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Look, I'm not going to lie to you and tell you RAM is cheap again. It may never again be as cheap as it was nine months ago. Prices absolutely are trending the right way, though, likely impacted by a few different factors. Everyone's...
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This week, Microsoft released a new Windows 11 preview build, dubbed KB5079391, but it's also had to pause the rollout due to an installation error with a currently-unknown cause and fix. It's a shame, since KB5079391 does incorporate a...
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Scientists at the University of Edinburgh have successfully transformed common plastic waste into a high-value precursor for Parkinson’s disease medication. Using engineered E. coli bacteria, the team converted polyethylene terephthalate...
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What does "FSR" stand for, PC gamers? If you said FidelityFX Super Resolution, well, you're mistaken. It turns out FSR doesn't stand for anything; instead, it's simply a brand for AMD's graphics technologies. AMD told us this back around...
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GM's Corvette ZR1X hybrid monster has asserted itself over electric rivals and internal combustion legends in dominant fashion. Many already know that the ZR1X has hypercar-like performance, and yet, nothing beats some real world...
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It did not take long for MacBook Pro models sporting Apple's brand new M5 Pro and M5 Max silicon to go on sale. Announced earlier this month, both the 14-inch and 16-inch variants are discounted during Amazon's Big Spring Sale event, and...
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A recent blind test confirms that the only thing a $4,000 boutique audio cable transmits more effectively than a $7 Amazon Basics cord is a massive amount of cash from your bank account to the manufacturer’s pockets. The guilty party in...
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As the spring air turns crisp, the evening of April 1 will host the first major celestial event of the season. On Wednesday, the Pink Moon will reach peak illumination at 10:12 p.m. EDT, serving as a traditional herald of the changing...
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A new study focusing on shadow AI, security gaps, and device instability has found that systems running macOS are far more stable than PCs with Windows installed, resulting in significantly fewer application crashes and being less prone to...
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Microsoft has been quietly removing references to its viral 'This is an Xbox' marketing campaign and lest there was any doubt about why, the company confirmed in a statement the reasoning behind its decision to move on. Simply put, new...
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Epic Games' recent lay offs of over 1,000 employees has been decried by gamers and industry professionals alike, most prominently by Chet Faliszek, former Valve writer best known for his work on the Portal, Half-Life, and Left 4...
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Google Translate's new Gemini-powered, real-time voice translation feature is finally expanding from Android to iOS devices a well, including iPhones and iPads. The update also extends the new features to more countries and languages...
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NVIDIA's GeForce RTX 60 Series GPUs will be powered by the Rubin architecture, which exists only for AI and data center use thus far. The Rubin CPX, for example, is built around NVIDIA's GR212 chips, but new information shared with...
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In case you missed the news on Thursday, AMD's Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Dual Edition is a real product, and it's coming to market next month for an as-yet-undisclosed price. This CPU is a Socket AM5 desktop processor with fully sixteen Zen 5 CPU...
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One of the major selling points of AMD's Ryzen processors for the desktop is the chip designer's commitment to socket longevity. To put it into perspective, socket AM4 introduced with AMD's original Zen processors is turning 10 years old this year and is still seeing platform support with...
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Major changes are afoot at Xbox, which has already seen a big shakeup to top management with the departures of Phil Spencer, the long-time face of the brand, and former Xbox President Sarah Bond. Microsoft elevated Asha Sharma to Executive...
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It’s giveaway time again here at HotHardware. This promotion will feature some serious horsepower via a custom, hand-built by HH Gaming PC sponsored by our friends at Biwin, Zotac and MSI, in conjunction with LANFest's philanthropic...
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Android 17 has reached the Platform Stability and third beta phase. Per Google, Platform Stability means that since "the API surface is locked; you can perform final compatibility testing and push your Android 17-targeted apps to the Play...
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Apple’s A18 Pro powered MacBook Neo couples a budget price tag with relatively impressive performance. Benchmarks have shown it to offer better single-core performance than most x86 processors and it can even provide a decent gaming...
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Samsung Display recently introduced a new feature to its QD-OLEDs dubbed QuantumBlack, which is designed to mitigate reflections in brightly-lit rooms. Another component of QuantumBlack is that surface hardness is improved from 2H to 3H...
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OnePlus Pad Go 2: Currently $349 @ OnePlus.com Intel's mid-model Arrow Lake refresh improves upon the original Core Ultra 200S processors in a number of meaningful ways to boost performance and value significantly. Vibrant, Quality...
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We missed this in our coverage of Dell's commercial PC announcements this week, but the company has new keyboards and mice coming too. There's the latest revision of the classy Dell Pro 7 Slim setup, and the Dell Pro 5 Fingerprint ESS...
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