CES2025 is in full swing, and the announcements from some of your favorite hardware manufacturers are pouring in. Yesterday,we saw the announcementof Nvidia’s GeForce RTX 50 Series GPUs, new laptop CPUs from Intel, and a fresh slate of enthusiast processors from AMD. Today’s announcements are just as exciting, with fresh systems from Lenovo, new hardware from Razer, new Wi-Fi 7 routers, and various odds and ends from every corner of the tech sector....

A computer can dip to black, displaying the manufacturer logo while trying to boot or in the middle of a session. You would expect a smooth operation after a restart. But instead, it runs into a restart loop at various points during the operation. Most of the time, the fault will be on the hardware end. Diagnosing the exact cause isn’t easy due to the vague nature of the problem, but some key pointers can help....

CPUID hasreleasedthe first version of CPU-Z for Windows on Arm64. This little program has been a regular component of many a PC tinkerer’s toolbox for many years, and its appearance on the platform may be a good omen for the ever-optimistic and industrious proponents ofArm PCs. At first glance, CPU-Z for Windows on Arm64 looks a lot like its older Windows x86 / x64 Windows classic style sibling, but there are some noteable differences to the feature set....

Seemingly out of nowhere, the devs behindCyberpunk 2077have dropped a massive update to the game despite previous claims that support had ended for the title. The new update brings with it an onslaught of gameplay changes and updates, including performance enhancements.Update 2.2promotes a whopping 33% performance improvement on Core Ultra 200S series CPUs. Specifically, the devs reveal that CPU threading has been “optimized” on Arrow Lake-based CPUs, which alone is responsible for the 33% performance uplift....

We use Dell docking station to link multiple peripherals to a single system. But like any other devices, different problems could arise due to hardware incompatibility, outdated drivers/BIOS, and damaged cables/ports. At first, check the power connection, inspect if the device’sLED is glowing. Also, we recommend reconnecting all the cables, plugging the power adapter directly into the wall outlet, andupdating Windowsor another OS. If the Dell docking station is still not working, you’ll have to troubleshoot the problem based on the symptoms....

Nvidia and Anthropic have publicly locked horns over the impending enforcement of the U.S. government’s new AI Diffusion Rules. According to aCNBCreport, an Nvidia spokesperson has describedAnthropic’s assertionsthat the Chinese sometimes go to extraordinary lengths to smuggle “large, heavy, and sensitive electronics” as “tall tales.“More specifically, a spokesperson for Nvidia told CNBC that, “American firms should focus on innovation and rise to the challenge, rather than tell tall tales that large, heavy, and sensitive electronics are somehow smuggled in ‘baby bumps’ or ‘alongside live lobsters....

According toJon Peddie Research, third-quarter graphics processing unit shipments were up both year over year and quarter over quarter. However, sales of integrated GPUs were up both QoQ and YoY as the processor market was up, whereas supplies of discrete GPUs were down as AMD and Nvidia were preparing new offerings. According to JPR, the market shipped 73.6 million iGPUs and dGPUs during the quarter. GPU shipments grew 3.4% compared to the previous quarter and 2....

Usually, pressing any key or a mouse button should wake your monitor from sleep. If that doesn’t work on your external display, it could be due to the Deep Sleep feature, faulty drivers, or even damaged cables. You might have also tried a different key combination to wake the screen. Even if that doesn’t help, the only option is to force reboot the PC. However, this closes all the running apps and boots Windows from scratch, which makes the sleep feature kind of worthless....

Ok, it’s the 21st Century and here I am, writing a “how to send and receive a fax” article. Short for facsimile, the fax machine was a marvellous invention that enabled the transmission of documents long before email became the standard. I am old enough to have used a fax machine, but it has been some time since I last used one. The humble fax may have fallen out of fashion, replaced with cloud services and electronic signatures, but there are times when you need to send a fax for official purposes....

It is utterly surprising when your android phone shows “storage space is running out” even though you have nothing inside it? Running out of storage gives everyone anxiety because you won’t be able to download things, or there is not enough space to take the pictures/videos you want. When you go through such a problem, you need to compromise on your old files as you need to make space for new ones....

Playing Minecraft with your friends after a tiring day can be very relaxing. But it can be annoying if you get the “Unable to Connect to World” error while trying to join the server. Before you begin to try the solutions, it is best to make sure you have astable internet connection, and your computer can run Minecraft properly. Once you make sure, you can try the solutions below. Re-add Your Friend If you are unable to join your friend’s world, you can try removing them from your friend list and adding them again....

A former SK Hynix employee has been formally accused of illegally transferring technologies related to advanced chip packaging used for 3D NAND, HBM, and multi-chiplet assemblies as well as CMOS image sensors to Huawei’s HiSilicon division, reportsDigiTimesciting the Seoul Central District Prosecutor’s office. There is an interesting wrinkle in this story: Huawei’s HiSilicon did not directly ask for specific technologies. While working at Huawei, the suspect allegedly took IP related to CMOS image sensors (CIS) and hybrid bonding chip packaging technology that is used for 3D NAND, HBM3/HBM3E/HBM4 memory, as well as advanced stacked multi-chiplet packages (e....

Why you may trust Tom’s HardwareOur expert reviewers spend hours testing and comparing products and services so you can choose the best for you.Find out more about how we test. Benchmarks and Conclusion CPU-only thermal results without power limits Without power limits enforced on Intel’s Core Ultra 9 285K and i7-14700K CPUs, the CPU will hit its peak temperature (TJ Max) and thermally throttle with even the strongest of air coolers and even most liquid coolers on the market....