Sony has caught a lot of flak from fans after it announced that it’s no longer going to be producing game discs for its PlayStation consoles beyond January 2028. Microsoft, meanwhile, is taking a different approach with the Xbox. It just launched a beta for its disc-to-digital program and is now seeking feedback from some of its loyal fans

A notorious extortion group claims to have pulled off one of the most audacious cyberattacks in recent memory by allegedly breaching the Federal Bureau of Investigation and stealing about 3TB worth of records belonging to thousands of current and former employees.

The hacking collective, known as ShinyHunters (the same group that was recently

Imagine scoring a top-tier graphics card on the secondhand market, then later finding out that not only was it a good deal, but a spectacular bargain because the markings on it are the signature of NVIDIA’s famed CEO, Jensen Huang. That is what supposedly happened to a 3D artist who went card shopping with a friend. Both were in the market

Scientists have detected direct, localized radio emissions from an exoplanet for the very first time. But don’t call the Space Force and White House hotline just yet—these signals are not alien communications.

Centered on the young gas giant Beta Pictoris b roughly 64 light-years away, this latest discovery opens a fresh perspective into

Motorola is taking a big swipe at Samsung’s dominance in the premium smartphone segment with the unveiling of the Motorola Signature 27 at the Snapdragon Summit in Hawaii. This device will be packing serious new hardware, such as the latest Snapdragon chipset, monster cameras, and deep AI integration.

Powering the Signature 27 is Qualcomm’s

Apple-owned Beats has unveiled the Beats 360, an all-new flagship set of over-ear wireless headphones priced at $349.99. Sitting right above the Studio Pro in the brand’s lineup, the new cans take direct aim at high-end competitors like Bose’s QuietComfort Ultra 2nd Gen and Sony’s WH-1000XM6 while introducing a modular, customizable physical

At the 2026 Qualcomm Snapdragon Summit in Maui, the stars of the show are two new SoCs: the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 and the Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6. In addition, to deep dive briefings, we here at Hot Hardware were not only lucky enough to check out the new hardware on the show floor, but also got to run a full suite of benchmarks

Today at its Snapdragon Summit event, Qualcomm is launching its next-generation flagship smartphone silicon with not one, but two new members of the Snapdragon 8 Elite family. The Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 and top-end Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6 are both built on an unspecified 2nm process and introduce a new generation of Qualcomm’s custom

Microsoft’s Xbox gaming division is the midst of a big reset as outlined earlier this year when the company laid off hundreds of employees and shed several smaller studios. The next phase of this shakeup is now in motion and will see more layoffs alongside shifts in how its studios operate, which could mean the demise of one the Xbox’s most

According to patent documents originally spotted by Respawn First, Microsoft is studying ways to enhance in-game advertisement solutions. Specifically, Microsoft showcased a context-aware ad system that times ad interruptions to specific in-game events and rewards players with ad credits for tolerating it. This ties into Microsoft’s plans

That’s right folks; this is an actual launch of an actual PC hardware component! A little odd to get as excited as I am over a new case, but this is where we’re at in the market right now. Corsair’s new Warthog case is an absolutely fantastic-looking new PC chassis in black or olive drab, and if you agree, you can skip my chatter and go down

Sony has submitted a patent for an automated, cloud-based AI model that is designed to continuously monitor consumer electronics (like PlayStaion consoles or headphones), detect subtle software anomalies, and deploy custom repair code to fix them before users even notice there is an issue.

The patent filing describes an architecture with

Following Google’s recent reveal of its new Googlebook platform, preorders are now live at retail. There are several models to choose from, with ASUS, Acer, Dell, HP, and Lenovo all getting in on the action, and regardless of which way you lean, Best Buy is offering to sweeten the pot by giving early adopters a free set of Pixel Buds 2a earbuds.

The

Motorola continues to reshape its flagship smartphone game plan with an emphasis on high-end audio and leading hardware. Through a newly announced multi-year partnership with Danish luxury audio brand Bang & Olufsen, the mobile maker aims to elevate integrated smartphone speakers beyond basic playback into a more refined acoustic experience.

Durabook just took multi-monitor setups to an absolute extreme with the release of its new Z14I-DX3. Built for defense teams, emergency responders, and field engineers who need a mobile command center, this rugged beast packs three 14-inch displays, which is two more than most people have on their desktop. The catch? Carrying one around is

AMD hit a major financial milestone this week by crossing the $1 trillion market capitalization threshold for the first time in the company’s long and storied history. Driven by a nearly 10% single-day surge, AMD shares reached a record high of $616.69 on Monday before closing at $615.52, capping off a rally that has seen the stock nearly

In a statement originally reported by Taiwanese news site United Daily News, Acer Chairman Chen Chun-sheng has predicted a pricing recovery for the PC market as early as Q3 2027, decrying a decade-long shortage as “impossible.” Seeing as Acer is one of the biggest, most successful prebuilt PC and laptop providers out there, this is an unexpectedly

Imagine this: you spend thousands of dollars on building a high-end gaming PC, with components like a Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Dual Edition and a GeForce RTX 5080. You settle in to play some games, and load up an old favorite, GTA V, to see how it runs. Hearing about the new hotness, you mod DLSS 5 into your game, but within minutes, your screen starts

It’s only been about two weeks since Hideo Kojima rocked the gaming world with the announcement that the much anticipated Physint, which is the successor to the iconic Metal Gear series, would now be happening in collaboration with Microsoft instead of Sony. In an interview with IGN, Kojima provided insight into how it all unfolded and why

A safety benchmark study has shown that leading artificial intelligence models (when connected to a robotic arm) prefer to execute dangerous physical tasks up to 97% of the time, highlighting a problem between text-based AI safeguards and real-world execution.

This experiment, conducted by independent evaluation firm Robocurve using its