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.
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Qualcomm today unveiled the Snapdragon 7 Gen 4, its newest 7-series chipset to give midrange phones a jolt in several key areas. According to Qualcomm, it delivers performance gains across the board—27% increase in CPU performance, 30% faster GPU performance, and a beastly 65% uplift in AI workloads—resulting in what...
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The next Computex event kicks off in just a few more days and we're expecting a whole bunch of announcements, which could include new graphics cards by all three major players—NVIDIA, AMD (Radeon RX 9060 XT?), and Intel (Arc B770?). Pre-event teasers are in full effect and so are a bevy of leaks and rumors. Regarding...
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Valve has responded to reports of a major data breach in which Underdark.ai, a cyber threat intelligent service, highlighted a dark web forum post by a hacker claiming to be in possession of 89 million Steam user records. According to Valve, which has been pretty good at keeping on top of security, there is nothing...
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We're still holding out hope that Intel will continue its foray into discrete graphics and become a bigger challenger to stalwarts AMD and NVIDIA. Everything is up in the air with a change in leadership at the top. If you're looking for a positive development in Intel's discrete GPU plans, however, just head over to X...
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The retail launch for Nintendo's highly anticipated Switch 2 is approaching fast—it's just shy of 3 weeks away. There probably won't be additional movement in the preorder scene, but Best Buy did confirm that it will host a midnight launch event. Additionally, Nintendo President Shuntaro Furukawa provided some...
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As NVIDIA is prone to do whenever there's a major game release, the GPU maker released a new 'Game Ready' driver package, version 576.40 WHQL, to get PCs ready for Doom: The Dark Ages. You'll want to grab that if you're planning to play the latest Doom installment. At the same time, developer id Software acknowledged...
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One of the best PC gaming handhelds on the market right now is MSI's Claw 8 AI+ (see our recent review), a premium device built around a large and vibrant 8-inch display (with variable refresh rate or VRR support) powered by Intel's Lunar Lake platform. If you're not a fan of the sandstone colorway, however, MSI has...
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SanDisk is laying claim to the fastest PCIe Gen 5.0 solid state drives on the planet (in the consumer realm, presumably) with its new WD_Black SN8100 series, the same one that made an early appearance on Amazon ahead of the official launch. The announcement comes hot on the heels of Kingston unveiling its ferociously...
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At this point, it's not much of a secret that AMD is getting ready to introduce a new round of Ryzen Threadripper processors, with the upcoming 9000WX series of high-end desktop (HEDT) chips based on Zen 5 possibly being revealed at Computex (AMD is planning a livestream event on Tuesday, May 20 at 8:00 p.m. PST /...
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If you have a need for blazing-fast speed AND the kind of premium image quality that only OLED displays can deliver, then Samsung has some good news. It's new Odyssey OLED G6 (G60SF) display with a blistering 500Hz refresh rate has officially arrived, at least in preorder form, with a retail release (and shipments)...
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Kingston just rolled out a new flagship solid state drive (SSD) and, at least on paper, it's an absolute scorcher. Called the Fury Renegade G5, it's a follow-up model to the original Fury Renegade, but with rated read and write speeds that are up to twice as fast (or more) thanks in big part to leveraging the PCI...
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Despite the long gap between the upcoming release of Grand Theft Auto VI and the previous installment (Grand Theft Auto V), as well as an unexpected delay from a fall 2025 release until May of next year, anticipation for a video game has never been higher. Heck, you could cite the gap and subsequent launch delay as...
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It took several years, but there's finally a proposed resolution for a privacy fumble related to Siri that prompted a rare apology from Apple back in 2019. As part of the proposed settlement, Apple would dole out $95 million in collective funds to past and present Siri device owners, though there is a deadline that is...
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It's almost Mother's Day and if the annual maternal day of celebration crept up on you, have no fear—in addition to the flowers and candy that you might have picked up last minute, there's still time to go bigger with some sweet savings on a variety of earbuds and headphones. And yes, some of them will even arrive by...
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We have to hand it to Apple, moving on from Intel's x86 silicon to its own Arm-based Apple Silicon hardware was a bold and risky move, and it's paying off. One of our first run-ins with Apple's home brewed hardware was the 2020 Mac Mini with an M1 chip inside. Now several years later, Apple's chips are even more...
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Are you holding on to an aging wireless router in hopes of stretching out the bang for your bucks? That's admirable—no sense in throwing away and filling up a landfill with electronics that are still useful—but depending on the model, it can also pose a security threat. So says the Federal Bureau of Investigation...
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It was around this time last year when I reviewed Razer's Iskur V2 gaming chair, which I'm still using as my daily rump-rester. At the time, I didn't anticipate that there might be first-party accessories for it, but enter Razer's new Clio, a THX spatial audio-enabled speaker head cushion designed to turn practically...
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Folks, for those who care (like myself), the 18-inch laptop form factor is alive and well. Just ask Lenovo, which is rolling out a beast of a system in its new Legion 9i (18", 10). Designed for both gamers and game developers (as well as power users in general), the upgraded Legion 9i can optionally be packed to the...
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Forget about the pricing premium compared to the first-generation model (and even the upgraded OLED variant) or the inflated cost of first-party games, which is ballooning to $80 a pop. Also forget about all of the uncertainty surrounding tariffs. Despite any criticisms or challenges that may exist for the...
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Intel's Arc Battlemage GPU is going Pro this month. The Santa Clara chip maker confirmed as much in a post on X, though it stopped short of offering up any concrete specifications or other details, such as availability and pricing. All will be revealed at the Computex event in Taipei, which runs from Monday, May 29...
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At a time when tariffs and the threat of much higher PC part prices have dominated the discussion, Intel is out here slashing prices on some of its newest desktop processor models based on Arrow Lake. And we're not talking about piddly price cuts, either. Intel sharpened its price-cutting blade and hacked $100 off the...
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Is there a worse feeling than securing a preorder for a red-hot gadget that millions are trying to obtain, only for the retailer to turn around a cancel it? Well sure—falling off a cliff or stepping on a LEGO block with your bare foot both rank right up there. Still, it's annoying, and there are reports that Walmart...
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