AI leaders clash over safety fears after Anthropic whistleblower says AI could 'kill us all' by 2030
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This week on Tom's Hardware Premium: September 12, 2026
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At IFA 2026, computing chased the high and low ends — AI and budget-focused machines left little for the rest of us
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The ABF substrate data center roadmap — solving the supply crunch and material wall beneath every AI accelerator
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Reviews
Valve Steam Frame Review: Competent as a standalone VR, but wireless streaming remains the focus
All dressed up and nowhere to go sums up the Meta Quest 3.
Asus ROG Swift PG27UCWM gaming monitor review: Speed and pixel density in a premium package
The Asus ROG Swift PG27UCWM is a 27-inch 4K OLED gaming monitor with Tandem RGB Stripe tech, 240 Hz at 4K, 480 Hz at FHD, Adaptive-Sync, G-Sync, FreeSync, wide gamut color, HDR 400, HDR10 and Dolby Vision.
Dell Pro 5 Webcam 2K Review: So you can look good in office
The Dell Pro 5 webcam is an office-oriented 2K webcam with a physical privacy shutter, a built-in mic, and Windows Hello compatibility.
CPUs
Intel reportedly cans 12Xe option for Nova Lake-S desktop
Following rumors of a Nova Lake desktop SKU with 12 Xe3P cores, tipster Jaykihn suggests that Intel has canned the design and moved the target to next-gen Razor Lake instead.
AMD’s best gaming CPU drops below launch price and includes free 240mm AIO cooler and Onimusha: Way of the Sword
Deals The Ryzen 7 9850X3D may only be a modest step up from the 9800X3D, but it still leads our gaming benchmarks and now comes with a couple of useful extras at a lower-than-launch price.
Graphics Cards
Nvidia reportedly denies RTX 5090 warranty over faded serial number
Deals Redditor reported that Nvidia allegedly rejected their warranty claims for GeForce RTX 5090 Founders Edition graphics cards because the serial number on the bracket was unreadable.
Laptops
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At IFA 2026, computing chased the high and low ends — AI and budget-focused machines left little for the rest of us
Premium At IFA 2026, a bifurcated computing landscape widened as more companies chased Apple's MacBook Neo while also keeping one foot firmly planted in the AI space.
PC Components
AI-induced Memory shortage is changing how devices are built, Fairphone says memory now 60% of materials cost
For smaller device manufacturers, rising memory prices are only part of the problem as limited availability forces companies to rethink everything from motherboard designs to procurement strategies.
Desktops and PC Building
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More from Tom's Hardware
Chinese state media counters Anthropic's call to put brakes on AI development
State media outlet China Daily posits that Anthropic's Dario Amodei made the call to limit frontier AI development because Chinese AI models are catching up with American AI labs.
Jensen Huang thinks China will develop its own advanced lithography chipmaking tools by 2030
Nvidia CEO thinks that in light of his view of a three- to four-year timeline for Chinese development of advanced semi tooling, the country is "already there."
SK hynix reportedly discussing US memory chip manufacturing with Intel
This could potentially be the first HBM manufacturing plant in the U.S.
'Defeated' GPT-6 Astra model spent several hours just farming potatoes after being blown up by a Creeper in Minecraft
OpenAI's GPT-6 Astra spent hours just farming potatoes after dying and losing all of its gear during a Minecraft test.
AWS tells clients to abandon Middle East data centers six months after Iranian drone strikes
Repairs are underway, but Amazon hasn't said when customers can expect them to be completed.
Original Sony PlayStation 2 security chip ‘broken wide open’ after 26 years
The ‘magic security chip’ inside the original PlayStation 2 has been successfully reverse engineered and dumped after four years of effort.
