
Jess Kinghorn
Jess has been writing about games for over ten years, spending the last seven working on print publications PLAY and Official PlayStation Magazine. When she’s not writing about all things hardware here, she’s getting cosy with a horror classic, ranting about a cult hit to a captive audience, or tinkering with some tabletop nonsense.
Latest articles by Jess Kinghorn

My best friend recently taught me an important lesson about AI pessimism: Don't remain silent and accept no substitutes
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Here's hoping After seeing their local pride event use AI for its logo, my freelance creative bestie bullied them into giving her a job...and that makes me feel just a little bit hopeful.

At less than six cents per gigabyte, this budget SSD makes me sorely tempted to jump back into Baldur's Gate 3 and dip a toe into its thriving modding scene
By Jess Kinghorn published
Deal It's finally time to download all of the mods.

In a twisty tale of corporate espionage, TSMC employees allegedly shared 400 photos of the company's cutting-edge 2 nm process node with a Japanese rival
By Jess Kinghorn published
News This is a developing story, and the Japanese firm's relationship to the leakers is not yet clear.

Microsoft's beta Gaming Copilot AI is now available for Xbox Insiders, to 'help you get to gameplay faster, sharpen your skills, and be there when you need it and out of the way when you don’t'
By Jess Kinghorn published
News AI? More like A-I would rather not.

Alleged 3-person smuggling operation accused of shifting tens of millions of dollars’ worth of AI chips to China potentially faces up to 20-year prison sentence
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News The defendants allegedly received $1 million payments from China-based companies.

Remote IT worker scam involving 90 laptops and stolen identities generated $17 million in illicit revenue allegedly bound for North Korea's nuclear weapons program
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News A woman faces an eight year prison sentence as a result.

OpenAI now says ChatGPT 'shouldn't give you an answer' when asked: 'Should I break up with my boyfriend?'
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News Though if you're looking for someone to tell you to dump him, Reddit is still only too happy to oblige.

Security researcher quips maybe it's time to get 'a real job' after being paid meagre $1,000 bug bounty by Apple
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News Pay 'em what they're worth!

DeepMind CEO makes big brain claims, saying AGI could be here within 'five to 10 years' and cause humanity to experience widespread change that's '10 times bigger than the Industrial Revolution, and maybe 10 times faster'
By Jess Kinghorn published
News I'm not getting my hopes up though.

'Maybe nobody wants this and it won’t work': Amazon is chucking an undisclosed amount of cash at AI-generated TV shows, but I'm struggling to see the appeal
By Jess Kinghorn published
News Three thumbs down.

In-development vibrating VR glove wants you to be able to give your anime favorite all the head pats she could ever want
By Jess Kinghorn published
News One does not, in fact, have to hand it to them though.

Microsoft study suggests folks can't spot the difference between real and AI-generated images, only correctly telling them apart 62% of the time—can you do any better?
By Jess Kinghorn last updated
News It's too early in the week for my sense of reality to be challenged like this.

New body scanning Wi-Fi tech has me seriously considering ditching my corporeal form in favour of joining the rogue AIs on the net
By Jess Kinghorn published
News But going full Cyberpunk 2077 may be a touch premature.

Bad vibes only: A zero-day flaw in popular sex toy app Lovense can leak usernames, email addresses, and other, err, intimate details
By Jess Kinghorn published
News The call is coming from inside the sock drawer.

She's unreal: Fashion ad seen in Vogue stokes controversy by featuring AI-generated model, but the creators say 'we don't create unattainable looks'
By Jess Kinghorn published
News Head-turning for all the wrong reasons.

Nobody panic but I've just found maybe the best deal you can get on a Nvidia RTX 5070 Ti gaming laptop right now
By Jess Kinghorn published
Deal But can we get just a little commotion for this price cut?

SteelSeries Arctis Nova 3X wireless gaming headset review
By Jess Kinghorn published
Score: 85% A crown in lavender.

I've just crowned these Beyerdynamic headphones as the best audiophile closed-back cans, although it's a shame about the lack of microphone
By Jess Kinghorn published
Closed cans Where's your head (and mic) at?

Don't scroll away! The best wireless gaming mouse is now the cheapest it's ever been at less than $75
By Jess Kinghorn published
Deal Making it click for much, much less.

Razer Clio wireless gaming chair speaker review
By Jess Kinghorn published
Score: 67% Head and shoulders above the competition? Eh, not so much.

Stop what you're doing right now and look at this bubblegum pink PC case that's at its lowest ever price in the Amazon Prime Day sale at only $140
By Jess Kinghorn published
Prime Day There's little you could say to burst my bubble about this one.

Wow, this Logitech mouse is wireless, boasts 200 hours of battery, and is somehow only $30
By Jess Kinghorn published
Prime Day Mouse matters.

For as little as $28 these 25-piece electric screwdrivers are a must for your Prime Day PC building toolkit
By Jess Kinghorn published
Prime Day Upgrade your desktop AND your tool belt.
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