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Hot Hardware was founded over 20 years ago in 1999, and covers computer products, gadget, science and related technology news, along with deep-dive tech product reviews.
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Black Ops 7 is being lambasted for AI-generated assets and baffling campaign design choices.

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Call Of Duty Black Ops 7 Gets Called Out By Gamers For Pushing AI Slop
Black Ops 7 is being lambasted for AI-generated assets and baffling campaign design choices.
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November 15, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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The goal is to enforce #censorship, which is an objectionable goal to begin with—at least, here in America. Read this. Spread the word. This is important.

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Privacy Watchdog EFF Lambastes Lawmakers Over Terrible Plan To Ban VPNs
The goal is to enforce censorship, which is an objectionable goal to begin with—at least, here in America.
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November 15, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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Early previews of #Metroid Prime 4 spawn mixed impressions, mostly due to an #annoying new #character.

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Metroid Prime 4’s Reinvention Is So Radical Early Previews Don’t Recognize It
Early previews of Metroid Prime 4 spawn mixed impressions, mostly due to an annoying new character.
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November 15, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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Amazon is offering great deals on Apple's AirTag tracker (single and 4-pack) and a few other items, including some Beats audio products. Have a look!
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Apple AirTags Are Dirt Cheap On Amazon For $16 While Deals Last
Black Friday deals already in effect on Apple's AirTag tracker, earbuds, headsets, and more.
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November 15, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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Early Black Friday deals on Razer's gear shaves hundreds of dollars off the Blade 14, plus peripherals for up to half off.
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Razer Blade 14 OLED Hits All Time Low At $300 Off And More Black Friday Deals
Now is your chance to score a Razer Blade 14 gaming laptop for hundreds of dollars below MSRP, as well as a variety of Razer gaming peripherals for up to 51% off.
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November 15, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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Hey, don't sleep on @ValveSoftware's Steam Machine!
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Skeptics Slam Valve’s Steam Machine Specs But Don't Count It Out
The Steam Machine reveal has drawn heavy criticism of its specifications, but is that backlash justified?
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November 14, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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Rockstar Games is bringing Red Dead Redemption to mobile for the first time, along with some welcomed improvements.

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Red Dead Redemption Launches On Netflix & Mobile With Free Upgrades For PS5 And Xbox
Rockstar Games is bringing Red Dead Redemption to mobile for the first time, along with some welcomed improvements.
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November 14, 2025 at 6:59 PM
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A Switch 2 #firmware update prompts accusations of #Nintendo allegedly sabotaging third-party accessory manufacturers.

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Nintendo Switch 2 Owners Furious After Update Bricks 3rd Party Docks
A Nintendo Switch 2 firmware update prompts accusations of Nintendo sabotaging third-party accessory manufacturers.
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November 14, 2025 at 6:55 PM
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The new double-density modules let users stuff up to 256GB of RAM into two memory slots.

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Adata & MSI Unveil 4-Rank DDR5 Modules For Massive Memory Capacities
The new double-density modules let users stuff up to 256GB of RAM into two memory slots.
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November 14, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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Some great Black Friday 'doorbuster' deals are on tap this weekend, including a big discount on an OLED gaming monitor and an affordable 75-inch Fire TV ahead of the Super Bowl.
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Black Friday Doorbuster Deals: 75" TV For $349, LG OLED Gaming Monitor Is $800 Off
Best Buy is serving up some enticing 'doorbuster' deals on tech items this weekend, including a great OLED gaming display and a cheap big screen TV.
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November 14, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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DoorDash data breach delivers first and last names, phone numbers, emails, & home addresses to hackers. But don't worry, DoorDash says no 'sensitive' information was compromised. 🤔
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DoorDash Says Relax, Data Breach Only Exposed Names, Phones, Emails & Addresses
Food delivery giant DoorDash has once again come under negative limelight, this time with massive data breach stemming from a sophisticated social engineering attack that targeted one of its…
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November 14, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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Intel remains the dominant player in the x86 space when it comes to market share, but AMD continues to chip away at its lead.
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AMD Desktop CPU Share Growth Challenges Intel's Dominance
Intel remains the dominant player in the x86 space when it comes to market share, both overall and in individual segments such as desktop, server, and mobile. However, AMD continues to chip away at…
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November 14, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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The Moon is not, in fact, a giant cosmic wheel of Gouda, according to a landmark paper published in Nature.
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4.5 Billion-Year Mystery Of What's Inside The Moon Is Settled, It's Not Cheese
The Moon is not, in fact, a giant cosmic wheel of Gouda.
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November 14, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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Patriot Memory didn't just join the 13K MT/s DDR5 memory club, it's now leading it.
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Patriot Viper Xtreme 5 DDR5 Blazes Past 13000 MT/s To Set Speed Record
Records are meant to be broken, and Patriot Memory did just that with its Viper Xtreme 5 DDR5 memory leapfrogging G.Skill, Adata, and Corsair to claim a world speed record.
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November 14, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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Bring it @Intel! #NovaLake
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Intel Confirms AVX10 For Nova Lake, Adds XeSS Frame Gen For Meteor Lake iGPUs
Intel adds XeSS Frame Gen for Core Ultra iGPUs, and the 60th Edition of its ISA Extensions Reference confirm AVX10.2's presence on Nova Lake.
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November 13, 2025 at 10:02 PM
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Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 is leveraging an AI powered version of FSR to deliver better graphics.

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Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 Debuts AMD FSR Redstone Graphics Boost
The fully AI-powered version of FSR, with frame-gen and ray regeneration features, makes its debut tomorrow.
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November 13, 2025 at 8:58 PM
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Dell Display and Peripheral Manager (DDPM) users should apply updates as soon as possible to protect themselves from a vulnerability found in the software.

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Millions Of Dell PCs At Risk From High-Impact DDPM Exploit, Patch ASAP
A major remote privilege escalation vulnerability exists in Dell's Display and Peripheral Manager.
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November 13, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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Android power users will be happy to hear that Google is working on a way to preserve sideloading.

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Android's New Sideloading Loophole Lets Power Users Install Unverified Apps
Google is backtracking on its decision to kill off sideloading, as it will develop a new flow for advanced users.
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November 13, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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Building or buying a PC is about to get more expensive according to ASUS.

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ASUS Issues PC Price Hike Warning Amid DRAM & NAND Shortage
ASUS pegs heightening demand for DRAM from AI servers as a driving factor in rising PC costs.
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November 13, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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Tachyum has unveiled the latest revision of its Prodigy processor design, now targeted at 2nm, with a bold claim of delivering up to 21x higher AI rack performance than NVIDIA's future Rubin Ultra platform.
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Tachyum Claims Its 1024 Core, 6GHz Prodigy AI Chip Crushes NVIDIA's Rubin Ultra
Chip startup's latest promises are incredible, but still just promises, at least for now.
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November 13, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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Samsung is eager to unleash the Galaxy Z Trifold smartphone/tablet sooner than expected, as it prepares to throw down with rivals in the space, like Huawei.
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Samsung Galaxy Z TriFold Gets A Holiday Launch As Specs & Pricing Leak
Samsung is raring to unleash the Galaxy Z Trifold smartphone/tablet sooner than some expected.
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November 13, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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Oh hey, look, the GeForce RTX 5070 Ti is at an all-time low. You can also find the regular 5070 (non-Ti) for below MSRP with these deals...
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GeForce RTX 5070 Ti Price Drops Below MSRP Ahead Of Black Friday
It took a while, but you can finally snag a GeForce RTX 5070 Ti graphics card by one of NVIDIA's add-in board (AIB) partners for less than NVIDiA's baseline MSRP.
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November 13, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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The sheer existence of these black hole behemoths was immediately flagged as impossible—for one, they fell squarely within the pair-instability mass gap. However, a team of researchers from NY have a different proposal.
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Black Holes Defy Stellar Laws With Impossible Mergers & Scientists Finally Know How
The sheer existence of these behemoths was immediately flagged as impossible—for one, they fell squarely within the pair-instability mass gap. However, a team of researchers from NY have a different…
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November 13, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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The benefits of AI are real and evolving, but so is AI fatigue. Microsoft just found that out in a social media post that didn't land the way it hoped.
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Windows Boss Ignites Angry Revolt Over Agentic OS As AI Fatigue Sets In
Ahead of Microsoft's next Ignite event, which kicks off in San Francisco (and online) next Tuesday, November 18, the company's president of Windows and Devices shared a message on X about the…
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November 13, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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The OnePlus 15, powered by Qualcomm's Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 3, is putting flagship Android phones on notice with killer battery life and exceptional performance. Is it the best of the best? Check out our review for all the deets!
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OnePlus 15 Review: Has The Flagship Killer Finally Settled?
The new OnePlus 15 ($899) makes some tradeoffs in display and imaging but continues to deliver great performance and killer battery life while still
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November 13, 2025 at 2:36 PM