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Hard Drive

Peer-reviewed study of 443,000 Backblaze hard drives ranks HGST most reliable and Toshiba the least

By Luke James Published

Backblaze's quarterly reports compare whichever drives are available at the time.

HDDs
the Photon Matrix mosquito laser zapper

Futuristic mosquito-zapping laser now available to buy, video shows device in action

By Jowi Morales Published

Take my money!

Peripherals
Nvidia

Nvidia turns $5B Intel stock bet into $30B windfall

By Anton Shilov Published

Nvidia quietly makes strategic and financial investments in clients, partners, and suppliers: CoreWeave, Coherent, Intel, Nokia, and SpaceX.

Tech Industry

Devs blame Windows for VLC media player bug that causes 33-second delay when playing MP3 files

By Kunal Khullar Published

VLC developers say a Windows 11 issue involving Microsoft Defender can interfere with the media player's plugin cache and cause unusually long playback delays.

Windows
Ryzen 7 7800X3D and 7700X3D sitting next to each other.

AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D vs Ryzen 7 7700X3D faceoff

By Hassam Nasir Published

AMD's Ryzen 7 7700X3D takes on the old favorite across performance, pricing, and power consumption.

CPUs

White House authorizes private companies to launch 'hack-back' cyberattacks that destroy data and systems, targeting foreign cybercrime organizations

By Luke James Published

President Trump signed a memorandum on August 12 establishing the first U.S. program that lets vetted private companies conduct offensive cyber operations.

Cybersecurity
THP Logo overlayed a blurred motherboard

This week on Tom's Hardware Premium: August 14, 2026

By Sayem Ahmed Published

Exclusive testing, unredacted interviews, and much more.

Tech Industry

US Navy 3D prints combat-ready drones and 1,000+ parts aboard aircraft carrier during exercise

By Mark Tyson Published

During a two-week journey to Hawaii, a containerized factory aboard the USS Essex 3D-printed a dozen flight-ready drones, as well as over 1,000 parts including vital spares for Apache helicopters.

Drones
SK hynix SSDs

SK hynix runs out of replacement SSDs and defaults to original purchase price refunds

By Zhiye Liu Published

A Redditor reports a case in which SK hynix reportedly offers a refund for a malfunctioning SSD at the original purchase price instead of a direct replacement.

SSDs

Intel says PC market is ‘a tale of two kingdoms’ with mainstream ‘taking a beating’

By Jake Roach Published

Intel VP Robert Hallock suggests the PC industry is going to see a split between mainstream and enthusiast sockets if current market conditions don’t let up.

CPUs
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