Latest articles by Jacob Ridley
OpenAI pauses use of GPT-4o 'Her' voice due to similarity to Scarlett Johansson: 'so eerily similar… my closest friends and news outlets could not tell the difference'
News The Hollywood star says they were approached by OpenAI to use her likeness, but declined.
Noctua's newest products will keep you, and your consoles, cool
News Built using our favorite PC fan, the NF-A12x25.
Intel's Lunar Lake is here to remind you x86 still has a place in laptops: 'You've never seen x86 power characteristics quite like this'
news It's coming out swinging, promising faster AI, CPU, and gaming performance than AMD and Qualcomm
Google looks intent on breaking the business of the internet, and AI won't fix it
Hi, Gemini New AI search tools may be sold as useful to users, but what's in it for the people creating quality content?
Meta is reportedly back on its wearables bit: this time it wants to stick cameras on earbuds for AI
News You'll never guess what the codename for the project is.
OpenAI unveils GPT-4o with a video of a man making small talk with his phone and I cannot pretend it's not really weird
News OpenAI unveils GPT-4o with new audio, video and text recognition abilities—rolling out to free users.
Clackeys, a big name in artisan keycaps, is closing down: 'I am sorry I could not keep this boat afloat'
News The company never turned a profit, says CEO and founder Robert Vignone.
Land of dragons and jank: I took a trip to Wales in the metaverse
Es i i'r metaverse! Croeso i Gymru metaverse!
Asus (sorta) announces the ROG Ally X: bigger battery, updated design, same performance as original ROG Ally
News "Not everything is changing but there are significant improvements across the board."
Keycap delivery! This limited edition keycap set from Glorious has turned my clean-cut keyboard into crude doodles and I'm surprisingly here for it
Doodles The set gives the impression someone has drawn all over my lovely gaming keyboard with a white marker pen.
A new form of easily upgradeable memory promising thinner laptops and low power is now available
News Micron is shipping its first LPCAMM2 modules out, and they're now available to buy individually or within the Lenovo ThinkPad P1 Gen 7.
Hallelujah, Nvidia will now take care of the fiddly GeForce Now set-up on Steam Deck for you
News It's not quite a dedicated app but it's a big improvement on tweaking the settings yourself.
Flexispot E7L adjustable standing desk review
Handy L One of the best ways to make use of an awkward corner.
Trouble connecting to your VPN? Microsoft admits that a recent Windows security update is preventing virtual connections
News The April security update is to blame.
Classic PC games modded with RTX Remix just received support for one of Nvidia's newest features: Ray Reconstruction
News Should help deliver some slick-looking scenes, even in older titles.
NASA's latest speed test logs its laser-based comms system at 25 Mbps—a connection speed usually good for online gaming—over 140 million miles through our solar system
News Just don't look at the ping.
Manor Lords seems surprisingly stable for an early access game, and the developer says: '99% crashes so far are old drivers'
News Manor Lords appears to be a pretty stable game, even in early access, but what crashes there are are reportedly caused by old drivers.
Noctua teases 'something new' that looks very much like the desk fan prototype it's had on show before
News Before you get too excited, it's definitely not Noctua's next-gen 140mm fan.
HyperX Cloud III Wireless review
Cloud Beta Not the convincing wireless gaming headset I was hoping for.
Meta is creating a Quest VR headset in the style of an Xbox, which probably means it's black with a bit of green
News We don't know what it looks like yet, which means there's a chance we're all surprised.
EK admits fault for financial issues facing employees and business partners: 'We are committed to fulfilling our financial obligations and regaining your trust'
News EK's CEO and founder, Edvard König, has released a statement on the financial difficulties alleged by various reports over the previous five days.
Asus is creating the VR 'gaming headset of the next generation' built on Meta's Horizon OS lifted off the Quest 3
News An ROG branded virtual reality headset built on Meta's OS? This I have to see, though we don't know much about it yet.
