Katie Wickens
Screw sports, Katie would rather watch Intel, AMD and Nvidia go at it. Having been obsessed with computers and graphics for three long decades, she took Game Art and Design up to Masters level at uni, and has been rambling about games, tech and science—rather sarcastically—for four years since. She can be found admiring technological advancements, scrambling for scintillating Raspberry Pi projects, preaching cybersecurity awareness, sighing over semiconductors, and gawping at the latest GPU upgrades. Right now she's waiting patiently for her chance to upload her consciousness into the cloud.
Latest articles by Katie Wickens
![GameStop sign edited to have more stops](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/pV5JvmEewfQYsTpbh9R7Cf-320-80.jpg)
GameStop drops cryptocurrency wallet support due to the 'regulatory uncertainty of the crypto space'
By Katie Wickens published
news The store is backing away from crypto, surprise surprise.
![Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart screenshot - Ratchet panicking](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/8ycyjuj3gHgsaCp5rheNEY-320-80.jpg)
AMD fixes RX 7900 XTX crashes in Ratchet and Clank with ray tracing enabled
By Katie Wickens last updated
news A specific new Ratchet and Clank AMD driver is out now.
![FluidX3D Concorde simulation running on AMD GigaIO SuperNODE](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/gfGpzyJ4V6cEXDh9vsvfHV-320-80.jpg)
It only takes 32 AMD GPUs and 33 hours to run a 40 billion cell simulation of the Concorde supersonic plane
By Katie Wickens published
news That AMD-powered GigaIO SuperNODE server really slaps.
![The Lenovo Legion Play gaming handheld that never came to be.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/LXEmr44BzVseNew2uSd9HH-320-80.jpg)
Lenovo reportedly reviving plans for a handheld PC after ditching the Android-based Legion Play
By Katie Wickens published
news That's potentially another AMD Phoenix-powered gaming handheld on the horizon.
![The 8BitDo mechanical gaming keyboard designs with a retro PC.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/LVYC8F7EQHrWdt3VgWuPG9-320-80.jpg)
NES inspired mechanical keyboards with massive matching A and B buttons are a vibe
By Katie Wickens published
news Old school Nintendo meets modern PC gaming.
![Tom Pritsky with his TranscribeGlass](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/u5Q9SGGP7Tub4ds2Jtzo7V-320-80.jpg)
Student startup develops IRL closed caption glasses for deaf people
By Katie Wickens published
news Just another nifty way AR is helping reduce that isolated feeling.
![Jiva Soluboard dissolving](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/SLqgZw7vmPdD99XpaganEb-320-80.jpg)
Water soluble circuit boards are an e-waste game changer
By Katie Wickens published
news Bear witness to the world’s first fully recyclable commercialised PCB substrate that will dissolve in a bath of hot water.
![Minecraft creeper - an explosion of creepers lurk around a sandy beach](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/BifufTaqNT6mAyUuGWqADd-320-80.jpg)
Minecraft exploit makes it 'completely dangerous' to play with unpatched mods right now
By Katie Wickens published
news Exploit leaves users on countless servers open to remote code execution attacks.
![Micron DDR5 modules on a stick of RAM with blue PCB (render)](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/m5dmgeArP4gaQVEgtv86k4-320-80.jpg)
Micron's laying the ground work for 1TB DDR5 memory modules
By Katie Wickens published
news As the company prepares for mass production of 32Gb DDR5 memory chips, there's certainly scope for higher capacity modules.
![The Drop LOTR ENTR keyboard front on.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/BqyDatXzggnranNrrbBTDg-320-80.jpg)
Drop Lord of the Rings Dwarvish ENTR keyboard review
By Katie Wickens published
Bare rock Sturdy and gorgeously decorated, but a pretty basic feature set under all that finery.
![Asus' cableless RTX 4070 in white](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/nZSRbuuQw7e62QAJ83prCW-320-80.jpg)
Asus' cable-free GPUs are coming this year and I'm living for the look
By Katie Wickens published
news Asus' innovative cable-free graphics cards going into mass production before the end of the year.
![The state of r/place after Reddark](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/yLFkYmibHvQ6gj4hrcbwWm-320-80.jpg)
Reddit is still a mess with r/place begging users to 'never forget what was stolen from us'
By Katie Wickens published
news Reddark continues, with "the void" now taking over r/place.
![The BCS logo emerging from a dark techy background.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/WwcQy6CCrU9bb3rgTT3BFV-320-80.jpg)
AI will be a 'transformative force for good' says expert-signed open letter that's more like a memo
By Katie Wickens published
news "AI is not an existential threat to humanity."
![A towering sandworm.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/gL27D6ocgkdUXT3wWonuGP-320-80.jpg)
'ChatGPT's evil twin' WormGPT is devoid of morals and just €60 a month on the darkweb
By Katie Wickens published
news Cybersecurity expert at NordVPN issues warnings over the new darkweb AI chatbot phenomenon.
![Samsung's GDDR7 chip as a purple pattern](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/567i7DDhkQBcepYybWjkrG-320-80.jpg)
Samsung finalises the first GDDR7 memory for next-gen graphics cards
By Katie Wickens published
news Who will ship the tech first is another matter.
![Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 and AMD Raden RX 7600 side by side](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/5vPzXE4nSdSjXsZTuXX8cA-320-80.jpg)
Welcome to the strange world of custom RTX 4060 GPUs
By Katie Wickens published
news We've been seeing a lot of experimentation around Nvidia's new RTX 4060 cards, here's why.
![A gaming setup pictured to mark Corsair and Drops collab.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/e5TrtARLCzceh7coo9kr4J-320-80.jpg)
Drop says the world will find it easier to buy cool keycaps and headphones now it's owned by Corsair
By Katie Wickens published
news Drop now has some serious sway as part of the Corsair family.
![RTX voice comes to OBS Streamlabs](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/NxBkmo6KoDWBYWTCNbNif9-320-80.jpg)
Not all AI voice cloning is bad, I promise
By Katie Wickens published
sound off AI voice cloning is being used for some evil things of late; let's go back over the good that's come out of it.
![Intel Raptor Lake CPU render up close](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/XfN8AE6eKosJu6NNPL7y4J-320-80.png)
Internal leak from Intel shows Arrow Lake could see a 21% performance increase over the Core i9 13900K
By Katie Wickens published
news The numbers show impressive upticks in performance, and the likelihood that the upcoming chips will be neural networking champs.
![Gaming monitor, PC, and gaming laptop](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/xspeegxhJBfpdRs9E8ETjE-320-80.jpg)
Live now: the best Prime Day gaming laptop, PC, GPU, and monitor deals still around today
By Dave James last updated
Still live! As we count down to the end of Amazon Prime Day, we're live blogging all the best PC gaming deals you can still buy today.
![AMD deals on a blue background](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/WA5neJLyQB4RiGtTV5MLqX-320-80.jpg)
The best Amazon Prime Day AMD deals on gaming laptops, PCs, CPUs, and graphics cards
By Katie Wickens published
Deal All AMD all the time with Lisa Su's red team.
![Two gaming laptop deals on a blue background](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/EsX367Bf4si33x8aAJyhqF-320-80.jpg)
The 5 best Prime Day gaming laptops under $1,000
By Katie Wickens published
Deal A steal for some pretty impressive little gaming laptops.
![Mastodon from Hearthstone looking angry.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/FHjYwoNyBX6CQNpLnwKPUT-320-80.jpg)
Threads threatens to muscle in on Mastodon's Fediverse and admins are up in arms about it
By Katie Wickens published
news Privacy concerns have lead to petitions being signed to keep Meta out.
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