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- Nvidia asks US government to ease AI GPU export rules, but Trump administration plans tighter controlsby ashilov@gmail.com (Anton Shilov) on April 30, 2025 at 8:52 pm
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang is calling for the Trump administration to relax AI GPU export restrictions to support U.S. industry, but the administration is instead considering stricter controls to use chip access as leverage in trade negotiations.
- Nvidia RTX 50-series demand drops in Germany — cheapest models of all but RTX 5090 priced at MSRP or lowerby editors@tomshardware.com (Aaron Klotz) on April 30, 2025 at 5:41 pm
Demand for Nvidia’s RTX 50-series appears to be dropping as cheapest models appear to be priced at or below MSRP. The only exception is the 5090, which is still in high demand.
- Save $500 on this Nvidia RTX 5090 edition Alienware Area-51 gaming PCon April 30, 2025 at 4:39 pm
Dell’s Alienware Area-51 gaming PC with Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 has $500 slashed off the list price.
- Windows 11 update failure stops machines from updating to version 24H2 using WSUSon April 30, 2025 at 3:58 pm
The latest Windows 11 update is stopping machines from upgrading to Windows 11 24H2 when using the Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) application.
- Software dev fortifies his blog with ‘zip bombs’ — attacking bots meet their end with explosive data packageby editors@tomshardware.com (Jowi Morales) on April 30, 2025 at 3:57 pm
This developer sends zip bombs to pesky web crawlers that attempt to compromise his website.
- TSMC starts construction its 1.6nm and 2nm-capable U.S. fab: Fab 21 phase 3by ashilov@gmail.com (Anton Shilov) on April 30, 2025 at 3:42 pm
TSMC breaks ground for its third Fab 21 module in the U.S., which will produce chips on A16 and N2 process technologies towards the end of the decade.
- Intel driver update for Lunar Lake chips reportedly improves iGPU FPS by 10%, 1% lows by 25%by editors@tomshardware.com (Jowi Morales) on April 30, 2025 at 3:31 pm
Intel just released a driver update that increases the iGPU performance of Lunar Lake chips.
- AMD is reportedly readying Ryzen 9000G (Gorgon Point) and EPYC 4005 (Grado) CPUs for AM5by editors@tomshardware.com (Hassam Nasir) on April 30, 2025 at 3:25 pm
AMD is reportedly preparing Ryzen 9000G, EPYC 4005, and Ryzen 9000WX offerings, along with a new Krackan Point die, three Gorgon Point variants, and the Soundwave series.
- Intel experimenting with direct liquid cooling for up to 1000W CPUs – package-level approach maximizes performance, reduces size and complexityby editors@tomshardware.com (Kunal Khullar) on April 30, 2025 at 1:54 pm
Intel experimenting with direct liquid cooling for up to 1000W CPUs
- Microsoft’s CEO reveals that AI writes up to 30% of its code — some projects may have all of its code written by AIby editors@tomshardware.com (Hassam Nasir) on April 30, 2025 at 1:03 pm
Satya Nadella revealed that AI writes as much as 20% to 30% of the code in Microsoft’s repositories and projects.
- Montech HS02 Pro Case Review: GPU thermals take center stageon April 30, 2025 at 1:00 pm
Montech’s HR02 Pro features a unique design with dual exhaust fans that prioritizes GPU temperatures. We tested it with an RTX 4070 Ti and a 14900K to determine its thermal efficiency.
- Intel details 14A performance and new ‘Turbo Cells’ that unlock maximum CPU and GPU frequencyby palcorn@outlook.com (Paul Alcorn) on April 30, 2025 at 12:24 pm
Intel shared performance metrics for its upcoming 14A process node and teased its new Turbo Cell technology, a customizable design approach aimed at providing maximum CPU frequency and boosting performance for critical speed paths in GPUs.
- Janet Jackson’s ‘Rhythm Nation’ would still be crashing hard drives without this audio processing filterby editors@tomshardware.com (Jowi Morales) on April 30, 2025 at 12:15 pm
An audio filter introduced in Windows XP is still around to protect your PC today from Janet Jackson.
- Huawei Ascend AI 910D processor designed to take on Nvidia’s Blackwell and Rubin GPUsby ashilov@gmail.com (Anton Shilov) on April 29, 2025 at 8:07 pm
Huawei’s Ascend 910D AI accelerator is expected to match Nvidia’s H100 performance on the GPU level, with full systems based on the Ascend 910D set to compete against Nvidia’s Blackwell and Rubin based pods.
- Elon Musk says Grok 3.5 will provide answers that aren’t from internet sourceson April 29, 2025 at 7:40 pm
The Grok 3.5 beta is set to release next week for SuperGrok subscribers, with claims that it’s a reasoning model that can provide unique answers that aren’t on the internet.
- This MSI Thin 15.6 gaming laptop with Nvidia’s RTX 4060 laptop GPU is only $699 — an affordable gaming choiceon April 29, 2025 at 6:25 pm
Just $699 can bag you this MSI Thin gaming laptop with Nvidia RTX 4060 graphics. Laptop gaming at an affordable price.
- Tom’s Hardware Innovation Awards 2025: Surprise and Delighton April 29, 2025 at 6:00 pm
These are the most innovative products of the last year.
- ReactOS now supports 3dfx’s Voodoo5 GPUs — open-source Windows alternative offers near-native performance for retro gamersby editors@tomshardware.com (Hassam Nasir) on April 29, 2025 at 5:41 pm
The open-source Windows alternative ReactOS now has support for 3dfx’s Voodoo5 GPU family, with Unreal (1998) successfully tested.
- Silverstone’s new PSU can power four RTX 5080 GPUs, or three RTX 5090 cardson April 29, 2025 at 5:25 pm
Silverstone new Hela 2500Rz flagship PSU comes with quad 16-pin 12V-2×6 power connectors, and more than enough power to run four (or more) graphics cards simultaneously.
- Intel Foundry Roadmap Update – New 18A-PT variant that enables 3D die stacking, 14A process node enablementby palcorn@outlook.com (Paul Alcorn) on April 29, 2025 at 4:00 pm
Intel’s new CEO Lip Bu-Tan took to the stage at the company’s Intel Foundry Direct 2025 event here in San Jose, California to outline the company’s progress on its foundry initiative.
- Trump administration brands Amazon’s tariff transparency plan a ‘hostile and political act’on April 29, 2025 at 3:00 pm
Trump administration angered by Amazon tariff transparency price labeling leak.
- Alienware’s 34-inch AW3425DW QD-OLED beams down to Earth with 240 Hz refresh rate and new design languageby brandon.hill@futurenet.com (Brandon Hill) on April 29, 2025 at 2:44 pm
Alienware’s new AW3425DW gaming monitor boasts a 240 Hz 34-inch QD-OLED panel and an $800 price tag
- Windows 7 users with a solid background color faced delayed login process — it took four months for Microsoft to fixon April 29, 2025 at 1:59 pm
User thriftiness with system resources backfired, for a while.
- MSI’s ‘secure’ yellow-tipped RTX 5090 12V-2×6 cable is still vulnerable to melting, user report suggestson April 29, 2025 at 1:00 pm
MSI’s colored 16-pin cables, designed to assist cable seating, are reportedly succumbing to the same problem they were meant to fix.
- Cooler Master revives Hyper 612 cooler with 30% smaller Apex design, dual fans, and stealthy designon April 29, 2025 at 12:48 pm
Cooler Master just launched the Hyper 612 Apex, a single-tower cooler with dual fans for your Intel or AMD CPU.