US FTC reportedly launches antitrust probe into Arm following its launch of its own AGI CPU — regulators …

The U.S. FTC is looking into Arm Holdings to see if it's abusing its market position as a dominant chip designer to gives its new chip manufacturing business an advantage over competitors who build semiconductors based …

https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/big-tech/us-ftc-reportedly-launches-antitrust-probe-into-arm-following-its-launch-of-its-own-agi-cpu-regulators-investigate-if-chip-designer-is-restricting-architecture-access-to-rivals

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Josef Prusa warns Chinese 3D printing software poses massive security risks — Bambu Lab allegedly violates AGPL license with an un-auditable network 'black box'

Bambu Labs continues to draw fire.

https://www.tomshardware.com/3d-printing/josef-prusa-warns-chinese-3d-printing-software-poses-massive-security-risks-bambu-lab-allegedly-violates-agpl-license-with-an-un-auditable-network-black-box

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China bypasses US GPU bans with 1.54-exaflops 'LineShine' supercomputer — CPU-only monster packs 2.4 million Huawei-d…

China's National Supercomputing Center in Shenzhen takes a page from Japan's Fugaku supercomputer and Fujitsu's A64FX processor, build LineShine supercomputer based entirely on Armv9-based LineShine LX2 CPUs.

https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/china-bypasses-us-gpu-bans-with-1-54-exaflops-lineshine-supercomputer-cpu-only-monster-packs-2-4-million-huawei-designed-armv9-cores

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OpenClaw creator burned through $1.3 million in OpenAI API tokens in a single month — bill covered 603 billion tokens across 7.6 million requests and 100 coding agents

The bill covered 603 billion tokens across 7.6 million requests, all generated by roughly 100 Codex instances.

https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/openclaw-creator-burns-through-1-3-million-in-openai-api-tokens-in-a-single-month

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Taiwan declares itself 'sovereign and independent' after Trump questions US defense commitment — comments come after Trump said he opposes Taiwan independence

The statement came hours after President Donald Trump told Fox News he opposes Taiwan pursuing formal independence.

https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/taiwan-declares-itself-sovreign-and-independent-after-trump-questions-us-defense-commitment

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Jensen Huang slams 'stupid' analogy comparing GPUs to nuclear weapons — Nvidia CEO says government should allow selling GPUs to 'adversarial countries'

The Nvidia chief said that you cannot compare AI GPUs to nuclear weapons.

https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/jensen-huang-says-comparing-gpus-to-atomic-bombs-is-stupid-nvidia-ceo-says-government-should-allow-selling-gpus-to-adversarial-companies

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Maker packs an opinionated, googly-eyed AI chatbot into a mobile suitcase, powered by an Nvidia Jetson — entirely local machine entity runs Gemma 4 E4B and can respond in 200ms

Sparky is an opinionated googly-eyed AI in a suitcase powered by an Nvidia Jetson Orin NS Super 16GB.

https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/maker-packs-an-opinionated-googly-eyed-ai-chatbot-into-a-mobile-suitcase-powered-by-an-nvidia-jetson-entirely-local-machine-entity-runs-gemma-4-e4b-and-can-respond-in-200ms

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The Core Ultra 7 270K was too good, so Intel scrapped the flagship Core Ultra 9 290K Plus — benchmarks of…

The Core Ultra 9 290K Plus, which never came out, was only marginally faster than the Core Ultra 7 270K Plus, which explains why Intel ultimately chose not to release it. On average across 1080p and 1440p games, it's on…

https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/the-core-ultra-7-270k-was-too-good-so-intel-scrapped-the-flagship-core-ultra-9-290k-plus-benchmarks-of-the-290k-prototype-find-slim-2-percent-faster-performance-in-gaming-and-applications

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Get an entire RTX 5090 gaming PC for around the price of just the GPU — a high-end battle station for under $4,000

The Omen 45L may currently be one of the most sensible ways to secure an RTX 5090 gaming system without having to deal with inflated standalone GPU prices.

https://www.tomshardware.com/desktops/gaming-pcs/get-an-entire-rtx-5090-gaming-pc-for-around-the-price-of-just-the-gpu-a-high-end-battle-station-for-under-usd4-000

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Trump calls $14 billion Taiwan arms deal a 'negotiating chip' with China after Xi said Taiwan issue could lead to 'clashes and even conflicts' — Trump says 'Taiwan would be very smart to cool it a little bit'

Trump's remarks came at the close of a two-day summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping.

https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/trump-calls-taiwan-arms-deal-a-negotiating-chip-with-china

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