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Microsoft broke its previous Patch Tuesday record with yet another record-setter this week. September's Patch Tuesday will contain 974 total fixes, with 113 of them rated "Critical" for high likelihood of exploitation. So far this year...
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The security research team at Zimperium’s zLabs has uncovered a new strain of malware targeting Android devices, which not only looks to pilfer a victim’s data but also inflict maximum psychological damage. It has been dubbed 'Mantax Otax'...
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Are you an overclocker? If note, you may be the exactly the audience for "Hypertune", a subscription service that promises to improve your PC's gaming performance "with one click." While some of the claims made by the company don't quite...
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Looking for some good news as we head into the weekend? Here it is: Nintendo has finally brought variable refresh rate (VRR) support to the Switch 2 in TV mode, letting docked consoles dynamically sync their output with compatible...
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A bunch of leaks have just given us a fresh look at Samsung’s upcoming open-ear clip-on buds, i.e. the Galaxy Buds On.
Continuing the craze started by (we believe) Huawei's FreeClips back in 2023, Samsung is adding a clip-on earbud...
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Anthropic has disclosed that several scientists and state-backed research groups were caught using Claude AI to assist with potentially dangerous biological research. The presumed threats (scientific or nefarious) have since been blocked...
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IBM and NASA have teamed up to launch the NASA-IBM Lunar Foundation Model, an open-source AI built to analyze petabytes of observations collected over decades of moon missions. Hosted publicly on Hugging Face alongside its GitHub codebase...
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Typically in the second quarter, desktop graphics card sales almost always experience a slump as summer approaches. According to Jon Peddie Research's latest report, however, add-in board (AIB) shipments defied seasonal expectations in Q2...
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A multinational team of researchers comprising mathematicians and data scientists from Spain, Italy, and the US have just published a paper called "Large-Language Models as a Cognitive Virus" that is making some waves in the AI community...
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No Man’s Sky is one of the greatest turnaround stories in video game history. The game went from an underwhelming disappointment at launch to celebrating its tenth anniversary with a loyal, dedicated fanbase. In those ten years there have...
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After Hideo Kojima's infamous split from Konami following the release of Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain, fans of the legendary Metal Gear series were left waiting for Kojima's next big stealth project. While Death Stranding and Death...
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IFA 2026 - Image: HotHardware IFA 2026 just wrapped up on Tuesday. For those unfamiliar, IFA is Europe’s largest consumer electronics trade show, and I was on the ground in Berlin to find as much Hot Hardware as possible. This...
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Retro gaming enthusiasts eager to relive the golden age of arcade gaming will have to exercise serious patience, as Plaion Replai has officially pushed back the worldwide release of the NeoGeo AES+ to September 16, 2027 due to components...
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Times are tough, we get it. However, if you're looking to retired your aging gaming laptop with something new and don't want to stretch deep into four-figure territory, Walmart's deal on MSI's Cyborg 15 is worth taking a look at. Walmart...
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When Google released a complete 3D map of an adult male fruit fly’s central nervous system, scientists celebrated it for its impact on neuroscience. Software engineers, however, had other ideas by immediately putting the dataset of the fly...
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A security flaw in Skullcandy's Dime 3 wireless earphones allows nearby attackers to hijack Bluetooth connections, intercept audio playback, and access built-in microphones without any user interaction or physical confirmation.
To be...
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MSI is taking direct aim at Apple’s workspace display dominance with its new Pro Max 341QPXW14G, expanding on its lineup of Pro Max displays designed specifically for macOS workstations. Or as MSI puts it, a monitor with intentions of...
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Over the past several weeks, Qualcomm has been revealing key details about the future of its next-generation mobile platform, including a blistering 5GHz Oryon CPU architecture and a new Adreno Neural Fusion graphics engine. Following up...
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Apple made numerous announcements during its live event today, headlined by the introduction of its first foldable, the iPhone Duo, and the new Apple A20 Pro processor that powers both it and the new iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max.
Not only...
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PC gamers of a certain age will fondly remember the days when physical copies of PC games came in oversized boxes known simply by enthusiasts as "big boxes." These so-called big box games used oversized packaging so that they could fit...
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At this week's SPIE Photomask Technology + EUV Lithography conference in Monterey, Intel Foundry and ASML presented a status update regarding the commercialization and high-volume manufacturing (HVM) deployment of High Numerical Aperture...
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Astronomers studying the 3I/ATLAS comet have uncovered clues suggesting the interstellar visitor originated in a deep-freeze environment far older than our solar system.
When 3I/ATLAS zipped through the inner solar system, it became...
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