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A couple of days ago on the official PlayStation YouTube channel, Sony uploaded an unusually technical video. It features Mark Cerny, the architect of the last few PlayStation consoles, talking in bits-and-bytes fashion about the PlayStation 5 Pro and its hardware capabilities. It's a fun watch for HotHardware...
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Android 15 is the latest version of Android you'll find on retail devices, but Google is already running a public test of Android 16. The second developer preview has just been released with a raft of tweaks and improvements for the phone's of tomorrow, including a new mode for the latest Pixel fingerprint sensors...
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Tesla's ongoing quality control woes continue with new reports that its semi-autonomous driving hardware on some brand new vehicles is failing, which in turn disables Autopilot, cameras, GPS, navigation, and related active safety systems. The issue has grown big enough that a recall may be in the making, although...
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Earlier this year there were rumblings of a potential acquisition of Japanese mega-publisher Kadokawa by none other than Sony, which sent shockwaves through the gaming industry. It appeared as if Sony had its eye on buying the conglomerate due to its ownership of famed game development studio FromSoftware. The...
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This year, the production eight-generation Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 has racked up outstanding performance numbers, such as the fact that it's the fastest car (under $1 million) capable of 233 mph and that the 1,064 horsepower V8 is the most powerful American V8 (and Corvette) ever. Today, the automaker dropped more...
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Remember that scene from "National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation" where Clark Griswold loses his you-know-what in an epic, angry rant? That's the kind of rage that can come from braving the crowds during the holiday season. Well, if your only reason for abandoning online shopping for a trip to the mall is to see Santa...
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An Arizona charter school for K-12 students has been green-lighted to use AI, not teachers, to teach a "2hr Learning" curriculum. The only role humans will play in this process will be as "guides," i.e. someone who designs and personalizes learning content for students on the fly by using AI tools. The application to...
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OpenAI has been in the headlines as the company has been introducing several new products alongside a new pricing tier, but now Google is trying to make some noise of its own. The company’s newest model, which is referred to as Gemini-Exp-1206, is based on Flash 2.0, which is a complex reasoning model meant to tackle...
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Psst, hey you. Yeah, you, the one with a big wad of cash and an aging graphics card in desperate need of being retired for something new. Are you planning to buy NVIDIA's upcoming GeForce RTX 5090 flagship? That's great, but know what would be even better? A GeForce RTX 5090 Ti. Know what would be even better than...
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There's been so much attention placed on NVIDIA's upcoming GeForce RTX 50 series for the desktop that it can be easy to forget we'll also see a mobile GPU refresh at some point. Serving as a reminder that laptop gaming is an important segment as well, multiple retail listings for next-gen notebooks rocking unreleased...
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Windows' Auto HDR feature is a wonderful convenience for those with high-end gaming displays. Basically, it allows PC gamers to play games without built-in HDR support in HDR mode. Unfortunately, it turns out that Auto HDR (like many other things) is kind of broken on Windows 11 24H2, and it's also behind a spate of...
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Fortnite is known for its collaborations, managing to bring together characters and items from across mediums into its game modes, while still making them feel a seamless part of its game world. So it was only a matter of time until Fortnite added one of the most influential, viral web series ever, Skibidi Toilet, as...
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Apple is abandoning a hardware subscription service that it had been working on, according to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman. The idea was spawned as the company was looking for ways to tempt customers into owning more of its flagship iPhone models. However, the company encountered numerous stumbling blocks, one of which was...
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Honda unveiled two EV prototypes that are CES 2025-bound, both labeled under the so-called Honda 0 Series. One is the familiar/similar bullet-shaped four-door concept many saw/gasped at CES 2024, while the other is a new design, possibly pointing to an EV SUV or (fingers crossed) Odyssey minivan. These cars are built...
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HP OmniBook Ultra 14 (Starting at $1,349.99, currently on sale for as low as $1098) HP's latest Copilot+ laptop features the best AMD has to offer, wrapped in a sturdy and attractive aluminum chassis. Excellent build quality and sleek design Good performance with Ryzen AI 300 Will support all Copilot+...
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Nintendo's popular Switch console released in 2017 has been nothing short of a massive success, and it continues to rack up accolades. Its latest achievement (in a long line of them) is leapfrogging Sony's PlayStation 2 in lifetime console sales in the United States. It now only trails another super-popular Nintendo...
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The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 and 4090 soon will no longer the biggest players in town. As we approach the likely CES 2025 announcement for the new GeForce RTX 50 series, more tidbits are flowing out. Recently, an Acer Predator Orion 7000 gaming PC was spotted sporting the as-yet unannounced GPUs.
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OneXPlayer is set to launch a crowdfunded program for the OneXPlayer G1 compact laptop-handheld hybrid. Even though it's listed as a laptop, the G1's detachable keyboard turns the device into a potentially handheld gaming console. Assuming the pricing is competitive and the project is properly executed, the Ryzen 9 HX...
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Intel has gone and quietly unveiled several Core 200H series processors for laptops, which we were not expecting to officially surface until the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) next month. Perhaps in an effort to get ahead of the leaks, the newest non-Ultra models are here now, and they arrive without any...
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Brace yourselves: your next limited-edition Oreo flavor may well be developed by artificial intelligence (AI). Worry not though, as each of these new cookies won't be any less artificial than the ingredients already used in them today anyway. The big news for the popular snack is that AI won't replace any human jobs...
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OpenAI has yet another new announcement as part of its 12 Days of OpenAI event. For Day 10, the company is debuting the ability for users to simply call or text ChatGPT, using 1-800-CHATGPT (1-800-242-8478). This is part of the company’s effort to make its products as accessible as possible for as many people as...
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It took a while, but we've reached the point where buying a big screen TV doesn't require taking out a second mortgage. Heck, even ginormous 98-inch TVs have fallen into reasonable territory—with current sales, you can get one for as little as $1,499.99 at Best Buy. Well, LG just said, 'Nah playa, forget that noise'...
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