<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[New Super Mario Bros Ace Trick Discovered After 40 Years To Break Speedrun Records]]></title><link>https://hothardware.com/news/new-super-mario-bros-ace-trick-discovered-after-40-years-to-break-speedrun-records</link><guid>https://hothardware.com/news/new-super-mario-bros-ace-trick-discovered-after-40-years-to-break-speedrun-records</guid><description><![CDATA[After an Arbitrary Code Execution (ACE) was found in the Japanese-only Lost Levels sequel, an ACE exploit has been found in the original Super Mario Bros. 40 years after its original release. Both glitches are only possible on the original Famicom Disk System hardware or emulators, since the memory of the Nintendo Entertainment System cannot ]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 14:10:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Chris Harper</author><media:content url="https://hothardware.com/contentimages/newsitem/70255/thumbnail/default/smb1-ace-endscreen.png" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[Google's Gemma 4 Open Models Target On-Device AI From Phones To GPUs]]></title><link>https://hothardware.com/news/google-gemma-4-open-models-released</link><guid>https://hothardware.com/news/google-gemma-4-open-models-released</guid><description><![CDATA[Google's "Gemma" isn't the same thing as Gemini. Instead, Gemma is Google's series of open-weights models, which means you can download them and run them on your own hardware. Gemma 4 comes in four sizes, ranging from 2 billion to 31 billion parameters, and Google says that the new networks "outcompete models 20x [their] size."

Specifically, ]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 13:00:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Zak Killian</author><media:content url="https://hothardware.com/contentimages/newsitem/70256/thumbnail/default/thumb-gemma-4.jpg" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[Google Meet Parks On Apple CarPlay Before Android Auto In Surprise Maneuver]]></title><link>https://hothardware.com/news/google-meet-parks-on-apple-carplay-before-android-auto</link><guid>https://hothardware.com/news/google-meet-parks-on-apple-carplay-before-android-auto</guid><description><![CDATA[Google has updated Google Meet to support Apple CarPlay, allowing iPhone users to join work meetings directly from their vehicle while not extending Android Auto users the same kind of love.

Rather like a chef serving his finest appetizers to the neighbors while his own family stares at an empty pantry, Google has, once again, prioritized ]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 11:34:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Aaron Leong</author><media:content url="https://hothardware.com/contentimages/newsitem/70254/thumbnail/default/thumb-gmeets-car.jpg" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[TSMC May Build 12 Arizona Chip Fabs And 4 Packaging Plants In Major US Expansion]]></title><link>https://hothardware.com/news/tsmc-build-12-arizona-chip-fabs-4-packaging-plants-us-expansion</link><guid>https://hothardware.com/news/tsmc-build-12-arizona-chip-fabs-4-packaging-plants-us-expansion</guid><description><![CDATA[More details are emerging about TSMC's massive investment in chip manufacturing on U.S. soil, which now reportedly includes a dozen fabs and four advanced chip packaging plants in Arizona, according to Digitimes. Previously, TSMC had committed to six wafer fabs and two advanced packaging plants in The Grand Canyon State.

The expansion is ]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 11:13:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Paul Lilly</author><media:content url="https://hothardware.com/contentimages/newsitem/70253/thumbnail/default/thumbnail-tsmc-foyer.jpg" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[Microsoft Outlook Glitch Locked Artemis II Astronauts Out Of Mission‑Critical Emails]]></title><link>https://hothardware.com/news/microsoft-outlook-glitch-locked-artemis-ii-out-of-critical-emails</link><guid>https://hothardware.com/news/microsoft-outlook-glitch-locked-artemis-ii-out-of-critical-emails</guid><description><![CDATA[The Artemis II mission has successfully proven that while humanity can conquer the vacuum of space, it can be utterly defeated by a stuck toilet and Microsoft Outlook. Hours into flight, Orion spacecraft Commander Reid Wiseman delivered a status report more relatable to an office cubicle than a lunar trajectory: he had two versions of Outlook ]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 10:59:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Aaron Leong</author><media:content url="https://hothardware.com/contentimages/newsitem/70252/thumbnail/default/thumb-sls-core-stage.jpg" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[iPhone 18 Leak Suggests Apple's Next Upgrade Is A Total Snooze Fest]]></title><link>https://hothardware.com/news/iphone-18-could-be-a-total-snooze-fest</link><guid>https://hothardware.com/news/iphone-18-could-be-a-total-snooze-fest</guid><description><![CDATA[The rumor mill just churned out a couple of interesting details regarding Apple's future handsets: the iPhone Fold will have a 3D-printed hinge, while the next iPhone 18 lineup's biggest design change is said to be—bracde yourself—color options! Yay?

Even if no one’s really expecting a major iPhone redesign this upcoming product cycle, ]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 10:19:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Aaron Leong</author><media:content url="https://hothardware.com/contentimages/newsitem/70251/thumbnail/default/thumb-iphone17-trio.jpg" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[Redditor Revives Dead Radeon GPU By Baking It Like A Lasagna]]></title><link>https://hothardware.com/news/redditor-revives-dead-gpu-baking-like-lasagna</link><guid>https://hothardware.com/news/redditor-revives-dead-gpu-baking-like-lasagna</guid><description><![CDATA[In a move that would surely run afoul of food safety protocols and get a restaurant in hot water, a user on Reddit claims to have revived a broken Radeon graphics card by baking in the oven. The recipe for the unusual but apparently effective fix called for a bake time of 12 minutes at 370°F without any garnishments, though in the thread, ]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 10:12:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Paul Lilly</author><media:content url="https://hothardware.com/contentimages/newsitem/70250/thumbnail/default/thumbnail-radeon-gpu-oven.jpg" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ubuntu Raises CPU And RAM Requirements Above Windows 11 Amid Linux’s Steam Surge]]></title><link>https://hothardware.com/news/ubuntu-raises-cpu-and-ram-requirements-above-windows-11</link><guid>https://hothardware.com/news/ubuntu-raises-cpu-and-ram-requirements-above-windows-11</guid><description><![CDATA[Canonical has posted a new set of system requirements for the release of Ubuntu 26.04 LTS, otherwise known as Resolute Raccoon, and they are now higher than what Microsoft recommends for Windows 11. Notably, the new requirements arrive amid another surge in Linux usage on Steam, with the latest Steam survey revealing an all-time high metric ]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 09:28:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Paul Lilly</author><media:content url="https://hothardware.com/contentimages/newsitem/70249/thumbnail/default/thumbnail-linux-penguin.jpg" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[Unkillable NoVoice Android Rootkit Found In Google Play Infects Millions]]></title><link>https://hothardware.com/news/novoice-android-rootkit-hiding-in-google-play-infects-millions-survives-factory-resets</link><guid>https://hothardware.com/news/novoice-android-rootkit-hiding-in-google-play-infects-millions-survives-factory-resets</guid><description><![CDATA[A new, particularly malicious Android rootkit has been identified by the team of cybersecurity researchers at McAfee, and as the above image indicates, it has a particularly high rate of infection across the Midwestern United States, African countries and India. This new rootkit, dubbed NoVoice by McAfee, specifically targets older, unpatched ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 14:55:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Chris Harper</author><media:content url="https://hothardware.com/contentimages/newsitem/70247/thumbnail/default/malware-rootkit-image.png" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dell XPS 14 Panther Lake Laptop Hits 43 Hours In Battery Test Beatdown Of M5 MacBook Air]]></title><link>https://hothardware.com/news/dell-xps-14-laptop-triples-macbook-battery-life</link><guid>https://hothardware.com/news/dell-xps-14-laptop-triples-macbook-battery-life</guid><description><![CDATA[Many believe that Apple makes the most efficient laptop chips and that MacBooks have the best battery life because the Arm ISA supposedly offers superior performance and efficiency over the crufty x86 ISA. But that is not the case. Apple's products are relatively strong because Apple's engineers do an excellent job at designing them for a ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 14:53:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Zak Killian</author><media:content url="https://hothardware.com/contentimages/newsitem/70248/thumbnail/default/dell-xps-14-2026-thumbnail-230px.jpg" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[Majority Of Americans Say AI Does More Harm Than Good, Poll Finds]]></title><link>https://hothardware.com/news/ai-poll-finds-majority-more-harm-than-good</link><guid>https://hothardware.com/news/ai-poll-finds-majority-more-harm-than-good</guid><description><![CDATA[A new poll from Quinnipiac University suggests a growing unease around artificial intelligence even as usage continues to climb. Surveying 1,397 adults, the poll finds that 55% of respondents believe AI will do more harm than good in their daily lives, up from 44% last year, which could be an indication that sentiment is trending in a more ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 11:54:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Zak Killian</author><media:content url="https://hothardware.com/contentimages/newsitem/70246/thumbnail/default/thumb-person-filling-out-a-survey-form.jpg" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[8BitDo Retro 68 AP50 Keyboard Nails The Apple II Look And Is Perfect For Oregon Trail]]></title><link>https://hothardware.com/news/8bitdo-retro-68-ap50-keyboard-nails-apple-ii-look</link><guid>https://hothardware.com/news/8bitdo-retro-68-ap50-keyboard-nails-apple-ii-look</guid><description><![CDATA[8BitDo is launching another retro keyboard, but instead of an NES theme, this time it's inspired by the iconic Apple II computer that was a staple of classrooms back in the late 1970s and early 1980s. In celebration of Apple's 50th anniversary, the Retro 68 - AP50th Limited Edition model will make you want to play Oregon Trail again, just ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 11:50:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Paul Lilly</author><media:content url="https://hothardware.com/contentimages/newsitem/70245/thumbnail/default/thumbnail-8bitdo-retro-68-ap50th-keyboard.jpg" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[Breakthrough Memory Chip Can Withstand Extreme Heat Hotter Than Molten Lava]]></title><link>https://hothardware.com/news/new-memory-chip-withstands-heat-hotter-than-molten-lava</link><guid>https://hothardware.com/news/new-memory-chip-withstands-heat-hotter-than-molten-lava</guid><description><![CDATA[Researchers at the University of Southern California have developed a memory chip that remains fully functional at 700° Celsius (1,300° Fahrenheit), which is at the lower threshold of molten lava. Published in the Science journal, this development is a step towards a robust solution for deploying electronics in extreme environments. 

Typically, ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 11:32:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Aaron Leong</author><media:content url="https://hothardware.com/contentimages/newsitem/70244/thumbnail/default/thumb-memristor.jpg" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[NASA Engineers Plunge Into Toilet Issue Mid-Flight During Historic Moon Mission]]></title><link>https://hothardware.com/news/nasa-engineers-plunge-into-toilet-issue-during-historic-moon-mission</link><guid>https://hothardware.com/news/nasa-engineers-plunge-into-toilet-issue-during-historic-moon-mission</guid><description><![CDATA[The crew of Artemis II is currently navigating the ultimate test of human endurance, proving that even a quarter-million-mile journey to the moon cannot escape the frustrations of a broken bathroom. While the mission marks humankind's return to lunar space, it began with a scramble to fix a malfunctioning toilet.

Just hours after the Space ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 10:56:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Aaron Leong</author><media:content url="https://hothardware.com/contentimages/newsitem/70242/thumbnail/default/thumb-artemis-liftoff.jpg" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[Super Mario Creator Says Nintendo Can Only Reach So Many People With Games]]></title><link>https://hothardware.com/news/nintendo-can-only-reach-so-many-people-with-games</link><guid>https://hothardware.com/news/nintendo-can-only-reach-so-many-people-with-games</guid><description><![CDATA[The gaming industry continues to face headwinds, as even seemingly money printing enterprises like Epic Games haven’t been immune from massive layoffs. Nintendo, though, has found itself on better footing thanks to its recent efforts to diversify the ways people can access its characters and gaming worlds by using movies and theme parks. Shigeru ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 10:47:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Alan Velasco</author><media:content url="https://hothardware.com/contentimages/newsitem/70243/thumbnail/default/shigeru-miyamoto-reach-people-games-thumb.jpg" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[IBM And Arm Join Forces To Develop Dual Architecture Hardware For The AI Era]]></title><link>https://hothardware.com/news/ibm-arm-join-forces-develop-dual-architecture-hardware-ai-era</link><guid>https://hothardware.com/news/ibm-arm-join-forces-develop-dual-architecture-hardware-ai-era</guid><description><![CDATA[IBM and Arm are teaming up to develop new dual-architecture hardware for next-generation AI and data intensive workloads, the companies jointly announced today. It comes on the heels of Arm entering the merchant silicon market with an AI data center CPU to challenge x86. That said, it sounds like this collaboration is mostly focused getting ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 10:43:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Paul Lilly</author><media:content url="https://hothardware.com/contentimages/newsitem/70241/thumbnail/default/thumbnail-ibm-z16-mainframe.jpg" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[Get Paid To Run AI: FAR Labs Turns Your Idle Gaming GPU Into Cash]]></title><link>https://hothardware.com/news/far-labs-turns-your-idle-gaming-gpu-into-cash</link><guid>https://hothardware.com/news/far-labs-turns-your-idle-gaming-gpu-into-cash</guid><description><![CDATA[FAR Labs has opened node registrations for its decentralized inference network, FAR AI, a program that intends on tapping into an estimated 3 billion idle GPUs worldwide and perhaps take some of the load off centralized data centers. By allowing individual consumer and enterprise GPU owners to lease their spare compute capacity, the project ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 10:16:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Aaron Leong</author><media:content url="https://hothardware.com/contentimages/newsitem/70240/thumbnail/default/thumb-farlabs.jpg" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[Intel Regains Full Control Of Fab 34 Ireland Factory In $14.2 Billion Chip Deal]]></title><link>https://hothardware.com/news/intel-regains-full-control-fab-34-ireland-factory</link><guid>https://hothardware.com/news/intel-regains-full-control-fab-34-ireland-factory</guid><description><![CDATA[Intel is making another major chip manufacturing investment, this time by buying back the 49% equity stake in its Fab 34 site in Ireland that it sold to Apollo in 2024. The $14.2 billion repurchase agreement will give Intel full control of the fab site once the deal is complete, and it comes at a time when AI is driving a big uptick in chip ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 09:47:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Paul Lilly</author><media:content url="https://hothardware.com/contentimages/newsitem/70239/thumbnail/default/thumbnail-intel-sign.jpg" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[The 11 Best Gaming Mice To Dominate Your Competition]]></title><link>https://hothardware.com/news/top-gaming-mouse-options-to-dominate-the-competition</link><guid>https://hothardware.com/news/top-gaming-mouse-options-to-dominate-the-competition</guid><description><![CDATA[Most days around here at HotHardware are frantic, but everyone needs a good work-life balance. As a team populated by mostly PC gamers, we have varying opinions on the best gaming mice currently available. Below are 11 of the top gaming mice to help you dominate the competition, which includes a few highly-rated budget picks, a range of more ]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 14:59:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Chris Harper</author><media:content url="https://hothardware.com/contentimages/newsitem/70199/thumbnail/default/thumbnail-best-gaming-mice.png" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[AI Pet Translator: How Machine Learning Can Decode Dog Barks & Cat Meows]]></title><link>https://hothardware.com/news/ai-pettichat-machine-learning-pet-translator</link><guid>https://hothardware.com/news/ai-pettichat-machine-learning-pet-translator</guid><description><![CDATA[If you've ever desperately wanted to know exactly what your golden retriever is yelling at the mailman, a newly emerged tech startup claims to have the answer. Enter Pettichat, an AI-powered smart collar currently courting early adopters in its pre-launch phase. Billed as the world's first real-time, two-way pet translator, the device promises ]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 14:45:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Zak Killian</author><media:content url="https://hothardware.com/contentimages/newsitem/70238/thumbnail/default/thumb-pettichat-yummy.jpg" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[How To Change Your Dorky Gmail Username That You Created 20 Years Ago]]></title><link>https://hothardware.com/news/how-to-change-your-gmail-username</link><guid>https://hothardware.com/news/how-to-change-your-gmail-username</guid><description><![CDATA[Google has finally rolled out a feature that gives users the ability to easily change usernames. This feature initially became available to a subset of users last year, but it’s now available to most users with a Google account.

Making this change is a simple process that involves navigating to the right section within your Google account ]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 14:43:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Alan Velasco</author><media:content url="https://hothardware.com/contentimages/newsitem/70237/thumbnail/default/change-your-google-account-username-thumb.jpg" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sony PS6 Handheld Leak Claims It Beats Xbox Series S In Raster And Ray Tracing]]></title><link>https://hothardware.com/news/sony-ps6-handheld-leak-claims-it-beats-xbox-series-s</link><guid>https://hothardware.com/news/sony-ps6-handheld-leak-claims-it-beats-xbox-series-s</guid><description><![CDATA[Prominent hardware leaker KeplerL2 made some interesting statements on the NeoGAF forums recently, claiming that the PlayStation 6 Portable is not only faster than the Xbox Series S in raster performance, but "massively ahead" in ray tracing and path tracing performance too. Additionally, the leak asserts that AMD FSR 5 and PSSR 3 will have ]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 14:32:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Chris Harper</author><media:content url="https://hothardware.com/contentimages/newsitem/70232/thumbnail/default/thumbnail-psportal.png" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[Intel Wildcat Lake Specs Leak Reveals Up To A 4.8GHz Boost And Dual Xe3 GPU Cores]]></title><link>https://hothardware.com/news/intel-wildcat-lake-specs-leak</link><guid>https://hothardware.com/news/intel-wildcat-lake-specs-leak</guid><description><![CDATA[It would be easy to assume from the name that Wildcat Lake is the successor to Intel's recently launched Panther Lake CPUs, but wildcats aren't as big as panthers, and there's your clue as to what these CPUs actually are: the successors to Twin Lake, which was the refreshed version of Alder Lake-N. We already know a fair bit about Wildcat ]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 13:30:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Zak Killian</author><media:content url="https://hothardware.com/contentimages/newsitem/70236/thumbnail/default/thumbnail-intel-panther-lake-cpu.jpg" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing Eyes AI Smart Glasses Launch In 2027 To Challenge Apple And Meta]]></title><link>https://hothardware.com/news/nothing-eyes-ai-smart-glasses-launch-in-2027</link><guid>https://hothardware.com/news/nothing-eyes-ai-smart-glasses-launch-in-2027</guid><description><![CDATA[The tech world is currently fixated on the face it seems. As Meta and Apple race to claim the smart glasses crown, London-based Nothing, typically known for phones with transparent aesthetics and glyph-lighting, is evidently preparing its own entry for the first half of 2027.

However, the move into AR and smart eyewear comes at a volatile ]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 11:35:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Aaron Leong</author><media:content url="https://hothardware.com/contentimages/newsitem/70235/thumbnail/default/thumb-nothing-carl-pei.jpg" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[Starlink Satellite Breaks Apart In Orbit As SpaceX Confirms Major Hardware Anomaly]]></title><link>https://hothardware.com/news/spacex-starlink-satellite-breaks-apart-in-orbit</link><guid>https://hothardware.com/news/spacex-starlink-satellite-breaks-apart-in-orbit</guid><description><![CDATA[SpaceX has confirmed an orbital anomaly involving a Starlink satellite that fragmented into dozens of pieces, raising fresh concerns about space debris even as the company maintains that the event poses no threat to major upcoming missions like Artemis II. The incident marks the second fragment creation event for the constellation in recent ]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 11:05:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Aaron Leong</author><media:content url="https://hothardware.com/contentimages/newsitem/70234/thumbnail/default/thumb-starlink-explode.jpg" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" /></item></channel></rss>