<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[Steam Machine's Red Line Of Death Is Triggering Flashbacks For Gamers]]></title><link>https://hothardware.com/news/steam-machines-red-line-of-death-is-triggering-flashbacks-for-gamers</link><guid>https://hothardware.com/news/steam-machines-red-line-of-death-is-triggering-flashbacks-for-gamers</guid><description><![CDATA[The first report of a "Red Line of Death" error appearing on a Steam Machine has hit the web. Fortunately, there's just one report to speak of so far, so it's probably not an Xbox 360-scale disaster. It's still a bad look for the Steam Machine just one month in, though.

Valve has documentation for the Steam Machine red line LED patterns ]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2026 13:45:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Chris Harper</author><media:content url="https://hothardware.com/contentimages/newsitem/71029/thumbnail/default/thumbnail-redlineofdeath-steammachine.png" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[Valve Drops 3D Print Files To Build Custom E Ink Steam Machine Faceplates]]></title><link>https://hothardware.com/news/valve-drops-3d-print-files-to-build-custom-e-ink-steam-machine-faceplates</link><guid>https://hothardware.com/news/valve-drops-3d-print-files-to-build-custom-e-ink-steam-machine-faceplates</guid><description><![CDATA[Shortly after the Steam Machine was revealed, word of an E-Ink front panel was confirmed by Valve as an internal project not intended for consumer release. Even so, Valve followed up with 3D printable front panels files, with designs similar to the two extra swappable panels with the 2TB model, and also offered information and instructions ]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2026 13:14:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Chris Harper</author><media:content url="https://hothardware.com/contentimages/newsitem/71026/thumbnail/default/eink-steam-machine.png" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[iPhone 18 Pro Max Leak Points To Apple's Biggest Battery Ever]]></title><link>https://hothardware.com/news/iphone-18-pro-max-leak-apples-biggest-battery-ever</link><guid>https://hothardware.com/news/iphone-18-pro-max-leak-apples-biggest-battery-ever</guid><description><![CDATA[Apple's next Pro-model iPhone could end up having the biggest battery ever released in an iPhone, surpassing even the 5,088mAh capacity unit in the eSIM-only version of the iPhone 17 Pro Max. According to a fresh round of rumors, the iPhone 18 Pro Max in nano SIM form could bump that up to 5,235mAh, while the battery in the eSIM-only version ]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2026 11:22:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Paul Lilly</author><media:content url="https://hothardware.com/contentimages/newsitem/71027/thumbnail/default/thumbnail-iphones.jpg" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[Apple Defends Scraping YouTube Videos For AI Training In Copyright Case]]></title><link>https://hothardware.com/news/apple-defends-scraping-youtube-videos-ai</link><guid>https://hothardware.com/news/apple-defends-scraping-youtube-videos-ai</guid><description><![CDATA[Apple is pushing back against a class-action lawsuit from several YouTube creators who claim the company unlawfully scraped their videos to help train AI models. The case is another entry in the fast-growing legal pileup over generative AI training data, where tech giants keep arguing that public web content is fair game, while creators increasingly ]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2026 11:15:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Tim Sweezy</author><media:content url="https://hothardware.com/contentimages/newsitem/71028/thumbnail/default/thumbnail_apple-logo-sending-youtube-to-ai.jpg" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang's Signed Leather Jacket Could Fetch $60K At Auction]]></title><link>https://hothardware.com/news/nvidia-jensen-huangs-signed-leather-jacket-auction</link><guid>https://hothardware.com/news/nvidia-jensen-huangs-signed-leather-jacket-auction</guid><description><![CDATA[Sotheby's is auctioning one of NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang's signature black leather jackets, and it even comes with his signature from what looks to be a gold-colored sharpie, making it even more of a collector's item. The auction house estimates the leather jacket will bring in somewhere between $40,000 to $60,000. For reference, this style ]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2026 10:24:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Paul Lilly</author><media:content url="https://hothardware.com/contentimages/newsitem/71025/thumbnail/default/thumbnail-nvidia-ceo-jensen-huang-autograph.jpg" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sony's PlayStation Disc Factory Pivot Seals Fate Of Physical Gaming Media]]></title><link>https://hothardware.com/news/sony-playstation-disc-factory-pivot-seals-fate-physical-media</link><guid>https://hothardware.com/news/sony-playstation-disc-factory-pivot-seals-fate-physical-media</guid><description><![CDATA[Sony is converting a factory in Austria that produces hundreds of thousands of physical discs every month into a micro optics plant, according to ORF Salzburg, which is Austria's national public broadcaster. The transition signals that Sony's controversial and wildly unpopular decision to phase out physical game discs for its PlayStation consoles ]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2026 09:30:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Paul Lilly</author><media:content url="https://hothardware.com/contentimages/newsitem/71024/thumbnail/default/thumbnail-astro-bot-disc-punchout.jpg" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[Philips Evnia Launches First Triple-Mode IPS Monitors At Up To A Blistering 540Hz]]></title><link>https://hothardware.com/news/philips-evnia-triple-mode-ips-monitors</link><guid>https://hothardware.com/news/philips-evnia-triple-mode-ips-monitors</guid><description><![CDATA[Just when you thought the display industry had run out of ways to slice the refresh-rate pie, Philips comes along to tell us that dual-mode monitors are yesterday's news. Enter the new Evnia M4 lineup, specifically the 27M4N3500PT and its slightly more premium sibling, the 27M4N5500PT, which boast what the marketing department is calling the ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2026 14:50:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Zak Killian</author><media:content url="https://hothardware.com/contentimages/newsitem/71023/thumbnail/default/thumb-philips-evnia-trimode-monitors.jpg" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[Apple Sat On 'Hide My Email' Flaw Leaking Real iCloud Addresses For Over A Year]]></title><link>https://hothardware.com/news/apple-sat-on-hide-my-email-flaw-leaking-real-icloud-addresses-for-over-a-year</link><guid>https://hothardware.com/news/apple-sat-on-hide-my-email-flaw-leaking-real-icloud-addresses-for-over-a-year</guid><description><![CDATA[Since the introduction of premium iCloud+ in 2021, Apple has offered a privacy-centric feature for its users dubbed Hide My Email. Conceptually, Hide My Email allows iCloud+ users to create anonymous burner email accounts that can't be tied back to their original email accounts, but a vulnerability was found in June 2025 that allows the original ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2026 14:42:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Chris Harper</author><media:content url="https://hothardware.com/contentimages/newsitem/71022/thumbnail/default/thumbnail-icloud.png" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[GPD's New Win Max 3 Ryzen Handheld PC Packs 128GB RAM And 165Hz OLED]]></title><link>https://hothardware.com/news/gpd-win-max-3-strix-halo-handheld-pc</link><guid>https://hothardware.com/news/gpd-win-max-3-strix-halo-handheld-pc</guid><description><![CDATA[Shenzhen firm GamePad Digital, better known as GPD, has been doing its thing since long before the Steam Deck existed. Indeed, while we tend to report on GPD's offerings in the same breath as companies like Ayaneo, OneXPlayer, and Anbernic, the truth is that GPD's wheelhouse is historically not exactly "handheld gaming systems" but rather ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2026 13:30:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Zak Killian</author><media:content url="https://hothardware.com/contentimages/newsitem/71021/thumbnail/default/thumb-gpd-win-max-3-two-angle-views-render.jpg" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[NVIDIA Disrupts Tech Supply Chain With New GPU Revenue Sharing Model]]></title><link>https://hothardware.com/news/nvidia-new-gpu-revenue-sharing-model</link><guid>https://hothardware.com/news/nvidia-new-gpu-revenue-sharing-model</guid><description><![CDATA[NVIDIA is trying something new in the AI infrastructure race, and it goes beyond simply shipping more hardware. The company has rolled out a credit support and revenue sharing model, that could reshape how emerging AI cloud providers get their hands on serious amounts of compute. In plain terms, NVIDIA still gets paid upfront when a cloud ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2026 13:05:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Tim Sweezy</author><media:content url="https://hothardware.com/contentimages/newsitem/71020/thumbnail/default/thumbnail_jensen-gpu.jpg" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[Google Loses Final Appeal Over Massive $4.7 Billion Android Antitrust Fine]]></title><link>https://hothardware.com/news/google-loses-final-appeal-massive-android-antitrust-fine</link><guid>https://hothardware.com/news/google-loses-final-appeal-massive-android-antitrust-fine</guid><description><![CDATA[Google has exhausted its legal options to combat a huge fine that was initially imposed in 2018. In a press release, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) announced it has formally dismissed an appeal brought forth by Google and its parent company Alphabet, thereby confirming a massive penalty of over $4 billion for "abuse of a ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2026 11:17:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Paul Lilly</author><media:content url="https://hothardware.com/contentimages/newsitem/71018/thumbnail/default/thumbnail-android-figuirine.jpg" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[Apple Orders 10 Million Foldable iPhones In A Massive Bet On A $2,500 Price Tag]]></title><link>https://hothardware.com/news/apple-orders-10-million-foldable-iphones</link><guid>https://hothardware.com/news/apple-orders-10-million-foldable-iphones</guid><description><![CDATA[Apple is telling its suppliers to get to work. According to reports, the company has raised its production target for its first foldable iPhone to about 10 million units this year, a jump from the 7 million to 8 million units originally penciled in. For a debut device rumored to cost more than a decent laptop, that kind of confidence is notable. ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2026 10:41:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Tim Sweezy</author><media:content url="https://hothardware.com/contentimages/newsitem/71017/thumbnail/default/thumbnail_foldable-iphone-mockup.jpg" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[Get Ahead Of Intel's Core Ultra 7 270K Plus And Ultra 5 250K Plus Price Hikes]]></title><link>https://hothardware.com/news/get-ahead-intels-core-ultra-270k-250k-plus-price-hikes</link><guid>https://hothardware.com/news/get-ahead-intels-core-ultra-270k-250k-plus-price-hikes</guid><description><![CDATA[Intel has quietly raised the price of its Core Ultra 7 270K Plus and Core Ultra 5 250K Plus processors based on Arrow Lake (or somewhat unofficially, Arrow Lake Refresh). Product pages now list the recommended customer price range as $339-$349 for the Core Ultra 7 270K Plus and $219-$229 for the Core Ultra 5 250K Plus.

The change was first ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2026 10:16:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Paul Lilly</author><media:content url="https://hothardware.com/contentimages/newsitem/71016/thumbnail/default/thumbnail-intel-core-ultra-200-plus-cpus.jpg" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[SpaceX's Million Satellite Plan Could Wreck Ground-Based Astronomy, ESO Study Warns]]></title><link>https://hothardware.com/news/spacex-million-satellite-astronomy-eso-study</link><guid>https://hothardware.com/news/spacex-million-satellite-astronomy-eso-study</guid><description><![CDATA[Astronomers have grumbled about satellite megaconstellations for years, and those complaints date all the way back to the first bright strings of Starlink satellites streaking across telescope images in 2020. A new study from the European Southern Observatory suggests the grumbling is about to become a full-blown crisis. Current filings would ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2026 09:26:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Tim Sweezy</author><media:content url="https://hothardware.com/contentimages/newsitem/71014/thumbnail/default/thumbnail_eso-one-million-satellite-image.jpg" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[Microsoft's Xbox Disc-To-Digital Feature Could Save Your Physical Library]]></title><link>https://hothardware.com/news/microsoft-xbox-disc-to-digital-feature-save-physical-library</link><guid>https://hothardware.com/news/microsoft-xbox-disc-to-digital-feature-save-physical-library</guid><description><![CDATA[The writing is on the wall and it says we are entering a new era of gaming where physical media gets left behind. For the most part, we have already seen it on PC where digital platforms like Steam and Epic Games Store dominate the landscape, and Sony this week announced plans to phase out physical discs for its PlayStation consoles starting ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2026 09:22:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Paul Lilly</author><media:content url="https://hothardware.com/contentimages/newsitem/71015/thumbnail/default/thumbnail-xbox-disc.jpg" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[BioShocking Attack Uses Fake Games To Hijack AI Browsers And Leak Data]]></title><link>https://hothardware.com/news/bioshocking-attack-uses-fake-games-to-hijack-ai-browsers-and-leak-data</link><guid>https://hothardware.com/news/bioshocking-attack-uses-fake-games-to-hijack-ai-browsers-and-leak-data</guid><description><![CDATA[A new form of AI prompt injection malware has been discovered, dubbed BioShocking by the LayerX security team. And that name is no coincidence: it's a direct reference to the 2007 survival horror FPS BioShock and its iconic hypnotic phrase "Would you kindly?"

You don't need to be well-versed in the lore of a 20 year old videogame to understand ]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2026 15:21:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Chris Harper</author><media:content url="https://hothardware.com/contentimages/newsitem/71012/thumbnail/default/thumbnail-bioshock.png" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[Clicks Keyboard Phone Looks Like A 5G BlackBerry For The Modern Era]]></title><link>https://hothardware.com/news/clicks-keyboard-phone-looks-like-a-5g-blackberry-for-the-modern-era</link><guid>https://hothardware.com/news/clicks-keyboard-phone-looks-like-a-5g-blackberry-for-the-modern-era</guid><description><![CDATA[Clicks, best known for its attachable iPhone (and now Android) keyboards, has been hard at work on its standalone Clicks Communicator. For those unfamiliar, Clicks first debuted the Clicks Creator back in 2024, which served double duty as a phone case and attachable keyboard. In the time since, the design has evolved to include MagSafe compatibility ]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2026 15:14:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Chris Harper</author><media:content url="https://hothardware.com/contentimages/newsitem/71013/thumbnail/default/thumbnail-clicks-communicator.png" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[Engineer Turns An E-Ink Dev Board Into A Slick 60Hz Game Boy Handheld]]></title><link>https://hothardware.com/news/engineer-turns-an-e-ink-dev-board-into-a-slick-60hz-game-boy-handheld</link><guid>https://hothardware.com/news/engineer-turns-an-e-ink-dev-board-into-a-slick-60hz-game-boy-handheld</guid><description><![CDATA[Prominent hardware modder Wenting Zhang has successfully converted an M5Stack PaperS3 dev kit (which inludes an e-ink display and ESP32-S3 dual-core microcontroller) into a working Game Boy with the help of a modified CrankBoy emulator.

The result runs monochromatic Game Boy games at up to 60 Hz on an e-ink display, and the result is truly ]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2026 13:45:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Chris Harper</author><media:content url="https://hothardware.com/contentimages/newsitem/71010/thumbnail/default/thumbnail-paperboys3.png" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[AMD Zen 6 Takes A Page From Intel With New Low-Power Cores]]></title><link>https://hothardware.com/news/amd-zen-6-takes-a-page-from-intel</link><guid>https://hothardware.com/news/amd-zen-6-takes-a-page-from-intel</guid><description><![CDATA[It's curious to call this one a leak, exactly, since the original source is direct from AMD and live on the web, but here we go. AMD's Vishal Badole submitted a patch for the Linux Kernel that he describes as adding support for "a Low Power core type, in addition to the existing Performance and Efficiency types." That's pretty clear-cut.

To ]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2026 13:00:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Zak Killian</author><media:content url="https://hothardware.com/contentimages/newsitem/71011/thumbnail/default/thumb-zen6-blue-stars-logo.jpg" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[Even Sony's PS5 Pro May Struggle To Run GTA 6 At 60 FPS]]></title><link>https://hothardware.com/news/even-sonys-ps5-pro-may-struggle-to-run-gta-6-at-60-fps</link><guid>https://hothardware.com/news/even-sonys-ps5-pro-may-struggle-to-run-gta-6-at-60-fps</guid><description><![CDATA[Preorders for Grand Theft Auto VI may be open, but that doesn't mean speculation about the upcoming release is going anywhere. The greatest point of speculation at this point is the expected performance of the game on consoles, especially in light of what's likely to be a year-long delay before the PC release. While we've seen peeks of both ]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2026 11:15:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Chris Harper</author><media:content url="https://hothardware.com/contentimages/newsitem/71006/thumbnail/default/thumbnail-gta6-ferriswheel-night.png" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[Meta Smart Glasses Face Backlash Over New Rate Limits And $20 Paywall]]></title><link>https://hothardware.com/news/meta-smart-glasses-rate-limits-20-paywall</link><guid>https://hothardware.com/news/meta-smart-glasses-rate-limits-20-paywall</guid><description><![CDATA[Meta’s AI glasses have become one of the most popular options for those looking to get smart glasses thanks to its mix of on-device and cloud-powered AI features. The company now looks to be getting ready to monetize this user base by rate limiting certain features, even those that don’t need to reach out to Meta’s servers in order to work.

The ]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2026 11:03:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Alan Velasco</author><media:content url="https://hothardware.com/contentimages/newsitem/71009/thumbnail/default/meta-glasses-subscription-fee-thumb.jpg" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nuclear Mars Rover Will Conquer Deadly Nights At NASA Moon Base]]></title><link>https://hothardware.com/news/nuclear-mars-rover-conquer-nights-nasa-moon-base</link><guid>https://hothardware.com/news/nuclear-mars-rover-conquer-nights-nasa-moon-base</guid><description><![CDATA[NASA laid out its next moves for its Moon Base program, and the biggest reveal wasn't just new lander contracts. It was the possibility that a nuclear-powered rover built from Mars hardware could end up parked at the lunar South Pole, a region so brutal that previous coverage has detailed NASA's ongoing struggle with lighting and terrain problems ]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2026 11:00:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Tim Sweezy</author><media:content url="https://hothardware.com/contentimages/newsitem/71008/thumbnail/default/thumbnail_artist-rendition-lunar-clps-lander.jpg" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[Slumping US PC Shipments Hit With Sharpest Decline In Nearly 3 Years]]></title><link>https://hothardware.com/news/slumping-us-pc-shipments-sharpest-decline-nearly-3-years</link><guid>https://hothardware.com/news/slumping-us-pc-shipments-sharpest-decline-nearly-3-years</guid><description><![CDATA[PC shipments in the U.S. cratered in the first quarter of 2026, marking the largest annual decline since the third quarter of 2023, according to market research firm Omdia. On the bright side, the quarter still saw millions of shipments with 15.8 million units, but that amounts to a 7% year-over-year decline as driving forces that spurred ]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2026 10:46:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Paul Lilly</author><media:content url="https://hothardware.com/contentimages/newsitem/71007/thumbnail/default/thumbnail-hp-laptop.jpg" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[NVIDIA's GeForce RTX 5050 9GB May Be Dead As AIBs Left In The Dark]]></title><link>https://hothardware.com/news/nvidias-geforce-rtx-5050-9gb-may-be-dead</link><guid>https://hothardware.com/news/nvidias-geforce-rtx-5050-9gb-may-be-dead</guid><description><![CDATA[It has been a minute since we've heard anything about a relaunched GeForce RTX 5050 with upgraded VRAM, and that could be due NVIDIA pausing or outright cancelling plans to release such a card. Apparently NVIDIA has gone radio silent to its add-in board partners regarding the not-yet-(and maybe never)-announced SKU.

In case you missed it, ]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2026 10:09:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Paul Lilly</author><media:content url="https://hothardware.com/contentimages/newsitem/71005/thumbnail/default/thumbnail-geforce-rtx-graphics-card-pc.jpg" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[PlayStation To Go Digital-Only As Sony Confirms No More Game Discs In 2028]]></title><link>https://hothardware.com/news/playstation-digital-only-sony-confirms-no-more-game-discs</link><guid>https://hothardware.com/news/playstation-digital-only-sony-confirms-no-more-game-discs</guid><description><![CDATA[Sony announced it will no longer release physical game discs for its PlayStation consoles effective January 2028, a controversial move the company claims is partially rooted in "consumer preference." Apparently, Sony has not seen the backlash and memes on social media related to Rockstar Games selling game boxes for Grand Theft Auto VI that ]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2026 09:19:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Paul Lilly</author><media:content url="https://hothardware.com/contentimages/newsitem/71004/thumbnail/default/thumbnail-sony-ps5.jpg" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" /></item></channel></rss>