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Gamers wallets have been hit hard as of late, due to the ever increasing prices of key componentscaused by the AI boom. Somecompanies have responded by offer more affordable version of some products, including Corsair. With its latest...
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We spend a lot of time working on or upgrading PCs around here and suspect many of you do too. Whether you're the local expert in your friend group or your family's resident tech guru, there are some gadgets and tools that are effectively must-haves for repairs, maintenance, and...
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Modern microprocessors come stacked with processor cores. This is great for lots of reasons, but many of the most demanding tasks we run on PCs are highly latency-sensitive because they are held up by fundamentally serial (meaning...
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MSI is pitching its new Pro Max OLED 271UPJW12 as the world's first 27-inch inkjet-printed (IJP) OLED display with a 4K resolution and 120Hz refresh rate. Calling it the "ultimate display," it arrives nearly two years after TCL began...
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Like it or not, the AI-driven memory crunch is not only driving up prices on consumer electronics, even including Apple's budget-focused MacBook Neo, it's also resulting in models shipping with lower specs in key areas, particularly memory...
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Google has begun piloting a twice-weekly update cadence for its massively popular Chrome web browser, a decision it made in the wake of fast-moving, AI-powered attacks. And for major Chrome milestones, the company is aiming to...
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When we covered the planned PlayStation service blackout, I pointed out that both the Xbox and PlayStation platforms had seen major downtime in their online services that week, rendering digital games unplayable. At the time, the Xbox...
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Windows 11 has been plagued by many complaints of bloat and poor performance, but Microsoft seems to have been taking the recent clean-up and optimization effort seriously. Next on the agenda, the company will be converting more Windows...
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Speaking to the BBC, Amazon's head of gaming Jeff Gattis said that he believes that gamers will give up their dedicated gaming machines (like gaming consoles and gaming PCs) in favor of streaming due to the rising cost of owning such...
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If you were planning to upgrade to a Pixel 11 next month, prepare to pay more for it than what you might expect.Shakil Barkat, Googles Vice President of Devices and Services, confirmed in an interview with 9to5Google that price hikes are...
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Earlier this year, three leading LLMs, including OpenAI's GPT-5.2, took part in a testthat showed all three had a willingness to start a nuclear war. One might have thought something like this would have made Congress take some sort of...
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Hyper-Threading is what Intel calls its implementation of what is more academically known as "Simultaneous Multi-Threading" (SMT). This describes a method where a single processor core can interleave processing of two or more separate...
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Intel nearly made a mockery of Wall Street estimates by blowing past expectations with $16.1 billion in second-quarter revenue, fueled by what company CEO Lip-Bu Tan called "unprecedented demand" for AI hardware. In doing so, Intel's...
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An iconic lightsaber prop used by Mark Hamill portraying Luke Skywalker during the climactic Cloud City duel in "Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back" has just sold at auction for a staggering $3.75 million, making it the most...
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All at once in a single tweet, Sony tanked 30 years of goodwill towards the PlayStation brand. The company simultaneously announced that it would stop producing physical games on Blu-Ray discs after 2027, and also announced that it would close the PlayStation store for its PlayStation 3 and...
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All eyes are on Microsoft and its 100-day reset plan for its Xbox division as it navigates into a future without longtime Xbox boss Phil Spencer in control of the ship, or Sarah Bond, both of whom exited the firm earlier this year...
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Building a PC from the ground up in the current landscape is a daunting proposition from a cost standpoint, though it doesn't necessarily have to be. How so? With a willingness to reach back into socket AM4 territory and pretty sweet...
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For better or for worse, Bethesda Game Studios is a part of Microsoft's Xbox division now, and no game publisher has seen more tumult in recent times than Xbox. As if to calm fans (and in the absence of a Fallout Day celebration this year...
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Woot is hosting a big sale on a whole bunch of Razer gaming peripherals, including deep discounts on keyboards, mice, headsets, speakers, and more. How deep, exactly? A lot of the items are in the neighborhood of 50% or more, with...
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Amid all of the hoopla surrounding Sony's controversial decision to end physical media for PlayStation games starting in 2028, one person who is not outwardly fazed in the slightest is Ryan Cohen, the chief executive officer of GameStop...
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Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) is planning to inject another $100 billion into its Arizona site to expand its U.S. chipmaking footprint, bringing its total investment to a massive $265 billion. The announcement came...
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Grand Theft Auto VI is by far and away the most anticipated video game release of the decade, with many gaming analysts banking on it delivering a revitalizing boost to the industry. However, once the game launches later this year, itll...
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