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
Excuse us for a being a little sensational with our headline, but with Nintendo's Switch 2 console earning the distinction of being the fastest-selling console in the history of game systems with 3.5 million units sold in the first four...
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Kioxia is demonstrating some prototype storage solutions built around its 8th generation BiCS Flash memory featuring CBA (CMOS directly Bonded to Array) technology, which the company is billing as a breakthrough architecture for data...
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Texas Instruments has committed to spending more than $60 billion to expand its U.S. manufacturing capacity, marking what the company claims is the largest-ever investment in foundational semiconductor manufacturing in the history of the...
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If you've been wondering when Amazon will finally list a selection of Switch 2 games, the answer is right now. Sure, the Switch 2 is a brand new console (see our first impressions), but Amazon still took its time serving up games for one...
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In less than a month, Amazon will host its next Prime Day event, which is set to last twice as long this year (four days instead of two). However, you don't have to wait in order to score some great deals, especially if you're in the...
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At this point, we've pretty much come to expect that AMD will power living room consoles from Microsoft and Sony, but that's not necessarily how it will always be (just ask Intel about its past relationship with Apple). However, AMD will...
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Fractal Design Scape: MSRP $199 Fractal Design's first foray into audio is a winning combination of comfort, multi-platform versatiliy, and elegant design, marred only by a somewhat tame maxiumum output level and lack of ANC. Mature...
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Summer is nearly upon us (just a few more days until the official start of the season) and with its comes an annual tradition from Amazon that now dates back a full decade. We're of course talking about Prime Day, the massive sales bonanza...
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Remember when reports surfaced that Intel had allegedly scrapped plans to launch a so-called 'Big Battlemage' GPU to compete with more performant options from AMD and NVIDIA? That was in late March. It didn't take long to cast doubt on the...
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OnePlus is bringing a couple of interesting products to the United States and Canada this summer, including its flagship Buds 4 that already launched in China. In addition, it's introducing a smaller version of its Watch 3 in a new 43mm...
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We may never truly know just how close NVIDIA came to actually releasing a GeForce RTX 3080 Ti with 20GB of GDDR6X memory (versus the actual configuration that we reviewed), but there is new evidence to suggest it was at least a...
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We've long been impressed by Apple's Mac mini systems and its M-series silicon (see our M1 Mac mini review from 2020 for reference), but like anything else in the hardware space, issues can pop up. Case in point, some M2 Mac mini owners...
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Nintendo is making history with the Switch 2, it's latest-generation handheld game system that raced to more than 3.5 million units sold in a mere four days, making it the company's fastest-selling console ever. It also outpaced every...
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Summer has virtually arrived (officially, the summer season starts on June 20 this year, but close enough, right?), and while you might be planning vacations and cookouts, you can also get a jump on the back-to-school shopping season that...
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Intel is putting a bunch of Arc Alchemist GPUs on the chopping block, including both desktop and mobile models. The one that stands out the most is the Arc A750, which is also the most recent one to be included in Intel's Product Change...
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It's been nearly a year since we first spied a reference to an AMD Ryzen 5 5500X3D processor, a chip that until now has not officially existed. That just changed, though, with AMD adding a product page to its CPU database, and with it...
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PNY is expanding its portable storage lineup with its new Duo Link V3, a blazing-fast flash drive that you can plug into both USB Type-A and USB Type-C ports. All you have to do is swivel the connector port to select whichever USB...
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Anker is recalling over 1 million power banks with potentially defective lithium-ion batteries that pose a fire safety risk. The popular accessory maker said it initiated the recall "out of an abundance of caution" and is working with the...
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Graphics card pricing has reached unprecedented levels these days, thanks to a combination of an artificial intelligence (AI) gold rush, rabid demand by gamers, uncertainty over tariffs, and generally tomfoolery on the part of add-in board...
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It's almost Father's Day and if you find yourself scrambling for gift ideas, we have you covered. We've rounded up a bunch of deals on items that are likely to bring a far bigger grin to your dad's mug than an actual mug, or a tie or...
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If you're like me, you spend part of your morning sifting through your inbox to separate the important stuff from the deluge of junk mail that fills it up each and every day (including Gmail accounts, despite Google's best efforts). Even...
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There is a bit of mystery and intrigue surrounding NVIDIA's upcoming GeForce RTX 5050 GPU, and a handful of early retail listings (as well as a leak by Acer) of gaming laptops outfitted with the mobile variant either shed light on the...
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