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Velocity Micro Raptor ES40

A compact PC that mixes it with the big boys

Intel Arc B580

Intel's second crack at the gaming GPU market

Indiana Jones and the Great Circle

Dr Jones will steal your heart in MachineGames' best effort to date

Improve your memory with Windows Recall

SINCE ITS ANNOUNCEMENT at Microsoft's Build conference in May 2024, Recall has had a torrid time.

HAVE WE REACHED MAXIMUM PC?

Has the desktop reached the point where it can get no better? Ian Evenden looks ahead

THE EVOLUTION OF VIDEO GAME AI

Over time, game AI has become more refined.

X (formerly Twitter) vs Bluesky

The battle of the micro-bloggers

Fun and graphics card games at CES 2025

WE ALL KNEW what was coming at CES: a bunch of graphics cards from AMD and Nvidia. They were pretty much exactly as predicted, albeit with some surprises. AMD managed to botch the launch of its RDNA 4 cards, while Nvidia played 3D chess with the pricing of its new RTX 50 cards.

AMD UNVEILS NEW GAMING AND AI CHIPS

AMD Ryzen AI Max series announced at CES 2025

DOCTOR

Save CCTV system | Multiple audio devices | Encrypted download

Nvidia announces RTX 50 graphics

The new Blackwell promises big performance gains

THE ARC-FUL DODGER

Intel has gifted the GPU scene with a bona fide bargain, and it is glorious

GOOGLE MAKES QUANTUM BREAKTHROUGH

Is Willow a gamechanger for supercomputers?

Google Gemini vs. ChatGPT

Which LLM currently holds the crown?

Frostpunk 2

Endure a blizzard of tough choices and lasting consequences in the survival city builder sequel

Elgato Facecam Neo

Always sees us in the best light but lacks focus: 8/10 boyfriend, er, camera

Elgato Wave Neo

The Kanye West of mics: Easy to get into, but a little weird

Razer BlackWidow V4 75%

Solid and compact, with hot-swappable switches

Razer Wolverine V3 Pro

Razer's pro controller is even better than Microsoft's

Acer Predator GM712

2008 called, it wants its projector back

AndaSeat Kaiser 4 XL

A chair as big and as comfortable as they come

Gigabyte F027Q2

Speed is of the essence with this OLED screen

Acer Nitro 14

AMD puts on a good show, but it still lacks punch

AMD Ryzen 9 9950X

AMD's top Zen 5 CPU looks very similar to its predecessor on paper

Rip the perfect media file

MEDIA FILES COME IN ALL SHAPES AND SIZES, and things are further complicated by the fact that video (and audio) files are constructed using codecs, which are required to decode and encode the various streams.

Find files and apps quickly

THE WINDOWS SEARCH TOOL—accessible from the Taskbar—is OK as it goes, but there’s plenty of room for improvement.

WHAT IS ZTNA?

Nate Drake explores the concept of ZTNA and the obstacles businesses face with its adoption

THE RACE FOR ADVANCED ENCRYPTION

Strong encryption hasn't always been freely available to the public. Nate Drake tells the story of how the first Data Encryption Standard transformed the cryptography landscape

THE ART OF ETHICAL AI

Is the advent of AI a force for good, or a ticking time bomb?

RYZEN 9000 UNLEASHED

Zak Storey puts AMD's latest chips and motherboards to the test