Acer Reveals When Intel Lunar Lake Laptops Are Coming And It's Very Soon

Hot Headlines In Tech For Today [HotHardware.com]( Here Are Today's Hot Headlines In Tech [View this email in your browser]( [Acer Reveals When Intel Lunar Lake Laptops Are Coming And It's Very Soon]( By Zak Killian on Aug 14, 2024 02:55 pm [Acer Reveals When Intel Lunar Lake Laptops Are Coming And It's Very Soon]( Intel has traditionally dominated the consumer laptop segment with its fast and compatible CPUs, but right now it's facing a three-pronged assault from Apple, Qualcomm, and even AMD thanks to new and extremely efficient processors from all three competitors. The company needs new hardware to stave off these challenges to its supremacy, and [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [AOC Unveils A 'Fast AF' QD-OLED Agon Pro Display For Tournament Gaming]( By Paul Lilly on Aug 14, 2024 11:07 am [AOC Unveils A 'Fast AF' QD-OLED Agon Pro Display For Tournament Gaming]( The art department and marketing team for monitor maker AOC must have dipped into a case of Red Bull, because their superlative descriptors for the company's new Agon Pro AG276QZD2 "tournament gaming" display have the hallmarks of a caffeine binge (and hey, we can relate!). One of the images (shown above) has a chat bubble proclaiming the [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [AMD Ryzen 5 5500X3D Budget Gaming CPU For AM4 Breaks Cover]( By Paul Lilly on Aug 14, 2024 10:16 am [AMD Ryzen 5 5500X3D Budget Gaming CPU For AM4 Breaks Cover]( It's been nearly nine months since we first heard rumors of AMD expanding its AM4 lineup with a couple of more budget-friend Ryzen 5000X3D models with 3D V-Cache. One of those was the Ryzen 7 5700X3D, which AMD did end up launching, and the other was the Ryzen 5 5500X3D. Can we still expect that model? We can't say for sure, but it seems a [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Ford And Mazda Warn 457K Car Owners To Stop Driving Due To Defective Airbags]( By Aaron Leong on Aug 14, 2024 10:12 am [Ford And Mazda Warn 457K Car Owners To Stop Driving Due To Defective Airbags]( Ford and Mazda have issued a warning to more than 475,000 vehicle owners in the U.S., mainly centering around their older models, to stop driving them immediately. This is due to a severe flaw in the airbag inflators that, if left unrepaired, could cause major injuries or even death when activated. The airbag inflators have seen three prior [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [NVIDIA Partner Readies A GeForce RTX 4070 With Slightly Slower GDDR6 VRAM]( By Thiago Trevisan on Aug 14, 2024 10:06 am [NVIDIA Partner Readies A GeForce RTX 4070 With Slightly Slower GDDR6 VRAM]( While gamers anxiously wait for NVIDIA's GeForce RTX 50 series to release sometime inn the near future, there is some other minor news afoot. The GeForce RTX 4070 may be old at this point, but it may still get some changes—a new variant of the RTX 4070 from Galax, an NVIDIA partner, has popped up. Apparently, this new version of the GeForce [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Google's Antitrust Loss Means It Could Be Facing A Breakup By The DOJ]( By Alan Velasco on Aug 14, 2024 09:51 am [Google's Antitrust Loss Means It Could Be Facing A Breakup By The DOJ]( The Justice Department is considering several remedy options after a judge found Google to be a monopoly last week, according to Bloomberg. One of the options currently on the table is the dreaded forced breakup, which hasn’t been done since AT&T was broken up back in the 1980s. If the government does opt to force a breakup of Google, it [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Gemini Live Is Coming To Rival ChatGPT’s Natural AI Voice Mode]( By Tim Sweezy on Aug 14, 2024 09:42 am [Gemini Live Is Coming To Rival ChatGPT’s Natural AI Voice Mode]( As AI continues to rule the roost in the tech world, Google is reimagining its digital assistant with Gemini Live, a mobile conversational experience that allows users to have “free-flowing conversations” with Gemini. Gemini Live is expected to rival OpenAI’s Advanced Voice Mode on ChatGPT, which recently rolled out to a select group of users. Google [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Game Collector Sets Guinness World Record By Connecting 444 Consoles To A TV]( By Aaron Leong on Aug 14, 2024 09:24 am [Game Collector Sets Guinness World Record By Connecting 444 Consoles To A TV]( In a world where playing classic games on consoles is usually left to emulators (and/or maybe an older console or two we have laying around), there's someone like Ibrahim Al-Nasser who can pull off playing those games on their OG consoles anytime he wants, because he owns hundreds of consoles, controllers, and games in his massive collection. [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Ryzen 9 9950X And 9900X Review: AMD’s Flagship Zen 5 Chips Tested]( By Marco Chiappetta on Aug 14, 2024 09:00 am [Ryzen 9 9950X And 9900X Review: AMD’s Flagship Zen 5 Chips Tested]( AMD Ryzen 9 9900X - $499, Ryzen 9 9950X - $549 AMD's enthusiast-class Ryzen 9 9950X and Ryzen 9 9900X are the highest performance Zen 5 processors in the line-up, and we've got the full scoop. Strong All-Around Performance Better Power Efficiency Socket + Cooler Compatibility Forward Looking Architecture Single-Thread Performance... [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Game Devs Reportedly Share Disappointing Update On Nintendo Switch 2 Launch]( By Paul Lilly on Aug 14, 2024 08:57 am [Game Devs Reportedly Share Disappointing Update On Nintendo Switch 2 Launch]( Back in May, Nintendo spilled the beans on its Switch 2 launch plans, saying a "successor" to its wildly popular handheld game console would arrive "within this fiscal year." Nintendo's fiscal year runs through March 2025, so any time before or by then is fair game, right? Maybe not. Game developers are seemingly under the impression that [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [NASA InSight Lander Sparks Excitement At Hidden Water World On Mars]( By Tim Sweezy on Aug 14, 2024 08:23 am [NASA InSight Lander Sparks Excitement At Hidden Water World On Mars]( A group of researchers have concluded the most probable explanation concerning data collected about Mars’ planetary crust from the Mars InSight Lander is the crust has stores of liquid water. If true, the group believes it sets the stage for new research considering the planet’s habitability and continuing a search for life that exists on [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Black Myth: Wukong Official Benchmark Brings Beautiful Ray-Traced Visuals To Steam]( By Zak Killian on Aug 13, 2024 03:30 pm [Black Myth: Wukong Official Benchmark Brings Beautiful Ray-Traced Visuals To Steam]( Beautiful ray-traced visuals, that is, if your PC can handle it. Chinese developer Game Science's long-awaited action-adventure title Black Myth: Wukong is finally nearing release, so the newbie studio has released a stand-alone benchmark utility that users can use to gauge whether their machines are ready for the punishing Unreal Engine 5 [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( Recent Articles: [Massive Data Breach Leaks 2.7 Billion Records Including Social Security Numbers]( [Google's Entire Pixel 9 Family Unveiled With Pixel Watch 3 And Pixel Buds 2 Pro]( [TikTok Slides Into Your DMs With New Features To Challenge Messaging Apps]( [Check Your Toyota: Recall Issued For 33,800 Vehicles Due To A Sticker Error]( [Mars And Jupiter Are Set To Dazzle Stargazers In Rare Event Tonight]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Website]( [YouTube]( [Pinterest]( Copyright © 2024 Hot Hardware, Inc., All rights reserved. You're receiving this because you opted in to our list at HotHardware.com or are an industry partner. 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