Paul Lilly
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After a whirlwind of deals leading up to and during Amazon's two-day Prime Day event, we're now on the other side of the mega-sale. Don't kick yourself if you missed out, though. Some of the discounts have stuck, including big markdowns on...
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If you haven't had a chance to sift through all the markdowns for Amazon's Prime Day event, don't worry, there's still time to score a deal or two (or three, or four, or...). It's a two-day affair, after all. Day 1 is already in the books...
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Be warned that once you sit for a spell in front of a massive TV, you'll never want to go smaller. Or at least that's been my experiencing, having gone from a 52-inch to a 75-inch and, most recently, an 85-inch TV over the years. Now I'm...
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Now is the time to pull the trigger on an Amazon Prime membership trial (it's free for the first 30 days, or for the first 6 months if you're a student) if you don't already have one. Why is that? The two-day Prime Day sales event is in...
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In case you hadn't noticed, Amazon's much-hyped Prime Day event has arrived and with it comes a bonanza of bargains on practically every type of item you can imagine. Naturally, we're more focused on technology-related deals. Those are...
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Now is a great time to consider building, buying, or upgrading a PC. In addition to falling RAM and SSD prices, we're on the cusp of Amazon's Prime Day event and several deals are trickling out early, including discounts on pre-built...
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Amazon's two-day Prime Day sales event is now just hours away (it kicks off at 12:00am PDT tonight and runs through the end of July 12) and there will be a flurry of deals to sift through, some better than others. However, if you're in the...
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Forget about death and taxes, the one thing you can count on is that rumors of a more powerful Switch console will persist up until when and if Nintendo finally gets around to releasing one. It might be called the Switch Pro or it could be...
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Regulars of HotHardware know what time it is—it's time to save some money! Bargains will come in bulk when Prime Day 2023 kicks off the moment the calendar rolls over to July 11 and will run through the end of July 12. But in the lead-up...
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There's little reason to skimp on storage these days, even when it comes to outfitting your PC with a fast solid state drive (SSD). Why is that? Well, there's been a steady decline in SSD prices over the past year due in part to a...
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Have you looked up pricing on solid state drives (SSDs) recently? If not, you might be surprised to discover how far they've fallen, depending on the last time you checked. That's true even if it's only been a few weeks since the last you...
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Amazon is getting a jump on its upcoming Prime Day sales event with early discounts on popular items, including its own hardware devices. Some of the deals represent significant markdowns too. The caveat is that you need to be a Prime...
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Amazon Prime Day is right around the corner (next week, in fact) and as in past years, you can expect a bevy of bargains on a wide assortment of items during the two-day event. You don't necessarily have to wait to score an enticing...
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Forget about the cage match between Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg, the real battle between these two technology moguls is for users in the high-stakes social media space. Only up until now, Musk, who owns Twitter, and Zuckerberg, who...
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It's all about timing when it comes to PC memory and we're not just talking about latency settings—when you pull the trigger on a new memory kit can make a big difference on the value proposition. Fortunately for consumers, DDR5 and DDR4...
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Sony has never gone on record saying it plans to release a PlayStation 5 Slim console at any point, though we've been around long enough to know a thinner iteration is inevitably on the horizon, given past trends. A couple of the main...
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There is evidence to suggest that AMD is readying the release of another Zen 4 processor model, though it may not be like any other Ryzen 7000 series SKUs that has come before it. While nothing has been confirmed, a popular leaker on...
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Lock up your pets and bust out your grilling utensils because the 4th of July has arrived. That means cooking out (weather permitting) and catching your local fireworks display as the sun sets. Before you gear up for the holiday...
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Today's generation will never know what it's like to drop off rolls of film for processing, then sifting through the developed pictures and preserving them in physical photo albums. That's all been replaced by digital media, enabled in...
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When it comes to playing games, few people would dispute that NVIDIA's GeForce RTX 4090 is the king of GPUs, or the Radeon RX 7900 XTX if looking at AMD's product stack. That's if judging solely on performance. If looking at market share among gamers on Steam, the king of GPUs is a budget...
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We're down to just a week and a half before Amazon's Prime Day event arrives (the two day event starts at 3:00am ETD on July 11, 2023 and runs through July 12), but if you're antsy to save a buck (or a lot of bucks) right now, there are...
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High-end smartphones have gotten stupid-expensive over the years with premium models routinely commanding more than $1,000. Some phones have even approached $2,000 (we're looking at you, foldables). But those are bargain prices compared to...
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