Katie Wickens
Screw sports, Katie would rather watch Intel, AMD and Nvidia go at it. Having been obsessed with computers and graphics for three long decades, she took Game Art and Design up to Masters level at uni, and has been demystifying tech and science—rather sarcastically—for three years since. She can be found admiring AI advancements, scrambling for scintillating Raspberry Pi projects, preaching cybersecurity awareness, sighing over semiconductors, and gawping at the latest GPU upgrades. She's been heading the PCG Steam Deck content hike, while waiting patiently for her chance to upload her consciousness into the cloud.
Latest articles by Katie Wickens
Windows 11's Teams Chat bloatware will soon no longer taunt me with its very existence
By Katie Wickens published
news It should be possible to kill Microsoft Teams Chat altogether in the near future, not just toggle it off.
Flash drives often end up as e-waste but this eco-friendly one might alleviate some of the guilt
By Katie Wickens published
news TeamGroup's new flash drive gives us a net-zero option when it comes to USB storage.
Hubcaps for PCs are a thing now
By Katie Wickens published
news MSI is bringing the racing style to its PC cooling solutions now, too.
I'm practically drowning in matcha green thanks to the pastel PC case trend at Computex
By Katie Wickens published
news The Computex show floor was littered with non black/white PC parts. Here's why the pastel look (green tea in particular) is starting to come alive.
Computex 2023: all the biggest stories from the Taiwan tech show
By Dave James last updated
Computex 2023 We're on the ground out in Taipei to give you the lowdown on the biggest show in PC hardware.
Fractal Design's gorgeous new Terra PC case vindicates my disdain of the cyberpunk aesthetic
By Katie Wickens published
News More PC cases should be designed with the Scandi aesthetic in mind, if you ask me.
Yeah, I spent my time at Computex stroking a $600 DIY Ducky keyboard, what of it?
By Katie Wickens published
News The Ducky ProjectD Outlaw is made with some seriously high-end materials, just like a Mercedes Benz. Apparently.
I didn't know I need a gaming chair with a wiggly backrest but now I've tried it, it makes so much sense
By Katie Wickens published
news Having experienced the wonders of the ThunderX3 Core's Lumbar 360 backrest, I'm questioning why it's taken this long to invent
Hyte has officially won my best name of Computex prize with the THICC AIO cooler
By Katie Wickens published
news The thickest cooling solution known to man also has it's own processor.
Apparently PC building is about slapping 'brains' on all your components now
By Katie Wickens published
news Corsair and Hyte's upcoming modular control systems are a cable management dream.
Nvidia's massive AI GPU has enough memory to make a gamer weep and even Jensen Huang's wondering 'if this could play Crysis?'
By Katie Wickens published
news Combined into its final form, the encompassing DGX GH200 superserver is "four elephants, one GPU."
When it comes to white PC components, the sun is both your friend and your enemy
By Katie Wickens published
Yellow no no Discolouration of white gaming gear depends on the material, coating, and manufacturing process. Here's what's being done to prevent it.
Sony's upcoming game streaming handheld looks like someone stretched a Dualsense controller out with a rolling pin
By Katie Wickens published
news Project Q is in the works, but Sony's keeping quiet about the majority of the specs.
Just one person showed up to buy an RTX 4060 Ti for its late night Akihabara launch
By Katie Wickens published
news Two stores opened late in Japan's Akihabara district for the event, but it's become painfully clear they wasted their money.
This ridiculous shoe PC went from a 10-week mod project to a $6,000 custom Cooler Master gaming PC you can actually buy
By Katie Wickens published
news Cooler Master just announced the Sneaker X is coming to stores, alongside the Cooling X with liquid-cooling chamber side panels.
Enough with the cyberpunk aesthetic, bring back retrofuturism
By Katie Wickens published
Cyberslump There are other ways to speculate on philosophy and ethics than just slapping neon all over everything.
Pico 4 VR headset review
By Katie Wickens published
MMM PANCAKES A really strong contender for the PC and standalone VR throne.
NASA's working on a wiggly snake-like autonomous Rover alternative to 'boldly go where no robot has gone before'
By Katie Wickens published
news I, for one, welcome the era of autonomous, interplanetary snakes.
Hands-on test: Philips Evnia gaming peripherals
By Katie Wickens last updated
news Philips let me touch its upcoming gaming accessories in an RGB dungeon, manned by a sassy, dancing robot.
Google won't tell anyone why its withholding Bard AI from the EU
By Katie Wickens published
news Wired jokes that Google's so far given more penguins Bard access than it has Europeans.
Dark web crypto-drug traffickers 'can try to hide in the furthest reaches of the internet, but the Justice Department will find you'
By Katie Wickens published
news With a fentanyl epidemic on its hands, the US Department of Justice has just made its biggest bust yet targeting the dark web.
You've probably committed at least one of the 11 sins of PC building
By Katie Wickens published
system shock How not to build a gaming PC.
Meta says new study shows the metaverse could boost the global economy by $3.6 trillion per year and yes it probably is worth noting Meta paid for the research
By Katie Wickens published
news By 2035, Meta supported research reckons the company has potential to overtake mobile phones as the major computing platform.