Josh Hawkins
School
Full Sail University
Expertise
Smartphones, Computers, Video Games
- Josh has over six years of experience writing about the latest smartphones, what makes them special, and how users can get the most out of them.
- He has previously written for tech websites including BGR, Lifewire, and Digital Trends. Plus, he has hundreds of hours of hands-on time with consumer tech and computers.
- Josh has been playing video games since he could hold a controller in his hand and has spent the past six years digging deep into as many virtual worlds as he could get his hands on.
Experience
Josh has worked a freelance writer for the past six years, writing news and features focusing on the gaming and tech industries. He has covered big events like E3, CES, and a slew of other smaller press events oriented around the latest consumer technology and gadgets. He has authored hundreds of strategy guides for video games, smartphones, and computers, and has bylines at several of the biggest sites in online news.
Education
Josh has a bachelor's in Creative Writing for Entertainment from Full Sail University. He uses the things he learned in college to help dig into the latest games, tech, and how it all comes together for everyday users.
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Stories By Josh Hawkins
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AMD announced its new Ryzen 6000 Series mobile processors at CES on Tuesday. Laptops featuring the new processors are set to launch later in 2022...
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With CES kicking off here in the first week of 2022, NVIDIA is joining in on the fun with a few announcements of its own....
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Dashcams have grown in popularity, especially as smarter and better variants come out. The latest dashcam from Nextbase looks to combine the company's previous designs...
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Apple has offered its own external displays for several years now. However, the most recent offerings, the Pro Display XDR, cost upwards of $4,000 to...
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Telegram users have one last update to look forward to this year. The new patch brings several extra features to the privacy-centric messaging app, including...
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LG will showcase a wide variety of new OLED displays and solutions at CES 2022. The company says that the new solutions are "innovative" and...
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Samsung plans to debut several new projects from its C-Lab Inside program. The program is designed to give startup ideas a chance to be nurtured...
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OnePlus announced the release of its final feature update for the OnePlus 8 and OnePlus 8 Pro in 2021 over the weekend. According to the...
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If you've upgraded to Windows 11 recently and you use an HDR display, you may find yourself dealing with an annoying issue. According to new...
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Honor, a spin-off company of Chinese tech giant Huawei, has teased its first foldable flagship device, the Honor Magic V. The company shared a teaser...
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Realme's next flagship phone isn't just going for high specs, it's also going for sustainability. The Oppo sister brand announced the latest device in a...
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A video game has finally won a Hugo award. Hades, a roguelike developed by Supergiant Games, managed to win the award in a one-off category...
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Following the popularity of its mobile app, DuckDuckGo has announced that it wants to bring its privacy-focused browser to desktop users. The company announced the...
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Earlier this month, Xiaomi revealed that its next flagship device, the Xiaomi Mi 12, would sport Qualcomm's new Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 when it released....
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According to a new report, Apple is looking to improve upon the camera setup in its iPhone lineup with a new 48-megapixel camera next year....
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Back before Cyberpunk 2077 released, CD Projekt Red promised an immersive and living city that players could explore a multitude of ways. One of the...
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A dark time for YouTube TV subscribers is coming to an end sooner than expected. Following the removal of Disney-owned channels from the service last...
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Every time you do something on your MacBook, the hardware inside of it creates heat. Sometimes the amount of heat created is small, like when...