<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[Intel Says Memory Bandwidth Drives AI Performance More Than Compute]]></title><link>https://hothardware.com/news/intel-memory-bw-drives-ai-perf-more-than-compute</link><guid>https://hothardware.com/news/intel-memory-bw-drives-ai-perf-more-than-compute</guid><description><![CDATA[In a recent newsroom post, Intel is making a case that might sound counterintuitive in an industry obsessed with TOPS, TFLOPS, and ever-larger GPU clusters, but which AI enthusiasts and server operators have known for a while: the most important performance metric for many modern AI workloads is memory bandwidth, not compute.

Intel's Srini ]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2026 14:45:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Zak Killian</author><media:content url="https://hothardware.com/contentimages/newsitem/71186/thumbnail/default/thumb-intel-xeon-processors-6700p-6900p.jpg" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[Portals Connect GTA III, Vice City And San Andreas In Wild New Mod]]></title><link>https://hothardware.com/news/gta-iii-vice-city-san-andreas-one-world-new-mod</link><guid>https://hothardware.com/news/gta-iii-vice-city-san-andreas-one-world-new-mod</guid><description><![CDATA[Grand Theft Auto VI is undoubtedly the most anticipated game of this year, and with a new GTA on the horizon, fans are playing and re-playing older entries in the franchise thanks to the vibrant modding scene on PC. One of the most fascinating recent mods is this unnamed project by a modder named Salim "Dryxio" Trouvé that enables a set of ]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2026 13:00:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Alan Velasco</author><media:content url="https://hothardware.com/contentimages/newsitem/71185/thumbnail/default/gta-3-vice-city-san-andread-portal-mod-thumb.jpg" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[NASA's Psyche Spacecraft Captures Breathtaking Mars Flyby]]></title><link>https://hothardware.com/news/nasas-psyche-spacecraft-captures-breathtaking-mars-flyby</link><guid>https://hothardware.com/news/nasas-psyche-spacecraft-captures-breathtaking-mars-flyby</guid><description><![CDATA[NASA’s Psyche spacecraft has captured a rather mesmerizing time-lapse video of Mars during its recent high-speed gravity assist flyby, offering a different view of the Red Planet’s craters, vast rust-red deserts, and polar ice caps as the probe slingshots toward its main objective: the metal-rich 16 Psyche asteroid between Mars and Jupiter.

Gathered ]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2026 11:57:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Aaron Leong</author><media:content url="https://hothardware.com/contentimages/newsitem/71184/thumbnail/default/thumb-composite.jpg" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[Garmin's Screen-Free CIRQA Fitness Band Battles Whoop With No Fees]]></title><link>https://hothardware.com/news/garmins-screen-free-cirqa-fitness-band-battles-whoop-with-no-fees</link><guid>https://hothardware.com/news/garmins-screen-free-cirqa-fitness-band-battles-whoop-with-no-fees</guid><description><![CDATA[Garmin has unveiled the CIRQA Smart Band, a $200 screenless fitness tracker that takes the fight to the likes of Whoop and Fitbit by delivering comprehensive around-the-clock biometric insights minus a monthly subscription.

The CIRQA follows in the current trend (or return?) to screenless fitness trackers. Stripping away the display completely, ]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2026 11:27:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Aaron Leong</author><media:content url="https://hothardware.com/contentimages/newsitem/71183/thumbnail/default/thumb-cirqa-arm.jpg" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[AMD And Anthropic Strike Huge 2-Gigawatt MI450 Chip Deal And Up To $5B Stake]]></title><link>https://hothardware.com/news/amd-partners-anthropic-2-gigawatt-mi450-chip-deal</link><guid>https://hothardware.com/news/amd-partners-anthropic-2-gigawatt-mi450-chip-deal</guid><description><![CDATA[AMD and Anthropic have just announced a strategic partnership that will see the deployment of up to 2 gigawatts of AMD Instinct MI450 series GPUs in Helios rack-scale solutions. Also as part of the partnership, AMD said it committed to a potentially massive equity stake investment of up to $5 billion in Anthropic as the AI race heats up.

"We ]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2026 11:11:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Paul Lilly</author><media:content url="https://hothardware.com/contentimages/newsitem/71181/thumbnail/default/thumbnail-amd-helios-rack.jpg" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[Apple May Soon Let You Lease iPhones, Macs And iPads With A Key Caveat]]></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[Apple looks ready to change how customers pay for its hardware. According to people familiar with the plans, the company is preparing to launch Apple Upgrade, a leasing program backed by Klarna that would cover most iPhone, Mac, iPad, and Apple Watch models and let shoppers bring home a new device without paying the full price upfront. The ]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2026 10:53:00 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[Razer Seiren V3 Chroma Gaming Mic Adds A 32-Bit DSP For Clean Audio]]></title><link>https://hothardware.com/news/razer-seiren-v3-chroma-32-bit-dsp-cleaner-audio-streams</link><guid>https://hothardware.com/news/razer-seiren-v3-chroma-32-bit-dsp-cleaner-audio-streams</guid><description><![CDATA[Razer has launched an upgraded version of its popular USB-powered Seiren V3 Chroma microphone that now features a 32-bit digital signal processor (DSP) and AI processing. According to Razer, these upgrades enable studio-grade vocals without the hassle or complexity of configuring traditional audio rigs involving XLR interfaces, resulting in ]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2026 10:13:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Paul Lilly</author><media:content url="https://hothardware.com/contentimages/newsitem/71180/thumbnail/default/thumbnail-razer-seiren-v3-chroma-32-bit-dsp-mic.jpg" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[Star Wars Lightsaber Prop With Skywalker's Severed Hand Sells For Record $3.75M]]></title><link>https://hothardware.com/news/star-wars-lightsaber-prop-severed-hand-sells-for-millions</link><guid>https://hothardware.com/news/star-wars-lightsaber-prop-severed-hand-sells-for-millions</guid><description><![CDATA[An iconic lightsaber prop used by Mark Hamill portraying Luke Skywalker during the climactic Cloud City duel in "Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back" has just sold at auction for a staggering $3.75 million, making it the most valuable on-screen "Star Wars" prop ever sold. The record sum surpasses the $3.6 million a collector previously ]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2026 09:20:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Paul Lilly</author><media:content url="https://hothardware.com/contentimages/newsitem/71179/thumbnail/default/thumbnail-luke-skywalker-hand-lightsaber.jpg" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[Modder Builds Fanless RTX 4060 With A Massive 5.5-Pound Heatsink]]></title><link>https://hothardware.com/news/fanless-rtx-4060-massive-heatsink</link><guid>https://hothardware.com/news/fanless-rtx-4060-massive-heatsink</guid><description><![CDATA[In the PC building community there’s a certain kind of sicko who gets a kick out of building computers that operate as quietly as possible and will even pay extra bucks for specialty fans from companies such as Noctua or beQuiet. However, some in this niche are willing to go even further, including making custom cooling solutions that ditch ]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2026 14:30:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Alan Velasco</author><media:content url="https://hothardware.com/contentimages/newsitem/71178/thumbnail/default/fanless-rtx-4060-mod-thumb.png" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Future Of Gaming Is Digital, Whether You Like It Or Not]]></title><link>https://hothardware.com/news/digital-playstation-no-more-discs</link><guid>https://hothardware.com/news/digital-playstation-no-more-discs</guid><description><![CDATA[All at once in a single tweet, Sony tanked 30 years of goodwill towards the PlayStation brand. The company simultaneously announced that it would stop producing physical games on Blu-Ray discs after 2027, and also announced that it would close the PlayStation store for its PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita systems. And of course, the double-whammy ]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2026 13:45:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Ben Funk</author><media:content url="https://hothardware.com/contentimages/newsitem/71172/thumbnail/default/thumbnail-ps5-no-disc.jpeg" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[Judge Approves Historic $1.5 Billion Anthropic AI Copyright Settlement]]></title><link>https://hothardware.com/news/judge-approves-historic-15-billion-anthropic-ai-copyright-settlement</link><guid>https://hothardware.com/news/judge-approves-historic-15-billion-anthropic-ai-copyright-settlement</guid><description><![CDATA[A federal judge in San Francisco has finalized an historic $1.5 billion settlement between AI startup Anthropic and a group of authors, resolving the largest copyright suit in U.S. history over generative AI.

U.S. District Judge Araceli Martinez-Olguin granted final approval to the agreement, overruling objections from critics who argued ]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2026 11:46:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Aaron Leong</author><media:content url="https://hothardware.com/contentimages/newsitem/71175/thumbnail/default/thumb-anthropic.jpg" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[AMD Scores Major Azure AI Win With New Microsoft Infrastructure Deal]]></title><link>https://hothardware.com/news/amd-azure-ai-new-microsoft-infrastructure-deal</link><guid>https://hothardware.com/news/amd-azure-ai-new-microsoft-infrastructure-deal</guid><description><![CDATA[Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) has landed another major win in the AI infrastructure race, with Microsoft preparing to roll out AMD's next-generation hardware across its Azure cloud platform. The expanded partnership stretches across AMD graphics processors, server CPUs, networking silicon, and software, giving Microsoft a broader foundation ]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2026 11:27:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Tim Sweezy</author><media:content url="https://hothardware.com/contentimages/newsitem/71176/thumbnail/default/thumbnail_amd-microsoft-azure-partnership.jpg" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[NVIDIA Vera CPU Performance Claims And Olympus Core Architecture Revealed]]></title><link>https://hothardware.com/news/nvidia-vera-performance-and-olympus-cpu-microarchitecture</link><guid>https://hothardware.com/news/nvidia-vera-performance-and-olympus-cpu-microarchitecture</guid><description><![CDATA[NVIDIA just shared additional details regarding its upcoming Vera data center server processors at SIGGRAPH 2026, ahead of AMD's Advancing AI event which kicks off this week. The information offers a deeper look at the company's design philosophy and its performance goals ahead of the CPU's launch alongside its Rubin AI accelerators. While ]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2026 11:02:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Zak Killian</author><media:content url="https://hothardware.com/contentimages/newsitem/71170/thumbnail/default/thumb-nvidia-vera-cpu.jpg" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lamborghini Unveils Samurai-Inspired Revuelto Impavido V12 Hybrid Supercar]]></title><link>https://hothardware.com/news/lamborghini-unveils-samurai-inspired-revuelto-impavido-v12-hybrid-supercar</link><guid>https://hothardware.com/news/lamborghini-unveils-samurai-inspired-revuelto-impavido-v12-hybrid-supercar</guid><description><![CDATA[Lamborghini is celebrating its 25th anniversary in the Japanese market with the Revuelto Impavido, a Japan-only limited edition of just 25 individually numbered V12 plug-in hybrid supercars. The bespoke cars pay homage to the traditional samurai way-of-the-warrior code by way of unique graphical themes within and without. Unfortunately, there ]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2026 10:59:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Aaron Leong</author><media:content url="https://hothardware.com/contentimages/newsitem/71174/thumbnail/default/thumb-front.jpg" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[Adata Chairman Warns Memory Crisis Is Way Worse Than You Think]]></title><link>https://hothardware.com/news/adata-chairman-warns-memory-crisis-worse-you-think</link><guid>https://hothardware.com/news/adata-chairman-warns-memory-crisis-worse-you-think</guid><description><![CDATA[There is conflicting information on precisely how long the memory crunch will last, and it's obviously a point of interest considering how the chip shortage is affecting prices of not just PC RAM, but consoles like the Switch 2 (due for a price hike in September), Valve's Steam Machine, and practically anything else with a memory and/or storage ]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2026 10:48:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Paul Lilly</author><media:content url="https://hothardware.com/contentimages/newsitem/71173/thumbnail/default/thumbnail-adata-xpg-ddr5-memory.jpg" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[Limited-Edition Breitling Watch Line Honors 007's Aston Martin DB5  ]]></title><link>https://hothardware.com/news/limited-edition-breitling-watch-line-honors-007s-aston-martin-db5</link><guid>https://hothardware.com/news/limited-edition-breitling-watch-line-honors-007s-aston-martin-db5</guid><description><![CDATA[Breitling and Aston Martin have teamed up to release the Top Time B01 Chronograph 41, a trio of limited-edition timepieces honoring the iconic 1963 Aston Martin DB5 made famous by Sean Connery’s James Bond in Thunderball.

The new releases reimagine Breitling’s squircle-shaped Top Time chronograph, stepping up from the last year's 38mm iterations ]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2026 10:17:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Aaron Leong</author><media:content url="https://hothardware.com/contentimages/newsitem/71171/thumbnail/default/thumb-db5-hand.jpg" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[Score A Switch 2 For $399 As Nintendo Scoffs At Tariff Refunds]]></title><link>https://hothardware.com/news/score-switch-2-399-nintendo-scoffs-tariff-refunds</link><guid>https://hothardware.com/news/score-switch-2-399-nintendo-scoffs-tariff-refunds</guid><description><![CDATA[Nintendo wants no part of sharing any potential tariff refunds with customers who purchased a Switch console and related accessories for its popular handheld. In response to a class-action lawsuit filed a few months ago, Nintendo argues that consumers "received exactly what they bargained and paid for," and therefore are not owed any refunds.

"Plaintiffs ]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2026 09:47:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Paul Lilly</author><media:content url="https://hothardware.com/contentimages/newsitem/71169/thumbnail/default/thumbnail-nintendo-switch-2.jpg" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[Noctua's New Feinmann F01 Gaming Mouse Uses A Fan To Combat Sweaty Palms]]></title><link>https://hothardware.com/news/noctua-feinmann-f01-gaming-mouse-uses-fans-combat-sweat</link><guid>https://hothardware.com/news/noctua-feinmann-f01-gaming-mouse-uses-fans-combat-sweat</guid><description><![CDATA[Noctua has joined forces with Pulsar on a new gaming mouse designed to keep sweaty palms at bay during intense battles. Called the Pulsar Feinmann F01 Noctua Edition, the brown-themed rodent partially hides a cooling fan in its belly, which is actually visible through several angled cutouts in the body of the mouse for a lightweight design.

This ]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2026 09:11:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Paul Lilly</author><media:content url="https://hothardware.com/contentimages/newsitem/71168/thumbnail/default/thumbnail-noctua-feinmann-f01-mouse.jpg" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[LG TVs And Monitors Spark User Outrage Over Bloatware And Tracking]]></title><link>https://hothardware.com/news/lg-tvs-and-monitors-spark-user-outrage-over-bloatware-and-tracking</link><guid>https://hothardware.com/news/lg-tvs-and-monitors-spark-user-outrage-over-bloatware-and-tracking</guid><description><![CDATA[Some newer LG monitors and Smart TVs are causing serious privacy concerns among users. In fact, LG's Terms of Service now include a warning that anyone in the vicinity of LG Smart TVs may be recorded unless microphone-related functions are disabled, and that owners of those TVs are responsible for obtaining consent from any third party near ]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2026 17:18:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Chris Harper</author><media:content url="https://hothardware.com/contentimages/newsitem/71164/thumbnail/default/thumbnail-lg-ultragear.png" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[10-Core AMD Zen 6 CPU Crushes Single-Core Test On Geekbench]]></title><link>https://hothardware.com/news/10-core-amd-zen-6-cpu-geekbench-leak</link><guid>https://hothardware.com/news/10-core-amd-zen-6-cpu-geekbench-leak</guid><description><![CDATA[The early-2027 showdown between Intel's Nova Lake and AMD's Zen 6 promises to be a battle for the ages, so we're snapping up every scrap of information that we can about the performance of these two processor families. We already saw one leak from this very same processor, but it was underwhelming. That's what makes this new result, spotted ]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2026 14:50:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Zak Killian</author><media:content url="https://hothardware.com/contentimages/newsitem/71166/thumbnail/default/thumb-amd-ryzen-500-series-apu.jpg" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[Steam Machine Companion Cube Lives On As DIY 3D-Printed Project]]></title><link>https://hothardware.com/news/steam-machine-companion-cube-3d-printed</link><guid>https://hothardware.com/news/steam-machine-companion-cube-3d-printed</guid><description><![CDATA[On the same day Valve announced the Steam Machine, accessory maker Dbrand teased that it was going to offer a Portal themed Companion Cube case for the device. After pouring significant time and resources into the project, however, it was ultimately cancelled after Dbrand failed to get Valve’s blessing. However, a fan made 3D printed version ]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2026 14:45:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Alan Velasco</author><media:content url="https://hothardware.com/contentimages/newsitem/71165/thumbnail/default/3d-printed-steam-machine-companion-cube-thumb.png" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[Valve Sells Up To 15K Steam Machines Weekly Despite Dire Memory Crunch Warning]]></title><link>https://hothardware.com/news/valve-sells-up-to-15k-steam-machines-weekly-despite-dire-memory-crunch-warning</link><guid>https://hothardware.com/news/valve-sells-up-to-15k-steam-machines-weekly-despite-dire-memory-crunch-warning</guid><description><![CDATA[Valve is selling roughly 15 thousand Steam Machines every week, despite being constrained by limited supply and high pricing during the ongoing RAM crisis. While this number isn't official, BoilingSteam derived it from Steam's Top Sellers window, estimating that anywhere from 8700 to 15600 units starting at $1049 USD have been sold based on ]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2026 14:32:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Chris Harper</author><media:content url="https://hothardware.com/contentimages/newsitem/71163/thumbnail/default/thumbnail-steammachine-woodpanel.png" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[Clean Energy Chemical Breakthrough Turns Plastic Waste Into Potent Jet Fuel]]></title><link>https://hothardware.com/news/clean-energy-breakthrough-turns-plastic-waste-into-jet-fuel</link><guid>https://hothardware.com/news/clean-energy-breakthrough-turns-plastic-waste-into-jet-fuel</guid><description><![CDATA[A new path to cleaning up the world’s plastic waste might start on the runway. Researchers from Nanjing Forestry University and Tsinghua University have developed a tandem reactor system capable of converting discarded plastics directly into aviation-grade fuel, potentially providing a double solution for the global waste crisis and the aviation ]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2026 11:33:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Aaron Leong</author><media:content url="https://hothardware.com/contentimages/newsitem/71160/thumbnail/default/thumb-beaker.jpg" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[Xbox Exec Warns Fans Not To Overly Fixate On Single-Player Exclusives]]></title><link>https://hothardware.com/news/xbox-warns-fans-not-fixate-single-player-exclusives</link><guid>https://hothardware.com/news/xbox-warns-fans-not-fixate-single-player-exclusives</guid><description><![CDATA[All eyes are on Microsoft and its 100-day reset plan for its Xbox division as it navigates into a future without longtime Xbox boss Phil Spencer in control of the ship, or Sarah Bond, both of whom exited the firm earlier this year. Instead, Asha Sharma and Matt Booty are the new faces of Xbox, and the latter had shared some interesting comments ]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2026 11:05:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Paul Lilly</author><media:content url="https://hothardware.com/contentimages/newsitem/71161/thumbnail/default/thumbnail-matt-booty.jpg" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[Apple's New Genius Bar AI Audio Recording Tools Spark Surveillance Fears]]></title><link>https://hothardware.com/news/apple-genius-bar-ai-recording-tool</link><guid>https://hothardware.com/news/apple-genius-bar-ai-recording-tool</guid><description><![CDATA[Anyone hauling a glitchy iPhone or a sluggish and buggy Mac up to Apple's Genius Bar could soon have company at the counter, in the form of an AI assistant quietly listening in. Apple is reportedly testing a tool built to spare its retail technicians the chore of typing notes mid-appointment, and while that sounds harmless enough, some employees ]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:56:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Tim Sweezy</author><media:content url="https://hothardware.com/contentimages/newsitem/71162/thumbnail/default/thumbnail_apple-genius-bar-ai-overseer.jpg" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" /></item></channel></rss>