Microsoft has just unveiled its next-generation Xbox, previously only known as Project Scarlett. We now know that the console is officially being called the Xbox Series X, and not only that; we’ve been given a clear look at the console, which takes on a tower-style form-factor. In fact, it kind of reminds of us of an enlarged Linksys Velop

Samuel L. Jackson has been has been a national treasure for decades and has been in some iconic films during his long career. He’s also quite famous for dropping the MF-bomb in as many of his movies as possible. Fans of Sam and Amazon Alexa-powered devices out there can now get their very own Samuel L. Jackson celebrity voice. During the introductory

2019 has seen the emergence of 5G wireless networks in the United States, albeit with limited reach. The top two U.S. wireless carriers — Verizon and AT&T — chose to first launch mmWave 5G networks in select markets, primarily for business users. While mmWave 5G offers blazing speeds topping 1Gbps in some cases, the signal can’t easily penetrate

Smartphone photography has grown leaps and bounds over the past several years, with flagship handsets these days wielding multiple camera sensors to take high quality shots. Software processing is important too, though. In that regard, Apple’s acquisition of UK-based startup Spectral Edge Ltd. could give its future iPhone models a boost in

Google has been on a mission to improve the texting experience on Android. Following up on its Rich Communication Services (RCS) protocol, which is supposed to bring functionality akin to what’s available on iMessages on iOS devices, Google is rolling out a Verified SMS feature to combat the rising annoyance of text spam.

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For this latest installment of HotHardware’s 2.5 Geeks, our mainstays Dave and Marco have a nice chat with Scott Wasson of AMD, who serves as a Senior Manager, Product Management for the Radeon Technology Group. As such, he’s just the perfect guy to talk to about AMD’s new Radeon Software Adrenalin 2020, which launched earlier this week for

Nintendo is fairly good at keeping secrets, so much as that is possible in the internet era, so it is not surprising that we have heard very little about The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild 2 since it was announced at E3 this past June. There just have not been many substantial leaks. In the absence of such things, however, Nintendo has

Alexa is quite the ubiquitous digital assistant living inside Amazon smart speakers, TVs, and other products. Alexa can help users with all sorts of tasks, from setting reminders to turning lights on and off. Some don’t care for the default Alexa voice, but Amazon luckily gives you the option to change it with celebrity voices.

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Don’t waste your time lamenting the fact that Black Friday and Cyber Monday are now in the rear view mirror. What had been a couple of one-off deal days has morphed into an entire holiday season of sales, which means bargains galore as we march into 2020 (like these blowout Bose deals). Case in point, you can snag a factory reconditioned Microsoft

Fortnite fans who missed out on the special “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker” event can now catch a look at what the Fortnite X Star Wars gameplay will include. The big draw here is that players get to duke it out with lightsabers in melee combat and shoot enemies with First Order blasters.

The gameplay video seen below shows massive Imperial