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President Donald Trump’s recent introduction of a 25% tariff on aluminum imports has raised concerns within the PC hardware industry, particularly regarding potential price increases for graphics cards and desktop cases. As perPCMag, industry insiders are alarmed by the possible ramifications of these tariffs on manufacturers and consumers.​ Aluminum is a fundamental material in constructing PC cases and is also utilized in manufacturing various GPU components. The newly imposed tariffs are expected to increase production costs for these items, leading to higher retail prices....

According to several reports on the web (Reddit, Twitter, etc.), this week’s PlayStation 5 firmware update has resulted in severe graphical errors and crashes for several high-profile PS5 and PS4 games being played onSony’s base console hardware. This is the same week as thePS5 Pro’sannouncement ahead of its November, and two major PS5 timed exclusives making their way to PC has been interesting. Considering how much the console gaming business model hinges on a plug-and-play gaming experience that “just works,” this certainly isn’t a good look for Sony....

Tom’s Hardware Verdict The first official Raspberry Pi Monitor is a good one. It brings a great quality screen, low power consumption, and portability. You can enjoy it with a Pi or even with your laptop or game console. Fantastic kickstand Bright screen Versatile power options Sound is weak USB-C Port only for power, not video Why you can trust Tom’s HardwareOur expert reviewers spend hours testing and comparing products and services so you can choose the best for you....

Tom’s Hardware Verdict A drop-in replacement for the Raspberry Pi Pico W, the Pico 2 W provides a higher specification microcontroller for those projects that need a little more horsepower, but must use the same form factor. Same form factor as Pico Low cost Wi-Fi connectivity Cons Micro USB! Why you can trust Tom’s HardwareOur expert reviewers spend hours testing and comparing products and services so you can choose the best for you....

Unique cooling challenges are posed to PC hardware enthusiasts all the time — especially when their ambitions involve custom cases or out-of-the-box approaches. Today, the club of “out-of-the-box approaches” has been joined by a Redditor with a prototype passively-cooledNvidia RTX 3080with 10 attached CPU air coolers [h/tFanless Tech]. Redditor Everynametaken9posted to the Nvidia subredditasking for feedback on their prototype — they’re hesitant to try it without receiving feedback from others. The highest-voted comment immediately advises a complete overhaul of the build, feeling its approach won’t work without custom heat pipes in a “Christmas tree” configuration, due to concerns about the copper bar’s heat dissipation....

AMD allegedly plans to launch a special-edition RX 9070 GRE GPU, which is considered a cost-effective RDNA 4 option for the budget market, perIThome. These special-edition GPUs were initially intended for the Chinese market, but some GRE models later became available globally. Though exact specifications are unknown, the reported 12GB of memory aligns this GPU as a viable option for theincreasingly growing1440p market. When AMD introduced theRX 6750 GREandRX 7900 GREin 2023, the GRE moniker stood for “Golden Rabbit Edition,” coinciding with the Chinese zodiac....

These days, you’ll pay a hefty premium for one of thebest GPUs. For example, an RTX 4060 Ti card costsaround $560and an RTX 4070, if you can find one in stock, isaround $730all by itself. However, today, we see RTX 4070-equipped gaming laptops going foras little as $899. To be fair, the performance of a mobile RTX 4070 card is more inline with an RTX 4060 or 4060 Ti desktop card....

TheNintendo 64has no shortage of flash carts, considering it was released in 1996. However, the recently released SummerCart64 breaks from the rest by being both fully open-source and having hardware that adds 64DD game compatibility to the cartridge. SummerCart64 is the lovechild of Mateusz Faderewski, akaPolprzewodnikowyon GitHub, and it hasa dedicated web pagewith official documentation and purchase links. Before that, though, let’s talk a bit about what’s actually on offer here....

Following Nintendo’sbombshell successagainst the Yuzu Switch emulator in court earlier this year and the subsequentYuzu repo takedown spree, it seems that some direct contact with the lead developers of the Ryujinx Switch emulator was all it took to prompt the voluntary removal of all current and past Ryujinx downloads— no court case required. According to a Discord message written for the Ryujinx server (and reposted to the Ryujinx Twitter with additional context, embedded below), developer gdkchan was the one directly contacted by Nintendo, who offered an unspecified “agreement to stop working on the project, remove the organization and all related assets he’s in control of....

BASIC, the programming language best known today for having the most “dialects” of derived programming languages, turned 60 this month. The original version of BASIC (Beginner’s All-Purpose Symbolic Instruction Code) is also referred to as “Dartmouth BASIC”, since its origins are withDartmouth, a university based in New Hampshire. Naturally, it serves as the foundation point for dozens of later BASIC languages. The original, Dartmouth BASIC launched in May 1964 and received updates and maintenance all the way up through 1979....

If you’ve been in the market for a curved gaming monitor, you should take a close look at this offer fromNewegg on the MSI G27CQ4 E2. This gaming display usually goes for around $179 but right now it’s marked down to $149. Using promo code SSDX2852 will take an additional $5 off but this is part of a limited offer and we’re not sure how long it will remain available....

The TPM (Trusted Platform Module) is a chip that is soldered or attached to the motherboard which stores personal data. So, when we get the error message “TPM device not detected“, the system cannot detect this chip during boot. What Causes TPM Device not Detected Error? Before we start with the fixes, let us see why a computer cannot detect the TPM chip. How to Fix TPM Device not Detected Error?...

TSMC has stopped supplying production to China-based Sophgo, which is believed to be a proxy that Huawei used to make its Ascend 910B,Reutersreports. The decision is directly connected with the recent discovery thatTSMC supplied Huawei via a proxydespite the U.S. export restrictions. Reuters says that Sophgo had ordered a chip (allegedly called the Ascend 910B) from TSMC that closely resembled the Ascend 910 processor originally made by TSMC. TechInsights uncovered the ‘close resemblance’ and issued a paper detailing that the chip was indeed manufactured by TSMC and not by SMIC, as reported at some point previously....