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
Yesterday we posted a roundup of Apple tech deals at Best Buy, and if you haven't already, you should check that out—there are some great savings to be had on MacBook Pro laptops, iPad tablets, and several other items just in time for the back to school season. Today, we're switching our focus to Amazon and...
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School is back in session at many places around the country, and in others, the new school year will begin again very soon. If you're needing to stock up on tech, like a new laptop or set of earbuds with active noise cancellation, now is a great time. There's an 'Apple Sales Event' going on at Best Buy right now, with...
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AMD continues to gain ground on rival Intel, the latter of which has historically dominated the x86 landscape with a lopsided share of the market. Overall, that has not changed—Intel still claims the lion's share of the x86 market and even increased its lead, but the most recent gains come with a couple of important...
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Intel is dealing with challenges on several fronts, and as a result, the Santa Clara chip maker announced it is postponing its upcoming Innovation 2024 chip event that was originally scheduled to take place September 24-25, 2024 in San Jose, California. Instead, it will now take place sometime in 2025, though Intel...
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Believe it or not, it's already been eight months since Rockstar Games delighted gamers with a trailer for Grand Theft Auto VI, which has been viewed well over 204 million times, with 11 million thumbs up votes. That means we're eight months closer to launch for one of the most highly anticipated games of the decade...
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Anytime there's a new processor or graphics card launch, system builders are quick to update their product lines. Such is the case with AMD's newfangled Ryzen 7 9700X and Ryzen 5 9600X processors base on Zen 5. One of the first to pounce on the new chips is boutique builder Maingear, which is offering both CPUs...
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At long last, Ayaneo is ready to accept crowdfunded preorders for its upcoming Pocket EVO gaming handheld, which is available to back on Indiegogo with early bird pricing serving up deep discounts over the advertised retail price. According to Ayaneo, the "groundbreaking" Pocket EVO stands as the world's first...
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Motherboard makers are starting to dish out BIOS updates based on new microcode from Intel to address stability issues affecting a wide range of 14th Gen and 13th Gen Core processor models. ASUS and MSI are the first to start rolling out fixes at the firmware level, and we imagine that Gigabyte and others will not be...
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To all my fellow New England Patriots fans, sadly I'm not here to report that future hall of famers quarterback Tom Brady and coach Bill Belichick are reuniting to get the dynasty back on track. Those days are long gone, and we'll see what Drake Maye and company bring to the gridiron. However, if you own an iPhone or...
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At long last, AMD has officially revealed its suggested e-tailer pricing (SEP) for its initial stack of Ryzen 9000 series processors based on Zen 5, and we'd venture to guess that most of you are going to like the price points. That's because all four desktop SKUs are cheaper than what the previous generation Ryzen...
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Cooler Master is giving Samsung (Odyssey Neo G9) and Acer (Predator Z57) some rare competition in the massive gaming monitor segment with the launch of its GP57ZS, a rather boring name for a display that's anything but mundane. As the model name only hints at, the GP57ZS is a gargantuan 57-inch monitor. It also sports...
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SK hynix is on track to receive hundreds of millions of dollars in funding from the US CHIPS and Science Act to help pay for a semiconductor packaging plant in Indiana. In total, SK hynix plans to invest $3.87 billion on the production base that will churn out AI memory products on US soil, and contribute to a "more...
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In the ongoing CPU saga related to stability issues with Intel's 13th Gen and 14th Gen Core processors, the Santa Clara chip maker has posted additional guidance on its warranty extension for affected models. One of the key details of the new guidance is that the two-year extension now explicitly covers OEM and tray...
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As time goes on, running artificial intelligence (AI) workloads directly on devices (as opposed to offloading to the cloud) will become more commonplace. To help push the industry towards that goal. Samsung announced it has begun mass producing what it claims is the industry's thinnest 12-nanometer class 12 gigabyte...
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Kids these days are too young to remember when solid state drive (SSD) storage cost an arm and a leg, essentially making it a luxury purchase for power users while everyone else was still saddled with a mechanical hard disk drive (HDD). Times have certainly changed since then with SSD prices having come way down...
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Amid unofficial chatter that NVIDIA is postponing the launch of its next-generation GeForce RTX 50 series powered by its Blackwell architecture, there's another unconfirmed report stating that the previous-generation GeForce RTX 3060 has just been put on the chopping block. No big deal, right? Sure, except that also...
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One of the reasons someone might be inclined to plop a wad of cash on a giant television to upgrade their home theater in preparation for the big game—the Super Bowl. TCL has a slightly different pitch. Should you decide to spend big on its massive 115-inch QM8 series 4K TV, the manufacturer will reward you with a...
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While Intel is standing firm on not recalling its 14th and 13th Gen Core processors amid a rash of crashing complaints, it has decided to offer an additional two years of warranty coverage. The extended warranty applies to retail boxed processors that already come with a three-year warranty, so the additional coverage...
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At long last, the 4K OLED gaming monitor with dual refresh rate options that ASUS first showed off at the Consumer Electronics Shows (CES) earlier this year—the ROG Swift OLED PG32UCDP—is finally available to purchase. Granted, it’s not a cheaply priced display, but depending on your perspective, it’s sort of like...
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For the past several months, NZXT’s been low-key offering to rent fully assembled desktop gaming PCs with RTX hardware inside for a monthly fee. The program is called Flex and you might not have heard it, because for whatever reason, it hasn’t garnered a lot of attention. It is an interesting proposition, though, and...
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Is the era of x86 computing about to end? Not at all, though today's Arm-based solutions present the biggest threat to date to x86's decades-long dominance in the Windows landscape, and in time we could see a shift towards a more balanced (or at least less lopsided) roster of chips. Qualcomm's Snadragon X Elite and...
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It is probably just a matter of time before Intel is hit with a class-action lawsuit over unfortunate stability issues affecting a barrage of 14th Gen and 13th Gen Core processors. That likely inevitability is one step closer to becoming a reality, with law firm Abington Cole + Ellery investigating the situation and...
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