So you bought an Xbox Series X or Xbox Series S and now friends and family members are clamoring for some local multiplayer action, is that it? You’re going to need another controller. It’s almost criminal that console makers typically only bundle in a single controller, but that’s the way it goes. Fortunately, Black Friday discounts are in

Source: Hot Hardware – This Official Xbox Controller Is 43% Off And More Black Friday Gaming Deals

SpaceX’s launch of its uncrewed Starship garnered some astounding images during the second major flight test. The spacecraft achieved a height three times higher than its previous launch before it exploded over the Gulf of Mexico.

The company hoped Starship would have been able to successfully orbit Earth before landing in the Pacific Ocean.

Source: Hot Hardware – Closeup Shots Of SpaceX’s Starship Rocket Launch Before It Blew Up Are Stunning

You probably don’t need an official list to tell you that “123456” is an incredibly weak password (unless you’re a CEO, apparently), or that extending it out to “12345678” or even “123456789” are nearly as anemic when it comes to account security. Nevertheless, the folks at NordPass have published an annual list of the top 200 most common

Source: Hot Hardware – Security Report Reveals The Top 200 Weak Sauce Passwords You Could Possibly Use

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7000 Series Processors: Starting At $1,499 ($4,999 For 7980X) The AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7980X (64-cores) and 7970X (32-cores) are the company’s most-powerful HEDT, many-core processors every released.   More Cache Higher-Clocks Killer Multi-Thread Performance HEDT Returns! Higher TDPs Ultra Premium Pricing…

Source: Hot Hardware – AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7980X & 7970X Review: Many-Core Desktop Supremacy

Gear up for the holidays with some spectacular deals on laptops from companies like Acer, Microsoft, and HP. Whether you are a gamer or someone who just wants something to browse the web and check emails, there is a deal for all.

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Not every laptop needs to be beefy enough to run Crysis. Some people just want to

Source: Hot Hardware – Best Buy Black Friday Deals Are Here With Huge Savings On Laptops As Low As 9

LinkedIn continues to be a gold mine for gaming sleuths looking to unearth unannounced video games. This latest leak comes by way of a profile of a supposed developer at Gearbox Software, that mentions Borderlands 4 and Tiny Tina’s Wonderland 2. While it’s not particularly surprising to hear Gearbox is hard at work in a new installment in

Source: Hot Hardware – Borderlands 4 And Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands 2 Allegedly Confirmed In Profile Leak

We are only five days from Black Friday, and with it comes a plethora of deals on Amazon, which is trying to beat out all the brick-and-mortar stores competing for sales this year. Today, we have a handful of mini PCs that could make for a great home theater addition or home office box that will fit just about anywhere.

Leading off the

Source: Hot Hardware – Mini PC Deals Offer Big Savings On Pint-Sized Powerhouses

If you own a Nintendo Switch console, now is a great time to build up your games library. Black Friday deals are out in full force at Amazon with deep discounts on a bevy of titles, with markdowns ranging from 25% off all the way up to 75% off. And if you don’t own a Switch console, there’s a deal to be had there too, with Best Buy serving

Source: Hot Hardware – Nintendo Switch Game Deals Are Huge At Amazon, Up To 75% Off

Black Friday is just around the corner, but Amazon is looking to get into your wallets before any brick-and-mortar store does. As such, the company that has everything from A to Z is activating deals on many of those items, including laptops, tablets, headphones, and earbuds, which we are highlighting here today.

Kicking things off, we

Source: Hot Hardware – Black Friday Deals On Apple Products Offer Up To 51% Off Beats, MacBooks And More

Most of your writers up here at HotHardware are old farts, so we can scarcely imagine a Steam account without the original Half-Life. Back in the day, most of us owned boxed copies of the game, and you could put your CD-key into Steam to register it to your profile. If your existence on Steam is newer than that, don’t fret—you can add the

Source: Hot Hardware – Half Life’s Big 25th Anniversary Update Is FREE With New Maps And Enhanced Graphics

Is there anything worse than a porch pirate? Well yes (murderers, deadly diseases, loses the last leg on what would have otherwise been a lucrative parlay bet), but if it were up to us, there would be an additional circle of hell in Dante’s Inferno for these inconsiderate and opportunistic thieves. Now that the Black Friday and Cyber Monday

Source: Hot Hardware – Curb Porch Pirates With Ring Video And Security Cam Black Friday Deals Up To 65% Off

An AMD engineering sample that appeared on the Geekbench browser appears to be one of AMD’s upcoming Ryzen 8000 mobile CPUs, code-named Hawk Point. The CPU model is specifically believed to be one of AMD’s top-of-the-line variants, the Ryzen 9 8940HS. If true, that would make this one of the first Geekbench 6 results featuring the new chip.

Source: Hot Hardware – AMD Ryzen 9 8940HS Hawk Point APU May Have Just Made A Benchmark Cameo

It’s already been more than a year since the GeForce RTX 4090 hit store shelves. Truly, tempus does indeed fugit. Hardware enthusiasts are looking ahead to the next generation, and rumors have come a-plenty, but one of the most reliable NVIDIA leakers seems to have made a major screw-up with his GeForce RTX 5090 predictions.

As we previously

Source: Hot Hardware – GeForce RTX 5090’s 512-Bit Bus Rumor Busted? Here’s The Latest On Next-Gen GPU’s VRAM

As we get ready to close out the year, the Leonid meteor shower is going to reach its peak tomorrow morning, November 18th. While the shower might end up being a bit of a quieter one, there is still the opportunity to see a handful of meteors every hour while taking in the gorgeous night sky in all its glory.

The Leonids, which peak in

Source: Hot Hardware – Leonid Meteor Shower To Put On A Spectacular Light Show In The Skies This Weekend

Valve’s Steam Deck is a handheld gaming device that has forever changed PC gaming on-the-go. While it’s still a slick, fun device as we approach its second birthday, gamers always want for more performance. The Steam Deck 2 isn’t coming any time soon, however, so what are users supposed to do to maximize their current experience? Well,…

Source: Hot Hardware – Steam Deck Undervolting Tested: Boosting Battery Life And Performance

For every action, there is a an opposite action that is expected. Why do we bring this up? AMD has been competing fiercely with NVIDIA in the desktop discreet graphics card market this generation. With impressive performance-to-price ratio GPUs such as the Radeon RX 7900 XTX and the mid-range Radeon RX 7800 XT, NVIDIA is not the only game

Source: Hot Hardware – AMD Radeon RX 7900M Laptop GPU Benchmark Leak Puts RTX 4090 In A Vulkan Grip

If you’ve been waiting for the right moment to dip your toes in cloud game streaming, now is the time. Why is that? NVIDIA is joining the Black Friday frenzy that has already begun by offering a pretty sweet PC gaming bundle offer—if you sign up for six months of NVIDIA’s GeForce NOW Ultimate tier, you’ll also receive three months of PC Game

Source: Hot Hardware – NVIDIA GeForce NOW Levels Up With A PC Game Pass Bundle Deal Ahead Of Black Friday

Apple’s efforts to transition away from using modems made by Qualcomm Inc. are not going as well as the company had hoped. The smartphone giant no longer expects to be able to switch over to using its own in-house 5G modem by its initial projection of springtime of 2025. Apple is now hoping it can make the switch by the end of 2025 or the

Source: Hot Hardware – Apple’s Plan To Ditch Qualcomm For In-House 5G Modems Hits Another Snag

Google wants to help *ahem* sleigh busy holiday travel plans with an update to Google Maps. The added features are intended to help travelers navigate directions, festivities, and more. The travel tips include three new updates for Maps.

Going into a big city can be confusing and frustrating trying to figure out the best bus and train routes

Source: Hot Hardware – Google Maps Just Got A Bunch Of New Features To Sleigh Holiday Travel

Amazon is getting into the car-selling business thanks to a strategic partnership with Hyundai and its dealerships. This move sidesteps current state laws that ban direct-to-consumer (DTC) car sales, but is also something we think benefits the two corporations more so than its consumers. After all, who wants a middleman to the middleman?

At

Source: Hot Hardware – Amazon Is Getting Into Online Car Sales With This Automaker Calling Shotgun