China moves into manufacturing disruptive new semiconductor glass substrates as processor packaging competition intensifies
Premium Glass wafer materials are emerging as a potential and viable alternative to their more conventional, aged organic counterparts.
AMD CES 2026 gaming trends press Q&A roundtable transcript — 'we see a little bit of an uptick in the percentage of AM4 versus AM5 platforms'
Premium We sat down with AMD at CES 2026 for a roundtable Q&A all about consumer products for gaming. We cover the full transcript of the press-only session right here.
Ongoing trade war has TSMC and Taiwan stuck between a rock and a hard place
Premium The ongoing trade war puts Taiwan and TSMC in a difficult position. As negotiations continue, the country risks giving up its most precious commodity, the might of TSMC.
ASML projects $71 billion in revenue by 2030, as demand for EUV lithography machines intensifies due to AI boom
Premium ASML is on track to boost its annual sales to up to $71 billion by 2030 as demand for EUV tools set records.
Reviews
Audeze Maxwell 2 Review: Maxwell 1.5?
The Maxwell 2 is the second iteration of Audeze's impressive planar magnetic gaming headset, and it's very similar to the original. Maybe too similar.
Acer Predator X34 OLED 34-inch WQHD 240 Hz gaming monitor review: Ultra-wide and ultra-fast
Acer delivers solid value to the 34-inch ultra-wide category with its Predator X34 OLED.
TeamGroup NV5000 2TB SSD Review: A Blast from the Past
The TeamGroup NV5000 is a storage device first and an SSD second. It fulfills the function that older SSDs did and without using any truly new hardware.
CPUs
Intel ties AMD for most reliable CPUs in 2025 system builder report — Nvidia's Founders Edition GPUs dominate with the lowest failure rates
Puget System just released its annual reliability report for 2025, noting which computer components suffered the least number of failures in testing and deployment.
Graphics Cards
GPU price tracking 2026: Lowest price on every graphics card from Nvidia, AMD, and Intel today
Check the best prices on Nvidia RTX and AMD Radeon graphics cards.
Features
AMD CES 2026 gaming trends press Q&A roundtable transcript — 'we see a little bit of an uptick in the percentage of AM4 versus AM5 platforms'
Premium We sat down with AMD at CES 2026 for a roundtable Q&A all about consumer products for gaming. We cover the full transcript of the press-only session right here.
AMD ROCm CES 2026 press Q&A roundtable transcript — 'ROCm from 2023 is completely unrecognizable to ROCm today' company details, as it seeks to break down barriers to AI development
Premium We had the opportunity to sit down with AMD at CES 2026 for a press roundtable discussion, where we discussed ROCm and other AMD software, as captured in this transcript of AMD's Q&A session.
PC Components
Open source IDE-ATAPI drive emulator launches for vintage computers
PicoIDE is touted as 'an open source IDE/ATAPI drive emulator for vintage computers.'
Desktops and PC Building
How to setup an Android smartphone as a webcam — Camo Studio unlocks new uses for old smartphones in Windows 10 or 11 and OBS software
You don’t need to throw out that old Android smartphone; you can recycle it into a backup webcam or create a multi-camera setup for your streaming platform. And we show you how to do that, for free!
Deals
Woot has an external CD/DVD drive on sale for just $9.99, an incredible 55% discount from list price
Deals Long live physical media.
More from Tom's Hardware
Starlink uses emergency fix to block Russian drones using its devices to bomb Ukraine
Ukrainian Starlink users need to register their terminals to avoid getting blocked.
Shanghai scientists create computer chip in fiber thinner than a human hair, yet can withstand crushing force of 15.6 tons
Researchers say they have built a computer chip in a flexible fiber that is thinner than an average human hair.
Malicious OpenClaw ‘skill’ targets crypto users on ClawHub — 14 malicious skills were uploaded to ClawHub last month
Security researchers are warning that the growing ecosystem around ‘OpenClaw,’ the self-hosted AI assistant formerly known as Clawdbot, has already become a target for malware distribution.
US Marine Corps develops first 3D printed drone with no China-sourced parts
HANX, the first NDAA compliant drone, has been announced by the U.S. Marine Corps.
Wisconsin towns reportedly signed secret NDAs for billion-dollar data center deals
At least four Wisconsin municipalities are understood to have signed underhanded nondisclosure agreements concerning new data centers while negotiating their development.
Gaming market melts down after Google reveals new AI game design tool
Project Genie can AI-generate "games" capped at 720p and 24 FPS.
