Latest articles by Andy Edser
Microsoft says 8.5 million devices were affected by the CrowdStrike bug or 'less than one percent of all Windows devices' as new details emerge on Friday's tech meltdown
News As damage control continues, we're now learning how the CrowdStrike crisis unfolded, and why.
Smaller and faster Windows 11 updates are on the way as Microsoft switches to downloading just what you need and none of what you don't
news The tyranny of huge Windows updates looks to be a thing of the past.
Dyson's humongous ANC headphones look great for Princess Leia impressions from the side, but from the front, I'm not convinced
news We'll have to get a review set in to see if they suck. Boo. I'm booing myself.
The Tony Blair Insitute 'did not simply ask ChatGPT for the results' of its AI impact report, it trained its own version of ChatGPT instead
news If there's one thing I trust, its AI predictions. Said nobody ever.
Alienware Pro Wireless Gaming Keyboard review
Old meets new Refreshingly old-school yet with all the mod cons.
Las Vegas' dystopia-sphere, powered by 150 Nvidia GPUs and drawing up to 28,000,000 watts, is both a testament to the hubris of humanity and an admittedly impressive technical feat
News The Las Vegas Sphere might have an impressive spec sheet, but its energy demands are almost as staggering.
Setting every registry value to zero in Windows 10 breaks most features—but Paint and WordPad cling on until the very last
news The Windows registry remains a place of mystery and wonder.
Alienware Pro wireless gaming mouse review
Simple things Smooth, speedy and incredibly light. To a fault, perhaps.
The Game Boy Camera can now be used as a webcam, providing 16,000 pixels of grainy black and white glory
news Black and white and previously dead all over—but thanks to this dock, resurrected.
Excellent news—Apple Vision Pro headsets can no longer be filled with VR spiders
news You mean that was a possibility to begin with?
FTC fires out warnings to ASRock, Gigabyte and Zotac over 'Warranty void if removed' stickers in violation of US law
news Threatening stickers, err, under threat. Good riddance, says I.
Elden Ring's 1.12.3 patch notes blame third party mouse apps and unintentional ray tracing settings for performance issues
news A reminder to check your settings, and potentially disable some useful mouse configuration tools if you're having issues.
SteelSeries Arena 9 5.1 desktop gaming speakers review
Bass level Gaming monsters, but for music? A little lacking.
Extreme overclocker Vince 'Kingpin' Lucido is working with PNY on its GPUs—and potentially the next-gen Nvidia cards
news I wish I had a cool nickname like "Kingpin". And a lab.
This 20,000HP AI-generated rocket engine took just two weeks to design and looks like HR Giger's first attempt at designing a trumpet
news Or maybe just something Wallace and Gromit might jam onto a rocket for a second Grand Day Out.
Intel's Lunar Lake mobile CPUs reportedly delayed until the end of the year, missing the big back-to-school period
news Back-to-school laptop shopping is a prime trading period for mobile CPUs, but Lunar Lake might be missing the boat.
US Gov announces upcoming ban of Kaspersky antivirus software for US customers—including future updates—citing an 'unacceptable risk to national security'
news If you're a US Kaspersky customer, now's the time to look for a new AV provider.
This generative AI-powered LEGO 'printer' turns text prompts into dreams. I mean, LEGO pixel art
news Calm yourself, my inner child. It's just pretty colors, and... oh screw it, it's great.
Is Apple feeling OK? Reports indicate it's suspending work on the Vision Pro 2 to focus on making—wait for it—a cheaper version
news In other news, cats reach peace treaty with dogs, pig spotted airborne, bear uses city-based facilities.
Windows-powered Arm devices are compatible with 'more than 1,200 games at 30 fps or higher' and now support BattlEye and Denuvo
news While early benchmarks seem disappointing for Arm-based Windows laptops, it looks like there are plenty of playable games at launch.
Forget all the AI fluff—some serious next-gen CPUs are on their way, praise the sun
NPUs? Nah, CPUs Yeah yeah, NPUs etc. I wanted proper next-generation CPU announcements at Computex, and I got some.
The solid-state AirJet cooler 'not bound by the limitations of mechanical devices' aims to double its thermal performance every two years. Y'know, Frore's Law
hot topic A bold claim, but seeing the AirJet Mini Slim perform in person did ease some of my initial scepticism.
Err, is XFX working on swappable GPU fans?
news Things you don't need, but want? Don't want but need? I don't even know anymore.
