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Foldable smartphones may still be niche products, but they've become tech showcases for their respective brands. Chinese phone maker Oppo is arguably one of the forerunners in this aspect and if rumors of the upcoming Find N5 are any indicators, this foldable will be the most potent of its kind come 2025. With more... Read more...
It can take quite a bit of effort to build a small form factor (SFF) showpiece, but if you're up for the challenge, Antec's new CX600M Trio case lineup will put your setup on full display with 4mm tempered glass panels on the front, one of the sides, and up top. From the renders we've seen (like the one above), you... Read more...
You can't hardly surf the net for more than 20 feet without hearing about Apple Intelligence. If you find yourself intrigued by Apple's highly-touted AI features, you'll need a compatible smartphone, which boils down to an iPhone 15 or a brand-spanking-new iPhone 16. For those who are interested in the latter, you can... Read more...
The holiday shopping season has already kicked into high gear with great savings on smartphones from Samsung, OnePlus, and Motorola. Samsung Galaxy S24 FE Samsung’s Galaxy FE edition has been a favorite among Android users for a while now, due to its great feature set and lower price point than the non-FE... Read more...
The United Kingdom's oldest satellite mysteriously relocated itself, and no one knows why, or who moved it. Because of the satellite’s present condition, some also consider it to be a “ticking time bomb,” that could riddle space with debris. Not to be mistaken with Hollywood’s Skynet, British satellite Skynet- 1A... Read more...
Valve said it wasn't going to make a new Steam Deck until there was a "significant" technical evolution, a step forward in terms of what capabilities the device would have. Other handheld vendors, particularly Ayaneo, aren't so shy. The company is well known for its tendency to introduce new handheld models as often... Read more...
Early Black Friday deals are happening now, and that also means great savings on smartphones, such as the popular Pixel 9 series, that Google has already teed-up on some great discounts. Check out a few great deals on the Pixel 9, Pixel 9 Pro Fold, and more.  Google Pixel 9 Deals The Google Pixel 9 is an excellent... Read more...
AMD continues to chip away at rival Intel's lead in desktop processor market share, with a not-insignificant 5.7% leap in the third quarter of 2024, according to the latest auditing figures by Mercury Research. And compared to a year ago, AMD saw its share of the desktop CPU space increase by nearly 10%, falling less... Read more...
Speaking plainly, Intel's recently-launched Core Ultra 200 desktop CPUs, code-named "Arrow Lake", weren't quite what we expected out of this new generation of chips from Intel. While productivity and content creation performance was potent in some cases, gaming performance saw a significant regression. As it happens... Read more...
If you read HotHardware, you're almost assuredly familiar with Lian Li. The company has been selling DIY PC cases basically as long as DIY PC building has been a hobby for enthusiasts, and was among the very first to offer aluminum chassis. What you may not know is that Lian Li has also been offering desk chassis for... Read more...
Hideo Kojima is a masterful video game creator, having franchises such as Metal Gear Solid Under his belt. Death Stranding has also been a large project of his, expanding on his vision of what a video game experience should be. For fans of the title, it is now available on both Microsoft Xbox Series X and S consoles... Read more...
Max is joining the ranks of streaming services cracking down on password sharing. The news came during a recent Warner Bros. earnings call, where chief financial officer Gunnar Wiedenfels reported the gradual initial rollout of the crackdown will continue in 2025 and 2026. The idea of cracking down on password... Read more...
Gigabyte has gone and quietly introduced its first mini-ITX form factor motherboard based on AMD's X870 chipset, and from the renders we've seen, it's quite the looker. As the model name implies, Gigabyte's new Aorus X870I Pro Ice mostly ditches a darker colorway for a white (and off-white) motif that, in the right... Read more...
MSI Datamag 20Gbps Portable SSD: Pricing TBA MSI's first external SSD offers NVMe-like performance in a compact and attractive aluminum chassis. Solid USB SSD Performance Unique Magnetic Mounting Options Durable Aluminum Chassis 5 Year Warranty No IP Rating MSI's been selling internal storage for a while now, and its... Read more...
China’s Mars rover Zhurong has found additional evidence to support the theory that Mars was once a vast ocean world. The new findings include tracing some ancient coastlines that may have once experienced lapping ocean waves. The data collected by the Mars rover was during the Tianwen-1 mission, and shows an... Read more...
We'll go ahead and say it—TCL is already winning Black Friday, or at least that is the case if you're in the market for a giant-sized TV with out a gargantuan price. While Black Friday is still officially a couple of weeks away, hardware brands and their retail partners are starting to dish up the savings, and TCL... Read more...
Go ahead and pat yourself on the back if you managed to procure an AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D before retailers ran out of stock. As expected, the 9800X3D, which we deemed to be an "ideal CPU for PC gamers" in our review, is proving immensely popular. Oh, but don't worry—even though initial inventories have been depleted... Read more...
With Christmas quickly approaching, there is no better time to get started on shopping for gifts than the here and now. And it just so happens, Best Buy has some incredible deals on smartwatches from the likes of Apple, Samsung, and Fitbit going on right now. Apple Watch Series 9 (GPS) The Apple Watch is a staple... Read more...
If you're gearing up to buy a new graphics card, chances are that you're probably hoping and praying that NVIDIA moves the price-to-performance curve with the GeForce RTX 5000 'Blackwell' series. While the GeForce RTX 4000 'Ada Lovelace' GPUs brought cool new features and an extremely efficient architecture to the... Read more...
Google has rolled out an update that makes it easier than ever to share TV shows and movies while using the Google TV mobile app, perfect for users who like to recommend media to friends and family. This feature is available on both Android and iOS. It works by generating a link to the content that users want to... Read more...
Security researchers at Kaspersky have discovered malware, dubbed SteelFox, which has been spreading “via forums posts, torrent trackers and blogs” since February of last year. It’s a potent piece of malicious software that attackers can use to extract a whole host of data from a victim’s computer, and can even enable... Read more...
Kia is back at the Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) show in Las Vegas with a couple of EV concepts—one is a modular campervan for go-green adventurers, while the other is an toughened version of the EV9 SUV. If the North Korean automaker has anything to say about it, at least one of these cars may make... Read more...
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