Paul Lilly
Paul is a seasoned geek who was first seduced into the world of computers and technology by the Commodore 64, and through the years he’s courted a number of OSes and platforms from DOS on up to the latest version of Windows. Having joined the HotHardware team in 2011, Paul is now a mainstay of the site covering the news beat and reviews, and resident wiseguy who keeps the mood light. He’s also an experienced freelance technology writer whose work has appeared in a number of online and print publications.
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Bitcoin is on a tear this week, having initially rallied to above $53,000 on Monday, the highest it has been since November 2021. That's also well above the less than $17,000 mark that it was sitting at to begin the year. Now just two days later, Bitcoin's value has surged past the $60,000 mark and is quickly...
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Talk about a 'hold my beer' moment. Just yesterday, Micron was thumping its chest over having kicked its 24GB 8-stack High Bandwidth Memory 3E (HBM3E) solution with blistering bandwidth of more than 1.2 terabytes per second (TB/s) into mass production. Now a day later, Samsung is touting the development of the...
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It's barely been four weeks since we wrote about a WHQL-certified Intel Arc graphics driver purporting to deliver massive performance gains by triple-digit percentages in some titles. Our coverage led to Intel creating a cool graphic (see above) and lest anyone thought it was mere lip service, it's now offering...
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It was right around six months ago when Colorful introduced its new Colorfire Meow series, with the first products consisting of an Intel B760M motherboard, GeForce RTX 4060 Ti and 4060 graphics cards, and a micro-ATX chassis. Today sees the Colorfire Meow series expand with a couple of AMD Ryzen gaming laptops with...
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After making a debut at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) last month, LG is using this year's Mobile World Congress (MWC) event as a launchpad for its LG Gram Pro laptops in the United States, with pricing and availability revealed. Additionally, those who place a preorder on LG's website will get a free RAM and...
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In case you haven't noticed, the era of artificial intelligence (AI) is being ushered in at a blistering pace, thanks in large parts to NVIDIA's high-end GPU and accelerator solutions—its data center business outpaced its gaming division by 4X last quarter (in terms of revenue). Of course, it takes a village, as well...
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Another report has surfaced claiming that Nintendo's next-generation Switch console will not launch this year after all, and instead will make its anticipated debut in 2025. March 2025, to be more specific, which means that the Switch 2 is still more than a year away from replacing the current crop of Switch consoles...
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For all the advances that have been made in wireless technologies, at times it still feels like we’re stuck in the stone age of connectivity. However, with the advancements in mobile, 5G and WiFi technologies, that's beginning to change. At Mobile World Congress, Qualcomm introduced its FastConnect 7900 Mobile...
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Qualcomm is making a splash at this year's Mobile World Congress (MWC) event in Barcelona Spain, with several announcements, one of which is the introduction of its Snapdragon X80 5G Modem-RF system. Harnessing the capabilities of AI, Qualcomm is pitching its latest-generation modem as the most advanced...
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There is quite a bit of mystery and intrigue surrounding Microsoft's future Xbox hardware plans, both in the long-term and the more immediate future. As it applies to the latter, a fresh leak alleges that Microsoft is getting ready to release an Xbox Series X in white trim, and without an optical disc drive, making it...
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One rumor that's persisted for several years—at least a half a decade, at this point—is that Microsoft will completely abandon physical discs for its Xbox game consoles. It hasn't happened, though with Microsoft confirming that it plans to keep releasing newer generation Xbox consoles into the future, the question has...
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An X/Twitter user with nearly 100,000 followers had people researching if Google was planning to shut down its popular Gmail service after posting a supposed screenshot of an email claiming that was the case. The post quickly went viral, amassing over 7.6 million views in less than 24 hours. But is Google really going...
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Bethesda has teamed up with AMD to give away some limited edition CPU and GPU hardware. Not by coincidence, the giveaway coincides with Starfield gaining support for AMD's FidelityFX Super Resolution 3 (FSR3) upscaling technology, which came by way of the game's most recent patch (versiion 1.9.67). Incidentally, the...
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It wasn’t that long ago when NVIDIA found lightning in a bottle with the cryptocurrency boom, which saw demand for its GPUs skyrocket beyond gaming and into a red hot mining market. Then came the crypto crash and, along with it, concerns about how NVIDIA would bounce back amid sagging GPU sales. NVIDIA found its...
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While the foldable form factor for smartphones got off to a rocky start several years ago, it is finally starting to hit its stride, thanks to a continued push by Samsung and competitors like Google, Huawei, and others. The form factor is still comparatively niche (versus standard smartphone designs), sure. However...
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You've likely heard the phrase, 'If you can't do the time, don't do the crime', which dates back to at least the 1970s and has been repeated countless times since, even in an episode of SpongeBob SquarePants. A couple of 33-year-old Chinese nationals—Haotian Sun of Baltimore, Maryland and Pengfei of Germantown...
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No longer a rumor, Walmart today announced it has entered into a definitive agreement with Vizio to acquire the TV maker for $11.50 per share in cold hard cash, which works out to a cool $2.3 billion (or thereabouts). It's a huge bet ostensibly on the smart TV market, though the real play here is the opportunity to...
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If Valve is sweating the increased competition in the handheld PC gaming space that it played a huge role in popularizing with the Steam Deck, the company isn't showing it. And if taking Valve at its word, it welcomes all newcomers to the space with open arms. This is made evident in a blog post titled, "Steam Annual...
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We've said it before and it bears repeating—there are certain items you should never pay the full asking price (MSRP) for, because you can often find them at a discount. This mostly applies to audio products (especially speakers), but you can add some of Apple's gear to the list as well. Especially today, with Amazon...
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It took a little over a month (since being announced), but Samsung's Galaxy Tab Active 5 with "military-grade durability" is now available to purchase. The durable tablet comes bundled with a protective case that, according to Samsung, allows it to withstand drops from 1.8 meters (around 5.9 feet). It's also water and...
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It took a minute (hundreds of thousands of minutes, actually, or six months) but ASUS ROG's Swift OLED PG32UCDM gaming monitor is finally finding its way to retail starting today. That also means we have confirmation on the price—at $1,299 (MSRP), the PG32UCDM is geared more towards spendthrifts than gamers who like...
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Reports of the Xbox console's demise have not only been exaggerated, they're flat out wrong. If there was any doubt that the Microsoft still intends on releasing future generation consoles, it was put to rest in a recent podcast in which Xbox president Sarah Bond put gamers on notice: the next-gen Xbox will deliver...
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