Paul Lilly
Paul is a seasoned geek who was first seduced into the world of computers and technology by the Commodore 64, and through the years he’s courted a number of OSes and platforms from DOS on up to the latest version of Windows. Having joined the HotHardware team in 2011, Paul is now a mainstay of the site covering the news beat and reviews, and resident wiseguy who keeps the mood light. He’s also an experienced freelance technology writer whose work has appeared in a number of online and print publications.
Opinions and content posted by HotHardware contributors are their own.
Recent posts
Nintendo's Switch 2 is the hottest console on the block, though it does have things working against it. For one, you don't get an OLED display on Nintendo's latest-generation handheld. And secondly, it's hard to find it in stock. Even...
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G.Skill is serving up some beefy new memory kits to retail and in doing so, the memory maker is laying claim to the first 256GB DDR5 UDIMM kit to feature 64GB modules at 6,000MHz. They're not just to keep Chrome satiated, either. The new...
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Today is Day 2 of Amazon's 96-hour Prime Day event and hopefully you're jamming out to some big savings. We mean that figuratively, though if you literally want to jam out, we found a killer deal on a great portable Bluetooth speaker, that...
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It took a hot minute, but lo and behold, Amazon is finally showing listings for the elusive Nintendo Switch 2 console, including both the standalone system and the version that comes bundled with Mario Kart World. The listings, along with...
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Some of the best times to upgrade your arsenal of gaming hardware include the holiday shopping season when Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals abound, and during Amazon's Prime Day event, which is currently underway. Need a new gaming...
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Prime Day is officially upon us and will stick around for an unprecedented amount of time this year, with Amazon serving up 96 hours of deals. That also means we're getting bombarded with emails giving us a heads up to deals as everyone...
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Looking to score a new monitor with a great display panel and built-in smarts? Supposing you're also willing to pay a premium for such a thing, take note that Samsung's fancy new 32-inch M90SF QD-OLED monitor with Samsung Vision AI is up...
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Some of the biggest discounts we're expecting for this week's Prime Day event are likely to be for Amazon's own hardware products. How low will they go? That remains to be seen, but if you're in the mood to shop for deals early, you can...
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Even Amazon is not waiting around for its own Prime Day sales event to dish up tantalizing deals. The event starts tomorrow, July 8, and runs through July 11 for 96 hours of discounts. However, some chunky discounts are appearing early...
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Windows 11 is now the most popular operating system on the desktop, according to the latest market share figures at Statcounter. It took the first week of July for Windows 11 to reach that point, after coming up just short of overtaking...
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If you spent the 4th of July weekend grilling up burgers, crushing beers, and watching fireworks instead of shopping deals, then it was a weekend well spent. Even better, you're not missing out on weekend bargains. That's especially true...
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This is a big month for deals. Next week, Amazon is hosting its Prime Day event, with some early and enticing discounts already appearing (see our roundup of deals that are 50% off or more, which we just posted yesterday). Other retailers...
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Even though Amazon's next big Prime Day event is only a few days away (it runs from July 8 to July 11), you don't have to wait in order to score some explosive savings on a variety of tech. To prove it, we scoured Amazon's current deals...
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NVIDIA is crushing the competition on Amazon in the United States when it comes to graphics card sales, and that remains true whether you're looking at the total number of units sold or the revenue split between all contenders (NVIDIA...
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For a sliver of a moment, NVIDIA on Thursday became the most valuable company ever with a spike in share price sending its market cap to a staggering $3.92 trillion. The share price then dipped slightly, though NVIDIA still closed the day...
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For the first time ever, a flagship iPhone (the iPhone 17 Pro Max, specifically) could rock a battery capacity that hits or even exceeds 5,000 mAh, if the latest chatter from a reliable leaker on Weibo turns out to be accurate. And if that...
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Amazon is getting ready to host its next Prime Day event, which will run from July 8 (starting at 12:01 a.m. PDT) through July 11 for 96 hours of deals. It's set to be the longest Prime Day sales event ever, and it's now less than a week...
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Transcend is trotting out a new top-of-the-line solid state drive (SSD) with some impressive speed metrics, at least on paper (we haven't spent any hands-on time with it yet), and it's probably deserving of a more exciting name. As it...
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You should always be suspicious of unsolicited communications via email, text, and phone calls, especially if you are being asked to provide any kind of personal information. That falls under the category of Safe Computing 101. Lest anyone...
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Before it's all said and down, a memory maker is going to release a DDR5-10000 kit to retail. There's a good chance it will be G.Skill (it's already overclocked RAM well past that mark). That day is not today, though G.Skill is showing off...
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Looking for something a little different for your next smartphone? Nothing might have you covered. The UK-based firm founded by Carl Pei is tapping into its creative side with its latest product launches, and like the Nothing Headphone (1)...
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Back in mid-June, Anker recalled over 1.1 million PowerCore 1000 power banks because of potentially defective lithium-ion batteries that could overheat and catch fire. Obviously that is not something you want to happen. Now just over two...
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