Remember when finding an Xbox Series X or PlayStation 5 console in stock from a first-party seller was trickier was like stumbling upon the Holy Grail? Well holey-moly, how times have changed. Graphics cards for PC gaming are plentiful again, and game console are not only routinely in stock, they’re also discounted with some sweet bundle offers.

Source: Hot Hardware – Xbox Series X With Diablo IV Bundle Is Just 9 And More Devilishly Good Gaming Deals

Apple and Paramount are toying with the idea of combining forces to combat subscriber loss. Both companies reported losing an estimated 7% of subscribers in the month of October, 2023.

The world of streaming platforms has become a hotly contested battlefield. With so many options for consumers to choose from, such as Apple TV+ and Netflix

Source: Hot Hardware – Apple May Team Up With Paramount On A Streaming Bundle As Subscriber Losses Mount

Amkor Technology, a semiconductor packaging provider, got Apple as its first and biggest customer for its advanced packaging facility being built in Peoria, Arizona. According to Amkor it’s the only company based in the United States that is capable of providing this advanced packaging technology, and this new facility in Arizona will be the

Source: Hot Hardware – Billion US Chip Packaging Company Scores Apple As Its First And Biggest Customer

After a surge in desktop and laptop shipments during the pandemic when working from home became the norm, it’s been a bit of a tough landscape for the PC industry as things settled down. However, a rebound is in sight. According to the fortune tellers at Canalys, “worldwide PC shipments are on the verge of a recovery” after seeing shipments

Source: Hot Hardware – PC Market Is On The Cusp Of A Big Rebound Thanks To AI And Santa Claus

Whether you are looking to upgrade your home theater for the holidays or find the perfect gift for someone, Amazon’s running deals that are hard to pass up. You can save up to 42% off the regular price on brands such as TCL, Amazon Fire, Hisense, and LG, netting you big savings on big TVs.

Leading us off today, we have the headliner Hisense

Source: Hot Hardware – TV Deals At Amazon Surge With Big Holiday Savings Up To 42%

Tesla’s highly anticipated Cybertruck made its retail debut by blowing the doors off a Porsche 911, and doing it while towing a Porsche. Elon Musk shared the video of the race about an hour after the first customer received their very own Cybertruck.

Tesla’s Cybertruck has seen its share of highs and lows throughout the process of its production.

Source: Hot Hardware – Watch Tesla’s Cybertruck Beat A Porsche 911 In A Drag Race…While Towing A Porsche

Turtle Beach is set to release the Stealth Ultra Wireless Smart Game Controller, a wireless controller that’s specifically designed for Xbox. That said, the controller will not be limited to Xbox—gamers playing on PC or Android based devices will also be able to use what Turtle Beach considers to be its top tier offering.

According to Turtle

Source: Hot Hardware – Turtle Beach’s Wireless Stealth Ultra Game Controller Aims To Defeat Stick Drift For Good

You don’t actually need to a spend a fortune on cables, whether it’s an Ethernet cord or an HDMI cable for your television or PC monitor. However, you are well-advised to be on the lookout for counterfeit products. Driving this point home, police officials in Taiwan recently seized thousands of counterfeit HDMI cables purportedly worth in

Source: Hot Hardware – Beware Of Counterfeit HDMI Cables As Authorities Seize .6M In Fake Knockoffs

Technological autonomy has been a priority for China in recent years, partly because the country can’t import cutting-edge chips thanks to US sanctions, and also because being self-sufficient is popular policy. At the forefront of China’s native CPU industry is Loongson, which has at last released its much-anticipated 3A6000. Last year, the

Source: Hot Hardware – China’s Longsoon 3A6000 CPU Battles Intel’s Core i5-14600K With Surprising Results

Did you know that by subscribing to Netflix you get access to a library of free games? It’s right there on your phone in the Netflix mobile app. Apparently very few people take advantage of this, which is kind of a bummer because there’s a fair few quality games in there, like Dead Cells, TMNT Shredder’s Revenge, and Samurai Shodown, with

Source: Hot Hardware – Three Grand Theft Auto Games Are Headed To Netflix While You Wait For GTA 6

Christmas is just around the corner, and with it comes the need to find the perfect gift for the nerd in your life. Thankfully, Amazon has some left-over deals from Black Friday and Cyber Monday that may just get the job done. There should be something for nearly anyone, from smartwatches to speakers and tablets to laptops.

Leading us

Source: Hot Hardware – Lingering Amazon Cyber Monday Tech Deals Bring Great Ideas For Geek Gifts

The holiday season is upon us, and Google has some early presents for Android fans. A raft of new features are beginning to roll out today. They run the gamut from phones, to TV, to wearables, to the Google Messages app.

Google has split its surprise feature drop into two parts, with a special focus on Google Messages to celebrate 1 billion

Source: Hot Hardware – Google Rolls Out Tons Of New Features To Android, Wear OS, Google TV And RCS Text

Ice Universe, a reliable leaker, posted on X (formerly known as Twitter) that the upcoming Samsung S24 will only be available with 8GB of RAM. Ice Universe did not hold back their feelings about this, qualifying it as “Bad News.”

However, the leaks didn’t stop with the S24, as Ice Universe got a hold of the memory configurations from across

Source: Hot Hardware – Samsung Galaxy S24 Lineup Memory Configs Exposed And They Might Surprise You

The GPU news coming out of China continues to accelerate in stunning developments. The recent U.S ban on certain graphics cards used in AI seems to have spawned a plethora of new tactics to alleviate the stress on the Chinese market. It seems like scooping up aging NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 GPUs when the GeForce RTX 4090 became rare, was just

Source: Hot Hardware – NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Dragon GPU Aims To Breath Fire In China With US Approval

Apple has announced the winners of its 2023 App Store Awards, with the winner of the iPhone App of the Year telling its competition to take a hike (somewhat literally). The 14 App Store Award winners were chosen from nearly 40 finalists that all delivered what Apple called “exceptional technical innovation, user experience, and design.”

The

Source: Hot Hardware – Apple’s iPhone App Of The Year Winner Tells The Competition To Take A Hike

As one might expect, ASUS’s ROG Ally gaming handheld is improving over time with continued updates and support. It was already a solid handheld when it launched, as we noted in our ROG Ally review, but it could also benefit from key improvements. Some of those are included in a new update that is rolling out today, one of which will make it

Source: Hot Hardware – ASUS ROG Ally Learns New Tricks Including One That Will Be A Hit On TikTok

Jensen Huang, NVIDIA Chief Executive Officer, remarked that it might take up to 20 years for the United States to be independent from having to obtain chips from overseas. He made the statement while speaking at the New York Times’s DealBook conference in New York.

“We are somewhere between a decade and two decades away from supply chain

Source: Hot Hardware – NVIDIA CEO Huang Reveals How Long It Will Take For US Chip Independence

A massive long-term study involving millions of people across 168 countries has found that internet adoption shows no evidence of affecting overall psychological well-being. The researchers initially thought there would be a strong link between the internet and mental health harm, but ultimately determined it didn’t move the needle to be statistically

Source: Hot Hardware – Oxford Study Details The Internet’s Effect On Mental Health With Interesting Results

A new image captured by NASA’s Odyssey orbiter highlights a view of Mars that will help scientists gain new insights into the Martian atmosphere. The panoramic view was stitched together using 10 images, creating the view of the Martian landscapes below clouds and dust.

NASA engineers spent three months preparing for the operation that

Source: Hot Hardware – NASA’s Odyssey Orbiter Captures Astonishing Images Of Horizon On Mars

Buckle in gamers, we have more consumer GPUs that are potentially going to help the ever-growing AI machine. Initially, NVIDIA’s powerhouse GeForce RTX 4090 was the first target of acquisition for enterprising outfits in China. When those became sparse, even the last generation GeForce RTX 3090 became appealing due to its 24GB of VRAM. 

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