Latest articles by Jeremy Laird
Whoopsie: Microsoft has been shipping Xbox controllers without batteries and is now compensating customers with rechargeable kits
News If yours was missing batteries, Microsoft will send you a freebie.
Intel updates Arc graphics driver with 'gaming support' for the GPU gamers aren't getting
News Intel Arc Pro B70 is the GPU we want but can't have.
Apple's MacBook Neo is reportedly close to selling out which has got me thinking about why we can't have more simple and affordable gaming PCs like the Steam Deck
News An RTX 5090 is nice and all, but...
Raptor Lake chips 'not going anywhere' as Intel commits to making older CPUs 'abundantly available' and keeping DDR4 support alive
News That includes motherboards with both DDR4 and DDR5 support.
Intel's new Nova Lake CPU claimed to have superior IPC performance to AMD's next-gen Zen 6 as rumour mill goes into overdrive with talk of higher core counts and an APU with a massive iGPU
News IPC gains, more cores, a Strix Halo killer and more...
Modder uses Claude AI to code new BIOS that gets obscure all P-core Intel Bartlett Lake CPUs running on a Z790 motherboard
News Maybe AI isn't so useless after all.
Framework says stabilising memory prices are a 'temporary reprieve' and there are more cost increases to come this year
News It ain't over yet, folks.
Seasonic teases cherry blossom-themed Focus ATX 3.1 'Sakura' power supply
News Prettified, limited edition PSU.
If Gigabyte's original X870E X3D Wood motherboard didn't do it for you, how about this moody 'Dark Wood' respin?
News Wooda, coulda, shoulda.
Linux installs jump to over 5% of gamers on the latest Steam Hardware Survey while the RTX 5070 reverts to the norm
News Has the Linux revolution finally begun?
Google says quantum computing will crack bitcoin cryptography sooner than expected, estimating a 10% chance of 'Q-Day' by 2032
News The clock is ticking on cryptocurrency.
Trendforce says DDR5 RAM kit prices have fallen 'sharply' in US, Europe and China but that contract memory prices 'remain stable'
News We're not seeing much evidence of cheaper DDR5 kits ourselves, though.
Geekbench says enabling Intel BOT paints an 'unrealistic picture' of CPU performance and makes Intel chips seem faster versus the AMD competition 'than they would be in typical, real-world usage'
News Geekbench also says BOT is doing something different from Intel's claims.
Report claims OpenAI spending cuts have 'hit' memory prices but there's little evidence right now of cheaper PC components
News OpenAI spending is but one element of the complex memory crisis.
Microsoft is building new '100% native' Windows programs to replace memory-hogging web apps
News Microsoft shows Windows 11 yet more love.
TSMC is reportedly sold out until 2028 and even its next-gen Arizona fab is fully booked before it has even been built
News TSMC's new N2 node selling like hot, er, chips.
Say what you want about burn-in, sales of OLED PC monitors surged by 92% in 2025
News Go for the burn!
Global PC sales forecast to dip by 5% in 2026 due to spiralling memory prices
News But that's PCs as a whole, gaming PC sales might buck the trend.
Intel launches the Arc Pro B70 graphics card based on the Big Battlemage GPU we've been waiting for forever but it's for AI, not gaming
News 32 GB and a near-$1,000 price tag are appealing for local AI inference.
LG claims its new 1-120 Hz auto-refresh rate LCD display for laptops extends battery life by 48% and helps the new Dell XPS hit 31 hours
News LCD this year, an OLED version follows in 2027.
CPU shortage is 'getting more serious day by day, no less than the memory chip situation' according to an unnamed gaming PC company
News Are CPUs set to follow RAM and SSDs?
Geekbench warns that Intel's BOT tool for the new Arrow Lake Plus CPUs generates results that 'aren't comparable with standard runs'
News Why is Geekbench singling out Intel?
Sony reveals that its new PSSR upscaling for the Playstation 5 Pro has the same 'core' as AMD's FSR Redstone but that doesn't necessarily mean older AMD PC graphics cards are set to get an FSR upgrade
News Frame generation could be coming the the PS5 Pro.
