Latest articles by Andy Edser
'We have a new major number purely because I'm easily confused and not good with big numbers' says Linus Torvalds about Linux 7.0
News Totally relatable, carry on.
Anthropic says it has identified thousands of 'fraudulent accounts' taking Claude and 'extracting its capabilities to train and improve their own models'
News 'Industrial-scale distillation' is underway, apparently.
This AI bot roasts any website URL you give it and it's hilariously, scathingly mean
News And yes, I've tried PC Gamer. It'd be unfair not to, right?
Der8auer has been shattering glass water block windows for testing purposes, and also because it's really fun
News Everyone's got to have a hobby.
A UK redditor flew to New York City to buy 280 TBs worth of HDDs to avoid 'literally ridiculous' pricing, declares it was 'worth it in the end'
News I would fly several thousand miles, and I would fly several thousand more...
Rumours are swirling once again around Intel ditching its hybrid P-core and E-core chip architectures for a single, 'unified core' design, although it looks like we might have a long wait yet
News Are my days of typing "XX Performance, XX Efficient" soon to be over? Probably not.
Reports claim an AWS outage last year was caused by an AI coding tool deciding to 'delete and recreate the environment' from scratch, while Amazon says 'misconfigured access controls' were to blame
News The vibes may have been off.
Security researchers claim Persona, the provider behind Discord's UK age verification 'experiment', performs '269 individual verification checks' on user data, including those for terrorism and espionage
News I'm sure this will be well-received.
Microsoft's AI PC beginner's guide demonstrates how convoluted its branding has become, but hey, at least 'AI is not here to replace you'
News It's very simple, let me just break out this whiteboard.
A redditor claims to have found a horrifying, AI-generated, multi-limbed figure in a rental house listing photo and it's exactly the sort of Phasmophobia-style jump scare I didn't need this morning
News Why you so spooky, AI?
Beyerdynamic MMX 150 Wireless gaming headset review
Score: 84% Excellent in many regards, but it's got some stiff competition to worry about.
Moza AB9 FFB Base + MH16 Flightstick + MTP Throttle review
Score: 86% One for the serious flight simmers, but a very impressive experience.
HyperX FlipCast gaming microphone review
Score: 74% Pretty good, but the price gives me serious pause.
SteelSeries Arctis Nova Elite review
Score: 68% Interesting, let me just check the pr… how much?!?
Best gaming headsets in 2026: I'd bet my ears on these headphones
Quality cans Treat your ears to some audio treacle with the best gaming headsets.
Razer Cobra HyperSpeed gaming mouse review
Score: 86% Good things come in small packages.
EU regulators say that TikTok has 'an addictive design' in a preliminary report, and that it might receive a hefty fine if it doesn't change its infinite-scrolling ways
News "At this stage, the Commission considers that TikTok needs to change the basic design of its service."
Both Intel and AMD have warned Chinese customers of delays on server CPU shipments, report says, as AI demand begins to eat into the processor market
News The supply chain wobbles once more.
JLab has made a ridiculously large set of headphones that function as a gigantic Bluetooth speaker, which can be 'worn around the neck or placed on a table'
News Limited quantity available, apparently. Quelle surprise.
Nvidia reportedly won't release any new RTX graphics cards this year, and the RTX 60-series is said to be pushed back, too
News About what we thought, but still disappointing to hear.
Keychron's made a concrete keeb: 'Each keystroke carries industrial rhythm... elevating the experience with marble-like smoothness and auditory-visual harmony'
News Say it slower.
That dude from The Big Short says crypto experienced a 'collateral death spiral' as bitcoin hits a 16-month low, while other analysts predict worse to come
News That's bad, right?
YouTube raked in over $60 billion in revenue last year, says Alphabet, between its seemingly-endless parade of adverts and its Premium subscription service
News As a recent YouTube Premium subscriber, I'm not bitter, honest.
AMD has added the potential effects of the RAMpocalypse into its risk statements: 'There is currently an industry-wide memory shortage as the demand for such components has outpaced supply'
News 'If we are not able to procure a stable supply of materials, including memory... we could experience a supply shortage or an increase in production costs."
