
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

The best wireless gaming headset and its budget cousin are both $20 off ahead of Black Friday
By Jess Kinghorn published
Deal Razer's new BlackShark V3 is coming up for air ahead of Black Friday.

Valve's Steam Machine may look a bit like the Borg Cube, but it's still the friendliest face of PC gaming I've seen yet
By Jess Kinghorn published
Good things, small packages Is Valve picking up the ball console gaming dropped?

Best PC speakers in 2025: From 2.1 systems to bookshelf bangers, these are the best gaming PC speakers
By Andy Edser last updated
Volume up Treat yourself to an awesome audio experience with the best PC speakers.

Modder builds Windows 98 handheld gaming PC with Intel Pentium inside
By Jess Kinghorn published
News Partying like it's 1998.

Xpeng CEO demonstrates the company's latest sashaying robot is in fact not a person in a morph suit by cutting off its flesh live on-stage
By Jess Kinghorn published
News No, I am not a human.

My favorite 1080p webcam is now at the lowest price it's ever been, at only $105
By Jess Kinghorn published
Deal Yet one more excuse to stare at my own face on a video call.

No more hiding the impact of AI: The US government is looking to force companies to report how many folks have been fired because of artificial intelligence
By Jess Kinghorn published
News Transparency, not guaranteed.

PewDiePie creates an AI council, appoints himself supreme leader, and wipes out members who underperform—only for his 'councillors' to collude against him
By Jess Kinghorn published
News Don't worry, the robot revolution isn't here just yet.

YouTuber salvages 500 disposable vapes to not only power his gaming PC, but take his entire house and workshop off-grid
By Jess Kinghorn published
News Impractical, but no less impressive.

Raising a digital digit to Nvidia, China reportedly set to ban foreign-made AI chips from state-funded data centers
By Jess Kinghorn published
News Nvidia's hopes of returning to the Chinese market continue to dwindle.

Tiny PS5 build reduces size of original console by 60%, making it look like a mini PC while slashing its power draw and temps too
By Jess Kinghorn published
News Console yourself, Sony fans—it's a really neat reimagining.

Toasty CPU? This microwave PC build demonstrates that you ain't seen nothing yet
By Jess Kinghorn published
News Cast your eyes upon this gently lukewarm thing.

Windows 'update and shut down' reboot glitch finally fixed, saving tiny gaming laptop batteries everywhere
By Jess Kinghorn published
News Trust issues.

Trump says that nobody 'other than the United States' should have Nvidia's Blackwell AI chips
By Jess Kinghorn published
News But Nvidia would quite like to sell in China again one day.

Windows 11 insiders can now share Bluetooth LE audio over two pairs of headphones, so now you and your bestie can both sob over K-Pop Demon Hunters on the plane
By Jess Kinghorn published
News This is what it sounds like.

Lone developer shrinks Windows 7 down to 69 MB, claims 'virtually nothing can run' but that it does actually boot
By Jess Kinghorn published
News Honey, I shrank the OS.

While some SSD prices surge ahead of Black Friday, this Nextorage 2 TB drive is now only $130
By Jess Kinghorn published
Deal Funky, chunky, and at a great price.

The Python Software Foundation has turned down a $1.5 million US government grant amid ethical concerns
By Jess Kinghorn published
News Principled Python.

Grokipedia claims to be 'a massive improvement over Wikipedia' but sure loves to copy its homework
By Jess Kinghorn published
News Always check your sources.

'I have no mouth, and I must clean': Just in time for Halloween, this $20,000 robot allows a human operator to look through its eyes for training purposes
By Jess Kinghorn published
News The future of household robotics is not quite here yet, I reckon.

A UK retailer has honoured a redditor's £20 Fractal Design PC case purchase: 'You made it go viral. So we did what we believe is right—we owned it.'
By Jess Kinghorn published
News Good guy Gotraka?

A fake livestream featuring an AI-generated, crypto-promoting Jensen Huang was broadcast at the same time as the Nvidia GTC keynote, gaining 5x more live views than the real thing
By Jess Kinghorn published
News The AI-generated video appeared to show Jensen Huang promoting a "crypto mass adoption event".

The Melt Mouse isn't some Dali-esque nightmare, but rather a touchpad and haptic-equipped squeaker with serious Apple vibes
By Jess Kinghorn published
News Nowhere near as goopy as the name suggests.
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