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A new report details a startling discovery that Chinese state hackers accessed the networks of major US broadband providers, which were able to gain access to information from systems the federal government uses for court-authorized wiretapping. The companies listed as being hacked include communications providers... Read more...
Microsoft enjoys desktop dominance, but it just can't get mobile right. The company's most recent smartphone project is dead with the final update for the Surface Duo 2. The dual-screen phone has gotten the October 2024 security patch just in time for the end of support. There will be no further Android updates for... Read more...
Panasonic has revealed the Lumix S 18-40 mm F4.5-6.3 lens, and in doing so has laid claim to the world's "smallest and lightest" zoom lens. While the Japanese camera brand is marketing the new lens as the "perfect partner" for its compact full frame Lumix S9, any full frame L-Mount cameras (Panasonic/Sigma/Leica) can... Read more...
Summer may be over, but the Amazon Prime Day deals are just heating up. Bring the beats to any party with great deals on portable speakers from brands such as Bose, Marshall, and JBL. Marshall Emberton II Marshall is well-known in the speaker world for its superior sound and quality. The Marshall Emberton II... Read more...
Practically every major PC hardware and software player is high on the artificial intelligence (AI) movement, with the latest processors sporting dedicated neural processing units (NPUs) and company's like Microsoft and its partners heavily promoting the Windows maker's Copilot initiative. Despite the AI push, as well... Read more...
While NASA searches for signs of life on the Red Planet, its Curiosity rover has found new details about how the ancient Martian climate went from potentially suitable for life, to the inhospitable terrain it’s known as now. Scientists believe there are signs that early Mars had an abundance of liquid water on its... Read more...
We may have to drop our presumptions of the next OnePlus 13 being powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 SoC, folks. No, we're not talking about OnePlus ditching Qualcomm for MediaTek or UniSoc silicon. However, there is chatter that the OnePlus 13 may harbor a new Qualcomm chipset called the Snapdragon 8 Elite with... Read more...
Some gaming franchises are so spectacular that players will wait years for an update of any kind. Rockstar Games holds the key to many such games, and in this case, it is Red Dead Redemption. The popular console title is finally coming over to the PC on October 29th (yes, THIS October 29th), as was recently leaked... Read more...
If you missed out on shopping for bargains yesterday, the first day of Amazon's two-day 'Prime Big Deal' event, today is your chance to take a mulligan. Discounts are still in effect, so whether your looking to a build a budget gaming PC with marked-down components or jam out to savings on headphones and earbuds, you... Read more...
It was just a few days ago when we reported on an impressive benchmark leak involving MediaTek's then-unreleased Dimensity 9400, which showed the flagship system-on-chip becoming the first-ever to achieve 3 million points in AnTuTu. A glimpse of things to become? We'll soon find out—MediaTek has officially launched... Read more...
It won't surprise anyone to hear that Hot Hardware is staffed by PC gaming stalwarts who (mostly) balk at the idea of playing games on consoles. After all, you have a limited game selection, few choices in terms of input devices, and you're restricted to whatever quality-versus-performance compromise the developer... Read more...
It is time for more great Amazon Prime Day deals, and there is no better time to save big on select smartwatches. Save on brands such as Samsung, Apple, Google, and more. Samsung Galaxy Watch Ultra While the design of the Samsung Galaxy Watch may have changed with the new Ultra, its rich feature set, dependability... Read more...
Amazon Prime Day is here, and there are plenty of great deals on headphones to jam out to. No matter what one’s budget might be, there are tremendous deals to be had on headphones and earbuds from brands like Bose, Apple, and Skullcandy that are sure to please the audiophile in all. Bose QuietComfort... Read more...
Hear that wheezing sound? It's your crusty old gaming mouse that desperately wants to go into retirement, and while you're at it, why not shop for a new gaming keyboard as well? Now is a good time to beef up your arsenal of peripherals because Amazon's 'Prime Big Deal' sales event is live with some nifty discounts to... Read more...
Sony has bestowed its flagship WF-1000XM5 earbuds and WH-1000XM5 headphones with new features via a firmware update, chief among them being Google Find My Device and Fast Pair capabilities, as well as something called Auto Switch. The Sony companion app—somewhat clunky and dated-looking compared to much of the... Read more...
With the arms race for machine learning and AI heating up, AMD continues to ramp up its efforts for data centers. While consumer GPUs remain an important but minimized sector, pro-level products are taking center stage at AMD. The Radeon Pro V710 is available now as a private preview for Microsoft Azure, joining the... Read more...
The European Space Agency’s (ESA) Hera spacecraft is headed toward the same asteroid NASA’s DART mission successfully impacted in 2022. The car-sized probe is part of a mission to better understand the ‘kinetic impact’ technique of asteroid deflection. Hollywood has brought forth a few ideas of how humanity might... Read more...
We know with reasonable certainty that NVIDIA is planning to launch a new flagship graphics card in the not-too-distant future, and very likely the GeForce RTX 5090. There are too many leaks and rumors to suggest otherwise. What we don't know yet, at least not officially, is when exactly the GeForce RTX 50 series will... Read more...
Coming hot on the heels of the back-to-school shopping season, which itself saw a fair number of deals, Amazon today has kicked off its 'Prime Big Deal' savings event. It's a two-day sale with discounts exclusive to Prime members. The discounts are far and wide, but if it's a gaming laptop you're after, you've come to... Read more...
Qualcomm has been hitting the rumor and leak mill lately with its forthcoming Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 chipset for flagship phones, but today the company is unveiling its next effort to push the boundaries of networking with the help of AI. Qualcomm has just announced what they are calling "the first commercial platform to... Read more...
Ever since William Gibson's Neuromancer, thousands or even millions of nerds worldwide have fantasized about the idea of the 'deck', or 'cyberdeck' as it has been known in later cyberpunk fiction. The idea is that of a portable computer, but not like a laptop—more akin to something like a condensed Commodore 64, with... Read more...
Phones are expensive, loaded with personal information, and easy to carry in one hand—that makes them prime targets for theft. Google has added numerous anti-theft features to Android over the years, and three new tools are rolling out to devices now: Theft Detection Lock, Offline Device Lock, and Remote Lock. You... Read more...
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