refunds to retailers The White House is l

U.S. Supreme Court shoots down President Trump's tariffs - Consumer Technology Association hails 'victory for all Americans,' calls for swift refunds to retailers (update)

• Supreme Court shoots down President Trump’s tariffs - Consumer Technology Association hails ‘victory for all Americans,’ calls for swift refunds to retailers The White House is l

Microsoft's Project Silica write-once storage could store terabytes of data for over 10,000 years - company explores two physical glass storage methods, so the glass-clad future of storage isn't coming anytime soon

• Microsoft’s Project Silica write-once storage could store terabytes of data for over 10,000 years - company explores two physical glass storage methods, so the glass-clad future

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 (Update)

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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

• 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

AWS outages caused by AI coding bot blunder, report claims

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Multiple AWS outages caused by AI coding bot blunder, report claims - Amazon says both incidents were 'user error'

• AWS faced two outages caused by AI coding bots erasing environments, leading to 13‑hour disruptions. • The December incident affected a single service in mainland China, while th

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

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Zuckerberg cuts Meta employee bonuses by 5%, follows 10% reduction last year, despite AI splurge - $130 billion capex vision and eye-watering AI pay packages force efficiency elsewhere in the business

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Discipline Will Keep Memory Market Tight

• Post‑AI market shift may constrain DRAM supply. • Manufacturers anticipate tighter inventory and pricing pressures. • Demand for high‑performance memory remains strong. • Supply

Samsung Galaxy Book6 Ultra review: Premium creator pick

• Tom’s Hardware Verdict Creators and power users seeking maximum performance and style will do well with Samsung’s Galaxy Book6 Ultra. • Powerful performance, a dedicated Nvidia '

$20 million lost in 'jackpotting' ATM malware attacks in 2025, FBI reports - scheme forces machines to spit out cash, targets banks and ATM operators

• $20 million lost in ‘jackpotting’ ATM malware attacks in 2025, FBI reports - scheme forces machines to spit out cash, targets banks and ATM operators This malware essentially tak

UALink roadmap plots course to optimized AI data center interconnects - examining the open standard designed to combat vendor lock-in while offering cost and performance optimization

• UALink roadmap plots course to optimized AI data center interconnects - examining the open standard designed to combat vendor lock-in while offering cost and performance optimiza

The Morning After: What to expect from Apple's March 4 hardware event

• Trending: Apple event on March 4: What to expect Hands-on with Google’s Pixel 10a Tesla drops ‘Autopilot’ upsell in California Samsung Galaxy Unpacked 2026 is Feb. • 25 iPhone Fo

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

• 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 System

This iBuyPower gaming PC with a 7800X3D and RTX 5070 Ti is an absolute steal for just $1,999 right now - huge $450 saving on this 4K-capable rig with 32GB of DDR5 RAM and a 1TB SSD

• This iBuyPower gaming PC with a 7800X3D and RTX 5070 Ti is an absolute steal for just $1,999 right now - huge $450 saving on this 4K-capable rig with 32GB of DDR5 RAM and a 1TB S

Corsair's new 'Vault' series FRAME 4000D cases have color-shifting paintjobs - Priced at $140, these limited-edition towers also feature upgraded front panel I/O

• Corsair’s new ‘Vault’ series FRAME 4000D cases have color-shifting paintjobs - Priced at $140, these limited-edition towers also feature upgraded front panel I/O Comes in two col

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

• 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’

The state of China's decade-long semiconductor push: still a decade behind, despite hundreds of billions spent and significant progress - examining the original 'Made in China 2025' initiative

• The state of China’s decade-long semiconductor push: still a decade behind, despite hundreds of billions spent and significant progress - examining the original ‘Made in China 20

After 17 years, Minecraft Java Edition starts replacing OpenGL with a Vulkan multi-threaded renderer - update will prove a boon for performance and modding

• After 17 years, Minecraft Java Edition starts replacing OpenGL with a Vulkan multi-threaded renderer - update will prove a boon for performance and modding Vibrant Visuals update

India Deep Tech Alliance Announces $2.5B Investment

Alliance pledges $2.5B to fund deep‑tech startups across India, driving innovation and job creation. Focus on scalable, globally competitive products that meet market demand, attra

D-Wave Integrates into SQC to Drive Regional Quantum Hardware Deployment

• D-Wave Quantum Inc.(NYSE: QBTS) has been named an inaugural member of theSoutheastern Quantum Collaborative (SQC), joining a consortium that includes theUniversity of Alabama in