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Yesterday β€” 24 February 2026Latest from Tom's Hardware

Nvidia's N1/N1X chips leak once again, this time tipped for release in first half of 2026 β€” hotly-anticipated chips to reportedly debut on Dell and Lenovo laptops

After years of rumors and leaks, something feels different in the air as multiple reports are now pointing toward an actual, official launch for Nvidia's N1/N1X SoCs. These highly elusive chips have been in the works for years, have faced multiple delays, but the excitement for their release never died down.

US gov't warned Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, Tim Cook, and Lisa Su that China could invade Taiwan by 2027 β€” Apple CEO reportedly said he sleeps 'with one eye open'

24 February 2026 at 20:15
A new investigative report from The New York Times reveals that, in July 2023, senior US intelligence officials privately briefed some of the tech industry's most powerful executives on classified assessments regarding China and Taiwan.

Amateur burglar steals three GPUs worth $11,000 from computer shop in Korea β€” thief broke in using a drill hammer and walked out with only 3 cards

A thief in South Korea fled with two RTX 5090s and an RTX 5080 when he broke into a local computer shop. Instead of going for maximum potential gains and picking up RAM, he valued high-ticket items that would sell quickly. The police are already looking for the suspect, but the shop owner promises to show leniency if the items are simply returned.

Before yesterdayLatest from Tom's Hardware

Linux 7.0 launches with enablement for Intel Nova Lake, AMD Zen 6 β€” major kernel update expected in Ubuntu 26.04 LTS and Fedora 44 first

A major kernel update, Linux 7.0, has been officially released. Although it'll take some time to show up in various Linux distros, the kernel comes with preliminary support for AMD's upcoming Zen 6 and Intel's Nova Lake.

Trump tariff turbulence risks handing TSMC a win over American chip manufacturers β€” prior exemptions for onshoring manufacturing may hinder the likes of Intel

23 February 2026 at 19:06
The Trump Administrations' new sweeping tariffs for all American imports could end up hurting American companies and benefitting their international competition at the same time, thanks to existing tariff carve-outs and rising material costs for U.S. producers.

Asus ROG Swift PG32UCDM3 240 Hz QD-OLED gaming monitor review: Asus delivers a true flagship OLED

23 February 2026 at 18:43
Asus delivers a flagship 32-inch OLED with the ROG Swift PG32UCDM3. It sports 4K resolution, 240 Hz, Adaptive-Sync, Quantum Dot wide gamut color, DisplayHDR 500, and HDR10, and is one of the few monitors to support Dolby Vision.

US exports from Taiwan now exceed exports from China for the first time in decades β€” AI gold rush fuels 93.5% jump in advanced system exports

Recent trade statistics indicate that Taiwan now supplies more goods to the U.S. than China does, but this is only a part of the picture, as Taiwan is rapidly increasing its exports to everywhere in the world.

Nintendo's Game & Watch hacked and turned into retro emulation beast β€” Solder job unlocks device from its Zelda-only cage thanks to a custom SD card slot

Macho Nacho Productions has modded an original Zelda-edition Game & Watch to run Retro-Go, a custom firmware that unlocks the hardware's full potential. This hacked Game & Watch can now emulate various consoles, includes support for save states, and even has a microSD card slot. But getting here wasn't easy.

Lenovo's excellent Legion 5i gaming laptop with an RTX 5060 and 32GB of memory is $400 off β€” features a Core Ultra 7 255HX CPU & 2.5K 165Hz OLED display

Lenovo has its Legion 5i gaming laptop with an RTX 5060 & Core Ultra 7 255HX CPU on sale for just $1,299, discounted $400 at B&H right now. With that you're getting a stunning 15.1-inch OLED display, 32GB of RAM, a 1TB SSD that's expandable, and a stealthy design with solid build quality.

Dell's new prebuilt PC has special custom power connector for Nvidia GPU β€” even large OEMs apparently fear the 16-pin power connector meltdowns

Dell's solution to the 16-pin connector overheating issues seems to bea custom connector to lock it into place. At least, that's what the OEM has done in a new prebuilt featuring the RTX 5070 Ti. The 12V-2x6 connector is forcibly fixed using genuine Amphenol brackets.

Nvidia's Chinese competitor Moore Threads beats it to launching a laptop featuring custom 12-core Arm chip β€” "MTT AI Book" can run Windows, seems to have adopted Arm before Nvidia's N1X

Moore Threads seems to have done what Nvidia couldn't... well, at least, at first glance. The company's new MTT AI Book laptop is powered by a custom ARM-based SoC that features 12 CPU cores, an unknown GPU based on in-house "MUSA" architecture, and a 50 TOPS-delivering NPU. The device can even run Windows, but not natively.

Colorado law could force surveillance for 3D printers to prevent use for making gun parts β€” fourth state to propose new bans is expanding firearms laws to regulate digital files

Colorado is joining the growing list of states attempting to crack down on the manufacture of 3D printed β€œghost guns,” joining New York, Washington, and California on a quest to expand firearms laws to regulate digital files and potentially ban 3D printers that are not under its surveillance.

27-inch 1440p curved gaming beast is now 40% off β€” Samsung Odyssey G55C falls $9 short of historic low

Samsung’s Odyssey G55C features a 165 Hz refresh rate, 1000R curvature, and FreeSync support, making it a solid budget-friendly option for 1440p gamers at its current Amazon discount.

AMD Zen 6 and Intel Nova Lake CPUs reportedly arriving late, delayed to CES 2027 β€” next-gen chips rocked by industry turmoil

AMD and Intel are both preparing next-gen desktop CPUs with major architectural improvements that now seem to be delayed. This includes Nova Lake, which has been confirmed for a 2026 year-end release time and again, and Zen 6, which has been on AMD's roadmap as a 2026 product for a while.

Hands-on with Cooler Master’s Cosmos Alpha full-tower chassis – sliding, configurable interior makes for lots of possibilities

21 February 2026 at 16:00
The Cosmos Alpha is an excellent update over the previous 2022-era model. The large internal spaces offer tons of configuration possibilities, all inside a modern, good-looking, premium full-tower chassis.

27 years after launch, Apple's decades-old iBook lineup can still get legacy updates from the company's servers β€” 21-year-old iBook G4 seamlessly connects to Wi-Fi, downloads updates with no mods

A Redditor has passionately shown off their 21-year-old iBook G4 on the r/MacOS subreddit, arguing that Apple's extensive software support goes against the planned obsolescence accusations they get. In the post, OP's vintage iBook can be seen ready to download updates after connecting to the internet, even today.

The great Bench GPU retest begins β€” how we're testing for our GPU Hierarchy in 2026, and why upscaling and framegen are still out

20 February 2026 at 22:18
Here's how we're updating our GPU Hierarchy and Bench database for 2026, with a breakdown of our setup, the current state of play, and our test suite, which includes many new gamesβ€”but no upscaling or framegen.

AWS outages caused by AI coding bot blunder, report claims

Amazon suffered from a couple of small outages driven by actions of AI agents. The company insists that these are user errors because it accidentally gave the AI permission to execute actions without approval from another user.

Corsair's new "Vault" series FRAME 4000D cases have color-shifting paintjobs β€” Priced at $140, these limited-edition towers also feature upgraded front panel I/O

The FRAME 4000D from Corsair was already a great case and if you couldn't justify the $400 LCD version, the company has another looker on the market now. Dubbed the "Vault" series, these new limited-edition FRAME 4000D towers feature two color-shifting paintjobs, revised front I/O and corner to corner tempered glass side panel.

30 years later, the iconic 'Bliss' green hill from Windows XP is still thriving β€” lucky passerby captures the hill looking almost identical to the 1996 photograph in 'super rare' event

A Redditor travelling through Napa Valley on 18th February 2026 was lucky enough to see the iconic "Bliss" hill in a form close to the original wallpaper. This terrain is usually covered in vineyards, so it doesn't look as picturesque, but during rare times of the year, you can catch glimpses of its unaltered beauty.

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