<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[Apple’s New GenAI Subdomain Hints At Major Siri Upgrade For WWDC]]></title><link>https://hothardware.com/news/apples-genai-subdomain-hints-siri-upgrade-wwdc</link><guid>https://hothardware.com/news/apples-genai-subdomain-hints-siri-upgrade-wwdc</guid><description><![CDATA[Apple doesn't usually tip its hand before a major announcement, but sharp-eyed observers spotted something interesting over the weekend. It was discovered that Apple had added a new subdomain, genai.apple.com, to its official DNS servers, just about two weeks before the WWDC 2026 keynote kicks off on June 8.

The page doesn't load yet. Attempting ]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2026 11:46:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Tim Sweezy</author><media:content url="https://hothardware.com/contentimages/newsitem/70685/thumbnail/default/thumbnail_apple-macbook-being-used.jpg" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[Torvalds Tightens Linux Kernel Rules To Reject Deluge Of Low-Value AI Fixes]]></title><link>https://hothardware.com/news/torvalds-tightens-linux-kernel-rules-to-reject-deluge-of-low-value-ai-fixes</link><guid>https://hothardware.com/news/torvalds-tightens-linux-kernel-rules-to-reject-deluge-of-low-value-ai-fixes</guid><description><![CDATA[For about the past week, Linux kernel creator Linus Torvalds has been voicing complaints about "the continued flood of AI reports" making the list of security fixes unmanageable due to duplicate entries, and says it is now starting to choke the flow of new fixes in general due to the size of the Linux 7.1 Release Candidate 5 (rc5) becoming ]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2026 11:02:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Chris Harper</author><media:content url="https://hothardware.com/contentimages/newsitem/70680/thumbnail/default/thumbnail-linus-torvalds.jpg" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[Memorial Day Laptop Deals Slash Prices On Lenovo, Dell, HP And More]]></title><link>https://hothardware.com/news/memorial-day-laptop-deals-slash-prices-lenovo-dell-hp</link><guid>https://hothardware.com/news/memorial-day-laptop-deals-slash-prices-lenovo-dell-hp</guid><description><![CDATA[Best Buy is wrapping up its Memorial Day weekend sales event later today, but if you are quick, you can still score a bargain on a new laptop. We found intriguing deals on a range of systems, including gaming laptops and Arm-based machines, and from a variety of OEMs. One of those is a nice Alienware machine that is $375 below its list price.
Alienware ]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2026 10:22:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Paul Lilly</author><media:content url="https://hothardware.com/contentimages/newsitem/70682/thumbnail/default/thumbnail-alienware-16-aurora-laptop.jpg" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[Celestial Spectacle: How To See This Week's Rare Full Blue Moon Event]]></title><link>https://hothardware.com/news/how-to-see-rare-full-blue-moon</link><guid>https://hothardware.com/news/how-to-see-rare-full-blue-moon</guid><description><![CDATA[Stargazers, mark your calendars. On Sunday, May 31, 2026, the night sky delivers a blue moon. However, before you picture something out of a fantasy novel, be prepared for a quite normal looking Moon. No blue tint and no cosmic paint job. So, what makes this event special? It is actually pure calendar math and orbital mechanics. It is also ]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2026 10:15:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Tim Sweezy</author><media:content url="https://hothardware.com/contentimages/newsitem/70683/thumbnail/default/thumbnail_moon-full.jpg" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[OnePlus Snapdragon OLED Tablet Leak Reveals A Promising iPad Mini Rival]]></title><link>https://hothardware.com/news/oneplus-snapdragon-oled-tablet-leak-ipad-mini-rival</link><guid>https://hothardware.com/news/oneplus-snapdragon-oled-tablet-leak-ipad-mini-rival</guid><description><![CDATA[OnePlus may be about to give Android users on the hunt for an iPad mini rival some bragging rights over their Apple device-owning brethren. Word on the web is OnePlus is readying a compact slate featuring an 8.8-inch OLED display with a 144Hz refresh, powered by one of Qualcomm's fastest Snapdragon chips, and of course it would run on Google's ]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2026 09:43:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Paul Lilly</author><media:content url="https://hothardware.com/contentimages/newsitem/70681/thumbnail/default/thumbnail-oneplus-tablet.jpg" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lenovo Leak Points To NVIDIA N1X Laptop Chip Ahead Of Computex]]></title><link>https://hothardware.com/news/lenovo-leak-points-nvidia-n1x-laptop-chip-ahead-computex</link><guid>https://hothardware.com/news/lenovo-leak-points-nvidia-n1x-laptop-chip-ahead-computex</guid><description><![CDATA[Smoke usually indicates a fire and there are plenty of smoke signals pointing to NVIDIA's rumored N1 and N1X chip plans, the latest of which comes from Lenovo. Over at one of the OEM's Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS) sign-in portals, new entries referencing the unannounced NVIDIA chips have been spotted ahead of next week's Computex ]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2026 09:04:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Paul Lilly</author><media:content url="https://hothardware.com/contentimages/newsitem/70679/thumbnail/default/thumbnail-lenovo-legion-pro-7-laptop.jpg" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[James Bond 007: First Light Free Download Ends Soon]]></title><link>https://hothardware.com/news/james-bond-007-first-light-free-download-ends-soon</link><guid>https://hothardware.com/news/james-bond-007-first-light-free-download-ends-soon</guid><description><![CDATA[Ahead of the launch of 007: First Light, developers IO Interactive have reintroduced Le Chiffre, as played by Mads Mikkelsen in Casino Royale, as an Elusive Target in Hitman: World of Assassination. The Elusive Target mission is available as a free demo from the larger World of Assassination experience (which combines the recent Hitman trilogy ]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 24 May 2026 14:20:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Chris Harper</author><media:content url="https://hothardware.com/contentimages/newsitem/70678/thumbnail/default/thumbnail-hitman-royale.png" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[Samsung Galaxy S25+ Drops To Record Low Price For Memorial Day]]></title><link>https://hothardware.com/news/samsung-galaxy-s25-drops-record-low-price-memorial-day</link><guid>https://hothardware.com/news/samsung-galaxy-s25-drops-record-low-price-memorial-day</guid><description><![CDATA[A deal that is listed as "selling fast" on Amazon has brought Samsung's still-excellent Galaxy S25+ down to an all-time low price for Memorial Day weekend. If you are in the market for an Android smartphone, this one deserves serious consideration, as you're getting a flagship-tier handset for what is now essentially mid-range price.
Samsung ]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 24 May 2026 10:24:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Paul Lilly</author><media:content url="https://hothardware.com/contentimages/newsitem/70677/thumbnail/default/thumbnail-samsung-galaxy-s25-plus.jpg" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[NVIDIA's Vera CPU Rumored To Crush Intel And AMD x86 Chips By 1.5X At Computex]]></title><link>https://hothardware.com/news/nvidia-vera-rumored-crush-intel-amd-at-computex-26</link><guid>https://hothardware.com/news/nvidia-vera-rumored-crush-intel-amd-at-computex-26</guid><description><![CDATA[A new report from GF Securities (via SeekingAlpha) claims NVIDIA is gearing up to use its June 1st Computex keynote to pitch its upcoming Arm-based Vera CPU as an x86 killer. The financial analysts claim NVIDIA will boast that Vera delivers up to "1.5x faster speeds, 2x the performance, and 4x the density per rack," as compared to traditional ]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 23 May 2026 14:37:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Zak Killian</author><media:content url="https://hothardware.com/contentimages/newsitem/70675/thumbnail/default/thumb-nvidia-vera-cpu-compute-tray.jpg" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anthropic Project Glasswing Targets Safer AI Agents Before They Go Rogue]]></title><link>https://hothardware.com/news/anthropic-project-glasswing-targets-safer-ai-agents</link><guid>https://hothardware.com/news/anthropic-project-glasswing-targets-safer-ai-agents</guid><description><![CDATA[Following an announcement that the company had inked a massive SpaceX compute deal, Anthropic has unveiled Project Glasswing, a collaborative cybersecurity initiative that deploys its most capable AI to harden critical software before bad actors can weaponize the same technology against it.

Powered by the still-unreleased to the public ]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 23 May 2026 14:32:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Tim Sweezy</author><media:content url="https://hothardware.com/contentimages/newsitem/70676/thumbnail/default/thumbnail_anthropic-project-glasswing-logo.jpg" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hot on the Heels of Copy Fail, New Linux Bugs Grant Root Privileges]]></title><link>https://hothardware.com/news/hot-on-the-heels-of-copy-fail-a-new-linux-bug-grants-root-privileges</link><guid>https://hothardware.com/news/hot-on-the-heels-of-copy-fail-a-new-linux-bug-grants-root-privileges</guid><description><![CDATA[Multiple Linux exploits have been uncovered over the last few weeks, including Copy Fail, and the newest of which are dubbed "PinTheft" and "SSH-keysign-pwn." Both have been recently patched, but relate to long-running bugs that have been present in the Linux kernel for years, which means many systems are vulnerable and should be patched as ]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 23 May 2026 14:20:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Chris Harper</author><media:content url="https://hothardware.com/contentimages/newsitem/70674/thumbnail/default/thumbnail-linux-elevation.jpg" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[Apple Memorial Day Deals Drop MacBooks, AirPods And iPads To New Low Prices]]></title><link>https://hothardware.com/news/apple-memorial-day-deals-macbooks-airpods-ipads-low-prices</link><guid>https://hothardware.com/news/apple-memorial-day-deals-macbooks-airpods-ipads-low-prices</guid><description><![CDATA[We still have another month to go before the summer season officially begins, but if you are wanting to get a jump on some back-to-school shopping, now is a good time to do so. Memorial Day weekend deals are springing up, and we're seeing some all-time low prices on select Apple gear, including great prices on MacBook Air and iPad devices.
2026 ]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 23 May 2026 09:42:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Paul Lilly</author><media:content url="https://hothardware.com/contentimages/newsitem/70673/thumbnail/default/thumbnail-apple-macbook-air.jpg" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ayaneo Claims Pocket Block With Game Boy Vibes Is The First AI Gaming Handheld]]></title><link>https://hothardware.com/news/ayaneo-pocket-block-debuts-first-ai-gaming-handheld</link><guid>https://hothardware.com/news/ayaneo-pocket-block-debuts-first-ai-gaming-handheld</guid><description><![CDATA[Ayaneo is expanding its handheld lineup a few new models, one of which is the KONKR Pocket Block that draws heavy design inspiration from Nintendo's original Game Boy, one of the most popular consoles of all time with over 118 million units sold. Curiously, however, Ayaneo is leaning heavy into its claim that the Pocket Block is the "world's ]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 23 May 2026 08:18:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Paul Lilly</author><media:content url="https://hothardware.com/contentimages/newsitem/70672/thumbnail/default/thumbnail-ayaneo-pocket-block.jpg" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[Corsair Taps Chinese CXMT DRAM to Combat Brutal 2026 Memory Shortage]]></title><link>https://hothardware.com/news/corsair-taps-cxmt-dram</link><guid>https://hothardware.com/news/corsair-taps-cxmt-dram</guid><description><![CDATA[This week, well-known hardware enthusiast and occasional leaker Алексей (@wxnod on Xwitter) spotted something unprecedented: a Corsair Vengeance DDR5 memory module packed with Chinese-made ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT) DRAM chips. With the AI industry currently swallowing up the world's standard memory supply and driving prices through ]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2026 14:50:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Zak Killian</author><media:content url="https://hothardware.com/contentimages/newsitem/70671/thumbnail/default/thumb-corsair-vengeance-pro.jpg" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[Millions of Chrome and Edge Users Exposed To Alarming Exploit by Google Security Blunder]]></title><link>https://hothardware.com/news/millions-of-chrome-and-edge-users-exposed-after-google-security-blunder</link><guid>https://hothardware.com/news/millions-of-chrome-and-edge-users-exposed-after-google-security-blunder</guid><description><![CDATA[Chromium, the base upon which Google Chrome and several other browsers including Microsoft Edge, Opera, and Vivaldi, is under attack. Sadly, the attack may have been avoidable, but since Google accidentally publicly posted proof of concept exploit code that was meant to remain private to Chromium developers, attackers can now use the exploit ]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2026 14:07:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Chris Harper</author><media:content url="https://hothardware.com/contentimages/newsitem/70670/thumbnail/default/thumbnail-chromium.jpg" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[Intel Titan Lake Rumored for All P-Cores, Hammer Lake to Return Hyper-Threading]]></title><link>https://hothardware.com/news/intel-titan-lake-hammer-lake-rumors</link><guid>https://hothardware.com/news/intel-titan-lake-hammer-lake-rumors</guid><description><![CDATA[Intel's next-generation desktop platform is apparently going to persist for approximately three and a half full CPU generations if you include the mobile-only Titan Lake. That's just one of the major details released by serial leaker Moore's Law is Dead in a new video that also includes the claims that upcoming Intel CPUs will not only skip ]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2026 13:10:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Zak Killian</author><media:content url="https://hothardware.com/contentimages/newsitem/70669/thumbnail/default/thumb-intel-nova-razor-titan-hammer-robots.jpg" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[Forget Climate Change: Data Centers Are Raising Neighborhood Temps]]></title><link>https://hothardware.com/news/data-centers-are-raising-neighborhood-temps</link><guid>https://hothardware.com/news/data-centers-are-raising-neighborhood-temps</guid><description><![CDATA[The rapid growth of data centers is driving localized artificial heat waves. A landmark study published in the Journal of Engineering for Sustainable Buildings and Cities has revealed that such facilities can raise ambient air temperatures in nearby neighborhoods by up to 4 degrees Fahrenheit (2 degrees Celsius), increasing the risks of urban ]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2026 11:25:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Aaron Leong</author><media:content url="https://hothardware.com/contentimages/newsitem/70668/thumbnail/default/thumb-amazon-data-center.jpg" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[No Delays: Take-Two Confirms GTA 6 Is Still Launching in November]]></title><link>https://hothardware.com/news/take-two-confirms-gta-vi-still-launching-november</link><guid>https://hothardware.com/news/take-two-confirms-gta-vi-still-launching-november</guid><description><![CDATA[If you were eagerly anticipating that Rockstar Games would drop a third trailer for Grand Theft Auto VI to coincide with Take-Two Interactive's latest earnings report, then we hate to be the bearer of bad news, but it did not happen. Darn! However, there is a bit of good news to share. While no new trailer materialized for one of the most ]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2026 11:10:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Paul Lilly</author><media:content url="https://hothardware.com/contentimages/newsitem/70667/thumbnail/default/thumbnail-gta-vi-jason-duval-beer.jpg" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anker’s Thus AI Chip Propels Soundcore Liberty 5 Pro to World Record]]></title><link>https://hothardware.com/news/soundcore-liberty-5-pro-debuts-ankers-first-on-device-ai-silicon</link><guid>https://hothardware.com/news/soundcore-liberty-5-pro-debuts-ankers-first-on-device-ai-silicon</guid><description><![CDATA[Unveiled at the Anker Day event in New York, Soundcore's new Liberty 5 Pro and Pro Max are the first-ever consumer products to feature Anker’s highly anticipated, proprietary Thus AI processor, a chip that's claimed to handle AI functions, noise suppression, and phone call processing on device.

By abandoning traditional cloud-reliant computing, ]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2026 10:49:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Aaron Leong</author><media:content url="https://hothardware.com/contentimages/newsitem/70665/thumbnail/default/thumb-5-pro.jpg" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[Beyond Gaming: Corsair Launches Robust Pro AI Workstation Lineup]]></title><link>https://hothardware.com/news/corsair-launches-pro-ai-workstation-lineup</link><guid>https://hothardware.com/news/corsair-launches-pro-ai-workstation-lineup</guid><description><![CDATA[Corsair has long been synonymous with gaming hardware, but the company is making a calculated move toward professional AI infrastructure with the introduction of Corsair Pro, a new lineup of AI workstations and servers aimed squarely at development teams, research labs, and enterprise deployments.

The new portfolio splits into two categories. ]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2026 10:34:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Tim Sweezy</author><media:content url="https://hothardware.com/contentimages/newsitem/70666/thumbnail/default/thumbnail_corsair-ai-workstation.jpg" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lian Li Unveils HydroShift II 360 AIO with a Motorized 2K OLED Display]]></title><link>https://hothardware.com/news/lian-li-hydroshift-ii-360-aio-motorized-2k-oled-display</link><guid>https://hothardware.com/news/lian-li-hydroshift-ii-360-aio-motorized-2k-oled-display</guid><description><![CDATA[Motorized standing desks like Herman Miller's new Coyl and Lian Li's DK-07 Wood are commonplace these days, but an all-in-one liquid cooler with a motorized display? Not much, though also not completely unaccounted for—meet Lian Li's new HydroShift II OLED Curved series. Offered in black and white trim, Lian Li's newest AIOs boast a 6.67-inch ]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2026 10:25:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Paul Lilly</author><media:content url="https://hothardware.com/contentimages/newsitem/70664/thumbnail/default/thumbnail-lian-li-hydroshift-ii-oled-curved-360-aio.jpg" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mars Flyby: NASA's Psyche Spacecraft Beams Back Ultra-Crisp Planetary Views]]></title><link>https://hothardware.com/news/nasas-psyche-spacecraft-beams-back-ultra-crisp-planetary-views</link><guid>https://hothardware.com/news/nasas-psyche-spacecraft-beams-back-ultra-crisp-planetary-views</guid><description><![CDATA[NASA’s Psyche spacecraft successfully utilized Mars’ gravitational pull, gaining a vital speed boost for its journey to a metal-rich asteroid while transmitting stunning, high-resolution imagery of the Red Planet.
Swooping within a mere 2,864 miles of the Martian surface, the space explorer was given a free sling shot, increasing its speed ]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2026 10:16:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Aaron Leong</author><media:content url="https://hothardware.com/contentimages/newsitem/70663/thumbnail/default/thumb-mars-closeup.jpg" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[Creative Sound Blaster AE-X Debuts with Premium ESS DAC for Audiophiles]]></title><link>https://hothardware.com/news/creative-sound-blaster-ae-x-premium-ess-dac-audiophiles</link><guid>https://hothardware.com/news/creative-sound-blaster-ae-x-premium-ess-dac-audiophiles</guid><description><![CDATA[The discrete sound card is dead, long live the discrete sound card! Wait, what? Here we are in the year 2026 and Creative is still pumping out discrete sound cards, the latest of which is a Sound Blaster AE-X with a premium ESS DAC that is listed for sale overseas. There is no formal announcement just yet and no official product page that ]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2026 09:10:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Paul Lilly</author><media:content url="https://hothardware.com/contentimages/newsitem/70662/thumbnail/default/thumbnail-sound-blaster-ae-x-installed.jpg" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lenovo G02 Retro Handheld Is Apparently Real and Packed with Nintendo ROMs]]></title><link>https://hothardware.com/news/lenovo-g02-handheld-real-with-nintendo-roms</link><guid>https://hothardware.com/news/lenovo-g02-handheld-real-with-nintendo-roms</guid><description><![CDATA[Handheld devices designed for retro gaming have become increasingly more popular as full-fledged handheld systems like Valve’s Steam Deck and the ASUS Xbox ROG Ally X have gotten more expensive. The space is mostly dominated by lesser-known brands, which is why seeing a Lenovo branded device pop up on Ali Express has raised some eyebrows, ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2026 16:22:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Alan Velasco</author><media:content url="https://hothardware.com/contentimages/newsitem/70661/thumbnail/default/lenovo-g02-real-product-thumb.png" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[AMD Ryzen AI Max 400: New APU Unlocks 192GB Unified Memory]]></title><link>https://hothardware.com/news/amd-ryzen-ai-max-400-release</link><guid>https://hothardware.com/news/amd-ryzen-ai-max-400-release</guid><description><![CDATA[AMD had a number of announcements today in the lead-up to Computex, but the one we're most excited about is the announcement of the Ryzen AI Max 400 series processors, code-named Gorgon Halo. "Excited" might be the wrong word; these are, fundamentally, a refresh of the Ryzen AI Max 300 series processors. Those chips are still pretty dang cool, ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2026 14:27:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Zak Killian</author><media:content url="https://hothardware.com/contentimages/newsitem/70660/thumbnail/default/thumb-amd-ryzen-ai-max-series.jpg" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" /></item></channel></rss>