Futuristic mosquito-zapping laser now available to buy, video shows device in action — tiny device shoots down bugs like a personal air defense system, but costs $1,000
We’ve seen many innovative projects crash and burn at the crowdfunding stage, but the Photon Matrix is one that has successfully made it to market.…
According to the company’s last Indiegogo update, it has started mass …
You can also now purchase the Photon Matrix Infrared and Blue Laser Mo…
The Photon Matrix has been a long time coming; it entered the crowdfun…
Peer-reviewed study of 443,000 Backblaze hard drives ranks HGST most reliable and Toshiba the least — Seagate a close second on most unreliable list
Economists Christoph Siemroth of the University of Essex and Yeomyung Park of Sungkyunkwan University have published a peer-reviewed IEEE study that re-crunches 12 years of Backblaze's public drive data, covering 443,156 hard drives and more than 1.…
66 million drive-years from 2013 through Q2 2025, and finds that HGST …
WD comes in at about 52% of Seagate's failure rate, while Toshiba sits…
Nvidia turns $5B Intel stock bet into $30B windfall — filing reveals new $21B SpaceX stake and complete exit from Arm stock
Nvidia’s $5 billion purchase of Intel stock last year, made as part of the companies’ strategic AI infrastructure partnership announced in September, has become a highly lucrative investment, generating nearly $25 billion, the company revealed in an SEC filing this week.…
In addition, Nvidia owns nearly $21 billion worth of SpaceX stock and …
With quarterly revenue exceeding $80 billion and net income approachin…
Traditionally, the company tends to invest in stocks poised to grow, a…
Devs blame Windows for VLC media player bug that causes 33-second delay when playing MP3 files — creators allege Microsoft Defender blocking plugin cache is to blame
Popular open-source media player VLC has run into an unusual issue on Windows 11 that causes it to take as long as 33 seconds to start playing a simple MP3 file, the side effect of a recent unexplained change to Windows.…
The issue was publicized after game developer Jonathan Blow said he ha…
He also used the incident to criticize the state of open-source softwa…
Responding to Blow's complaint, the developers behind VLC player fired…
White House authorizes private companies to launch 'hack-back' cyberattacks that destroy data and systems, targeting foreign cybercrime organizations — vetted organizations can now conduct offensive
President Donald Trump signed a presidential memorandum on August 12 establishing the first U.…
program that lets vetted private companies conduct offensive cyber ope…
Participating firms must post at least $1 million in escrow, forfeited…
Just a few months ago, the administration publicly ruled out this very…
AMD Ryzen 7 7700X3D vs Ryzen 7 7800X3D faceoff — seeing double with Zen 4 X3D
AMD recently expanded its X3D lineup with the Ryzen 7 7700X3D, a new entry that slots in below the Ryzen 7 7800X3D as a more affordable way to get 3D V-Cache on the AM5 platform.…
Launched on July 16 at $329, the 7700X3D is essentially built from the…
The Ryzen 7 7800X3D, on the other hand, needs no introduction at this …
Launched back in April 2023 at $449 (now $360), it quickly became one …
US Navy 3D prints combat-ready drones and 1,000+ parts aboard aircraft carrier during exercise — containerized factory fabricated 80-mph FPVs and critical spares despite rough seas and 12-foot waves
During a two-week transit to RIMPAC 2026 in Hawaii, a containerized factory aboard the USS Essex 3D printed a dozen flight-ready drones, as well as over 1,000 parts including vital spares for Apache helicopters.…
3D Printing Industry reports that this was the first maritime run of t…
Furthermore, production wasn’t halted by the rough seas and up to 12 f…
Big maritime milestone: xCell just proved expeditionary manufacturing …
This week on Tom's Hardware Premium: August 14, 2026 — Testing the BC-250, our interview with Intel's Robert Hallock, and a big week for optical
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Last month, hot off the BC-250's full 40 CU unlock patch, we thought t…
In case you're out of the loop, the AMD BC-250 is a repurposed PS5 APU…
With mining firmly out of fashion, the chip has now found new life, th…
SK hynix runs out of replacement SSDs and defaults to original purchase price refunds — fine-print warranty clause shortchanges buyers as drive prices double
Although SK hynix is primarily known as a memory maker, the South Korean company also produces high-quality consumer SSDs, many of which previously earned spots on our list of the best SSDs.…
Recently, a Reddit user said they reached out to SK hynix for a warran…
However, with SSD prices soaring due to a global storage shortage, a r…
Comment from r/pcmasterraceWhen you send in an SSD for warranty work, …
Engineer used 360-degree cam hidden in bag of snacks in attempt to steal DRAM process tech for China — IT security team pinpointed perp due to camera's leaky wireless signals
What could possibly go wrong when you try to steal trade secrets from a restricted facility using a 360-degree action camera hidden in snacks?…
Forgetting to turn off the device’s Bluetooth and Wi-Fi transmitters, …
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The engineer was reportedly in talks with Chinese recruitment agencies…
Intel says PC market is ‘a tale of two kingdoms’ with mainstream ‘taking a beating’ — VP suggests a split between mainstream and enthusiast sockets across the industry
Intel’s Robert Hallock, vice president and general manager of the enthusiast channel business, believes that the consumer market will see a split in sockets for mainstream and enthusiast platforms to address the rising costs of PCs for cash-strapped buyers.…
Tom’s Hardware Premium recently spoke with the technical marketing lea…
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Anti-drone chain gun with 50mm precision-guided ammunition unveiled — Northrop Grumman's Raid Hunter is designed to wipe out drone swarms and cruise missiles
U.S.…
aerospace, defense and security giant Northrop Grumman thinks it has a…
The new Raid Hunter uses the firm’s Chain Gun technology to defend tar…
It thus addresses an area identified as a “critical short-range air de…
Oracle plans more layoffs weeks after spending most of its $2.1 billion restructuring budget, report claims — some teams face double-digit percentage reductions, 21,000 full-time positions already eli
Oracle plans to cut more jobs this month, with reductions on some teams reaching double-digit percentages, Business Insider has reported, citing people familiar with the plans and an internal document.…
The company wants payroll lowered before its second fiscal quarter ope…
A new round would extend a year of deep cuts at the company, which she…
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Qualcomm details Snapdragon C specs for $300 laptops for the first time — claims 67% faster performance on battery than Intel N250, AC performance remains a mystery (updated)
Qualcomm is getting into some of the nitty-gritty details of the Snapdragon C system-on-a-chip, the ARM-based platform it announced in June for laptops priced around $300.…
The Snapdragon C is an 8-core Qualcomm Kryo CPU, with a single-core ma…
A Qualcomm spokesperson clarified that "Snapdragon C's 8 cores operate…
Vibe-coded app adds a 3D video rental storefront to your Jellyfin HTPC — self-hosted, open-source project brings back memories of browsing for VHS tapes on Saturday afternoons
A Redditor shared their vibe-coded project, which added a 3D frontend to your Jellyfin HTPC.…
The app, called Halcyon Video and available on GitHub, is designed to …
It’s open-source and self-hosted, so you can easily install it on your…
“Wander the aisles, flip boxes over, rent at the counter, and the movi…
The current state of PCIe 6.0 SSDs and controllers — Marvell, Phison, and SMI prepare controllers as drives finally come to market following years of delays
The PCIe 6.0 specification was ratified in early 2022, but its actual implementation was delayed for years.…
Now, the spec is almost ready, with the first PCIe Gen6 platforms fina…
Micron was the first with a PCIe 6 SSD in mid-2025, and Samsung caught…
Meanwhile, independent makers of SSD controllers — Marvell, Phison, an…
Cerebras shares plunge nearly 20% after missing earnings expectations — hardware sales drop but AI cloud revenue climbs 281%
Cerebras on Wednesday reported its financial results for the second quarter, and while its earnings nearly doubled year-over-year, its shares plunged more than 18% in after-hours trading as it missed analysts' expectations, Reuters reports.…
Furthermore, the company's financial results suggest that Cerebras is …
Elon Musk says xAI will increase data center capacity 7x by 2027 — targeting 10 gigawatts of compute, up to $500 billion in revenue by the end of next year
Elon Musk told employees of SpaceX that the power capacity of the company's xAI data centers will increase by 7x to 10GW by late 2027.…
If this happens, the company's data centers will bring the company som…
The claim comes as SpaceX's market capitalization dropped by nearly $5…
Meanwhile, the combined performance of the cluster will by far outpace…
JSAUX FlipGo Horizon Pro dual-screen portable monitor review: Jack of all trades, master of some
While the overall portable monitor market has exploded over the past few years, one sub-segment that has seen increasing attention is the dual-panel market.…
We’ve already reviewed entries from several players in this space, but…
The JSAUX FlipGo Horizon Pro is a dual-screen portable monitor with a …
Still, it’s highly configurable in how you position the display panels…
Alabama residents left powerless to stop massive Bitcoin mining data center despite county and town moratoriums — hole in state zoning laws lets facility through
Somerville in Morgan County, Alabama, is a quiet, idyllic town full of green pastures, grazing animals, and soon enough, a Bitcoin mining center.…
Despite the many protests from residents and moratoriums at both count…
More specifically, Alabama is one of the many states where counties do…
Municipalities and towns do have that legal ability, but many towns do…
Analysts see 'increasing foundry success conviction' as Intel CEO puts $12 million more of his own money in company — analysts point to accelerating foundry progress and capex expansion
Intel chief executive Lip-Bu Tan has invested $12 million of his own money in Intel this week as part of the company's $19.…
7 billion stock offering, indicating his confidence in the company.
Meanwhile, Bank of America analysts view the capital raise as an indic…
"The capital raise […] is still a good leading indicator of management…