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- Pick up a comfy new PC gaming chair for £150 in the Amazon Spring Day Deals sale — save £50 on Corsair’s TC100 Relaxed chair
on March 10, 2026 at 11:40 amYou can get a brand new gaming chair for only £150 in the Amazon Spring Day Deals sale. Save £50 on Corsair’s TC100 Relaxed chair.
- This brilliant Hoto electric screwdriver is down to a record-low £28.48 in the Amazon UK Spring Sale — 12-bit precision kit with USB-C charging is great for PC builds and DIY projects
on March 10, 2026 at 11:37 amGrab this impressive Hoto NEX O1 Pro mini electric screwdriver set with 12 bits at a record-low price
- Get 32GB of Corsair Vengeance DDR5 for $163 when bundled with AMD’s new 9850X3D and an X870E-E motherboard — save $236 on the heart of your new AM5 PC
by stephen.warwick@futurenet.com (Stephen Warwick) on March 10, 2026 at 11:23 amThis Newegg bundle gets you RAM for just $163 when bundled with a new 9850X3D processor and an Asus ROG Strix X870E-E motherboard.
- Unpowered SSD data retention test shows promising results after six years — results show no data corruption on USB sticks, challenging conventional wisdom
on March 10, 2026 at 11:00 amA long-term data retention test on unpowered flash drives shows promising results, with multiple drives of the same make showing no signs of corruption after six years.
- $500,000 gold RTX 5090 is now worth $830,000 thanks to rocketing commodity prices — Asus ROG Astral RTX 5090 Real Gold Edition was actually a savvy investment, worth over 50% more than at inception
on March 10, 2026 at 10:40 amAsus’ special one-off ROG Astral RTX 5090 Real Gold Edition has been a great investment, and is currently worth an estimated $830,000 based on its scrap gold value alone.
- RPCS3 Emulator boasts over 1500 FPS on the Minecraft title screen — platform hails performance landmark, one frame rendered every 0.00064 seconds
on March 10, 2026 at 10:00 amThe RPCS3 emulator team brags of immense optimization even as fans whine that many titles remain unplayable without the latest hardware.
- Nexperia China claims to be making chips using 12-inch wafers — subsidiary deepens split with Dutch parent as it builds out ‘mass production capabilities’
on March 9, 2026 at 10:40 pmIn a statement posted to its Chinese social media account, Nexperia China said it had reached a new milestone in its “independent R&D and mass production capabilities”.
- America and Japan may join forces to manufacture displays in the US — New $13 billion fab proposed by Japan Display Inc. to counter Chinese dominance
by editors@tomshardware.com (Hassam Nasir) on March 9, 2026 at 9:38 pmThe Japanese and American governments are considering setting up a new display factory in the U.S. that would cost $13 billion, a small part of a bigger $550 billion investment framework. This factory is being proposed by Japan Display Inc., a struggling display firm that has seen better days since Apple switched to using OLED screens in the iPhone.
- Intel Panther Lake-H high-res die shot emerges — image show 18A compute tile, Xe3 GPU tile in new X-series processors
by ashilov@gmail.com (Anton Shilov) on March 9, 2026 at 8:15 pmAn enthusiast blogger published annotated die shots of Intel Panther Lake-H CPU: 16-core mobile processor with 12 Xe3 clusters and two Thunderbolt 5 ports examined.
- Anthropic sues Pentagon over ‘supply chain risk’ designation, citing free speech and due process violations — company refused to allow its AI to be used for autonomous attacks, mass surveillance
on March 9, 2026 at 8:05 pmAnthropic has filed two federal lawsuits against the Pentagon and other U.S. federal agencies, seeking to overturn the Department of War’s decision to designate the AI company a “supply chain risk.”
- Apple MacBook Pro (14-inch, M5 Max) review: Blazing-fast super cores
on March 9, 2026 at 8:00 pmThe 14-inch MacBook Pro with M5 Max is a portable powerhouse with a fast CPU and a massive integrated GPU that can share 128GB of RAM.
- EA lays off staff across Battlefield-related studios in “alignment” move as game bleeds players — billions in revenue and record sales figures not enough to save staff from the axe
on March 9, 2026 at 7:43 pmEA has laid off staff across Battlefield-related studios in “alignment” move as the game continues to lose players, despite the most recent Battlefield 6 topping an estimated 20 million copies sold.
- New Windows-native NVMe driver benchmarks reveal transformative performance gains, up to 64.89% — lightning-fast random reads and breakthrough CPU efficiency
on March 9, 2026 at 7:35 pmStorageReview evaluated the performance benefits of Microsoft’s native NVMe driver on Windows Server 2025 and found substantial performance increases, particularly in random reads.
- New Commerce Department AI export rules could be seismic change for CSPs and data center operators — buying American GPUs at scale means committing to building American infrastructure
on March 9, 2026 at 5:43 pmThe Trump administration is considering new export controls for high-end AI chips, with the suggestion that it may start requiring investment in U.S.
- Why AMD motherboards now come with bigger BIOS chips—and why it matters to you
on March 9, 2026 at 5:36 pmWe take a quick look at the evolution of BIOS chip capacities on AMD motherboards over the years.
- Oracle hits back at Stargate data center cancellation reports — claims 4.5GW Oracle-OpenAI agreement still on track
on March 9, 2026 at 5:28 pmIn a statement posted to X today, Oracle said it and developer Crusoe are “operating in lockstep” to deliver one of the world’s largest AI data centers at the Abilene campus.
- Sony takes aim at Steam with dynamic discounts on the PlayStation Store — new report claims over 150 games in 50+ regions are showing varying lower prices for some users
by editors@tomshardware.com (Hassam Nasir) on March 9, 2026 at 5:25 pmA new report from PSprices claims that Sony has been experimenting with cheaper prices on a variety of titles for certain users. Since November 2025, gamers in at least 68 regions have been getting personalized, discounted prices across 150+ games, including Sony’s first-party exclusives.
- Grab a Creality 3D printer for as little as $199 in this discount-heavy Spring sale — limited-time deals include Creality K1C down to just $399, with filament spools slashed in price by nearly 50%
on March 9, 2026 at 5:12 pmIt’s time for a new 3D printer, with Creality’s Spring Sale offering a discount of up to 40% on its range of printers, with the K1C, K2 Plus, and Ender 3 V3 all on sale at reduced prices.
- First solar-powered rugged laptop announced — features a solar panel on the back of the display and a backup battery with 5,200mAh of capacity
by editors@tomshardware.com (Aaron Klotz) on March 9, 2026 at 4:59 pmA Chinese laptop manufacturer has announced the world’s first rugged industrial laptop with a solar panel. The device is geared towards professionals who need a device that can work for long periods of time away from a power outlet.
- Intel keeps socket LGA 1700 alive with new P-core-only CPUs — ‘Bartlett Lake’ is official, but targets embedded applications with up to 12 cores
on March 9, 2026 at 4:30 pmIntel’s heavily-rumored Bartlett Lake 12P CPUs are finally official, with a P-core-only design that is compatible with LGA 1700 motherboards. However, they’re targeting embedded and edge applications, not a broad consumer release.
- ‘Borderline scam’ 1.1TB HP laptop deal on Amazon draws consumer ire, laptop has 128GB SSD and 1TB of OneDrive cloud storage — ‘generous’ $499 third-party laptop deal sounds too good to be true, because it is
on March 9, 2026 at 3:44 pmA number of third-party sellers are selling laptops with descriptions that claim over 1TB of storage, despite only physically containing a 128GB SSD, despite public disapproval over the practice.
- Shortages of crucial chip packaging material threatens AI accelerator supply chains — Nittobo’s Fukushima plant is tripling capacity, but it’ll take years before market
on March 9, 2026 at 3:22 pmOne Japanese company called Nittobo controls roughly 90% of the global supply of specialist glass-fiber cloth (T-glass), which sits inside every advanced AI chip package — and demand is now so high and supply so squeezed that it’s causing issues.
- Thermal Grizzly scammed out of $46,000 by Alibaba metals suppliers — company spread the risk across two copper and aluminum suppliers, only for both to send cheaper, fake materials
on March 9, 2026 at 2:42 pmThermal Grizzly (TG) has been stung by fake materials sellers based in China, with nearly $50,000 down the drain.
- 3D printer that can mine Bitcoin uses excess heat for temperature control — throttled ASICs use printing bed as a heatsink
on March 9, 2026 at 12:18 pmThe creator of a 3D printer that mines Bitcoin took part in an interview on the Home Mining Podcast at the weekend.
- Save $484 on a Ryzen 7 9850X3D, 32GB of Kingston DDR5 RAM, and an Asus X870 motherboard — start your AM5 build on the right foot with this $949 bundle
on March 9, 2026 at 12:13 pmGet an awesome deal on this Newegg combo – $949.99 gets you the fastest gaming processor around, a Ryzen 7 9850X3D, 32GB of dual-channel DDR5 Kingston RAM, and a solid Asus X870 AYW Gaming Wifi motherboard