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Qualcomm has made a series of announcements this week at its annual Snapdragon Summit event in Maui, Hawaii, the newest of which is the unveiling of its Snapdragon Sound Elite Gen 2 platform. Purpose-built for next-generation audio devices...
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Over on the NeoGAF forums, which are popular among gaming industry insiders, credible leaker Kepler_L2 appeared in a thread claiming that the PlayStation 6 would have performance surpassing NVIDIA's GeForce RTX 5080, citing support for dual-issue compute as the reason why. Kepler did not back...
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Do you use Discord? If you read this website, there's a pretty good chance that you do. The massive centralized chat service is extremely popular among young people and gamers, and many open source projects have moved fully to Discord for...
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Sony has caught a lot of flak from fans after it announced that it’s no longer going to be producing game discs for its PlayStation consoles beyond January 2028. Microsoft, meanwhile, is taking a different approach with the Xbox. It just...
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A notorious extortion group claims to have pulled off one of the most audacious cyberattacks in recent memory by allegedly breaching the Federal Bureau of Investigation and stealing about 3TB worth of records belonging to thousands of...
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Imagine scoring a top-tier graphics card on the secondhand market, then later finding out that not only was it a good deal, but a spectacular bargain because the markings on it are the signature of NVIDIA's famed CEO, Jensen Huang. That is...
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Scientists have detected direct, localized radio emissions from an exoplanet for the very first time. But don't call the Space Force and White House hotline just yet—these signals are not alien communications.
Centered on the young gas...
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Motorola is taking a big swipe at Samsung’s dominance in the premium smartphone segment with the unveiling of the Motorola Signature 27 at the Snapdragon Summit in Hawaii. This device will be packing serious new hardware, such as the...
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Apple-owned Beats has unveiled the Beats 360, an all-new flagship set of over-ear wireless headphones priced at $349.99. Sitting right above the Studio Pro in the brand’s lineup, the new cans take direct aim at high-end competitors like...
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At the 2026 Qualcomm Snapdragon Summit in Maui, the stars of the show are two new SoCs: the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 and the Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6. In addition, to deep dive briefings, we here at Hot Hardware were not only lucky...
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Today at its Snapdragon Summit event, Qualcomm is launching its next-generation flagship smartphone silicon with not one, but two new members of the Snapdragon 8 Elite family. The Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 and top-end Snapdragon 8 Elite...
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Microsoft’s Xbox gaming division is the midst of a big reset as outlined earlier this year when the company laid off hundreds of employees and shed several smaller studios. The next phase of this shakeup is now in motion and will see more...
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According to patent documents originally spotted by Respawn First, Microsoft is studying ways to enhance in-game advertisement solutions. Specifically, Microsoft showcased a context-aware ad system that times ad interruptions to specific...
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That's right folks; this is an actual launch of an actual PC hardware component! A little odd to get as excited as I am over a new case, but this is where we're at in the market right now. Corsair's new Warthog case is an absolutely...
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Sony has submitted a patent for an automated, cloud-based AI model that is designed to continuously monitor consumer electronics (like PlayStaion consoles or headphones), detect subtle software anomalies, and deploy custom repair code to...
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Following Google’s recent reveal of its new Googlebook platform, preorders are now live at retail. There are several models to choose from, with ASUS, Acer, Dell, HP, and Lenovo all getting in on the action, and regardless of which way you...
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Motorola continues to reshape its flagship smartphone game plan with an emphasis on high-end audio and leading hardware. Through a newly announced multi-year partnership with Danish luxury audio brand Bang & Olufsen, the mobile maker aims...
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Durabook just took multi-monitor setups to an absolute extreme with the release of its new Z14I-DX3. Built for defense teams, emergency responders, and field engineers who need a mobile command center, this rugged beast packs three 14-inch...
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AMD hit a major financial milestone this week by crossing the $1 trillion market capitalization threshold for the first time in the company's long and storied history. Driven by a nearly 10% single-day surge, AMD shares reached a record...
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In a statement originally reported by Taiwanese news site United Daily News, Acer Chairman Chen Chun-sheng has predicted a pricing recovery for the PC market as early as Q3 2027, decrying a decade-long shortage as "impossible." Seeing as...
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Imagine this: you spend thousands of dollars on building a high-end gaming PC, with components like a Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Dual Edition and a GeForce RTX 5080. You settle in to play some games, and load up an old favorite, GTA V, to see how it...
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It’s only been about two weeks since Hideo Kojima rocked the gaming world with the announcement that the much anticipated Physint, which is the successor to the iconic Metal Gear series, would now be happening in collaboration with...
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