Popular camera company dishes out gold keycaps worth up to $45,000 to top employees — more than 50 prizes given out by Insta360

https://www.tomshardware.com/peripherals/keycaps/popular-camera-company-dishes-out-gold-keycaps-worth-up-to-usd45-000-to-top-employees-more-than-50-prizes-given-out-by-insta360

Hardware hacker installs Minecraft server on a cheap smart lightbulb — single 192 MHz RISC-V core with 276KB of RAM, enough to run tiny 90K byte world

https://www.tomshardware.com/maker-stem/microcontrollers/hardware-hacker-installs-minecraft-server-on-a-cheap-smart-lightbulb-single-192-mhz-risc-v-core-with-276kb-of-ram-enough-to-run-tiny-90k-byte-world

Biwin NV7200 2TB SSD Review: The Budget Winner

https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/ssds/biwin-nv7200-2tb-ssd-review

Micron delays New York chipmaking fabs by five years, but accelerates second fab in Idaho and reallocates CHIPS Act funding

https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/dram/microns-new-york-chipmaking-fabs-by-five-years-but-accelerates-second-fab-in-idaho-and-reallocates-chips-act-funding

Hoto's epic mini electric screwdriver set with 12 bits drops to less than £30 — this half-price kit is perfect for PC building and DIY

https://www.tomshardware.com/desktops/pc-building/hotos-epic-mini-electric-screwdriver-set-with-12-bits-drops-to-less-than-gbp30-this-half-price-kit-is-perfect-for-pc-building-and-diy

Silicon Valley data centers totalling nearly 100MW could 'sit empty for years' due to lack of power — huge installations are idle because Santa Clara can't cope with surging electricity demands

https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/data-centers-in-nvidias-hometown-sit-idle-as-grid-struggles-to-keep-up

Only $399 for the Bambu Lab P1S 3D printer — an all-time low price in its early Black Friday sales blowout

https://www.tomshardware.com/3d-printing/only-usd399-for-the-bambu-lab-p1s-3d-printer-an-all-time-low-price-in-its-early-black-friday-sales-blowout

Nvidia's Jensen Huang upstaged at TSMC annual Sports Day by TSMC-branded sneakers — CEO's 'Made In Taiwan' footwear is the talk of the town

https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/nvidias-jensen-huang-upstaged-at-tsmc-annual-sports-day-by-tsmc-branded-sneakers-ceos-made-in-taiwan-footwear-is-the-talk-of-the-town

Seasonic G12 GC-750 750W power supply review

https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/power-supplies/seasonic-g12-gc-750-750w-power-supply-review

AMD Ryzen 5 3600 with Wraith Stealth Cooler drops to all-time low $67 on Amazon

https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/amd-ryzen-5-3600-with-wraith-stealth-cooler-drops-to-all-time-low-usd67-on-amazon

Microsoft announces first test build for Windows 11 26H1, aimed at 'specific silicon' — Rumor mill suggests first "H1" release in Windows 11's history might be reserved for upcoming Arm PCs

https://www.tomshardware.com/software/windows/microsoft-announces-first-test-build-for-windows-11-26h1-aimed-at-nvidia-n1x-and-snapdragon-x2-first-h1-release-in-windows-11s-history-is-reserved-for-armpcs

AMD’s rare PlayStation 5 APU-based BC-250 mining board resurfaces for $120 and can actually run Cyberpunk 2077

https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/playstation/amds-rare-playstation-5-apu-based-bc-250-mining-board-resurfaces-for-usd120-and-can-actually-run-cyberpunk-2077

The 'Phantom' claims to be the world's first transparent computer monitor, touts 5,000 nits of HDR brightness — 24-inch 4K panel from Virtual Instruments launches Q4

https://www.tomshardware.com/monitors/the-phantom-claims-to-be-the-worlds-first-transparent-computer-monitor-touts-5-000-nits-of-hdr-brightness-24-inch-4k-panel-from-virtual-instruments-launches-q4

Bank of America sued over not paying workers for PC boot up time in proposed class action lawsuit

https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/bank-of-america-sued-over-unpaid-boot-up-time

Computer technician refurbs GPU clogged with tar and nicotine from 17 years of use by a smoker — 'I am not blowing on that; I’m getting cancer from this' says repair tech

https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/gpus/computer-technician-refurbs-gpu-clogged-with-tar-and-nicotine-from-years-of-use-by-a-smoker-i-am-not-blowing-on-that-im-getting-cancer-from-this-says-repair-tech

25 years ago today, Microsoft released DirectX 8 and changed PC graphics forever — How programmable shaders laid the groundwork for the future of modern GPU rendering

https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/gpus/25-years-ago-today-microsoft-released-directx-8-and-changed-pc-graphics-forever-how-programmable-shaders-laid-the-groundwork-for-the-future-of-modern-gpu-rendering

Clean-sheet open source 8-bit console surprisingly preparing for launch in 2025 — the GameTank uses twin 6502 processors instead of FPGAs or microcontrollers

https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/retro-gaming/clean-sheet-open-source-8-bit-console-surprisingly-preparing-for-launch-in-2025-the-gametank-uses-twin-6502-processors-instead-of-fpgas-or-microcontrollers

Corsair Sabre v2 Pro review: 36g but maybe too lightweight on features

https://www.tomshardware.com/peripherals/gaming-mice/corsair-sabre-v2-pro-review

The world's ‘tiniest GPU’ heads to production — 200,000-transistor TinyGPU v2.0 can render gamepad-manipulated 3D images with up to 1K triangles in real-time

https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/gpus/the-worlds-tiniest-gpu-heads-to-production-200-000-200-000-transistor-tinygpu-v2-0-can-render-gamepad-manipulated-3d-images-with-up-to-1k-triangles-in-real-time

Hard drives on backorder for two years as AI data centers trigger HDD shortage — delays forcing rapid transition to QLC SSDs

https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/hdds/ai-triggers-hard-drive-shortage-amidst-dram-squeeze-enterprise-hard-drives-on-backorder-by-2-years-as-hyperscalers-switch-to-qlc-ssds