If you still had “attend E3” on your bucket list, it’s time to scratch that one out. The ESA has announced on Xwitter today that the Electronic Entertainment Expo (better known as E3) is well and truly dead. This announcement marks the end of an era as the biggest and longest-lived games expo in America finally carks it.

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Source: Hot Hardware – The End Of A Glorious Era, ESA Retires E3 Games Expo For Good

Regular readers of this site who are gamers are very likely to be primarily PC gamers. That may have muted your enthusiasm for Rockstar’s next Grand Theft Auto game, GTA VI, as it has been widely reported to skip the PC, at least at launch. Rockstar hasn’t said anything of the sort, but the trailer only mentions the PlayStation 5 and Xbox

Source: Hot Hardware – GTA 6 Is Likely To Snub PC At Launch And A Former Rockstar Games Dev Explains Why

Taylor Swift is pretty much everywhere these days, from selling out venues for musical performances to overtaking sports coverage whenever the Kansas City Chiefs play (courtesy of her relatively newfound relationship with Chiefs tight-end Travis Kelce). The sum of her popularity is Time Magazine’s designation of Taylor Swift as Person of the

Source: Hot Hardware – Taylor Swift Is So Popular Google Booted Her From Its 2023 Trending Search List

The United States Federal Trade Commission is issuing a new warning to Americans regarding the malicious use of QR codes. This is important information because QR codes are being used more and more as a convenient way of setting up devices or sending someone to a specific website. However, bad actors are now seeing it as an opportunity to

Source: Hot Hardware – FTC Warns Of Alarming QR Code Scams, What You Need To Know

Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney is celebrating an early Christmas gift, as a California jury found Google guilty of being a monopoly after four weeks of intense testimony. Sweeney posted a celebratory tweet following the verdict, stating that the court’s work on remedies will begin in January.

The epic court battle between Epic Games and Google

Source: Hot Hardware – Fortnite Maker Scores Epic Victory Over Google In High-Profile App Store Lawsuit

TCL has just teased a slew of new monitors and display tech, including a dome-shaped monitor, an 8K switchable 2D-3D light field display, and a massive 57-inch ultra-wide mini LED monitor. These were showcased at a recent tech event in Wuhan, China, but this should also help the company build excitement ahead of CES in Las Vegas.

At the

Source: Hot Hardware – TCL Teases A Dome-Shaped 4K OLED Monitor, 57-Inch 4K Mini LED Display And More

Potential buyers of NVIDIA’s GeForce RTX 4090 can breathe a slight sigh of relief with news of leniency towards the GPU designer’s AI GPUs for the Chinese market. Why is that? When restrictions are tough on data center GPUs, we’ve seen enterprising companies go as far as stripping down GeForce RTX 4090 gaming GPUs in desperation for AI use,

Source: Hot Hardware – US Walks Back Stern Warning To NVIDIA Over China-Bound AI Chips

The State of New York is allocating $10 billion in a new partnership with various semiconductor companies such as IBM, Applied Materials, Tokyo Electron, and Micron. The goal is to establish a research and development center at NY CREATES’ Albany NanoTech Complex that will work on next-generation semiconductors. Another notable aspect of this

Source: Hot Hardware – New York Unveils B Plan To Build A Cutting-Edge Chip Research Complex

In our experience, ASUS and its ROG division make the best gaming phones on Android  period. The blend of hardware features and software optimizations is just simply unrivaled when viewed as a whole, and this dates back to the first iteration released five years ago this month. Not content to stay in its lane, however, ASUS is teasing a “pro-level”

Source: Hot Hardware – ASUS Teases ROG Phone 8 With An Exciting Pro-Level Camera Upgrade For Gamers

If you’ve been using the internet for the last ten years, you’ve almost assuredly heard about some absurd exploit or other of “Florida Man”. These stories are commonplace not because Floridians are insane, but because of Florida laws requiring the public reporting of criminal offenses. That’s not to say that Florida doesn’t have its share

Source: Hot Hardware – Florida Joker Accuses Rockstar Of Stealing His Likeness In Wild GTA 6 Trailer, Wants M

The original Doom and Doom II games have a rich and thriving mod community that continues to this day. The title just celebrated its 30th anniversary yesterday, and to commemorate the occasion, one of the very best “megawads” of all time—that’s community parlance for a level set with a full game’s worth of maps—has just gotten a surprise sequel

Source: Hot Hardware – Doom Megawad Eviternity II Celebrates 30 Years Of Doom With A Glorious 36-Map Sequel

Sony just released a slim variant of the PlayStation 5, but the rumor mill says a Pro update is still coming. This supposed Sony console won’t reinvent the wheel, but reportedly will offer a substantial speed boost. The latest round of leaks claim higher clock speeds and a big GPU upgrade. For gamers who want to play at the highest frame rates

Source: Hot Hardware – Sony PlayStation 5 Pro Specs Leak Reveals Faster Clocks And A Massive GPU Upgrade

Virtual reality can be an immersive way to play games, experience new environments, or consume and learn new content for anyone of any age. With that philosophy in mind, scientists have expanded the use cases of VR to rodents to enable new pathways and possibilities in neuroscience with tiny mouse-sized VR goggles that simulate environments

Source: Hot Hardware – Researchers Develop Tiny Cute VR Goggles For Mice With Big Implications

Intel’s upcoming RibbonFET technology is set to debut in the company’s 20A node next year, but already the chip maker is showcasing the next step: 3D stacked CMOS (complementary metal oxide semiconductor) transistors. Though Intel had filed a patent for such a technology nearly two years ago, it was only in May at ITF World that Intel announced

Source: Hot Hardware – Intel Demos Transistor Scaling Breakthroughs To Keep Moore’s Law Relevant

It didn’t take long for Apple to figure out a way to block a new Android app designed to circumvent its blue bubble of solitude, a move that promptly caught the ire of a US Senator. Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts put the tech giant on blast via her X/Twitter account following the news of Apple blocking the app late last week.

The

Source: Hot Hardware – US Senator Blasts Apple For Hobbling Beeper Mini iMessage App For Android

The investments Microsoft is making into OpenAI are not going unnoticed by the United States Federal Trade Commission, with the regulatory body performing preliminary inquiries according to a source familiar with the matter. However, it’s important to note that a formal investigation has not been opened by the agency.

The United States

Source: Hot Hardware – Microsoft’s B OpenAI Deal Sparks Preliminary Probe By FTC And UK Regulators

You didn’t really think that the barrage of tech deals would dry up after the Black Friday and Cyber Monday festivities, did you? That has not been the case in a long while, as retailers celebrate an entire season of savings. That includes Samsung, which is getting into the holiday spirit with a range of big discounts across its varied product

Source: Hot Hardware – Samsung Puts On Its Santa Hat With Cheerful Savings Up To 41% Off Monitors, SSDs And More

NASA’s Webb telescope captured the supernova remnant Cassiopeia A lighting up deep space like a Christmas tree ornament. The image is part of the 2023 Holidays at the White House and debuted by First Lady Dr. Jill Biden in the first-ever White House Advent Calendar.

The image captured by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) depicts Cassiopeia

Source: Hot Hardware – JWST’s High-Def Image Of An Exploding Star Lights Up Space Like A Cosmic Christmas Tree

There was a time when you’d only find Intel CPUs in enthusiast PCs, ranging from high-clocked gaming beasts to productivity powerhouses such as the Core-i7 6950X. Things have drastically changed during the last several years, with the nod typically going to AMD’s collection of Zen-based CPUs. While Intel is certainly still competitive across

Source: Hot Hardware – AMD Crushes Rival Intel In CPU Sales At Major Retailer Led By The Ryzen 7 7800X3D

In his latest newsletter, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman reports that Apple will be looking to simplify its iPad lineup in 2024, while upgrading the MacBook Air to its latest M3 chip. According to Gurman the iPad lineup is now too confusing for prospective buyers, with five options currently available with the intent of trying to appeal to as many

Source: Hot Hardware – Apple’s iPad Lineup Is A Confusing Mess But Not For Long, M3 MacBook Air Coming Soon