Latest articles by Andy Edser
Don't delete that mysterious 'inetpub' Windows folder, says Microsoft, as it's supposedly important for system security
News Now sit down and eat your dinner, and stop touching things.
'Delete all IP law' says Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey: 'Creativity is what currently separates us, and the current system is limiting that'
News "I agree," notes Musk, kinda saying the quiet part out loud.
Best mechanical keyboards in 2025: the clacky boards I'd buy in a heartbeat
Click Clack Make the switch with our guide to the best mechanical gaming keyboards.
I know tariff-related price increases are a thing right now but a $1,371 motherboard might be pushing it, even if it is 'Extreme'
News A beast of a board, but holy moly that price.
Silicon Valley crosswalks hacked to play satirical messages from Musk and Zuckerberg impersonators: 'It's normal to feel uncomfortable or even violated as we forcefully insert AI into every facet of your conscious experience'
News "And I just want to assure you, you don't need to worry because there's absolutely nothing you can do to stop it."
Security researcher claims 35 Chrome extensions with 4,000,000+ installs 'include some kind of spyware or infostealer'
News Well, this can't be good.
More RTX 50-series supply on the way? Rumours suggest Nvidia may have started to use SK Hynix GDDR7 in potential boost to production
News How this interacts with shifting tariffs, I have no idea.
The Windows 95 start-up sound and the Minecraft soundtrack have been added to the US Library of Congress list of nationally significant recordings
News One is significant to my childhood, at the very least.
Best PC controllers in 2025: the pads I recommend for PC gamers
Total control Grab one of the best PC controllers for when your keyboard and mouse simply won't do.
Asus TUF Gaming RTX 5070 Ti OC Edition review
TUF customer An overbuilt and very speedy gaming GPU, but one that falls into the same pricing trap as the rest of the pack.
Best gaming chair in 2025: the seats I'd suggest for any PC gamer
Take a seat Treat your posterior to one of the best gaming chairs.
Best OLED gaming monitors in 2025: I can't keep my eyes off these vivid displays
Eye candy The best OLED gaming monitors deliver awesome speed and eye-popping HDR performance.
G.Skill's 128 GB golden RAM kit is the first high-capacity set to hit DDR5-8000 speeds and it's making me reconsider my views on PC hardware bling
News I thought I was immune to the shiny stuff, but even I want a pair of these mega-sticks.
You can create plinking, plonking renditions of classic game theme tunes with a sweep of your finger using these 3D-printed fidget toys
News All together now: plink, plonk, plink plink plink plonk, plink plink plink plink plink plink, plonk.
'They chewed me up pretty good': A US plaintiff attempted to use an AI avatar to argue their court case and the judges were far from amused
News Words you don't want to hear from a sitting judge: "I don’t appreciate being misled."
One cable to rule them all: China's 8K-ready HDMI and DisplayPort competitor supports up to 192 Gbps bandwidth and 480 W power delivery in a single connection
News That's over a proprietary connector, but a slower USB Type-C variant is also planned.
Keychron's M5 wireless ergonomic mouse has an 8K polling rate for 'ultimate control in gaming scenarios' making it a gaming mouse with a, err, twist
News Ergonomic comfort and gaming chops are sometimes unhappy bedfellows, but this mouse has an interesting specs sheet.
The RTX 5060 Ti is rumoured to cost the same as the RTX 4060 Ti, which may leave it wide open for an AMD RX 9070-based assault
News GPU pricing matters, especially when we're talking about the lower end of the stack.
Razer Blade 16 vs Asus Zephyrus G16 2025 edition: We're potentially picking the best gaming laptop of this generation
FIGHT A clash of the gaming laptop titans.
Asus ROG Zephyrus G16 2025 review
Slim but slipping A CPU stumble throws the G16 into the waiting jaws of the Razer Blade 16.
'When a widespread outage affects devices from starting properly, Microsoft can broadly deploy targeted remediation': MS introduces 'quick machine recovery' for Windows 11
News Seems like a sensible idea.
Microsoft has disabled the popular 'bypassnro' Windows 11 sign-in workaround in the latest Insider build, but there exists another
News A loophole, closed.
In the market for a split keyboard? Why not chop a regular one in half and then attach it back together with a nightmare of wires, said no-one ever
News Keyboard enthusiasts, avert your eyes. This is going to get messy.
