<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[17 Million Devices Just Got Rescued From A Massive Global Botnet]]></title><link>https://hothardware.com/news/17-million-devices-just-got-rescued-from-global-botnet</link><guid>https://hothardware.com/news/17-million-devices-just-got-rescued-from-global-botnet</guid><description><![CDATA[Law enforcement in the Netherlands has dismantled a massive global botnet that hijacked more than 17 million consumer devices worldwide. The coordinated strike targeted 200 command-and-control servers physically hosted within Dutch borders, cutting off a sprawling infrastructure used to mask major cybercriminal operations.

The joint operation, ]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2026 11:26:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Aaron Leong</author><media:content url="https://hothardware.com/contentimages/newsitem/70752/thumbnail/default/thumb-botnet-pic.jpg" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[NVIDIA DGX Station For Windows Puts Trillion-Parameter Blackwell AI Supercomputing On The Desktop]]></title><link>https://hothardware.com/news/nvidia-dgx-station-windows-blackwell-ai-supercomputing</link><guid>https://hothardware.com/news/nvidia-dgx-station-windows-blackwell-ai-supercomputing</guid><description><![CDATA[NVIDIA just announced something that would have sounded absurd a few years ago: a supercomputer that sits beside your desk, runs on Windows, and can handle AI models with up to a trillion parameters. It's called the DGX Station for Windows, and it was built in partnership with Microsoft with one clear goal in mind, which is to bring the kind ]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2026 10:57:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Tim Sweezy</author><media:content url="https://hothardware.com/contentimages/newsitem/70750/thumbnail/default/thumbnail_nvidia-dgx-station-for-windows.jpg" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[Qualcomm Unveils Dragonwing IQ10 Advanced AI Robotics Reference Design]]></title><link>https://hothardware.com/news/qualcomm-unveils-dragonwing-iq10</link><guid>https://hothardware.com/news/qualcomm-unveils-dragonwing-iq10</guid><description><![CDATA[At a Computex 2026 keynote in Taiwan, Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon showed off the upgraded Dragonwing IQ10 Robotics Reference Design (RRD), a fully enclosed development blueprint claiming to eliminate hardware bottlenecks currently slowing down the robotics industry.

For the most part, building an autonomous mobile robot or a complex humanoid ]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2026 10:47:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Aaron Leong</author><media:content url="https://hothardware.com/contentimages/newsitem/70749/thumbnail/default/thumb-iq10-poster.jpg" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dell’s Lightest XPS 13 Ever Unveiled At $599: Powered By Intel Wildcat Lake]]></title><link>https://hothardware.com/news/dell-lightest-xps-13-ever-intel-wildcat-lake</link><guid>https://hothardware.com/news/dell-lightest-xps-13-ever-intel-wildcat-lake</guid><description><![CDATA[Dell is calling out Apple's MacBook Neo with the launch of a retooled XPS 13 laptop starting at $699, or $599 with an education discount. Like Apple, Dell is aiming to make its premium laptop more accessible, but is turning to Intel and its new Core Series 3 Wildcat Lake processors based on the same 18A node as Panther Lake to make it happen, ]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2026 10:37:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Paul Lilly</author><media:content url="https://hothardware.com/contentimages/newsitem/70748/thumbnail/default/thumbnail-dell-xps-13-laptops.jpg" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[Apple Smart Glasses Launch Delay Pushes Meta Showdown To Late 2027]]></title><link>https://hothardware.com/news/apple-smart-glasses-launch-delayed-till-late-2027</link><guid>https://hothardware.com/news/apple-smart-glasses-launch-delayed-till-late-2027</guid><description><![CDATA[According to recent reports, Apple has officially made the development of its pair of connected smart glasses a top priority, aiming for a late 2027 release after facing minor developmental delays. 

When Cupertino's smart glasses finally drop, it'll be a direct challenge to the likes of Ray-Ban Meta, which has experienced a massive surge ]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2026 10:15:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Aaron Leong</author><media:content url="https://hothardware.com/contentimages/newsitem/70746/thumbnail/default/thumb-apple-glasses.jpg" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[ASUS Unveils 20th Anniversary ROG Xbox Ally X20 OLED And AR Glasses Bundle]]></title><link>https://hothardware.com/news/asus-20-anniversary-rog-xbox-ally-x20-oled-ar-glasses-bundle</link><guid>https://hothardware.com/news/asus-20-anniversary-rog-xbox-ally-x20-oled-ar-glasses-bundle</guid><description><![CDATA[ASUS is celebrating 20 years of its Republic of Gamers (ROG) brand by launching an upgraded version of its ROG Xbox Ally X handheld. The new ROG Xbox Ally X20, as it's called, trades the regular X model's 7-inch IPS-type display for a slightly bigger and more premium 7.4-inch OLED panel, making it the first Ally handheld to feature what ASUS ]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2026 09:47:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Paul Lilly</author><media:content url="https://hothardware.com/contentimages/newsitem/70744/thumbnail/default/thumbnail-asus-rog-xbox-ally-x20-handheld.jpg" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[Microsoft Surface Laptop Ultra Packs NVIDIA RTX Spark And Mini LED Display]]></title><link>https://hothardware.com/news/microsoft-surface-laptop-ultra-nvidia-rtx-spark-mini-led-display</link><guid>https://hothardware.com/news/microsoft-surface-laptop-ultra-nvidia-rtx-spark-mini-led-display</guid><description><![CDATA[It's not taking long for device makers to embrace NVIDIA's entrance into the consumer PC market with RTX Spark, an Arm-based chip introduced at Computex and designed to power a new wave of systems for the agentic AI era. Count Microsoft among them, and not just because of its Windows platform. On the hardware side, Microsoft announced an RTX ]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2026 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Paul Lilly</author><media:content url="https://hothardware.com/contentimages/newsitem/70745/thumbnail/default/thumbnail-microsoft-surface-laptop-ultra.jpg" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[NVIDIA Officially Enters PC Market: RTX Spark Unveiled At Computex 2026]]></title><link>https://hothardware.com/news/nvidia-announces-rtx-spark-at-computex-2026</link><guid>https://hothardware.com/news/nvidia-announces-rtx-spark-at-computex-2026</guid><description><![CDATA[Computex 2026 and GTC Taipei will go down in history as the moment NVIDIA used to officially announce its entrance into the PC market. During his keynote at the Taipei Music Center, CEO Jensen Huang announced the RTX Spark – formerly codenamed N1 and N1X – which will power an array of premium laptops and small form factor systems coming this ]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2026 01:00:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Marco Chiappetta</author><media:content url="https://hothardware.com/contentimages/newsitem/70742/thumbnail/default/jensen-computex.jpg" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[Intel Unveils 18A-Built Xeon 6+ Data Center CPUs, Clearwater Forest AI Chips And More At Computex]]></title><link>https://hothardware.com/news/intel-computex-2026</link><guid>https://hothardware.com/news/intel-computex-2026</guid><description><![CDATA[Intel brought along a pile of products to Computex, and while the one that got this writer most excited was the early announcement of the Arc G3 series, the company's data center group has some pretty darn big news, too. Today marks the launch of the Intel Xeon 6+ processors, codenamed Clearwater Forest, but they're not the only news, just ]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 31 May 2026 23:00:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Zak Killian</author><media:content url="https://hothardware.com/contentimages/newsitem/70743/thumbnail/default/thumb-intel-xeons-cropped.jpg" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[AMD Courts Gamers At Computex With New X3D CPUs, GPUs, And EXPO ULL RAM]]></title><link>https://hothardware.com/news/amd-computex-2026-consumer</link><guid>https://hothardware.com/news/amd-computex-2026-consumer</guid><description><![CDATA[At Computex 2026, AMD isn't letting up on its recent AI-heavy message, but it threw gamers a bone with a few announcements targeting the crucial performance-sensitive but budget-conscious gamer demographic. There's also an unfortunately-timed memory technology launch, some Radeon AI PRO graphics news, and then a number of announcements we've ]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 31 May 2026 20:00:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Zak Killian</author><media:content url="https://hothardware.com/contentimages/newsitem/70741/thumbnail/default/thumb-amd-lisa-su-ryzen-5800x3d-onstage.jpg" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[DuckDuckGo Search Traffic Spikes As Users Flip Google AI Search The Bird ]]></title><link>https://hothardware.com/news/duckduckgo-search-traffic-spikes</link><guid>https://hothardware.com/news/duckduckgo-search-traffic-spikes</guid><description><![CDATA[Google's I/O keynote spurred much discussion, though perhaps not entirely in the way the company hoped. During its I/O event, Google unveiled a reworked search experience packed with generative AI, replacing standard autocomplete with AI-driven suggestions, adding conversational follow-up questions, and connecting search results to Gmail and ]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 31 May 2026 11:28:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Tim Sweezy</author><media:content url="https://hothardware.com/contentimages/newsitem/70740/thumbnail/default/thumbnail_duckduckgo-logo-image.jpg" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[Skip The Steam Deck: Lenovo Legion Go S Is A Killer Deal At $549.99]]></title><link>https://hothardware.com/news/skip-steam-deck-lenovo-legion-go-s-killer-deal-549</link><guid>https://hothardware.com/news/skip-steam-deck-lenovo-legion-go-s-killer-deal-549</guid><description><![CDATA[The PC handheld space is suddenly topsy-turvy with Valve jacking up the price of its Steam Deck by as much as $300. Valve's price increase in the wake of an AI-driven shortage of key components like memory and storage effectively turned one of the better values in the handheld segment into just another piece of premium-priced hardware. Fortunately, ]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 31 May 2026 08:17:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Paul Lilly</author><media:content url="https://hothardware.com/contentimages/newsitem/70739/thumbnail/default/thumbnail-lenovo-legion-go-s.jpg" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[Microsoft Faces Backlash Over Criminal Probe Threat Against Security Researcher]]></title><link>https://hothardware.com/news/microsoft-faces-backlash-over-criminal-probe-threat-against-security-researcher</link><guid>https://hothardware.com/news/microsoft-faces-backlash-over-criminal-probe-threat-against-security-researcher</guid><description><![CDATA[Windows 11 has been hit by a series of zero-day exploits recently, which were brought to light by aggrieved cybersecurity researcher Nightmare-Eclipse. In response, Microsoft published a blog post threatening legal action against the researcher, after taking his exploits down from GitHub. And that move has spurred widespread outcry from the ]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 30 May 2026 14:45:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Chris Harper</author><media:content url="https://hothardware.com/contentimages/newsitem/70738/thumbnail/default/thumbnail-windef-redsun.png" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why 007 First Light Is Being Praised As James Bond's Best Game Yet]]></title><link>https://hothardware.com/news/why-007-first-light-is-being-praised-as-james-bonds-best-game-yet</link><guid>https://hothardware.com/news/why-007-first-light-is-being-praised-as-james-bonds-best-game-yet</guid><description><![CDATA[IO Interactive's 007 First Light has already proven to be among the most successful Bond games of all time, launching to critical acclaim and 1.5 million day-1 sales. The only better launch this year was the long-anticipated Crimson Desert, which launched with 2 million sales in 24 hours, though the lack of 24-hour sales data for Resident ]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 30 May 2026 13:18:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Chris Harper</author><media:content url="https://hothardware.com/contentimages/newsitem/70737/thumbnail/default/thumbnail-firstlight-title.png" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[NVIDIA, Microsoft And Arm Hint That A New Era Of PC Is Coming]]></title><link>https://hothardware.com/news/nvidia-microsoft-hint-new-era-of-pc-coming</link><guid>https://hothardware.com/news/nvidia-microsoft-hint-new-era-of-pc-coming</guid><description><![CDATA[NVIDIA, Microsoft, and Arm synchronized their social media feeds with a single cryptic message: "A new era of PC. 25.0528, 121.5990." It was a carefully coordinated, understated tease, but pointing somewhere very specific.

Plug those coordinates into Google Maps and they point straight to the Taipei Music Center, the venue where Jensen ]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 30 May 2026 12:30:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Tim Sweezy</author><media:content url="https://hothardware.com/contentimages/newsitem/70736/thumbnail/default/thumbnail_jensen-gpu.jpg" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cooler Master And G.Skill Team Up On Actively Cooled MasterDIMM AC DDR5 Memory]]></title><link>https://hothardware.com/news/cooler-master-gskill-team-up-actively-cooled-ddr5-memory</link><guid>https://hothardware.com/news/cooler-master-gskill-team-up-actively-cooled-ddr5-memory</guid><description><![CDATA[Cooler Master and G.Skill have joined forces on fan-cooled memory modules that they plan to showcase at Computex next week. In the meantime, we get some teaser shots posted to X of the MasterDimm AC DDR5 memory, as it's called, which is basically a DDR5 memory module tucked inside a thick cooler with a fan attached for active cooling.

The ]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 30 May 2026 09:13:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Paul Lilly</author><media:content url="https://hothardware.com/contentimages/newsitem/70735/thumbnail/default/thumbnail-cooler-master-gskill-masterdimm-ac-ddr5.jpg" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bose Blowout Sale: Big Savings On Dolby Atmos Soundbars, QuietComfort Earbuds, And More]]></title><link>https://hothardware.com/news/bose-sale-savings-dolby-atmos-soundbars-earbuds-more</link><guid>https://hothardware.com/news/bose-sale-savings-dolby-atmos-soundbars-earbuds-more</guid><description><![CDATA[A big sale on Bose audio gear is happening right now, with significant savings on a range or products including earbuds, headphones, soundbars with Dolby Atmos support, and portable speakers. If you're looking to get a head start on Father's Day, or just want to treat yourself to an audio upgrade, then check out what's on tap at Amazon and ]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 30 May 2026 08:46:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Paul Lilly</author><media:content url="https://hothardware.com/contentimages/newsitem/70734/thumbnail/default/thumbnail-bose-quietcomfort-ultra-earbuds-2nd-gen.jpg" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[OneXPlayer 3 Packs Intel Arc G3 Extreme Into A 144Hz OLED Gaming Handheld]]></title><link>https://hothardware.com/news/onexplayer-3-arc-g3-extreme-handheld</link><guid>https://hothardware.com/news/onexplayer-3-arc-g3-extreme-handheld</guid><description><![CDATA[When Intel announced its Arc G3 series handheld gaming system processors yesterday, it vaguely mentioned OneXPlayer alongside the names of Acer and MSI as companies that would be launching devices based on the chips. Well, now we know what that OneXPlayer devices is: the OneXPlayer 3. Contrary to the Acer Predator Atlas 8 and the upcoming ]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2026 14:55:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Zak Killian</author><media:content url="https://hothardware.com/contentimages/newsitem/70733/thumbnail/default/thumb_onexplayer-3-promo-image.jpg" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[Spectrum Owner Charter Says Data Breach Exposed 4.9 Million Accounts]]></title><link>https://hothardware.com/news/spectrum-charter-data-breach</link><guid>https://hothardware.com/news/spectrum-charter-data-breach</guid><description><![CDATA[The hacker group ShinyHunters has been on a tear this year, having compromised several organizations and leaking the information of those that refused to pay up. The latest data breach involves Charter Communications, which offers consumers and businesses broadband internet services through its Spectrum brand.

The intrusion into Charter’s ]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2026 14:44:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Alan Velasco</author><media:content url="https://hothardware.com/contentimages/newsitem/70732/thumbnail/default/charter-spectrum-shinyhunters-hack-thumb.jpg" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[Call Of Duty Modern Warfare 4 Announced For October Launch With Korea Campaign And DMZ Return]]></title><link>https://hothardware.com/news/call-of-duty-modern-warfare-4-announced-for-october-launch-with-korea-campaign-and-dmz-return</link><guid>https://hothardware.com/news/call-of-duty-modern-warfare-4-announced-for-october-launch-with-korea-campaign-and-dmz-return</guid><description><![CDATA[It has been confirmed that the upcoming Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 will be the first of the series to land on a Nintendo console since Ghosts (2013) hit the Wii U, and it's dropping support for the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One as well. Developer Infinity Ward is promising major graphical improvements with the new entry too, and will be partnering ]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2026 14:04:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Chris Harper</author><media:content url="https://hothardware.com/contentimages/newsitem/70731/thumbnail/default/thumbnail-mw4-ghost.png" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[Microsoft Unveils Major Microsoft 365 Copilot Redesign To Streamline Office Workflows]]></title><link>https://hothardware.com/news/microsoft-unveils-microsoft-365-copilot-redesign</link><guid>https://hothardware.com/news/microsoft-unveils-microsoft-365-copilot-redesign</guid><description><![CDATA[New Xbox CEO Asha Sharma may have just shown Copilot the door on gaming consoles, but Microsoft isn't pumping the brakes elsewhere with its AI companion. The company is rolling out a sweeping design and performance overhaul across both the standalone Copilot app and the broader Microsoft 365 suite, riding the momentum of its recent Windows ]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2026 11:18:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Tim Sweezy</author><media:content url="https://hothardware.com/contentimages/newsitem/70730/thumbnail/default/thumbnail_microsoft-365-copilot.png" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[MediaTek Dimensity 8550 Brings Gemini Nano AI To Mid-Range Android Phones]]></title><link>https://hothardware.com/news/mediatek-dimensity-8550-brings-gemini-nano-to-mid-range-android-phones</link><guid>https://hothardware.com/news/mediatek-dimensity-8550-brings-gemini-nano-to-mid-range-android-phones</guid><description><![CDATA[High-end mobile AI features are trickling down to more affordable smartphones thanks to MediaTek's new Dimensity 8550 chipset. MediaTek built it specifically to bring Google’s Gemini Intelligence platform to the mid-range Android market, though the SoC doesn't seem to have brought upgrades in other key areas compared to the 8500 donor chip, ]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2026 11:08:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Aaron Leong</author><media:content url="https://hothardware.com/contentimages/newsitem/70729/thumbnail/default/thumb-8550-close.jpg" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[Blue Origin Rocket Erupts In Massive Fireball During Engine Test At Florida Launch Site]]></title><link>https://hothardware.com/news/blue-origin-rocket-erupts-in-massive-fireball-during-engine-test</link><guid>https://hothardware.com/news/blue-origin-rocket-erupts-in-massive-fireball-during-engine-test</guid><description><![CDATA[A Blue Origin New Glenn rocket suffered a catastrophic explosion during a routine ground test in Florida on Thursday night, delivering a blow (pun totally intended) to Jeff Bezos’ spaceflight ambitions. The cause of the failure is still being investigated.

Blue Origin's New Glenn just blew up at LC-36 while attempting to Static Fire ahead ]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2026 10:27:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Aaron Leong</author><media:content url="https://hothardware.com/contentimages/newsitem/70727/thumbnail/default/thumb-glenn-explosion.jpg" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[Samsung Ships Industry-First HBM4E Memory For Next-Gen AI Chips]]></title><link>https://hothardware.com/news/samsung-ships-industry-first-hbm4e-memory-next-gen-ai-chips</link><guid>https://hothardware.com/news/samsung-ships-industry-first-hbm4e-memory-next-gen-ai-chips</guid><description><![CDATA[Shares of Samsung are surging after the South Korean chip maker revealed it has begun shipping samples of its 12-layer HBM4E to major customers around the globe, giving it temporary bragging rights over rivals Micron and SK hynix. The cutting edge memory chips will help fuel the next round of AI hardware with Samsung touting stable speeds ]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2026 10:12:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Paul Lilly</author><media:content url="https://hothardware.com/contentimages/newsitem/70728/thumbnail/default/thumbnail-samsung-hbm4e-memory.jpg" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[MSI MPG 322URDX36 Debuts: Triple-Mode QD-OLED Monitor Hits FHD 680Hz]]></title><link>https://hothardware.com/news/msi-mpg-322urdx36-triple-mode-qd-oled-monitor-hits-680hz</link><guid>https://hothardware.com/news/msi-mpg-322urdx36-triple-mode-qd-oled-monitor-hits-680hz</guid><description><![CDATA[MSI just sent a message to every other monitor maker to the effect of, 'I see your dual-mode display and raise you to triple mode!'. In doing so, MSI is laying claim to the industry's first triple mode gaming monitor, the MPG OLED 322URDX36, which can hit a blistering 680Hz if dropping down to Full HD 1080p. It also supports 520Hz at 2K and ]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2026 09:36:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Paul Lilly</author><media:content url="https://hothardware.com/contentimages/newsitem/70726/thumbnail/default/thumbnail-msi-mpg-oled-322urdx36.jpg" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" /></item></channel></rss>