Jess Kinghorn
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
![Shocked young arabic gamer wearing headphones screaming playing video game on personal computer, play in eSport cyber games tournament in neon light.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/BfNtgtHgW9euXryE4AbhSa-320-80.png)
Gamers using Windows 11 24H2 systems are getting jumpscared by this one weird audio bug
By Jess Kinghorn published
News Panic! At your desk.
![A hand has reached down into a waste bin and pulled out an AMD Ryzen Threadripper CPU. It is embossed with the PC Gamer logo.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/WWbL23Ehz2GH8SdRTh79WS-320-80.png)
Trash man rescues surprisingly decent gaming rig from landfill—and it even powers on
By Jess Kinghorn published
News Not talking absolute rubbish.
![A hooded figure is depicted running with a large sack, from which slips of paper featuring asterisks (symbolizing passwords or confidential information) are falling out. The background is solid red, creating a striking contrast and emphasizing the theme of cyber theft or data breach.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/oiLtyNerA9NERKHemTzTB6-320-80.png)
'SilkSpecter' hacking operation uses sophisticated ring of 4,700 spoofed storefronts to dupe shoppers looking for Black Friday deals—here's how to avoid getting scammed
By Jess Kinghorn published
News Avoid getting 100% off your bank balance.
![An illustration featuring a noodly arm reaching down and plucking a speech bubble containing the word 'password' from a computer screen.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/y5tHYXjpzvCqmzuxCVunae-320-80.png)
Please change your password before hackers use this list of the 200 most commonly used passwords to crack open your life like a coconut
By Jess Kinghorn published
News Don't make it easy for them.
![A LG UltraGear 27GR93U 4K gaming monitor looms out of a white-bordered teal void.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/AgfPQwMjbvYbtFJemRngLC-320-80.png)
With Black Friday right around the corner, my deal of the week is a bargain price on a 4K monitor that has to be seen to be believed
By Jess Kinghorn published
Deal Picture this: You and the LG UltraGear 27GR93U.
![A man wearing glasses plays a Zefiro, attached to the bottom USB-C port of a smart phone. The phone offers touch screen buttons to play different notes.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/HAp9Jux2Rzvzw8e7jme8cG-320-80.png)
The Zefiro is a USB-C-powered, thumb drive sized instrument that'll let you fulfil your Ocarina of Time musical fantasy—but I have some practical questions
By Jess Kinghorn published
News Getting on the blower.
![Dragon Age: The Veilguard hair in action](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/VA7vJwJ7enwmPss8vC26dY-320-80.jpg)
Dragon Age: The Veilguard's impressive tresses feature '50,000 individual strands per character for over 100 hairstyles'
By Jess Kinghorn published
News Because Rook's worth it.
![A Mac Pro looms over a Mac Mini that's be mounted in a 3D-printed case designed to look like a tiny Mac Pro.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/tFpHQQd9BAKWv8tMtq3cF5-320-80.png)
3D-printed M4 Mac mini enclosure addresses one of Apple's most egregious design choices—but maker argues that the power button 'problem' is overstated
By Jess Kinghorn last updated
News Throwback style solves a modern problem.
![Amazon logo is screened on a mobile phone for illustration photo. Krakow, Poland on October 17th, 2024.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/XDyS8Xwa4hS8fpYwM9auq5-320-80.png)
Amazon wants chips with everything, crafting its own AI-focused line of silicon in a bid to dethrone Nvidia
By Jess Kinghorn published
News I prefer a crisp, battered cod myself.
![LG Display demonstrates the pliability of their stretchable display prototype. In three images side by side, the prototype is stretched, contracted, and twisted.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/eHb8X8j86cfhuBMT4ucCZd-320-80.png)
LG's bizarre but impressive stretchable prototype display has the 'highest rate of elongation in the industry,' a measurement I had no idea existed
By Jess Kinghorn published
News Scrunch it, pull it, twist it—but unfortunately no bop it
![A promotional screenshot from Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III. In a multiplayer mode, a skeletal player character with purple glowing eyes is flanked by two other armed operatives.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/NgoWzDeN5KhvMBu5UgqLbF-320-80.png)
'I had my fun' says hacker who used Call of Duty anti-cheat exploit to ban 'thousands upon thousands' of innocent players
By Jess Kinghorn published
news Catching strays.
![Depressed Teenage Girl Lying On Bed At Home Looking At Mobile Phone](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/cqdChcM5yeA5B8QT4kESdR-320-80.png)
Australia proposes social media ban for everyone under the age of 16, citing concerns about young people's mental wellbeing
By Jess Kinghorn published
News But is it really all social media's fault?
![A chat log between the writer and an AI chatbot pretending to be a future version of herself.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Ee8okCx4BvYWsgKfy4wKuV-320-80.png)
I chatted to an MIT-built AI version of my future, 60-year-old self and we did NOT get along
By Jess Kinghorn published
News Leaving my future self on read.
![Bees working on honeycomb.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/y6C8PSyYkBVCiUQFuc56Ro-320-80.png)
Meta's nuclear-powered AI ambitions appear to have been thwarted by a swarm of bees
By Jess Kinghorn published
News 'Not the bees!' says Meta, probably.
![An illustration of a silhouetted thief in motion running while carrying a stolen fingerprint. This could represent individuality, identity, privacy concerns, or a concept of personal data being in motion or at risk. The combination of the human form with the unique identifier of a fingerprint offers a visual metaphor for themes such as identity theft, digital security, or the trace we leave behind in a digital age. The overall aesthetic is bold and dynamic, fitting for topics of cybersecurity, personal identity, or discussions about the intersection of humanity and technology.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/BTvwifuqkVLC9Kj7mjxrNi-320-80.jpg)
Hackers hijack over 16,000 TP-Link network devices, creating a big ol' botnet that's absolutely slamming Microsoft Azure accounts
By Jess Kinghorn published
News When was the last time you turned it off and on again?
![Shanghai, China - August 18th 2023: ByteDance's AI chatbot 'Doubao' app on screen.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ctdkbbnjBUpB2hGK4qdgKU-320-80.jpg)
Still cringing about your first internship? At least you didn't try to sabotage an AI project from one of China's biggest tech firms
By Jess Kinghorn published
News A little worse than a coffee run disaster.
![The words 'Ayaneo 3' in white loom in the centre of a black void. The '3' is noticeably bigger than the other text.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/R3t7oD3qDTa6tS7LhE47e9-320-80.png)
Ayaneo is desperate for you to feel the hype for its upcoming handheld, declaring 'The future has arrived'
By Jess Kinghorn published
News About time or a little premature?
![Group of diverse young friends checking their mobile phones together while standing in front of a purple wall](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/LUoAZ35Ta2fxUiqaV3ZMB4-320-80.jpg)
I'm #62935 on the waitlist for Daze, an expressive messenger app that's already got over 150,000 signups
By Jess Kinghorn published
News Does Daze have its head in the clouds, or do I?
![A black, New-style Nintendo 3DS sits on a wooden table. The lower screen shows the handheld console's touchscreen keyboard. The upper clamshell screen show the Windows 95 startup logo.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/rW3qCxdzc4yKaotZ2Gf4xe-320-80.png)
Cast your eyes upon this deeply cursed setup: Windows 95 on a hacked Nintendo 3DS
By Jess Kinghorn published
News It runs. Just.
![A custom built, lime green ZX Spectrum rests on a 3D printed stand of the same striking shade.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/eV9egd7RMhY3vWYdWDeW5S-320-80.png)
It's alive! YouTuber shows how ZX Spectrum can be resurrected using only new parts
By Jess Kinghorn published
News Everything old can be made new again.
![Crucial X9 external SSD on blue background](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/XuKxRN87WCvcnDtESHiVmP-320-80.jpg)
Defeat the glower of your backlog with this $120 Crucial X9 2 TB portable SSD, just $0.06/GB
By Jess Kinghorn published
Deal Don't let the true horror of this spooky season be all the games you didn't play.
![A line of four nuclear power plant cooling towers are foregrounded by numerous powerlines.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/awbw4xnswjsLfqjT7EcSmD-320-80.png)
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.
![Through the void of space, someone wearing the Axiom Extravehicular Mobility Unit suit approaches.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/vdUFYBvcN9h6w67JHhxpj-320-80.jpg)
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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