Latest articles by Katie Wickens
I didn't know I need a gaming chair with a wiggly backrest but now I've tried it, it makes so much sense
news Having experienced the wonders of the ThunderX3 Core's Lumbar 360 backrest, I'm questioning why it's taken this long to invent
Hyte has officially won my best name of Computex prize with the THICC AIO cooler
news The thickest cooling solution known to man also has it's own processor.
Apparently PC building is about slapping 'brains' on all your components now
news Corsair and Hyte's upcoming modular control systems are a cable management dream.
Nvidia's massive AI GPU has enough memory to make a gamer weep and even Jensen Huang's wondering 'if this could play Crysis?'
news Combined into its final form, the encompassing DGX GH200 superserver is "four elephants, one GPU."
When it comes to white PC components, the sun is both your friend and your enemy
Yellow no no Discolouration of white gaming gear depends on the material, coating, and manufacturing process. Here's what's being done to prevent it.
Sony's upcoming game streaming handheld looks like someone stretched a Dualsense controller out with a rolling pin
news Project Q is in the works, but Sony's keeping quiet about the majority of the specs.
Just one person showed up to buy an RTX 4060 Ti for its late night Akihabara launch
news Two stores opened late in Japan's Akihabara district for the event, but it's become painfully clear they wasted their money.
This ridiculous shoe PC went from a 10-week mod project to a $6,000 custom Cooler Master gaming PC you can actually buy
news Cooler Master just announced the Sneaker X is coming to stores, alongside the Cooling X with liquid-cooling chamber side panels.
Enough with the cyberpunk aesthetic, bring back retrofuturism
Cyberslump There are other ways to speculate on philosophy and ethics than just slapping neon all over everything.
Pico 4 VR headset review
MMM PANCAKES A really strong contender for the PC and standalone VR throne.
NASA's working on a wiggly snake-like autonomous Rover alternative to 'boldly go where no robot has gone before'
news I, for one, welcome the era of autonomous, interplanetary snakes.
Hands-on test: Philips Evnia gaming peripherals
news Philips let me touch its upcoming gaming accessories in an RGB dungeon, manned by a sassy, dancing robot.
Google won't tell anyone why its withholding Bard AI from the EU
news Wired jokes that Google's so far given more penguins Bard access than it has Europeans.
Dark web crypto-drug traffickers 'can try to hide in the furthest reaches of the internet, but the Justice Department will find you'
news With a fentanyl epidemic on its hands, the US Department of Justice has just made its biggest bust yet targeting the dark web.
You've probably committed at least one of the 11 sins of PC building
system shock How not to build a gaming PC.
Meta says new study shows the metaverse could boost the global economy by $3.6 trillion per year and yes it probably is worth noting Meta paid for the research
news By 2035, Meta supported research reckons the company has potential to overtake mobile phones as the major computing platform.
The EU's incoming AI Act is giving off some real I, Robot vibes
news The amendments from European MPs are expected to pass in mid June.
Asus ROG Ally launches May 11 with pricing 'for sure... below $1,000'
news Asus' Steam Deck rival is promising to redefine handheld gaming.
These tabletop city builders with all the chaotic freedom of D&D are my new obsession
TT...CBGs? I can't believe no one told me collaborative, city building TTRPGs were a thing.
If these benchmarks are true, the ROG Ally's graphics are gonna slap
news AMD's newest mobile graphics are looking pretty tasty.
Turtle Beach Stealth Pro review
Beached A swing and miss for the wireless gaming headset crown.
Asus ROG Strix Scar 16 (2023) review
Strix trix Intel Core i9 13980HX | Nvidia RTX 4080 | 16GB DDR5-4800 | 1TB SSD | £3,300 | $2,900
Asus says its Steam Deck rival may be coming 'sooner than you expect'
news Promises of an imminent launch appear alongside new rumours about the 4nm Zen 4 / RDNA 3 APU at its heart.
