LG just announced that it’s launching the world’s lightest 17-inch laptop with a discrete RTX GPU. According to the company’s press release , the LG gram Pro 17 17Z90UR will pack a 17-inch 2560 x 1600 display that’s matched with an Nvidia GeForce
Get 25% off a vibrant MSI 4K QD-OLED gaming monitor with blistering 240Hz refresh rate — now $772, panel offers 3-year burn-in warranty in new year offer
It's the new year, and if you need a display upgrade to see you through 2026, then this OLED gaming monitor is a serious contender. This large OLED gaming monitor from MSI has a huge discount right now, dropping the price to less than $800.
Patriot Viper PV593 4TB SSD Review — The Viper stays sleeping
Tom's Hardware Verdict
The Patriot Viper PV593 is good on paper and delivers satisfactorily, but without a price cut it isn’t very compelling.
Pros
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Fast PCIe 5.0 SSD
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Power-efficient
Cons
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Weaker relative performance
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Unknown cost/availability
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Nothing to set it apart
AMD closes in on Intel in latest Steam Hardware Survey — RAM capacity continues to rise despite the ongoing memory crunch
Valve has released the Steam Hardware Survey for December 2025 , with the results showing AMD slowly creeping towards Intel’s supremacy in the gaming space. Team Red broke the 40% threshold in the third quarter of 2025, and in just a matter of four months, it gained an additional 7% over Intel (55.
Dev uses Claude AI to write a ‘functional NES emulator’ — you can test it now, playing Donkey Kong in your browser
Retro fun-loving developer Rodrigo Delduca has succeeded in prompting Claude to write “a functional NES emulator.” Claude generated a series of Lua scripts that worked in tandem with Delduca’s Carimbo 2D game engine to create the emulator. You can give the code a spin for yourself and enjoy a bit of retro Donkey Kong action online, simply by visiting
LG's dual-mode 4K 240Hz / 1080p 480Hz OLED gaming monitor is 42% off — premium flagship panel with HDR1300 drops to its lowest-ever price
LG recently announced the world's first OLED monitor with a true RGB striped subpixel layout , which is said to debut at CES along with a range of other high-profile releases. All this commotion means that previous-gen options are now becoming more accessible, despite being flagship offerings themselves. Here's one such deal: LG's 3
China's president Xi Jinping calls Taiwan reunification "unstoppable" — military drills around the island escalate in area and deployments
In a statement posted yesterday ahead of New Year's celebrations in China, President Xi Jinping remarked on the nation's technological advancement and execution of its latest five-year plan, while calling the reunification of Taiwan " unstoppable ." While the statement in itself is hardly new, there are mounting tensions in the area that may raise the level of concern
Americans lost $333 million to Bitcoin ATM fraud in 2025 — FBI says there is a ‘clear and constant rise’ of this scam, and that it is ‘not slowing down’
The FBI says Americans lost at least $333 million to Bitcoin ATM scams in 2025, as the cryptocurrency has continued to gain popularity for use in fraudulent transactions. The law enforcement agency told CNBC that this is a “clear and constant rise” that is “not slowing down.” Reported losses to crypto ATM scams first broke $
Chinese enthusiast overclocks AMD's Ryzen 7 9800X3D to 7.33GHz on Colorful X870E Vulcan motherboard — New world record achieved using liquid nitrogen cooling
AMD is set to take the stage at CES in just a few days where it's expected to unveil two new X3D chips , one of them being the 9850X3D, which is said to succeed the existing Ryzen 7 9800X3D. So, this seems like the perfect time
Nintendo's SNES cartridges get a USB-C adapter for play, backing-up, and validation — $59 SN Operator SNES-to-PC device supports Windows, macOS, and Linux, ships in April
Epilogue, the maker of the GB Operator dock that lets you use the Game Boy Camera as a webcam , recently announced the SN Operator cartridge reader and has opened pre-orders for the $59 device. The company says this USB-C gadget will read SNES cartridges, allowing you to play your collection on your PC or handheld console via the Playback in