Jess Kinghorn

Jess Kinghorn

Hardware Writer

Jess has been writing about games for over ten years, spending the last seven working on print publications PLAY and Official PlayStation Magazine. When she’s not writing about all things hardware here, she’s getting cosy with a horror classic, ranting about a cult hit to a captive audience, or tinkering with some tabletop nonsense.

Latest articles by Jess Kinghorn

A line of four nuclear power plant cooling towers are foregrounded by numerous powerlines.

Amazon follows Google's lead to invest in small nuclear reactors, making for a headline that feels dreamt up in the '50s

By Jess Kinghorn published

News I'm not really feeling this energy.

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Through the void of space, someone wearing the Axiom Extravehicular Mobility Unit suit approaches.

Not just a fashion statement: Prada enters the space race, co-designing suit for Artemis III moon mission

By Jess Kinghorn published

News Though their involvement is only skin deep.

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BERLIN, GERMANY - APRIL 22: The logo of the webbrowser Google Chrome is shown on the display of a smartphone on April 22, 2020 in Berlin, Germany.

Google Chrome update creates permissions nightmare for ad blockers, rendering uBlock Origin inaccessible on newer Chromebooks

By Jess Kinghorn published

News Ad-blocking stalwarts begin to crumble in the face of Manifest V3.

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A line of four nuclear power plant cooling towers are foregrounded by numerous powerlines.

Google's AI dream will be powered by miniature nuclear reactors in 'world first' deal, though the timeline seems optimistic at best

By Jess Kinghorn published

News Okay Google, why does the phrase 'nuclear power startup' give me The Fear?

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An Ecovacs Deebot X2 sits in a white void. A camera is clearly visible on the frontmost rectangular panel.

Robot vacuum cleaners are being hacked to spy on your family, chase pets, hurl verbal abuse, and the makers claim users 'do not need to worry excessively about this'

By Jess Kinghorn published

News Giving new meaning to 'sucking up dirt.'

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A Cybercab vehicle takes passengers at Tesla's We, Robot event.

Elon Musk wants your Tesla to have a mind of its own—and that includes driving off without you

By Jess Kinghorn published

News Car-n't you believe it?

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A strange machine made up of many symmetrical, white and gold cabinets containing computer fans. Neatly organised, white wires trail from an embossed central unit made of brass to these fan cabinets either side. The entire machine is mounted on a brick wall.

Artists teach a choir of GPU fans to sing with AI and the result is not as soulless as you might think

By Jess Kinghorn published

News More than just hot air?

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'The Great Wave of Kanagawa' by Katsushika Hokusai is overlaid by bold yellow and black poster style text that reads 'Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow: A Novel by Gabrielle Zevin.' It is a book cover floating in a teal void.

And now for something completely different this Prime Day—a work of fiction that actually gets games right and hits hard

By Jess Kinghorn published

Prime Day Deal PC Gamer? More like Page Turner.

Prime Day Deal
Two white colourway GameSir Nova Lite controllers float in a teal void.

Ready Player Two? Prime Day is the time to leave stick drift in the dust, because our favorite budget Hall Effect controller is just $20

By Jess Kinghorn published

Prime Day deals Love the DualSense but not its price point? The GameSir Nova Lite has got you covered.

Prime Day deals
The snazzy red and black HyperX Cloud Alpha wireless headphones float in a teal void. The microphone is attached to the headset.

Prime Day is the cheapest our favorite wireless gaming headset has ever been and it might just convince me to put my elderly Bluetooth headset out of its misery

By Jess Kinghorn published

Prime Day deals Our hopes answered: Massive price drop on PC Gamer's favourite wireless gaming headset - the Cloud Alpha Wireless.

Prime Day deals
A promotional mock up image illustrating the intended holographic effect of the Coolify Holo Fan.

Anime fans rejoice! World's first holo fan allows you to rep your best girls in style

By Jess Kinghorn published

News To weeb or not to weeb, that is the question.

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Attendees at the Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses 2nd generation demo area during the Meta Connect event in Menlo Park, California, US, on Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2023. Meta Platforms Inc. introduced its latest lineup of head-worn devices, staking fresh claim to the virtual- and augmented-reality industry just ahead of Apple Inc. pushing into the market. Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Harvard students make utterly dystopic smart glasses that can instantly dox anyone they see

By Jess Kinghorn published

News Cyberpunk dystopia and sci fi fashion moment all in one sleek wearable.

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A lone figure strides through a futuristic atrium, all illuminated by Unreal Engine 5.5's new MegaLights tech.

Unreal Engine 5.5’s MegaLights allows devs to use "orders of magnitude more" light sources—even on older hardware

By Jess Kinghorn published

News Even shinier, but perhaps not even more demanding.

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A large laptop fitted with a desktop RTX 4090 inside it.

Modder puts desktop-grade RTX 4090 card into custom laptop. Machine weighs as much as small dog

By Jess Kinghorn published

News And you’ve got to keep this puppy leashed to a power supply at all times.

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