Intel's been making moves under the radar lately, and they're good news for Team Blue—not only do the most recent GitHub Intel Xess 2,1 SDK patch notes reveal that Frame Gen is coming to Core Ultra 100-series iGPUs, but the 60th Edition of Intel's ISA Extensions Reference confirms that AVX10.2 is, in fact, coming to Nova Lake, contrary to

Back when AMD announced its next-generation FSR Redstone technology, the company promised to have the updated upscaling and frame generation techniques out by the end of the year. Many expected that this would mean a late-December source release, and that adoption in real games would follow. Instead, our first taste of Redstone comes in the

Arguably the main reason Android can challenge Apple’s iPhone ecosystem is Google’s decision to keep it an open platform. However, this stance is shifting, as the company attempted to tighten its grip on the mobile operating system by making sideloading largely a thing of the past. Thankfully, Google has decided to leave the door open, even

Dell has just released a notice to users of its Dell Display and Peripheral Manager (DDPM) software, prompting them to update the software ASAP. Users of the software, which is preinstalled on most Dell business systems but available to all Windows users of Dell peripherals, are advised to update to at least version 2.1.2.12 to get a new patch

During an online investor conference, ASUS co-CEO Shubin Hu has stated that the rise of DRAM prices is a problem for everyone across the PC industry, and that it is spurred by a combination of two factors: the massive increase in demand for RAM to fuel AI servers, and limited DRAM production increases over the past few years despite that growth.

Tachyum is back with another round of astonishing promises. The startup, which was founded in 2016 and still yet to ship a single chip, has unveiled the latest revision of its Prodigy processor design, now targeted at 2nm, which it says delivers up to 21× higher AI rack performance than NVIDIA's future Rubin Ultra platform. The catch? Neither

Samsung is raring to unleash the Galaxy Z TriFold smartphone/tablet sooner than some expected. Sources close to the company indicate that this twice-folding, ultra-premium device is set to debut on December 5. With an expected price tag of approximately $3,000 (around 4.4 million Korean won) to start, the TriFold is less of a product for the

It took a while, but you can finally snag a GeForce RTX 5070 Ti graphics card by one of NVIDIA's add-in board (AIB) partners for less than NVIDiA's baseline MSRP. MSI is the the one serving up the deal, through Newegg, though the only caveat is that you have to jump through a mail-in-rebate hoop. We know, we know—that's not idea, but even

Seven billion light-years away, an astronomical event in 2023 sent a buzz through the astrophysics community. Gravitational wave detectors registered the merger of two black holes (a collision designated GW231123). The detection itself was not unusual, but the characteristics of the merging objects were. Both black holes were colossal, boasting

Ahead of Microsoft's next Ignite event, which kicks off in San Francisco (and online) next Tuesday, November 18, the company's president of Windows and Devices shared a message on X about the direction Windows is headed it didn't land particularly well. Just the opposite, it sparked an angry backlash that is a clear indication of AI fatigue. In

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Valve is releasing a handful of new gaming hardware, including an updated Steam Controller, a standalone VR headset called Steam Frame, and the return of the Steam Machine, this time in a compact cube design that's unofficially been dubbed the GabeCube (a play on words between Gabe Newell and Nintendo's GameCube). The obvious question in light

Valve is launching three new Steam Hardware projects in 2026, and two of them are quite familiar. The Steam Frame is the newest of the bunch, intended as a lower cost alternative to the ultra-premium Valve Index, joining the likes of Meta Quest and other standalone VR headsets, powered by Snapdragon silicon, but now with SteamOS and a highly

During its State of Play Japan conference, Sony surprise-announced new PlayStation hardware—a PlayStation Gaming Monitor, specifically, which also includes a DualSense charging hook. While we don't know how much it will cost yet, the pricing of Sony's existing lineup of InZone gaming monitors raised a few eyebrows here in the HotHardware newsroom.

FromSoftware finally delivered the online co-op experience fans had been yearning for with the release of Elden Ring Nightreign earlier this year. And the game is about to get even better with the newly announced DLC, The Forsaken Hollows, which will bring new Nightfarers, new enemies to battle and a Shifting Earth. The Shifting Earth is

NVIDIA may garner the lion's share of AI news, but AMD has its own selection of extremely potent AI processors, and it has been making rapid progress on both the hardware and software fronts in recent years. It was just a few months ago back in June that the company launched its Instinct MI350 accelerator, and in September the company made

There is a lot of buzz around Apple's Mac mini devices (deservedly so), but if you're if you're a Windows person and are in the market for a potent mini PC, there is a heck of a good deal available on an AMD Ryzen-powered system right now. Combining the sale price with a coupon code, you can knock $136 off the MSRP. Just as importantly, the

Update 11/13/25 Hyundai reached out to clarify that the 2.7 million figure floating around refers to the total number of connected vehicles in North America, not the actual number of affected individuals potentially impacted by the incident. “Approximately 2,000 individuals, primarily current and former Hyundai AutoEver America and Hyundai

The shimmering Pleiades star cluster has just shed its millennia-old reputation as a collection of Seven Sisters. Thanks to new data gleaned from the TESS and Gaia star-tracking spacecrafts, astronomers have revealed that this iconic group is part of a diaspora up to 20 times larger than previously imagined. Published this week in The Astrophysical

During its State of Play event, Sony announced a PlayStation-branded gaming monitor that is coming to market next year. The display's specs are rather underwhelming compared to a litany of existing options on the market, though it does sport a clever feature that PS5 owners will appreciate—a built in charging hook for DualSense and DualSense

Lest there be any doubt, AMD is already working on what comes next after Zen 6, which an updated CPU roadmap revealed at its Financial Analyst Day event remains on track to launch next year. The event is focused more on the business side of the equation, but there are still some high level details to be gleaned, including that Zen 7 is official. We've

Android apps will soon be facing penalties for excess battery drain on the Play Store, but developers will be made aware of these issues and have time to fix them before they are penalized, per Google's latest Android Developers Blog post. This effort follows last year's addition of a beta metric to Android vitals dubbed "excessive partial

Speaking in an interview, Bethesda Softworks head Todd Howard confirmed that The Elder Scrolls VI is now in playtesting, but also that the full release of the game is still far off in the distance. Since the original Elder Scrolls VI trailer dropped in June of 2018 (nearly seven years after Skyrim's November 2011 release), it's been another

Google is bringing some holiday gifting cheer via the November Pixel Drop, which focuses heavily on infusing Gemini AI capabilities directly into Google Messages and Google Photos, along with expanding critical safety (such as Scam Detection for messages) and productivity features to a wider global audience. Update roll out begins this week