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Gigabyte X870E Aorus Master X3D Ice Motherboard Review: Icy refresh designed for X3D chips

Tom's Hardware Verdict

The Gigabyte Aorus Master X3D Ice, an attractive white update to the non-X3D version, offers robust power delivery, other improved specifications, and DIY features in a premium package. By most accounts, it’s a useful update, but don't expect significant performance gains from the X3D Turbo 2.0 mode.

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    64MB “DriverBIOS” pre-loads Wi-Fi driver

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Sony announces 240 Hz PlayStation gaming monitor — QHD monitor features built-in DualSense charging hook and VRR support for PS5

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Sony continues to expand its presence in the PC gaming market. Following the announcement of its PlayStation speakers just a month ago, the company has now unveiled the PlayStation 27-inch gaming monitor, which features specifications that rival the best computer monitors . Crucially, however, it doesn't support 4K, and Sony hasn't told us how much it'll cost yet when it launches next year.

It has been some time since the last PlayStation-branded display was introduced

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Banned Russian antivirus maker Kaspersky rolls out new products — basic plan for Linux starts at $59.99 a year

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Kaspersky, which is prohibited from selling its products in the United States due to national security concerns, has expanded into the Linux market. The Russian cybersecurity firm has ported its flagship antivirus software for Linux at an initial price of $53.99 for the first year, rising to $89.99 thereafter. With this new offering, Kaspersky is targeting Linux home users outside the United States.

It is widely recognized that Microsoft Windows constitutes the most predominant operating system targeted

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Tape keeps kicking, 'breakthrough' 40TB native spec announced — LTO-10 tapes claim up to 100TB compressed data capacity, hold 2.2X more data than previous spec

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There’s a revamped, more capacious magnetic tape format in town. The Linear Tape-Open (LTO) Ultrium Format companies, composed of industry leaders HPE, IBM Corporation, and Quantum Corporation, announced the LTO-10 40TB cartridge standard a few hours ago. In an email to Tom’s Hardware, the organization heralded the new tape cart’s 40TB native capacity, which they say can deliver

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Top Microsoft exec's boast about Windows 'evolving into an agentic OS' provokes furious backlash - users fed up with forced AI features

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Microsoft ’s President of Windows & Devices, Pavan Davuluri, has taken to social media to share his enthusiasm about the evolution of Windows . The Microsoft exec wanted to share his excitement about how Windows is "evolving into an agentic OS." But we didn’t see anyone celebrating alongside Davuluri. Rather, the comments section was quickly overrun with sharp criticism, reflecting widespread unease about the direction Microsoft seems to be taking Windows.

Windows is evolving into an agentic OS, connecting devices

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The best early Black Friday retro tech deals — retro-inspired tech for your modern PC setup

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The Early Black Friday deals are in full swing, despite it not being Black Friday until November 28. We're constantly scouring e-tailers to find the best deals available, selecting them based on our in-depth knowledge gained from years of gaming and hoarding old tech. We'll be keeping an eye on the deals as we dig for more nuggets of nostalgia.

Retro gaming consoles

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Taiwan to up defense spending and develop Iron Dome-inspired missile protection — expert warns one well-placed Chinese missile could make it 'impossible to get a new iPhone for three years'

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As Taiwan ups defense spending and invests in air defenses to fend of possible missile attacks as part of a foreign invasion, a researcher from the Taiwan National Science and Technology Council (NSTC) Hsinchu Science Park Bureau suggested that a single missile strike targeting the Hsinchu Science Park would have catastrophic effects worldwide, resulting in a 6% to 10% drop in global GDP and halting iPhone production for several years. According to Nikkei Asia , Taiwan’s Silicon Valley houses more than 60

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'Bitcoin Queen' who laundered $5.6 billion in illicit funds through crypto gets nearly 12 years in prison — UK court hands down sentence

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Zhimin Qian, also known as the 'Bitcoin Queen,' has been handed an 11-year, 8-month prison sentence by a London judge after she pleaded guilty to charges of possession of and transacting in criminal property in August of this year. According to Bloomberg , Qian ran an unlicensed investment company in China from 2014 to 2017, which duped around 128,000 investors out of US$5.

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Intel software fixes stamp down privilege escalation vulnerabilities, while microcode updates clean up CPU messes — chipmaker has its own Patch Tuesday as it stomps down 30 bugs

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Intel took a page from Microsoft 's book and published a bevy of software updates for some of its commonly used software on Tuesday. The update pack is large and contains a few noteworthy privilege escalation vulnerabilities. Additionally, there are a few microcode updates for minor issues with contemporary Intel chips, for which the company already posted Linux patches .

The biggest-ticket item is probably the UEFI Server Firmware exploit and denial-of-service, or CVE-2025-3

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AMD's gaming-optimized Ryzen 5 7500X3D with 96 MB of 3D V-Cache shows up in UK stores — here's where to buy AMD's latest budget X3D chip

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AMD's desktop Ryzen X3D processors are a gamer's prime tool, thanks to the FPS boost offered by their capacious 3D V-Cache. The latest entrant in the series is the Ryzen 5 7500X3D, almost a stealth release of sorts, without a lot of fanfare. However, at only $269 (or £244.99), this chip is literally the definition of cheap and cheerful for a

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