<rss version="0.91"><channel><title>HotHardware Editor’s Picks</title><link>https://hothardware.com</link> <description>Top stories from HotHardware selected by our editors</description><image><url>https://hothardware.com/content/images/logo-transparent.png</url><title>HotHardware Editor’s Picks</title><link>https://hothardware.com</link></image> <language>en-us</language><webMaster>davea@hothardware.com (Dave Altavilla)</webMaster><item><title><![CDATA[This $1.7 Million Solid Gold Fanless PC Is The Ultimate Flex]]></title><link>https://hothardware.com/news/this-17-million-solid-gold-fanless-pc-is-the-ultimate-flex</link><guid>https://hothardware.com/news/this-17-million-solid-gold-fanless-pc-is-the-ultimate-flex</guid><description><![CDATA[As we plebeians continue to struggle to afford hardware prices nowadays, one ultra-wealthy enthusiast has redefined lavish luxury by ordering a custom, solid-gold mini PC valued at approximately $1.7 million. Talk about rubbing it in our face.

Basically, the creation replaces a Kubb Fanless mini PC aluminum shell with 24-carat gold, crafted ]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2026 11:55:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Aaron Leong</author><media:content url="https://hothardware.com/contentimages/newsitem/71743/thumbnail/default/thumb-gold-kubb-front.jpg" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[iPhone 18 Pro Needs A 60W Fast Charger, Here Are 5 Great Options]]></title><link>https://hothardware.com/news/iphone-18-pro-60w-fast-charger</link><guid>https://hothardware.com/news/iphone-18-pro-60w-fast-charger</guid><description><![CDATA[Earlier this month Apple launched its latest flagship phones, the iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max, which bring a whole slew of upgrades and improvements. For the more impatient among us, one of the best new features is the bump in fast charging that allows both of these new devices to charge up to 50% in as a little as two minutes.

Of course, ]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2026 11:39:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Alan Velasco</author><media:content url="https://hothardware.com/contentimages/newsitem/71739/thumbnail/default/iphone-18-pro-60w-charger-thumb.png" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[Best Buy Sale Drops Google TVs As Low As $139.99 Right Now]]></title><link>https://hothardware.com/news/best-buy-sale-google-tvs-low-as-139-right-now</link><guid>https://hothardware.com/news/best-buy-sale-google-tvs-low-as-139-right-now</guid><description><![CDATA[If you are in the market for a new TV, do yourself a favor and check out Best Buy's sale on Google TV models. Several models are marked down by hundreds of dollars (compared to MSRP), and if you're hunting for just a cheap set for a guest bedroom or dorm room, you can even find models priced below $200, including a TCL set that's on sale for ]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2026 11:26:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Paul Lilly</author><media:content url="https://hothardware.com/contentimages/newsitem/71745/thumbnail/default/thumbnail-tcl-q3k-series-tv.jpg" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[Samsung SmartTag3 Finally Works With iPhones And Lasts Up To 790 Days]]></title><link>https://hothardware.com/news/samsung-smarttag3-finally-works-with-iphones-and-lasts-up-to-790-days</link><guid>https://hothardware.com/news/samsung-smarttag3-finally-works-with-iphones-and-lasts-up-to-790-days</guid><description><![CDATA[Samsung has unveiled a next-generation tracking device, the Galaxy SmartTag 3, which now boasts smaller dimensions, extended battery life and tracking range, and pet-monitoring capabilities. Plus, it finally welcomes iPhone users to the fold.

One of the biggest changes with the SmartTag 3 is it now has native iOS integration via the SmartThings ]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2026 11:22:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Aaron Leong</author><media:content url="https://hothardware.com/contentimages/newsitem/71744/thumbnail/default/thumb-samsung-smart-tag-3.jpg" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trump Order Renames AI To Super Intelligence As Tech Leaders Agree To Self-Police]]></title><link>https://hothardware.com/news/trump-order-renames-ai-to-super-intelligence-as-tech-leaders-agree-to-self-police</link><guid>https://hothardware.com/news/trump-order-renames-ai-to-super-intelligence-as-tech-leaders-agree-to-self-police</guid><description><![CDATA[President Donald Trump brought together Silicon Valley's top executives to sign a voluntary framework for self-regulation, even as he issued an executive order formally replacing the term "artificial intelligence" with "super intelligence" across the federal government. And yes, you can totally chuckle at that.

A White House gathering brought ]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2026 10:36:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Aaron Leong</author><media:content url="https://hothardware.com/contentimages/newsitem/71741/thumbnail/default/thumb-white-house-si-tech.jpg" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[Amazon's New Fire TV Stick 4K Is Faster And Ditches The Power Brick]]></title><link>https://hothardware.com/news/amazon-fire-tv-stick-4k-ditches-power-brick</link><guid>https://hothardware.com/news/amazon-fire-tv-stick-4k-ditches-power-brick</guid><description><![CDATA[If your entertainment center looks like a chaotic nest of tangled cords sprawling every which way from your television, Amazon has some relief on the way. Amazon just refreshed its Fire TV Stick 4K streaming dongle, and unlike past models, it draws power directly (and entirely) from a USB port on your TV. Yes, that means there is still a cord, ]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2026 10:30:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Paul Lilly</author><media:content url="https://hothardware.com/contentimages/newsitem/71742/thumbnail/default/thumbnail-amazon-fire-tv-stick-4k.jpg" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mozilla Brings Back Compact Mode In Biggest Firefox Redesign In Years]]></title><link>https://hothardware.com/news/firefox-157-gets-biggest-redesign-years-compact-mode-back</link><guid>https://hothardware.com/news/firefox-157-gets-biggest-redesign-years-compact-mode-back</guid><description><![CDATA[Firefox has ceded plenty of market share to competitors over the years, namely to Google's Chrome browser but also to Microsoft Edge (formerly Internet Explorer for my fellow old hats), but that has not stopped Mozilla from forging ahead. The latest release, Firefox 157, is rolling out with some notable upgrades and a visual refresh for the ]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2026 09:48:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Paul Lilly</author><media:content url="https://hothardware.com/contentimages/newsitem/71740/thumbnail/default/thumbnail-firefox-mascot.jpg" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[Intel Wants To Embed MicroLEDs In CPUs For Lights And Diagnostics  ]]></title><link>https://hothardware.com/news/intel-wants-to-embed-microleds-in-cpus</link><guid>https://hothardware.com/news/intel-wants-to-embed-microleds-in-cpus</guid><description><![CDATA[Intel filed a patent in 2022 that's now been granted for "IC PACKAGE WITH MICRO LEDS". Only, the interesting part of the patent isn't exactly the micro-LEDs, but rather, what Intel is doing with them.

Well, the micro-LEDs are actually the point. The patent describes a semiconductor package containing one or more micro-LED elements embedded ]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2026 14:45:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Zak Killian</author><media:content url="https://hothardware.com/contentimages/newsitem/71737/thumbnail/default/thumb-intel-glass-substrate-chips.jpg" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[Discord Is Testing A Leaner Game Mode For Smoother PC Gaming]]></title><link>https://hothardware.com/news/discord-is-testing-a-leaner-game-mode-for-smoother-pc-gaming</link><guid>https://hothardware.com/news/discord-is-testing-a-leaner-game-mode-for-smoother-pc-gaming</guid><description><![CDATA[Over on the X platform, prominent account @DiscordPreviews has spotted an upcoming Discord feature called "Game Mode," which is intended to activate automatically when Discord detects you're in-game. Functionally-speaking, the current version of Discord's Game Mode corresponds to the existing Reduced Motion toggle, which does improve performance ]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2026 14:44:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Chris Harper</author><media:content url="https://hothardware.com/contentimages/newsitem/71738/thumbnail/default/thumbnail-discord-whatsnew-sept.png" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[iPhone Duo's StandBy Mode Is Hiding A Lot More Than Apple Showed]]></title><link>https://hothardware.com/news/iphone-duos-standby-mode</link><guid>https://hothardware.com/news/iphone-duos-standby-mode</guid><description><![CDATA[Apple finally unveiled its long rumored foldable device, the iPhone Duo, earlier this month. One of the features the company touted is its standby mode, which seems to provide a fairly basic experience to users that want a helpful screen on their nightstand. However, a recent leak indicates that this standby mode is going to be a lot more ]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2026 13:55:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Alan Velasco</author><media:content url="https://hothardware.com/contentimages/newsitem/71734/thumbnail/default/iphone-duo-standby-faces-thumb.png" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[A New PS5 Jailbreak Is Here, But Think Twice If You Want To Play GTA 6]]></title><link>https://hothardware.com/news/a-new-ps5-jailbreak-is-here-but-think-twice-if-you-want-to-play-gta-6</link><guid>https://hothardware.com/news/a-new-ps5-jailbreak-is-here-but-think-twice-if-you-want-to-play-gta-6</guid><description><![CDATA[Earlier this year, we wrote about hackers successfully uncovering the BootROM keys for the PlayStation 5, which sparked a wave of fresh PS5 console modding and emulation efforts. Today, those efforts culminated in the release of a new exploit chain for PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 5 Pro consoles running on any system firmware between version ]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2026 13:46:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Chris Harper</author><media:content url="https://hothardware.com/contentimages/newsitem/71730/thumbnail/default/thumb-gta6-fence.png" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sony Is Done With CES After 60 Years In Major Strategy Pivot]]></title><link>https://hothardware.com/news/sony-is-done-with-ces-after-60-years-in-major-strategy-pivot</link><guid>https://hothardware.com/news/sony-is-done-with-ces-after-60-years-in-major-strategy-pivot</guid><description><![CDATA[In a somewhat surprising move, Sony plans to skip CES 2027, a show that the company has attended for 60 years. Sony says that it wants to move away from consumer products to focus on entertainment.

For CES showgoers next year (and beyond), Sony’s sprawling booths and packed keynotes will be no more. The company's presence and displays have ]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2026 13:39:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Aaron Leong</author><media:content url="https://hothardware.com/contentimages/newsitem/71736/thumbnail/default/thumb-sony-ces-booth-layout-1.jpg" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[SpaceX To Launch Prototype Laser Grid For AI Data Centers In Space]]></title><link>https://hothardware.com/news/spacex-to-launch-prototype-laser-grid-for-ai-data-centers-in-space</link><guid>https://hothardware.com/news/spacex-to-launch-prototype-laser-grid-for-ai-data-centers-in-space</guid><description><![CDATA[Power beaming in space is moving from sci-fi to reality as startup Star Catcher prepares to conduct a groundbreaking test that could lay the foundation for humanity’s first wireless power grid in space.

The fact is, current (and upcoming) orbital missions demand increasingly powerful equipment, ranging from high-throughput communication ]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2026 11:44:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Aaron Leong</author><media:content url="https://hothardware.com/contentimages/newsitem/71735/thumbnail/default/thumb-star-catcher-power-node.jpg" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lenovo Googlebook 15 Debuts At $1,099 With 120Hz 3K OLED Display]]></title><link>https://hothardware.com/news/lenovo-googlebook-15-debuts-1099-120hz-3k-oled-display</link><guid>https://hothardware.com/news/lenovo-googlebook-15-debuts-1099-120hz-3k-oled-display</guid><description><![CDATA[<
When Google pulled back the curtain on its new Googlebook hardware category, the company said that the first wave of models would start at $1,299. If you thought that was too expensive, you'll be happy to know that some models are actually coming in cheaper than that, including Lenovo's Googlebook 15, even though it's packing a premium ]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2026 11:25:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Paul Lilly</author><media:content url="https://hothardware.com/contentimages/newsitem/71733/thumbnail/default/thumbnail-lenovo-googlebook-15.jpg" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing Unveils $399 Glass And Metal Headphone (1) Pro To Rival AirPods Max]]></title><link>https://hothardware.com/news/nothing-unveils-399-glass-and-metal-headphone-1-pro</link><guid>https://hothardware.com/news/nothing-unveils-399-glass-and-metal-headphone-1-pro</guid><description><![CDATA[Nothing is attempting to disrupt the premium headphone space with the Headphone (1) Pro, which is aimed at music producers, audio engineers, and discerning audiophiles. By pairing the brand's retro-futuristic design with precision acoustic tuning, Nothing is taking the fight to the likes of Apple, Bose, Sennheiser, and Sony.

Instead of ]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2026 11:07:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Aaron Leong</author><media:content url="https://hothardware.com/contentimages/newsitem/71732/thumbnail/default/thumb-nothing-headphone1-pro-colors.jpg" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[Framework Desktop Opens Preorders Soon With Monstrous 192GB RAM]]></title><link>https://hothardware.com/news/framework-desktop-opens-preorders-monstrous-192gb-ram</link><guid>https://hothardware.com/news/framework-desktop-opens-preorders-monstrous-192gb-ram</guid><description><![CDATA[Framework has finally revealed when its beastly small form factor (SFF) desktop will be up for grabs. Starting Wednesday, September 30, preorders will open for the high-end Framework Desktop equipped with AMD’s Ryzen AI Max+ Pro 495 processor and a massive 192GB of unified system memory.

Yeah, that's a lot of RAM. Of course, a system configured ]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2026 10:43:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Paul Lilly</author><media:content url="https://hothardware.com/contentimages/newsitem/71731/thumbnail/default/thumbnail-framework-desktop.jpg" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[AMD To Buy Fei-Fei Li's World Labs For $8.2B In Big Spatial AI Power Play]]></title><link>https://hothardware.com/news/amd-buys-world-labs-8-billion-massive-ai-power-play</link><guid>https://hothardware.com/news/amd-buys-world-labs-8-billion-massive-ai-power-play</guid><description><![CDATA[AMD is making one of its biggest strategic moves yet to challenge NVIDIA’s dominance in the artificial intelligence landscape. In an all-stock deal valued at approximately $8.2 billion, AMD announced a definitive agreement to acquire World Labs, an AI startup founded by renowned Stanford professor Dr. Fei-Fei Li, who is also known as the "Godmother ]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2026 09:45:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Paul Lilly</author><media:content url="https://hothardware.com/contentimages/newsitem/71729/thumbnail/default/thumbnail-amd-ceo-dr-lisa-su.jpg" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[NVIDIA Rallies Over 100 Partners For Open Agent Safety Platform Launch]]></title><link>https://hothardware.com/news/nvidia-open-agent-safety-platform</link><guid>https://hothardware.com/news/nvidia-open-agent-safety-platform</guid><description><![CDATA[Regardless of what you think about AI, there are a multitude of users deploying a myriad of AI agents across many different industries and use cases. These neural networks are given a goal and a set of capabilities that they can use to accomplish that goal, but rogue agents given a broad set of tools can also use them to cause damage if left ]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2026 14:50:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Zak Killian</author><media:content url="https://hothardware.com/contentimages/newsitem/71727/thumbnail/default/thumb-nvidia-openshell-logo.png" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[Apple's Next Vision Pro On 'Life Support' As Meta Raises The Stakes]]></title><link>https://hothardware.com/news/apple-vision-pro-life-support</link><guid>https://hothardware.com/news/apple-vision-pro-life-support</guid><description><![CDATA[It’s been a little over two years since Apple launched its Vision Pro headset and it simply hasn’t become the mainstream success the company had hoped for, thanks to its high price tag and lack of developer support. The company continues to work on various versions of the headset that may have more mainstream appeal, but according to Bloomberg’s ]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2026 14:48:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Alan Velasco</author><media:content url="https://hothardware.com/contentimages/newsitem/71728/thumbnail/default/apple-vision-pro-life-support-thumb.jpeg" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[Forget The End: Minecraft Adds 'The Sift', Its First New Dimension In 15 Years]]></title><link>https://hothardware.com/news/forget-the-end-minecraft-adds-the-sift-its-first-new-dimension-in-15-years</link><guid>https://hothardware.com/news/forget-the-end-minecraft-adds-the-sift-its-first-new-dimension-in-15-years</guid><description><![CDATA[It's been almost fifteen years since Minecraft version 1.0.0 added "The End" dimension in its Adventure Update, but now that Minecraft Dungeons II is expanding the universe, "The Sift" dimension will also be added. Visually, The Sift targets more bright pastel colors than your typical Minecraft biomes. In terms of gameplay, there are also ]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2026 14:20:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Chris Harper</author><media:content url="https://hothardware.com/contentimages/newsitem/71725/thumbnail/default/thumbnail-minecraft-thesift.png" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[AI Data Center Developer Promises $10K Checks To Residents, Locals Call It A Bribe]]></title><link>https://hothardware.com/news/ai-data-center-developer-promises-10k-checks-to-residents</link><guid>https://hothardware.com/news/ai-data-center-developer-promises-10k-checks-to-residents</guid><description><![CDATA[In Hazle Township, Pennsylvania, a clash over the expansion of AI data centers has taken an extraordinary turn.

When NorthPoint Development proposed a 1,300-acre project in the Pocono foothills designed to host 15 data center buildings, it was met with fierce local resistance to the construction, but NorthPoint had an idea. In an exclusive ]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2026 14:15:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Aaron Leong</author><media:content url="https://hothardware.com/contentimages/newsitem/71726/thumbnail/default/thumb-northpoint-developments.jpg" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[Creepy Robot Hand Crawls Across Desks, Types And Plays Retro PC Games]]></title><link>https://hothardware.com/news/creepy-robot-hand-crawls-across-desks-types-and-plays-retro-pc-games</link><guid>https://hothardware.com/news/creepy-robot-hand-crawls-across-desks-types-and-plays-retro-pc-games</guid><description><![CDATA[Call it a blend of horror trigger and engineering prowess, but researchers at ETH Zurich’s Soft Robotics Lab have trained a robotic hand to operate away from its robotic arm, crawling across the floor using its own digits. We didn't realize disembodied robot hands are such a huge thing (literally—if you know, you know) in robotics, but this ]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2026 11:29:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Aaron Leong</author><media:content url="https://hothardware.com/contentimages/newsitem/71724/thumbnail/default/thumb-robot-hand-eth-zurich-soft-robotics-lab.jpg" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[Razer Iskur V2 X Drops To $153.99 At Woot With Coupon Code]]></title><link>https://hothardware.com/news/razer-iskur-v2-x-drops-154-woot-coupon-code</link><guid>https://hothardware.com/news/razer-iskur-v2-x-drops-154-woot-coupon-code</guid><description><![CDATA[Office chairs are the unsung hero of the workday, but they can also cost a pretty penny, and not just when they have Herman Miller printed on the frame. Purpose-built gaming chairs often command a premium, too. What's a gamer to do? Well, one option is to be patient and wait for a discount. Those who went that route can now score Razer's Iskur ]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2026 11:19:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Paul Lilly</author><media:content url="https://hothardware.com/contentimages/newsitem/71723/thumbnail/default/thumbnail-razer-iskur-v2-x-l33t-edition.jpg" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thieves Chase GPU Paydirt In NVIDIA Trailer Heist, Steal 20 Tons Of Sand Instead]]></title><link>https://hothardware.com/news/thieves-chase-gpu-paydirt-in-nvidia-trailer-heist-steal-20-tons-of-sand-instead</link><guid>https://hothardware.com/news/thieves-chase-gpu-paydirt-in-nvidia-trailer-heist-steal-20-tons-of-sand-instead</guid><description><![CDATA[A bold daylight trailer heist targeting what was thought to be high-value NVIDIA AI GPUs went hilariously off the rails after the thieves made off with two massive shipping containers loaded with 20 tons of sand. Wah-wah.

The theft occurred outside a warehouse in Fremont, California, where autonomous trucking startup PlusAI had parked two ]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2026 10:53:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Aaron Leong</author><media:content url="https://hothardware.com/contentimages/newsitem/71722/thumbnail/default/thumb-nvidia-plusai-truck-stolen.jpg" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[Look Ma, Wires! Bose Brings Active Noise Cancelling To $99 USB-C Earbuds]]></title><link>https://hothardware.com/news/bose-brings-active-noise-cancelling-99-usb-c-earbuds</link><guid>https://hothardware.com/news/bose-brings-active-noise-cancelling-99-usb-c-earbuds</guid><description><![CDATA[The last decade has seen an influx of wireless earbuds with Bluetooth connectivity (and sometimes 2.4GHz wireless, which is great for gaming) and active noise cancellation (ANC) technology, but have we left the cord completely behind? Not according to Bose, which is going somewhat old school with its new Bose Active Noise Cancelling Wired ]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2026 10:27:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Paul Lilly</author><media:content url="https://hothardware.com/contentimages/newsitem/71720/thumbnail/default/thumbnail-bose-noise-cancelling-wired-earbuds.jpg" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" /></item></channel></rss>