In a blind test, audiophiles couldn't tell the difference between audio signals sent through copper wire, a banana, or wet mud — 'The mud should sound perfectly awful, but it doesn't' ( www.tomshardware.com )
Acer and Asus halt PC and laptop sales in Germany amid H.264 codec patent dispute — Nokia wins patent ruling, forcing tech giants to license HEVC codec ( www.tomshardware.com )
Acer and Asus can't sell their PCs in Germany until they reach an agreement with Nokia about the use of HEVC.
Intel fined $3 million by India’s antitrust regulator over discriminatory CPU warranty policy — says Intel abused its dominant position in the boxed processor market. ( www.tomshardware.com )
The Competition Commission of India alleges Intel abused its dominant position in the boxed processor market.
In a blind test, audiophiles couldn't tell the difference between audio signals sent through copper wire, a banana, or wet mud ( www.tomshardware.com )
7x increase in memory costs fueling price increases in ISP-provided routers, gateways, and set-top boxes — home fiber rollouts may slow, and installations could become more expensive ( www.tomshardware.com )
There's no escaping the memory black hole.
Report claims Nvidia will not be releasing any new RTX gaming GPUs in 2026, RTX 60 series likely debuting in 2028 ( www.tomshardware.com )
Report claims Nvidia will not be releasing any new RTX gaming GPUs in 2026, RTX 60 series likely debuting in 2028 ( www.tomshardware.com )
Acer and Asus halt PC and laptop sales in Germany amid H.264 codec patent dispute — Nokia wins patent ruling, forcing tech giants to license HEVC codec ( www.tomshardware.com )
In a blind test, audiophiles couldn't tell the difference between audio signals sent through copper wire, a banana, or wet mud — 'The mud should sound perfectly awful, but it doesn't' ( www.tomshardware.com )
Audiophiles Can't Distinguish Audio Sent Through Copper, Banana or Mud ( www.tomshardware.com )
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Steam to add hardware specs to reviews — optional feature could help you dodge poorly optimized games ( www.tomshardware.com )
Samsung's brand-new QD-OLED tech can double the panel's lifespan — durable 'Penta Tandem' displays can reach up to 1,300 nits of peak brightness ( www.tomshardware.com )
QD-OLED monitors are finally getting brighter.
Memory hoarding and skyrocketing prices hit entry-level electronics demand, foundry orders — China's top chipmaker points to supply chain pressures squeezing out consumers ( www.tomshardware.com )
SMIC is banking on its 'protection' against such drops.
Sony will ship its final Blu-ray recorders this month — exit from Japanese market the end of an era for the segment ( www.tomshardware.com )
Another casualty of streaming, yet Blu-ray PC drives, players, and discs are expected to remain niche but stable markets.
Ayaneo Next 2 Windows handheld goes official with Ryzen AI Max+ 395 — also features massive 116 Whr battery, and a starting price of $1,799 ( www.tomshardware.com )
G.Skill settles with plaintiffs following $2.4 million class action lawsuit over advertised memory speeds, denies all wrongdoing ( www.tomshardware.com )
— company will have to change its packaging and be clearer about overclocking and BIOS adjustments if approved ...
John Carmack muses using a long fiber line as an L2 cache for streaming AI data — programmer imagines fiber as alternative to DRAM ( www.tomshardware.com )
Yes, it's delay-line memory, but with lasers!
Memory makers are set to earn $551 billion from the AI boom, twice as much as contract chip manufacturers — forecasts suggest that 2026 revenue will skyrocket thanks to data center demand ( www.tomshardware.com )
The biggest winners of the AI race? ...
Taiwan rejects possibility of transferring 40% of the island's semiconductor capacity to U.S. — production on Taiwan expected to increase in lockstep with increases in U.S.-based production ( www.tomshardware.com )
The bulk of the island's fabs and leading-edge process technologies must remain in Taiwan to form the silicon shield.
Intel's top-end Nova Lake desktop CPU said to devour up to 700W in PL4 — claimed power draw close to double Arrow Lake ( www.tomshardware.com )
Intel might undo the efficiency gains of Arrow Lake.
Dutch authorities allegedly seize VPN server without a warrant — company claims that law enforcement will return it after analyzing the device fully ( www.tomshardware.com )
Canada-based Windscribe, a VPN provider, just said that one of its European servers has been allegedly seized by Dutch authorities without a warrant. ...
Key to ultra-dense next-gen data storage could be a new magnetic state found in twisted 2D materials — German researchers reveal 'super‑moiré' magnetic milestone ( www.tomshardware.com )
Super-moiré skyrmion states in layered chromium triiodide were seen across multiple moiré cells.
Western Digital details 14-platter 3.5-inch HAMR HDD designs with 140 TB and beyond ( www.tomshardware.com )
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Dutch authorities allegedly seize VPN server without a warrant — company claims that law enforcement will return it after analyzing the device fully ( www.tomshardware.com )
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Dutch authorities allegedly seize VPN server without a warrant — company claims that law enforcement will return it after analyzing the device fully ( www.tomshardware.com )
The authorities apparently got tired of asking and just went in themselves. ...