Cloud gaming has many advantages, such as lowering the barrier to entry to triple-A titles that require beefier and beefier hardware these days. However, one downside to this ecosystem is that there is a vast centralized dataset that could make for a rather juicy target for hackers. This is exactly what ShadowPC, a high-end cloud computing

Source: Hot Hardware – Cloud Gaming Service Discloses Data Breach Affecting Over Half A Million Gamers

One of the accouterments that accompany the “Art” of PC building is very simple: the cables. Sometimes, it’s because enthusiasts just want them to look ultra cool. Other times, it’s because they add a significant utility to the design of your build. That’s where CableMod enters, with their custom sleeved cables. Since the introduction of the

Source: Hot Hardware – CableMod’s Revised 12VHPWR Adapter Is Here And Free For Early Adopters, How To Claim

The UK has given its blessing to Microsoft to acquire Activision-Blizzard after the tech giant agreed to exclude cloud gaming rights from the deal. The new deal has Ubisoft acquiring cloud gaming rights instead of Microsoft.

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) had been the last hurdle that Microsoft needed to clear before closing

Source: Hot Hardware – UK Praises Microsoft’s Game-Changing Concessions And Greenlights B Activision Deal

The OnePlus Open is about a week out from launch and already it is dropping specs and taking names—the Open is now claiming that the Google Pixel Fold is too fat for your pants. 

While nothing official has been revealed by OnePlus regarding the Open’s physical dimensions, it hasn’t stopped reliable leaker Arsène Lupin (@MysteryLupin) from

Source: Hot Hardware – OnePlus Open Is About To Steal A Key Bragging Right From Google’s Pixel Fold

A new study reports two ice giant exoplanets colliding near a sun-like star, creating an astonishing afterglow in deep space. Astronomers were able to view the afterglow of light and plumes of dust as it passed in front of the parent star, dimming it over time.

An international team of astronomers came together after an enthusiast viewed

Source: Hot Hardware – Astronomers Capture Astonishing Afterglow Of Two Giant Planets Colliding In Deep Space

As consumers, we’ve been a little spoiled with RAM prices over the past few years. A continued overabundance of chips on the supply side kept retail prices steadily trending downward, even (and especially) for DDR5 kits, which were sky high (compared to DDR4) at the outset. Unfortunately, DDR5 and DDR4 kits are about to cost a bit more, according

Source: Hot Hardware – Don’t Panic But DDR5 And DDR4 Are Poised For Price Hikes, SSD Storage Too

Luxury game controllers are somewhat vogue these days with all the major platforms sporting fancy hardware, like the Microsoft Elite series and Sony’s DualSense Edge. SCUF is taking them both on with its new Envision, a new line of “groundbreaking” game controllers designed specifically for the PC with “unprecedented customization and cutting-edge

Source: Hot Hardware – SCUF Claims Its Groundbreaking Envision Controller Is So Good It Redefines PC Gaming

To appreciate the subject of this post, you’re going to have to take a trip back to 1993 with us. The gaming scene on the IBM PC had been growing rapidly for a few years, championed by graphics-heavy games taking advantage of the explosion of clones of the expensive Video Graphics Array (VGA) adapter. Gorgeous titles like Wolfenstein 3D and

Source: Hot Hardware – New Indie FPS Grind Gets Very Close To Doom On 1987 Amiga 500 OCS Hardware

With the tumultuous GPU market of the last several years, gamers are absolutely in need of some great sale prices. Be wary, however – there’s an enemy in our midst. Along with various legitimate sales, we often find a plethora of scams crowded in listings. The old adage rings true here: if it sounds too good to be true, you can bet it’s likely

Source: Hot Hardware – In Case It Needs Saying, GeForce RTX 4090 Listings For 9 Are Definite Scams

Just a few years ago, Huawei was ascendant. The Chinese megafirm was on-track to become the world’s largest smartphone maker, and then it was slapped with trade restrictions by the US government. This cut it off from some of vital technology needed to produce today’s most advanced mobile chipsets. With its new Mate 60 Pro, Huawei has debuted

Source: Hot Hardware – Huawei Mate 60 Pro With Kirin 9000S Tested: Performance Observations

It’s a rallying cry frequently heard among certain groups ever since the “Occupy” protests: a demand for corporations to “pay their share” of tax obligations. The truth and fairness of these demands is still debated to this day by people who are much smarter and more educated than we are, but the fact that the matter is still being debated

Source: Hot Hardware – Why Microsoft Is Refusing To Pay A Massive .9B IRS Bill For Back Taxes

If you regularly browse Reddit for PC hardware discussions, you may notice a slightly alarming trend. NVIDIA’s RTX 4090 may be a graphics powerhouse, but it’s had a bad omen following it since release: melted power adapters. On sub-Reddits such as from the cable company Cablemod, you’ll often find users posting that their very expensive GPU

Source: Hot Hardware – Another GeForce RTX 4090 Melting Connector Complaint Surfaces A Year After Use

Twitch has finally provided a way for streamers to block banned users from being able to view their livestreams. While streamers now have the power they have been asking for, there are a few things that they need to know moving forward.

Streamers on Twitch have been asking for the ability to block banned users from viewing their livestreams

Source: Hot Hardware – Twitch Update Finally Gives Game Streamers Ability To Block Banned Users

Korean chip design company AD Technology has announced that it’s making a server CPU for an as of yet undisclosed client, but the company did mention a pretty important point: this chip will be fabbed on Samsung’s 3nm node. Thus far, Samsung’s 3nm node has been out for over a year but so far has only seen usage for cryptocurrency mining ASICs.

Source: Hot Hardware – Samsung Scores Chip Order To Produce 3nm Server CPUs For A Mystery Client

The United States Space Force has declared a temporary halt on all use of web-based AI tools among its ranks, citing data security concerns as the key reason. The ban will possibly be lifted once more guidelines around AI usage can be determined.

Reuters reports that the US States Space Force has banned use of web-based AI tools, such as

Source: Hot Hardware – Why The US Space Force Just Issued A Temp Ban On AI Tools Like ChatGPT

NASA engineers and flight control teams are reviewing data and video associated with a coolant leak that postponed two US spacewalks initially scheduled for today and October 20, 2023. The leak is from a backup radiator on the International Space Station’s Nauka multipurpose laboratory module (MLM).

The space agency confirmed the leak has

Source: Hot Hardware – ISS Coolant Leak Forces NASA To Abandon Spacewalk, What Happens Next

Hot on the heels of releasing the Arc A580 for gamers on a budget, Intel has released a new WHQL-certified Arc GPU driver (version 31.0.101.4887) that’s tuned for the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III beta, as well as Total War: PHARAOH and Lords of the Fallen. However, beyond the ‘Game On’ designation for those titles (similar to NVIDIA’s

Source: Hot Hardware – Intel Arc GPU Driver Pilots A Massive 159% Uplift In Starfield And More Big Gains

A researcher out of Amsterdam is asserting in his recent study that our love and growing dependence on all things AI (artificial intelligence) will draw enough electricity to power a country the size of Sweden in less than five years.

Alex de Vries from the VU Amsterdam School of Business and Economics, in his peer-reviewed paper, claims

Source: Hot Hardware – Study Claims AI Is An Energy Hog Consuming As Much Electricity As A Country

Amazon’s second Prime Day of 2023 has concluded, but as it turns out the best bargain for a gaming desktop was not a Prime Day deal, or even a discounted PC for that matter. Instead, it’s a sub-$900 setup with some surprising hardware inside, including current generation parts from Intel (13th Gen, otherwise known as Raptor Lake) and NVIDIA

Source: Hot Hardware – Forget Prime Day, This RTX 40 PC Is The Best Gaming Desktop Deal Under K

Threat actors and malicious hackers have been targeting gamers with malware for quite some time, as they can be easy targets who download and run strange things from the internet all the time. Such was the case with a trojanized Super Mario game earlier this year that could have stolen information, run ransomware, or other nefarious actions.

Source: Hot Hardware – Valve Bolsters Security After Hackers Infected Steam Games With Malware