Seeing people pecking at their laptop keyboard while they cradle a latte will be a common enough sight at your local Starbucks in the U.S. However, some South Korean folk have managed to outstretch the limits of the coffee chain’s hospitality. The Korea Herald reports that “every branch” of Starbucks in the nation has put up signs telling customers that bringing in their desktop PCs, printers, power strips, and even putting up office partitioning, is no longer permitted.
Asus ROG Strix XG32UCWMG 4K OLED gaming monitor review: Premium high-speed gaming and stunning imagery
Tom's Hardware Verdict
With premium color, contrast and video processing, the Asus ROG Strix XG32UCWMG is hard to fault. It delivers a gorgeous image for gaming, entertainment and productivity along with solid build quality and slick styling.
Pros
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Glossy screen layer provides enhanced clarity and color saturation
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Accurate color out of the box
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Uniform Brightness option
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Large gamut coverage for a non-QD screen
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Premium video processing with 480 Hz FHD option
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Excellent build quality
Cons
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Slightly less gamut coverage

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This futuristic 3D-printed cyberdeck has two swiveling touchscreens — and it's powered by a Raspberry Pi 5

It's no secret that we love a good cyberdeck here at Tom's Hardware , and today we've got an awesome one to share with you that really caught our attention. Maker and developer Sector 07 has put together an amazing, dual-screen 3D-printed cyberdeck . Like most cyberdecks, it's got tons of room for customizations and can do pretty much anything you're willing to program it to do.
Stablecoins gain critical mass after GENIUS Act cements rules — banks and companies rush to register new coins

A range of major banking and financial companies are set to introduce their own cryptocurrency stablecoins backed by the US dollar following the signing of the GENIUS Act by President Trump on July 18, as per Reuters . The idea is that these institutions could leverage cryptocurrencies as an alternative payment method, using them especially for faster, convenient cross-border payments.
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Asus and Noctua have finally launched their fifth collaborative graphics card, the GeForce RTX 5080 Noctua Edition , originally teased at Computex 2025 . Following prior models based on the RTX 30 and 40 series , this new iteration introduces a significant redesign that includes the first-ever triple 120x25mm fan setup on a gaming GPU, employing Noctua’s next-generation NF-A12x25 G2 fans alongside a thoroughly
I expanded my Wi-Fi 7 network by adding a TP-Link Deco BE25-Outdoor satellite, quadrupling performance for long-distance connections in my backyard

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Nvidia RTX 5070 Ti bought from Amazon had the box contents swapped for bag of suspicious white powder — PC hardware enthusiast bamboozled by Amazon just days after ordering a 5090 with no GPU core, fi

A PC hardware enthusiast in Taiwan video recorded their Amazon -sourced RTX 5070 Ti unboxing (Mandarin language, no English closed captions). We aren’t sure if the recording was purely made out of caution, made to bolster @8591’s extensive YouTube channel content, or for a bit of both. However, the (un)lucky PC-centric content creator managed to capture the reveal of a bag of salt
Nvidia responds to claim China is urging local companies to avoid Nvidia H20 — report claims authorities have sent notices discouraging use, especially for government-related purposes

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Over the weekend, reports claimed that the White House had struck a deal