Latest articles by Andy Edser
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: 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.
Google's AI solved four out of six problems in one of the world's hardest maths competitions, equivalent to a silver medal standard 'in a certain sense'
News *Rubs belly* Who's a good AI? You're a good AI. Yes you are. Yes you are.
This is not a typo: The world's fastest gaming monitor may well be this ancient IIyama CRT unit, pushed to 700 Hz at a glorious 120p resolution
news All hail the IIyama Vision Master Pro 512, an old timer pushed to within an inch of its life.
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.
