I can’t say I was anything but skeptical with the reveal of Monster Hunter Outlanders. It visually looked good, certainly, but a Monster Hunter with truly live-service and gacha mechanics? To get…
SSD deals are basically gone, but Lexar’s 4.5-star 2TB drive is $190 off now
NOW $190 OFF Lexar SL500 Portable SSD (2TB) View Deal SSD deals have pretty much evaporated over the last several months thanks to the ongoing memory and storage shortage. That’s why this…
Meet Windows 11’s Dev Drive, the gaming speed trick hiding in plain sight
You might be inclined to blame insufficient graphics performance for a Windows system’s failure to hit its limit during gaming. But often it’s memory and file access that slow things down. This…
Forza Horizon 6’s First Festival Playlist Rewards Revealed, Begins May 21
With Forza Horizon 6 available now to those who’ve purchased the more expensive premium editions – and May 19 for the standard edition – developer Playground Games has outlined the first batch…
The PC hardware slump is real. So is the reason to keep caring
Is PC building cooked? The hardware news as of late might make you think so, what with the latest headlines about “collapsing” motherboard sales—as much as 37 percent for individual vendors. A…
Today’s best laptop deals: Save big on work, school, home use, and gaming
If you’re looking for an affordable Windows machine under $500, a blazing fast gaming beast for those intense matches, or a portable 2-in-1 for school or work, you’ve got plenty of great…
AI is still waiting for its VisiCalc moment
The arrival of Claude for Small Business earlier this week marked an interesting moment–and a savvy strategic move–for Anthropic. Rather than saddling web browsers with more AI slop or trying to slather…
This viral Dutch Fish Doorbell is peak internet
Every spring in the Dutch city of Utrecht, thousands of fish attempt to migrate through the city’s canals to reach spawning grounds, but locked flood gates stay shut for long stretches to…
Star Wars: The Old Republic Director James Ohlen Discusses BioWare Exit After EA Killed New Republic Reboot
James Ohlen, the former director of BioWare MMO Star Wars: The Old Republic, has discussed his exit from the storied RPG maker in 2018 — after an attempt to reboot the game…
I tried a skinny RTX 5080. It fixed the worst thing about flagship GPUs
Modern high-end graphics cards are ridiculous. Incredible performance and awesome features, but also extra demanding when it comes to power draw and physical size. Nvidia’s GeForce RTX 5090, for example, is a…