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84% of you rightly practice good desktop icon hygiene, but it turns out 16% of PC Gamer readers are just plain monsters

By Dave James published

Poll Letting installers and downloads and everything else have free rein over your operating system desktops... how can you live with yourselves?

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Lisa Su, chair and chief executive officer of Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD), during the 2026 CES event in Las Vegas, Nevada, US, on Monday, Jan. 5, 2026.

AMD is investing $10 billion+ into Taiwan tech to 'accelerate next-gen AI infrastructure', with some fancy new toys on the way

By Andy Edser published

News If in doubt, spend money.

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Phone image of Grok's 'imagine' page

SpaceX has listed Grok's 'spicy' mode as a risk in its initial public offering: 'These modes may be more irreverent and harsher than our standard offerings'

By Andy Edser published

News When rockets and AI collide.

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Elon Musk

I read every document in the Musk vs Altman case and my takeaway is—'Heartbreaking: The Worst Person You Know Just Made a Great Point'

By Rich Stanton published

News Musk lost his case against Sam Altman on a technicality.

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A public speaker at a US community college grimacing as they reveal to the students that their names were misread by the AI speaker system

An AI speaker messed up and skipped the names of students at a college commencement ceremony and yes, there were many boos

By Andy Edser published

News This is all going swimmingly.

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CHONGQING, CHINA - JULY 29: In this photo illustration, a person holds a smartphone displaying the logo of Cloudflare Inc. (NYSE: NET), an American web infrastructure and website security company, with the company's cloud logo visible in the background, on July 29, 2025 in Chongqing, China. (Photo illustration by Cheng Xin/Getty Images)

Web infrastructure company Cloudflare says Claude Mythos reasoning 'looks like the work of a senior researcher'

By Jacob Fox published

News Cloudflare has been figuring out how to best use the model.

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Demis Hassabis, CEO of Google DeepMind, speaks during the 'Google for Korea 2026' event at the Westin Josun Seoul in Seoul, South Korea, on April 29, 2026.

'If engineers are becoming three or four times more productive, then we just [want to] do three or four times more stuff': Google DeepMind CEO reckons AI-induced job cuts aren't inevitable

By Jess Kinghorn published

News He also says there's 'something missing' from AI game development.

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Google CEO Sundar Pichai is seen smiling on the left hand panel of this image. On the right hand panel is a photo illustration of some one using Google Gemini on their phone.

'AI Mode has been a revelation, our biggest upgrade to Search ever. People love it,' says Google CEO

By Jess Kinghorn published

News But I still think there's an AI industry bubble that could burst.

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A hooded figure is depicted running with a large sack, from which slips of paper featuring asterisks (symbolizing passwords or confidential information) are falling out. The background is solid red, creating a striking contrast and emphasizing the theme of cyber theft or data breach.

Interpol's 'Operation Ramz' has arrested over 200 people for phishing scams, malware threats, and security breaches

By Andy Edser published

News Knock knock, it's the cyber police.

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Party Animals

Party Animals' studio finally cancels its AI video contest and promises to approach topics like this in the future 'with a much more humble and cautious attitude'

By Elie Gould published

News "We would like to offer our deepest apologies to all players."

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