HARDWARE·May 8, 2026Microsoft CTO confesses that 30-year-old code from the mid-90s still forms the bedrock of Windows 11 — ancient Win32 API still the backbone, but CTO says it's 'more relevant than ever in 2026'Tom's Hardware
HARDWARE·May 8, 2026AI data center bans are rapidly multiplying across the US — 69 jurisdictions block new builds, with four moves noted as permanentTom's Hardware
HARDWARE·May 8, 2026Testing the top Thunderbolt 5 docks with up to 140W Power Delivery, 10 GbE, and even internal M.2 SSD slots — Razer, CalDigit, Hyper, Ivanky, and WAVLINK go head-to-headTom's Hardware
HARDWARE·May 8, 2026The Middle East had everything data center builders and hyperscalers could wish for — then the Iran war happenedTom's Hardware
HARDWARE·May 8, 2026Senator at center of Utah AI data center debate gets physical, slaps phone out of reporter’s hand — reporter covering cases of harassment against his businessTom's Hardware
HARDWARE·May 8, 2026Internet archival sites struggling to preserve the internet because of skyrocketing hard drive prices due to the AI boom — Wayback Machine and Wikimedia punished by stratospheric storage pricing and stricter anti-scraping measures blocking the wrong botsTom's Hardware
HARDWARE·May 8, 2026Google's DeepMind to train AI on player actions in quarter-million-player MMORPG Eve Online — Google bought in by purchasing a minority stake in the newly independent Fenris CreationsTom's Hardware
HARDWARE·May 8, 2026Valve opens Steam Controller reservations today at 10 AM PT after record-breaking sell-out — reservation queue puts real fans ahead of automated botsTom's Hardware
HARDWARE·May 8, 2026Devastating 'Dirty Frag' exploit leaks out, gives immediate root access on most Linux machines since 2017, no patches available, no warning given — Copy Fail-like vulnerability had its embargo brokenTom's Hardware
HARDWARE·May 8, 2026AMD announces MI350P PCIe AI accelerator card with 144GB of HBM3E — roughly 40% faster in FP16 and FP8 theoretical compute compared to Nvidia's H200 NVL competitorTom's Hardware
HARDWARE·May 8, 2026White House reportedly considers mandatory government vetting of AI models before release — executive order under discussionTom's Hardware
