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Orico BookDrive P10Plus (512GB) review: Magnetic back and 100W passthrough charging

1 March 2026 at 17:00
Orico's BookDrive P10Plus feels solid and has a magnetic back for snapping onto smartphones, as well as a 100w passthrough charging port. But its performance is lacking in one key area – especially for professional users.

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Grab a mobile workstation with a jaw-dropping $1,200 discount and 96GB of DDR5 memory β€” Lenovo's robust & powerful ThinkPad P14s is on sale for just $1,539

The P-series in Lenovo's ThinkPad lineup is aimed at professionals looking for a lot of CPU power, and this unit in particular pairs that with an insane 96 GB of RAM. The processor under the hood is the Strix Point flagship Ryzen AI 9 HX PRO 370, featuring 12 cores and Radeon 890M integrated graphics for light 1080p gaming.

Industry murmurs suggest Sony will no longer release PS5 exclusives on PC β€” New leadership might be willing to forgo PC revenue to fortify console platform

Reports from around the gaming world are heavily pointing toward the end of Sony's first-party AAA games being available on PC. Single-player PlayStation Studios titles are apparently now going to be assess on a game-by-game basis for launch on PC, with the general strategy pivoting to keeping them on console indefinitely.

AMD Ryzen 7 9850X3D vs Intel Core i9-14900K faceoff β€” Intel’s Raptor Lake platform continues to be relevant in 2026

The Ryzen 7 9850X3D now leads AMD’s gaming lineup, but Intel’s Core i9-14900K remains a powerful choice for productivity-focused users. We tested both in a head-to-head battle to see which CPU comes out on top.

Claude won't be allowed to engage in mass surveillance or power fully autonomous weapons β€” Anthropic refuses to lower AI guardrails for the Pentagon

Anthropic CEO has pushed back strongly against the Pentagon's requests to remove AI guardrails from Claude. Anthropic takes a concrete stance against mass surveillance and autonomous killing machines, arguing that the former is undemocratic, while frontier AI is not ready for the latter.

Secretlab has three PokΓ©mon-themed Titan Evo chairs in honor of game's 30th anniversary β€” special edition seats available in Pikachu, Gengar, and Eevee flavors

Secretlab and The PokΓ©mon Company International just collaborated to bring three limited-edition PokΓ©mon-themed gaming chairs, featuring Pikachu, Gengar, or Eevee, in celebration of the popular franchise's 30th anniversary.

Behind the scenes of our massive CPU retest for Bench β€” testing at 1080p, choosing new apps, and gathering data for a decade of CPUs

27 February 2026 at 17:19
We’re retesting a decade’s worth of CPUs for our CPU hierarchy and Bench database, and we’re taking Tom’s Hardware Premium users behind the scenes to show you how it’s done.

Razer launches $130 laptop sleeve featuring two wireless charging pads β€” Base variant with no tech costs $80, supports up to 16-inch devices

Razer has just launched its own lineup of laptop sleeves for devices up to 16 inches. The higher-end variant costs $130 and features two wireless charging pads in its flap. The top pad is capable of charging at up to 15W, while the bottom one's output is limited to 5W. The cheaper $80 variant is comparatively basic with just a standard magnetic flap.

Intel Foundry boss leaves for Qualcomm β€” Naga Chandrasekaran takes charge of the unit

Naga Chandrasekaran promoted to Chief Technology and Operations Officer as well as the general manager of Intel Foundry responsible for development of advanced process technologies and day-to-day operations.

Save a massive $1,570 on this Lenovo Legion gaming PC with an Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 Ti β€” just $2,199.99 for 4K-ready rig with a 24-core Intel CPU, 32GB of DDR5 RAM, and a 1TB SSD

26 February 2026 at 16:28
A 41% saving on this Lenovo Legion Tower 7i Gen 10 gaming PC isn't one to miss. It includes an Intel Core Ultra 285K CPU, Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 Ti GPU, 32GB of DDR5-5600 RAM, and a 1TB NVMe SSD, all for just $2,199.99, saving you a massive $1,570 on the list price.

Trump orders Big Tech to generate its own power for AI data centers β€” reveals new 'ratepayer protection pledge' to curb rising electricity prices in the US

Building upon his Social Truth post from last month, President Trump has formally asked the big tech players to build their own power plants. Data centers have been eating at the national grid, causing electricity prices to rise across the board β€” for the average household. The "ratepayer protection pledge" will combat this by ensuring companies generate their own energy.

Valve says it misreported VRAM capacity on some graphics cards in Steam Hardware Surveys β€” latest data depicting 30% adoption of 8GB GPUs now foggy

In January's Steam Hardware Survey, adoption of 8 GB GPUs was at almost 30% despite marking a 3.11% decline, while 16 GB GPUs were up an impressive 5.85%. Unfortunately, it seems like Valve misreported those numbers as the latest Steam Client Beta update includes a patch node admitting so.

Trump administration to use Pentagon AI to set mineral reference prices β€” gallium and germanium among first four targets

25 February 2026 at 16:20
The Trump administration wants to use DARPA's Open Price Exploration for National Security (OPEN), an AI tool launched in 2023, to calculate what supplies of strategically important rare earths should cost once labor, processing, and other inputs are factored in and the effects of alleged Chinese market manipulation are removed.

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