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Lenovo alerts partners to looming price hikes on consumer and server products — soaring memory costs drive the surge

Lenovo warns partners of price hikes on client and server devices, advising them to place orders early to order at current prices.

Tom’s Hardware · Feb 21

Data center developers building private natural gas 'Shadow Grid' power plants to sidestep strained grids — off-grid GW Ranch project in Texas will reportedly use as much power as Chicago

Data centers using natural gas plants to sidestep power grids at the cost of carbon emissions

Tom’s Hardware · Feb 21

India joins America-led Pax Silica supply chain effort to build semiconductor talent and reduce reliance on China — agreement spans from rare earths to chipmaking tools

With new fabs under development and a growing focus on skilled talent, India’s inclusion in Pax Silica points to a long-term effort by the U.S. and its partners to accelerate capacity building.

Tom’s Hardware · Feb 21

U.S. Supreme Court shoots down President Trump’s tariffs — Consumer Technology Association hails 'victory for all Americans,' calls for swift refunds to retailers (update)

The Supreme Court told the Trump administration that the term "regulate" in the IEEPA does not give White House authority to impose tariffs on imports.

Tom’s Hardware · Feb 20

Thermal Grizzly pops the top on Ryzen 7 9850X3Ds for you, charges eyewatering premium for delidded chips — almost double the cost of a regular model, comes with its own warranty

The chips come with an assurance of functionality and a 24-month warranty, which ain't bad all things considered.

Tom’s Hardware · Feb 20

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.

Tom’s Hardware · Feb 20

OpenAI's Sam Altman warns that firms are using 'AI washing' to mask layoffs across the globe — AI boss calls out corporate excuses while warning of 'palpable' job disruption ahead

In an interview at the India AI Impact Summit, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman mentioned his belief that AI is being used by businesses to explain unrelated layoffs, but that the technology will cause an impact in the near future.

Tom’s Hardware · Feb 20

Zuckerberg cuts Meta employee bonuses by 5%, follows 10% reduction last year, despite AI splurge — $130 billion capex vision and eye-watering AI pay packages force efficiency elsewhere in the business

Meta reportedly cuts its stock option bonus rates for the second year in a row. 5% reduction follows 10% cut from the year before.

Tom’s Hardware · Feb 20

$20 million lost in 'jackpotting' ATM malware attacks in 2025, FBI reports — scheme forces machines to spit out cash, targets banks and ATM operators

The FBI released a public warning, saying that ATM "jackpotting" incidents have exponentially increased in 2025.

Tom’s Hardware · Feb 20

PC novice hits the jackpot with free RTX 3090 PC from kindly neighbour — potent build features $1,500 GPU paired with liquid-cooled i9-10850K and Asus Maximus motherboard

A redditor is enjoying a great first PC for free, thanks to a very generous neighbor.

Tom’s Hardware · Feb 20