Latest articles by Andy Edser
Reports claim an AWS outage last year was caused by an AI coding tool deciding to 'delete and recreate the environment' from scratch, while Amazon says 'misconfigured access controls' were to blame
News The vibes may have been off.
Security researchers claim Persona, the provider behind Discord's UK age verification 'experiment', performs '269 individual verification checks' on user data, including those for terrorism and espionage
News I'm sure this will be well-received.
Microsoft's AI PC beginner's guide demonstrates how convoluted its branding has become, but hey, at least 'AI is not here to replace you'
News It's very simple, let me just break out this whiteboard.
A redditor claims to have found a horrifying, AI-generated, multi-limbed figure in a rental house listing photo and it's exactly the sort of Phasmophobia-style jump scare I didn't need this morning
News Why you so spooky, AI?
Beyerdynamic MMX 150 Wireless gaming headset review
Score: 84% Excellent in many regards, but it's got some stiff competition to worry about.
Moza AB9 FFB Base + MH16 Flightstick + MTP Throttle review
Score: 86% One for the serious flight simmers, but a very impressive experience.
HyperX FlipCast gaming microphone review
Score: 74% Pretty good, but the price gives me serious pause.
SteelSeries Arctis Nova Elite review
Score: 68% Interesting, let me just check the pr… how much?!?
Razer Cobra HyperSpeed gaming mouse review
Score: 86% Good things come in small packages.
EU regulators say that TikTok has 'an addictive design' in a preliminary report, and that it might receive a hefty fine if it doesn't change its infinite-scrolling ways
News "At this stage, the Commission considers that TikTok needs to change the basic design of its service."
Both Intel and AMD have warned Chinese customers of delays on server CPU shipments, report says, as AI demand begins to eat into the processor market
News The supply chain wobbles once more.
JLab has made a ridiculously large set of headphones that function as a gigantic Bluetooth speaker, which can be 'worn around the neck or placed on a table'
News Limited quantity available, apparently. Quelle surprise.
Nvidia reportedly won't release any new RTX graphics cards this year, and the RTX 60-series is said to be pushed back, too
News About what we thought, but still disappointing to hear.
Keychron's made a concrete keeb: 'Each keystroke carries industrial rhythm... elevating the experience with marble-like smoothness and auditory-visual harmony'
News Say it slower.
That dude from The Big Short says crypto experienced a 'collateral death spiral' as bitcoin hits a 16-month low, while other analysts predict worse to come
News That's bad, right?
YouTube raked in over $60 billion in revenue last year, says Alphabet, between its seemingly-endless parade of adverts and its Premium subscription service
News As a recent YouTube Premium subscriber, I'm not bitter, honest.
AMD has added the potential effects of the RAMpocalypse into its risk statements: 'There is currently an industry-wide memory shortage as the demand for such components has outpaced supply'
News 'If we are not able to procure a stable supply of materials, including memory... we could experience a supply shortage or an increase in production costs."
Ryzen still rising: AMD's processor revenue climbs 34% from last year, thanks to 'multiple generations' of Zen-powered chips
News But Intel's new and next-gen offerings loom large.
AMD says Valve is 'on track' to begin shipping the Steam machine 'early this year'
News But how early is early?
The Notepad++ website was hijacked by 'malicious actors' last year and security researchers are picking through the wreckage
News That lizard sure looks shocked.
'We’ve heard from many who want nothing to do with AI' says Mozilla, as it introduces an AI blocking menu to upcoming Firefox builds
News The people have spoken. Some of them, anyway.
It looks like XeSS 3 and multi-frame generation can be enabled on older Intel GPUs with the most minor of tweaks, so it's not just Panther Lake that gets in on the fun
News Scooby Doo-style, it was hidden in the files all along.
Rocket wizard Scott Manley has used a ZX Spectrum to land a Kerbal on the Mun and I am phenomenally impressed
News One small step for retro computing, etc.
