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As AI supply disruptions grip the market, almost two thirds of PC owners have no plans to upgrade

As AI-induced RAM shortages worsen by the day, nearly two thirds of PC owners now have no plans to upgrade their machines any time soon.

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60% of PC gamers have no plans to build a new PC in the next two years — AI pricing crunch on RAM and other components paralyze enthusiast market

A survey of Tom's Hardware readers has revealed that 60% of PC gamers are not planning to build a new PC in the next two years.

Tom’s Hardware

Microsoft fixes annoying BitLocker lockout — but only for Windows 11, leaving Windows 10 stuck

Microsoft selectively patches BitLocker recovery issue for Windows 11 25h2, leaving Windows 10 and Windows Server users waiting for updates.

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More details emerge about how Intel now earns more revenue from each wafer by looking to the edges — analyst reports say reduced yield variability across each wafer leads to more sellable CPUs

According to analyst reports, Intel is reducing wafer yield variability to get more useful CPU dies from wafer edges amid AI-driven demand.

Tom’s Hardware

"It's almost impossible to recommend the Surface Laptop 13": I compare it to the MacBook Neo after Microsoft's price hike

Microsoft's Surface Laptop 13-inch and Apple's MacBook Neo have a lot in common, and normally it would be hard to decide. But with Surface prices going up, it's become much harder to recommend the Windows device. Here's my full comparison.

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'At this level, those numbers aren’t for us gamers': Why 720Hz gaming monitors might be overkill

Are insanely high refresh rates for gaming monitors worth it? We asked experts if they provide real benefits for gamers or if it's just manufacturers flexing.

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Minisforum's beastly N5 Max NAS comes powered by AMD Strix Halo — $2,899 for 'AI NAS' with pre-installed OpenClaw, supports up to 200TB capacity

Minisforum says its powerful AI NAS, the N5 Max, will launch on April 23, 2026, at $2,899

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Nvidia quashes rumor it’s planning to purchase a major PC manufacturer — says that it’s ‘not engaged in discussions to acquire any PC maker’

Nvidia said that it wasn't in talks with another PC manufacturer to acquire it, despite rumors saying that it has been discussing the possibility since 2024.

Tom’s Hardware

News outlets are blocking Wayback Machine from archiving their pages — 23 outlets concerned AI companies might abuse fair use and use it to train their models

Many major news outlets are blocking the Wayback Machine's crawler from archiving their pages, despite using the tool for their reporting. Their primary concern is that AI tech companies are breaking fair use and training their models on publicly available data.

Tom’s Hardware

After soaring 2,200%, DDR4 RAM prices finally fall — but don't get too excited

We're seeing more positive signs that the RAM crisis is easing somewhat, but be careful not to raise your expectations too high.

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30 years of Lexar: What a look inside its R&D labs and factory reveals about its plans for an AI-ready future

Lexar toured us around its R&D labs and production facilities to see how it's building storage solutions for today and tomorrow.

Tom’s Hardware

Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite reviews are in, but these second-gen Windows-on-Arm chips still aren't grabbing me as a PC gamer

Though I'm excited to actually test it out myself.

PC Gamer

Bambu Lab Settles with Pop Mart over Labubu IP Theft, publicly apologizes — 'problematic content' fully removed from MakerWorld 3D printing platform

Bambu Lab struck a deal with toymaker Pop Mart over the intellectual property dispute of Labubu fan art on its file-sharing site MakerWorld.

Tom’s Hardware

Microsoft shuts down another Windows 11 registry hack — native NVMe SSD support has changed but Insiders still have options

Microsoft has changed the Windows 11 nvmedisk.sys registry ID that unlocked native NVMe performance, ending a popular SSD speed trick for power users.

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Walmart drafts in Nvidia RTX 4000 GPU stock to cover RTX 5000 supply woes — will this become a growing trend?

Can't find (or afford) the Nvidia RTX 5000 GPU you want? Walmart is stocking more RTX 4000 models as alternatives.

Tom’s Hardware

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Car powered by 500 disposable vape batteries boasts 18-mile range, 35mph top speed, USB-C charging port — early 2000s Reva G.Wiz gets a makeover

A TechTuber has successfully built and tested a vape battery-powered car.

Tom’s Hardware

Palmer Luckey’s retro gaming venture seeks $1 billion valuation as FPGA-based Nintendo 64 clone launch nears — ModRetro's M64 console plays original N64 cartridges, supports 4K resolution

Palmer Luckey is said to be in talks with investors to raise funds for ModRetro at a $1 billion valuation as the retro gaming company prepares to ship its second product.

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Nvidia dominates gaming GPU market with 95 percent share as sales of AMD Radeon graphics plummet to a historical low of 5 percent

Nvidia strengthens its position on the market of discrete GPUs as AMD's market share continues to dive, whereas Intel fails to gain traction.

Tom’s Hardware

PC processors entered the Gigahertz era today in the year 2000 with AMD's Athlon — AMD hit marketing gold with its 1 GHz Athlon, beat Intel by a nose

Today in the year 2000, AMD shipped an undisputable milestone processor, its 1 GHz Athlon CPU. Thus, the Gigahertz PC era was born on Monday, March 6, 2000.

Tom’s Hardware

DDR5 RAM kits skyrocket to an astonishing $4,000 on Newegg with wild price listings on multiple G.Skill and Corsair products — various speeds and capacities all listed at the same eye-watering price

Newegg has raised the price of some Corsair Vengeance DDR5 memory kits to $3,980; however, it's unclear whether this is a pricing blunder.

TechRadar

California's age verification law is proving controversial — here's what you need to know, and why some Linux distros are in the firing line

The legislation might prove to be a real headache for some Linux distros.

Tom’s Hardware

Lenovo brings a blue ThinkPad T14 to Mobile World Congress — slew of new devices includes a Legion 7a with Strix Halo

Lenovo is updating its ThinkPad, Yoga, and Legion laptop lines at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.

Tom’s Hardware

Windows 11 continues gaining traction, nears 75% market share — Windows 10 finally on the way out, some five months after Microsoft axes support

Windows 11 finally breaks 70% market share, five months after Microsoft ended support for Windows 10.

Tom’s Hardware

Enthusiast runs desktop PC off 56 AA batteries — Intel computer lasts less than 5 minutes while playing Minesweeper

YouTube creator ScuffedBits experimented with a desktop PC and AA batteries just to see how many they needed to run and for how long will a desktop PC last on AA battery power alone.

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