Latest articles by James Bentley
Cloudflare calls out Perplexity for hiding 'crawling activity' as AI bot scrapes websites that explicitly disallow it, Perplexity responds by calling them 'more flair than cloud'
News A perplexing situation.
Nvidia claims H20 chips do 'not have backdoors' after reportedly being summoned by 'Beijing authorities' for a quick word
News China could start to adopt Nvidia's H20 chips going forward.
ChatGPT removes the ability for conversations to be displayed by search engines as 'nearly 4,500 conversations' indexed by Google
news It's suggested those opting in to share their information didn't know they were doing so.
Linus Torvalds is still on the 'same old boring Radeon RX 580', which is a sign I probably don't need that upgrade I've been eying up
News What a card it is.
We just got our first proper look at GPD's battery-optional Strix Halo handheld gaming PC and I'm still unconvinced
News Though it's still fairly early days.
Microsoft has fixed the only Windows bug I've ever liked: the Vista startup sound 'unexpectedly' playing on Win 11 machines
Instead of nostalgia, I get sadness.
Semiconductors left in Trump's trade purgatory as new US tariffs on Taiwan set at 20%
News And you get a tariff. And you get a tariff.
'Microsoft became miserably incompetent in IT' says the developer of an Office alternative as their account is blocked, later filing an appeal 'which they didn’t care to answer'
News Customer support gone wrong? A frustration we can all relate to.
It turns out an Ethernet connection through a synthesiser sounds horrendous, and also kinda brilliant at the same time
News Were you expecting anything different?
Zuckerberg thinks those without AI glasses will be 'at a pretty significant cognitive disadvantage,' which sounds like something the guy who wants you to buy his AI glasses would say
News A transparent motive.
Hacker claims to have exposed Amazon's 'AI security theater' after exploiting its coding assistant with a simple factory reset prompt
News Nearly 1 million users were potentially exposed in an attack that 'was unsuccessful in executing due to a syntax error'.
With this Crucial M.2 SSD at its lowest ever price, you're getting swift Gen 5 speeds for *almost* Gen 4 prices
Deal You can never have too much storage.
'This step is necessary to prove I'm not a bot' says agentic AI as it reportedly clicks the 'I am not a robot' button
News Ah, so it's just me who fails them now.
Ayaneo confirms a Strix Halo handheld gaming PC is on the way, but if you think the powerful AMD chip is overkill, wait until you see the M.2 slots
News Two Strix Halo handheld announcements in one week.
A Tyler, The Creator single 'leak' turned out to be an AI-generated fake and points to a whole cottage industry in misleading fans of games, music, and movies
News Don't listen to the AI.
'I didn’t want just another black box', says hobbyist who customised their PC to look like an aged terracotta pot
News The only good way to brick your PC.
Xbox is rolling out age verification in the UK with some social features blocked for young users, and no, you can't use Death Stranding to get around this one
News It may even begin rolling out to more countries.
AMD's powerful Strix Halo chip has been stuffed inside a handheld gaming PC, and it only requires carrying a battery in a backpack
News You wanted your gaming handheld to be portable? Pfft.
Microsoft claims 'Windows 11 24H2 is our most reliable version of Windows yet', which would be a welcome change
News Is it time for that update?
Brits can get around Discord's age verification thanks to Death Stranding's photo mode, bypassing the measure introduced with the UK's Online Safety Act. We tried it and it works—thanks, Kojima
News The UK's new act blocks access to adult content without identification. Turns out, you only need a copy of Death Stranding and a phone to get around it.
I tested Nvidia's AI gaming assistant: it advised me to 'update' to old drivers and told me I wasn't playing a game (I was playing a game), but maybe I should've expected that from version 0.1
Chatnot Maybe give it some time.
This Acer gaming monitor is the absolute cheapest I'd actually buy now that it's at its lowest ever price
Deal A perfect second monitor.
I've just declared this the best budget compact PC case, and now I'm tempted by that all white build
Making its case Well, mostly white.
