The NES at 40: Employees reveal there were plans for a woodgrain veneer model to rival the Atari 2600

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To celebrate the 40 th anniversary of the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) in the U.S., the Video Game History Foundation hosted a discussion with three of the key executives behind the big 1985 launch in the U.S. Among the interesting stories told, we were tickled to hear that, in some alternate future reality, the NES might have ended up looking like an Atari 2600 — complete with a wood veneer finish and

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Libernovo Omni Review: Too good to be true?

Tom's Hardware Verdict

The LiberNovo Omni is surprisingly comfortable, but we're not yet sure if it's built to last.

Pros

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    Very comfortable

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    Full 160-degree recline

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    Spinal massage feature is pretty cool

Cons

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    Expensive

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    There are a lot of things that could fail (only a 2-year warranty on electronics)

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    Lumbar support not height-adjustable

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Creality 3D printers see big discounts in 'Mega Sale' — up to 34% off

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November is one of the best months to consider getting in on the 3D printing hobby. So far, all the major names in 3D printing have offered discounts on their printer lineups, and manufacturer Creality has added more printers and accessory deals to the Creality Black Friday Mega Sale. This event runs till the end of the month, finishing on November 29, 2025, with the Black Friday carnival.

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AMD continues to chip away at Intel's X86 market share — company now sells over 25% of all x86 chips and powers 33% of all desktop systems

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AMD increased its share across all markets served by x86 processors at Intel's expense in the third quarter of 2025, according to Mercury Research . Intel is holding strong, and as its latest offerings for client and server systems got significantly more competitive than they were several quarters ago, the pace of AMD's gains has slowed down considerably. However, during the quarter, AMD achieved two important milestones: it now commands shipments of over

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After six years of promises and no shipping silicon, Tachyum revises Prodigy processor specs to 1,024 cores with 1,600W of power consumption — likely another 5-year delay, company claims its chip is 2

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This week, Tachyum, a firm that has promised a processor that hasn't shipped for six years, and counting, has now published new target specifications and expected performance for its Prodigy universal processor, just a month after announcing its latest round of financing and its intention to 'upgrade' the Prodigy processor, which only exists on paper.

With target specifications for the most powerful Prodigy processor set, some of which seem unattainable in a realistic timeframe, Tachyum claims that a rack powered by

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Microsoft to appeal ruling in favor of reselling perpetual Windows licenses — UK Competition Court says fineprint holds no ground as judges throw out company's 'creative work' argument

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Microsoft says it will appeal against a ruling handed down by the UK Competition Appeal Tribunal, which states that the software the company licenses, including Windows and Microsoft Office, can indeed be resold. The court said that Microsoft's crafty but ultimately fruitless argument that reselling perpetual licenses infringed its copyright didn't hold water. As reported by The Register, a Microsoft spokesperson said, "We disagree with the decision and intend to appeal it."

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Anthropic says it has foiled the first-ever AI-orchestrated cyber attack, originating from China — company alleges attack was run by Chinese state-sponsored group

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Anthropic, the AI company behind Claude, just published a report detailing how its agentic coding tool was used in a cyberattack that targeted 30 institutions, including tech, finance, and chemical manufacturing companies, plus some government agencies. The company alleges that a Chinese state-sponsored group was behind the campaign, and that it used a jailbroken version of Claude to conduct the sophisticated attack. According to Anthropic, this is the first time an AI-orchestrated cyber attack has been reported.

The

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Tesla targets AI data centers with massive Megapack batteries as grid-strain fears grow — says $50B/GW for a 2-hour system over a 20-year lifetime is 'outsized value'

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Tesla has launched a new marketing push for its Megapack battery systems, targeting hyperscale AI data centers grappling with extreme and unpredictable power fluctuations. A new resource page published on November 13 on X lays out the case for using utility-scale batteries to smooth out sharp electrical swings during GPU-intensive training runs, which Tesla says can fluctuate by as much as 90% at frequencies up to 30 Hz.

The Megapack pitch aligns with growing concern across the U.S. energy

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Logitech's amazing MX Master 3S productivity mouse is only $69 at Lenovo for a limited time

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Today's deal lets you get your hands on one of our favorite productivity mice that we've ever reviewed, Logitech's MX Master 3S. This mouse is still the go-to daily driver for some of Tom's Hardware's editors, thanks to the MX Master 3S's comfortable and ergonomic design. You can currently grab Logitech's MX Master 3S for just $69 at Lenovo when you use the coupon code EARLYBF in the cart

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Samsung raises memory chip prices by up to 60% since September, according to reports — AI data center build out strangles supply

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The prices of electronic products that use NAND flash memory are likely to continue rising, as Samsung has reportedly increased the prices of its individual memory chips by as much as 60% since September, Reuters reports. This follows reports earlier this month that the price for DRAM sticks of memory for desktop computers had increased by over 170% year on year . Mostly driven by the high demand for building new AI-focused data centers, memory makers aren't planning

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