Hardware

Apple recently put its budget-minded iPhone SE lineup out to pasture while simultaneously increasing the cost floor of its historically $429 entry level smartphone lineup to a loftier $599 price point. The new baseline is the iPhone 16e, and it also marks the first time an iPhone has hit the market with the company’s own 5G modem technology. Of course we had to get our hands on one and put it through our own series of

You’ve probably done it yourself: you need to know how hard a given application is hitting your CPU, so you pull up Windows’ Task Manager to check the CPU utilization. For a casual inquiry, this is fine, but for anything approaching scientific rigor, you need to be using a third-party application because Windows’ Task Manager does not correctly report CPU usage. This has been well-known for a long time, but Microsoft is finally fixing it

Capcom has realized a relatively successful launch with Monster Hunter Wilds. The game has seen its peak concurrent player count pass over a million players, undoubtedly playing a role in Steam topping 40 million concurrent users for the first time in its history. However, it hasn’t all been smooth sailing, despite the games beta testing phase. Players have hit numerous technical problems, for which we wrote a troubleshooting guide to help alleviate bottlenecks where possible. Now, it seems as

To further break down the point, NVIDIA’s GPUs released thus far are the higher-end products that include the GeForce RTX 5090 with its $1,999+ price tag. Even the GeForce RTX 5070 Ti is at an MSRP of $749, with likely street prices above that. This means that the $549 and $599 Radeon RX 9000 series products naturally should have a higher inventory level since they are aimed at the mainstream market. This is the segment

Imagine you’re having a good time enjoying your favorite TV show, and suddenly an adult video takes over your screen, your remote stops working and harmful content is being forced on viewers. While you might dismiss this as mere fantasy, there are reports that incidents just like this have occurred as a result of the new Vo1d botnet malware. Cybersecurity experts have reported a variant of Vo1d botnet malware that has recently compromised over 1.5

Seeing smartphone makers trip over themselves in a suddenly emerging race to claim the title of world’s thinnest handset reminds us of the classic Saturday Night Live skit, the one where Will Ferrell pulls out a ridiculously tiny flip phone, much to the glee of Jimmy Fallon and guest host Sean Hayes, both of which broke character with laughter at the silliness of it all. We’re not quite there yet in real life, but there

Monster Hunter Wilds isn’t perfect, but it is excellent—I spent about twelve hours playing it yesterday. It’s a new main-line Monster Hunter game, with all that entails, including peak development expenditure from CAPCOM on one of its biggest properties to produce a detailed, high-effort monster slaying experience. Despite that, the game is currently sitting at “Mixed” reviews on Steam, and that’s largely down to its PC performance. Put simply, the game is just very demanding.

For some years, Skype was popular for connecting people via voice and video, but its journey is ending. Yesterday, Microsoft announced that Skype will be replaced by Microsoft Teams in May 2025. 14 years after its acquisition by Microsoft, the company has announced plans to discontinue Skype in favour of Teams which has been growing in prominance since 2017. According to Jeff Teper, President of Collaborative Apps and Platforms at Microsoft, the decision to discontinue

We’re living in a moment in time where it seems like everything has gone up in price, from simple staples like eggs (thanks, bird flu) to advanced electronics like graphics cards (thanks AI demand-induced shortage and scalpers, among other factors). The dollar just doesn’t stretch as much as it used to, but there are exceptions. And that’s our focus for this deals roundup—everything listed here is under $100, including some discounts that bring prices down

TL;DR: NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Barry Wilmore remain on the ISS after Boeing’s Starliner failed to meet safety standards for their return. Initially planned for a week, their mission is extended until March 2025, with a return via SpaceX’s Crew Dragon. SpaceX’s early return offer was declined by the Biden administration for political reasons. NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Barry “Butch” Wilmore were left “stranded” aboard the International Space Station (ISS) after Boeing’s Starliner