USB DVD Burners With M.2 or SATA Docks on Sale
Tom's Hardware highlights three SUIDEK optical drives that pair DVD burning with USB hubs, card readers, and SSD docking.
Compute & Hardware
Chips, datacenters, interconnect, and the power they draw.
Legacy Sign-On Service Exposes Email Addresses at Bromcom
A school software provider's failure to retire a superseded authentication system allowed intruders to harvest email addresses.
Gigaphoton's neon recycling system recovers 50% of gas in ArF lasers
New recycling tech aims to ease the chip industry's neon supply crunch, though rivals already claim higher recovery rates.
Mistral Unveils Trillion-Parameter Open Weights Model 'Le Chonk'
Mistral's largest open weights model yet brings a frontier-scale, Europe-trained LLM to developers, with weights due on Hugging Face this month.
Kioxia CM9-R 15.36TB E3.S SSD: Dual-Port Gen5 for Enterprise
Kioxia's CM9-R brings 15.36TB of PCIe Gen5 storage in an E3.S form factor with dual-port capability for high-availability enterprise arrays.
AMD Preempts RTX Spark Launch With Gorgon Halo AI Benchmarks
AMD is positioning its new Gorgon Halo chips as the memory-heavy alternative to Nvidia's upcoming RTX Spark, but early benchmarks compare only against Intel.
Tencent Reportedly Leases 100,000 Oracle AI Chips in $7B Southeast Asia Deal
A reported $7 billion lease would give Tencent access to advanced AI chips unavailable in China, at rates well below current market prices.
China stockpiled 343 immersion DUV tools for advanced chipmaking, report claims
A new report estimates Chinese fabs have enough older ASML immersion scanners to pursue 7nm-class chips despite export controls.
Ubuntu 26.10 beta ships Rust-based OpenPGP and LLM speech tool
The interim release deepens Canonical's Rust migration and adds an optional LLM-powered dictation tool.
Nintendo Switch 2 hits £354.99 all-time low in UK as retailers undercut new MSRP
UK retailers are selling the Switch 2 at a record-low £354.99, undercutting Nintendo's recent price hike caused by component shortages.
MSI Codex Z2C Prebuilt Gaming PC Drops to $999 at Walmart
A 38% discount brings an RTX 5060 Ti and Ryzen 7 8700F prebuilt below $1,000, making it a strong 1080p gaming value.
Prime Day 2026 PC Deals: SSDs, Monitor, and Speakers at Low Prices
Amazon's October Prime Day is bringing discounts on storage, displays, and audio, though some of the best offers are at rival retailers like Newegg and Best Buy.
Wolverine PC Port Emerges From Ransomware Leak, Buggy and AI-Assisted
A solo developer used source code stolen from Sony's 2023 ransomware breach to create a rough PC version of the PS5 exclusive, with mixed reception.
NVIDIA’s Olympus Core Pushes Server Single-Thread Performance
NVIDIA's new server core takes a per-clock approach, trading modest clocks for a wide out-of-order design that approaches desktop-level single-thread performance.
Cohere North 2 tightens agent access with ACLs and token controls
Cohere's revamped enterprise agent harness adds strict access control lists and token-spend visibility to keep AI agents on a short leash.
Schneider Electric buys PTC for $22.6B to bolster datacenter software
The all-cash acquisition expands Schneider's software-defined power and lifecycle management offerings as AI datacenter complexity grows.
Raptor Lake Refresh CPUs Hit All-Time Lows During Amazon Big Deals Day
Intel's 14th-gen desktop processors are finally seeing meaningful discounts, with popular models like the Core i7-14700KF reaching their lowest prices yet.
Three 32GB DDR5 Kits on Sale for Prime Big Deals Day
Tom's Hardware highlights three discounted 32GB DDR5 kits, noting 64GB remains pricey due to AI-driven demand.