HARDWARE·August 1, 2026Big tech spends more than $1 trillion on AI infrastructure — an additional $745 billion expected to be added in 2026 aloneTom's Hardware
HARDWARE·July 31, 2026Streaming QR codes at 60 FPS achieves nearly 190 KB/s data rate in phone-to-phone tests — browser-based method requires no app, no networking, no pairing, and no permissions beyond camera accessTom's Hardware
HARDWARE·July 31, 2026Modder der8auer builds 110cm 3D-printed chimney to passively cool Ryzen 7 9800X3D without fans, cuts temps by 19C — radically simple PC mod uses the 'stack effect'Tom's Hardware
HARDWARE·July 31, 2026Ambitious gamer turns fanless Subway menu PCs into gaming rigs — passive Intel Core i3 units manage just 15 fps in GTA V and 25 fps in MinecraftTom's Hardware
HARDWARE·July 31, 2026Startup plans to put nuclear-powered data centers in the sea — modular units could be much faster to deploy, but questions about reliability and longevity remainTom's Hardware
HARDWARE·July 31, 2026Windows NT 4.0 brought the Win95 UI to servers 30 years ago today — milestone unifying modern Windows OS hit RTM in the Pentium eraTom's Hardware
HARDWARE·July 31, 2026Shanghai Aishengna named as the maker of China's first domestic immersion DUV chipmaking tools — first viable domestic 7nm-capable scanner to be completed by 2038Tom's Hardware
HARDWARE·July 31, 2026Amazon accidentally spent $1.8 million using Claude for menial coding task, went 860% over budget — 'catastrophically expensive' coding blunders discovered in internal Amazon AI usage metricsTom's Hardware
HARDWARE·July 31, 2026PSA: Your watch band may be messing with your laptop – magnetic clasps can cause lid sensors to lock your PCTom's Hardware
HARDWARE·July 30, 2026Exploring Apple Silicon’s local AI performance with the Mac Studio and M4 Max — M4 Max beats GB10 and Strix Halo in decode throughput, but memory bandwidth isn't everythingTom's Hardware
HARDWARE·July 30, 2026Google could build more AI accelerators than Nvidia sells in 2028, analyst claims — could push the company to use Intel Foundry to meet its goalsTom's Hardware
