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.
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If you still get a basket of goodies from the Easter Bunny, it's probably filled with chocolates, jelly beans, and perhaps a minor gift or two (Steam gift card, maybe?). Maybe this year the furry home invader will leave a high-tech surprise, too. If you don't want to bank on it, however, you can take matters into your...
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In just under a month from now, Bethesda will release Doom: The Dark Ages, which is a prequel to Doom reboot that launched in 2016. To celebrate the highly-anticipated release to the popular game franchise, Microsoft has announced a pair of themed Xbox controllers as well as a devilishly delightful wrap for your Xbox...
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On paper, it's hard to quibble with NVIDIA's pricing on its newly minted GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (see our review), even with much of the uplift over last-gen coming from DLSS 4 with multi-frame generation. The 16GB model at a $429 MSRP is actually $70 less than the launch price of the previous generation GeForce RTX 4060...
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First things first—if you haven't already done so, check out our GeForce RTX 5060 Ti review (with some really cool product photos by our illustrious Marco Chiappetta). We looked at two custom models, one from MSI and another from PNY, and put them through our gauntlet of benchmarks. Then, should you decide this is the...
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Most of us will never live long enough to see the kind of deep space travel depicted in shows like "Star Trek" become a reality, but in lieu of such sci-fi adventures, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) continues to snap incredible images from far, far away. The latest one is being described as the most detailed...
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Nintendo still has not announced when exactly it's upcoming Switch 2 console will be available to preorder in the United States, but according to a leaker with a positive track record, it could happen as soon as next week. With that in mind, we suggest revisiting our Switch 2 preorder guide and preparing yourself for...
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In case you haven't been paying attention, Easter Sunday is right around the corner. There's still some time to surprise your tech-loving significant other with groovy gift, and if you're looking to do just that, note that Best Buy is in the midst of its Spring Sale event. We've dug up a handful of discounted...
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More mainstream graphics card options are coming for gamers in need of a more affordable upgrade path to the newest generation GPU architectures. We saw this today with the official unveiling of NVIDIA's GeForce RTX 5060 Ti and GeForce RTX 5060 cards, and AMD is expected to counter with its Radeon RX 9060 XT. While...
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As any sports athlete can attest, records are meant to be broken. For example, the Boston Celtics are coming off an historic NBA season in which the team claimed the most three-pointers ever in a single season, draining a staggering 1,370 shots from beyond the arc. The same concept applies to tech, as evidenced by yet...
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NVIDIA has been at the forefront of the industry-wide (and very lucrative) artificial intelligent movement, with both hardware and software-based solutions driving a new era computing. Now it's teaming up with key partners to design and build the first supercomputers produced entirely in the United States, including...
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Another day means another Windows update, and this time it comes with a warning from Microsoft. You may have noticed a new folder in your root C:\ folder after applying the latest cumulative update for April 2025. Furthermore, you may have been tempted to delete it after discovering that it's an empty folder. Word to...
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ASUS is rolling out a new high-powered ROG NUC for 2025. Unveiled during a special event in China—the same one in which ASUS teased a Super TN gaming monitor with a blistering 610Hz refresh rate—the newest ROG NUC pairs up to an Intel Core Ultra 9 processor based on Arrow Lake-HX with up to a mobile NVIDIA GeForce RTX...
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Oftentimes when there's a reference to the movie "Minority Report" in the tech news sector, it has do with with some clever user interface (UI) design, especially with the advent of hand-tracking tricks in virtual reality setups. That's not always the case, though. Sometimes, it's a lot more creepy or more of a...
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ASUS is rolling out some new high-speed gaming monitors through its enthusiast Republic of Gamers (ROG) division, and one of them is capable of hitting a blistering 610Hz refresh rate. Yeah, you're going to need a meaty graphics card to come anywhere close to taking full advantage of that kind of speed. For those...
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As much as we'd like to tell you that Nintendo and its retail partners have opened up US preorders for the recently-announced Switch 2 and at the originally announced MSRPs ($449 for the Switch 2 and $499 for the Switch 2 + Mario Kart World Bundle), that is not the case. There's still no word on the situation as...
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MediaTek has a new flagship chip for Android phones, the Dimensity 9400+. The plus-designated chip arrives six months after MediaTek unveiled its non-plus Dimensity 9400 silicon and is mostly an iterative upgrade with a clock speed boost, though it does also boast a couple of noteworthy features that can purportedly...
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An engineering sample of Valve's Steam Deck handheld appears to have sold on eBay for $2,000 (it was listed for $2,999.99), plus another $5 shipping. So $2,005 total, if our math checks out. That's three times higher than Valve's most expensive Steam Deck model, the OLED variant with 1TB of storage ($649) and seven...
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Are you ready for a big screen TV upgrade without paying a big price? If so, you'll be happy to discover that going big—as in, really big—does not necessarily have to cost thousands of dollars. Heck, it doesn't even have to cost a thousand (singular) bucks. For a little more than half that much, you can bring home a...
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AMD is rolling out a new round of mobile processors to fuel presumably cheaper gaming laptops, and the timing couldn't be better with so much uncertainty surrounding the tariffs situation. Unofficially, the new Ryzen 8000HX series processors are being called Dragon Range Refresh. That's because they are an iterative...
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Attention all stargazers, dust off your DLSR camera and adjust your weekend plans accordingly, because you're about to be treated to the first full moon of spring. Otherwise known as the Pink Moon, Paschal Moon, and Passover Moon, there's some interesting trivia afoot to be the life of the moon watch party, should you bring along less celestial-savvy
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The U.S. Department of Commerce is reportedly looking into TSMC's dealings with Sophgo, a chip designer located in China, over concerns that its silicon may have ended up in the hands of Huawei. Depending on the outcome of the investigation, TSMC could potentially face a fine upwards of $1 billion for violating U.S...
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It's been about two and a half months since NVIDIA rolled out its flagship GeForce RTX 5090 graphics card to retail, and nearly as long since it brought back its Verified Priority Access lottery program to help gamers score a Founders Edition model direct from NVIDIA. Some things have changed since then—including the...
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