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TheRTX 5090 Founders Editionunboxing embargo has officially been lifted. From the looks of it,Nvidiais going eco-friendly this time with its FE models, though AIBs will likely stick with more mainstream and custom designs. Nvidia’s new packaging philosophy resembles Apple’s, with the “inkless” GPU box made entirely of “paper fibers”—probably just a fancy name for cardboard. Off the bat, packaging for the RTX 5090 boasts a 50% reduction in size compared to the last generation to minimize material usage and potentially lower costs for Nvidia....

Samsung is planning to release a new ARM-based laptop, the Galaxy Book 4 Edge, that will compete in the high-end thin-and-light space. Samsung’s notebook will come with Qualcomm’s new 12-coreSnapdragon X Elitechip designed for laptops,WinFuture reports, which purportedly boasts more performance than Apple’s previous-genM2 chip. The new notebook will reportedly launch for “around €1,800” — that’s $2,074, although it’s fair to expect actual U.S. retail pricing will be somewhat different due to tax and import regulation differences between Europe and the U....

Images of Samsung’s upcoming Galaxy Book4 Edge (Pro) laptops have leaked. German tech siteWinFutureclaims the new Samsung laptops will launch shortly packing Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X chips, which deliver the potent Nuvia CPU cores to the PC platform. Additionally, all the screen images of the new Samsung Galaxy Book4 Edge (Pro) devices showcase a colorful newWindows 11‘Bloom’ wallpaper variant. Samsung will initially sell three variants of the Galaxy Book4 Edge, according to the source....

Seasonichas introduced its fourth iteration of Focus GX series power supplies with several new updates, including a new PCB layout and smaller MOSFETs. However, the main update Seasonic has incorporated is its all-new OptiSink technology, which has a revamped and improved cooling design. Seasonic has coined the term OptiSink for its latest thermal solution for power supplies. OptiSink “increases internal space by approximately 48%, facilitating better air movement.” According to the PSU maker, the extra space available allows OptiSink to exchange heat at a “significantly” faster rate, which boosts efficiency....

Frore Systems introduced the AirJet Mini Slim, an improved version of its renowned solid-state active cooling device, atCES2024. The AirJet Mini Slim is a slimmer, lighter, and smarter iteration of the AirJet Mini introduced a year ago that can sense its temperature and clean itself. Frore’s AirJet Mini Slim maintains the same 27.5 x 41.5 mm footprint and boasts the same 1750 Pascals of back pressure and cooling capabilities as the AirJet Mini: it can dissipate up to 5....

Shell Infrastructure Host, orsihost.exe, handles various graphics UI elements in Windows, such as the desktop background, taskbar, and Start menu. Due to a memory leak bug with the default Photos app, users face the Shell Infrastructure Host High CPU usage issue when browsing through a large number of photos. Even after closing the faulty app,sihost.exestill lingers around withhigh CPU usagefor hours, which can understandably be quite annoying. So, in this article, we’ve detailed what steps you can take to fix the Shell Infrastructure Host High CPU usage problem....

Naver, owner of South Korea’s largest search platform and various related services (some AI-powered), has decided to order its next $752 million in AI chips from Samsung rather than Nvidia. This news, as reported byKED Global, follows Naver’sOctober 2023 pivot from Nvidia GPUs to Intel CPUs, and shows that Naver is doing all it can to reduce its reliance on Nvidia, the current leader in the AI hardware space. Reportedly,Samsung’s Mach-1 AI chipsare going to be used with Naver’s servers for its AI map service, Naver Place....

Spanish retailer Neo-Byte listed threeRX 9070-seriesGPUs from Gigabyte on its e-commerce platform, including pricing and specifications. X usermomomo_usfirst shared the listings, showing a Gigabyte AorusRadeonRX 9070 XT Elite priced at €1,119.99 (~$1,148.53), a Gigabyte Radeon RX 9070 XT Gaming OC listed for €1,069.99(~$1,097.26), and a Gigabyte Radeon RX 9070 Gaming OC GPU with a €889.99 (~$912.67) price tag. Although these GPUs already have active listings, we recommend throwing a pinch of salt over early retailer listings....

A recently published study casts serious doubt on the touted health benefits of owning a standing desk. Researchers studying the incidence of major cardiovascular disease (CVD) in 83,013 UK adults found that substituting a few standing hours into a person’s daily desk time didn’t lower CVD risk, and standing for long periods brought along some of its own potential health issues. Specifically, the 6.9-yearstudy(h/t theWashington Post), notes that standing increases the risk of health problems like varicose veins, abnormally low blood pressure, and blood clots....

Just because you’re on a budget doesn’t mean you can’t get high performance and plenty of storage capacity from your SSD. Today, we’ve come across an offer on theWD_Black SN850X 8TB SSD. This high-spec PCIe Gen4 gaming SSD usually goes for around $639, but right now it’s available for just $589. This is close to the lowest price we’ve ever seen for the SSD, by about $10 (USD). This offer is for the edition that comes with a bundled heatsink....

A heartily-discounted Asus ROG Zephyrus G14 (2024), which flaunts a 120 Hz OLED screen, a Ryzen 9 8945HS, 16 GB of LPDDR5X RAM, a 1 TB NVMe Gen 4 SSD, and a mobile RTX 4060 has caught our eye as a potentially-compelling deal for our readers at just $1099.99. We’ve previously covered this same model of ROG Zephyruson sale back in June2024, but compared to that $300 discount, it now has a much healthier $500 discount....

It’s March, and the recently announcedAmazon Big Spring Saleis about to kick into gear. Taking place from March 25th to the 31st, 2025, this event will showcase all the usual Amazon deals on Echo and Firesticks, but what we at Tom’s Hardware are interested in are the tech deals on our favorite PC hardware and peripherals and all the maker-centric bits and bobs. It will feature a selection of deals for all visitors to the site, not justAmazon Primemember-exclusive deals....

We’re rapidly approaching the end of Amazon Prime Day, and if you’re budget has been stretched, or you don’t have the budget for the big purchases, we’ve compiled this list of 13 cool gadgets and gizmos that you can still get for under $13. We’ve got kits to fix PCs, cleaning kits for your filthy keyboard, a network switch, adapters, cables, and many more sub-$13 products that we found on Amazon....