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.

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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.”

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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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Source: Hot Hardware – Why AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX And XT GPUs Are Suddenly A Hot Commodity In China

If you’re using a Chrome browser—and chances are high that you are, simply based on Chrome’s dominant market share—stop what you’re doing and initiate an update to the latest version. Yes, you should be receiving Chrome updates on an automatic basis, but the newest build patches a bunch of alarming security vulnerabilities, including one that

Source: Hot Hardware – Hackers Are Exploiting A Security Flaw Affecting Billions Of Chrome Users, Patch ASAP

The next product in Ayaneo’s Remake Collection has arrived. The Retro Mini PC AM01 is technically Ayaneo’s first mini PC, although one could argue that the company’s many x86-based handheld gaming systems also qualify. Still, this is the company’s first machine without an attached screen or gaming controls, and you can snag it right now for

Source: Hot Hardware – Ayaneo’s Macintosh Style Retro Mini PC AM01 Is Here, Hands-On

Black Friday and Cyber Monday have come and gone, yet there are still great deals you can take advantage of to build a get entry level PC for just around $600. Though this PC build guide doesn’t make use of the latest hardware, it certainly will offer great performance for a very economical price point. Additionally, it offers an attractive

Source: Hot Hardware – Build A Sweet 1080p Gaming Rig For 0 With These Holiday PC Parts Deals

Ikea has launched a new smart home product family called the Vallhorn, Parasoll, and Badring, which are “designed to give customers a greater sense of control and comfort, allowing them to stay connected to their homes, even when they are away.” Thankfully, these smart home products are inexpensive and don’t require the ever-fun Ikea assembly,

Source: Hot Hardware – IKEA Releases 3 Ultra-Affordable Smart Home Sensors, No Assembly Required

Remember that Alienware M18 R1 laptop that we made some fuss about awhile back? We reviewed the original NVIDIA-powered version, but there’s a new AMD Advantage model that uniquely comes with a mobile variant of Navi 31 called the Radeon RX 7900M. Sadly, reviewers and early adopters have complained of black screens, stuttering games, and even

Source: Hot Hardware – Dell Offers Work-Around For Alienware M18 Gaming Laptop Display Issue With RX 7900M

A security vulnerability found in ownCloud, a provider of open-source software solutions for organizations to host and sync files, is now being actively exploited by threat actors. The vulnerability, CVE-2023-49103, was initially disclosed by ownCloud on November 21, 2023 whereupon it was assessed as being a critical risk, earning it a CVSS

Source: Hot Hardware – Actively Exploited ownCloud Flaw Is So Bad It Earned A Max 10 Security Alert

On paper, the Pimax Crystal is one of the best VR headsets currently available on the market, boasting rather impressive displays and overall capabilities. However, all of that comes at a cost and performance premium that many people may not quite be able to afford. Despite this, if you are looking for a solid VR headset and can handle not…

Source: Hot Hardware – Pimax Crystal VR Headset Review: High Res, High-End VR In Need Of Polish

Saving your files in the cloud affords a number of benefits, not least among them reliability. Why worry about hard drive failures when Google can keep copies of your files on multiple servers? That’s all well and good in theory, but Google Drive has encountered a problem. In recent days, Drive users have reported that months or even years

Source: Hot Hardware – Google Drive Sync Bug Loses Months Of User Files As Google Investigates