Make the jump to an OLED gaming monitor and save 48%

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Tom’s Hardware • Stewart Bendle • October 8, 2026

OLED displays are becoming the top choice for gaming screens due to their fast response times, deep black contrast, and vibrant colors. LG’s UltraGear 45GX900A-B monitor is currently at its lowest price in thirty days, costing $884.99. This represents a significant drop from its original launch price of $1699.99, offering nearly a 50% savings. The article notes that prices for OLED gaming monitors have decreased over the last couple of years as technology adoption grows and concerns about burn-in fade.

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Score a 1080p gaming PC for less than $1,000 right now, fitted with Nvidia or AMD GPUs

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Tom’s Hardware • Ben Stockton • October 8, 2026

Walmart and Best Buy are currently offering two gaming PCs under $1,000, featuring Nvidia or AMD graphics cards. The ABS Cyclone M Aqua at Walmart costs $999 and includes an Intel Core i5-14400F processor, 16GB of DDR4-3200 RAM, a 1TB SSD, and an Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 with 8GB VRAM. This machine also comes with an additional 2TB Verbatim Gen 4 SSD, though it is unclear if this drive is pre-installed. The RTX 5060 allows for high frame rates at 1080p resolution and supports DLSS, a technology that uses AI to improve performance and enable multi-frame generation.

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SpaceX reportedly seeking $40 billion debt package for Nvidia AI hardware

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Tom’s Hardware • Anton Shilov • October 8, 2026

SpaceX is reportedly looking to raise $40 billion to acquire Nvidia AI processors in a bid to expand its compute capabilities, reports the Financial Times . The financing could combine $10 billion in bank loans with $30 billion in investment-grade debt and may be completed in 2027, though discussions are still at an early stage and there is no guarantee that a transaction will materialize.

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Former Groq engineers sue board over $20 billion Nvidia deal

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Tom’s Hardware • Shane Downing • October 8, 2026

Two former Groq engineers are suing Groq’s former board and former CEO Jonathan Ross, alleging the board handed over employees and company technology to Nvidia in a $20 billion deal. The proposed class action, filed in Delaware’s Court of Chancery by Benjamin Serebrin and Joshua Rubin and unsealed Monday, alleges the deal, with a $17 billion license fee for all backers and a separate $3 billion Nvidia stock pool for engineers who transferred, kept billions from other shareholders.

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China allegedly intercepted UPS-shipped F-35 parts after employee missed email warning

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Tom’s Hardware • Mark Tyson • October 8, 2026

Insiders speaking to Bloomberg report that top-secret F-35 fighter jet parts were intercepted by China after a UPS worker missed an email warning about shipping regulations. The Royal Australian Air Force sent cockpit canopies and weapons-bay doors from Australia to San Francisco for inspection. These items are coated with radar-absorbing material, which makes their stealth capabilities more sensitive than the physical parts themselves.

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Spotifast lets you enjoy Spotify tracks while lowering RAM usage by 5x or more

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Tom’s Hardware • Bruno Ferreira • October 8, 2026

It’s a reasonable assessment that everyone and their dog is tired of Electron-based desktop apps that pack a full web browser and waste gobs of RAM. Spotify lovers now have a reprieve from the memory blues in the form of the Spotifast client.

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AMD’s EPYC Verano AI host CPU will reportedly use a special SB1 socket

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Tom’s Hardware • Anton Shilov • October 8, 2026

AMD’s upcoming EPYC 9006-series ‘Verano’ CPUs, designed specifically for AI servers, will reportedly use a new SB1 socket according to a listing at Dynatron discovered by InstLatX64. This new socket is smaller than the SP7 and SP8 sockets used for other Zen 6-based processors, which implies different power and cooling requirements. The Verano CPU features up to 72 cores operating at speeds up to 5 GHz and includes a massive 24-channel LPDDR5X memory subsystem using replaceable SOCAMM2 modules. AMD positions this chip as a host processor that orchestrates workloads for AI accelerators rather than focusing on maximum general-purpose performance.

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Hackers suspected of using AI agents for cyberattacks on South Korean banks, exposing data from about 25,000 customers

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Tom’s Hardware • Jowi Morales • October 6, 2026

South Korean authorities are investigating cyberattacks on major banks, including Hana Bank, KB Kookmin Bank, and Shinhan Bank. According to The New York Times, at least 25,000 customers of Shinhan Bank had their personal credit information leaked last week. Additionally, 99 customers and 20 employees of Kookmin Bank were affected, while 89 Hana Bank customers had their data stolen. President Lee Jae Myung noted that hackers appear to be using AI models, a development causing significant public anxiety. He stated that AI now allows hacking without specialized skills and ordered his cabinet to minimize the damage.

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Wall-mountable record, CD, and cassette players combo is a full hi-fi system with no wires

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Tom’s Hardware • Bruno Ferreira • October 6, 2026

Trettitre has released the Retro Ambient Sound System (RASS), a wireless hi-fi setup featuring a vinyl turntable, CD player, and cassette player mounted on a magnetic metal rack. The system includes an Audio-Technica AT-3600L phono cartridge with a self-balancing tone arm and a manual speed knob for up to ±5% adjustment. It supports Bluetooth with high-end AptX, AptX HD, and AptX Adaptive codecs, plus a 3.5 mm auxiliary output. The physical controls are simple, lacking menus or touchscreens, though the vertical orientation of the turntable presents stability challenges that the tone arm must address.

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EV charging company plans to deploy 100,000 Nvidia GPUs in pods at sites across the US

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Tom’s Hardware • Mark Tyson • October 6, 2026

Xeal, an EV charging company, plans to install over 100,000 Nvidia GPUs across its existing U.S. network using a system called Latient Pods. The firm aims to create the world’s first edge inference compute network by utilizing idle electrical capacity at its more than 1,600 locations. Each pod contains up to 48 Nvidia Hopper or Blackwell Ultra GPUs and is designed to look like a standard broadband fiber cabinet found on streets.

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