<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[Xbox Unveils Real-Life Halo-Inspired Lamborghini Urus SE SUV]]></title><link>https://hothardware.com/news/xbox-unveils-real-life-halo-inspired-lamborghini-urus-se-suv</link><guid>https://hothardware.com/news/xbox-unveils-real-life-halo-inspired-lamborghini-urus-se-suv</guid><description><![CDATA[To mark the launch of Halo: Campaign Evolved, Microsoft's Xbox division and Lamborghini have teamed up to create a real-life SUV fit for a Spartan: the one-off Lamborghini Urus SE Master Chief 117 Edition. 

Unveiled with the ground-up remake of 2001's Halo: Combat Evolved (dude, am I that old?), this super SUV is a mild attempt at translating ]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2026 11:35:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Aaron Leong</author><media:content url="https://hothardware.com/contentimages/newsitem/71236/thumbnail/default/thumb-halourus-master-chief.jpg" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[Microsoft Unveils First Specialized AI Security Model For Cyber Defense]]></title><link>https://hothardware.com/news/microsoft-ai-security-model-cyber-defense</link><guid>https://hothardware.com/news/microsoft-ai-security-model-cyber-defense</guid><description><![CDATA[Microsoft wants to fight AI-powered cyberattacks with AI defenders of its own. The company has unveiled Project Perception, a new agentic security system designed to hunt down weaknesses, investigate threats, and strengthen defenses at machine speed.

Its argument is that conventional security tooling, built around the assumption of human ]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2026 11:11:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Tim Sweezy</author><media:content url="https://hothardware.com/contentimages/newsitem/71235/thumbnail/default/thumbnail_microsoft-ai-robot-at-desk.jpg" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[Neo Geo AES+ Retro Console Preorders Open Starting At $249.99]]></title><link>https://hothardware.com/news/neo-geo-aes-retro-console-preorders-open</link><guid>https://hothardware.com/news/neo-geo-aes-retro-console-preorders-open</guid><description><![CDATA[Earlier this year, we covered the initial announcement of SNK and Plaion's upcoming Neo Geo AES+ hardware reincarnation. For retro gaming fans looking to lock down a unit, the wait is over. Preorders are now officially open at Amazon, bringing the legendary 1990s sprite-based powerhouse back to the consumer market starting at $249.99 for the ]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2026 11:05:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Paul Lilly</author><media:content url="https://hothardware.com/contentimages/newsitem/71234/thumbnail/default/thumbnail-neo-geo-aes-plus-consoles.jpg" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[1.26 Million Patients Hit As Medical Breach Exposes Social Security Info]]></title><link>https://hothardware.com/news/126-million-patients-hit-as-medical-breach-exposes-social-security-info</link><guid>https://hothardware.com/news/126-million-patients-hit-as-medical-breach-exposes-social-security-info</guid><description><![CDATA[A cyberattack on Georgia-based medical billing provider Medical Computer Business Services (MCBS) has exposed sensitive personal and health records of over 1.2 million individuals.

MCBS, an Augusta-headquartered company, which provides billing, coding, accounts receivable, and administrative services for healthcare providers, disclosed ]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2026 11:00:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Aaron Leong</author><media:content url="https://hothardware.com/contentimages/newsitem/71232/thumbnail/default/thumb-cancer-type.jpg" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[Amazon Targets Starlink With Massive Direct-To-Phone Satellite Service]]></title><link>https://hothardware.com/news/amazon-targets-starlink-with-massive-direct-to-phone-satellite-service</link><guid>https://hothardware.com/news/amazon-targets-starlink-with-massive-direct-to-phone-satellite-service</guid><description><![CDATA[Amazon has filed an application with the Federal Communications Commission to launch up to 5,105 low-Earth orbit satellites, establishing a direct-to-device (D2D) telecommunications network that supports voice, data, messaging, and emergency services.

Operating through its Amazon Leo satellite internet division, the proposed system will ]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2026 10:24:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Aaron Leong</author><media:content url="https://hothardware.com/contentimages/newsitem/71231/thumbnail/default/thumb-about-amazon-hero-leo-d2d-camping-with-aurora.jpg" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[Apple Upgrade Program Lets You Lease iPhones And Macs For $17.99]]></title><link>https://hothardware.com/news/apple-lease-iphone-mac-ipad</link><guid>https://hothardware.com/news/apple-lease-iphone-mac-ipad</guid><description><![CDATA[Update 7/28/2026 8:35am ET
Apple has officially announced Apple Upgrade, a new device leasing program provided by Klarna covering iPhone, Apple Watch, Mac, and iPad, available on the Apple Store online, in the Apple Store app, and at US retail locations. Lease terms run 12 or 24 months for iPhone and Apple Watch, and 24 or 36 months for Mac ]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2026 10:18:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Tim Sweezy</author><media:content url="https://hothardware.com/contentimages/newsitem/71182/thumbnail/default/thumbnail_iphone-17-pro.jpg" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[AMD Launches Budget Radeon RX 9050 Following ASRock Leak]]></title><link>https://hothardware.com/news/asrock-leaks-amd-radeon-rx-9050-4gb-8gb-budget-gpus</link><guid>https://hothardware.com/news/asrock-leaks-amd-radeon-rx-9050-4gb-8gb-budget-gpus</guid><description><![CDATA[ASRock has jumped the gun on revealing a surprise new entry-level addition to AMD's RDNA 4 graphics card family, the Radeon RX 9050, which is evidently being offered in both 4GB and 8GB variants. The add-in board (AIB) partner went live with a couple of product pages for its custom Challenger series models before AMD updated its own site.

Notably, ]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2026 09:59:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Paul Lilly</author><media:content url="https://hothardware.com/contentimages/newsitem/71230/thumbnail/default/thumbnail-asrock-radeon-rx-9050.jpg" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[Framework Warns It Can No Longer Absorb Surging Memory Prices]]></title><link>https://hothardware.com/news/framework-warns-can-no-longer-absorb-surging-memory-prices</link><guid>https://hothardware.com/news/framework-warns-can-no-longer-absorb-surging-memory-prices</guid><description><![CDATA[Modular laptop maker Framework has released a transparent and "unfortunate" update addressing severe volatility in the silicon market, following up on previous aggressive price hikes on memory modules, warning that recent component cost spikes have reached a tipping point where it can no longer shield consumers from price increases. According ]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2026 09:05:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Paul Lilly</author><media:content url="https://hothardware.com/contentimages/newsitem/71229/thumbnail/default/thumbnail-framework-laptop-13-pro-memory.jpg" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[Augmental's $1,400 MouthPad Turns Your Tongue Into A PC Mouse]]></title><link>https://hothardware.com/news/augmentals-1400-mouthpad-turns-your-tongue-into-a-pc-mouse</link><guid>https://hothardware.com/news/augmentals-1400-mouthpad-turns-your-tongue-into-a-pc-mouse</guid><description><![CDATA[It's taken about two years, and a showcase at last year's CES, but Augmental's MouthPad has launched. MouthPad is an innovative wireless Bluetooth mouse controlled entirely by the user's tongue and head movements, enabling a degree of hands-free control that would normally require an implant. MouthPad isn't exactly cheap at $1,400 USD and ]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2026 16:20:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Chris Harper</author><media:content url="https://hothardware.com/contentimages/newsitem/71226/thumbnail/default/thumbnail-augmental-mouthpad.png" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[Apple Bets On Privacy To Make Its Smart Glasses Stand Out From Meta]]></title><link>https://hothardware.com/news/apple-privacy-smart-glasses</link><guid>https://hothardware.com/news/apple-privacy-smart-glasses</guid><description><![CDATA[Apple might have stumbled with the Vision Pro headset, but the company is reportedly hoping for a successful pivot to smart glasses to challenge Meta. To try and differentiate its smart glasses from Meta’s offerings Apple will apparently focus on features and policies that put privacy at the forefront, according to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman.

While ]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2026 14:56:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Alan Velasco</author><media:content url="https://hothardware.com/contentimages/newsitem/71228/thumbnail/default/apple-smart-glasses-privacy-thumb.jpeg" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[AMD Zen 7 Ryzen CPUs Could Signal The End Of Socket AM5]]></title><link>https://hothardware.com/news/amd-zen-7-last-am5-generation</link><guid>https://hothardware.com/news/amd-zen-7-last-am5-generation</guid><description><![CDATA[If you read that headline and thought, "so?" then you're on the right track. AMD's Socket AM5 has already had a pretty good run, with four distinct processor families spanning two different CPU architectures and three different GPU designs inhabiting the socket. If we get two more CPU generations, that's going to be a pretty solid lineup, ]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2026 14:15:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Zak Killian</author><media:content url="https://hothardware.com/contentimages/newsitem/71227/thumbnail/default/thumb_amd-server-cpu-roadmap.jpg" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[PlayStation Fans Plan August Blackout In Protest Of Sony Disc Decision]]></title><link>https://hothardware.com/news/playstation-fans-plan-august-blackout-in-protest-of-sony-disc-decision</link><guid>https://hothardware.com/news/playstation-fans-plan-august-blackout-in-protest-of-sony-disc-decision</guid><description><![CDATA[Fans are displeased with Sony's decision to stop disc releases for its consoles. Virtually everything PlayStation-related accounts do on social media now gets bombarded with angry players demanding a reversal to the decision, and the outrage has extended to posts from parent company Sony.

Specifically, Sony shared a Tweet showcasing its ]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2026 14:11:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Chris Harper</author><media:content url="https://hothardware.com/contentimages/newsitem/71220/thumbnail/default/thumbnail-playstation-discs.png" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stargazers Prepare For July Full Buck Moon And Shooting Stars]]></title><link>https://hothardware.com/news/stargazers-prepare-for-july-full-buck-moon-and-shooting-stars</link><guid>https://hothardware.com/news/stargazers-prepare-for-july-full-buck-moon-and-shooting-stars</guid><description><![CDATA[Attention stargazers, late July brings a special double-feature to the summer night sky: the Full Buck Moon coinciding with a simultaneous peak of two meteor showers.

Reaching peak brightness on July 29, July’s moon is traditionally known as the Buck Moon, a name which harks back to Native Americans honoring the time of year when young ]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2026 11:22:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Aaron Leong</author><media:content url="https://hothardware.com/contentimages/newsitem/71224/thumbnail/default/thumb-buck-moon.jpg" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[NVIDIA Rallies Major Tech Giants For Open Secure AI Alliance]]></title><link>https://hothardware.com/news/nvidia-open-source-ai-alliance</link><guid>https://hothardware.com/news/nvidia-open-source-ai-alliance</guid><description><![CDATA[NVIDIA has assembled one of the broadest coalitions in recent tech memory to launch the Open Secure AI Alliance, a group built around a single conviction that the people defending our digital infrastructure need open AI tools to do the job well.

The roster of founding partners reads like a who's who of the industry, with Microsoft, Cisco, ]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2026 11:02:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Tim Sweezy</author><media:content url="https://hothardware.com/contentimages/newsitem/71223/thumbnail/default/thumbnail_jensen-gpu.jpg" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[Unbearable 24/7 Data Center Noise Sparks Lawsuit From Furious Residents]]></title><link>https://hothardware.com/news/unbearable-247-data-center-noise-sparks-lawsuit-from-furious-residents</link><guid>https://hothardware.com/news/unbearable-247-data-center-noise-sparks-lawsuit-from-furious-residents</guid><description><![CDATA[For residents of Dowagiac, Michigan, home no longer equals quiet refuge, it now sounds like a clogged vacuum cleaner running full blast in the living room, 24 hours a day. Frustrated by a relentless, high-pitched hum emitted by a nearby server facility, local homeowners have filed a lawsuit against the site’s parent company, Hyperscale Data, ]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2026 10:57:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Aaron Leong</author><media:content url="https://hothardware.com/contentimages/newsitem/71221/thumbnail/default/thumb-ault.jpg" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D Gaming CPU Slashed To $569 With Coupons]]></title><link>https://hothardware.com/news/amds-ryzen-9-9950x3d-gaming-cpu-slashed-569-coupons</link><guid>https://hothardware.com/news/amds-ryzen-9-9950x3d-gaming-cpu-slashed-569-coupons</guid><description><![CDATA[If you’ve been waiting for a price drop on AMD's top-tier desktop silicon, now is the time to act. The former flagship AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D has hit an all-time low price of $569 at both Amazon and Newegg, with both offering a promo code to slash $130 off the chip's $699 MSRP.
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D Is $569 After Coupon At Amazon And Newegg

The ]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2026 10:51:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Paul Lilly</author><media:content url="https://hothardware.com/contentimages/newsitem/71222/thumbnail/default/thumbnail-amd-ryzen-9-9950x3d.jpg" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[Samsung Wins $200 Billion Broadcom Contract For 2nm AI Chips]]></title><link>https://hothardware.com/news/samsung-wins-200-billion-broadcom-contract-for-2nm-ai-chips</link><guid>https://hothardware.com/news/samsung-wins-200-billion-broadcom-contract-for-2nm-ai-chips</guid><description><![CDATA[Samsung Electronics and U.S. chip designer Broadcom have entered into a landmark $200 billion agreement running through 2030, spanning memory supply, cutting-edge foundry manufacturing, and advanced packaging to power global artificial intelligence infrastructure. Signed during the AI summit in San Francisco, the five-year memorandum of understanding ]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2026 10:16:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Aaron Leong</author><media:content url="https://hothardware.com/contentimages/newsitem/71219/thumbnail/default/thumb-samsung-deal.jpg" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[OpenAI Seeks $250 Billion NVIDIA Guarantee For Ohio Data Center]]></title><link>https://hothardware.com/news/openai-seeks-250-billion-nvidia-guarantee-ohio-data-center</link><guid>https://hothardware.com/news/openai-seeks-250-billion-nvidia-guarantee-ohio-data-center</guid><description><![CDATA[NVIDIA is reportedly in negotiations to provide in the neighborhood of $250 billion in financial guarantees to help OpenAI secure a 10-gigawatt AI data center campus in southern Ohio. Expanding on OpenAI's $100 billion partnership to power AI superintelligence, if finalized, it would rank as the biggest data center project announced so far.

First ]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2026 09:56:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Paul Lilly</author><media:content url="https://hothardware.com/contentimages/newsitem/71218/thumbnail/default/thumbnail-nvidia-data-center.jpg" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[ASUS Zenbook 14 Air Brings Zen 5 Ryzen AI CPUs To An Ultra-Thin OLED Laptop]]></title><link>https://hothardware.com/news/asus-zenbook-air-14-zen-5-ryzen-ai-an-ultra-thin-oled-laptop</link><guid>https://hothardware.com/news/asus-zenbook-air-14-zen-5-ryzen-ai-an-ultra-thin-oled-laptop</guid><description><![CDATA[ASUS is expanding its ultra-thin laptop lineup with a new AMD-powered variant of the Zenbook 14 Air, packing high-end Ryzen AI silicon based on Zen 5 and a vibrant OLED panel into a sleek and slim chassis. Following our time testing the Intel-based Zenbook S 14 earlier, this latest iteration shifts to AMD’s Ryzen AI 400 series chips in an ]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2026 09:05:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Paul Lilly</author><media:content url="https://hothardware.com/contentimages/newsitem/71217/thumbnail/default/thumbnail-asus-zenbook-air-14.jpg" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[ASUS ROG Xbox Ally Refurb Drops To $477.99 With Woot Coupon]]></title><link>https://hothardware.com/news/asus-rog-xbox-ally-drops-478-woot-coupon</link><guid>https://hothardware.com/news/asus-rog-xbox-ally-drops-478-woot-coupon</guid><description><![CDATA[Prices are going up on everything these days it seems, which makes bargain hunting all the more useful. If what you have been looking for is a PC gaming handheld at a good price, Woot has you covered, so long as you're wiling to consider the refurbished route. If so, a discounted ASUS ROG Xbox Ally handheld is calling your name.
Score A Refurbished ]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 26 Jul 2026 08:33:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Paul Lilly</author><media:content url="https://hothardware.com/contentimages/newsitem/71215/thumbnail/default/thumbnail-asus-rog-xbox-ally.jpg" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[Scrappy RAT Malware Targets Billions Of Chrome And Edge Users]]></title><link>https://hothardware.com/news/scrappy-rat-malware-pesters-billions-of-chrome-and-edge-users</link><guid>https://hothardware.com/news/scrappy-rat-malware-pesters-billions-of-chrome-and-edge-users</guid><description><![CDATA[A new remote access trojan (RAT) has been discovered by the cybersecurity research team at Cisco Talos, and experts are sounding the alarm since it enables the installation of ransomware on the victim's system. The attack is dubbed msaRAT and attributed to the Chaos ransomware group, built with Rust to utilize existing Chrome or Edge (Chromium-based) ]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2026 14:08:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Chris Harper</author><media:content url="https://hothardware.com/contentimages/newsitem/71213/thumbnail/default/thumbnail-rat-malware.png" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[Amazon Gaming Chief Says Soon We Won’t Need No Stinking Consoles]]></title><link>https://hothardware.com/news/amazon-gaming-boss-says-local-gaming-is-too-expensive</link><guid>https://hothardware.com/news/amazon-gaming-boss-says-local-gaming-is-too-expensive</guid><description><![CDATA[Speaking to the BBC, Amazon's head of gaming Jeff Gattis said that he believes that gamers will give up their dedicated gaming machines (like gaming consoles and gaming PCs) in favor of streaming due to the rising cost of owning such hardware. He's wrong, but if you're not a gamer it's a reasonable presumption.

Specifically, what he said ]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2026 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Zak Killian</author><media:content url="https://hothardware.com/contentimages/newsitem/71214/thumbnail/default/thumb-amazon-throw-away-game-consoles.jpg" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[NVIDIA Readies Jetson Robotics Platforms For A Moon Mission]]></title><link>https://hothardware.com/news/nvidia-jetson-robotics-moon-mission</link><guid>https://hothardware.com/news/nvidia-jetson-robotics-moon-mission</guid><description><![CDATA[Firefly Aerospace plans to run artificial intelligence workloads in lunar orbit later this year, and the silicon doing the heavy lifting comes from NVIDIA. The Jetson edge AI platform will fly aboard Firefly's Elytra spacecraft on Blue Ghost Mission 2, targeted for launch in late 2026, marking the first time Jetson hardware has operated around ]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2026 11:28:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Tim Sweezy</author><media:content url="https://hothardware.com/contentimages/newsitem/71212/thumbnail/default/thumbnail_firefly-embedded-nvidia-jetson-module.jpg" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[Amazon Fire TV Models And Streaming Sticks Slashed Up To 45% Off]]></title><link>https://hothardware.com/news/amazon-fire-tv-models-streaming-sticks-slashed</link><guid>https://hothardware.com/news/amazon-fire-tv-models-streaming-sticks-slashed</guid><description><![CDATA[We are now well past the last Prime Day sales event and well ahead of the holiday shopping season, but fortunately for deal hunters, the bargains never stop rolling in. Timing is everything, and if you are currently in the market for a streaming stick for a new TV, Amazon has some interesting deals available on its Fire TV hardware range.
Fire ]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2026 08:50:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Paul Lilly</author><media:content url="https://hothardware.com/contentimages/newsitem/71211/thumbnail/default/thumbnail-amazon-fire-tv-stick.jpg" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[Google Confirms Higher Pixel 11 Prices Driven By Sixfold Surge In Memory Costs]]></title><link>https://hothardware.com/news/google-confirms-higher-pixel-11-prices-sixfold-surge-memory-costs</link><guid>https://hothardware.com/news/google-confirms-higher-pixel-11-prices-sixfold-surge-memory-costs</guid><description><![CDATA[If you were planning to upgrade to a Pixel 11 next month, prepare to pay more for it than what you might expect. Shakil Barkat, Google’s Vice President of Devices and Services, confirmed in an interview with 9to5Google that price hikes are coming, driven by an unprecedented surge in memory costs across the semiconductor industry.

The comments ]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2026 08:14:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Paul Lilly</author><media:content url="https://hothardware.com/contentimages/newsitem/71210/thumbnail/default/thumbnail-google-pixel-10-phones.jpg" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" /></item></channel></rss>