If Marvin the Martian makes it onto your computer and does privilege escalation to take it over, we might now know just how they did it. A new Linux local privilege escalation vulnerability, dubbed Looney Tunables. that can bump basic users to root was discovered, affecting a plethora of Linux installations.

Glibc is the GNU C Library project,

Source: Hot Hardware – Looney Tunables Exploit Gives Hackers Root Access To Linux, That’s All Folks

Google officially announced the newest additions to its Pixel lineup with the Pixel 8 and 8 Pro smartphones, Pixel Buds Pro, and Pixel Watch 2 during its Made by Google event today.

Pixel 8 and 8 Pro smartphones
Google’s Pixel smartphones have been heralded for their top-notch cameras and accompanying editing software, and the new Pixel

Source: Hot Hardware – Google Pixel 8 And Pixel 8 Pro Launch With Tensor G3 And Sweet Preorder Bonuses

Alienware Aurora R16 Gaming Desktop PC (Starts at $1,299, as tested $1,949) Alienware’s latest Aurora R16 desktop has a new look, the latest PC gaming technology, and cooling that’s both quiet and efficient.  Good performance for the price Very quiet under load Plenty of external connectivity High-performance liquid cooling  Legend…

Source: Hot Hardware – Alienware Aurora R16 Gaming Desktop Review: A Civil Redesign

What do you do if you’re coming off a $7.97 billion quarter and are forecasting next quarter’s revenue to be $8.2 billion? Well if you’re Netflix, apparently you raise prices (again) for your streaming service. Unfortunately, the cost of cutting the cord and relying on streaming services is becoming more expensive, especially if you’re juggling

Source: Hot Hardware – Sorry Cord Cutters, Your Netflix Streaming Bill Is About To Increase Yet Again

SteelSeries officially unveils its latest entry into the world of gaming and streaming with its Alias and Alias Pro microphones. Both mics come with a 1-inch premium capsule that it says is three times bigger than competitors.

The gaming and content creation world has been receiving a lot of attention from companies, and SteelSeries is

Source: Hot Hardware – SteelSeries Goes Bananas With Its Expansion Into Gaming Microphones

Intel’s share price is up in after market hours following the announcement of its plans to spin off its Programmable Solutions Group (PSG) into a standalone business, followed by an eventual IPO. The chip maker says the move will give the group the autonomy and flexibility it needs for faster growth and to ultimately be more competitive in

Source: Hot Hardware – Intel Spins Off Programmable Chip Business With FPGA Market Poised For Explosive Growth

History’s first ever fine for space junk has been issued by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to Dish Network. This move is an early warning to other satellite operators that Congress is getting serious about space debris. Is it enough, however?

In an announcement this week, the FCC said that is had concluded its investigation

Source: Hot Hardware – FCC Smacks Dish Network With Its First-Ever 0K Space Junk Fine

Yep, that’s right, Sony’s latest PlayStation 5 gaming console is now cool-able with liquid. EKWB has developed a new full-cover water block for the PlayStation 5, that enables the unit to be cooled completely by liquid, including the Zen 2 SoC, power delivery system, GDDR6X memory chips, and more. The water block won’t boost performance, but

Source: Hot Hardware – How To Liquid Cool Your PlayStation 5 Game Console With EK’s New Waterblock

The Nintendo Switch came out on March 3rd, 2017. Five months from now will be its seventh anniversary. Seven years is a pretty good run for a game console, and the Switch wasn’t particularly impressive hardware-wise even when it came out, so we can safely assume that Nintendo is well into planning its next-generation hardware.

Despite the

Source: Hot Hardware – Nintendo Reveals Switch Game Release Support Plan With Switch 2 Imminent

For the past decade, the semiconductor industry has been experiencing the effects of Moore’s Law running out of road. It’s getting harder and harder (or perhaps even impossible) for fabs to deliver new process nodes that deliver both performance and cost improvements. But NVIDIA and its ambitious CEO Jensen Huang have seemingly accepted the

Source: Hot Hardware – You’ve Heard Of Moore’s Law For CPUs, Now Check Out NVIDIA’s Huang’s Law For GPUs

Most of Rockstar Games is probably hard at work on GTA 6 right now, but the part that isn’t is still working to keep GTA Online running. Yes, ten years after the original launch of Grand Theft Auto V, GTA Online is still being actively-supported with new content, even if some of Rockstar’s changes have been contentious among players, like

Source: Hot Hardware – Rockstar Appears To Tease GTA 6 Launch And Gamers Are Over The Moon With Hype

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella commented during his testimony in Google’s antitrust trial that the company cannot compete with Google and that Google’s dominance in the search engine market is so significant the internet has more or less become “Google web.” Nadella’s comment is in light of deals Google has made with others, such as Apple and

Source: Hot Hardware – Microsoft CEO Calls Google’s Dominance In Search A Nightmare In Antitrust Trial

Mobile processor designer Arm has issued a security bulletin for developers using its Mali GPU drivers. The firm has warned that a flaw tracked as CVE-2023-4211 “may be under limited, targeted exploitation.” Affected devices include the Google Pixel 7, Samsung Galaxy S20 and S21, the ASUS ROG Phone 6 and many more by firms like Oppo, Xiaomi,

Source: Hot Hardware – Arm Warns Mali GPUs Are Under Alarming Security Attack, Emergency Patch Issued

If you are reading this on October 4th at 2:20 pm EST and wondering why your devices are making a cacophony of noise, don’t worry as it is just a test. Tomorrow afternoon, FEMA and the FCC are coordinating to test two emergency alert systems across the nation to ensure preparedness for national-level emergencies.

As mentioned, two simultaneous

Source: Hot Hardware – Why You Shouldn’t Panic When Your Mobile Devices Erupt With Alarms Tomorrow

The Humane Ai Pin, powered by Snapdragon, debuted publicly at the Paris Fashion Show. The company, founded by former Apple employees, says it wants to make technology invisible while still providing and enhancing all the features and benefits of current technology.

Humane, Inc. announced its Humane Ai Pin in July 2023. It is the company’s

Source: Hot Hardware – Humane Ai Pin Takes To The Runway At Paris Fashion Show Powered By Snapdragon

Time has reportedly run out for Apple’s original smartwatch released in 2015, including those ultra-fancy and expensive 18-karat gold models that sold for up to $17,000 a pop, or $18,500 with an AppleCare+ warranty. According to an internal memo seen by MacRumors, Apple added its first-gen smartwatches to its obsolete products list at the

Source: Hot Hardware – ,000 First-Gen Gold Apple Watch Is Now Obsolete, Go Figure

Astronomers are slamming a massive low-Earth orbit communications satellite because it is brighter in the night sky than most stars. Astronomers are concerned that without some type of regulation on these extremely bright satellites, the effect could be detrimental to observing the stars from Earth and performing radio astronomy.

The issue

Source: Hot Hardware – Astronomers Slam Massive BlueWalker 3 Satellite For Being Obnoxiously Bright

Samsung T9 SSD: Starting $139.99 (1TB), $439.99 (4TB) The new Samsung T9 is a compact, durable, high-performance external USB-C SSD that’s well suited to a wide array of applications. Compact Form Factor Rugged Enclosure Strong Performance Excellent Compatibility Price Premium Faster, Cheaper Options Available Samsung is expanding its line-up…

Source: Hot Hardware – Samsung T9 Portable SSD Review: Rugged, Fast, Petite Storage

The results are in for the most recent Steam survey and according to the numbers, NVIDIA’s GeForce RTX 3060 is now the most widely-represented GPU on the world’s most popular digital distribution platform for games. To get there, it had to leapfrog the GeForce GTX 1650, a budget friendly graphics card released more than four years ago.

That

Source: Hot Hardware – This GeForce RTX GPU Finally Dethroned GTX 1650 On Steam’s Hardware Survey

The laptop version of AMD’s Ryzen 7000 desktop CPUs is making its way back onto the desktop with Minisforum’s brand-new BD770i motherboard, which comes preinstalled with a Ryzen 7 7745HX (a mobile Ryzen 7 7700X) and a compact but powerful cooler. While this CPU-motherboard combo (which Minisforum terms a Mobile on Desktop or MoD board) might

Source: Hot Hardware – Minisforum BD770i Mini PC With A Ryzen 7 7745HX Inside Arrives With A Preorder Discount