Latest articles by James Bentley
Following Discord's suit, OpenAI will also predict your age based on your usage to know if it should ID you at the digital door
News How much does ChatGPT know about you?
'I do not have enough self-preservation. Send help': This streamer hacked her own balance to 'feel' racing games
News "I do not approve of anyone making this themselves. I don't condone that behaviour. It's incredibly dangerous and I'm not liable."
Someone has already made a free in-browser 3D model to bypass Discord age verification that 'works on any potato computer'
News That's one way to get around it.
Discord clarifies it 'is not requiring everyone to complete a face scan or upload an ID' and will 'confirm your age group using information we already have'
News That can only be good news, I assume?
This MSI 144Hz IPS 4K gaming monitor is just $200 and even offers a sweet dual mode to double that refresh rate
Deal It's a great entrypoint into 4K and a solid future-proofing plan.
HP has a gaming laptop subscription service, where you pay monthly to borrow a rig but never get the option to own it
News That's a lot of cash to rent a portable gaming rig.
Engineers builds Arduino-led game console from a fidget clicker and I want to fidget with it so badly
News "This project is not about powerful hardware or complex graphics."
AI-assisted hacking group hits targets with a complicated 'social engineering' scam that involves deepfaked CEOs, spoofed Zoom calls and a malicious troubleshooting program
News This is one of many scams made in tandem with AI tools right now.
Crypto scammer who reportedly stole at least $73 million through social media, calls, and dating services sentenced to a 'statutory maximum of 20 years in prison'
News “While technology has made it possible for people to quickly communicate with others who live oceans away, it also has made it easier for criminals to prey on innocent victims.”
New Intel 900-series leak suggests there are three upcoming motherboard chipsets gamers should care about
News And Nova Lake is said to drop later this year.
'Probably the worst build of my entire life': This YouTuber spent two months building a gaming PC with titanium liquid cooling, galvanic corrosion be damned
News "Titanium tubing. Questionable. Would I do it again? Most definitely not."
Ayaneo's new Strix Halo handheld PC will cost up to $4,299, but it's the cheaper AI Max 385 model that has grabbed my attention anyways
news It's the first Strix Halo handheld with an internal battery (and it's got a huge one at that).
New ransomware spotted with a 'coding mistake' that means even the hackers can't decrypt the files
News A true lose/lose situation.
Logitech G522 Lightspeed gaming headset review
Score: 86% Light doesn't always mean weak.
This Acer Predator gaming monitor is the best value OLED panel right now at less than $400
deal It's currently almost a third off.
People with AI partners are looking for a 'new home' as OpenAI announces date to switch off 'overly supportive' older models
News OpenAI says "we know that losing access to GPT‑4o will feel frustrating for some users, and we didn’t make this decision lightly."
'We had 16 megahertz CPUs, 640k of RAM, floppy disks': John Carmack reflects on the hardware that made Wolfenstein 3D
News That's to celebrate id's 35th anniversary.
Be Quiet! Dark Perk Ergo review
Score: 70% Be Quiet! knows how to build a gaming mouse but not how to make it beat the competition.
Steam Controller re-review: A fresh look at Valve's flawed but influential 10-year-old controller
Flawed potential Overlooked or rightfully neglected?
I tried to exercise in VR for an entire month, and I think I've finally been convinced to adopt the health-headset lifestyle
News I want to use VR to not only health kick, but health punch, and maybe even health run.
Ultrawide, curved and a whopping 45 inches: This huge 1440p monitor has dropped to its lowest ever price
deal That's over $200 off.
EU investigating Grok and X over whether it made citizens 'collateral damage' for its services
News This investigation is in tandem with one put forward into X in December 2023.
Microsoft reports 'an issue in which devices are failing to boot' after downloading the latest update
News Another week, another big Windows problem.
