
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

This hack that lets you remotely steer and stop a Nissan Leaf makes me almost thankful I'm too broke to ever afford a clever car
By Jess Kinghorn published
News That's a nice motor you've got there—it'd be a shame if white hat hackers were able to take the wheel.

Tiny anime girl cyberprison billing itself as a 'customizable 3D digital soulmate' reaches its Kickstarter funding goal in minutes
By Jess Kinghorn published
News Do androids dream of electric weebs?

Software engineer creates a real-life ad block using Snapchat's AR smart glasses, but ultimately ends up making something far more distracting than ads
By Jess Kinghorn published
News Begone, brand!

The Lenovo Legion Go is now $20 cheaper than when I last wrote about it, which was a day after the Nintendo Switch 2 launched
By Jess Kinghorn published
Deal It's definitely not the Switch 2—but that's no bad thing at all.

A battle over air quality between Musk's xAI and the citizens of Memphis now looks to be heading towards the courts
By Jess Kinghorn published
News Fighting giants.

Calling AI a threat to 'human dignity, justice and labor,' Pope Leo XIV of all people takes on Big Tech
By Jess Kinghorn published
News I'm definitely not looking to convert, but I'm listening.

Google AI happens to be really bad at playing Pokémon, repeatedly 'panicking' and taking more than 800 hours to beat the Elite Four
By Jess Kinghorn published
News Do AI agents dream of Mareep?

It's time to update Asus Armoury Crate, folks—the latest vulnerability could allow hackers to compromise your Windows OS
By Jess Kinghorn published
News In the club, we all care about system security.

Sony WF-C510 earbuds review
By Jess Kinghorn published
Itty bitty Wirefree but not worry-free.

Redditor handcrafts retrofuturistic set up that wouldn't look out of place on the set of Alien, with precisely zero 3D printing involved
By Jess Kinghorn published
News Partying like it's 1979.

Trump's AI czar echoes Jen-Hsun, says China's AI models are 'maybe three to six months' behind the US—while also arguing for ever fewer AI regulations in the US
By Jess Kinghorn published
News AI anxieties laid bare.

The Switch 2 has already sold 3.5 million units, making it Nintendo's fastest selling console yet—but I'm struggling to feel enthusiastic about this hardware launch
By Jess Kinghorn published
News More of the same but at what cost?

After beating Elden Ring Nightreign's bosses with 'mind control,' Twitch streamer PerriKaryal may turn her big brain to Nintendo next
By Jess Kinghorn published
News If she can beat Malenia with just the power of thought, then maybe I can one day learn to parry.

This one-of-a-kind GPU is actually an entire prebuilt PC in disguise—with a memorable codename and everything
By Jess Kinghorn published
News Double-oh-trouble.

'Sheer practice and willpower': Real-life telekinetic heroine PerriKaryal beat Elden Ring's bosses by thinking about a cricket jumping and twitching her inner ear, and Nightreign is next
By Jess Kinghorn published
Mind games Everyone plays games 'with their brain' but definitely not like this.

For only $20 more than a Nintendo Switch 2, you can get a more powerful gaming handheld with detachable controllers, and a bigger screen—that's also a PC
By Jess Kinghorn published
Deal Wake me up when the Nintendo Switch 2 has Baldur's Gate 3.

OpenAI removes incredibly grim, previously recommended chatbot suggesting invasive surgeries to men it deems 'subhuman'
By Jess Kinghorn published
News I cannot stress this enough: the chatbot knows less than nothing.

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang says the Switch 2 features 'the most advanced graphics ever in a mobile device' and I'm once again here to say 'um, actually'
By Jess Kinghorn published
News Passing the time as I wait for my own pre-order to arrive.

Apparently there's going to be a Sam Altman movie about his Lazarus-like career stumble, which I'm sure I'll reluctantly watch on a plane at some point
By Jess Kinghorn published
News Who am I kidding? If Luca Guadagnino directs, I will absolutely be seated in the cinema.

I just found out there's a server tossing championship, and it makes me want to try yeeting my own PC down the road
By Jess Kinghorn published
News I hated Phys Ed as a kid—but I'm sure I would have changed my tune if the curriculum included server tossing.

Linux enjoys a small usage uptick with Steam users, though at 2.69% it still has a long way to go to topple Windows
By Jess Kinghorn published
News Hey, at least that's fewer folks on Windows 10.

Our favorite 8 TB NVMe SSD is now cheaper than picking up two 4 TB drives, at only ¢7 per gigabyte
By Jess Kinghorn published
Deal How else are you going to play all of those hot-hot-hot RPGs?

Is it a chair? Is it a PC? Actually, this stealth PC build is both—and probably very toasty
By Jess Kinghorn published
News That's one way to save on heating bills this winter.
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