Tag: hardware

Diamonds are for chip cooling, not just forever—at least according to this tech startup promising 20°C temperature reductions

Diamonds are for chip…

Diamonds are cool. Well, ethically sourced ones are, anyway. This I have learned from a lifetime of watching heist…
Looking to move to Bluesky? This handy Chrome extension will let you find all your followers but don’t make the mistake I did

Looking to move to…

It feels like X, the “everything app”, has been in a bit of a free fall ever since Elon…
MSI responds to reports of 9800X3D CPUs ‘burning out’ in its motherboards but the problem seems limited for now

MSI responds to reports…

Is AMD’s hot new Ryzen 7 9800X3D gaming CPU going into meltdown? Two reports from gamers experiencing dramatic CPU…
US hacker sentenced to five years in the slammer for laundering the proceeds of nearly 120,000 stolen bitcoin worth $10,800,000,000 at today’s prices

US hacker sentenced to…

Cyber heists have lost some of the romance of the old-fashioned kind, haven’t they? Give me a stripey sweater…
Qualcomm upgrades its gaming upscaler from spatial to temporal tech but it lacks AI smarts and may struggle to compete with Nvidia’s highly polished DLSS performance

Qualcomm upgrades its gaming…

Anybody who’s anybody in gaming graphics has a high-tech upscaling solution. So, it’s no surprise that Qualcomm has announced…
Obsidian quietly adds Avowed system requirements to the Steam listing and that 75 GB storage target seems downright reasonable

Obsidian quietly adds Avowed…

Every time I check out the new system requirements for an upcoming release these days, I hold my breath…
Philips Evnia: reinventing the rules of gaming monitors

Philips Evnia: reinventing the…

Anyone can be a gamer, regardless of their age or how skilled they are, and with the Philips Evnia…
Redditor claims that Monster Hunter Wilds runs better ‘the more DLC you own’, and it does—but not by much on my machine

Redditor claims that Monster…

Monster Hunter Wilds is somewhat infamous for its performance woes, leading its Steam user rating to drop to “Mixed”…
Asus TUF Gaming A16 (2025) review

Asus TUF Gaming A16…

The entry level is a funny place to be. While laptops with RTX 5080 and 5090 GPUs are pored…
Logitech Pro X Superlight 2 Dex review

Logitech Pro X Superlight…

I felt initially quite confused by the Logitech Pro X Superlight 2 Dex. It’s basically the older Superlight 2…