Tag: hardware

UK regulators explain what ‘highly effective’ age assurance for the Online Safety Act actually means

UK regulators explain what…

The UK’s controversial Online Safety Act (OSA) passed over a year ago, and ostensibly, it “puts a range of…
MSI’s new power supplies have a buzzer that warns you if your graphics card is about to melt, which seems like a solution to a problem that really shouldn’t exist

MSI’s new power supplies…

Hey, remember Meltgate, in which 12VHPWR (and latterly, 12V-2×6) GPU power connectors were blamed for melting graphics cards in…
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang says Doom is the most influential game ever made, and now I really want to ask him whether he prefers the chainsaw or the BFG

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang…

I get the sense that Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang and I are quite different people. He’s the head of…
Cyberpower begins selling desktop PCs with carbon nanotube CPU cooling, possibly spelling the end of thermal paste catastrophes

Cyberpower begins selling desktop…

We’ve all been there, right? Thermal paste splattered all over the CPU socket? No? Just me and that guy…
The Framework Desktop’s small footprint is deceptively cute, as it’s actually sequestering serious compute power that makes it the best mini AI PC

The Framework Desktop’s small…

As you may already be aware, I have a penchant for all things cute in the hardware sphere—and that…
I’ve been on a quest to find a gaming keyboard media key replacement, and like an incredibly nerdy anti-Goldilocks, I’ve found none of them are just right

I’ve been on a…

James Bentley, hardware writer (Image credit: Future) This week: I’ve been finally testing out an RTX 50 series laptop,…
Things I have (sort of) learned: Audio fades are one of the most CPU-intensive tasks you can possibly do, and my maths is too awful to properly explain why

Things I have (sort…

Alright, you’re going to have to bear with me, folks—maths has never been my strong point. Which is probably…
Between pained cries, the YouTuber who made this ‘neuromuscular aim assist’ that shocks his muscles for fast Counter-Strike 2 reactions insists it’s ‘not cheats’

Between pained cries, the…

“It’s not cheats”, says YouTuber Basically Homeless to his Counter-Strike 2 compatriots. “… It’s my muscles doing it.” This,…
When CEO Lisa Su is finished making AMD the default choice for GPUs, she wants to use AI to help fix the ‘travesty’ that is modern healthcare

When CEO Lisa Su…

You probably won’t be surprised to learn that one of Lisa Su’s main priorities is to make AMD the…
Asus ROG Strix Morph 96 Wireless review

Asus ROG Strix Morph…

Asus took the opportunity at CES 2026 earlier this year to unveil two shiny new keyboards: the fast, Hall…