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- ASUS, Gigabyte And MSI Address Spectre And Meltdown Exploits With Motherboard BIOS Updates
- Original Beefy ‘Duke’ Xbox Controller Coming To Xbox One In March
- Researcher Exploits Intel Remote Management Security In 30 Seconds But It’s Not What You Think
- Apple Faces U.S. House Republican Inquiry Following iPhone Throttling Fiasco
- Google Duo Now Allows Calls To Android Contacts That Don’t Have App Installed
- Origin PC At CES 2018 Showcases MILLENIUM, GENESIS, And L-CLASS Killer Gaming PCs
- GM Cruise AV Autonomous Electric Car Shuns Human Drivers, Steering Wheel And Pedals
- MAINGEAR F131 Gaming PC With Killer APEX Cooling System Hands-On At CES 2018
- Amazon Echo, Google Home Smart Speakers In Use By 39 Million Americans Says Study
- 2.2K Watt PSU And Quick Connect Liquid Cooling With EVGA At CES 2018
- Intel's Meltdown And Spectre Firmware Fix Is Causing Unexpected System Rebooting
- Zotac CES 2018 Exhibit Highlights A Bodacious Custom Gaming PC, Destiny 2 Case Mod, And SFF Computing
- ASUS CES 2018 Showcase Brings 4K OLED Panels, BFGDs, Z370 Goodness And Killer WiFi Routers
- OnePlus To Initiate Talks With US Carriers, OnePlus 6 Confirmed For Q2
- AMD Details Spectre Security Exploit Mitigation Strategy In The Age Of Speculative Execution
- Alleged Samsung Galaxy S9 Retail Box Leaks Ahead Of MWC 2018 Reveal
- Skype Unveils End-To-End Encryption To Secure Your Private Conversations
- Facebook Rethinks News Feed To Prioritize Interactions With Friends And Family
- HyperX Unveils New Predator RGB Memory, Peripherals, SSD, And Wireless Headset At CES 2018
- Super Mario Odyssey To Gain Balloon World DLC With Quasi-Multiplayer Support
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All News for January 2018
Forget about planning just for Patch Tuesday, the second Tuesday of every month when Microsoft issues security updates to Windows users. As companies scramble to mitigate Meltdown and Spectre, you should be planning for Patch January, and maybe February as well. Case in point, ASUS, Gigabyte, and MSI have all now...
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One of the coolest things that gamers saw during CES 2018 was the original Xbox controller, known as "Duke", in the Hyperkin booth. The giant controller is making a comeback and you will be able to buy one at the end of March to scratch that retro gaming itch in your geek hands. Hyperkin says that the controller will...
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The big news in security (or lack thereof) recently has been the Meltdown and Spectre issues that have plagued Intel, AMD, and Apple. Those aren’t the only security issues that computer users are facing. Security research firm F-Secure has found a new security flaw that it says affects Intel Active Management...
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Apple angered many of its fans when it finally admitted that it had been throttling devices with older batteries. Apple said that the slowdown was to keep devices with batteries that are older and have lost performance from shutting down prematurely. Eventually Apple decided that the way to appease customers was to...
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If you make video calls on your Android device, then you're probably familiar with Duo, Google's app that was designed exactly for that (basically a Hangouts replacement). One of the app's shortcomings has been an inability to call people who not on your contacts list and have not registered with the service. Well, we...
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There's no end to the marching at CES 2018, but sore legs and stiff backs are a small price to pay to see innovation like the guys at Origin PC have on tap.
We kicked off our tour of their suite with their newly redesigned MILLENIUM PC. The MILLENIUM's chassis features beautiful tempered glass panels on both sides...
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When it comes to self-driving cars, we've seen various takes from auto manufacturers. For the most part, they all add the hardware and software necessary to allow complete control of a vehicle by a computer, but retain primary controls (like the steering wheel and accelerator/brake pedal) for the driver to operate in...
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One of our favorite boutique system builders, MAINGEAR, used CES 2018 as the launching pad for its brand-new F131 Gaming Desktop with exclusive APEX Cooling. The stunning MAINGEAR F131 features an in-house designed chassis, built with premium materials, including a steel core and Japanese brushed aluminum exterior...
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New research has come out that looks at the number of Americans that own a smart speaker along the lines of the Amazon Echo or Google Home devices. The research came from NPR and Edison Research, and found that 16% of Americans own a smart speaker, putting the figure at around 39 million people.
That the figure is...
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EVGA typically uses CES to showcase a handful of new or upcoming products, and this year’s show was no exception. EVGA’s suite was packed with an array of graphics cards, motherboards, cases, peripherals, and new cooling products that squarely target enthusiasts, do-it-yourselfers, and gamers. Among the products on...
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With most of the attention focused on Intel with regards to Meltdown and Spectre -- Intel is the only chip OEM that is affected by both vulnerabilities -- the company has done its best to try to be as transparent as possible about how it issues firmware updates and patches for affected systems.
Roughly a week ago...
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Zotac is arguably the king of the hill when it comes to mini PCs and small form factor (SFF) computing, especially when you throw gaming into the mix. The company offers an extensive line of potent, pint-sized setups, some of which were on full display at the Consumer Electronics Show. But Zotac also dazzled passersby...
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This year's Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas officially comes to a close today, though by this time, most of the exhibits have been torn down. That's okay, because we were in attendance earlier this week, gathering up information and snapping photos on some of the more interesting stuff on display. One of...
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It is fair to say that OnePlus does not have the same brand recognition as Apple or Samsung, to name just two smartphone makers with much bigger footprints. What would help is if OnePlus was able to partner with US wireless carriers to sell its phones through AT&T, Verizon, Sprint, and T-Mobile, though as we have...
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When the news of Meltdown and Spectre processor vulnerabilities first started making the round, Intel by far received the brunt of the hits with regards to negative reaction from customers and the press. Intel processors are susceptible to both Meltdown and Spectre, so that accounts for some of the reaction. However...
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Samsung is gearing up to launch its Galaxy S9 handset, we already know that. But what we don't know are the specs, or any standout features that Samsung's next flagship phone might bring to the table, at least not officially. Unofficially, however, a photo showing what is supposedly the retail packaging for the Galaxy...
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Skype has announced something that some users have wanted for a long time: end-to-end encryption for conversations. Skype Insiders can preview the new encryption feature right now, and it's called Private Conversations. With these conversations, end-to-end encryption for audio calls, text messages, images, audio...
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Facebook is looking to address some of the issues that people complain about with the network, namely that the social network is making people feel worse about themselves and that the social giant is generally bad for people. Back in December, a former Facebook executive said that the social network was destroying our...
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While hopping through various suites at CES 2018, we stopped in to check on our friends at HyperX – Kingston’s high-performance products division – to see what they were showing off at the show. It turns out the company had an array of newly-announced peripherals, memory, and storage products, each with their own...
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Back when Super Mario Odyssey was originally announced, the game wasn't expected to get any DLC to bring new features and gameplay modes. As it turns out that wasn't exactly true; Nintendo Direct announced this morning that DLC would be rolling for the game at no additional cost. The DLC doesn't involve a new world...
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Razer has debuted a rather interesting notebook concept at CES 2018 -- one that harks back to similar efforts that we've seen from companies like Hewlett-Packard. Called Protect Linda, the system consists of what is essentially an ultraportable laptop "dock" that by itself is pretty useless. However, once you plug in...
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In this latest episode of HotHardware's Two And A Half Geeks, we're rounding-up some of the early news out of CES 2018 and talking AMD 2nd Generation Ryzen processors and Vega GPUs, Intel 8th Gen CPUs married to AMD Vega GPUs on-chip, Dell's fabulous XPS 15 2-in-1 and XPS 13 in white spun glass, Lenovo ThinkPad X1...
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