Nathan Ord
Nathan Ord is a tech nerd through and through. Following any technology, from home and business applications to VR, anything is up his alley. Starting out as the family repair guy and local "tech expert" for those around him, he helped out wherever he could. Nathan came aboard HotHardware in 2020 and continuously enjoys what he does. In his free time, he enjoys volunteering, playing video games, and just relaxing with friends.
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Nintendo is famous—or infamous depending on your perspective—for being a bit of a buzzkill when it comes to other people using its intellectual property and technology. Of course, some of this is justified, like with the case of the Nintendo Switch emulator Yuzu that settled with the games company earlier this year...
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The Fallout series on Amazon Prime has been well received, topping streaming charts and maintaining that position since its release. With this popularity, folks already familiar with, and those new to the world of Fallout, have been diving back into the games. This has led to some impressive new metrics for the game...
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The knockoffs market has exploded in the past year or so, leading to fake Palworld and Helldivers 2 listings on Steam among many others. However, knockoffs are not exclusive to software and extend to the PC market, targeting folks looking to save a buck on the latest and greatest components for their PC build. While...
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In the past few years, the ransomware market has heated up, leading to more payouts for threat actors and more attacks overall. However, in late 2023, with the seizure of BlackCat ALPHV by law enforcement, among other factors, the business side of ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) has been put on ice, at least somewhat...
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There are plenty of instances of folks using Apple’s Vision Pro augmented reality headset irresponsibly, while doing things like driving Telsa Cybertrucks, skydiving, or even getting married. Despite all that nonsense, the Vision Pro has some potentially game-changing applications, especially within the medical field...
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If you are a threat actor and want to mine cryptocurrency or steal some juicy information, a gamer’s PC is a good target for that sort of thing, given the hardware and software they use. Even better yet is the PC of a game cheater because they are used to downloading sketchy software in the first place, so the barrier...
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At the end of 2023, we looked at Pimax’s latest VR headset offering, known as the Pimax Crystal, which debuted at $1,499 after a $300 coupon. In that review, we found that it was a technically solid device that needed some polish to clean up some minor problems with its hardware and software implementation. This week...
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Working subtle advertisements into products seems to be the way of the future, with platforms like Discord testing the ad waters now as well. However, Microsoft has been well ahead of the curve and has been toying with the idea for quite some time for some of its software products. Now, the Redmond-based company is...
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Nearly six years ago, Bethesda released Fallout 76, which wasn't quite ready for prime time and was initially considered one of the worst games in the series. Since then, Bethesda has been tweaking, updating and adding features to the game, and it is still alive today. Now, the Fallout TV show is rekindling people’s love for the Fallout game
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In the last couple of days, Apple has notified its users in 92 different countries that a spyware attack targeted them. While this is not necessarily a new type of notice, Apple has reportedly elected to change its phrasing around the messaging, supposedly due to pressure from Indian government officials. If you have...
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Alienware m16 R2 Gaming Laptop: Starts at $1,499, as tested $1,849 Dell has reimagined its new mid-sized Alienware m16 R2 gaming laptop, and the result is a more efficient yet still potent, Intel Meteor Lake-powered beauty. Clean Understated Design Solid, Balanced Performance Quality Keyboard...
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End-of-life hardware can be quite the problem at times, even crashing back into Earth’s atmosphere at supersonic speeds for that matter. Of course, we wouldn’t expect such travesties happening with the hardware you keep in your basement, or that NAS you tucked away your closet. However, older tech gear can have...
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I guess the Notepad built into Windows is fine, but it could be better. It could have more features, cleanliness, and could simply just be iterated on as an improvement. Thankfully, there is Notepad++, a free and open-source Notepad replacement and code editor, which has become incredibly popular. With this...
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Most people don't realize it, but older technology powers much of our current infrastructure. Whether it is due to a lack of acceptable alternatives, costs, or just plain bureaucratic indifference, ancient technology like floppy disks are still being used in some niche applications, like at Chuck E. Cheese...
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Earlier this year, Acer stormed onto the stage at CES with a handful of gaming monitors up to an incredible 57” with the Predator Z57. Though it had been mentioned previously, what was distinctly missing from the coverage was the monitor that sat between that behemoth and the smaller, but still bodacious, Predator...
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The total solar eclipse is just around the corner on April 8th, and millions of folks around the United States are getting ready to see it. That said, if you haven’t gotten your solar viewing glasses yet or done other necessary prep work, it might be a bit of a struggle to get it all in time. Thankfully, NASA will be...
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Artificial intelligence-based image generation and manipulation have become a hot topic lately, with the advent of tools like OpenAI’s Sora generating surrealistic images and video. Now, AI has made its way into the courtroom through an evidence submission of AI-enhanced video footage in a triple-murder case. However...
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When a platform introduces new advertisements, those ads can often be somewhat intrusive and drive users away. Discord is looking to avoid that, though, with its new advertising scheme, that will help boost the platform’s revenue. Rolling out in stages over the coming weeks, Discord Quests are a novel idea and are...
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Twenty years ago today, Google launched a new product that was initially thought to be an April Fools' Day prank. However, that was quite the opposite, creating Gmail, which would eventually come to have over a billion users with an unfathomable quantity of emails in their accounts. While the history of how Gmail came...
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Over the past few days, the security world has been abuzz with the discovery of a backdoor snuck into a compression utility called xz-utils. While this backdoor was effectively a near miss, getting caught before it became pervasive, it goes to show that with a bit of social engineering and laying low for a while, you...
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Artificial intelligence is not perfect. It occasionally spews misinformation, like the time a Chevy AI chatbot was tricked into “selling” a Tahoe for $1, and hallucinations or mistakes in the training data can result in incorrent output. However, the march of AI integration continues, bringing with it these sorts of...
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A team of researchers recently found a side-channel vulnerability in Apple’s custom SoC architecture that does not appear patchable and allows for the theft of encryption keys.
The research team, which hails from six different universities around the United States, published its findings and is calling it the...
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