Everybody knows about multi-GPU gaming setups, which were the spectacle of the previous decade. But did you know that mainstream GPUs that had more than one chip on their PCB used to exist? These rendering beasts have been around since 1997, with the Dynamic Pictures Oxygen 402 being one of the first with not two, but four GPU chips on a single PCB.

Family reunion! Usually my younger siblings wait until I’m done with work — they’re in earlier time zones than I am, so they’re being polite — then the group chat lights up: “Splat.” “Splat.” “Splat.” This is our shorthand for “It’s time to play Splatoon 3.”I am not what you would call a gamer, but I did buy a Nintendo Switch in 2020. That’s kind of when this all started. I am the oldest of five, and most of my younger siblings love video games. In the interest of bonding, I started hanging out with them on FaceTime while we played Animal Crossing together. In 2022, one of my brothers got Splatoon 3. Eventually, most of the rest of us did, too. Now four of us (and one of my brothers’ significant others) play Splatoon together.I am writing this, in... Continue reading…

Computers have been getting smaller and smaller for years now, but they've truly reached an impressive point in 2024. We now have mini PCs and PC gaming handhelds that pack the power of a laptop or full-size PC in an incredibly tiny form factor. That opens up a lot of new possibilities for computing. You can play full AAA gaming titles on a device that can be taken just about anywhere, whether it be a gaming handheld or a mini PC. Theoretically, there's no reason why a great mini PC can't replace every other computer in your life. So, I did the unthinkable: I took an Ayaneo Retro Mini PC AM02 with me on the go and found out if it could replace my laptop.

Are you struggling to find room on your desk to fit your PC? Well, what if your desk was the PC? This is what Lian Li is achieving with its new PC case, as all of the PC's hardware is kept inside the very desk you sit at.

Image: The Verge Microsoft has fixed an issue where its Edge browser was again misbehaving, this time by automatically importing browsing data and tabs from Chrome without consent. I personally experienced the bug last month, after I rebooted my PC for a regular Windows update and Microsoft Edge automatically opened with the Chrome tabs I was working on before the update.I asked Microsoft repeatedly to explain why this behavior had occurred for myself and many other Windows users, but the company refused to comment. Microsoft has now quietly issued a fix in the latest Microsoft Edge update. Here’s how Microsoft describes the fix:Edge has a feature that provides an option to import browser data on each launch from other browsers with user consent. This... Continue reading…

Benchmarking is one of the best things you can do to ensure your PC is performing normally and to also gauge its capabilities by pushing the limits. It's not particularly difficult to run a benchmark on your PC, as it mostly involves downloading the software and running it on your system. It is, however, important to pick the right benchmarking programs as not all of them are the same, and they test your components in varying ways. Below are some good CPU benchmarks to consider if you want to test the new PC you just built or the CPU you just installed.

If there was one thing that stood out to me about CES 2024, it was the impressive array of high-end monitors that seemingly every major brand had a hand in offering. My colleague Karthik Ayer wrote an excellent article highlighting all the best monitors at CES 2024, and he seemed particularly impressed by the advances in features that benefit PC gamers. Monitor tech is booming right now, and it seems like there's more of a rush than ever to offer over-the-top features to trump other brands.

Apple Watches are some of the best smartwatches on the market. Powered by watchOS 10, these wearables pack various sensors and technologies. Not only do they help you track your fitness and health-related data, but they also tie into Apple's tight ecosystem, allowing you to unlock your Mac, authenticate purchases, and do much more. They also offer some lesser-known features that many people aren't aware of, such as Apple's Walkie-Talkie.

Google’s description of the feature in Search Labs. | Image: Sterling Google is testing a new “Talk to a Live Representative” feature that allows the company’s software to call a business on your behalf, navigate through its phone tree, wait on hold, and then notify you when there’s a real human being available for you to speak to. The test, which is available now as a Search Labs experimental feature, was spotted by X user Sterling.As 9to5Google notes, the feature sounds a lot like the Pixel’s “Hold for Me,” but with a couple of key advantages. First, it’s available across all phones rather than just the Pixel 3 and newer. And second, “Talk to a Live Representative” offers to actually proactively call a business on your behalf, rather than being something you enable once you’ve already placed a call and... Continue reading…

The Verge Microsoft announced yesterday that four Xbox-exclusive games are coming to PS5 and Nintendo Switch soon, opening up a new strategy for Xbox to be on more screens. Just two hours before Microsoft’s big announcement, Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer explained the company’s new Xbox vision in an internal memo to employees.It’s the first time Spencer has fully outlined a new strategy “where every screen is an Xbox” to employees, after an internal town hall meeting earlier this month didn’t address multi-platform games directly.Microsoft didn’t directly mention “Xbox everywhere” or “every screen is an Xbox” during its official Xbox podcast yesterday, but it’s not too dissimilar to what the company has been saying for years about its push... Continue reading…

Image: Wyze Five months ago, we wrote about how your Wyze webcam might have let strangers peek into your house. It appears to have happened again. After an extended outage that Wyze linked to problems with AWS, ten different Redditors are reporting that their Wyze app showed them images from a security camera that wasn’t their own — giving them glimpses of a stranger’s porch or living room. Some of the videos were from entirely different timezones. “One of my cameras notified me of an event from inside someone else home with them in it walking around,” begins one post. “I just got a motion detection notification with a picture for someone else’s house that isn’t mine!” reads another. “Why did I get someone else’s notification which showed... Continue reading…

Cloud storage is pretty expensive these days, especially if you're looking to save as much money as possible. While Google Drive comes with 15GB of storage for free, what if I told you there was a way to have technically infinite storage? I undertook a pretty fun project which involved turning Discord into my own personal Google Drive service, complete with a bypass for storage limits on the service.