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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Turn out the lights, the party's over! That's the message certain Fire TV device owners are getting from Netflix as the popular streaming service gets ready to go dark on outdated and/or legacy Fire TV sticks and older television models with Amazon's Fire TV platform built in. That's the bad news. The good news is...
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Logitech is expanding its lineup of gaming peripherals with the launch of the G522, a gaming headset that comes with the promise of extended comfort (and no paid DLC shenanigans). According to Logitech, the G522 builds upon the popular G733. While they may look similar, Logitech says the G522 "delivers a significant...
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We're a collective sucker for a good deal around these parts, and we often pass along ones that we find interesting or particularly intriguing. Some deals are better than others, naturally, and driving that point home is an absolutely bonkers offer by LG. Not only is it discounting its awesome 27-inch Ultragear OLED...
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If you're planning a summer vacation and intend on booking a flight with Southwest Airlines, take heed of a new rule involving portable chargers. In an update to its policy, Southwest Airlines requires that any portable charger or power bank be out in the open and "remain in plain sight" while in use. So, no more...
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In some respects, it's been a bit of a rough patch for fans of Google's Chromecast dongle. For one, Google effectively killed the Chromecast in favor of its new Google TV Streamer hardware priced at $99.99 MSRP (slightly cheaper on the street). Then more recently, owners of Google's second-generation Chromecast as...
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AMD is making a splash at Computex this week. In addition to formally introducing the Radeon RX 9060 XT, a mainstream GPU that it claims is the "world's best" GPU for under $350, it's also rolling out a new round of Ryzen Threadripper processors. And rather than go with a staggered release, AMD lifted the curtain on...
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As promised several weeks ago, AMD made some key gaming product announcements during its 2025 Computex keynote, the highlight of which is the launch of its Radeon RX 9060 XT. As expected, it's coming in two flavors—one with 16GB of GDDR6 memory and a second SKU with 8GB of GDDR6 memory. Let the mainstream GPU wars...
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There's been a lot of hardware (and software) announced at this year's Computex event, not all of which is focused on AI and/or new graphics cards. Case in point, Micron expanded its solid state drive (SSD) storage family with a couple of additions to its Crucial brand, one of which takes aim at top speeds on the...
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Every hardware and software outfit right now is like, 'You get AI, you get AI, you get AI...everyone gets AI!'. There are product segments where an AI infusion makes a lot of sense, though, and Phison sees fast solid state drive (SSD) storage as being one of them. As a result, it's showcasing its AI-infused E28 SSD...
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In case you missed it, Intel recently announced a surprise round of price cuts to two of its Arrow Lake processors, including the Core Ultra 7 265K and Core Ultra 7 265KF, slashing $100 off the suggested retail price of both chips. That knocked them down to a few bucks below $300, though both are discounted even...
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It's fair to assume that most of you reading this will never have a need or desire to equip your PC with four of NVIDIA's flagship GeForce RTX 5090 graphics cards. For the select few who can make use of multiple high-end GPUs, however, ASUS is rolling out a beastly new power supply unit (PSU) that can power them, and...
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First things first—congrats to any of you who managed to preorder a Nintendo Switch 2 console ahead of its imminent retail release. For anyone who missed out, you'll get another chance on launch day, or even the night before with Best Buy hosting a late-night launch event. Whether you secured a preorder or hope to...
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Foxconn is teaming up with NVIDIA to deploy what the two are calling an "AI factory supercomputer" in Taiwan, in cooperation with the Taiwan government. Announced at Computex, Foxconn subsidiary Big Innovation Company will collaborate with NVIDIA as an official NVIDIA Cloud Partner to provide the the AI...
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In a continued arms race with LG for living room supremacy, Samsung is rolling out NVIDIA G-SYNC support to its 2025 lineup of OLED televisions, starting with its flagship S95F. These TVs are already AMD FreeSync Premium Pro certified, so the addition of G-SYNC paves the way for smooth gaming on a wider selection of...
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At least one overseas retailer is under the impression that PowerColor is about to give AMD's not-yet-announced Radeon RX 9060 XT graphics card the Hellhound treatment. Spotted by @momomo_us, a reliable leaker on X, early retail listings seemingly confirm a factory overclocked PowerColor Radeon RX 9060 XT Hellhound OC...
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We're not sure if it qualifies as being fashionably late just yet, but Silicon Power has officially joined the ranks of memory makers to leverage Clock Unbuffered Dual In-Line Memory Modules (CUDIMMs). The benefit of doing so is being able to offer faster memory kits than regular DIMMs, which is this case is a...
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A pair or TikTok videos have gone viral for appearing to show a translucent smartphone, like something out of a futuristic science fiction flick. The first video, which shows a woman standing in line while appearing to scroll on a see-through smartphone, has racked up 41.6 million views, 2.8 million hearts/likes, and...
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Give it enough time and dual-mode refresh rate options may just become a standard feature on all (or most) gaming monitors. We're not quite there yet. In the meantime, MSI is adding to a comparatively small but growing pile of monitors that feature this nifty trick, with the launch of its MPG 274URDFW E16M. Good luck...
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Folks, we're living in some strange and wild times. Don't worry, we're not diving into politics or anything like that—we know how to say in our lane, which is technology. And as it relates to tech, the latest market share results by Mercury Research highlight some interesting and unexpected trends, most of which are...
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Has there ever been a video game more anticipated than Grand Theft Auto VI? Probably not, but even if you want to make an argument for a different title, GTA 6 is at least in the discussion. Given the immense hype surrounding the next major GTA installment, it's no surprise that Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick found the...
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There's still a few days to go before Computex 2025 officially kicks off, but not all hardware makers are waiting to unveil new products. Enter Acer, which is blitzing the event with whole bunch of new laptops, desktops, and other gear. Among all of the products it's unveiling, it's the expanded Predator lineup that...
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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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