Have you been naughty this year? Actually, don't answer that, it's none of our business. But if you have. or if you just don't want to leave your holiday wish list to Santa's scrutiny, then we have a bead on a couple of grooving gaming hardware deals that you should check out. Specifically, there are deals to be had on the ASUS ROG Xbox Ally

In a fresh discovery that's leaving astronomers awestruck, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has confirmed the existence of a "runaway" supermassive black hole roughly 20 million times the mass of our sun, which is currently hurtling through space at a mind-boggling 2.2 million miles per hour. That's approximately 3,000 times the speed

Ahead of CES 2026, LG has officially unveiled the LG Sound Suite, an audio system that's the world’s first soundbar setup powered by Dolby Atmos FlexConnect technology that gives owners the ability to add on more components for a full 13.1.7 home theater if they so choose. We bet that it's only a matter of time when other manufacturers follow

Gamers on the PC platform could use a win right about now, and a victory may be coming when AMD gets around to formally launching its Ryzen 7 9850X3D, which is basically a binned and faster version of the Ryzen 7 9800X3D. The latest leaks involving AMD's next 3D V-Cache CPU suggests that pricing could be more palatable than some thought. Or

Just in case anyone needs to hear it again (as if!), we're in the midst of a memory crisis that has seen the cost of DRAM catapult to unsettling levels. And lest there be any doubt as to what/who the culprit is, G.Skill issued a statement pinning the blame squarely on "unprecedented high demand from the AI industry," which is a sentiment also

The security research team at iVerify Threat Intelligence have discovered a new Remote Access Trojan (RAT) that has been dubbed Cellik, and which is targeting Android users. It includes features typically seen on advanced spyware and delivers functionality that allows threat actors to spread their wares in a more stealthy fashion. Once

Intel's foundry arm says it has crossed a major lithography milestone: it has announced successful acceptance testing of ASML's TWINSCAN EXE:5200B High Numerical Aperture (High-NA) EUV scanner, one of the most advanced chipmaking tools currently in existence anywhere. It's the first time the higher-throughput version of ASML's High-NA platform

Bethesda is hard at work on The Elder Scrolls VI, per a recent interview with Game Informer. The hotly-anticipated game, already in playtesting, is currently "progressing really well" according to Todd Howard, with "The majority of the studio" working on it. Game Informer didn't just speak to Todd Howard, though—they also collected statements

It's the 2025 Holiday Season, and you know what that means—snowy-white motherboards, meant for PCs with cool temperatures and high performance. To encourage this, a number of reputable motherboard manufacturers have put their white motherboards on sale on Amazon, and we'll be highlighting the 7 most compelling options below, sorted by price.

The problem with a memory shortage is that virtually every single part of a computer uses memory in some way. That, obviously, includes graphics cards, and despite the author's earlier optimism that GDDR might be one of the less-affected memory types, it turns out that NVIDIA may be cutting GPU production next year because it's concerned about

In case you missed our review of the Pixel 10 series, we're seriously impressed with Google's latest-generation Android phones, and many of them are currently offered at seriously big discounts. That includes the Pixel 10 Pro that, with the current limited time deal on Amazon, is marked down to its lowest price ever. Google Pixel 10 Pro Is

Scientists are scratching their heads over a recent James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) discovery that looks more like a piece of fruit than your typical celestial sphere. The planet, designated PSR J2322-2650b, has simply been described by astronomers to look like a lemon. This bizarre world, located 750 light years from us, is not only

The last time Apple released an iMac Pro was back in 2017. That could change next year, however, with the Pro designation for Apple's all-in-one PC making a comeback with a custom M5 Max chip in tow. Alternatively, Apple could be prepping a higher-end model of the iMac without the Pro moniker, while still having it aimed at power users. Nothing

The OnePlus 15R delivers strong Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 performance and spectacular battery life at the expense of some camera versatility. OnePlus 15R - Starting At $699 Quality materials and build Beautiful 165Hz display Solid performance Outstanding battery life Fast wired charging, charger in the box Clean and responsive software IP69K ingress...

Texas has declared war on your smart TV's data collection, alleging that certain screens at the center of American homes are actually sophisticated surveillance tools designed to monitor the viewing habits of every user. As such, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton initiated a series of lawsuits against five of the world’s most prominent

AMD has quietly expanded its graphics card lineup with the Radeon RX 9060 XT LP, essentially a lower power version of the regular Radeon RX 9060 XT for mid-range gaming PCs. From what we can tell, the specifications between and regular and LP models are virtual identical, save for a lower TBP (typical board rating) on the new LP variant. Both

You may not realize it, but we've been here doing our thing at HotHardware since 1999; we remember the good (and bad) old days of the PC enthusiast scene. There was a time when graphics cards were a wild market. You could find Quantum3D Obsidian Voodoo cards with double the RAM and an extra TMU compared to the competition. As late as the GeForce256,

Security researchers at Rapid7 Labs have unmasked a new piece of malware dubbed SantaStealer, which got its name due to the proximity of Christmas. If this app makes its way down the chimney, though it’s looking for more than just milk and cookies. Attackers can utilize SantaStealer to steal a variety of data from unsuspecting Windows users.

Bah, humbug! Another Google tool has just been sunsetted, as Scrooge McGoogle has announced the immediate wind-down of its 'dark web report' feature, a free tool designed to alert users when their personal information is compromised and found circulating in illicit corners of the internet. While it wasn't a particularly proactive/reactive

There's going to be a new space telescope in town: the Nancy Grace Roman (the famous NASA astronomer, not to be mistaken for the crime show host), which is slated to launch by May 2027. At least initially, its main mission will be to chart the nature of dark energy and the hidden structure of our own Milky Way galaxy. As many of us already

Sometimes we can all use a little reassurance that everything will be okay. If you're PC enthusiast, now is definitely one of those times, as the booming AI market is gobbling up NAND flash memory chips and other hardware at a breakneck pace (and sending consumer brands packing for the data center hills). Well, enter Kioxia, which is rolling

OnePlus has officially confirmed the launch of a brand-new Turbo smartphone series, marking the company’s official entry into the high-end mobile gaming market with a focus on performance and endurance, among others.  The existence of the new line dropped in a Weibo post by OnePlus China President Louis Li Jie, who said that the Turbo series

It's been a minute since Google last rolled out an update for its first-generation Pixel Buds Pro, which released back in 2022. Now more than three years after launch, Google is offering another firmware update (version 5.11) to its original Pixel Buds Pro, and it could very well be the last one. Before the 5.11 release, the last firmware

Are we about to lose another NAND flash brand in the consumer storage space? Following Micron's decision to pull its 29-year-old Crucial brand from the consumer market to focus on higher margin data center clients, rumors began to swirl that Samsung was getting ready to stop selling SATA-based solid state drive (SSDs) to consumers. According