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Received yesterday — 27. Dezember 2025Tom's Hardware

This RTX 5070 Ti gaming laptop is the cheapest we've seen at $700 off — Get MSI's Vector 16 with a Ryzen 9 8940HX CPU, 16 GB DDR5 RAM, and a 240Hz screen for just $1,299

MSI has put its Vector 16 gaming laptop on sale for just $1,299 at Walmart, offering a 35% discount for a beastly hardware combo. You get a Ryzen 9 8940HX, an RTX 5070 Ti, 16 GB of RAM, and a 1 TB SSD, all backed up with a 90Wh battery. As far as RTX 5070 Ti laptops go, it has never gotten any cheaper.

Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 power wire reportedly caught fire despite using the original cable — CPU cooler's tubing was also caught in the blaze

We might be looking at literally the most cooked RTX 5090 yet, with a burnt power connector that has melted into itself, despite using a native 12V-2x6 cable on an ATX 3.1 certified PSU. The person smelled fire, saw it, and lived to tell the tale, all on Christmas eve.

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AMD's dual-cache Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 appears in first benchmark leaks — gaming-focused CPU features 192MB of L3 cache stacked across both CCDs

AMD is preparing a new flagship gaming chip, the Ryzen 9 9950X3D2, which is said to have 192MB of L3 cache thanks to its dual-cache design that will add 3D V-Cache across both CCDs. The CPU originally leaked months ago, but it has finally appeared on benchmarking databases PassMark and Geekbench, with amicable scores to boot.

LG UltraGear evo gaming monitor lineup announced ahead of CES 2026 — 27-inch 5K Mini LED, 39-inch curved Tandem OLED, and a 52-inch 5K2K large format display

LG is expanding its gaming monitor portfolio with the launch of UltraGear evo, a premium sub-brand that brings a 5K Mini LED monitor with 2,304 dimming zones, a curved 5K2K OLED ultrawide, and the world’s largest 5K2K gaming display

How China’s control of battery supply chains is becoming a critical risk for U.S. military power and AI initiatives — reducing reliance will take nearly a decade

26. Dezember 2025 um 15:39
According to a special report by the New York Times, the U.S. government is concerned about how China sits at the center of that ecosystem, controlling large portions of battery manufacturing and processing.

Customer orders two Samsung 9100 Pro SSDs, receives 20 SSDs worth over $5,100 instead — lucky score of two boxes packed with ultra-fast 2 TB PCIe 5.0 drives

In what could only be described as an extremely timely Christmas miracle, a Redditor has received two full boxes of expensive, flagship SSDs worth $5,100, even though they paid for just two. A tale of Amazon's packaging error turned into relief amidst the ongoing component crisis.

Google is allowing users to change their Gmail address, per official Google support doc — experimental @gmail feature rolling out in India first, no official announcement yet

Google is finally adding a much-awaited feature to Gmail, allowing to change your old @gmail addresses without needing to create a new account. After switching to a new Gmail, you'll receive emails on both addresses, and all your existing data will remain intact.

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