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

Apple iPhone users should check whether their phone harbors an unassuming keyboard app in Settings. There’s a new third-party keyboard that’s designed to collect everything they type and send that information to cybercriminals.

British cybersecurity company Certo Software just detailed how keyboard-based iPhone spyware are on the rise. iOS

Source: Hot Hardware – New iPhone Security Threat Let’s Hackers Record Every Word You Type

We’d be shocked if the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) next month is not dominated by AI-infused announcements. As we wait to see what exactly is in store, Gigabyte has jumped the gun with its Aorus CO49DQ, a super ultra-wide gaming monitor with a curved QD-OLED panel and a special AI algorithm to mitigate the risk of burn-in.

How exactly

Source: Hot Hardware – Gigabyte’s Aorus CO49DQ 49-Inch OLED Gaming Monitor Uses An AI Trick To Tackle Burn-In

We’ve only got 15 more days until Christmas, so now is the time to take advantage of some hot, last-minute deals. This week, we present to you the top 10 tech gifts for under-$100.

Leading off, we have the JBL Flip 6 at $99.95 or 23% off the regular price. This portable Bluetooth speaker claims up to 12 hours of playtime with powerful bass

Source: Hot Hardware – Ten Top Holiday Tech Gift Ideas Under 0 For Big Deal Savings

NVIDIA CFO Colette Kress spoke about the possibility of having Intel as a foundry partner during an interview at the UBS Global Technology Conference. At the moment NVIDIA uses both Samsung and TSMC for their chip fabrication needs, with TSMC handling the majority of the duty.

TSMC is currently the strongest foundry partner, and works on

Source: Hot Hardware – NVIDIA CFO Teases Intel Foundry Services Deal And It Could Be A Great Partnership

The US Space Force (USSF) is about to launch its X-37B reusable and unmanned mini space shuttle on a secret mission. Mission specifics are sparse, but many believe that it represents the US military’s warning to (primarily) Russian and Chinese rivals of its intention of achieving space superiority. 

With six missions already under its belt,

Source: Hot Hardware – Pentagon’s X-37B Space Force Warplane Soon To Take Flight On A Secret Mission

Phison is set to reveal further details of its upcoming PS5031-E31T SSD controller for PCIe 5.0 Solid State Drives. However, unlike Phison’s E26 controller that’s used for today’s SSDs, the E31T is designed to use much less power and be more efficient. That could enable the creation of PCIe 5.0 SSDs that don’t require heatsinks, which have

Source: Hot Hardware – Phison Announces PCIe Gen 5 SSD Controller Expansion For Blistering-Fast Storage

The popularity of AI image generation only continues to grow as the quality of images produced by services like Microsoft’s Bing Image Creator and NovelAI steadily improves. It’s honestly an entertaining way to spend a few hours, and it can also be an interesting creative tool. If you’ve been banned off of Bing or don’t have the hardware to

Source: Hot Hardware – Imagine Meta AI Image Generator Can Conjure Amazing Artwork And It’s Free