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Intel, SK hynix shares surge following reports of chip packaging partnership — SK is said to be testing Intel's 2.5D EMIB for HBM integration

… Neither SK nor Intel has confirmed the rumors. Follow Tom's Hardware on Google News , or add us as a preferred source , to get our latest news, analysis, & reviews in your feeds. …

May 11, 2026 · Luke James

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Acer unveils its first Ryzen 9 9955X3D gaming laptop — refreshed Nitro 16 joins new Predator Helios 18 AI and streaming-only Nitro Blaze Link handheld

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Intel challenges AMD’s handheld dominance with new Arc G3 chips — Panther Lake silicon brings up to 14 cores, Arc B390 graphics to handhelds

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Tryx launches new liquid AIO cooler with holographic display — uses beam splitters to create a hologram-like display effect inside the pump block

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Huawei develops 122TB SSD with new packaging tech to sidestep US sanctions on 3D NAND chips — Chinese firm develops proprietary tech to cram more NAND dies in a smaller footprint

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First Apple M5 memory exploit discovered using Anthropic AI, gives root access on MacOS — Claude Mythos helps security researchers bypass Memory Integrity Enforcement

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May 16, 2026 · Bruno Ferreira

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$499 case turns your PC into a liquid cooling masterpiece for your wall — Portal Advanced comes with an integrated distribution plate and reservoir to start of your build

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May 14, 2026 · Zhiye Liu

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Blazing-fast 1TB WD Black SN8100 SSD with integrated heatsink plummets to an all-time low price of $209 — act fast before this deal disappears

… This deal is not going to last very long for obvious reasons, so if you want in with a chance of picking up this latest SSD on the cheap, you'd better act fast. ● Grab this deal at Newegg The WD Black SN8100 is a superfast PCIe Gen 5 x4 NVMe 2.0 drive with some of the fastest read and write speeds … …

May 13, 2026 · Stewart Bendle

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Chinese university builds 3D chip design tool tailored to Huawei's ‘LogicFolding’ architecture — 3D design delivers increased performance and better thermal management

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May 28, 2026 · Luke James

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Google Chrome 'silently' downloads 4GB AI model to your device without permission, report claims — researcher says practice may violate EU law, waste thousands of kilowatts of energy

Security researcher Alexander Hanff, also known as "That Privacy Guy," has published a new analysis claiming that Google Chrome is silently downloading a roughly 4GB on-device AI model to users' machines without notice or consent. …

May 6, 2026 · Zak Killian

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SoftBank to spend up to $87 billion on French AI data centers — country offers ample nuclear grid that US sites lack

… The €75 billion figure is also a ceiling; only the €45 billion first phase and its 3.1GW are firm commitments, with the remaining sites described as plans for later. Follow Tom's Hardware on Google News , or add us as a preferred source , to get our latest news, analysis, & reviews in your feeds. …

May 31, 2026 · Luke James

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Nvidia accelerates end-of-life for some Jetson AI processors due to memory shortages — RAMpocalypse sends older DDR4-based modules to the great scrapheap in the sky

… What is happening here is not a simple shortage in the traditional sense but a reallocation of manufacturing capacity. Memory vendors are prioritizing higher-margin parts for AI accelerators, particularly HBM and newer DDR5, and that shift pulls capacity away from legacy nodes that produce LPDDR4. …

May 3, 2026 · Zak Killian

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SoftBank to manufacture its own batteries with water-based tech to power AI data centers — targets gigawatt-hour-scale production by 2028

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May 12, 2026 · Luke James

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AMD rumored to ready budget-friendly Ryzen 7 7700X3D for suffering gamers — chipmaker lowers clocks and price with new Zen 4 X3D CPU

… The new chip might represent an appealing same-socket upgrade for PC builders who haven't yet taken advantage of AMD's X3D tech yet, though. Follow Tom's Hardware on Google News , or add us as a preferred source , to get our latest news, analysis, & reviews in your feeds. …

May 19, 2026 · Zhiye Liu