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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While all the major celestial events for October have passed, there is no reason not be prepared for what is yet to come. Between binoculars and telescopes with smartphone integration, you can snag a deal on some great space-observing gear on Amazon to ensure you are ready for any meteor showers, lunar eclipse, or...
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Though Android 14 may be Google’s baby, it does not appear to be playing nice with Google’s Pixel phone lineup. On Reddit and in Google’s issue tracker, users who upgraded to Android 14 on Pixel devices are reporting that they are losing all data after their phones get soft-bricked by the update in a...
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After a month in beta, Valve has finally released SteamVR 2.0 for all users in the Steam VR ecosystem. This update brings some new features, updates, and upgrades over the previous version of SteamVR while also increasing SteamVR’s modernity to align with the recent Steam platform update earlier this year.
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Losing a phone or other mobile device can be a pain, especially if you don’t have any tools like Apple’s FindMy at your disposal. This pain doubles when you find yourself in the middle of nowhere on a camping trip with no cell signal to help you in the search. However, there is a trick that you could use to help...
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Artificial Intelligence is bleeding into every facet of technology, especially those that have to do with mundane life tasks and grunt work. One such example of this Google demonstrated five years ago when the company showed AI booking hair appointments and dinner reservations, with humans on the other end of the...
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Tomorrow, October 25th, the Xbox Partner Preview will showcase both updates and new games coming to Xbox and Windows from the plethora of Microsoft third-party partners. We’ll also get to see info on upcoming Game Pass titles and quite a bit of gameplay footage all around. Overall, it should be an exciting show, so...
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Though Amazon Prime Day has come and gone, and Black Friday fast approaches, Amazon still has some pretty great deals going on. From accessories to enhance your style and connectedness, to laptops to help you get work done, here are a few great ways to save on tech if you are in the market.
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With a purported userbase of over 500 million, WinRAR is one of the world’s most popular file compression tools thanks in part to its never-ending free trial. However, with such prevalence, WinRAR is also a juicy target for hackers to gain a foothold or escalation on a device. Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) has...
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Last year, NVIDIA encountered a United States ban on certain chip exports to China in an effort to control the latter’s growth in edge computing, military capabilities, and artificial intelligence. At that time, the graphics card company moved to sidestep those restrictions; however, it seems that avenue has been...
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Discord is a great voice, text, and video platform that allows friends, family, and communities of all types to connect in a common space. However, it’s been known that Discord has been used for some terrible things, such as the massive leak of intelligence from the U.S. Pentagon. Now, threat actors are leveraging...
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It seems like it was just yesterday that Minecraft hit 10 years old, but that was actually a half a decade ago. Since then, much has changed as the popular block-based game has continued to grow in popularity. However, with those changes come more eyes on the game overall and recent events surrounding Minecraft...
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With Prime Day now gone, there are still a few left-over deals that net you savings on things to have around the house, such as speakers to blast some tunes. Whether you are doing some work, cleaning up, cooking, or anything else, having music in the background will make it go faster no matter what, and hopefully, JBL...
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Whether you need to deck out a home office, spice up a gaming battle station, or enhance your workflow, adding an extra monitor or two will certainly do the trick. Thankfully, Amazon still has some left-over deals from Prime Day, which can net you some big savings on a number of Samsung monitors geared towards gaming...
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Cloud gaming has many advantages, such as lowering the barrier to entry to triple-A titles that require beefier and beefier hardware these days. However, one downside to this ecosystem is that there is a vast centralized dataset that could make for a rather juicy target for hackers. This is exactly what ShadowPC, a...
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Threat actors and malicious hackers have been targeting gamers with malware for quite some time, as they can be easy targets who download and run strange things from the internet all the time. Such was the case with a trojanized Super Mario game earlier this year that could have stolen information, run ransomware, or...
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Earlier in the year, Google implemented support for passkeys in its products to help move folks away from traditional passwords. In theory, this should make people more secure and have an easier time signing into their accounts, and as such, Google is making it the default means of signing in across personal Google...
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Amazon Prime deals are out, and the company is bringing the rain across the board, especially in the electronics department. If you need a new TV for a den or living room, right now might be a great time to grab one at any size and price point.
55”-Class
Kicking things off in the 55” class of TVs we have the TCL...
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Every year, Mojang and Microsoft host Minecraft Live, a livestream dedicated to news and updates from Minecraft and Minecraft: Legends as well as a peek into the future of Minecraft in general. This is also accompanied by the now controversial Mob Vote, where players can cast a ballot to help pick a new mob to be...
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As we inch closer to Halloween, coinciendtally, there are some interesting astronomic events afoot. Chief among these events is the upcoming annular solar eclipse, which will be crossing a significant swath of the United States. However, to view this phenomenon, one needs specific gear to protect their eyesight and/or...
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In early September, Valve received a radio certification in South Korea for an unknown model product listed as “1030.” At that time, it was unclear what exactly that product would be, though it was known that it would be a low-power wireless device of some sort. However, with a recent FCC listing, it is becoming...
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“It’s getting hot in here, so patch all of your phones” is not the line but is the case for iPhone 15, which was found to have an overheating problem. Users were finding that their phones would become nearly too hot to touch while charging or prolonged use. Since then, Apple has released a patch, which users should...
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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.
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