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MSI GeForce RTX 5080 Expert OC: MSRP $1,299 The MSI GeForce RTX 5080 Expert OC has unique styling and goosed-up specs that allow it to outperform standard RTX 5080 series cards. Strong Performance Blackwell Architecture Unique Styling Cool And Quiet Tons Of Overclocking Headroom DLSS4 And RTX...
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Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan is back in U.S. President Donald Trump's good graces after a "very interesting" joint meeting between the two, along with Secretary of Commerce, Howard Lutnick, and Secretary of the Treasury, Scott Bessent. The meeting...
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At SIGGRAPH 2025 today, Arm pulled the wraps off Neural Super Sampling (NSS), its first AI-driven upscaling technology designed for mobile GPUs. It's the debut application of "Arm neural technology," a planned set of features for future...
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Microsoft's new GPT-5-powered Smart mode, which OpenAI describes as the "best model to date", is automatically rolling out for free to Copilot users. We've tested it here at HotHardware and observed that you don't even need to update your...
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Samsung 9100 Pro 4TB SSD: $429.99 The Samsung 9100 Pro marks the company's entrance into the high-performance PCIe Gen 5 consume SSD market and it's a force to be reckoned with. Excellent All-Around Performance Configurable Via Samsung...
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We have a one-two combo of juicy Apple rumors today, about a new cost-optimized MacBook, along with the headwinds faced by the Apple Intelligence team in charge of enabling Siri with superhuman capabilities. Get your pinch of salt ready...
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EA is hoping that Battlefield 6 can turn the series’ fortunes around after playing second fiddle to Call of Duty for the last decade. The game’s explosive debut trailer and multiplayer reveal event succeeded in getting gamers hyped to jump...
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Dear friends, it is time to pour one out for the iconic, screeching sound of a modem connecting to the internet. AOL, a name synonymous with the early days of the world wide web, has announced it will officially end its dial-up internet...
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A frantic race is underway across the United States as consumers scramble to purchase electric vehicles before the $7,500 EV federal tax credit expires. With a hard deadline of September 30, a last-minute buying frenzy has taken hold. For...
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The Nintendo Switch 2 is only a few months old, but interesting accessories are already popping up that are compatible with the device itself. Among them is Turtle Beach's new Airlite Fit, a wired gaming headset with an affordable price...
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Nintendo is on a mission to normalize $80 for first-party Switch 2 games, and while there are some exciting titles available like Mario Kart World, you don't have to drop a fistful of cash to have a good time on the Switch platform. Case...
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What began as a flash in the night sky and a dramatic crash in a suburban backyard has culminated in a scientific first for Georgia. A meteorite, which streaked through the sky as a brilliant fireball before landing squarely on a Henry...
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ASUS is keeping the Next Unit of Computing (NUC) party going with the introduction of its NUC 15 Performance, which houses some potent hardware, cutting-edge features, and the latest wireless connectivity protocols inside a compact 3-liter...
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AMD and NVIDIA have reportedly agreed to pay the United States government 15% of all revenues derived from AI chip sales to China, thereby giving the green light for the former to begin shipping Instinct MI308 accelerators and the latter...
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The iOS 26 public beta is out, and some early indicators claim it's a game-changer. Perhaps the most profound update is a new transparent user interface, which allows users to see the background colors and elements behind the page they're...
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Phil Spencer, CEO of Microsoft Gaming, raised some eyebrows after wearing a graphic t-shirt featuring the box art of the classic video game Hexen during the 2023 Xbox Showcase event. At the time, he played it off as simply wearing a...
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Are you looking to buy a new big screen TV? Today is a good time to go shopping because Best Buy is hosting a blow out sale of sorts for several LG models, including big discounts on OLED TVs, surprising low prices on giant sized panels...
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Back at Computex, Intel announced a trio of Pro GPUs based on its Battlemage GPU architecture—the same that powers the popular Arc B570 and B580 GPUs. One of those cards was essentially an Arc B580 with 24GB of VRAM onboard, and one of them was a dual-chip version of the same. The third card...
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A determined modder has finally cracked the code to upgrading the memory on Valve's Steam Deck OLED handheld. Isaac from SlickBuys Mods and Repair posted a video of the mod to YouTube, and in it, he explains that this has been a near-daily...
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Ever since Meta found success with the Quest series of standalone VR headsets, the company's Reality Labs Research division—the artists formerly known as Oculus—really haven't produced a device after the fashion of the Rift, the Index, or...
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The hype for Grand Theft Auto VI has continued to build after Rockstar Games dropped its second trailer, and even being delayed to next year hasn’t put a dent into gamers’ excitement. However, the title’s potential pricing has been a...
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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 8GB: MSRP $299 The mainstream GeForce RTX 5060 brings NVIDIA's latest Blackwell GPU architecture down to a $300 price point and targets mainstream 1080p gamers, but DLSS4 with multi-frame generation is a must to...
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