Latest articles by Katie Wickens
Flash drives often end up as e-waste but this eco-friendly one might alleviate some of the guilt
news TeamGroup's new flash drive gives us a net-zero option when it comes to USB storage.
Hubcaps for PCs are a thing now
news MSI is bringing the racing style to its PC cooling solutions now, too.
I'm practically drowning in matcha green thanks to the pastel PC case trend at Computex
news The Computex show floor was littered with non black/white PC parts. Here's why the pastel look (green tea in particular) is starting to come alive.
Computex 2023: all the biggest stories from the Taiwan tech show
Computex 2023 We're on the ground out in Taipei to give you the lowdown on the biggest show in PC hardware.
Oh heck yeah, these gaudy origami PC cases now come with water cooling support
news InWin's latest foldable Mini-ITX PC case has support for a 120mm liquid cooling radiator.
Fractal Design's gorgeous new Terra PC case vindicates my disdain of the cyberpunk aesthetic
News More PC cases should be designed with the Scandi aesthetic in mind, if you ask me.
Yeah, I spent my time at Computex stroking a $600 DIY Ducky keyboard, what of it?
News The Ducky ProjectD Outlaw is made with some seriously high-end materials, just like a Mercedes Benz. Apparently.
I didn't know I need a gaming chair with a wiggly backrest but now I've tried it, it makes so much sense
news Having experienced the wonders of the ThunderX3 Core's Lumbar 360 backrest, I'm questioning why it's taken this long to invent
Hyte has officially won my best name of Computex prize with the THICC AIO cooler
news The thickest cooling solution known to man also has it's own processor.
Apparently PC building is about slapping 'brains' on all your components now
news Corsair and Hyte's upcoming modular control systems are a cable management dream.
Nvidia's massive AI GPU has enough memory to make a gamer weep and even Jensen Huang's wondering 'if this could play Crysis?'
news Combined into its final form, the encompassing DGX GH200 superserver is "four elephants, one GPU."
When it comes to white PC components, the sun is both your friend and your enemy
Yellow no no Discolouration of white gaming gear depends on the material, coating, and manufacturing process. Here's what's being done to prevent it.
Sony's upcoming game streaming handheld looks like someone stretched a Dualsense controller out with a rolling pin
news Project Q is in the works, but Sony's keeping quiet about the majority of the specs.
Just one person showed up to buy an RTX 4060 Ti for its late night Akihabara launch
news Two stores opened late in Japan's Akihabara district for the event, but it's become painfully clear they wasted their money.
Check it, a fully-specced, no-compromise RTX 4060 gaming laptop that's only just over $1,000
deal This MSI Katana 15 is finally the kind of price you'd have expected from a properly kitted-out RTX 3060 machine just a few months back.
This ridiculous shoe PC went from a 10-week mod project to a $6,000 custom Cooler Master gaming PC you can actually buy
news Cooler Master just announced the Sneaker X is coming to stores, alongside the Cooling X with liquid-cooling chamber side panels.
Enough with the cyberpunk aesthetic, bring back retrofuturism
Cyberslump There are other ways to speculate on philosophy and ethics than just slapping neon all over everything.
Pico 4 VR headset review
MMM PANCAKES A really strong contender for the PC and standalone VR throne.
NASA's working on a wiggly snake-like autonomous Rover alternative to 'boldly go where no robot has gone before'
news I, for one, welcome the era of autonomous, interplanetary snakes.
Hands-on test: Philips Evnia gaming peripherals
news Philips let me touch its upcoming gaming accessories in an RGB dungeon, manned by a sassy, dancing robot.
This 34-inch MSI ultrawide gaming monitor is just $280 and comes with Assassin's Creed Valhalla
deal That's a lot of gaming monitor for $280.
Google won't tell anyone why its withholding Bard AI from the EU
news Wired jokes that Google's so far given more penguins Bard access than it has Europeans.
Dark web crypto-drug traffickers 'can try to hide in the furthest reaches of the internet, but the Justice Department will find you'
news With a fentanyl epidemic on its hands, the US Department of Justice has just made its biggest bust yet targeting the dark web.
