Latest articles by Andy Edser
You had one job: Outlook, Word and OneNote may 'unexpectedly close when typing' says Microsoft
news Time to fire up Notepad, I guess.
The FTC is banning fake reviews, false testimonials and all sorts of shady consumer deception with an ominous sounding 'final rule'
news 'The final rule will protect Americans from getting cheated, put businesses that unlawfully game the system on notice, and promote markets that are fair, honest and competitive.'
AndaSeat Kaiser 4 XL gaming chair review
Sizable Support If size matters, the Kaiser 4 XL is as big and as comfortable as they come.
Ex-Twitter VP says if Elon Musk keeps stirring up unrest, 'get an arrest warrant'
news Well, that's pretty definitive. Nothing to see here.
Reports say Intel could have bought a $1 billion chunk of OpenAI seven years ago but its then-CEO thought it wouldn't pay off
news I too, struggle with long-range planning. Just as well I'm not a CEO.
Millions of AMD CPUs found vulnerable to 18-year-old 'Sinkclose' deep-system flaw but it's pretty difficult to exploit
news Still, just when you thought it was only Intel-based systems that might need a BIOS update.
'We have 2,500,000 GB of aerial data, so we stream that'—why the cloud is the future of Microsoft Flight Simulator and likely many more games to come
Sky's the limit We fear the cloud, yet the potential benefits for next-gen gaming may be massive.
Major browser providers scramble to patch an 18-year-old vulnerability affecting MacOS and Linux systems but Windows remains gloriously immune
news Sometimes it's good to be a Windows user. Sometimes.
God of War Ragnarök needs a chonky 190 GB of SSD space but the rest of the system requirements seem pretty reasonable
news Kratos likes a roomy enclosure, it seems.
Flight Simulator 2024's huge ambition means 'you can now exit the plane, walk around… you can land on every ship, and it looks like a first person shooter environment'
Cloud coverage Head of Microsoft Flight Simulator Jorg Neumann talks about the tech behind MSFS 2020, and some astonishing-sounding features coming in Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024.
The CrowdStrike bug showed the world that one weak link in the chain can lead to chaos in a heartbeat
Butterfly bug In an interconnected world, the butterfly effect reigns supreme.
The best gaming routers in 2024: the network data drivers I'd trust with my digital life
High speed We found the best gaming routers to ensure you can play without delay.
All the small things: Lenovo's website may have hinted at an upcoming Legion Go 'Lite'
news Eagle-eyed Lenovo website aficionados have spotted some changes...they exist, right?
Microsoft, Meta and more might have to wait for their shiny new AI hardware as Nvidia's Blackwell server GPUs are reportedly delayed
news Sources say the first half of 2025 is more likely.
This 3D printed laser chip-hacking device uses a $20 laser pointer, costs $500 to build, and was developed so that 'people can do this in their homes'
news Me? I spend my weekends going for long country walks. Ah who am I kidding, I want one.
NZXT will rent you an RTX 4070 Ti Super system for $169 a month or $2,028 a year but we can find deals a lot better than that
news The CPU and GPU specs are healthy at least, but that's still a lot of cash compared to buying outright.
Intel extends its warranty support for 13th and 14th Gen CPUs by two years but its RMA procedure has been anything but straightforward for some
news "If the products fail the validation process, the units will be retained and confiscated, and no replacements or refunds will be provided."
AI avatars may soon be attending meetings for us and that sure feels like a slippery slope towards an AI future none of us want
AI and me AI is entering the workplace and a bright future awaits, we're told. I'm really not so sure.
Things I've missed: Windows 11 lets you 'End Task' from the taskbar, but you have to turn it on yourself
News Well, there's a useful little feature hiding itself away.
AMD's Ryzen 9000-series CPUs may have been delayed because of a typo on the heatspreader, which is definitely not the sort of mistake I'd ever make
news Ryzen 7, Ryzen 9, what's the difference? Err, quite a lot.
Intel has no plans to recall those crashing 13th and 14th Gen CPUs, hasn't halted sales, and the damage to affected chips may be permanent
news No recall, no halting of sales, and no comment on warranty extensions.
A leaked document indicates Runway's Gen-3 AI video generation tool may have been trained on YouTube videos and copyrighted content without permission
news I imagine the lawyers are sharpening their pencils...
Bing is experimenting with search pages that boot traditional results off to the side in favour of AI summaries, and the results are a bit of a mess
news Useful information, get out of the way: AI has something it wants to tell you.
