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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Ready or not, Wi-Fi 7 is coming to supercharge multi-device homes with cutting-edge connectivity that aims to significantly speed up connections and reduce latency. Netgear was one of the first to start pushing out consumer Wi-Fi 7 routers, most recently with its Orbi 970 series. Now Amazon is following suit with its...
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The fortune tellers at TrendForce predict that NAND flash memory prices are stabilizing and on track to rebound next quarter. That's good news for suppliers, which are making moves to induce a rebound. For consumers, however, it means SSD pricing is leveling out and could potentially go on an upward swing as we head...
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The thirteenth installment in the long-running Assassin's Creed series, Assassin's Creed Mirage, is due to release on PC, consoles, and iOS (for the iPhone 15 Pro/Pro Max) in less than two weeks. For those of you who plan to play the game on PC, Ubisoft has revealed a set of system requirements, including what you'll...
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Netgear has a new flagship wireless router and it's called the Orbi 970, which is actually a mesh router system based on Wi-Fi 7 (otherwise known as 802.11be). In terms of combined bandwidth, the quad-band Orbi 970 series delivers speeds of up 27Gbps and up to 10,000 square feet of coverage to ensure no dead spots in...
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It took a little while, but the cheaper variant of the ASUS ROG Ally outfitted with a non-Extreme version of the Ryzen Z1 SoC is now available and it costs $100 less than the Ryzen Z1 Extreme model we reviewed in June. The arrival of the less expensive SKU comes in the midst of another Steam Deck sale, though, in...
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It was only a few short weeks ago when Amazon boasted its latest Prime Day event was the biggest one ever, with more than 375 million items sold tallying over $2.5 billion. Given the success it had with the July event, it's no surprise that Amazon is keen to hold another one sooner rather than later. Turns out it will...
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My Arcade is teaming up with Atari to launch the Atari Gamestation Pro, a sleek console with hundreds of delightfully retro games built in, made easily playable on modern TVs and monitors. Obviously there have been multiple attempts to capitalize on Atari nostalgia, though according to My Arcade, this is the first...
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Apple is not always super keen on sharing every single specification for its iPhone devices, including the recently-introduced iPhone 15 series. One of the hardware specs Apple leaves out is the specific battery capacity for each model. We don't have to wait for the inevitable tear down videos to find out, though, as...
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A retailer in Canada has posted listings for Intel's not-yet-released 14th Gen Core 'Raptor Lake Refresh' processors, which are a refresh of its 13th Gen 'Raptor Lake' CPUs. There's not a whole lot out there in terms of official details, but unofficially, the crop of retail listings hint at what pricing will look like...
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Imagine a world in which no competition existed for PC hardware components and what that would do to pricing for CPUs, system memory, storage, and graphics cards (among other parts). Yeah, that would royally suck. Fortunately competition does exist and because of this, street pricing on some GeForce RTX 4070 models...
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Microsoft helped popularize the 2-in-1 form factor when it entered the fray with its Surface products, and its hardware partners have been willing participants in the push to get these devices into the mainstream. More recently, however, there's been another push—towards foldable devices (mostly in the smartphone...
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Flagship smartphones tend to grab the lion's share of attention but if you're not looking to drop north of a grand on a handset, you certainly have much cheaper options. One of them is TCL's 40 X 5G, which the company unveiled as part of its broader 40 series at Mobile World Congress earlier this year. Fast forward to...
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Netgear is expanding its wireless router lineup with the introduction of the Nighthawk MK93S, a powerful and compact tri-band Wi-Fi 6E mesh router system that includes the main unit and two satellites. According to Netgear, the three piece MK93S system provides high-speed connectivity that's up to 50% faster than its...
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Western Digital has launched a solid state drive (SSD) line—WD Black SN770M—that takes direct aim at the relatively recent crop of handheld game consoles, including Valve's Steam Deck and the ASUS ROG Ally. The Black SN770M ships in the shorter M.2 2230 form factor that both of those consoles utilize, which is less...
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I'm dating myself here, but in the old days of gaming, players competed to see who could earn the highest score (the Atari 2600 generation knows all about sending in Polaroid evidence of a high score). This is still a thing in the world of classic arcades, though at home, leaderboards and achievements are the new...
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Best Buy is offering some enticing discounts on Ryzen, Radeon, and GeForce RTX powered laptops and desktops as part of its 'AMD Gaming Week' sales event. Discounts range from $130 at the low end and all the way up to $450. The deals are live now and will run through next Sunday, September 17, 2023. Let's dive in...
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It's been a couple months since Intel announced it was halting investments into its popular NUC business while simultaneously hammering out a non-exclusive license agreement with ASUS to manufacture, sell, and support current and future NUC devices. Be that as it may, a new (sort of) NUC device has launched in Europe...
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Apple's efforts to develop 5G modem hardware for its iPhone devices is apparently taking longer than expected. That's great news for Qualcomm, though, which announced an agreement to continue supplying Snapdragon 5G modem-RF systems for future iPhone launches through at least 2026. Assuming Apple sticks to its current...
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The weekend is wrapping up but not before we've had a chance to round up a bunch more deals (on top of the Samsung TV deals we posted yesterday), including dynamite deals on Galaxy Buds and laptops from the likes of ASUS, Dell, and others. We'll kick things off with the Dell Inspiron 16 5635 laptop pictured above...
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The NFL season began with an upset on Thursday, with the Detroit Lions defeating the Super Bowl champs Kansas City Chiefs on their home turf, due in part to a bold fourth down call early in the first quarter and deep into enemy territory. If the first game set the tone, the rest of the season is going to be exciting...
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Intel continues to make headway on improving performance and fixing various bugs in Starfield for players who are running the game on an Arc graphics card. The latest salve comes in the form of an eyebrow-raising Arc GPU driver release. We mean that quite literally—according to the release notes, Intel's 31.0.101.4676...
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Apple's upcoming Wonderlust event is now just days away, which means we'll soon have official details on the iPhone 15 series. As is typically the case, leaks and rumors are in full force leading up the event. Same goes for the inevitable barrage of predictions by analysts. A new report by the folks at TrendForce...
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