Latest articles by James Bentley
Seems like opting out of website cookies doesn't actually guarantee you are opted out of website cookies
News That's not very tasty.
As a dual gaming monitor connoisseur, this Acer 1080p pick would be my choice for a second panel now that it's just $90
Deal It is the superior way to game, after all.
One YouTuber has built their own $950 Steam Machine, with a custom wood panel, because 'Valve was taking too long'
News "I think we can make something that's cheaper, faster, and overall better than what Valve has to offer."
NZXT class action lawsuit settlement includes $3 million in damages, and some buyers will get to keep their rented PCs
News Though they will have to fit certain criteria to keep the PCs.
Alienware's new $350 OLED gaming monitor could become the cheapest way to score the enviable panel tech
News The AW2726DM is no slouch with a 240 Hz refresh rate and 0.03 ms response time.
A Valve developer has just made it easier to run games on Linux with 8 GB cards thanks to a simple fix
News You just need to be on an Arch-based distro, for now.
Task Manager's creator says it used to be 50 times smaller because 'in that time and place, small was fast and fast mattered'
News "It has to look calm even when the rest of the system is not."
YouTuber builds PC side panel out of 15 Noctua fans and names it the 'Superdome', cuts temps by 20 °C
News "It started as a meme, but I think I might actually leave this on my PC."
'It has a real 'ring of power' dynamic to it, and makes people do crazy things' says Sam Altman on AI after alleged arson attack on home
News "We should de-escalate the rhetoric and tactics and try to have fewer explosions in fewer homes, figuratively and literally."
Even the French government is switching to Linux now in a bid for 'digital sovereignty'
News This is an attempt to "reduce the state's extra-European digital dependencies."
Keychron has shared the source files for all its keyboard and mice meaning you could almost build an entire kit from scratch
News It even offers a license to sell homemade accessories you make.
Microsoft is removing Copilot branding from Photos, Notepad, and more after promising to reduce 'unnecessary Copilot entry points'
News It's better than nothing, I suppose.
Framework: 'There is a very real scenario in which personal computing as we know it is dead'
News The memory crisis may have a very lasting impact on the PC hardware industry.
Best wireless gaming mouse in 2026: These are the cordless rodents we love getting our mitts on
Unbound Let go of the tethers and embrace the freedom of living life cable-free.
Microsoft claims WireGuard and Veracrypt account termination was merely due to not verifying an email: 'Not everything is a conspiracy, sometimes it's literally paperwork'
News "Not every 'WTF micro$oft' moment is a slam dunk."
A renowned New York Times investigative reporter thinks British cryptographer is Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto, said cryptographer says no
News We may never truly know who it is.
US victims lost nearly $21 billion to cybercrime last year says FBI with crypto and AI 'complaints among the costliest'
News A good reason to be even more sceptical of everything you see online.
Where does your PC live? There is obviously one correct answer, can you pick it out?
Poll Don't hide your gaming light under a bushel. Or a desk.
After a Redditor said there's a 'zero percent chance' of porting macOS to a Wii, one developer went and did it anyway
News The things that are possible with spite.
Corsair announces new Frame cases, and one comes with a classy wood finish
News RGB or wood? Which way, modern PC gamer?
LG has unveiled the 'world's first 39-inch 5K2K curved OLED' gaming monitor, and it's about as expensive as you think it would be
News The PC market might be in a bad spot, but monitors are still looking mighty neat.
4K gaming monitor prices are now mighty reasonable and this $200 MSI would be my choice of the lot
Deal It even has a neat dual mode to swap between 1080p/288 Hz and 4K/144 Hz.
Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite reviews are in, but these second-gen Windows-on-Arm chips still aren't grabbing me as a PC gamer
news Though I'm excited to actually test it out myself.
