The Latest Breaking News from Tom’s Hardware

The U.S. government is considering aggressive new semiconductor-related tariffs that aim to force more chip manufacturing onto American soil, but risk triggering inflation, disrupting supply chains, and posing serious implementation challenges.

Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said Saturday that a major semiconductor deal with Taiwan was coming “pretty soon,” signaling a potential breakthrough in U.S. efforts to shore up domestic chip production.

US electronics warfare specialist Epirus recently demonstrated its new flagship Leonidas weapon at a live fire trial in Indiana, disabling 'all 61-of-61 drones.'

DJI sued the DoD, saying that it's not a Chinese military company, but the courts ruled otherwise.

The first game that uses Apple’s AirPods as a motion controller has hit the App Store.

The Russian Academy of Sciences has unveiled a 2026–2037 roadmap for domestic 11.2 nm EUV lithography tools that reject ASML's architecture in favor of xenon plasma, Ru/Be mirrors, and solid-state lasers, aiming for simplified, tin-free, cost-effective alternatives.

Modded 3Dfx Voodoo shows how the design was ahead of its time.

RTINGS.com's longevity burn-in test for TVs and monitors enters its second year of progress, with many screens dying completely or showing intense signs of wear and tear after the equivalent of 10 years of average use.

Nvidia's rumored RTX 50 Super mid-gen refresh has no concrete launch window, but there have already been plenty of leaks. Rumors suggest a CES 2026 announcement, and we now have what appears to be our first substantial confirmation of RTX 50 Super GPUs, courtesy of Seasonic's PSU calculator.

Asus has begun rolling out beta BIOS updates to address widespread stuttering and performance issues on ROG laptops. The company confirms it has identified the root cause and will release finalized firmware soon.

Can you stream YouTube via dial-up? You'll need at least four bonded 56K modems. But what if you have 12?