Latest articles by James Bentley
AI-assisted hacking group hits targets with a complicated 'social engineering' scam that involves deepfaked CEOs, spoofed Zoom calls and a malicious troubleshooting program
News This is one of many scams made in tandem with AI tools right now.
Crypto scammer who reportedly stole at least $73 million through social media, calls, and dating services sentenced to a 'statutory maximum of 20 years in prison'
News “While technology has made it possible for people to quickly communicate with others who live oceans away, it also has made it easier for criminals to prey on innocent victims.”
New Intel 900-series leak suggests there are three upcoming motherboard chipsets gamers should care about
News And Nova Lake is said to drop later this year.
'Probably the worst build of my entire life': This YouTuber spent two months building a gaming PC with titanium liquid cooling, galvanic corrosion be damned
News "Titanium tubing. Questionable. Would I do it again? Most definitely not."
Ayaneo's new Strix Halo handheld PC will cost up to $4,299, but it's the cheaper AI Max 385 model that has grabbed my attention anyways
news It's the first Strix Halo handheld with an internal battery (and it's got a huge one at that).
New ransomware spotted with a 'coding mistake' that means even the hackers can't decrypt the files
News A true lose/lose situation.
Logitech G522 Lightspeed gaming headset review
Score: 86% Light doesn't always mean weak.
People with AI partners are looking for a 'new home' as OpenAI announces date to switch off 'overly supportive' older models
News OpenAI says "we know that losing access to GPT‑4o will feel frustrating for some users, and we didn’t make this decision lightly."
'We had 16 megahertz CPUs, 640k of RAM, floppy disks': John Carmack reflects on the hardware that made Wolfenstein 3D
News That's to celebrate id's 35th anniversary.
Be Quiet! Dark Perk Ergo review
Score: 70% Be Quiet! knows how to build a gaming mouse but not how to make it beat the competition.
Steam Controller re-review: A fresh look at Valve's flawed but influential 10-year-old controller
Flawed potential Overlooked or rightfully neglected?
I tried to exercise in VR for an entire month, and I think I've finally been convinced to adopt the health-headset lifestyle
News I want to use VR to not only health kick, but health punch, and maybe even health run.
EU investigating Grok and X over whether it made citizens 'collateral damage' for its services
News This investigation is in tandem with one put forward into X in December 2023.
Microsoft reports 'an issue in which devices are failing to boot' after downloading the latest update
News Another week, another big Windows problem.
Microsoft Windows 365 goes down the day after Microsoft celebrates 'reimagining the PC as a cloud service that streams a Cloud PC'
News That cloud is looking a little grey.
Panther Lake and 18A 'create a firm foundation on which to build the new Intel'
News Will betting big on 18A pay off?
Highguard requires Secure Boot and Easy Anti-Cheat to run, leaving Linux and kernel-conscious gamers out in the cold
News You will also need a TPM.
Nvidia reportedly cancels partner incentive scheme to sell cards at MSRP, says YouTuber Der8auer, signalling hard times ahead for GPU prices
News "You will have to expect massive price increases."
Be Quiet! enters the gaming mouse market with a pair of kinda plain-looking competitive rodents
News Here's hoping the ergonomic variation actually feels ergonomic.
Nintendo president is 'carefully considering the situation' around memory prices as research firm predicts Switch 2 price hike
News It seems the memory crisis will come for us all.
It's hard to say no to this 4K 144 Hz gaming monitor deal for just $180
Deal That's the absolute cheapest I'd go right now for 4K.
As if LinkedIn messages couldn't get any worse, hackers are using them to install malware on people's PCs
News The good news is that not clicking on unknown links avoids it entirely.
Here comes an AMD Ryzen AI 400-powered handheld PC that's super cute, OLED and has an 80 Wh battery
News On paper, the Flip has almost everything, except a price point.
