Microsoft Inks $22 Billion Deal To Supply Modified HoloLens AR Headsets To US Army Troops

Hot Headlines in Technology for today [HotHardware.com]( Here Are Today's Hot Headlines In Tech [Microsoft Inks $22 Billion Deal To Supply Modified HoloLens AR Headsets To US Army Troops]( By Nathan Ord on Apr 01, 2021 02:21 pm [Microsoft Inks $22 Billion Deal To Supply Modified HoloLens AR Headsets To US Army Troops]( Situational awareness in war can be an incredibly difficult task; even when combatants aren't shooting at you. Moreover, managing GPS, radios, and target acquisition on top of situational awareness can be problematic as well. To assist with this, Microsoft has developed the Integrated Visual Augmentation System (IVAS), which can help boots [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [TSMC Unveils $100 Billion 3-Year Plan To Fuel R&D, Chip Fab Expansion]( By Paul Lilly on Apr 01, 2021 01:30 pm [TSMC Unveils $100 Billion 3-Year Plan To Fuel R&D, Chip Fab Expansion]( Anyone who has had aspirations of building a new PC in recent weeks and months has felt the sting of an industry wide silicon shortage. The most desirable CPUs and GPUs have been frustratingly out of stock, as have been the latest game consoles from Microsoft and Sony (built around those same parts). Relief might not be coming in the immediate [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Microsoft's First-Gen Surface ANC Headphones Drop To Just $95 With This Smoking Hot Deal]( By Brandon Hill on Apr 01, 2021 12:16 pm [Microsoft's First-Gen Surface ANC Headphones Drop To Just $95 With This Smoking Hot Deal]( How low can they go? Microsoft's original Surface Headphones are back on sale again, this time at their lowest price ever. Woot is currently selling the headphones for just $105.99, which is $5 less than its previous baseline price. In case you didn't already know this, Amazon owns Woot, so there is a lot of synergy between the two companies. [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Intel Core i9-11900K Rocket Lake-S CPU Cracks Overclocking World Record At 7.3GHz]( By Paul Lilly on Apr 01, 2021 11:43 am [Intel Core i9-11900K Rocket Lake-S CPU Cracks Overclocking World Record At 7.3GHz]( Gigabyte is tickled pink that one of its high-end motherboards was used to set an overclocking record with Intel's flagship Core i9-11900K processor based on Rocket Lake. Liquid nitrogen should take a bow as well, because it took frigid temperatures to allow Intel's flagship CPU to hit an insanely high 7,314MHz, which then broke a couple of [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 And RTX 3050 Ti Specs Leak Allege Up to 2560 CUDA Cores]( By Paul Lilly on Apr 01, 2021 11:04 am [NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 And RTX 3050 Ti Specs Leak Allege Up to 2560 CUDA Cores]( So far, NVIDIA has released just three mobile Ampere GPUs for laptops, those being the GeForce RTX 3080, GeForce RTX 3070, and GeForce RTX 3060. Within each of those main tiers, OEMs have a million and one combinations to work with (rough estimate), leading to a dizzying array of GeForce RTX 30 mobile GPU configs. Even still, NVIDIA is not [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Analogue's Sleek Pocket Retro Handheld Gaming Console Faces Another Delay]( By Brandon Hill on Apr 01, 2021 11:00 am [Analogue's Sleek Pocket Retro Handheld Gaming Console Faces Another Delay]( There has been a lot of interest in the Analogue Pocket, an intriguing retro gaming console that was first announced back in late 2019. The console was supposed to launch in 2020, but the COVID-19 pandemic pushed the date out to May 2021. Now, as we approach May, Analogue has announced another delay. According to the company, the Pocket will [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Verizon Is Really Offering Up To $1,000 In Credits To Trade In Your Broken Phone]( By Brittany Goetting on Apr 01, 2021 10:01 am [Verizon Is Really Offering Up To $1,000 In Credits To Trade In Your Broken Phone]( It is April Fools' Day, but Verizon claims that its latest deal is #NoJoke. Your broken devices may still have a bit of value, and Verizon is currently allowing customers to turn in their broken smartphones for an upgrade. Customers can trade-in their “cracked, broken, and even phones that no longer turn on” for up to $1,000 USD on 5G devices [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [AMD Ryzen 5000G Zen 3 Cezanne Desktop APU Family Specs Leaked In Full]( By Paul Lilly on Apr 01, 2021 09:58 am [AMD Ryzen 5000G Zen 3 Cezanne Desktop APU Family Specs Leaked In Full]( HP is readying numerous desktop models built around AMD's not-yet-released (or even announced) Ryzen 5000G series APUs. The upcoming chips will pair CPU cores based on AMD's latest generation Zen 3 architecture with Radeon graphics, which is an increasingly intriguing proposition, given the current shortage of graphics cards. The Ryzen [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [LG Reportedly Fails To Find Buyer For Ailing Smartphone Division, Plans Full Exit]( By Brandon Hill on Apr 01, 2021 09:40 am [LG Reportedly Fails To Find Buyer For Ailing Smartphone Division, Plans Full Exit]( Just over a week ago, reports were swirling that LG's troubled smartphone division had encountered even more roadblocks. It was alleged that the development of the company's innovative and quite spectacular rollable displays was canceled. It was also reported that LG was looking to sell its entire smartphone division, which has been a money [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [CDPR Is Determined Not To Repeat Cyberpunk 2077's Launch Missteps For Future Games]( By Nathan Ord on Mar 31, 2021 04:21 pm [CDPR Is Determined Not To Repeat Cyberpunk 2077's Launch Missteps For Future Games]( While it may have been the most hyped-up game in and before 2020, Cyberpunk 2077 certainly got off to a rather rocky start. Bugs and glitches were rampant, performance was not the greatest (especially on consoles), and many customers were left unhappy. Now, after several patches and upcoming updates, the game is in a fairly solid state. When [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Sony PlayStation Plus Freebie Games For April Include Oddworld: Soulstorm And Days Gone]( By Brandon Hill on Mar 31, 2021 04:12 pm [Sony PlayStation Plus Freebie Games For April Include Oddworld: Soulstorm And Days Gone]( Tomorrow starts a new month, which means that there will be a new crop of freebie games to download for PlayStation Plus subscribers. Although it will be April 1st, there is no fooling around when it comes to what Sony has in store for gamers. Kicking things off this month on the free list is Oddworld: Soulstorm. 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