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GeForce RTX 5090
Quad 8-pin mod protects the $8,500 RTX 5090 you can’t replace from melting

By Zhiye Liu Published

Redditor showcases a new quad 8-pin power-conversion kit for the 16-pin power connector on Nvidia GeForce RTX graphics cards.

GPUs
Nvidia reportedly insists the RTX 5090 isn't dead despite severe shortages and removed listings at multiple retailers

By Bruno Ferreira Published

Nvidia states that RTX 5090 isn't discontinued, only that supply is constrained — and yet the card is effectively gone from storefronts

GPUs
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AI lab offers free plumbing and HVAC repairs across three cities to train AI robots

By Jowi Morales Published

HUMXN wants to pay for maintenance and repair services for homes in Minneapolis, Chicago, and Miami to gather data to train AI models and robots.

Artificial Intelligence
This week on Tom's Hardware Premium: October 17, 2026

By Sayem Ahmed Published

Premium This week, Tom's Hardware Premium subscribers can read our EMIB and Foveros roadmaps, the latest on Chinese competition in the local AI system space, and much more.

Premium
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Leap seconds being retired next year to avoid wreaking havoc on computer systems

By Jowi Morales Published

The leap second will be replaced by a leap hour, which will take "several centuries" before it must be implemented.

Tech Industry
Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Park in Taipei
Taiwan targets illicit AI server exports to China with five-year prison terms

By Jowi Morales Published

Taiwan is expanding the Foreign Trade Act to include AI servers and semiconductors in its list of controlled exports.

Semiconductors
Crafty OpenAI agent willingly stole crypto from an account it didn't own to complete a task during test

By Jhet Borja Published

GPT5.6-Sol didn't have funds to deploy smart contracts, so it looked for exposed accounts with enough money to pay for the gas fees.

Artificial Intelligence
Game decompilation hub freezes leaderboard after AI turns progress into a hollow numbers game amid explosion of 'AI slop'

By Shane Downing Published

decomp.dev has closed its public index of game decompilation projects, saying AI-driven forks and ports broke the community.

Retro Gaming
Modder finishes nine-year Xbox 360 voltage glitch mod with a $4 microcontroller, cracks the console open

By Bruno Ferreira Published

Modder glitch-hacks his Xbox 360 with the help of a $4 microcontroller — operation shows the power of the Rasperry Pi Pico

Retro Gaming
a test fire of an X-Bow Systems rocket
US Army to use 3D-printed rocket motors for low-cost cruise missiles

By Jowi Morales Published

X-Bow Systems has been tapped to 3D-print rocket motors for the U.S. Army's low-cost cruise missiles.

3D Printing
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