Tom's Hardware 14 min ago

Alienware AW3426DW gaming monitor review: Premium gaming and OLED goodness in a value-priced package

Alienware delivers value from a 34-inch ultra-wide OLED with the AW3426DW. This WQHD curved screen sports Quantum Dot wide gamut color, HDR500, Dolby Vision,...

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Tom's Hardware 20 min ago

Save 32% on this Samsung 1440p gaming monitor with a fast 240Hz refresh rate, now $169 — score this 27-inch IPS display upgrade with a fast 200Hz refresh rate for your gaming PC with an $80 discount

This 27-inch Samsung Odyssey G53F gaming monitor is on sale for $169.99 right now, offering a 1440p resolution and fast 200Hz refresh rate at a great price.

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Tom's Hardware 26 min ago

AMD's upcoming Zen 6 Medusa Point 10-core APU pops up on Geekbench — chip is faster than Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 & even Ryzen AI Max+ 395

A new 10-core engineering sample from AMD has surfaced on Geekbench, being identified as part of the Medusa Point family. It's likely the Ryzen AI 9 565 and ...

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Tom's Hardware 31 min ago

Elon Musk receives FTC greenlight to buy Mesh Optical as interconnects emerge as AI's tightest bottleneck — the move will expand Musk's growing stack of critical AI infrastructure

FTC clearance to acquire Mesh Optical hands Musk the missing layer between Terafab's chips and Gigasat's satellites, amid tightening interconnect AI bottleneck

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Tom's Hardware 1 hr ago

New hack exploits AI hallucinations to trick agents into running malicious code — 'HalluSquatting' attack exploits a fundamental weakness in every available model

Attackers can exploit how AI bots hallucinate software URLs to create massive botnets. The vulnerability is endemic to every model.

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Tom's Hardware 2 hr ago

Future Nostalgia Project asks retro hoarders to ‘Copy That Floppy!’ — flips the early 1990s anti-piracy campaign on its head to encourage budding archivists

Flipping the infamous early 1990s anti-piracy campaign messaging on its head, the Future Nostalgia Project is asking retro hoarders to Copy That Floppy!

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Tom's Hardware 2 hr ago

Save $60 on this Hoto DIY and PC maintenance bundle with electric screwdriver and 4-in-1 air duster — just $89 for popular USB-C rechargeable driver with 25 bits, along with a separate blower and vacuum cleaner to keep your setup clean

Save nearly $61 on this two-for-one Hoto combo deal at Amazon right now, giving you the NEX O1 Pro mini electric screwdriver set with 25 bits with its AutoCa...

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Tom's Hardware 2 hr ago

AMD EXPO ULL shows middling performance gains in initial tests despite eye-watering price increase — first benchmarks show up to a 4% improvement with DDR5-6000 CL36

The first independent benchmarks for AMD's EXPO ULL memory are available, showing just up to a 4% improvement despite an increase in price.

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Tom's Hardware 2 hr ago

AI servers will consume more power than all conventional data center hardware combined by 2027 — global data center electricity consumption set to grow by 26% this year, Gartner forecasts

Global data center electricity consumption will grow 26% in 2026 to reach 565 TWh, up from 447 TWh in 2025.

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Tom's Hardware 3 hr ago

Chinese courts allow heirs to inherit accounts of deceased gamers — multiple cases spanning years establish precedent for digital ownership of games, in-game items, and microtransactions

A Reddit user named u/Slawrfp shared on the r/pcmasterrace subreddit that Chinese courts have allowed heirs to inherit games and other digital assets after t...

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Tom's Hardware 20 hr ago

Rapidus fab roadmap examined — first new leading-edge chipmaker in decades has one Hokkaido fab, a 2027 deadline, and 60 potential customers

Rapidus is building Japan's entire return to leading-edge logic on one fab in Chitose, Hokkaido.

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Tom's Hardware 21 hr ago

China alleges that Claude Code contains backdoors, calls mechanism 'a serious threat' — Gov't claims Claude sends sensitive information to remote servers without consent

China is warning against the use of Claude Code versions released between April and June 2026 after it's revealed that hidden code is sending sensitive user ...

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