Latest articles by Jacob Fox
Microsoft is finally letting us turn the Windows 11 right-click context menu into something more like Windows 10
News All these years later and I still haven't adjusted. Oh, and there are File Explorer improvements, too.
Chinese RAM hits 9000 MT/s and even matches the speed and latency of the memory in our western gaming PCs
News DDR5-6000 with CL 28 or 30 sounds about right to me.
Intel might be cooking up a budget-friendly handheld chip but I'd still be surprised if it's cheap enough or fast enough to matter
News Could this take some of the sting out of the handheld market?
It looks like Windows updates might actually be speeding up the OS now
News Less AI, more performance improvements: I'm here for it.
Nvidia reckons new $500 billion investment should allay fears AI companies are just funded by the same pot of cash moving around in one big circle. Reassured yet?
News Still seems like a big bubble to me, though.
Welcome to the internet in 2026, where AI agents are both victim and attacker in malware wars
News Let's hope safeguards develop in-line with AI agent capabilities.
Best gaming monitors in 2026: the pixel-perfect panels I'd buy myself
Eye candy The best gaming monitors balance price with panel quality, resolution and refresh rate.
These could be the first leaked images of the new Logitech Superstrike, which looks rather dashing in all-black
News Much better than my attempt at a rendition, that's for sure.
Yet another sign the Steam Frame is approaching launch—maybe really for real this time?—as the SteamOS beta adds 'preliminary support' for its wireless adapter
News Valve really likes to keep up the anticipation, doesn't it?
As if PCs weren't expensive enough already, Microsoft is reportedly now charging OEMs more for Windows licenses
News Supposedly, it's a "significant increase."
A researcher says 'we just undid about 20 years of progress' when it comes to memory prices, so I broke out my calculator and compared actual RAM kits from 2007 to 2026
News Spoiler: it's not pretty.
The Steam Machine design makes for a frightfully good tissue box, and now you can 3D print your own
News Maybe useful to catch our tears over memory prices right now.
Mchose K7 V2 Ultra+ review
Score: 89% Great specs with a Viper V3/V4 Pro's shape, for less.
Minecraft Java Edition system requirements want 8/16 GB RAM for the first time, but it isn't more demanding now, Microsoft just hadn't updated the specs in a while
News The requirements are still light, but I remember what I was rockin' at launch.
AMD Zen 6 server processors have me hopeful for some beefy desktop chips—it shouldn't be too long before Zen 7 and 8 drop either
News Grab a pinch of salt, but we could be looking at some decent IPC gains.
We now have independent testing confirming Razer's latest innovative mouse sensor tech does what it says it does
News Not that I doubted it, but it's cool to see it confirmed.
AMD calls CUDA a 'non-event', says companies are programming at levels where the Nvidia tech doesn't really matter
News "Not really the moat that some people still think it is."
After months of surprising stability in graphics card prices, apparently Nvidia is now raising the cost of its GPU kits for AIB partners
News And that's both for GDDR6 and GDDR7 cards.
Fresh evidence from independent researchers confirms the first drop in PC shipments in over a year... and it's only going to get worse
News This, despite Asus and Apple actually having increased shipments.
'Far beyond anything we had predicted': Framework says its supplier's memory prices are 'more than double' its previous shipment
News The company says it "goes far beyond anything we’re able to absorb without placing our ability to operate at real financial risk."
Acer and Gigabyte will launch RTX Spark laptops too, but not before Microsoft and Co.
News The first batch not including Acer and Gigabyte will launch this fall.
New method teaches AI to make 2D designs 3D and now I'm afraid this will be how the robots learn to build themselves without us
News Very cool, though.
Someone has already got a regular Nvidia graphics card working on Windows on Arm thanks to RTX Spark drivers, though gaming performance doesn't yet look ideal
News Still, it's a nice peek into what is surely to come.
