HARDWARE·May 19, 2026Creative Sound Blaster Audigy FX Pro 7.1-channel sound card: A decent 2026 upgrade for analog audioTom's Hardware
HARDWARE·May 19, 2026Standard Chartered plans to cut 7,000 jobs as it pushes into AI — lender wants to replace ‘lower-value human capital’ and focus on automationTom's Hardware
HARDWARE·May 19, 2026Intel tells PC makers to adopt 18A CPUs or lose their supply, report claims — Intel 7 supply dries up, pressuring notebook and PC manufacturers in the US, China, and TaiwanTom's Hardware
HARDWARE·May 19, 2026LG unveils 'world's first' native 1,000 Hz refresh rate at 1080p for serious competitive gaming — UltraGear 25G590B to launch in the second half of 2026Tom's Hardware
HARDWARE·May 19, 2026Researchers attack AMD's Infinity Fabric to bypass hardware security protections with 'Fabricked' — flaw lets malicious cloud hosts silently read confidential VM memory and forge attestation reportsTom's Hardware
HARDWARE·May 19, 2026Fake Samsung SSD spotting comes to CrystalDiskInfo as AI crunch drives sophisticated counterfeit market — free open-source software can flag clones by checking firmware, PCI Vendor IDTom's Hardware
HARDWARE·May 19, 2026Custom-built passive water-cooled PC relies on convection chimney effect powered by triple-stacked radiators — 9800X3D build with RTX 5080 has no fans, copper, and radiator chimney, but struggles to keep temperatures downTom's Hardware
HARDWARE·May 19, 2026Fans secretly mapped 24 terabytes of Minecraft’s infamous 2b2t server, million-square-block archive to be shared via torrent — Intense digital archaeology project has taken years, risked player wrathTom's Hardware
HARDWARE·May 19, 2026Jury throws out Elon Musk's lawsuit against OpenAI after less than two hours of deliberation — Unanimous vote that Musk filed the lawsuit too lateTom's Hardware
HARDWARE·May 19, 2026Record-high pricing pushes SSD and memory makers to borrow $880 million just to afford buying chips — Adata, TeamGroup, and others take on substantial debt to survive shortagesTom's Hardware
HARDWARE·May 19, 2026Why now is the best time to jump on the OLED monitor bandwagon — breaking down new-gen panel tech and our top burn-in prevention tipsTom's Hardware
