Holiday PC Gaming Deals: Get RTX Desktops, Peripherals And More With These Hot Sales

Hot Headlines in Technology for today [HotHardware.com]( Here Are Today's Hot Headlines In Tech [Holiday PC Gaming Deals: Get RTX Desktops, Peripherals And More With These Hot Sales]( By Paul Lilly on Dec 08, 2020 02:15 pm [Holiday PC Gaming Deals: Get RTX Desktops, Peripherals And More With These Hot Sales]( Do you think Santa Clause is fretting because so much PC gaming hardware is sold out this year? No, of course not—stress free living is the luxury of having a band of magical elves perform the hard labor, while you take all the credit and feast on cookies, working one day a year. It's a dream job, really. But don't fret yourself, there is [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [CloudFlare Announces Support For Privacy-Focused Oblivious DNS Over HTTPS Protocol]( By Nathan Ord on Dec 08, 2020 01:30 pm [CloudFlare Announces Support For Privacy-Focused Oblivious DNS Over HTTPS Protocol]( Domain Name Service (DNS) servers partially make up the internet's backbone as we know it. They allow anyone to plug a URL in and go to a website, as otherwise, we would have to know the IP address for every website. These servers also handle IP addresses from people trying to get to websites, which could be a privacy concern. To quell the [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [NVIDIA GeForce 3080 Ti, RTX 3070 Ti, And RTX 3050 Outed Via EEC Filing]( By Paul Lilly on Dec 08, 2020 11:44 am [NVIDIA GeForce 3080 Ti, RTX 3070 Ti, And RTX 3050 Outed Via EEC Filing]( Ampere is starting to stretch out its legs and get comfortable on the desktop, with a relatively steady stream of models getting retail releases. It started with the GeForce RTX 3080, which launched in September, followed by the GeForce RTX 3090 later that same month. Then came the GeForce RTX 3070 in October, and a bit of a surprise entry [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Minecraft RTX Exits Beta With DLSS Boost, Plus How To Win A GeForce RTX 3080 From NVIDIA]( By Brandon Hill on Dec 08, 2020 11:09 am [Minecraft RTX Exits Beta With DLSS Boost, Plus How To Win A GeForce RTX 3080 From NVIDIA]( NVIDIA and Microsoft first launched the Minecraft with RTX beta back in mid-April, and it made the typically rudimentary-looking game look absolutely amazing with ray traced water, lighting, and shadow effects. Well, NVIDIA has spent the past eight months optimizing its RTX makeover of Minecraft and is now ready for the full-scale, public [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [A Truckload Of GeForce RTX 3090 Cards Worth $340K Mysteriously Vanishes In China]( By Paul Lilly on Dec 08, 2020 10:55 am [A Truckload Of GeForce RTX 3090 Cards Worth $340K Mysteriously Vanishes In China]( You know that opening scene in the original The Fast and the Furious flim, where Dominic and his crew surround a truck and hijack the cargo? Well, that was Hollywood fiction (which went on to spawn a whole bunch of sequels), but apparently someone (or some group) did actually make off with around $340,000 of GeForce RTX 3090 graphics cards, [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [ASUS And ASRock Announce First Custom Radeon RX 6900 XT Big Navi Cards]( By Paul Lilly on Dec 08, 2020 10:01 am [ASUS And ASRock Announce First Custom Radeon RX 6900 XT Big Navi Cards]( AMD today released its most powerful GPU ever, the Radeon RX 6900 XT, and right on cue its add-in-board (AIB) partners are starting to unveil custom designs. The first two out of the gate are ASRock and ASUS, though you can bet others will follow. In the meantime, let's have a look at what the pair of AIBs have unveiled. First, however, [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Apple Launches AirPods Max Over-Ear Headphones But Their Magical Price May Be Deafening]( By Brandon Hill on Dec 08, 2020 09:59 am [Apple Launches AirPods Max Over-Ear Headphones But Their Magical Price May Be Deafening]( Ever since Apple took the "courageous" step of removing the headphone jack on the iPhone 7 family of smartphones, the company has been pushing wireless earbuds on its customers. The company started off with the first-generation AirPods, and then came to market with a slightly revised second-generation offering. Apple hit critical mass with [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Radeon RX 6900 XT Review: AMD's Most Powerful Gaming GPU Ever]( By Marco Chiappetta on Dec 08, 2020 09:00 am [Radeon RX 6900 XT Review: AMD's Most Powerful Gaming GPU Ever]( A couple of weeks back, we were able to show you AMD’s Radeon RX 6800 and Radeon RX 6800 XT in action, across an array of games and applications, in two different systems, with and without Smart Access Memory enabled. In that piece, we came to the conclusion that AMD’s latest high-end gaming GPU are worthy adversaries for their... [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Here's Your Best Chance To Grab A Radeon RX 6900 XT This Morning]( By Brandon Hill on Dec 08, 2020 08:58 am [Here's Your Best Chance To Grab A Radeon RX 6900 XT This Morning]( Today is the big day for AMD's flagship Radeon RX 6900 XT. Reviews should be arriving shortly, which means that the cards will also soon be available for sale. Unfortunately for all of the gaming enthusiasts out there, the promised performance potential of the Radeon RX 6900 XT; the fact that it's the top-end SKU which is limited by yields; [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Google's December Pixel Feature Drop Brings Adaptive Sound, Battery Saver Tweaks And More]( By Nathan Ord on Dec 07, 2020 04:09 pm [Google's December Pixel Feature Drop Brings Adaptive Sound, Battery Saver Tweaks And More]( Google Pixel owners, rejoice! Some of the new features that launched exclusively with the Pixel 5 are now rolling out to older devices such as the Pixel 3. These updates will hopefully keep the aging devices fresh as a part of Google’s effort to “make the phone better and better (and better)” with “even more Pixel owners will get to experience [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Google Stadia Marks Big European Expansion Ahead Of Cyberpunk 2077 Launch]( By Brandon Hill on Dec 07, 2020 04:01 pm [Google Stadia Marks Big European Expansion Ahead Of Cyberpunk 2077 Launch]( CD Projekt Red’s Cyberpunk 2077 is nearly here, and Google is gearing up in a big way for the game's launch. As were reported back in October, Cyberpunk 2077 will be available on Google’s Stadia game streaming service on Day 1 alongside PC and console offerings. However, with Stadia, you'll be able to play the game across a wide spectrum of [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Neuroscientists Use Pac-Man Style Video Games To Study The Origin Of Human Emotions]( By Nathan Ord on Dec 07, 2020 03:30 pm [Neuroscientists Use Pac-Man Style Video Games To Study The Origin Of Human Emotions]( While anyone could say a good movie, book, or video game made them feel emotional, scientists did not understand why until now. A research team at the University of Geneva, Switzerland, found that emotions result from the synchronization of several neural systems throughout the brain. 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