Latest articles by Andy Edser
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.
Great RTX 4080 gaming laptops are hard to find under $2,000, but this Alienware M16 is a whole lot of horsepower for $1,900
Deal Beastly specs for less than you might expect, especially from Alienware.
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.
RTX 4090 gaming PCs and even the RTX 4090 itself are starting to drop in price—and these are the best Prime Day deals I've found so far
Prime Day Nvidia's fastest gaming graphics card is beginning to enter the deal zone once again.
These three Prime Day microphone deals are my top picks for vocal audio nirvana
Prime Day And a chance to say goodbye to an old friend.
I've become a proper ultrawide convert so here are my six picks for the best Prime Day ultrawide gaming monitor deals
Prime Day If you're looking to go wide on your next gaming monitor purchase, now's a great time to pick up a bargain.
Got GPU-purchase fear? These three Prime Day deals are still worth buying before the next-generation cards arrive
Prime Day The next round of GPUs might be coming but these deals will still make you feel good about your purchase for a while yet.
The SteelSeries Alias Pro kit is our favorite microphone setup for streaming, and it's down to $237 this Prime Day
Prime Day A great mic and mixer combo with some simple software, plus I've found a cheap boom arm to get the most out of it.
This modular Mountain Everest Max keyboard is down to $140 for Prime Day and my heart desires it
Prime Day A modular mechanical keyboard with very few compromises that still looks as good as the day it was released.
The best Amazon Prime Day gaming PC deals are at, err, Newegg and here are my favorite three machines so far
Prime Day Three machines from reputable builders with great specs, for less.
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.
