<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[YellowKey Tool Bypasses Windows 11 BitLocker Using Only a USB Stick]]></title><link>https://hothardware.com/news/yellowkey-tool-bypasses-windows-11-bitlocker-using-only-a-usb-stick</link><guid>https://hothardware.com/news/yellowkey-tool-bypasses-windows-11-bitlocker-using-only-a-usb-stick</guid><description><![CDATA[Nightmare-Eclipse, a cybersecurity researcher previously known for a controversial reveal of three Windows Defender zero-day exploits seemingly rejected by Microsoft for petty reasons, has followed up with information regarding a BitLocker bypass vulnerability dubbed "YellowKey." Nightmare-Eclipse describes the vulnerability as one of the ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2026 14:51:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Chris Harper</author><media:content url="https://hothardware.com/contentimages/newsitem/70604/thumbnail/default/thumbnail-yellowkey.png" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Fans Can Compete in Ubisoft’s Real-World $500K Treasure Hunt]]></title><link>https://hothardware.com/news/assassins-creed-black-flag-500k-treasure-hunt</link><guid>https://hothardware.com/news/assassins-creed-black-flag-500k-treasure-hunt</guid><description><![CDATA[Ubisoft has been had a tumultuous time in the current gaming landscape, forcing the publisher to cancel several projects and close some of its talent laden studios. It’s hoping to turn its fortunes around by remaking one of its most beloved games, however, Assassin’s Creed Black Flag. While the announcement of the game itself was enough to ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2026 14:24:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Alan Velasco</author><media:content url="https://hothardware.com/contentimages/newsitem/70606/thumbnail/default/assassins-creed-black-flag-treasure-hunt-thumb.png" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[GTA VI Physical Pre-Orders May Start May 18, Best Buy Leak Suggests]]></title><link>https://hothardware.com/news/gta-6-physical-pre-orders-may-start-may-18-best-buy-leak-suggests</link><guid>https://hothardware.com/news/gta-6-physical-pre-orders-may-start-may-18-best-buy-leak-suggests</guid><description><![CDATA[Multiple sources have confirmed that Best Buy sent out an email alert for Grand Theft Auto VI pre-orders early, marking a May 18th start date for pre-orders of the physical PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X versions of the game. This timing is six months ahead of the November 19th launch date and follows just days after Sony began prompting ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2026 14:08:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Chris Harper</author><media:content url="https://hothardware.com/contentimages/newsitem/70603/thumbnail/default/thumbnail-gta6-preorders.png" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[AMD FSR 4 Confirmed for Older GPUs, July Launch Set for RDNA 3]]></title><link>https://hothardware.com/news/amd-bringing-fsr-41-to-rdna3-rdna2</link><guid>https://hothardware.com/news/amd-bringing-fsr-41-to-rdna3-rdna2</guid><description><![CDATA[Gamer frustration with AMD has been high over the last few months as the company continued to introduce new graphics technologies that were exclusive to its latest-generation Radeon RX 9000-series GPUs while leaving buyers of its popular RX 6000 and RX 7000-series cards in the lurch. Well, AMD's Jack Huynh has announced that FSR Upscaling ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2026 13:45:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Zak Killian</author><media:content url="https://hothardware.com/contentimages/newsitem/70605/thumbnail/default/thumb-amd-int8-fp8.jpg" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[Android Contextual Suggestions: How Google AI Predicts Your Next Move]]></title><link>https://hothardware.com/news/android-contextual-suggestions-how-google-ai-predicts-your-next-move</link><guid>https://hothardware.com/news/android-contextual-suggestions-how-google-ai-predicts-your-next-move</guid><description><![CDATA[Google’s has rolled out an Android feature called Contextual Suggestions that quietly learns your routines and offers the right action at the right moment. Think playlists when you reach the gym or casting prompts before the big game. To some Android power users, this might sound all too familiar.

Gradually rolling out on the stable channel ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2026 11:31:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Aaron Leong</author><media:content url="https://hothardware.com/contentimages/newsitem/70602/thumbnail/default/thumb-magic-cue.jpg" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[Claude AI Helps Trader Recover $400,000 in Bitcoin Trapped Since 2015]]></title><link>https://hothardware.com/news/claude-ai-helps-recover-400000-bitcoin</link><guid>https://hothardware.com/news/claude-ai-helps-recover-400000-bitcoin</guid><description><![CDATA[A decade-long crypto nightmare ended this week when an X user known as @cprkrn recovered 5 Bitcoin worth approximately $400,000 locked in a wallet. While not quite the Bitcoin haul of a former police officer convicted last summer of stealing more than $6 million in Bitcoin, it is still a hefty chunk of change. The recovery was not because ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2026 11:02:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Tim Sweezy</author><media:content url="https://hothardware.com/contentimages/newsitem/70601/thumbnail/default/thumbnail_bitcoin-pile.jpg" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[70% of Americans Oppose Local Data Centers as AI Infrastructure Faces Massive Backlash]]></title><link>https://hothardware.com/news/70-of-americans-oppose-local-data-centers</link><guid>https://hothardware.com/news/70-of-americans-oppose-local-data-centers</guid><description><![CDATA[A Gallup poll showing roughly seven in 10 Americans oppose new AI data centers being built near their homes has turned a simmering local debate into a national political headache for hyperscalers and local officials alike. 

According to a report by The Washington Post, community feelings over AI data factories have become increasingly rancorous ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2026 10:49:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Aaron Leong</author><media:content url="https://hothardware.com/contentimages/newsitem/70600/thumbnail/default/thumb-google-data-center.jpg" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[ASUS ProArt RTX 5090 Unveiled: 2.5-Slot Design and Liquid Metal Cooling]]></title><link>https://hothardware.com/news/asus-proart-rtx-5090-unveiled-25-slot-design-liquid-metal-cooling</link><guid>https://hothardware.com/news/asus-proart-rtx-5090-unveiled-25-slot-design-liquid-metal-cooling</guid><description><![CDATA[ASUS is bringing its signature ProArt design flair to NVIDIA's flagship consumer graphics card with the launch of its ProArt GeForce RTX 5090 OC Edition. The "remarkably compact" card, as ASUS describes it, is the company's first RTX 5090 variant to feature a 2.5-slot design. That's a little thicker than NVIDIA's own 2-slot Founders Edition ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2026 10:40:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Paul Lilly</author><media:content url="https://hothardware.com/contentimages/newsitem/70599/thumbnail/default/thumbnail-asus-proart-geforce-rtx-5090.jpg" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[NASA Tracks Newly Found Bus-Sized Asteroid Well Inside the Moon's Orbit]]></title><link>https://hothardware.com/news/nasa-tracks-newly-found-bus-sized-asteroid-within-moons-orbit</link><guid>https://hothardware.com/news/nasa-tracks-newly-found-bus-sized-asteroid-within-moons-orbit</guid><description><![CDATA[A newly discovered asteroid, 2026 JH2, will streak past Earth on May 18 at a distance far closer than the Moon but still safely outside harm’s path, offering a rare up‑close look at a small near‑Earth rock. 

Discovered by the Mount Lemmon Survey on May 10, 2026 JH2 is a compact, bus‑to‑house-sized asteroid estimated at roughly 16–35 meters ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2026 10:16:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Aaron Leong</author><media:content url="https://hothardware.com/contentimages/newsitem/70598/thumbnail/default/thumb-2026-jh2.jpg" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ryzen Pro 9000 Expansion Brings AMD's 3D V-Cache to Mainstream Workstations]]></title><link>https://hothardware.com/news/amd-3d-v-cache-workstations-expanded-ryzen-pro-9000-lineup</link><guid>https://hothardware.com/news/amd-3d-v-cache-workstations-expanded-ryzen-pro-9000-lineup</guid><description><![CDATA[For the first time ever, AMD is bringing 3D V-Cache to its Ryzen Pro processors with the expansion of its Ryzen Pro 9000 series to drive what the chip designer says is a new era of workstation-class performance. Two of the six new models feature 3D V-Cache, including the Ryzen 9 Pro 9965X3D and Ryzen 7 Pro 9755X3D.

Of course, AMD-powered ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2026 09:43:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Paul Lilly</author><media:content url="https://hothardware.com/contentimages/newsitem/70597/thumbnail/default/thumbnail-amd-ryzen-pro-9000.jpg" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[AMD EPYC Server Revenue Share Hits Record 46.2% as EPYC Gains on Intel Xeon]]></title><link>https://hothardware.com/news/amd-epyc-server-revenue-share-epyc-gains-intel-xeon</link><guid>https://hothardware.com/news/amd-epyc-server-revenue-share-epyc-gains-intel-xeon</guid><description><![CDATA[Coming off a blowout quarter in which AMD reported $10.25 billion in Q1 revenue driven by major gains in the data center, newly released figures by Mercury Research indicate those gains translated to a record 46.2% server revenue share on strong EPYC adoption across cloud and enterprise segments. That's up from 39.5% in the same quarter from ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2026 08:53:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Paul Lilly</author><media:content url="https://hothardware.com/contentimages/newsitem/70596/thumbnail/default/thumbnail-amd-epyc-processor.jpg" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[Razer’s New Huntsman V3 TKL 8KHz Keyboard Is a Speed Demon Built for Pro Esports]]></title><link>https://hothardware.com/news/razers-new-huntsman-v3-tkl-8khz-keyboard-is-a-speed-demon-built-for-pro-esports</link><guid>https://hothardware.com/news/razers-new-huntsman-v3-tkl-8khz-keyboard-is-a-speed-demon-built-for-pro-esports</guid><description><![CDATA[Razer is following up on last year's Huntsman release with the new Razer Huntsman V3 TKL 8KHz. Since there's also a TKL version of the V3 Pro, the Huntsman V3 is a similar keyboard, but with a few changes that result in an even smaller footprint and a lower price point. All the core features have been maintained, though, including Razer's ]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2026 15:48:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Chris Harper</author><media:content url="https://hothardware.com/contentimages/newsitem/70594/thumbnail/default/thumbnail-razer-huntsman-v3.png" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[Micron Samples 256GB DDR5 RDIMMs With Blistering 9200 MT/s Speeds for AI]]></title><link>https://hothardware.com/news/micron-samples-256gb-ddr5-rdimms-9200mts</link><guid>https://hothardware.com/news/micron-samples-256gb-ddr5-rdimms-9200mts</guid><description><![CDATA[If you thought your shiny new 192GB DDR5 rig was bleeding-edge, it's time to take a seat. Micron just announced that it is sampling 256GB DDR5 RDIMM modules pushing a blistering 9200 MT/s. Yes, that is indeed a single stick of memory packing a quarter of a terabyte of RAM while operating at speeds that make current-generation server hardware ]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2026 14:55:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Zak Killian</author><media:content url="https://hothardware.com/contentimages/newsitem/70595/thumbnail/default/thumb-micron-ddr5-rdimm-256gb.jpg" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sony May Cut PlayStation 6 RAM to 24GB to Combat Rising Console Prices]]></title><link>https://hothardware.com/news/sony-cut-playstation-6-ram-24gb</link><guid>https://hothardware.com/news/sony-cut-playstation-6-ram-24gb</guid><description><![CDATA[The current crop of consoles are nearing six years old, and both Microsoft and Sony are hard at work at developing their next generation gaming systems. Unfortunately, development is happening during a memory and storage shortage, which has caused significant price increases across the industry. For the PlayStation 6, that might mean launching ]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2026 13:49:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Alan Velasco</author><media:content url="https://hothardware.com/contentimages/newsitem/70592/thumbnail/default/playstation-6-ram-cut-24gb-thumb.jpeg" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hidden Steam Controller Easter Egg Found: Reddit Discovery Reveals Valve's Secret Feature]]></title><link>https://hothardware.com/news/hidden-steam-controller-easter-egg-wilhelm-scream</link><guid>https://hothardware.com/news/hidden-steam-controller-easter-egg-wilhelm-scream</guid><description><![CDATA[Valve's new Steam Controller is out, shipping to customers, and even getting firmware updates, but don't panic if you haven't gotten yours yet--supply is pretty constrained. Some folks do have them, though, and that's how someone like Redditor /u/RF3D19 discovered one of the controller's most exciting new features: if you drop or throw the ]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2026 13:15:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Zak Killian</author><media:content url="https://hothardware.com/contentimages/newsitem/70593/thumbnail/default/thumbnail-steam-controller.jpg" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[Google DeepMind Launches Interactive AI Magic Pointer Demos: Try the Future of Computing]]></title><link>https://hothardware.com/news/google-deepmind-launches-ai-magic-pointer</link><guid>https://hothardware.com/news/google-deepmind-launches-ai-magic-pointer</guid><description><![CDATA[The mouse pointer has not changed much in over 50 years. Google DeepMind wants to change that, and it just shared demos to show what it believes it will look like with its Magic Pointer.

The project, powered by Gemini, tries to remove the friction associated with AI tools that live in their own window. This in turn forces users to stop ]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2026 11:45:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Tim Sweezy</author><media:content url="https://hothardware.com/contentimages/newsitem/70589/thumbnail/default/thumbnail_google-deepmind-magic-pointer.jpg" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[Is This the Ultimate Camera? New Sony a7R VI Combines Extreme Performance with 67MP Resolution]]></title><link>https://hothardware.com/news/sony-a7r-vi-combines-extreme-performance-with-67mp-resolution</link><guid>https://hothardware.com/news/sony-a7r-vi-combines-extreme-performance-with-67mp-resolution</guid><description><![CDATA[Whenever Sony launches a new a7 camera body, the industry typically takes notice. Such is the case with the just-announced  Sony s7R VI. This new premium camera body fuses a 67 MP stacked sensor, faster processing, and blackout-free 30 fps burst shooting, which makes it well suited to everything from portraiture to fast-action sports and wildlife.

Core ]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2026 11:22:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Aaron Leong</author><media:content url="https://hothardware.com/contentimages/newsitem/70590/thumbnail/default/thumb-a7r-vi-side.jpg" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sony Xperia 1 VII Gets First Major Redesign in Years]]></title><link>https://hothardware.com/news/sony-xperia-1-vii-gets-first-major-redesign-in-years</link><guid>https://hothardware.com/news/sony-xperia-1-vii-gets-first-major-redesign-in-years</guid><description><![CDATA[Sony’s newly-announced Xperia 1 VIII leans into on-device AI and photography, with a redesigned camera experience and a price that will make many of you gasp. And, unfortunately, we likely won't get it here in the US, through official channels at least.

For most high-end smartphone consumers, performance and photography are paramount. To ]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2026 11:15:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Aaron Leong</author><media:content url="https://hothardware.com/contentimages/newsitem/70588/thumbnail/default/thumb-xperia-design.jpg" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kioxia Launches New XG10 PCIe 5 SSD Series for AI PCs, Workstations, and Gaming]]></title><link>https://hothardware.com/news/kioxia-launches-new-xg10-pcie-5-ssd-series-for-ai-pcs-workstations-and-gaming</link><guid>https://hothardware.com/news/kioxia-launches-new-xg10-pcie-5-ssd-series-for-ai-pcs-workstations-and-gaming</guid><description><![CDATA[KIOXIA just introduced its XG10 Series, a new high-performance client SSD family targeting PC OEMs for desktop and mobile applications. The XG10 succeeds the XG8 Series but adopts a PCIe 5.0 (Gen5 x4) interface and NVMe 2.0d compliance to deliver substantial generational gains in both sequential and random performance. KIOXIA positions the ]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2026 10:25:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Marco Chiappetta</author><media:content url="https://hothardware.com/contentimages/newsitem/70591/thumbnail/default/kioxia-xg10-series-ssd-thumb.jpg" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[NASA’s New RISC-V Space Chip Offers 100x Performance Boost for Future Mars Missions]]></title><link>https://hothardware.com/news/nasas-risc-v-space-chip-offers-100x-performance-boost-for-mars</link><guid>https://hothardware.com/news/nasas-risc-v-space-chip-offers-100x-performance-boost-for-mars</guid><description><![CDATA[NASA and Microchip Technology Inc. are testing a palm-sized, radiation-resistant processor that could make mission systems 100x more powerful than current spaceflight computers, like the ageing RAD750 PowerPC-based single board computer.

JPL reports that the High‑Performance Spaceflight Computing (HPSC) SoC, developed in partnership with ]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2026 09:56:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Aaron Leong</author><media:content url="https://hothardware.com/contentimages/newsitem/70587/thumbnail/default/thumb-risc-v-nasa.jpg" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lenovo Debuts ThinkPad X13 Gen 7 and L Series: AI PCs With 9/10 Repairability]]></title><link>https://hothardware.com/news/lenovo-thinkpad-x13-g7-thinkpad-l14-l16</link><guid>https://hothardware.com/news/lenovo-thinkpad-x13-g7-thinkpad-l14-l16</guid><description><![CDATA[Computex is less than two weeks away, and a myriad of companies are going to be pre-announcing hardware that'll debut at the show. That's not exactly what this announcement today is, though; Lenovo describes this as "completing" its 2026 ThinkPad portfolio. The new machines are the ThinkPad X13 Gen7, which focuses on highly portable performance, ]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 19:01:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Zak Killian</author><media:content url="https://hothardware.com/contentimages/newsitem/70580/thumbnail/default/thumb-lenovo-thinkpad.jpg" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lenovo Unveils ThinkStation P4 Packing Ryzen Pro 9000 and RTX Pro 6000 Blackwell]]></title><link>https://hothardware.com/news/lenovo-thinkstation-p4-ryzen-pro-9000-rtx-6000-blackwell</link><guid>https://hothardware.com/news/lenovo-thinkstation-p4-ryzen-pro-9000-rtx-6000-blackwell</guid><description><![CDATA[Lenovo is rolling out a new ThinkStation P4 system optimized for AI tasks, with some powerful hardware on board. According to Lenovo, the ThinkStation P4 is world's first workstation to combine AMD's Ryzen PRO 9000 series processors with up to an NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell GPU and a cutting-edge thermal design with future expansion in mind.

Interested ]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 19:01:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Paul Lilly</author><media:content url="https://hothardware.com/contentimages/newsitem/70570/thumbnail/default/thumbnail-lenovo-thinkstation-p4-banner.jpg" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[Google Launches Googlebook AI Laptops with Gemini, Magic Pointer, and Android Sync]]></title><link>https://hothardware.com/news/google-launches-googlebook-ai-laptop-with-gemini-magic-pointer-and-android-sync</link><guid>https://hothardware.com/news/google-launches-googlebook-ai-laptop-with-gemini-magic-pointer-and-android-sync</guid><description><![CDATA[We've known for some time that Google was planning to merge Android and Chrome OS for a new type of operating system, thanks to leaks of an "Aluminum" desktop interface and Android app support being added years ago. Today, we learned the company was also planning system-level integration of Google's Gemini AI assistant, along with the announcement ]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 15:12:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Chris Harper</author><media:content url="https://hothardware.com/contentimages/newsitem/70585/thumbnail/default/thumbnail-googlebook-2.png" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[Retro Games Delays A1200 Amiga Console Reboot as Chip and Plastic Costs Soar]]></title><link>https://hothardware.com/news/retro-games-delays-a1200-amiga-console-reboot</link><guid>https://hothardware.com/news/retro-games-delays-a1200-amiga-console-reboot</guid><description><![CDATA[Retro Games Ltd have been racking up wins with the releases of old school fan favorites, such as THEC64 alongside “mini” versions of the Atari, Commodore and Spectrum systems. However, the company has run into a major hiccup as it works on its modernized interpretation of the legendary Amiga A1200, so fans will have to wait a bit longer to ]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 14:35:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Alan Velasco</author><media:content url="https://hothardware.com/contentimages/newsitem/70586/thumbnail/default/retro-games-ltd-delays-thea1200-thumb.png" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[Intel Razor Lake-AX Leak Suggests Return of Integrated Memory on Package]]></title><link>https://hothardware.com/news/intel-razor-lake-ax-on-package-memory</link><guid>https://hothardware.com/news/intel-razor-lake-ax-on-package-memory</guid><description><![CDATA[Intel was rumored to be working on a "Nova Lake-AX" processor that was reportedly a direct competitor with both Apple's M-series as well as AMD's Ryzen AI Max "Strix Halo" chips. It would have been a BGA design with powerful graphics and a wide memory interface, but it was supposedly canceled. Now, rumormongers are talking about a potential ]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 13:55:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Zak Killian</author><media:content url="https://hothardware.com/contentimages/newsitem/70583/thumbnail/default/thumb-intel-razor-lake-prototype-mockup.jpg" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" /></item></channel></rss>