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The Best SSDs and Storage - Late 2025 Update 8 December 2025 at 01:15

The Best SSDs and Storage - Late 2025 Update

8 December 2025 at 01:15

The storage market is in flux: PCIe 4.0 prices are climbing, PCIe 5.0 and USB4 are getting cheaper, and Crucial is gone. Here are the best picks for speed, capacity, and value.

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AV1 codec now powers 30% of Netflix streaming as company looks forward to AV2 6 December 2025 at 12:02

AV1 codec now powers 30% of Netflix streaming as company looks forward to AV2

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6 December 2025 at 12:02

Netflix recently confirmed that the AV1 codec is responsible for nearly one-third of its streaming content. In a lengthy Medium post, the company explained how it helped foster the codec's creation and gradually adopted it across various devices.

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Fallout creator Tim Cain is back at Obsidian full-time, but his new game isn't what fans expect 6 December 2025 at 10:03

Fallout creator Tim Cain is back at Obsidian full-time, but his new game isn't what fans expect

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6 December 2025 at 10:03

Tim Cain said in a recent YouTube update that he is returning to Obsidian Entertainment (above). Although he has spent the last several years contracting for the studio, he will now work there full-time – rejoining a company closely tied to his most famous creation, Fallout.

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JavaScript turns 30: From 10-day prototype to the backbone of the modern web 5 December 2025 at 16:21

JavaScript turns 30: From 10-day prototype to the backbone of the modern web

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5 December 2025 at 16:21

Thirty years ago, Netscape and Sun Microsystems introduced JavaScript as a new, cross-platform scripting language for building internet applications. Brendan Eich, the language's original designer, hacked together the technology in a 10-day marathon while working at Netscape. Today, JavaScript is used by an estimated 98.9% of all websites – although...

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The best tech discounts that somehow aren't gone yet 5 December 2025 at 15:48

The best tech discounts that somehow aren't gone yet

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5 December 2025 at 15:48

The holiday shopping season is still in full swing, and many of the year's best tech discounts are still live. Below you'll find our hand-picked list of the remaining Black Friday – level savings that are genuinely worth your attention.

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AMD and IBM's CEO doesn't see an AI bubble, just $8 trillion in data centers 5 December 2025 at 14:23

AMD and IBM's CEO doesn't see an AI bubble, just $8 trillion in data centers

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5 December 2025 at 14:23

IBM CEO Arvind Krishna argues that AI is not going through a financial bubble, despite many analysts, banks, and investors claiming otherwise. Krishna, who has led the former PC giant since 2020, is more concerned with the unsustainable infrastructure investments planned by OpenAI and other AI ventures seeking AGI paradise.

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Blockbuster merger: Netflix acquires Warner Bros. for $82.7 billion 5 December 2025 at 13:41

Blockbuster merger: Netflix acquires Warner Bros. for $82.7 billion

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5 December 2025 at 13:41

The acquisition will further add to Netflix's extensive portfolio of AAA movies and TV shows. Fan favorites including The Sopranos, Game of Thrones, and The Wizard of Oz will soon sit alongside Netflix staples like Stranger Things and new shows in the streaming giant's library.

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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang admits he doesn't know if AI will eventually destroy humanity 5 December 2025 at 12:39

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang admits he doesn't know if AI will eventually destroy humanity

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5 December 2025 at 12:39

When asked whether the US winning the AI race against China and other adversaries could be critical for national security, Huang said that nobody really knows how AI will impact our lives or what implications it will have for global geopolitics.

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Zuckerberg's metaverse dream is collapsing after billions in losses 5 December 2025 at 10:44

Zuckerberg's metaverse dream is collapsing after billions in losses

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5 December 2025 at 10:44

Reality Labs encompasses several areas of Meta's VR/AR business, but Bloomberg writes that two of them will be hit hardest: Horizon Worlds and virtual reality. Zuckerberg is planning to slash Reality Labs' budget by 30%, with the cuts coming as early as January 2026.

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Samsung vs. Samsung: Confusion swirls over alleged RAM supply dispute 5 December 2025 at 10:04

Samsung vs. Samsung: Confusion swirls over alleged RAM supply dispute

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5 December 2025 at 10:04

Samsung Electronics, one of the world's largest technology companies, was recently denied a new shipment of RAM by Samsung Semiconductor Global, according to industry sources. The two Samsung subsidiaries were reportedly pushed into negotiating a new supply plan at a higher price, a consequence of the ongoing AI-driven spending boom...

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Apple announces more senior execs are leaving, including its general counsel and DEI chief 5 December 2025 at 09:02

Apple announces more senior execs are leaving, including its general counsel and DEI chief

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5 December 2025 at 09:02

Adams, who will retire in January 2026, has served as Apple's general counsel since 2017, when she joined from Honeywell. Few companies deal with as many legal issues as Apple, from lawsuits relating to patents and products, to dealing with regulators and antitrust complaints in other countries.

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Fans are bringing Unreal Tournament 2004 back to life with Epic's blessing 5 December 2025 at 08:08

Fans are bringing Unreal Tournament 2004 back to life with Epic's blessing

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5 December 2025 at 08:08

The OldUnreal modding community recently announced that it received permission from Epic Games to host an updated installer for Unreal Tournament 2004. Within the next few months, users will be able to easily download, play, and host the popular multiplayer shooter on modern versions of Windows, macOS, and Linux.

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Kohler's $600 AI toilet camera sparks major privacy concerns 5 December 2025 at 07:12

Kohler's $600 AI toilet camera sparks major privacy concerns

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5 December 2025 at 07:12

Kohler Health, the new division from home-products company Kohler, announced the Dekoda in October. The company says the images it captures, combined with its validated machine-learning algorithms, offer valuable insights into your health and wellness.

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Someone swapped 192GB of DDR5 for a 5070 Ti, but the price difference is stunning 5 December 2025 at 06:20

Someone swapped 192GB of DDR5 for a 5070 Ti, but the price difference is stunning

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5 December 2025 at 06:20

As AI data centers grab more of the world's DRAM and prices for consumer kits skyrocket, we noted last month that 64GB of G.Skill Trident Z5 DDR5 6000 was selling for a stunning $599 – more than a PS5 or and RTX 5070.

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DDR5 vs. DDR4 Gaming Performance Revisited 5 December 2025 at 05:31

DDR5 vs. DDR4 Gaming Performance Revisited

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5 December 2025 at 05:31

With DDR5 prices still rising, DDR4 vs. DDR5 is back in focus as we test whether pairing DDR4 with a budget Intel Core i5 CPU can offset the cost of DDR5 and challenge the Ryzen competition.

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AMD to slightly raise Radeon GPU prices, but Ryzen CPUs remain safe for now 5 December 2025 at 00:17

AMD to slightly raise Radeon GPU prices, but Ryzen CPUs remain safe for now

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5 December 2025 at 00:17

An anonymous industry distribution source recently told Tom's Hardware that memory module prices for AMD's latest Radeon graphics cards sent to board partners have risen by $10 per 8GB. These increases are expected to eventually trickle to retail, with subsequent price adjustments expected in January.

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Windows updates keep breaking, and Microsoft's "agentic OS" isn't helping 4 December 2025 at 16:05

Windows updates keep breaking, and Microsoft's "agentic OS" isn't helping

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4 December 2025 at 16:05

Microsoft recently published a baffling support document stating that Windows updates released after July 2025 may break some crucial parts of the operating system's shell. According to the KB5072911 document, File Explorer, the Start menu, and other XAML-dependent apps in Windows may show erratic behavior on some enterprise devices.

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TechSpot wasn't always called TechSpot. What was its original 1990s name? 4 December 2025 at 15:18

TechSpot wasn't always called TechSpot. What was its original 1990s name?

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4 December 2025 at 15:18

#ThrowBackThursday Trivia goes meta: how long have you been visiting TechSpot? Let's find out.

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Critical vulnerability in React JS framework has a near 100% chance to be exploited 4 December 2025 at 14:23

Critical vulnerability in React JS framework has a near 100% chance to be exploited

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4 December 2025 at 14:23

Researchers have uncovered a critical security flaw that could have catastrophic consequences for web and private cloud infrastructure. The vulnerability affects the React framework and represents a rare "perfect" issue – easy to exploit and capable of causing serious damage to web servers.

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Text Grab is a lightweight OCR utility for instant text capture 4 December 2025 at 14:10

Text Grab is a lightweight OCR utility for instant text capture

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4 December 2025 at 14:10

Text Grab is a small app from the same developer behind PowerToys' Text Extractor. If you just need fast OCR without the rest of the suite, Text Grab gets it done with zero fuss.

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