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INTEL'S 13TH GENERATION

Raptor Lake looking fierce

Ethereum ends mining, EVGA exits GPU market

THE PC LANDSCAPE IS ABOUT TO see the biggest upheaval in years. AMD Zen 4 CPUs, Intel Raptor Lake, Nvidia Ada Lovelace, and AMD RDNA 3 are all here or coming soon. But perhaps just as big and impactful on the PC enthusiast community is the successful transition of Ethereum from proof of work mining to proof of stake minting—the very next day, EVGA announced that it would be closing down its graphics card division.

Apple Watch Ultra

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History of Apple

With Apple now in its fourth decade, Craig Grannell explores some of the key products from its history, the impact they had on gaming, and the sometimes surprising impact that gaming had on Apple itself

The best ultraportables: Best overall, best battery life, and more

It's important to travel light.

WE TESTED 43 OLD USB-C TO USB-A CABLES1 WAS GREAT, 10 WERE DANGEROUS

HERE'S WHY YOU MAY WANT TO DESTROY YOUR ENTIRE COLLECTION OF USB-C TO USB-A CABLES.

Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090: Fantastically, futuristically fast

The monstrous GeForce RTX 4090 delivers luxuriously fast frame rates and futuristic features, but DLSS 3 may be the real star.

Can't find that file? These Windows Search tips can help

Use indexing, File Explorer, and even Photos to beef up Windows’ search capabilities.

Google's first Pixel Watch is also the ultimate Fitbit

The pricey smartwatch includes all of Fitbit’s most popular features, but that 24-hour battery life presents a high hurdle.

USB logos finally make sense, thanks to a redesign

For years it’s been obvious this change was needed.

WHY I SWITCHED TO BITWARDEN FOR MY PASSWORD MANAGER

BITWARDEN IS A GREAT FREE OPTION FOR PASSWORD MANAGEMENT, ESPECIALLY WITH SOME SETTINGS TWEAKS.

Windows 11 2022 Update: Subtle upgrades in weird places

Microsoft's new rollout schedule means these problems can be fixed.

Intel unleashes 13th-gen Core CPUs with more cores, face-melting speeds

Intel's Core i9-13900K offers eight more cores and GOOMHz more turbo boost speed than its 12th-gen predecessor

Testing shows SSDs are now more reliable than hard drives

Backblaze tested thousands of SSDs for four years, and the results are surprising.

Google has unveiled a wave of cloud-gaming Chromebooks

Acer, Asus, and Lenovo are shipping gaming Chromebooks backed by free trials of Amazon Luna+ and GeForce Now.

Don’t buy Intel’s Arc graphics cards without knowing these 7 key details

The future of discrete graphics cards looks exciting and full of interesting competition.

12 Google Calendar Tricks You're Probably Not Using

Wondering how to share your Google Calendar? Want to add a new calendar? Here are the tips you need.

Intel Arc A380 by Gunnir

This sinking ship needs a better driver

INTEL 2.0

Graphics chips such as AMD's Navi 21 GPU have long been a TSMC specialty.

MSI Aegis Ti5 12th

An OTT design and OTT performance, is this a winning combo for MSI?

HyperX DuoCast

HyperX's midrange mic suffers from middle child syndrome

Backforce V

High-end gaming chair engineering at a more affordable price

LINUX IN SPACE!

With the OS now established in astronautics, Mike Bedford looks at its future prospects

BenQ X3000i

ARE YOU LOOKING to create an exciting and fun space in which to sit back and unwind?

THE TOP FIVE PC GAME CONTROLLERS

MOUSE AND KEYBOARD is the godlike choice when it comes to playing games on PC, but even we have to concede, there are times when a good old game controller does it best.

WD Black SN850X 1TB

WD gives its top SSD some added X-factor

Mountain Everest Max

This keyboard does it all-and has plenty of customization

NZXT Canvas 32Q Curved

A fine, but not fantastic, 165Hz gaming panel

HP Elite Dragonfly G3

Epic battery lite, but otherwise a bit borked

NZXT H7 Flow

Is this the pick of the bunch?