We’re at the end of a quarter, and you know what that means: investor meetings. Intel held a Data Center and AI Investor Webinar today, and along with the usual boring money talk, revealed a few key details about its upcoming Xeon products. Those include the E-core-only Sierra Forest and Clearwater Forest CPUs as well as the more conventional

Source: Hot Hardware – Intel Xeon Roadmap Update Teases 144-Core Sierra Forest CPU Built On A Cutting-Edge Node

A new rumor was published on Twitter detailing the potential release date and memory specifications for NVIDIA’s upcoming RTX 4050 graphics card. The GPU could come as early as June of this year, and possibly launch before the RTX 4060. However, the rumor also suggests the RTX 4050 will come with less VRAM than the RTX 3050 8GB it’s supposed

Source: Hot Hardware – When NVIDIA Might Launch An Entry-Level GeForce RTX 4050 And What To Expect

App developer Steve Moser has discovered hidden code within Netflix’s app that points to the streaming service broadening its reach in gaming. The popular streaming service has been getting its feet wet in the gaming industry since it added games to its platform that are playable on iPhones, iPads, and Android devices in 2021. Since then,

Source: Hot Hardware – Hidden Code Reveals Netflix Is Testing TV Gaming With Phones As Controllers

AMD graphics card partner PowerColor has launched some swappable backplates. These so-called Devil Skins are exclusively applicable to the latest Radeon RX 7900 Red Devil series graphics cards from PowerColor. There are just two Devil Skins available at launch, we don’t know if there will be more, but they are certainly interesting design-wise

Source: Hot Hardware – PowerColor Summons Devil Skins For Radeon RX 7900 Red Devil Cards Starting At

It’s fair to say the The Last of Part I on PC is disappointing a lot of games. One only need look at the ‘Most Negative’ rating on Steam out of more than 9,000 user reviews. What’s been deemed by many as a shoddy port has left PC gamers frustrated with a litany of issues, including long shader compile times, game crashes, and more. Fortunately,

Source: Hot Hardware – The Last Of Us Part 1 Patch Is Here To Fix PC Port Issues, Radeon Driver Update Too

The hardest part about navigating leaks and rumors is determining how reliable and/or feasible they might be, which entails weighing the source and balancing the information with common sense. It’s an inexact science to be sure. We bring this up because a fresh leak pertaining to NVIDIA’s upcoming GeForce RTX 4070 launch suggests that pricing

Source: Hot Hardware – NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Leak Reveals A Much Cheaper Price Than Expected

Samsung Galaxy Book3 Pro 360: As Configured – $1699.99 The Samsung Galaxy Book3 Pro 360 delivers a premium convertible computing experience with dazzling 120Hz AMOLED display. Brilliant OLED Display Strong Battery Life Very Responsive Performance Immersive Dolby Atmos Audio Massive Trackpad Full 10-Key NumPad Included Grainy “FHD” Webcam Size…

Source: Hot Hardware – Samsung Galaxy Book3 Pro 360 Review: Great Perf, Superb OLED

The European Space Agency (ESA) shared an image captured by the Hubble Space Telescope that has NASA and others stumped on how to give it one tidy label. It seems the luminous object located about 390 million light years from Earth is a bit too complex to be placed in a single box.

Scientists like to be able to narrow down what something

Source: Hot Hardware – Hubble Spots A Strange Celestial Object That Has NASA Stumped

It’s taking a minute or two, but the next generation of solid state drives leveraging the PCI Express 5.0 bus are starting to materialize. Adding to the modest but growing pile is the Galax HOF (Hall of Fame) Extreme 50. This is Galax’s first foray into PCIe 5.0 storage territory, and it enters the scene with a stylish (albeit very large)

Source: Hot Hardware – Galax HOF Extreme 50 PCIe 5 SSD Touts A Huge Active Cooler And Smoking-Fast Speeds

Opinions on the internet can be misleading. You may have heard a near-universal cheer for the forthcoming federal ban of video-sharing app TikTok. Well, put away the champagne and poppers. The so-called “ban TikTok bill” is a lot more insidious than one may realize. 
TikTok is an insanely-popular video sharing site that is available and primarily

Source: Hot Hardware – The RESTRICT Act Could End The Internet, And Freedom, As We Know It

Multiple reports suggest that Microsoft’s is making a new version of Windows, creatively called Windows 12. It could be coming in under a year from now, featuring several new standout features that should separate it from Windows 11. Some of these new features will reportedly include a new UI re-design that will copy UI elements from MacOS

Source: Hot Hardware – Windows 12 Plans Reveal A Bold Redesign, Tighter Security And AI-Powered Features

Nintendo has finally finished work on The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, and for the announcement, it has released a gameplay video narrated by none other than series steward Eiji Aonuma himself—at least, in the Japanese version. The English version is narrated by an interpreter, but either way, the video shows off some of the new

Source: Hot Hardware – Zelda Tears Of The Kingdom Gameplay Drops As Nintendo Wraps Up Development

Interpreting Amazon listings is as much art as science, but the e-commerce giant is adding an unmistakable signal you should take into account. Amazon is placing a warning label to products that have a high return rate, giving you a hint there may be something wrong or misleading about it. This could mean less hassle and disappointment for

Source: Hot Hardware – Amazon Starts Posting Warnings On Frequently Returned Items And It’s About Time

An open letter concerning the future of AI development has garnered the attention and signatures of some very powerful people. So far it has received the signatures of high-profile leaders in the tech industry, such as Elon Musk, Apple Co-founder Steve Wozniak, Skype Co-founder Jaan Tallinn, and Pinterest Co-founder Evan Sharp.

With the

Source: Hot Hardware – Why Musk, Woz And Other Tech Leaders Want To Halt AI Experiments For 6 Months

Those waiting for mainstream Ada Lovelace cards are in for a treat today. A reputable Twitter leaker has shared some purported box art for the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti, as well as its launch date, and a launch window for the RTX 4050.

The packaging speaks for itself. Atop of this article you can see some GPU box art ready for an AIB partner

Source: Hot Hardware – GeForce RTX 4060 Ti Box Breaks Cover, What To Expect From NVIDIA’s Mid-Range GPU

We all know someone who operates without a filter. Sometimes what they have to say can be comical, other times it comes off as diarrhea of the mouth. In extreme cases, it can be toxic and offensive. In real life, certain language can get a person punched in the mouth (we don’t condone punching anyone, just stating the facts). The repercussions

Source: Hot Hardware – Adata XPG Teases An AI Gaming Chat Tool That Promises To Protect Against Bans

The number of dedicated gaming phones is getting thinner by the day. Today, we say goodbye to Lenovo: it has decided to end the Legion gaming phone business all in the name of business consolidation.

If you’ve been holding out for Lenovo to follow up its Legion Phone Duel 2 powerhouse, we’re sorry to say that what you have there in your

Source: Hot Hardware – Game Over: Lenovo Confirms No More Legion Gaming Phones

After a short delay from its original launch target (around three and a half weeks), the much-anticipated PC port for The Last of Us Part I released to PC this week, but it’s unfortunately not living up to expectations. After just a day on Steam, it’s racked up a “Mostly Negative” impression out of more than 6,400 user reviews, with the early

Source: Hot Hardware – Last Of Us Part 1 PC Port Is Drowning In Negative Steam Reviews, Dev Responds

Astronomers detected a gamma-ray burst so bright, it effectively blinded most gamma-ray instruments in space. The pulse of intense radiation traveled for about 1.9 billion years to reach Earth.

Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are the brightest explosions of light in the known Universe. The one that was detected on October 9, 2022, was so luminous

Source: Hot Hardware – The Brightest Gamma-Ray Burst In Human Civilization Has NASA Excited

Ookla, the company that created Speedtest.net, has put together an international list of 5G bandwidth results, comparing Galaxy S22 and S23 speeds from actual user reports in twelve different countries. This list was made to see whether or not the S23’s newer Snapdragon X70 5G modem is faster than the S22’s (slightly older) X65 modem. Overall,

Source: Hot Hardware – Samsung Galaxy S23 Series 5G Speed Test Compares Performance To Predecessor