Some folks act as if Intel and AMD have killed off the "high-end desktop" or HEDT market, but that's never really been the case. Instead, what happened is that mainstream desktops went from a maximum of four cores to 16  - 24 cores basically overnight, propelling HEDT systems out of reach for most enthusiasts. If you want a processor with

The Saturn was Sega's fifth generation fully-3D console, launched in 1994 to compete with the PlayStation 1 and Nintendo 64—and all these years later, homebrew developer XL2 has managed to create a functioning ray tracing demo on the hardware. The first video of the demo is a single room without any static lighting sources and all ray tracing

Notepad++ reported that its built-in auto-update feature had been hijacked by Chinese state-sponsored hackers from June to September of 2025, and the credentials gathered by the bas actors enabled further exploits until December 2nd, 2025. In an effort to thwart similar issues moving forward, Notepad++ has moved to a hosting provider "with

The Raspberry Pi has been one of the most affordable ways to jump into single-board computing, but even these devices haven’t been able to avoid price increases due to the current DRAM shortage. A mere two months after announcing an initial price hike, the organization is having to raise prices yet again because of an “unprecedented rise in

Apple has reportedly been exploring new designs to invigorate sales of its ubiquitous iPhone. Even though sales of the sleek iPhone Air didn't set any records, Apple doesn't seem to be changing course and still plans to release totally new designs. It has long been rumored that a foldable iPhone, similar to the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold, is on

Puget Systems has released its 2025 Hardware Reliability Report: if you're familiar with the company's annual reports, they offer an invaluable look at which components in your build actually survive the rigors of professional use. Around since the 2000s, Puget Systems' annual reports have been a cornerstone for workstation professionals

Will Drake Maye lead the New England Patriots to another Super Bowl victory against the Seattle Seahawks this Sunday, or will the Seahawks atone for the abysmal decision to pass the ball on the 1-yard line 11 years ago, which led to a game-sealing interception? I'm originally from Boston so I'm hoping for the former, but even if you're just

Console gamers love new tech, but there are ones that we hope never ever make it to production. Case in point: Sony has patented a controller that ditches physical buttons entirely in favor of a giant, customizable touchscreen. Heresy! Sony's patent for a fully customizable, button-less controller The patent, titled Devices and Methods

The peripherals market is absolutely flush with gaming headsets of all kinds, so how do you make a splash in a sprawling sea of options? You team up with HiFiMAN, which specializes in planar-magnetic headphones, to develop a headset built for gamers and purportedly discerning enough for audiophiles, and price it at $299. That's exactly what

Apple is taking a partial page from bulk OEM system builders and boutique PC outfits by now offering a similar part-by-part configuration process, rather than the old way of serving up a selection of preconfigured models. The component options haven't changed, but the way you go about piecing together a Mac feels a little more personal and

Google DeepMind's Project Genie is a research prototype that allows users to "create, explore, and remix their own interactive worlds" based on text or image prompts. Regardless of what is used to generate the world, controls are limited to WASD, arrow keys, and the space bar, and the output will be capped to 720p resolution and 24 FPS, but

When you think NVIDIA, you think "GPUs." It's easy to forget that NVIDIA's been making system-on-a-chip products for nearly 20 years; the first Tegra SoC came out in early 2008. The company's chips haven't really found their way into mainstream laptops, but that's about to change with the release of the N1/N1X processors. Speaking to Taiwanese

Google has a deeply-vested interest in cybersecurity and unparalleled resources to take down bad actors. The latest target on Google's kill list was a malicious proxy network called IPIDEA, and through coordinated efforts inside and outside of Google's umbrella, IPIDEA has been taken down. However, cybercriminals are a notoriously resourceful

Are you ready for some football?! The Super Bowl featuring New England Patriots (woohoo!) and Seattle Seahawks (boo!) is just a week away, and if you want to hear every bone-crunching hit, you'll want to ditch your TV's wimpy built-in speakers for a discrete audio setup. You don't have to break the bank, either, not when there are several

Philips Evnia is laying claim to what it says is the world's first dual-mode gaming monitor to hit a blistering-fast 1,000Hz refresh rate. While HKC may take umbrage with the claim, Philips Evnia's new flagship 27M2N5500XD is certainly in an elite class, one that will likely grow in number as time goes on but, for now, stands out from the

The history of computers is composed of an ever-growing number of consumer electronics devices, from game consoles to smartphones to music players, and the Computer History Museum's expansive catalog is now open for public viewing online for everyone to see via the just-launched "OpenCHM". For those who can't make the trip to Mountain View,

The ink is barely dry on Apple’s deal with Google to utilize Gemini to train its own AI models, and today's announcement signals that the company is really ramping-up its AI ambitions. Apple just disclosed that it intends to acquire Q.ai for roughly $1.6 billion, which is a startup that specializes in implementing AI in applications that involve

An AI-powered toy company exposed more than 50,000 private chat logs between children and its products after leaving a web console almost completely unsecured. According to WIRED, anyone with a Gmail account could access transcripts of conversations kids had with Bondu's AI-enabled stuffed animals, along with names, birth dates, family details,

A federal investigation has been launched over a collision between a Waymo robotaxi and a young student in a Santa Monica, California school zone. The car reportedly exercised the right precautions while operating in the school zone, even if the onboard systems were blindsided by the child dashing from behind a nearby SUV. The incident

Dispatch, an episodic adventure game from an indie studio with a star-studded voice lineup including Aaron Paul, has earned critical acclaim since its release, but the recent arrival of a port to the Nintendo Switch and Switch 2 has caused some controversy, prompting responses from both Nintendo and AdHoc Studio. Game censorship has picked

In just a matter of weeks, NVIDIA's original Shield TV console will turn 10 years old. What makes the milestone particularly remarkable is that even after a full decade of service, NVIDIA continues to dish out Android updates, and it has no plans of stopping. It's true that device makers have gotten better about longer term support for Android

Early last year, there was talk that the newly-discovered Asteroid 2024 YR4 had a really small, but probable chance of striking the Moon in 2032. Now, scientists are revealing what might occur if such as an event took place and the implications it could have on Earth. Orbital path of YR4 (Credit: ESA Orbit Visualization Tool) Currently,

For those of you who find smartwatches bulky or too much of a hassle to wear and fitness rings too limited, Rogbid's Fusion might be your jam. The Fusion takes the middle ground by being a smartring with a display that can also be worn as a smartwatch.  The Rogbid Fusion is basically a 2-in-1 hybrid. On one hand (or rather, finger), it

Not to beat a dead horse (too late), but a memory chip shortage is wreaking havoc on consumer device availability and pricing. That includes graphics cards, the all-important component for a gaming PC, which employ varying amounts onboard video RAM (VRAM). According to a fresh rumor, the situation has caused NVIDIA and its hardware partners