Latest articles by James Bentley
Ex Microsoft engineer Dave Plummer says 'SD cards are lame!' and opts to rescue a 200 lb 14-inch magnetic disc drive from the '80s with just 622 MB of storage
News Just listen to that noise.
Japan's biggest publishing house and one of the world's largest manga producers takes aim at OpenAI, accusing it of 'trampling on the dignity of artists'
News Copyright is pretty big to a major publisher, in case you can't tell.
'The world became stupider' when Internet Archive's Open Library was hit by a lawsuit: 'We survived, but it wiped out the library'
News The Internet Archive has archived one trillion webpages since its inception.
Ayaneo is teasing a 'mobile phone truly made for gamers' and I hope it keeps its promises
News Do I need a gaming phone? No. Do I want one? Maybe.
Samsung and other memory manufacturers reportedly leave DDR5 buyers hanging as prices expected to surge 30–50% every quarter from the end of 2025 through the first half of 2026
News The biggest rise in recent memory.
It looks like a NUC, it smells like a NUC, but this is not a NUC: Asus ditches the Intel naming for new AMD-powered mini PC, but restricts its GPU choice
News You can get an AMD one with an RTX 5060 or 5070, while the Intel NUCs top out with an RTX 5080.
The MSI Claw handhelds are the first non-Xbox devices to get the Windows Full Screen Experience, with more said to arrive 'in the coming months'
News Getting all your games in one place is kinda neat.
AMD clarifies RX 5000 and RX 6000 GPUs will still get game-specific optimisations despite going into 'maintenance mode'
News You could buy a new RDNA 2 GPU earlier this year.
Corsair announces a Hall effect stick-less fight controller with rapid trigger, in the hopes of button bashing faster than anyone else
News Is it time to drop the joystick?
YouTuber spends over $6,000 to make a solid aluminium Xbox like the 2000s prototype, and it 'operates like any other Xbox because that's exactly what it is'
News It's a pretty great way to play Halo, though.
The US government announces strategic 'prosperity deals' with Japan and South Korea to 'drive breakthroughs' in AI, quantum computing, and more
News This matches a similar deal made with the UK earlier this year.
Meta claims that thousands of pirated adult videos it was accused of using for AI training may have been downloaded by 'disparate individuals' for 'personal use'
News A master downloader.
A YouTuber claims they've had two Windows 11 local account and hardware bypass videos taken down because of supposedly 'harmful or dangerous content'
News Maybe it's time to try Linux.
Best VR headset in 2025: my top picks for stunning virtual reality experiences
Jack In Immerse yourself in stunning game worlds with the best VR headset.
The latest Steam beta adds 'a suspicious chat warning' when you receive a potentially malicious message, something it probably should have done years ago
News It's a bit late, but very welcome.
Senator Bernie Sanders thinks OpenAI should be broken up, and worries about the onslaught of AI: 'It's like a meteor coming to this planet. We gotta be prepared to deal with it in all of its complexity'
News "I worry about that. How we continue community, how we relate to each other as human beings."
LastPass warns of a new phishing campaign involving death certificates and a nefarious email that demands you reply to it if you're not dead
News This email is best left on read.
Google claims the 'security breach impacting millions of users' is simply 'inaccurate reports stemming from a misunderstanding'
News There are still emails publicly stated to be at risk that weren't previously.
Despite mass layoffs and a previous pay cut, Microsoft's CEO is taking home nearly $100 million this year
News That's a 22% pay bump from last year.
Multiple police cars showed up to a school after surveillance system monitored by AI flagged a bag of Doritos as a gun: 'AI is not the best'
News "The program did what it was supposed to do," claims the AI software's manufacturer.
Edifier G2000 Pro review
Score: 64% A bright look covers up a middling and muddied sound when it's not cranked up to 11.
Everything is an Xbox now, so I see no reason to buy Xbox again
Ex box Xbox is growing up, and into something I don't want anymore.
