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Today we're dropping a @defcon teaser AND running a Pre-Order Sale for Designing Electronics That Work – the book that answers "which capacitor should I actually buy?""instead of explaining what a capacitor is for 50 pages.

Use code PROTIPS for 30% off through 7/28, or stop by our booth at the convention for a special edition (and maybe the author's signature? who knows!)

nostarch.com/designingelectron

Mystery AMD Radeon GPU cooler spotted on Chinese forums is larger than RX 7900 XTX, with a massive heatsink and 3x 8-pin connectors — possibly the RX 7950 XTX that never was

A massive triple-slot cooler with space for three 8-pin connectors has surfaced from China, hin…
#hardware
tomshardware.com/pc-components

Palmer Luckey considering entering laptop market with fully US-made model, wants to know if you'd spend 20% more for an American-made PC

Oculus and Anduril founder Palmer Luckey has repeatedly floated the idea of producing a laptop in the U.S. that would cost 20% more than competitive offerings.
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tomshardware.com/laptops/palme

AMD Strix Halo Mini-ITX motherboard flaunts 128GB LPDDR5X — add a CPU cooler, boot drive, and power supply for a slim gaming or AI rig

Shanghai Sixunited Intelligent Technology Co, Ltd. has revealed the company's upcoming STHT1 powered by AMD's Ryzen AI Max 300-series (Strix Halo) processor.
#hardware
tomshardware.com/pc-components

OpenAI and Oracle ink deal to build massive Stargate data center, total project will power 2 million AI chips — Stargate partner SoftBank not involved in the project

OpenAI and Oracle plan to add 4.5 GW of U.S. data center power for the Stargate project, boo…
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tomshardware.com/tech-industry

DNS embedded malware technique used to create a hacker-inspired version of the popular Mad Libs word game — built on networking infrastructure to provide distributed version

Malware embedded in the ubiquitous Domain Name System inspired the creation of the world's most cursed take on mad-libs.
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tomshardware.com/software/dns-

158-year-old company forced to close after ransomware attack precipitated by a single guessed password — 700 jobs lost after hackers demand unpayable sum

The 158-year established Knights of Old transportation company has collapsed in the wake of a ransomware attack, with 700 jo…
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tomshardware.com/tech-industry

Nvidia's desktop PC chip holdup purportedly tied to Windows delays — ongoing chip revisions and weakening demand also blamed

Nvidia and MediaTek have allegedly delayed the N1X AI PC platform to early 2026, possibly because of Microsoft’s next-gen OS delays, ongoing Nvidia chip revisions, and weakening consu…
#hardware
tomshardware.com/tech-industry