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The Samsung Odyssey OLED 49 in a blue-tinted room.

Samsung’s Odyssey OLED 49 arrives cheaper than expected

Samsung's Odyssey OLED 49 is still one of the most expensive gaming monitors you can buy, but it's actually cheaper than the monitor it's replacing.
The backs of the Arc A770 and Arc A750 graphics cards.

Intel’s Arc graphics cards have quietly become excellent

Intel's Arc A770 and A750 were decent, if imperfect, GPUs at launch, but they've massively improved since then.
AMD Radeon RX 6500XT graphics cards stacked on top of each other.

No one is buying new graphics cards right now

A new study shows that new graphics card shipments are down drastically, but they could head back up by the end of the year.
The Reddit app icon on an iOS Home screen.

Apollo, a Reddit app featured during WWDC, is being shuttered

Apollo, a popular Reddit app that was mentioned several times during WWDC, is being closed following Reddit's API pricing change.
A blown up view of Apple's 2023 Mac Pro.

Apple’s new Mac Pro might be dead on arrival

Apple's updated Mac Pro looks like a massive leap forward in performance, but it abandons what made the last-gen model so impressive.
Switches on the Razer DeathStalker V2.

Windows 11 is about to make RGB peripherals way easier to use

A new Windows 11 Insider build adds support for Dynamic Lighting, which looks to unify the disparate RGB apps on PC.
Apple's M2 MacBook Air is super thin and light.

MacBook Air 15-inch: price, release date, battery life, and more

The MacBook Air 15 is official, and it's coming soon. Here's everything you need to know about pricing, release date, performance, and more.
Gaming on Apple's Macs being presented at WWDC 2023.

Apple may have just enabled thousands of Windows games on Mac

Apple's Game Porting Toolkit makes it easy to get Windows games on Mac, but Apple didn't talk about the fact that it could enable thousands of games right away.
Tim Cook at WWDC 2022.

Apple CEO says he uses ChatGPT, weeks after Apple banned it

With no AI announcements at WWDC 2023, Apple's CEO finally broke silence on ChatGPT in an interview following the keynote.
BandWerk's Vision Pro headset in Orange.

You can make the Apple Vision Pro even more expensive with a luxury leather headband

Apple's Vision Pro is already insanely expensive, but luxury accessory brands are already jumping on the train with premium ways to trick out the headset.
15-inch MacBook Air shown at WWDC 2023.

The biggest Mac announcement at WWDC was about the old MacBook Air

Apple revealed a ton of new Macs at WWDC 2023, but an update on the old MacBook Air M2 flew under the radar.
Someone using Apple's Vision Pro headset.

Is Apple’s $3,500 headset really a good deal? We did the math

Apple says it's Vision Pro headset, which goes on sale next year for $3,500, is actually a good deal. Is it? We did the math to find out.
Live voicemail in iOS 17.

The products Apple didn’t announce at WWDC 2023

Apple's WWDC 2023 event was packed with announcements, but there were a few products that were curiously missing from the show.
Apple announcing the new Mac Pro at WWDC 2023.

Apple’s new Mac Pro delivers on a years-old promise

Apple finally introduced an updated Mac Pro, finishing the company's transition to its own silicon.
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The worst PC ports of all time — and why they were so bad

We've seen some terrible PC ports this year, but they don't hold a candle to the worst PC ports of all time.
Lenovo Legion Pro 5 on table

The Lenovo Legion Pro 5 is the next-gen gaming laptop I’ve been waiting for

Next-gen gaming laptops up to this point have been expensive behemoths, but the Lenovo Legion Pro 5 bucks that trend by packing in the value.
RX 6700 XT graphics card installed in computer.

I put the RTX 4060 Ti up against the RX 6700 XT — and there’s a surprising winner

We put the Nvidia RTX 4060 Ti and AMD RX 6700 XT head-to-head, and there's a clear winner between the two graphics cards.
RTX 4060 Ti sitting on a pink background.

Nvidia defies pushback, defends 8GB of VRAM in recent GPUs

Nvidia's RTX 4060 Ti has come under fire for only having 8GB of VRAM, but Nvidia's CEO is defending the choice.
Nvidia CEO showing the RTX 4060 Ti at Computex 2023.

Nvidia is now worth almost as much as Amazon, and that puts gamers in a tough spot

Nvidia is now worth more than $1 trillion, nearly as much as Amazon, and that puts gamers in a tough spot.
The Intel Meteor Lake chip.

Intel thinks your next CPU needs an AI processor — here’s why

Intel provided some details about how the dedicated AI processor in its upcoming Meteor Lake chips work, and how they'll be used in the future.
Nvidia CEO delivering a keynote at Computex.

Nvidia is bringing ChatGPT-style AI to video games, and I’m already worried

Nvidia is bringing ChatGPT-style generative AI to video games with Nvidia ACE, and I'm equal parts excited and worried.
Asus RTX 4090 ROG Strix plugged into a motherboard.

Asus is releasing an RTX 4060 as big as the RTX 4090

Asus' high-end RTX 4060 design turns what should be a compact GPU into a triple-slot behemoth.
Logo on the RTX 4060 Ti graphics card.

Why the Nvidia RTX 4060 Ti simply isn’t enough for 2023

The RTX 4060 Ti brings the best of Nvidia's new features, but it has a critical flaw that makes it tough to recommend in 2023.
Front of the AMD RX 7600.

AMD RX 7600 review: a solid 1080p GPU

GPU prices are going up, and there aren't many budget options, but the AMD RX 7600 looks to correct course with solid 1080p performance and aggressive pricing.
An SSD installed in the PS5.

Consoles still have one big advantage, and it’s hurting PC gaming

There's no doubt that modern PC hardware vastly outpaces what consoles can offer, but there's still an area where the PS5 and Xbox Series X have a lead.
Emulator collection on Steam Deck.

Nope, I still don’t regret buying my Steam Deck

The ROG Ally is faster than the Steam Deck, right? Yes, but I'm still happy I have Valve's handheld around.
Asus ROG Ally with the Windows lock screen.

A cheaper ROG Ally is coming, but you shouldn’t wait for it

Asus has revealed that a cheaper version of the ROG Ally will arrive later this year, but you probably shouldn't wait for it.
A 3D model of someone's face in Ziva Face Trainer.

How generative AI will create games with ‘broader, bigger, and deeper worlds’

AI is touching nearly every creative field, but there's few places where it has more applications than game development.
A hand grabbing MSI's RTX 4090 Suprim X.

You should be using these 5 forgotten Nvidia GPU features

You buy a graphics card to play games, but Nvidia and AMD invest a lot of time in expanding their functionality with additional software features.
Cyberpunk 2077 running on the Lenovo Y32p-30.

The Lenovo Legion Y32p-30 is (almost) the perfect 4K gaming monitor

The Lenovo Y32p-30 doesn't stand out with OLED, mini-LED, or an insane refresh rate. But it has the right balance of features most gamers a looking for.
The AMD Ryzen CPU and Radeon GPU stickers on the ASUS ROG Zephyrus G14 2022 laptop.

AMD might have just enabled MacBook-like gaming laptops, but I’m still skeptical

AMD's upcoming Ryzen 7040U chips might enable a whole new range of thin and light gaming laptops, but I'm still skeptical for now.
A broken keyboard and hammer among several PC components.

It pains me to say, but it’s officially a bad time to be a PC gamer

A string over disastrous releases in 2023, combined with expensive hardware, has made this one of the worst times to be a PC gamer.
OpenAI's ChatGPT blog post is open on a computer monitor, taken from a high angle.

OpenAI threatens lawsuit over student GPT-4 project, forgets you can use it for free

OpenAI is reportedly threating a student with a lawsuit over the open-source GPT4free project, despite the fact that you can already use GPT-4 for, well, free.
A character levitates a book in Redfall.

Surprise — Redfall on PC is yet another problematic port

Redfall hasn't received the warmest reception, and its problematic PC port isn't helping the matter any.