Darren Allan

The cost of all key PC components is being hit, as apparently, CPUs are now in the firing line.

Don't hang around if you need a new PC, as the latest doom nugget regarding laptop price hikes is gloomier than ever.

Fancy new screen tech — an innovative take on VRR — is going to mean better battery life, starting with the new Dell XPS.

GPU scams have involved replacing the graphics card with rocks or lumps of metal in the past, but this is a new one.

Microsoft seems to be serious about fixing Windows 11 quickly, as exec promises big changes will come 'this month and every month this year'.

Frustrated by that bug that breaks Edge, OneDrive, and other apps in Windows 11? There's a fix — and this is how you get it.

Confusing Windows 11 bug creeps out of the woodwork to cause chaos with a bunch of apps that use a Microsoft account login.

Intel's Precompiled Shaders feature allows for up to 3x speedier loading with Arc Battlemage GPUs and integrated graphics for Panther and Lunar Lake.

AI hallucinations can often be a problem, and they certainly are with the images Copilot has created on the Windows Learning Center.

We've had previous forecasts that the RAM crisis will continue through to 2028 — but 2030 is upping the ante worryingly here.

'This is very different than generative AI; it's content-control generative AI': Nvidia's CEO defends DLSS 5 in no uncertain terms.

RAM prices might be steadying, but the knock-on effects are still nasty as MSI reportedly cuts back on budget laptops.

Nvidia's reveal of DLSS 5 hasn't gone quite as planned, and that's putting it very mildly.

If you were hoping the RAM crisis was abating, sadly that isn't the case as DDR5 has never been more expensive.

The rollout of Windows 11's new Xbox mode has been met with both excitement and skepticism.

Intel's new Core Ultra 200S Plus CPUs are already impressing PC gamers with some temptingly low MSRPs.

Microsoft continues to deliver its promised Windows 11 fixes in a new update that improves reliability in many ways.

Windows 11's new internet speed test has left people longing for Windows 8 — that's how badly Microsoft has dropped the ball here.

Human-brain-cell-soup-on-a-chip can play Doom — but questions remain about what 'playing' the game is exactly.

Annoying white flashes are still hanging around in Windows 11 for some users, but hopefully not for much longer.

Is Microsoft planning Windows 12 for this year? I doubt that, but the pre-emptive backlash against its AI features has already started.

Severity of RAM crisis could mean the sub-$500 PC market will 'disappear by 2028' according to one analyst firm.