Valve makes almost $50 million per employee, raking in more cash per person than Google, Amazon, or Microsoft — gaming giant's 350 employees on track to generate $17 billion this year

https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/pc-gaming/valve-makes-almost-usd50-million-per-employee-raking-in-more-cash-per-person-than-google-amazon-or-microsoft-gaming-giants-350-employees-on-track-to-generate-usd17-billion-this-year

Titan Army P2712V 27-inch dual-mode 4K gaming monitor review: Solid performance and value

https://www.tomshardware.com/monitors/gaming-monitors/titan-army-p2712v-27-inch-dual-mode-4k-gaming-monitor-review

Large-capacity microSD cards are now regularly out of stock in Japan as storage crunch claims another victim — high-capacity HDDs are also vanishing

https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/microsd-cards/large-capacity-microsd-cards-are-now-regularly-out-of-stock-in-japan-as-storage-crunch-claims-another-victim-high-capacity-hdds-are-also-vanishing

Retro computing enthusiast creates perforated tape reader designed 'from scratch' — reads data at about 50 bytes per second

https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/storage/retro-computing-enthusiast-creates-perforated-tape-reader-designed-from-scratch-reads-data-at-about-50-bytes-per-second

DragonFire laser shoots down high‑speed drones traveling at 400mph, costs $13 per shot — UK Navy to begin deploying system on destroyers

https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/uk-dragonfire-laser-downs-high-speed-drones

Best Black Friday tech deals live 2025 — best tech and PC hardware deals on GPUs, CPUs, SSDs, and more

https://www.tomshardware.com/live/news/black-friday-tech-pc-deals-live-2025

Huge 28TB Seagate external HDD just hit an all-time low price — data hoarder's dream Black Friday storage upgrade for less than $11 per TB

https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/external-hdds/huge-28tb-seagate-external-hdd-is-a-data-hoarders-dream-and-just-hit-an-all-time-low-grab-this-massive-black-friday-storage-upgrade-for-less-than-usd11-per-tb

ASML allegedly offered to spy on China for the US — company proposed being “Washington’s eyes and ears in China” after breaking gentlemen’s agreement on limiting DUV sales to country, says new book

https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/big-tech/asml-allegedly-offered-to-spy-on-china-for-the-us-company-proposed-being-washingtons-eyes-and-ears-in-china-after-breaking-gentlemens-agreement-on-limiting-duv-sales-to-country-says-new-book

Frustrated users paid $2,000 dollars to fix Lenovo Legion ‘speakers not working properly’ error by posting a bug bounty — coder wins the cash by fixing complex audio annoyance eliminated in just a month

https://www.tomshardware.com/software/linux/frustrated-users-paid-usd2-000-dollars-to-fix-lenovo-legion-speakers-not-working-properly-error-by-posting-a-bug-bounty-coder-wins-the-cash-by-fixing-complex-audio-annoyance-eliminated-in-just-a-month

The industry skipped from IPv4 to IPv6, leaving IPv5 and the Internet Stream Protocol to the annals of history — a data streaming experiment rendered unnecessary by broadband

https://www.tomshardware.com/networking/ipv5-and-the-internet-stream-protocol-a-data-streaming-experiment-rendered-unnecessary-by-broadband

The Winnebiko travelled 17,000 miles to complete the Computing Across America expedition 40 years ago — solar and 1980s portable gadgets powered digital nomadism in its earliest and purest form

https://www.tomshardware.com/laptops/the-winnebiko-travelled-17-000-miles-to-complete-the-computing-across-america-expedition-40-years-ago-solar-and-1980s-portable-gadgets-powered-digital-nomadism-in-its-earliest-and-purest-form

Supersized chip family gathers for the 54th anniversary of the Intel 4004 CPU — 4001 ROM, 4002 RAM, and 4003 shift registers feature in a reconstructed Busicom calculator build

https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/supersized-family-gathers-for-the-intel-4004-cpu-anniversary-4001-rom-4002-ram-and-4003-shift-registers-feature-in-a-reconstructed-busicom-calculator-build

Pamper your Switch 2 with a 25% discount on storage upgrade — save up to $25 on Samsung P9 microSD Express cards

https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/microsd-cards/pamper-your-switch-2-with-a-25-percent-discount-on-storage-upgrade-save-up-to-usd25-on-samsung-p9-microsd-express-cards

Employee quits job over an Nvidia RTX 5060 — intern asked to hand in GPU won on an all-expense-paid business trip, refused

https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/gpus/employee-quits-job-over-an-nvidia-rtx-5060-intern-asked-to-hand-in-gpu-won-on-an-all-expense-paid-business-trip-refused

AMD ditches 'FidelityFX' in favor of apparently-meaningless 'FSR' branding, Fluid Motion Frames also renamed to FMF

https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/gpus/amd-ditches-fidelityfx-in-favor-of-apparently-meaningless-fsr-branding-fluid-motion-frames-also-renamed-to-fmf

Snapdragon X1 Elite Linux laptop cancelled due to performance concerns — Linux PC maker says Qualcomm CPU is ‘less suitable for Linux than expected’

https://www.tomshardware.com/software/linux/snapdragon-x1-elite-linux-laptop-cancelled-due-to-performance-concerns-linux-pc-maker-says-qualcomm-is-less-suitable-for-linux-than-expected

Steam Machine can transform into Portal Companion Cube with custom skin — dot matrix and E Ink faceplates will also be available

https://www.tomshardware.com/desktops/gaming-pcs/steam-machine-can-transform-into-portal-companion-cube-with-custom-skin-dot-matrix-and-e-ink-faceplates-will-also-be-available

Intel's upcoming Panther Lake CPUs tested ahead of launch — alleged Core Ultra 3 SKU with 10 cores and 16GB RAM surfaces in leaks

https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/intels-upcoming-panther-lake-cpus-tested-ahead-of-launch-alleged-core-ultra-3-sku-with-10-cores-and-16gb-ram-surfaces-in-leaks

Homeland Security thinks Chinese firm's Bitcoin mining chips could be used for espionage or to sabotage the power grid — Bitmain probed by U.S. gov't over national security concerns

https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/cryptomining/homeland-security-thinks-chinese-firms-bitcoin-mining-chips-could-be-used-for-espionage-or-to-sabotage-the-power-grid-bitmain-probed-by-u-s-govt-over-national-security-concerns

Best Black Friday laptop PC deals 2025 — deals from Amazon, Dell, Lenovo, and others

https://www.tomshardware.com/desktops/best-laptop-pc-deals-productivity