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Arm's $2 billion in AGI CPU sales are still not enough to penetrate 5% of overall market share, analyst reveals
Premium Orders for Arm's AGI CPU double to $2 billion over the next two years in 1.5 months. While will not make Arm a major supplier of data center CPUs, it will make it a strong contender.
The Middle East had everything data center builders and hyperscalers could wish for — then the Iran war happened
Premium Money was pouring into the region, as well as plenty from its own coffers, until the war.
White House reportedly considers mandatory government vetting of AI models before release
Premium The Trump administration is in early discussions about an executive order that would create a government review process for AI models before public release.
High-capacity HDD roadmap: the race to 100TB and zettabyte-scale storage — Toshiba, Seagate and WD outline three distinct strategies
Premium As data center demand surges toward zettabyte scale, Seagate, Toshiba, and Western Digital are pursuing sharply different technology strategies in their pursuit towards 100TB and beyond.
Survey shows that nearly half of Americans don't want new data centers built near their homes — 47% oppose the construction of new AI data centers in their neighborhood
Premium According to a new survey conducted by Ipsos at the end of last year, almost half of all queried Americans said they would oppose an AI data center being built near their community.
Reviews
TCL 27R944K 165 Hz gaming monitor review: Mini LED with high brightness and high performance
TCL rolls high brightness and saturated color into its 27R94. It’s a 27-inch gaming monitor with 4K resolution, a Mini LED backlight with 2,304 dimming zones, HDR1400, Adaptive-Sync, and 165 Hz.
3DMakerPro Toucan 3D Scanner review: All-in-one 3D scanning
Leave your laptop at home. This 3D scanner doesn’t need a computer.
Nextorage NEM-PAC 2TB SSD Review: A solid, PS5-ready workhorse
The Nextorage NEM-PAC is a quiet contender with good performance and a PS5-compliant heatsink. It’s a competent Gen 4 SSD but is otherwise unexciting.
Best Picks
Best Portable Monitors 2026: Gaming and Laptop Productivity
These are the best portable monitors to ponder if you're looking to expand real estate for your laptop.
CPUs
China's next-gen CPUs and GPUs prepare to challenge Intel Alder Lake and AMD RX 550 in 2027
Loongson has provided updates on the company's upcoming 3B6600 processor and 9A1000 graphics card during its 2025 annual and 2026 Q1 earnings calls.
Arm's $2 billion in AGI CPU sales are still not enough to penetrate 5% of overall market share, analyst reveals
Premium Orders for Arm's AGI CPU double to $2 billion over the next two years in 1.5 months. While will not make Arm a major supplier of data center CPUs, it will make it a strong contender.
Graphics Cards
AMD is reportedly developing an entry-level RDNA 4 GPU, the RX 9050, with 8GB of VRAM
AMD is allegedly planning to launch an RX 9050 SKU to compete with the RTX 5050, featuring more cores than the OEM-exclusive RX 9060.
Features
The Middle East had everything data center builders and hyperscalers could wish for — then the Iran war happened
Premium Money was pouring into the region, as well as plenty from its own coffers, until the war.
High-capacity HDD roadmap: the race to 100TB and zettabyte-scale storage — Toshiba, Seagate and WD outline three distinct strategies
Premium As data center demand surges toward zettabyte scale, Seagate, Toshiba, and Western Digital are pursuing sharply different technology strategies in their pursuit towards 100TB and beyond.
Steam Controller interview full transcript — Valve programmer and engineer discuss design, latency, prototyping, and the joys of not having a kernel driver
Premium Valve sat down with Tom's Hardware to discuss the new Steam Controller, its design, dealing with latency, and why you really need Steam to use it.
PC Components
Best CPU Coolers 2026: AIO and Air Coolers
These are the best air and liquid/AIO CPU coolers we've tested, for all consumer systems, from small form-factor builds to overclocked big rigs.
Desktops and PC Building
Thermal pads with in-built vapor-chambers claim 50 to 80 times better thermal conductivity than normal thermal pads
A thermal pad with a vapor chamber on top might be the TIM your next phone's SoC will use. Xerendipity's new products are meant to keep your phone cooler without sacrificing thickness or cost.
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!
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Best Portable Monitors 2026: Gaming and Laptop Productivity
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Trump administration reportedly debating ban on Chinese cellular modules in expansion of FCC crackdown
Chinese firms control over 70% of the global cellular module market, making any potential FCC restrictions a major supply chain threat to connected electronics.
TSMC allocates $20 billion to Arizona expansion
Despite challenges, TSMC is optimistic about Fab 21.
Jensen Huang snubbed by White House for President Trump’s China state visit
One expert says this is a sign that Beijing won't be getting advanced AI chips anytime soon.
Compromised Mistral AI and TanStack packages may have exposed GitHub, cloud and CI/CD credentials in 'mini Shai Hulud' malware infection
The malware reportedly refused to run on Russian-language systems but could execute a destructive payload under certain geographic conditions.
