Apple iPhone Put Through Ultimate Drop Test From Harrowing Alaska Airlines Incident

Hot Headlines In Tech For Today [HotHardware.com]( Here Are Today's Hot Headlines In Tech [View this email in your browser]( [Apple iPhone Put Through Ultimate Drop Test From Harrowing Alaska Airlines Incident]( By Nathan Ord on Jan 08, 2024 01:58 pm [Apple iPhone Put Through Ultimate Drop Test From Harrowing Alaska Airlines Incident]( On a normal flight, you might flip your phone to airplane mode and enjoy some content or go to sleep. That plan might change if the side emergency escape door gets blown off, depressurizing the plane in the blink of an eye at 16,000 feet. Further, it might ruin cut short the content you're watching as you are going along, as your phone gets [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Maingear's Innovative MG-RC Cable Management Tech Is Coming To Clean Up Your PC]( By Matthew Connatser on Jan 08, 2024 12:30 pm [Maingear's Innovative MG-RC Cable Management Tech Is Coming To Clean Up Your PC]( Maingear is joining the push for desktops with cables hidden behind the motherboard, but the company isn't content with simply formulating its own designs. Instead, Maingear is aiming for standardizing rear cable connections for the desktop market, and it's joining forces with MSI and Phanteks to make this a reality. Maingear calls its rear-side [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Microsoft Retires WordPad After Nearly Three Decades, But There Are Alternatives]( By Nathan Ord on Jan 08, 2024 12:04 pm [Microsoft Retires WordPad After Nearly Three Decades, But There Are Alternatives]( Just the other day, Windows released Insider Preview Build 26020 to kick off the new year with a handful of new features and capabilities. However, this update also took away some features with the official execution of WordPad, which will no longer be installable in a clean install of the OS. Moreover, in a future update, WordPad will be [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Intel 5th Gen Xeon Processors Debut: Emerald Rapids Benchmarks]( By Marco Chiappetta on Jan 08, 2024 12:00 pm [Intel 5th Gen Xeon Processors Debut: Emerald Rapids Benchmarks]( Intel 5th Generation Xeon Processors Codename: Emerald Rapids Intel refreshes its tiled chiplet based Xeon processors with more cores, more cache, higher frequencies, and enhanced power efficiency. Higher Core Counts Improved Performance & Efficiency Drop-In Compatible With 4th Gen Faster Memory Support Lower Idle Power Much More... [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [NVIDIA GeForce RTX 40 Super GPUs Are Official With Faster Specs And Lower Prices]( By Zak Killian on Jan 08, 2024 11:30 am [NVIDIA GeForce RTX 40 Super GPUs Are Official With Faster Specs And Lower Prices]( Did you love the GeForce RTX 4080 and GeForce RTX 4070 Ti? Well, too bad, because they're going away forever. Don't fret, though. In their place, NVIDIA's just announced two faster GPUs along with a card to slot in between the GeForce RTX 4070 and the new GeForce RTX 4070 Ti Super. That's right: the GeForce RTX 4070 Ti Super is real. Well, [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [W-Fi Alliance Begins Certifying Wi-Fi 7 Devices To Supercharge Wireless Connectivity]( By Alan Velasco on Jan 08, 2024 10:53 am [W-Fi Alliance Begins Certifying Wi-Fi 7 Devices To Supercharge Wireless Connectivity]( The Wi-Fi Alliance is announcing the rollout of Wi-Fi Certified 7, which will be an important logo going forward for anyone in the market for new Wi-Fi devices. According to the Wi-Fi Alliance, “Wi-Fi Certified 7 enable innovations that rely on high throughput, deterministic latency, and greater reliability for critical traffic.” Products [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [PC Is Kicking Console's Butt In Gaming Revenue But The Real Winner Is This Platform]( By Thiago Trevisan on Jan 08, 2024 10:46 am [PC Is Kicking Console's Butt In Gaming Revenue But The Real Winner Is This Platform]( The age old debate between PC and console gamers as to which platform is superior may have some more information to add to the fire with an unexpected surprise. Visual Capitalist recently published an infographic depicting the last 50 years of video game revenue, including all potential platforms. Starting in the year 1970, we see the [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Cremated Humans And Dog Hair Are Part Of First US Moon Landing Mission Since 1972]( By Tim Sweezy on Jan 08, 2024 10:41 am [Cremated Humans And Dog Hair Are Part Of First US Moon Landing Mission Since 1972]( The first lunar landing mission to launch from the United States since 1972 has successfully lifted off carrying an assortment of payloads, including cremated human remains and dog hair. Astrobotic’s Peregrine Mission One contains 265 capsules with human remains, including the creator and several members of the original Star Trek television [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [AMD Unveils Ryzen 8000G APUs, More AM4 CPUs And A Radeon RX 7600 XT GPU With 2X VRAM]( By Zak Killian on Jan 08, 2024 10:30 am [AMD Unveils Ryzen 8000G APUs, More AM4 CPUs And A Radeon RX 7600 XT GPU With 2X VRAM]( Today's Consumer Electronics Show marks the first time in three years that AMD hasn't brought a whole new lineup of mobile CPUs to Las Vegas. That's not because AMD doesn't have new mobile CPUs, rather the company already launched them just last month. The Hawk Point mobile processors, which are essentially Phoenix with an improved NPU, will [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Does Your PC Need More RAM? Stock Up On DDR5 Or DDR4 Before DRAM Prices Surge]( By Paul Lilly on Jan 08, 2024 10:06 am [Does Your PC Need More RAM? Stock Up On DDR5 Or DDR4 Before DRAM Prices Surge]( Let's be real, we've collectively been spoiled by cheap memory prices over the last few years, save for when DDR5 made its grand entrance (much to the delight of scalpers) alongside Intel's Alder Lake CPU platform. But even DDR5 prices have come crashing down like an avalanche since those early premiums. From a price-to-capacity ratio, now [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Qualcomm’s Powerful Snapdragon XR2+ Gen 2 Platform To Take On Apple Vision Pro]( By Alan Velasco on Jan 08, 2024 09:42 am [Qualcomm’s Powerful Snapdragon XR2+ Gen 2 Platform To Take On Apple Vision Pro]( Qualcomm is updating its chip lineup with the Snapdragon XR2+ Gen 2 in order to compete with Apple in the spatial computing space. This is an upgrade to the Snapdragon XR2 Gen 2 with several performance improvements, with the aim of bringing a smooth experience that hits a target of 90 frames per second. Samsung and Google are both partners [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Oppo Find X7 Ultra Debuts As First Flagship Phone With Dual Periscope Cameras]( By Aaron Leong on Jan 08, 2024 09:29 am [Oppo Find X7 Ultra Debuts As First Flagship Phone With Dual Periscope Cameras]( Oppo has done it again by one-upping every major smartphone brand with its Find X7 Ultra, at least in the camera department. Sporting four (yes, FOUR) Sony 50MP sensors—two of which are periscopic lenses—the phone is aiming high indeed. Pity we won't get it here in the US. The ultimate flagship experience. Introducing the #OPPOFindX7Ultra. [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [MSI Unveils QD-OLED Gaming Monitors Up To 49 Inches With A Sweet Steam Bonus]( By Paul Lilly on Jan 08, 2024 09:13 am [MSI Unveils QD-OLED Gaming Monitors Up To 49 Inches With A Sweet Steam Bonus]( There's still one more day until this year's Consumer Electronics Show (CES) officially kicks off but the announcements are already pouring in. One of them is an interesting Steam promotion from MSI, which is expanding its lineup of gaming monitors with three new MGP Series QD-OLED models, the largest of which is a 49-inch beast. Early [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [HP Unveils A Sweet 14-Inch Omen Transcend 16 Gaming Laptop, 240Hz OLED Monitor And More]( By Nathan Ord on Jan 08, 2024 08:00 am [HP Unveils A Sweet 14-Inch Omen Transcend 16 Gaming Laptop, 240Hz OLED Monitor And More]( This year at CES2024, HP is coming out swinging across its gaming and consumer portfolios. Many announcements have been made and we've hand a chance to check out some of the new stuff in person. Here are the highlights... 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