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- This Deal Drops Google Nest Wifi Mesh Router With Google Assistant To Just $199
- Samsung's Galaxy S10 Lite Arriving Stateside For $650, Galaxy Tab S6 Lite Confirmed
- Apple's Sleek iPhone 12 Pro Max 5G Flagship Appears In Leaked CAD Renders
- Minecraft RTX: Min PC Specs And How To Get The Beautiful Ray Traced Beta
- AMD Ryzen 3 3300X And 3100 CPUs Spotted Targeting Sub-$150 Domination At 4.3GHz
- Microsoft Windows 10 May 2020 Update Is Close To Being Released, Here's Where To Get It Now
- Just Cause 4 And Wheels Of Aurelia Now Free To Download, Get You Some Before April 23rd
- Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 Alpha 1.2.10 Is Now Available, Airbus A320 Takes Flight
- AMD Ryzen 4000 Zen 3 Desktop CPUs Alleged To Work With B450 AM4 Motherboards
- Apple's macOS 10.15.5 Catalina To Add Functionality To Prolong MacBook Battery Lifespans
- See How A DIYer Built A Nintendo Switch On The Cheap Using Spare Parts
- How And Why Are People Using Animal Crossing: New Horizons As A Dating App
- AMD Donates $15 Million In EPYC CPUs And Radeon Instinct GPUs For COVID-19 Research
- Apple's Next-Gen Wireless Headphones Could Feature Magnetic, Swappable Parts
- Valorant Beta Access Just Got A Little Bit Easier Thanks To Twitch
- Crysis Remastered With Ray Tracing Support Seemingly Confirmed, Will Run On Nintendo Switch
- Lenovo Legion Gaming Laptops And Desktops Launch With Comet Lake-H, Up To 240Hz Displays
- Experiencing Minecraft RTX: A Whole New Ray-Traced World
- HP Reinvents Envy And ZBook Laptops With GeForce RTX, Comet Lake-H For Creators, Gamers
- Check Out Leaked Cable And Psylocke Fortnite X-Force Skins Incoming To Join Deadpool
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If you’re looking for a mesh router that can cover your entire home, while being easy to setup and maintain, then we’ve got a pretty compelling deal for you today on the Google Nest Wifi. Interestingly enough, this hot deal comes from an unlikely retailer for discounted electronics: Bed Bath and Beyond.
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Samsung announced its Galaxy S10 Lite back at the Consumer Electronics Shows (CES) in January, but it has not been available to purchase. Until now, that is—the Galaxy S10 Lite has finally landed on retail shelves in the United States, priced at $649.99. That's not exactly cheap, and it will be interesting to see what...
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Is the CAD render below our first good look at the upcoming iPhone 12 Pro Max? It very well could be if accurate, and the details from this latest leak confirms information that was first revealed earlier this week in a separate report.
It was previously reported the iPhone 12 Pro would feature an exterior design...
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In case you missed the news, the Minecraft with RTX beta is here, and with it comes a beautifully repainted world with path-traced rendering, physically-based materials, and NVIDIA DLSS 2.0 support to bolster performance. This is essentially Minecraft with ray tracing. To run it, you will need a relatively...
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Few people would disagree that AMD is absolutely killing it in practically every CPU segment, including the desktop, laptop, and server. But like a race car driver who zoomed past the competition, you don't let your foot off the gas if you want to keep the momentum going. As it applies in the CPU space, AMD is...
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Microsoft has announced that it is currently getting the Windows 10 May 2020 Update (20H1) ready for launch and working on releasing Build 19041.207 to Windows Insiders via the Release Preview ring. Microsoft notes that it believes Build 19041.207 is the final build, and it intends to continue to improve the overall...
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We all love free games here at HotHardware, and earlier this week we showed you how to get Assassin's Creed 2 and Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection at no cost. Today, The Epic Games Store has made available two games that you can download for free.
Those games are Just Cause 4 ad Wheels of Aurelia. The first...
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Developers behind Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 have announced that the latest Alpha build is now available. The latest version of the Alpha takes the game to version 1.2.10 and brings with it some new features and updates. The key feature of the new update is the addition of the first jet to the game.
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Sometime later this year, AMD will unveil its Zen 3 CPU architecture with a new Ryzen 4000 series of desktop CPUs (not to be confused with AMD's Ryzen 4000 series of mobile chips based on Zen 2). The question is, will these next-gen parts still leverage the AM4 socket? It certainly seems that way, based on everything...
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Apple was forced to add user-facing battery health functionality in iOS 11.3 for its iPhones after it was found throttling performance on devices with "well worn" batteries. This battery management feature now allows you to see what percentage of your max capacity is available, and if your performance is currently...
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With the coronavirus lockdown in full effect all around the country, some items are very hard to find. Scare items include household cleaners, toilet paper, and apparently the Nintendo Switch. When one Switch fan was unable to find a console in stock that wasn't at a massively marked up price, rather than do without a...
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The dating scene is a tricky place during the best of times. However, the recent COVID-19 pandemic has thrown a wrench into many typical dating plans. Many lovebirds are foregoing the usual restaurants and movie theaters and are going on “dates” in Animal Crossing: New Horizons.
Animal Crossing: New Horizons allows...
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AMD is the latest tech company to pledge millions of dollars in aid to support research institutions that are trying to better understand and develop a vaccine for COVID-19. Last week, Intel announced a $50 million initiative, and this week, AMD has announced its own $15 million donation to "accelerate medical...
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Apple has an obviously vested interest in audio, with its Apple Music service, pricey Beats acquisition, and HomePod speaker. So, it is not surprising to learn that the Cupertino company is planning to launch a new line of wireless, over-the-ear headphones. What's interesting, however, is the modular approach Apple is...
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Lots of gamers out there are excited to play the latest title from Riot Games: Valorant. Currently, the game is in closed beta, and players are clamoring to gain access. The devs behind Valorant announced recently that all Valorant Twitch streams could drop closed beta access as long as they are playing the game...
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At this point, it seems one of two possibilities are most likely—either Crytek is getting ready to announce a remastered version of Crysis, complete with support for real-time ray tracing, or the developer is trolling us. The latter does not make much sense, so we are much more inclined to believe the former, based on...
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It’s time for Lenovo’s spring refresh of its gaming laptops and desktops, and the company is going all out with its Legion family. The devices are available in a wide mix of configurations and CPU options (from both AMD and Intel), so let’s get started.
Legion 7 Gaming Laptop
At the head of the family is the...
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It was seven months ago that NVIDIA announced it was working to give Minecraft a makeover, thanks to the ray tracing hardware acceleration hardware built into its GeForce RTX line of graphics cards. Well, unless you've been living under a rock -- or haven't been spending as much time on our news page as you should -- you know that Minecraft...
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Buying a laptop in prior weeks was a risky proposition because of all the new CPU and GPU options that were on the horizon. For those who had the patience to wait it out, they are now being rewarded with brand new configurations from HP and others. As it applies to HP specifically, the company today announced a whole...
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We reported earlier today that Epic Games will be extending Season 2 Chapter 2 through early June, which wasn't originally planned. With that in mind, the developers have a few more skins that they are planning to squeeze out before Season 3 is finally upon us.
If you've been following the Fortnite scene recently...
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Microsoft fans who have been waiting in anticipation for the Surface Earbuds to launch will be glad to hear that they have finally turned up at the FCC. Approval from the FCC is typically one of the last things that the manufacturer does before it launches the product, so presumably, the Surface Earbuds are right...
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Home security is very much at the forefront of many people’s minds these days and some are turning to smart home security solutions. Ecobee recently introduced its Haven home monitoring platform, SmartCamera with voice control, and SmartSensors for doors and windows. The company's hope is that the new products and...
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