Jeremy Laird
Jeremy has been writing about technology and PCs since the 90nm Netburst era (Google it!) and enjoys nothing more than a serious dissertation on the finer points of monitor input lag and overshoot followed by a forensic examination of advanced lithography. Or maybe he just likes machines that go “ping!” He also has a thing for tennis and cars.
Latest articles by Jeremy Laird
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Newsflash: That bargain MSI 4K 240Hz OLED gaming monitor is actually available to buy for once
By Jeremy Laird published
Deal It's always looked like a good deal, it's barely ever been actually available, but it is now.
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Rumoured new AMD Ryzen 5 5500X3D could be our first sub-$200 3D V-cache gaming CPU
By Jeremy Laird published
News Ye olde AM4 socket just keeps on rollin'.
![Asus ROG Ally handheld gaming PC](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/PynLBY7LkNLNQ4uu44xwjc-320-80.jpg)
Valve is 'continuing to work on adding support' for other handhelds, but 'SteamOS isn't ready to run out of the box' just yet
By Jeremy Laird published
news Is SteamOS becoming the Half-Life 3 of gaming operating systems?
![Closeup of the new Copilot key coming to Windows 11 PC keyboards](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/6mKsE4LirFq46GaTDbaPmV-320-80.jpg)
Creating your own Microsoft Copilot chatbot is easy but making it safe and secure is pretty much impossible says security expert
By Jeremy Laird published
News Microsoft's AI platform in another security scare, who'd a thunk it?
![Bargain 4K OLED](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/bGi5GU4JP8o5MEz3fte7fV-320-80.jpg)
I want a 4K OLED gaming monitor so bad and with both Alienware and Samsung's available for $200-plus off I'm going to sell my dog, probably
By Jeremy Laird published
Deal Still not exactly cheap, but if I sell my dog and all my clothes on eBay it's doable.
![A photo of an AMD Ryzen 7 9700X processor resting on top of an Asus AIO liquid cooler](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/JeQZqdebzJRwR8eTNnrc4D-320-80.jpg)
AMD keeps chipping away at Intel as latest figures show increased market share in PCs, laptops and servers
By Jeremy Laird published
News Overall, Intel is up, but only because AMD's console chip sales are cratering.
![Micron Gen 6 SSD](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/bdwpxDdDCU4dyjWu6vHLED-320-80.jpg)
Micron touts world's first PCIe Gen 6 drive with epic 26 GB/s speeds but it's not hitting your PC for years
By Jeremy Laird published
News The PC doesn't support Gen 6 yet and won't for some time to come.
![Intel 18A wafer](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/oU6sfoCXqSJpZ5xY4PrhTd-320-80.jpg)
Intel CEO says Panther Lake CPU on its new 18A node is already up and running with production slated for next year
By Jeremy Laird published
News Promises, promises. And a few hail Marys?
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UK Royal Mint's 'urban mining' extracts more gold from old motherboards and other junk than you might think
By Jeremy Laird published
News But read on before you go melting down your PC...
![A delidded AMD Ryzen 9000 series processor held in a hand, showing the two CCD and one IOD chiplets](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/zu72JJXmoXDK29xyhrkFqh-320-80.jpg)
AMD's new Ryzen 9000 CPUs are officially up to $50 cheaper than the old 7000 series were at launch
By Jeremy Laird published
News Of course, Ryzen 7000 chips are now much cheaper than they were in 2022.
![An Intel Core i7 14700K with an Intel Raptor Lake branded box.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/egYMKfrFoBQ9T9xVpbVhzd-320-80.jpg)
Broken CPUs, workforce cuts, cancelled dividends and a decade of borked silicon—how has it all gone so wrong for Intel?
By Jeremy Laird published
News Intel can still turn the ship around, but time is running out.
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Upscaling is the new normal according to Star Wars Outlaws system requirements
By Jeremy Laird published
News Ubisoft now assumes you're running DLSS and FSR all the time.
![Friend AI pendant](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/8ctFL9VYEBF5x4KDkDLnge-320-80.png)
New AI companion goes all Black Mirror, listens to absolutely everything and dies if you lose it
By Jeremy Laird published
news What happens if it keels over all on its own isn't clear...
![AMD Strix Point APU chip, held in a hand, with the reflected light showing the various processing blocks in the chip die](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/VCkwq2FV7M7bUiVenTvcmb-320-80.jpg)
AMD sells $1 billion worth of AI chips and CPU sales are up but its gaming graphics continues to struggle
By Jeremy Laird published
news AI and CPU sales are up, to but it's still slim pickings in gaming graphics.
![Intel Core i5 14600K on a blue box with Intel logo on it.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/uLGCsB6XsTB4aifHk9XXkQ-320-80.jpg)
After cutting 5% of its workforce in 2023 reports say Intel is planning to lay off thousands more workers
By Jeremy Laird published
news One day there will be some good news from Intel, right?
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Hard to believe but Secure Boot BIOS security has been compromised on hundreds of PC models from big brands because firmware engineers used four-letter passwords
By Jeremy Laird published
News Critical encrypted file with mere four-character password to blame.
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Mark Zuckerberg launches Meta's latest AI model, moans about Apple being mean and imagines a future of AI bots commenting on each other's social media posts
By Jeremy Laird published
News Truly, the Zuck is an irony-free zone.
![A delidded AMD Ryzen 9000 series processor held in a hand, showing the two CCD and one IOD chiplets](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/zu72JJXmoXDK29xyhrkFqh-320-80.jpg)
AMD is already prepping a 3nm update to its new Zen 5 CPUs
By Jeremy Laird published
News 4nm and 3nm Zen 5 plans are so close, they're "on top of each other".
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These Prime Day gaming monitor deals are making OLEDs almost affordable for the very first time
By Jeremy Laird last updated
Prime Day 1440p OLED fun starts at $599, ultrawide from just $699.
![Alienware 34 OLED](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/pPDGjKAEhBCyhBrW2FnNif-320-80.jpg)
I'm struggling to resist the OG Alienware OLED gaming monitor at this lowest-ever Prime Day price of just $700
By Jeremy Laird published
Prime Day The original and arguably still the best.
![4K Prime Day deals](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/zJmaPcmr5KQrWZsdCwArxm-320-80.jpg)
Prime Day is the very best day to make the jump to 4K with these stellar gaming monitor deals
By Jeremy Laird published
Prime Day 4K all the way from just $399.
![Razer Blade 14](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/7Prna7SfgQKFTFJdFzbWck-320-80.jpg)
Inexplicably Best Buy has slashed the price of this RTX 4070 Blade 14 AGAIN. With a $1,000 discount this Prime Day Razer gaming laptop deal is surprisingly competitive
By Jeremy Laird last updated
Prime Day A Blade that's actually not at a price premium compared with similarly specced laptops? What timeline is this?
![Cheap Prime Day Gaming Monitors](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/KPmstRYZfw9tEZEXwReYA-320-80.jpg)
We'd all love a megabucks OLED panel but I'd happily have one of these cheap Prime Day gaming monitors on my desk from just $89
By Jeremy Laird published
Prime Day From $89 to $249 and 1080p to 34-inch ultrawide, there's something here for almost any budget.
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