SUPER GPUs

Guy Cocker AS I WRITE THIS, I’ve just

Nvidia goes Super

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OLD MEDIA SUES AI

THE NEW YORK TIMES has become the first

GOOGLE KILLS TRACKERS

ABOUT ONE PER CENT of Chrome users—that’s 30

Tech Triumphs and Tragedies

A monthly snapshot of what’s good and bad in tech

MSI CHOOSES INTEL TO RIVAL STEAM DECK

Behold the new Claw

OLED MONITORS GET UPGRADES

You know you want one

Intel’s process push

INTEL’S CEO, Pat Gelsinger, is an engineer, and

New Windows, same files

A Windows installation can get bloated. Wouldn’t you

Apple’s VR gamble

Apple has confirmed a launch date of February

Nvidia RTX 40-series Super models take the runway

NVIDIA’S RTX 40-SERIES Ada Lovelace GPUs have had a rocky reception, mostly on account of their significantly higher generational prices, reduced memory interface widths, and reliance on DLSS 3 frame generation to make performance look better.

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BY THE TIME you read this, Intel will have rolled out a whole new roadmap, the next waypoint on its journey to renewed technological dominance. Except I can’t help but notice that the company hasn’t come close to delivering on its existing roadmap. You know, the one that has Intel delivering five new chip production nodes in four years?

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THE 14th GEN i7 IT X BUILD

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PICKING PARTS

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PUSH IT TO THE LIMIT

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MANY BUILDS ONE MONSTER

THE HYDRA IS, without a doubt, one heck

INTEL’S 14th GEN, A RECAP

RAPTOR LAKE IS OVER, WHAT’S NEXT? INTEL’S RAPTOR

UPSCALING SHOWDOWN

DLSS, FSR, & XESS

THE BEGINNER’S GUIDE TO PODMAN

Discover a new, more secure way to run containers with Nick Peers

MIGR ATING FROM DOCKER

If you’ve been happily setting up Docker containers

COMMAND-LINE USAGE

Recreating containers using Podman Desktop is a faff.

SET UP A REVERSE PROXY

Many services you set up work best when

RASPBERRY Pi5

Your next desktop PC for $60

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PERFORMANCE GEAR LAID BARE

Run Windows on your Apple Silicon Mac for free

Boot Camp may have got the boot, but it’s still possible to run Windows applications on macOS. Darien Graham-Smith finds out how

HOW TO STEP-BY-STEP GUIDES TO IMPROVING YOUR PC

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Browse the web your way with Vivaldi

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Secure your Secrets with VeraCrypt

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Use Bitwarden to store your passkeys

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Share files from PC to phone for free

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Steam Deck OLED

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RCA Evolution Premium M27PG135F

Blast from the past

Hy te Y70 Touch

Almost perfect, but not quite

MSI MEG Z790 ACE MA X

The budget high-end Z790 option… sort of

Asus ZenScreen Ink MB14AHD

A portable touchscreen for the traveling creative mind

32GB XPG Lancer Blade RGB DDR5

Does memory speed matter?

Sony H9 Wireless Noise Cancelling Gaming Headset

That’s legitimately its name

WD Black SN770M PCIe 4.0 M.2 SSD

Tiny package, big speeds, massive temperatures

Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown

An often unremarkable attempt at a metroidvania

Microsof t Clipchamp vs Premiere Rush

There can be only one video editing winner