Latest articles by Andy Edser
You can finally pick different power modes for battery or plugged in with the latest Windows 11 Insider build, ending the tyranny of one power setting for all
news Best battery life when mobile, best performance when plugged in to the wall. Yes please.
I give you the smolest gaming PC: A tiny desktop playing tiny Doom is the ultimate '90s nostalgia hit
news The attention to detail here is nothing short of staggering.
'Without using these inventions, Western Digital would not be able to compete in the market': WD owes $262,000,000 in damages over a HDD patent dispute
news You win some, you lose some. Or in this case, you lose quite a lot.
Super-svelte CAMM2 memory can deliver higher clock speeds, lower latencies, costs, and even better system cooling says MSI
news Yes we CAMM.
You had one job: Outlook, Word and OneNote may 'unexpectedly close when typing' says Microsoft
news Time to fire up Notepad, I guess.
The FTC is banning fake reviews, false testimonials and all sorts of shady consumer deception with an ominous sounding 'final rule'
news 'The final rule will protect Americans from getting cheated, put businesses that unlawfully game the system on notice, and promote markets that are fair, honest and competitive.'
AndaSeat Kaiser 4 XL gaming chair review
Sizable Support If size matters, the Kaiser 4 XL is as big and as comfortable as they come.
Our pick for the best 14-inch gaming laptop is down to $1,700 and it's an RTX 4070 and OLED-equipped beauty
Deal We gave it a score of 90 and that doesn't happen very often.
Ex-Twitter VP says if Elon Musk keeps stirring up unrest, 'get an arrest warrant'
news Well, that's pretty definitive. Nothing to see here.
Reports say Intel could have bought a $1 billion chunk of OpenAI seven years ago but its then-CEO thought it wouldn't pay off
news I too, struggle with long-range planning. Just as well I'm not a CEO.
Millions of AMD CPUs found vulnerable to 18-year-old 'Sinkclose' deep-system flaw but it's pretty difficult to exploit
news Still, just when you thought it was only Intel-based systems that might need a BIOS update.
'We have 2,500,000 GB of aerial data, so we stream that'—why the cloud is the future of Microsoft Flight Simulator and likely many more games to come
Sky's the limit We fear the cloud, yet the potential benefits for next-gen gaming may be massive.
Major browser providers scramble to patch an 18-year-old vulnerability affecting MacOS and Linux systems but Windows remains gloriously immune
news Sometimes it's good to be a Windows user. Sometimes.
God of War Ragnarök needs a chonky 190 GB of SSD space but the rest of the system requirements seem pretty reasonable
news Kratos likes a roomy enclosure, it seems.
Flight Simulator 2024's huge ambition means 'you can now exit the plane, walk around… you can land on every ship, and it looks like a first person shooter environment'
Cloud coverage Head of Microsoft Flight Simulator Jorg Neumann talks about the tech behind MSFS 2020, and some astonishing-sounding features coming in Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024.
The CrowdStrike bug showed the world that one weak link in the chain can lead to chaos in a heartbeat
Butterfly bug In an interconnected world, the butterfly effect reigns supreme.
The best gaming routers in 2024: the network data drivers I'd trust with my digital life
High speed We found the best gaming routers to ensure you can play without delay.
Slim, light, and OLED: Both these Asus gaming laptops are heavily discounted right now and I reckon they're absolute stunners
Deal Zephyrus G14 or G16? Either way, they're both laptops I'd be proud to own.
All the small things: Lenovo's website may have hinted at an upcoming Legion Go 'Lite'
news Eagle-eyed Lenovo website aficionados have spotted some changes...they exist, right?
Microsoft, Meta and more might have to wait for their shiny new AI hardware as Nvidia's Blackwell server GPUs are reportedly delayed
news Sources say the first half of 2025 is more likely.
This 3D printed laser chip-hacking device uses a $20 laser pointer, costs $500 to build, and was developed so that 'people can do this in their homes'
news Me? I spend my weekends going for long country walks. Ah who am I kidding, I want one.
NZXT will rent you an RTX 4070 Ti Super system for $169 a month or $2,028 a year but we can find deals a lot better than that
news The CPU and GPU specs are healthy at least, but that's still a lot of cash compared to buying outright.
Intel extends its warranty support for 13th and 14th Gen CPUs by two years but its RMA procedure has been anything but straightforward for some
news "If the products fail the validation process, the units will be retained and confiscated, and no replacements or refunds will be provided."
