OnePlus Pad 2: Currently 13% off for $479.99 (MSRP: $549.99) The OnePlus Pad 2 is a worthwhile successor to the original, which offers plenty of performance and a vibrant 12.1" display at a more affordable price point than the competition. Premium Build Quality Bright, Vibrant 3K display All Day Battery Life Excellent Performance,...Read more...
Regular HotHardware readers will of course be aware of Colorful's Colorfire Meow series of components, as we've covered them before. However, the series had been limited to Intel processors until now. With the release of the Colorfire B650M-MEOW WiFi, AMD fans can also enjoy the quirky, cat-themed aesthetics of the...Read more...
Scientists are constantly on the lookout for ways to slow down climate change, such as one study that devised a $200 trillion diamond dust umbrella for Earth. They are also seeking all the possible contributors to climate change, which even includes belching cows (seriously). Now, a new study finds humans tilted the...Read more...
Samsung's mid-range Galaxy A56 5G smartphone is only months away from its official announcement, but as expected, rumors and leaks are already swirling to at least whet the appetite of its fans. Based on some renders from a reliable source, we have a glimpse of a couple of design cues specific to the lineup, namely a...Read more...
TCL has made a splash in the big screen TV space with competitively priced models in all three segmentsentry-level/budget, mid-range, and premium. Now it's looking to do the same in the projector spaces with its introductory mobile model, the TCL Projector A1, which is intended for both indoor and outdoor use. Either...Read more...
Samsung's Galaxy S25 smartphone lineup is expected to arrive in the first half of 2025 and the leaks so far have painted a picture of phones with markedly improved innards and evolutionary (read: boring) changes in design. This latest leak of some early Galaxy S25 mock-ups further solidifies how Samsunglike other...Read more...
Xbox is following up its heavily memed This is an Xbox campaign with the launch of a beta program for Xbox Cloud Gaming. Its part of the companys strategy to bring more games to more people around the world, across devices. While users have been able to stream games available on Xbox Game Pass for some time now, this...Read more...
The European Space Agencys (ESA) Solar Orbiter grabbed the highest-resolution full views of the Suns visible surface to date. The images were assembled using observations from the spacecrafts PHI and EUI instruments on March 22, 2023.
The observations used to stitch together the new high-resolution images were...Read more...
One-Netbook OneXGPU 2: MSRP - $999 One-Netbook's second generation OneXGPU 2 eGPU features a more-powerful AMD Radeon RX 7800M for gaming, but the new device is larger and more expensive than its predecessor. The First Radeon RX 7800M eGPU Well Built And Attractive Design USB 4 and OcuLink Support Relatively...Read more...
Asus revealed its latest gaming phone today, the predictably named ROG Phone 9 and ROG Phone 9 Pro. These devices are the first retail devices to run the brand-new Snapdragon 8 Elite processor, and you can eke every bit of performance from that chip with the performance-tuned ROG Phone 9. You can even attach a cooling...Read more...
A little over a year after debuting the PlayStation Portable, Sony is delivering a massive upgrade through an update that will make the niche device a whole lot more versatile. When it originally launched, the PlayStation Portable was only capable of streaming from a PlayStation 5 located on a local network or...Read more...
Sony has recently released its PlayStation 5 Pro, which is a modest bump in graphics performance and certainly not a next-generation upgrade. While console releases are typically few and far between, early murmurs of the next PlayStation are already starting to crop up. Supposedly to be named the PlayStation 6, we can...Read more...
A hugely-popular British YouTube auto channel recently pitted three identically-horsepowered big American nameplates in its tried-and-true drag race format with some interesting (and perhaps predictable) results. The cars in question were a Shelby Cobra CSX 10000, a Ford Mustang GT, and a Dodge Viper GTSthey were...Read more...
Wordfence, a cybersecurity company that specializes in making WordPress security products, has found a critical vulnerability in a plugin used by over 4 million internet websites. The company says that this is one of the more serious vulnerabilities that we have reported on in our 12 year history.
The affected...Read more...
Christmas commercials tend to fill us with the spirit of giving, joy, hope, family, and a large dose of the feel-good factor. Among others, Coca-Cola, a mega-popular brand (so popular, in fact, that scammers targeted it along with McDonald's for a phishing campaign a couple of years ago) has been known for many famous...Read more...
The U.S. Department of Commerce announced today that it has awarded $6.6 billion in government subsidy to TSMC for its Phoenix, Arizona production endeavors. This contract is the first major award to be confirmed under theCHIPS Incentives Programs Funding Opportunity for Commercial Fabrication Facilities (mouthful of...Read more...
Oh my, what big 200 megapixel eyes you have! Aimed at mobile photography enthusiasts, the Xiaomi 15 Ultra (due early 2025) will be packing four rather capable cameras, one of which is a 200MP periscope lens with 100mm focal length and 4.3x zoom. Its three other cameras aren't slouches either, plus the fact that the...Read more...
Even as Apple continues its Safari privacy push, iPhone and iPad users who use Google Chrome are about to see several new features added to their browser of choice. Chrome will be receiving an upgrade to Google Lens, integration with Drive and Photos, improved Shopping Insights, and a more seamless way of finding a...Read more...
When the Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy The Definitive Edition launched three years ago it wasnt the experience that longtime fans of the franchise were hoping for. Although the words definitive edition are in the game's title, many felt it was a low effort release by Rockstar Games. The company has now quietly...Read more...
Beleaguered game publisher Ubisoft is now facing backlash from players, who are seeking to attain a class action lawsuit against the company after it shut down the online multiplayer racing game The Crew. This lawsuit comes on top of struggles Ubisoft has seen with its recent game releases, with the flagship Star Wars...Read more...
Officially, we have not yet arrived at the actual Black Friday date on the calendar, which for 2024 falls Friday, November 29 (a little over two weeks from now). But don't worry if you're a bargain hunter, the deals are already starting to pour in. We've covered several of them already, and today we're highlighting a...Read more...
Yes, we're not yet two full weeks into November, and also yes, the Black Friday deals and promotions have already begun to appear (like discounts on the Galaxy S24 FE and iPhone 16 bargaiins, as well as a massive discount on TCL's 98-inch behemoth of aTV). We suspect things will ramp up this week and as we further...Read more...