AMD’s latest APUs combining Zen 4 CPU grunt with serious RDNA 3 graphics firepower have been very popular in handheld gaming machines, but they’re arguably best-suited for deployment in mini-PCs because, in our testing, the silicon serves best when spec’d for higher power limits than handheld devices can really support. That’s why we’re excited

Source: Hot Hardware – ASRock Unveils Mini PCs With AMD Ryzen 8040 Hawk Point APUs Firepower

There’s a shakeup at the top of Sports Illustrated. The storied magazine has abruptly fired CEO Ross Levinsohn, replacing him with Manoj Bhargava of 5-Hour Energy fame. While the company didn’t explain the reason for the firing, it no doubt has something to do with the recently revealed use of AI content on the Sports Illustrated website.

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Source: Hot Hardware – AI Article Controversy Results In Sports Illustrated CEO Losing His Job

It should go without saying but do not lick your Nintendo Switch cartridges, blow vape smoke into your Xbox consoles, or generally follow any internet trend. This is especially true for any trend that necessitates a company putting out a formal warning if and when it goes viral, even if there is no real scientific backing, as it would seem

Source: Hot Hardware – It Shouldn’t Need Saying But Huffing Your Steam Deck’s Exhaust Fumes Is Not Recommended

Meta just upgraded its Ray-Ban-collaborated smart glasses with a multimodal AI (artificial intelligence) that can identify and act on what you’re seeing. The system is available via a US-only early access program currently with early signs pointing to something quite a bit more useful than Ray-Ban Stories back in 2021.

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Source: Hot Hardware – Meta’s Ray-Ban Smart Glasses Gain AI To See And Identify Everything You See

Apple has included a key iOS security change with its latest iOS 17.3 beta for iPhone users aimed at keeping potential thieves from accessing pertinent personal data. When the new Stolen Device Protection feature is toggled on, it makes it to where the user has to use Face ID or Touch ID to gain access to critical actions.

A report earlier

Source: Hot Hardware – Apple Is Testing A Key iOS Security Change To Thwart iPhone Thieves, How It Works

We sure have come a long way since the days of dial-up internet access, which for you young folk, was really, really slow compared to what’s available today. As in, you were boss level if you upgraded to a 56.6K baud modem, and achieved god-tier status if you were one of the first to jump aboard DSL or cable. And now? God-tier status on the

Source: Hot Hardware – Google Fiber’s Blistering 20 Gig Service With Wi-Fi 7 Is Here For 0 Per Month

The technical difficulties continue for Baldur’s Gate 3 on Xbox, with players experiencing the loss of game save files. It’s another stumbling block for the game on the platform, with Xbox gamers needing to wait months to play the game after it was released on other platforms. This is because the developers were struggling to get the entire

Source: Hot Hardware – How To Prevent Xbox From Nuking Your Saved Progress In Baldur’s Gate 3

NASA’s interstellar Voyage 1 spacecraft has encountered a glitch and needs repaired from 15 billion miles away. For the time being, the spacecraft cannot send any legible science or engineering data back to Earth.

NASA says that the Voyager 1 spacecraft has traveled farther than any other craft to date. The space agency has reported that

Source: Hot Hardware – NASA Scrambles To Fix A Serious Glitch In Voyager 1 Probe 15 Billion Miles Away

As a culmination to a multi-year National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) investigation, EV manufacturer Tesla is recalling over two million of its Autopilot-equipped vehicles sold in the US. This large-scale summons is meant to safeguard against further accidents, which have led to numerous fatalities. 

The NHTSA initiated

Source: Hot Hardware – Autopilot Misuse Results In ‘Safety Recall’ For Over 2 Million Tesla EVs

Bethesda Game Studios is continuing to bring enhancement and improvements to Starfield, and even dropped some hints on Reddit about an update to the ways players will be able to travel. While the changes to the travel system are something players can expect down the line, different fixes that address several issues encountered by the community

Source: Hot Hardware – Bethesda Teases New Ways Of Traveling In Starfield, FSR 3 And XeSS Coming Too

One of the telltale signs that your PC has become ill with a virus is an unexpected slowdown in performance. Various forms of malware can sometimes feast on your system’s resources, whether it’s a hidden cryptocurrency miner, keylogger, or something else. Ironically, a recent update to Avira’s antivirus software is having the same effect on

Source: Hot Hardware – Avira Antivirus Is Causing Windows PCs To Run So Hard They Freeze Up, Fix Available

Tomorrow, 12/13/23, at 4:30 PM ET you absolutely should join us LIVE from New York with our friends from Intel, VP & GM of Client Performance Marketing Dan Rogers and Senior Director of Technical Marketing, Robert Hallock. 

We’re going to be running new Intel Core Ultra Meteor Lake laptops LIVE with these two very special guests!

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Source: Hot Hardware – Exclusive First Look At Intel Meteor Lake Core Ultra Performance With Intel!

Five benchmarks comparing an upcoming Intel Core Ultra 125H against AMD’s Ryzen 7 7840HS along with Intel’s own current-generation Core i5-13500H popped up on Baidu yesterday. The tests reveal that Intel’s new Meteor Lake processor seemingly isn’t that much faster than the Core i5-13500H it is replacing, and is actually slower than AMD’s latest

Source: Hot Hardware – Intel Core Ultra 125H, AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS Battle For Mobile Supremacy In Early Benchmarks

It would seem that Toyota cannot catch a break. Just weeks after discovering the company ran out of server disk space, shutting down production lines, and that Toyota vehicles could be compromised through the headlights, the company is telling German customers that some of their personal data may have been compromised in a breach that was

Source: Hot Hardware – Toyota Data Breach Steers Financial Info And Personal Details Into Hands Of Hackers

HP Omen Transcend 16 Gaming Laptop (Starts at $1,699, as tested $2,199.99) HP’s Omen Transcend 16 is a mid-sized but thin and very clean 16-inch gaming laptop with just a few caveats, and it should be on your short list to consider. Gorgeous Design Great Gaming and Content Creation Performance Fast, Crisp Display Excellent gaming performance…

Source: Hot Hardware – HP Omen Transcend 16 Gaming Laptop Review: Balanced & Beautiful

If you still had “attend E3” on your bucket list, it’s time to scratch that one out. The ESA has announced on Xwitter today that the Electronic Entertainment Expo (better known as E3) is well and truly dead. This announcement marks the end of an era as the biggest and longest-lived games expo in America finally carks it.

If you read that

Source: Hot Hardware – The End Of A Glorious Era, ESA Retires E3 Games Expo For Good

Regular readers of this site who are gamers are very likely to be primarily PC gamers. That may have muted your enthusiasm for Rockstar’s next Grand Theft Auto game, GTA VI, as it has been widely reported to skip the PC, at least at launch. Rockstar hasn’t said anything of the sort, but the trailer only mentions the PlayStation 5 and Xbox

Source: Hot Hardware – GTA 6 Is Likely To Snub PC At Launch And A Former Rockstar Games Dev Explains Why

Taylor Swift is pretty much everywhere these days, from selling out venues for musical performances to overtaking sports coverage whenever the Kansas City Chiefs play (courtesy of her relatively newfound relationship with Chiefs tight-end Travis Kelce). The sum of her popularity is Time Magazine’s designation of Taylor Swift as Person of the

Source: Hot Hardware – Taylor Swift Is So Popular Google Booted Her From Its 2023 Trending Search List

The United States Federal Trade Commission is issuing a new warning to Americans regarding the malicious use of QR codes. This is important information because QR codes are being used more and more as a convenient way of setting up devices or sending someone to a specific website. However, bad actors are now seeing it as an opportunity to

Source: Hot Hardware – FTC Warns Of Alarming QR Code Scams, What You Need To Know

Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney is celebrating an early Christmas gift, as a California jury found Google guilty of being a monopoly after four weeks of intense testimony. Sweeney posted a celebratory tweet following the verdict, stating that the court’s work on remedies will begin in January.

The epic court battle between Epic Games and Google

Source: Hot Hardware – Fortnite Maker Scores Epic Victory Over Google In High-Profile App Store Lawsuit