Author: Andy Edser
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Moza R5 Bundle + Performance Kit review
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Proper sim racing gear can become very expensive, very quickly. While beginners can be perfectly well-served by something cheap and cheerful like the Logitech G923, what you’re getting there is a gear drive system, which, while capable of delivering a lot of hoots, tends to get a little bit, well, gear-y. The next stage up…
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AI is embedded in Intel’s chipmaking process from ‘front end silicon design, back end, software development, all the way to manufacturing’
AI has its uses. While it’s tempting to think of AI in terms of chatbots, image -generators and perhaps the thing that might end us all if we’re not careful, major tech companies have been busy implementing AI and machine learning optimisation into multiple aspects of their business, in a quest to integrate what used…
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‘Meet the computer addicts’ with this BBC report from 1983 that makes my daily PC habits look pretty dire by comparison
Back in the days of my youth, by which I mean 1983, literally four years before I was born, BBC’s Newsnight released a short report detailing the habits of a new type of person entirely, what it then classified as “computer addicts”. These were the beginnings of home computing, a time when something like the…
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SSD prices will continue to rise thanks to high demand and ‘supply chain challenges’ WD says
Anyone doing a bit of SSD shopping recently will likely have noticed that the deals have not been as bountiful as they once were, and prices seem to be on the rise. According to a newly-discovered letter from Western Digital to its partners, price rises for its entire flash and hard drive portfolio are set…
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These two crypto-integrated handhelds are aiming to make Web3 gaming happen—because if it doesn’t work the first time, try, try and try again
Let’s kick off with some terminology: Blockchain. Bitcoin. NFT. Web3 gaming. Provided your eyes haven’t rolled so far into the back of your head you’re still able to read the rest of this article, I have some terrible news for you—two new handhelds are aiming to corner the market once more on blockchain-based gaming, only…
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Nvidia rumoured to be sticking to its regular programming with the RTX 5080 and RTX 5090 launching in Q4 this year
Nvidia’s next-generation consumer GPUs, reportedly named Blackwell, are a hotly debated topic, especially now we seem to be inching ever closer to a likely release date. While Nvidia remains tight-lipped about its latest crop of graphics cards, the rumour mill does seem to be getting closer to a consensus with a report suggesting that board…
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To stay safe in Windows 10 from next October commercial customers have to pay $61, then ‘double every consecutive year for a maximum of three years’
Update: Microsoft has been in touch to clarify that “this week’s news from Microsoft on Windows 10 ESU pricing was only for Commercial Organizations and EDU customers.” “Of note, the Windows IT Pro blog has been updated to include the following: ‘The details and pricing structure outlined in this post apply to commercial organizations only. Details will be shared at a…
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Intel’s XeSS 1.3 SDK has been released with a host of new presets, faster performance and improved image quality
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Intel’s XeSS upscaler might not quite have the developer support of something like Nvidia’s DLSS, but it’s proven itself quite a competent performer. Now the most recent Intel XeSS 1.3 SDK has been released, and Intel has been keen to show off some significant performance improvements and improved visual quality to boot. The most recent…
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Roku has filed a patent for your TV to detect when you’re paused and play ‘relevant ads’. Nope, no thank you, not for me I’m afraid
Advertising seems to be everywhere. A necessary evil, perhaps, as our free time is gradually monetised in an effort to make those delicious bucks, pounds and Australian dollary-doos, and companies expect to, shock horror, make some cash from their users. However, if you thought you were safe from overt advertising while watching an ad-free streaming…
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US Gov report slams Microsoft over email hack—’The Board finds that this intrusion was preventable and should never have occurred’
Last year, Microsoft disclosed that a Chinese hacking group referred to as “Storm-0558” was responsible for a security breach that led to the access of the email accounts of around 25 organisations, including some US government agencies. The federal Cyber Safety Review Board has just released its report on the incident, identifying a “cascade of…