Latest articles by Andy Edser
Colorful's cat-themed B650 motherboard now has an optional kitty-based BIOS, a combination of words I really didn't think I'd be writing today
News FurMark scores are currently unknown. Yes, I know it's a GPU benchmark. I'm trying, okay?
China has reportedly told its data center operators to source more than 50% of their chips from domestic manufacturers in an effort to break away from US tech
News What was once a local policy now appears to be nationwide.
'Someone is going to lose a phenomenal amount of money' says OpenAI CEO Sam Altman about unwise AI investment. 'When bubbles happen, smart people get overexcited about a kernel of truth'
News Not OpenAI investors, though. Obviously.
'You will definitely see some companies go make Japanese anime sex bots,' says OpenAI's Sam Altman about AI relationships. 'You will not see us do that'
News Well, that's a... relief?
If you were ever worried about a machine uprising, check out the World Humanoid Robot Games and have a giggle with me
News I haven't had this much fun in ages.
Biwin has announced a teeny-tiny new type of SSD with shock and water resistance built-in, but it might be a while before you see one in your next mobile device
News MicroSD, eat your heart out. Prepare for Mini SSD.
Valve says Steam's performance monitor should now report GPU utilisation more accurately than Task Manager in the latest beta, and as a nerd, this pleases me in ways I can't describe
News Mmm, sweet accuracy.
Talks are reportedly underway for the US Gov. to take a stake in Intel, and its share price has already jumped 7% in response
News My, how the turntables have... turned.
AMD made major gains on Intel in the desktop CPU market over the last year, but still lags significantly behind in mobile, according to a Mercury Research report
News Those X3D desktop processors appear to be flying off the shelves.
A 'massive and unpredictable presence of jellyfish' has partially shut down one of Europe's biggest nuclear power plants with four out of six of its reactors taken offline
News It's definitely had a major wobble. Sorry, not sorry.
'Just a tap water, please': Starbucks Korea asks customers to stop bringing desktop PCs, printers, and pop-up dividers into its coffee shops for a cheeky work session
News I'll leave the 39-inch ultrawide at home, yes?
Things I have (sort of) learned: Audio fades are one of the most CPU-intensive tasks you can possibly do, and my maths is too awful to properly explain why
News The more you know. Well, the more this video tells you, anyway.
Still using WinRAR? It might be time for an update, as a zero-day vulnerability is being 'exploited in the wild in the guise of job application documents'
News WinArrrrgh.
I had no idea it was possible to create a working floppy disk from scratch, and neither did this YouTuber until they broke out their engineering chops
News Things I will never attempt, item one.
Trump says Nvidia's 'super-duper advanced' Blackwell AI chips might be part of future China deals as long as they're 'somewhat enhanced, in a negative way'
News 'I think he’s coming to see me again about that, but that will be an un-enhanced version of the big one.'
This undetectable AI-powered aimbot physically moves the mouse pad to cheat in Valorant, an invention so unholy I demand it be cast down to the depths of hell where it belongs
News Out, foul bot.
Graphics card prices are totally ridiculous and it's creating a barrier to entry that makes me fear for the future of PC gaming
Gripes week The haves, the have nots, and you.
It's time to get over the brand snobbery because this $26 Amazon Basics model is the best budget microphone you can buy today
Budget banger Seriously, it's that good.
Amazon Basics USB condenser microphone review
Score: 86% It's really hard to argue with this sort of audio quality for the price.
Nacon Rig 900 Max HS review
Score: 59% For this sort of price, I was expecting much more.
Financial Times report suggests chip smugglers shifted an alleged $1 billion worth of Nvidia's AI chips to China over the course of 3 months while stricter US export controls were in effect
News "There is no evidence that [Nvidia] is involved in, or has knowledge of, its restricted products being sold to China."
