Latest articles by Andy Edser
Microsoft banned the word 'Microslop' in its Copilot Discord server, then began restricting access after users started posting 'Microsl0p' and other funnies
News MS takes its ball and goes home. Then brings it back again.
In the battle for our living rooms, Xbox Project Helix and the Steam Machine make for unlikely rivals on paper—but Microsoft's new PC gaming-capable console might be raising some eyebrows at Valve
Console conundrum Two very different machines, perhaps closer than we initially thought.
This vibe-coded operating system looks like a nightmarish version of our AI OS future, although some of the function keys change the wallpaper so that's fun
News I guess we should be impressed that it works at all.
'I think the fact that everything is scarce is fantastic for us' says Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang '...in a world of constraint, you have no choice but to choose the best'
News At least someone is positive about it.
'The reason why we're so beloved in the videogame industry and we're so deep in it still is, in a lot of ways, we created the modern videogame industry' says Nvidia CEO Huang
News Strap in, folks, and save your opinions until the end.
South Korean authorities seized $5.6 million worth of crypto then accidentally posted pictures of the super-secret recovery phrase, resulting in the loss of... $4.8 million worth of crypto
News Aaaand it's gone. Mostly.
Industry insiders say Samsung has confirmed a DRAM price increase of 'over 100%' for its customers, so brace yourself for the next phase of the dreaded RAMpocalypse
News Memories, of the way things used to be...
Malwarebytes says a fake Google Account security page is distributing 'what may be one of the most fully featured browser-based surveillance toolkits we have observed in the wild'
News A particularly nasty RAT.
A Florida woman has been sentenced to 22 months in prison for conspiracy to traffic thousands of stolen Windows 10 and MS Office keys via their Certificate of Authenticity stickers
News Schemes I did not know existed: Example One.
'We shouldn't have rushed to get this out on Friday': OpenAI hastily amends the terms of its controversial deal with the US Department of War as CEO Sam Altman claims it's been a 'good learning experience'
News "We want to have a voice, and a seat at the table where we can share our expertise, and to fight for principles of liberty."
A redditor who found their exact gaming monitor in Resident Evil Requiem finds Reddit image of their monitor inside a monitor inside a monitor in Resident Evil Requiem and now my head hurts
News Arggghhhhhh.
It looks like more memory price hikes may soon be on the way, as Samsung and SK Hynix reportedly inform customers of yet another DRAM price increase
News It's going to get worse before it gets better, that much seems clear.
Top analyst firm Gartner predicts the 'sub-$500 entry-level PC segment will disappear by 2028', along with worldwide PC shipment decline of 10.4% in 2026
News 'This is the steepest contraction in device shipments witnessed in over a decade'.
DeepSeek has reportedly denied Nvidia and AMD early access to its new V4 AI model, giving Huawei and other Chinese chipmakers a head start
News The AI race turns another corner.
OpenAI announces another $110 billion in investment funding including $30 billion from Nvidia, but says Microsoft is still its best friend forever
News Aww. Isn't it sweet when multi-billion, sometimes multi-trillion dollar businesses buddy up?
A new California law says all operating systems, including Linux, need to have some form of age verification at account setup
News I wonder how the government of California plans to enforce it?
Anthropic is standing up to the US Department of War and refusing to remove AI autonomous weapon and mass surveillance safeguards: 'We cannot in good conscience accede to their request'
News 'We will not knowingly provide a product that puts America’s warfighters and civilians at risk.'
Google says it's disrupted a super-serious 'global espionage campaign' that uses *checks notes* Google Sheets to covertly intercept telecoms data
News It's not the sexiest spy story I've ever heard, I'll be honest.
'We expect supply constraints to be the headwind to gaming in Q1 and beyond' says Nvidia, although it claims demand and inventory levels are 'healthy'
News A tempering of expectations, perhaps?
Nvidia reports a truly astonishing $193.7 billion in annual data center revenue in its latest earnings call, up 75% year on year, while little old gaming brought in $16 billion
News I think it's obvious why us gamers are perhaps not team green's top priority right now.
'The compute bottleneck is massively under appreciated' says Google AI Studio lead: 'I would guess the gap between supply and demand is growing [by a] single digit % every day'
News 'In practice, this will be the rate limit on the impact AI will have in the economy/society.'
The future of Nacon gaming accessories looks uncertain as the company files for insolvency
News Will Nacon's hardware wing be the first to feel the brunt of debt restructuring efforts?
This creator extraordinaire has built a gaming PC attached to a Victorian cast-iron radiator that is fully integrated into the cooling system, and I am in complete awe
News Billet Labs, take a bow.
