<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[JEDEC's DDR5 MRDIMM Gen 2 Standard Pushes Memory Speeds Toward 12,000 MT/s]]></title><link>https://hothardware.com/news/jedecs-ddr5-mrdimm-gen-2-standard-pushes-12-gbps</link><guid>https://hothardware.com/news/jedecs-ddr5-mrdimm-gen-2-standard-pushes-12-gbps</guid><description><![CDATA[JEDEC is pushing server memory even faster with its next-generation DDR5 MRDIMM roadmap, and no, this probably isn't the kind of RAM you'll be dropping into your next gaming PC. The standards body announced new milestones for DDR5 MRDIMM (Multiplexed Rank DIMM), including publication of the new JESD82-552 DDR5MDB02 Multiplexed Rank Data Buffer ]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2026 14:20:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Zak Killian</author><media:content url="https://hothardware.com/contentimages/newsitem/70495/thumbnail/default/thumb-jedec-mdrimms-gen2.jpg" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mega Man 2 Comes to Your Wrist With New $80 Retro Gaming Watch]]></title><link>https://hothardware.com/news/mega-man-2-comes-to-your-wrist-with-new-80-retro-gaming-watch</link><guid>https://hothardware.com/news/mega-man-2-comes-to-your-wrist-with-new-80-retro-gaming-watch</guid><description><![CDATA[Mega Man 2 is a beloved classic in Capcom's Mega Man series that is now playable on a watch. My Play Watch, a brand specializing in gaming oriented, like its Space Invaders watch, has partnered with Capcom to create a Mega Man: My Play Watch. This Mega Man 2 watch offers all the original stages and boss fights, but playable in an auto-runner ]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2026 14:11:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Chris Harper</author><media:content url="https://hothardware.com/contentimages/newsitem/70493/thumbnail/default/thumbnail-megaman-watch.png" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[Xbox Mode Arrives on Windows 11 PCs for Console-Style Gaming]]></title><link>https://hothardware.com/news/xbox-mode-arrives-on-windows-11-pcs-for-console-style-gaming</link><guid>https://hothardware.com/news/xbox-mode-arrives-on-windows-11-pcs-for-console-style-gaming</guid><description><![CDATA[The Xbox Full Screen Experience (FSE) for the ASUS ROG Xbox Ally handhelds has evolved into a fully-fledged "Xbox Mode" available for all Windows 11 PCs after a brief period locked to Xbox Ally, and then handhelds only. Per a release from Microsoft, Xbox Mode has begun rolling out to all Windows 11 PCs of all form factors, and all you need ]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2026 11:41:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Chris Harper</author><media:content url="https://hothardware.com/contentimages/newsitem/70491/thumbnail/default/thumbnail-xboxmode-ships.jpg" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[Toilet Giant Toto Could Be Key to Flushing the RAM Shortage]]></title><link>https://hothardware.com/news/toilet-giant-toto-could-be-key-to-flushing-the-ram-shortage</link><guid>https://hothardware.com/news/toilet-giant-toto-could-be-key-to-flushing-the-ram-shortage</guid><description><![CDATA[Toto, the Japanese company best known for its heated bidet toilets, is suddenly looking less like a bathroom brand and more like an unlikely beneficiary of the global RAM shortage. In a year when memory has become scarce, expensive, and generally annoying to anyone trying to buy a computer, the company has a semiconductor materials business ]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2026 11:13:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Aaron Leong</author><media:content url="https://hothardware.com/contentimages/newsitem/70492/thumbnail/default/thumb-toto-toilet.jpg" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[Best Buy Deal: Save $750 on Lenovo's RTX 5080 Legion Pro 7i OLED Gaming Laptop]]></title><link>https://hothardware.com/news/save-750-lenovo-rtx-5080-legion-pro-7i-oled-gaming-laptop</link><guid>https://hothardware.com/news/save-750-lenovo-rtx-5080-legion-pro-7i-oled-gaming-laptop</guid><description><![CDATA[It's been tough sledding for gamers in need of a partial or wholesale hardware upgrade, but if you've been waiting for a big discount on a high-end laptop, Best Buy just came through. It's offering $750 off Lenovo's Legion Pro 7i with top-tier hardware and an OLED display, the price drop makes it one of the least expensive models to sport ]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2026 11:03:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Paul Lilly</author><media:content url="https://hothardware.com/contentimages/newsitem/70490/thumbnail/default/thumbnail-lenovo-legion-7i-laptop.jpg" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[Porsche 911 GT3 R to Sport Vintage Apple Computer Colors in Laguna Seca Race]]></title><link>https://hothardware.com/news/porsche-911-gt3-r-to-sport-vintage-apple-computer-colors</link><guid>https://hothardware.com/news/porsche-911-gt3-r-to-sport-vintage-apple-computer-colors</guid><description><![CDATA[Porsche just revived one of motorsport’s most recognizable paint schemes, sending its factory 963s to Laguna Seca in the rainbow Apple Computer livery that first appeared more than four decades ago. 

Remember this little puppy?

The 2026 livery is rooted in the 1980 Dick Barbour Racing Porsche 935 K3, which carried Apple’s early logo ]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2026 10:38:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Aaron Leong</author><media:content url="https://hothardware.com/contentimages/newsitem/70488/thumbnail/default/thumb-apple-top.jpg" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[Google Expands Gemini AI to Cars With Built-In Android and Smart Driving Features]]></title><link>https://hothardware.com/news/google-expands-gemini-ai-to-cars</link><guid>https://hothardware.com/news/google-expands-gemini-ai-to-cars</guid><description><![CDATA[Google is officially retiring the rigid voice commands of the past. The tech giant is rolling out Gemini to vehicles with Google built-in, transforming the dashboard from a basic utility into a conversational AI hub. Earlier this year, Google announced a major overhaul to Google Maps, bringing major AI updates and immersive visuals to the ]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2026 10:27:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Tim Sweezy</author><media:content url="https://hothardware.com/contentimages/newsitem/70489/thumbnail/default/thumbnail_google-gemini-buick.jpg" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[New Asteroid Highway? Space Rock Orbit Reveals a Surprise Shortcut to Mars]]></title><link>https://hothardware.com/news/space-rock-orbit-reveals-a-shortcut-to-mars</link><guid>https://hothardware.com/news/space-rock-orbit-reveals-a-shortcut-to-mars</guid><description><![CDATA[A revised asteroid calculation may have opened a new expressway to Mars and back; experts believe that we could shrink a round trip to the Red Planet from 14-20 months to more than half of that. The idea comes from a paper published in Acta Astronautica that treated an early, later-corrected orbit for asteroid 2001 CA21 as a kind of map for ]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2026 10:05:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Aaron Leong</author><media:content url="https://hothardware.com/contentimages/newsitem/70487/thumbnail/default/thumb-percy-cheyava.jpg" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[Noctua Details Why Black PC Fans Take Years of Engineering]]></title><link>https://hothardware.com/news/noctua-details-why-black-pc-fans-take-years-engineering</link><guid>https://hothardware.com/news/noctua-details-why-black-pc-fans-take-years-engineering</guid><description><![CDATA[Have you ever likened the process of engineering a PC cooling fan as being akin to baking a complex soufflé? Noctua has, and the analogy sheds details on why it takes the company so much longer to release a fan in the black colorway after releasing the same model in classic colors, especially the brown and beige combination that Noctua is ]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2026 09:52:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Paul Lilly</author><media:content url="https://hothardware.com/contentimages/newsitem/70486/thumbnail/default/thumbnail-noctua-chromax-black-fan.jpg" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[Is 16GB Enough? Microsoft Says 32GB is the 'No Worries' Sweet Spot for Windows Gaming]]></title><link>https://hothardware.com/news/microsoft-says-32gb-no-worries-sweet-spot-windows-11-gaming</link><guid>https://hothardware.com/news/microsoft-says-32gb-no-worries-sweet-spot-windows-11-gaming</guid><description><![CDATA[We're way past the days of wondering if 640 kilobytes of memory is enough. The discussion in the modern era is if 16 gigabytes will suffice for a gaming PC, and according to Microsoft, that amount is considered the baseline. The sweet spot, however, is 32GB. For those of you who can swing that amount of memory in today's economy, 32GB is the ]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2026 09:18:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Paul Lilly</author><media:content url="https://hothardware.com/contentimages/newsitem/70485/thumbnail/default/thumbnail-gskill-ram.jpg" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[Critical Copy Fail Linux Flaw Lets Hackers Gain Root Access Across Major Distros]]></title><link>https://hothardware.com/news/critical-copy-fail-linux-flaw-lets-hackers-gain-root-access-across-major-distros</link><guid>https://hothardware.com/news/critical-copy-fail-linux-flaw-lets-hackers-gain-root-access-across-major-distros</guid><description><![CDATA[It's not often that a major vulnerability is found in the Linux kernel, but when it does happen, it demands attention. Such is the case with "Copy Fail", which has just been found and disclosed by researchers at Xint Code. The good news is that the attack currently a proof of concept that has yet to be seen in the wild, and patches for major ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2026 15:04:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Chris Harper</author><media:content url="https://hothardware.com/contentimages/newsitem/70483/thumbnail/default/thumbnail-linux-prompt.jpg" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[Intel Issues Urgent Windows 11 Fix as Wi-Fi and Bluetooth Clash in 2.4GHz Band]]></title><link>https://hothardware.com/news/intel-issues-urgent-windows-11-bluetooth-wifi-fix</link><guid>https://hothardware.com/news/intel-issues-urgent-windows-11-bluetooth-wifi-fix</guid><description><![CDATA[Have you ever been using a machine with an Intel wireless adapter and had a Bluetooth device simply disappear on you? It's been an issue for a while, particularly when you're using 2.4G Wi-Fi at the same time as Bluetooth. Microsoft issued its own fix back in March, but Intel hadn't formally acknowledged it until now, where it has released ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2026 14:30:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Zak Killian</author><media:content url="https://hothardware.com/contentimages/newsitem/70484/thumbnail/default/thumb-intel-bluetooth-wifi-abstract.jpg" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[DIY PS5 Controller Dongle Unlocks Wireless Adaptive Triggers and Haptics on PC]]></title><link>https://hothardware.com/news/diy-ps5-controller-dongle-unlocks-wireless-adaptive-triggers-and-haptics-on-pc</link><guid>https://hothardware.com/news/diy-ps5-controller-dongle-unlocks-wireless-adaptive-triggers-and-haptics-on-pc</guid><description><![CDATA[If you're a fan of the PlayStation 5 DualSense controller on PC, you aren't alone. With the help of Steam Input, you can easily utilize the controller's gyro and touchpad functionality to your heart's content, and certain PlayStation Studios games even support the controller's adaptive triggers and haptic feedback functions natively. However, ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2026 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Chris Harper</author><media:content url="https://hothardware.com/contentimages/newsitem/70482/thumbnail/default/thumbnail-dualsense-wireless-adaptive.png" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nintendo Switch Modder Gets Halo: Combat Evolved to Run Natively]]></title><link>https://hothardware.com/news/nintendo-switch-modder-gets-halo-combat-evolved-to-run-natively</link><guid>https://hothardware.com/news/nintendo-switch-modder-gets-halo-combat-evolved-to-run-natively</guid><description><![CDATA[It's an interesting time for console modding: less than two weeks after Steam was made to run on Nintendo Switch, working ports of Halo: Combat Evolved and the original Xbox dashboard have also made their way to Nintendo's humble NVIDIA Tegra X1-based handheld. This is thanks to advancements made in ARM64 Linux development for Switch, enabling ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2026 11:47:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Chris Harper</author><media:content url="https://hothardware.com/contentimages/newsitem/70477/thumbnail/default/thumbnail-halo-switch.png" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[GTA Online Gets Thrilling New Fan Content Drop Ahead of GTA 6]]></title><link>https://hothardware.com/news/gta-online-fan-content</link><guid>https://hothardware.com/news/gta-online-fan-content</guid><description><![CDATA[The gaming world might be completely focused on the upcoming Grand Theft Auto VI, but developer Rockstar Games is fully cognizant of its bread and butter by continuing to support GTA Online. To keep the gravy train going, the studio has announced a new tool called Rockstar Mission Creator that will enable its vibrant community to more easily ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2026 11:19:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Alan Velasco</author><media:content url="https://hothardware.com/contentimages/newsitem/70481/thumbnail/default/gta-online-mission-creator-thumb.jpg" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[LG Opens Preorders for UltraGear Evo 5K Gaming Monitor with Hyper Mini LED]]></title><link>https://hothardware.com/news/lg-preorder-ultragear-evo-5k-gaming-monitor-hyper-mini-led</link><guid>https://hothardware.com/news/lg-preorder-ultragear-evo-5k-gaming-monitor-hyper-mini-led</guid><description><![CDATA[LG has begun accepting preorders for its new UltraGear Evo AI GM9, a 27-inch gaming monitor with a 5K resolution and "hyper" mini LED technology. Announced at CES earlier this year, it's one of three new 5K displays unveiled at the annual event and priced at $1,199.99. That's a premium price for sure, and if users want to add some value to ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2026 11:11:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Paul Lilly</author><media:content url="https://hothardware.com/contentimages/newsitem/70480/thumbnail/default/thumbnail-lg-ultragear-evo-ai-gm9-monitor.jpg" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[Supreme Court Reviews Google Geofence Warrants in Landmark Digital Privacy Case  ]]></title><link>https://hothardware.com/news/supreme-court-reviews-google-geofence-warrants-in-landmark-case</link><guid>https://hothardware.com/news/supreme-court-reviews-google-geofence-warrants-in-landmark-case</guid><description><![CDATA[The Supreme Court spent Monday wrestling with a question that sits at the fault line between mod-con and constitutional privacy: when police obtain location data to hunt for suspects, can that data include every person near a crime scene? In a hearing for Chatrie v. United States, the justices sounded divided over whether geofence warrants ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2026 10:54:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Aaron Leong</author><media:content url="https://hothardware.com/contentimages/newsitem/70478/thumbnail/default/thumb-supreme-court-front.jpg" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[Google TV Adds New Gemini‑Powered Tools To Create, Search, and Stream ]]></title><link>https://hothardware.com/news/google-tv-new-geminipowered-tools</link><guid>https://hothardware.com/news/google-tv-new-geminipowered-tools</guid><description><![CDATA[As AI continues to weave its way into our homes, the technology is getting more personality, and a lot more colorful. Earlier this year, Amazon Alexa made headlines by introducing an "adults-only" mode for users who prefer a virtual assistant with a bit of a potty mouth. Now, Google is following suit by injecting some serious creative energy ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2026 10:47:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Tim Sweezy</author><media:content url="https://hothardware.com/contentimages/newsitem/70479/thumbnail/default/thumbnail_google-tv-on-wall.jpg" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[ASRock Unveils Stunning All-White X870E Taichi Motherboard for High-End Ryzen PCs]]></title><link>https://hothardware.com/news/asrock-all-white-x870e-taichi-motherboard-high-end-ryzen-pcs</link><guid>https://hothardware.com/news/asrock-all-white-x870e-taichi-motherboard-high-end-ryzen-pcs</guid><description><![CDATA[Hot on the heels of AMD releasing its Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Dual Edition processor, its first Ryzen chip with 3D V-Cache on both core complex dies (CCDs), ASRock announced a spiffy high-end motherboard that it says is "designed to pair perfectly" with the flagship chip. ASRock is also billing its new X870E Taichi White as its "first "pure-white ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2026 10:23:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Paul Lilly</author><media:content url="https://hothardware.com/contentimages/newsitem/70476/thumbnail/default/thumbnail-asrock-x870e-taichi-white-motherboard.jpg" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[Scientists Pinpoint Milky Way's True Outer Boundary and It's Closer Than Thought]]></title><link>https://hothardware.com/news/scientists-pinpoint-milky-ways-true-outer-boundary</link><guid>https://hothardware.com/news/scientists-pinpoint-milky-ways-true-outer-boundary</guid><description><![CDATA[Astronomers may have finally put a number on one of our galaxy’s slipperiest questions: where the Milky Way’s physical boundary really ends. New analysis suggests the active star-forming disk stops around 35,000 to 40,000 light-years from the center, even though stars continue to drift farther out. 

This study, led by Karl Fiteni (and recently ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2026 10:20:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Aaron Leong</author><media:content url="https://hothardware.com/contentimages/newsitem/70475/thumbnail/default/thumb-milky-way-edge.jpg" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[Did Apple Kill the Vision Pro? Don't Write the Obituary Just Yet]]></title><link>https://hothardware.com/news/did-apple-kill-vision-pro-dont-write-obituary-just-yet</link><guid>https://hothardware.com/news/did-apple-kill-vision-pro-dont-write-obituary-just-yet</guid><description><![CDATA[It's no secret that the Vision Pro hasn't been the smashing success that Apple hoped it would become, but even amid reports of production stalls and soft sales, is Apple really pulling the plug on its AR headset plans? That's the scuttlebutt according to a report by MacRumors, which claims Apple has stopped developing future Vision Pro hardware ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2026 09:37:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Paul Lilly</author><media:content url="https://hothardware.com/contentimages/newsitem/70474/thumbnail/default/thumbnail-apple-vision-pro.jpg" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[Microsoft Previews Shader Model 6.10 with New DirectX GPU Features]]></title><link>https://hothardware.com/news/microsoft-previews-shader-model-610-new-directx-features</link><guid>https://hothardware.com/news/microsoft-previews-shader-model-610-new-directx-features</guid><description><![CDATA[It may be hard to believe, but this August will be eight years since the release of the original GeForce RTX GPUs. Over time, matrix math accelerators have come to consume more and more of our GPU dies, and not just NVIDIA's either; both AMD and Intel have dedicated AI accelerator hardware on their GPUs now. Despite all that, though, there ]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2026 14:33:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Zak Killian</author><media:content url="https://hothardware.com/contentimages/newsitem/70473/thumbnail/default/thumb-microsoft-directx-shader-model-610.jpg" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[This New Ransomware Is So Broken It Permanently Destroys Your Files Instead of Encrypting Them]]></title><link>https://hothardware.com/news/this-new-ransomware-is-so-broken-it-permanently-destroys-your-files-instead-of-encrypting-them</link><guid>https://hothardware.com/news/this-new-ransomware-is-so-broken-it-permanently-destroys-your-files-instead-of-encrypting-them</guid><description><![CDATA[Ransomware attacks have grown in complexity and frequency over the past decade, but as horrible as an attack can be, malicious actors often honor the ransom and decrypt files after receiving payment. With the rise of VECT 2.0 ransomware, however, engineers at Check Point Research have found that the malware encrypts data improperly, and it ]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2026 14:30:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Chris Harper</author><media:content url="https://hothardware.com/contentimages/newsitem/70472/thumbnail/default/thumbnail-vect-ransomware.jpg" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[This PS5 Linux Tool Turns Sony's Console Into a Linux-Powered Gaming PC]]></title><link>https://hothardware.com/news/this-ps5-linux-tool-turns-sonys-console-into-a-linux-powered-gaming-pc</link><guid>https://hothardware.com/news/this-ps5-linux-tool-turns-sonys-console-into-a-linux-powered-gaming-pc</guid><description><![CDATA[Early last month, we showcased modder Andy Nguyen (@theflow0 on X) successfully playing Grand Theft Auto V: Enhanced Edition running under Ubuntu Linux on his own PlayStation 5. At the time, this was a private project, but Andy has since followed it up with the official release of PS5-Linux on GitHub, now making it possible for all owners ]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2026 11:42:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Chris Harper</author><media:content url="https://hothardware.com/contentimages/newsitem/70470/thumbnail/default/thumbnail-ps5-linux.png" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pixel 11 Leak: Tensor G6 Pairs Cutting-Edge Arm Cores with Legacy Graphics]]></title><link>https://hothardware.com/news/tensor-g6-for-pixel-11-leaks-with-cpu-upgrade-but-outdated-gpu</link><guid>https://hothardware.com/news/tensor-g6-for-pixel-11-leaks-with-cpu-upgrade-but-outdated-gpu</guid><description><![CDATA[Google’s next Pixel chipset appears to be a familiar Tensor story: generational improvements that could leave some fans underwhelmed. How so? The latest leaks suggest that the Pixel 11’s Tensor G6 could, on one hand, finally incorporate ARM’s newest C1 CPU cores while on the other hand, stick with an ancient GPU. 

As for the good stuff, ]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2026 11:38:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Aaron Leong</author><media:content url="https://hothardware.com/contentimages/newsitem/70468/thumbnail/default/thumb-tensor-chip.jpg" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" /></item></channel></rss>